The Liberated Educator
Dee Lanier and Ken Shelton are brothers, intellectuals, and equity-enthusiasts, just having regular conversations about things that matter to the culture. For the record, we're not late talking about these issues, you just may be late in hearing it! Find us on Twitter: Ken Shelton: @k_shelton Dee Lanier: @deelanier Brian Smith Sr: @BrianRSmithSr
Episodes
Though our time seemed short in New Orleans, LA this year, it was very important to take the tame and get a recording with none other than Leon Tynes, @ISTE ‘18 Award, @NatGeoEducation GTF, @Fulbrightteach, #PBSDigitalInnovator & @thehenryford Innov Award winner.
Dee and Ken were able to catch Leon downstairs and this is what they were able to talk about...
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Music by Chillhop Records.
In absence of Ken, I get to join this very special conversation about fatherhood with our featured guest, Daryl Johnson.
It's been a busy season for the the Liberated Educator Podcast crew. Books, Keynotes, Production events, you name it, but it was an honor to set down with the one and only Yaritza Villalba to create to enjoy a little CPT of our own.
Enjoy Part 2 of the conversation.
President and Founder of YV Educational Resources Inc. 501(c)3, Yaritza Villalba has twelve years of experience in education. She started her career teaching Social S...
It's been a busy season for the the Liberated Educator Podcast crew. Books, Keynotes, Production events, you name it, but it was an honor to set down with the one and only Yaritza Villalba to create to enjoy a little CPT of our own.
Enjoy the conversation.
President and Founder of YV Educational Resources Inc. 501(c)3, Yaritza Villalba has twelve years of experience in education. She started her career teaching Social Studies t...
Since we have all been traveling, we just picked up the phone and just chopped it up over what we were looking at. This conversation just happened to be a reaction the the Juwan Howard, the Head Coach Basketball Coach at Michigan, being suspended for... well, you'll have to look it up.
Welcome back to the pod, Ken and Dee finally catch up after traveling to spread the liberation gospel and hop on to have another classic conversation over coffee while breaking down.
C: Catching Up
P: Part of the reality
T: Trouble the narrative
Troubling the narative is what they do and they end up talking about it in most conversation among friends. In this episode, Ken and Dee pick up the phone and have a CPT convo over...
C: Carter Woodson
P: Pause
T: Time
Please enjoy!
Happy New Year! Yeah, we are just now saying it to you all. But it's like we always say, we not late talking about it, you're just late hearing it. So, this is the first of many episodes for 2022. Please enjoy another casual CPT convo between Ken and Dee as they pontificate
C: Continuation
P: Progress
T: Tenacity
Books referenced in this episode:
Native Son - Richard Wright
12 Million Black Voices - Richard Wright
Invisible Ma...
Where do you draw the line?
Resident host, Victoria Thompson joins Dee and Ken to have a CPT convo on
Chaos, Perturbed, and Trouble in the water.
Victoria also provides some tips to help you step away for a bit to put yourself in your own calming room.
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One reason why Dee and Ken are able to easily have compelling conversations is because they genuinely care about one another. So, for this episode, the fellas talk about men's health and health in general in regards.
C: Care
P: Propping Up
T: Time for a check up.
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Part Deux or Due of Season 2 opening CPT conversation, CPT Part Two. This part of the conversation, Dee and Ken look at the conflation of CRT as many mix Critical Race Theory with Culturally Responsive Teaching with the dubbed Chris Rufo Theory.
Take a ride around the globe as the brothers use language to tie in the part 2 discussion.
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After some much needed time off, Ken and Dee are back for season 2 of the Liberated Educator Podcast produced by Brian Romero Smith Sr of 4:13Media.
In this episode, the CPT in centered around the misconceptions around CRT and using the Riverside High School teacher viral video as a catalyst to analyze the truths behind the current argument in schools.
This is part 1 of 2 conversations around the subject. Listen and learn as we con...
Our resident host, Victoria Thompson is back to close out Season 1 of The Liberated Educator Podcast. She joins Dee and Ken in a personal CPT conversation over:
C:Cryptic
P: Platitudes
T: Takeaways
And yes, there is a Real Housewives reference...
It's that time of year, back to school season is happening across the country and Ken and Dee would like to welcome all educators back to the journey toward liberation.
This is the next to last episode of Season 1, so let's see if you can pick out the CPT in the conversation. Hint, one maybe Toxic Positivity. 🤷🏾
Have you ever gone to someone to ask a question, but then your entire perspective on life changes with that one answer? Well, that is how many feel when chatting with Monica Isabel Martinez.
In this episode the CPT conversation connects the passions and commonalities Ken, Dee and Monica share over:
C: Creativa
P: Posters
T: Time Spent
Monica Isabel Martinez is the EDU Content Manager for Google overseeing the Teacher Center. She is an...
Guess what, Jim O'Hagan is back to chop it up with Dee and Ken as they continue their CPT conversation on.
C: Choice
P: Play
T: Transparency
James O'Hagan is a leader in connecting and promoting esports in education. He has had a role in starting and growing esports teams in two large urban school districts. He actively promotes esports as being a medium to something more for students beyond the games. His podcast, The Academ...
Bust noun
noun: bust; plural noun: busts
a worthless thing.
"Was Kwame Brown a bust?"
You know how it is when you walk into a room and a deep conversation is already taken place and you just get sucked into participating? Well, that's what happened during the scheduled recording Ken and Dee had with Jim O'Hagen. In this episode, you get the chance to hear what happens while we get ready to record, either before the gues...
When you know better, you do better. Yet, some people simply fight trying to be in the know. On This episode of The Liberated Educator Podcast, Dee and Ken welcome our good friend, Dr. Sheldon Eakins, Founder of the Leading Equity Center and Host of the Leading Equity Podcast for a CPT conversation addressing...
C: Critical Race Theory and people's misconceptions
P: Podcasting - How it has help not only amplify the work in equity...
Some times we just need to just sit back and listen. That's exactly what was needed for this episode where Ken and Dee sit down and provide a platform for Dr. Sawsan Jaber to simple speak over this episode's CPT:
C: Counter Story
P: Palestine
T: Take Action
Dr. Sawsan Jaber is a global educator of 20+ years. She has held a variety of leadership positions both in the U.S. and abroad. Dr. Jaber is currently a high school Engl...
Episode 28 has Dee flying solo as he chats with long time friend and EduMatch Founder, Sarah Thomas, Ph.D. or Sarahdateechur as we affectionally know her as.
Sarah Thomas, PhD is a Regional Technology Coordinator in a large district in Maryland, and the founder of EduMatch, a project that empowers educators to make global connections across common areas of interest. She has spoken and presented internationally, participated in the...
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