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Arts Educators Save the WorldBilly Eichner & Mary Poole, Part 1It’s Billy on the podcast! This episode features comedian, actor, and writer Billy Eichner alongside guest co-host Jamie Salka (CEO of Story Pirates) as we talk with the college acting teacher we all shared: Mary Poole. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, it’s better than Cats.2025-06-1249 minArts Educators Save the WorldErica & Alek Chat #4Part 4 of our ongoing mini-series "Erica & Alek Chats," where our hosts take a deep dive into a specific aspect of arts learning-and-teaching from Erica's book, How the Arts Can Save Education. 2025-05-2832 minArts Educators Save the WorldWendy Goldberg & Molly SmithWhat does it take to be the Artistic Director of a major theatre company? And how do you recognize someone’s potential to succeed in this kind of a leadership role? You will not want to miss the answers to these and other questions about leadership in theatre in our conversation with two grandes dames of the American theatre world, Molly Smith and Wendy Goldberg!2025-05-081h 17
Blue SkyA Special Blue Sky Presentation of the “Arts Educators Save the World” Podcast with Erica Halverson, Featuring Jonathan Groff In this very special “feed swap” edition, Blue Sky Alum Erica Halverson interviews award-winning Jonathan Groff and his inspirational elementary school music teacher, Linda Tough, on the “Arts Educators Save the World” podcast. Learn more about Erica's podcast here: https://www.artseducatorspodcast.com/ Chapters: 00:00 Welcome to the Feed Swap In this special edition of the Blue Sky podcast, the host introduces the concept of a Feed Swap with Erica Halverson and highlights the upcoming conversation with Jonathan Groff, a celebrated actor known for his roles in Broadway and film. ...2025-04-301h 04Arts Educators Save the WorldLIVE! From NCECA! In SLC!Live! from the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts it’s AESTW!!! Erica and Alek traveled to Salt Lake City for a live recording at the NCECA conference with VETART Executive Director Steve Dilley and ceramicist and navy veteran Reggie Stites. Our audience was moved by Reggie’s story of transformation and identity-making through ceramics… and now you can bear witness!2025-04-2158 minArts Educators Save the WorldBlue Sky Episode Swap!Dropping in our feed today is an episode from our friends at Blue Sky. Bill Burke and the Optimism Institute host conversations about positivity, including this gem with Vanessa Cooksey about her optimistic take on the future of the arts, the vital role that artists play in our communities, the joys of arts education. Onward together!2025-04-0758 minArts Educators Save the WorldL. Steven Taylor & Dr. Lisa MitchellOn today’s episode we journey through the amazing arts education program Disney Musicals in Schools with Broadway star L. Steven Taylor (Mufasa in "The Lion King") and Dr. Lisa Mitchell (Director of Education, Disney Theatricals). This team of artists and educators works in elementary schools across the US to bring musical theatre joy to students everywhere!2025-03-251h 11
Pop and PlayCan the Arts Save Education?Join Haeny and Nathan in talking to Erica Halverson, professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, host of the podcast Arts Educators Save the World, and author of How the Arts Can Save Education, and co-founder of the Playmakers Lab in Chicago. Listen to Erica create musicals on the fly, explain Whoopensocker, a community she developed, and talk about the value of making art for its own sake. This episode gets into approaches to making art with children and making spaces to value their contributions. For transcripts of this episode, to l...2025-03-2545 min
Blue SkyErica Halverson Describes Her Optimistic Belief That Arts Educators Can Save the WorldWhile studying acting in college, Erica Halverson decided that while she loved the theater, being on stage would not be for her. Instead, she moved into different areas and now is teaching arts education at the University of Wisconsin. She also hosts a terrific podcast, "Arts Educators Save the World,” on which artists are joined by teachers and mentors to reflect on the transformative impact that these people had on them. Chapters: 02:49 Meet Erica Halverson Erica shares her background as a professor and her passion for arts education, discussing her book and her...2025-03-1954 minArts Educators Save the WorldErica & Alek Chat #3Part 3 of our ongoing mini-series "Erica & Alek Chats," where our hosts take a deep dive into a specific aspect of arts learning-and-teaching from Erica's book, How the Arts Can Save Education. 2025-03-1438 minArts Educators Save the WorldWho ARTed? Episode Swap!In this episode, we're sharing a story from our friend Kyle Wood, host of the delightful podcast "Who ARTed?" Kyle is a National Board Certified Teacher with 17 years experience in public schools, and his show is meant to be accessible for anyone interested in art with a focus on fun facts that are appropriate for listeners of all ages, so it's totally safe to listen with your kids!Katsushika Hokusai is best known for The Great Wave off Kanagawa, part of his series of 36 Views of Mount Fuji. His family was in the mirror business, but Hokusai...2025-03-0314 minArts Educators Save the WorldLoren Hammonds & Warrington HudlinSometimes, the most compelling mentorship relationships are mutual – where the student has as much to give as the teacher. In this wide-ranging conversation, Warrington Hudlin, founder of the Black Filmmakers of America and Loren Hammonds, head of documentary for Time Studios, talk about the importance of community and showing up for one another, and their mutual love for virtual reality and immersive filmmaking. These two are changing the face of film production!2025-02-191h 11Arts Educators Save the WorldShaina Taub & Jeanine TesoriHoly moly, it's a great day indeed when you get to talk with, not one, but two of the greatest living composers of musical theatre and opera!! On today’s episode, we talk with 2024 Tony Award-winner Shaina Taub and her mentor, Pulitzer Prize-winner Jeanine Tesori about critique, the importance of community, and, of course, mentorship. Even Alek was moved by our conversation, so you know we were onto something here!!2025-02-101h 15Arts Educators Save the WorldStory Pirates Episode Swap!This week we're sharing an episode from our friends at The Story Pirates. In it, a magnetic, musical manatee (John Legend) tries to convince the Story Pirates to form a marching band, but is he really who he says he is? Featuring two new stories: “Butts,” a song about, well, butts, sung by Broadway star F. Michael Haynie and written by Malachy, a 7 year old from Pennsylvania, and “The Audition,” a story about the trials and tribulations of putting on a brand new musical, written by a 10 year old from Massachusetts named Nora.2025-01-3041 min
Arts Educators Save the WorldParker Esse & Baayork LeeOn today’s episode, we explore the art of choreography with artist Parker Esse and his mentor, the legendary Baayork Lee. We ask "what do you do as an artist when words aren’t enough?"The answer?You dance!!!!2025-01-201h 06
Arts Educators Save the WorldErica & Alek Chat #2It's the second episode in our ongoing mini-series "Erica & Alek Chats," where our hosts take a deep dive into a specific aspect of arts learning-and-teaching from Erica's book, How the Arts Can Save Education. 2025-01-1039 min
Arts Educators Save the WorldAaron Bossen & Helen Lee (Happy New Year!)This episode is for the thinkers! Join glass artist and PhD student in Materials Science Engineering Aaron Bossen and his mentor, Head of the UW-Madison Glass Lab and United States Artists (USA) Fellow Helen Lee as they talk about the art of making glass and making with glass. We dive into the world of conceptual art, and we talk about glass as both a material and a metaphor for life. Enjoy this incredible food for your artist brain!More info on Helen here:https://www.unitedstatesartists.org/artists/helen-leeAnd...2025-01-011h 08
A Musical Theatre PodcastA YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD with Erica Halverson and Daniel PelzigWe're celebrating the end of the year this week with the musical A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD. And just like the musical itself, this week's episode is filled with much more than you'd expect:
A salute to the Midwest musical theatre contributions that made this groundbreaking show possible? Check.
Perspectives from the show's original Broadway choreographer? Check.
Real talk on the successes and pitfalls of Theatre for Young Audiences? Check.
A deep dive into the earnest yet sophisticated stories of two loveable amphibians... WITH COOKIES!? Double check.
Join us for this packed conversation as guests Dr...2024-12-311h 14
Arts Educators Save the WorldPlay On Podcasts Episode Swap!In this episode, we're sharing our pal Michael Goodfriend's conversation with Dorcas Leung, who plays "Juliet" in the Play On Podcasts production of "Romeo and Juliet." Michael and Dorcas are passionate artists and arts educators who talk about everything from representation in the theatre to the power of HS arts education.Find more Play On & Next Chapter podcasts at:https://www.nextchapterpodcasts.com/playonpodcastsAnd on Apple Podcasts at:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/play-on-podcasts/id15614299942024-12-2250 min
Arts Educators Save the WorldErica & Alek Chat #1This is the first episode in an ongoing mini-series we're calling "Erica & Alek Chats," where our hosts take a deep dive into a specific aspect of arts learning-and-teaching from Erica's book, How the Arts Can Save Education. 2024-12-0833 min
Arts Educators Save the WorldCody Renard Richard & Carrie WoodBroadway and TV's finest production stage manager Cody Renard Richard reflects with his HS theatre teacher Carrie Wood about their shared love of stage management, HS theatre, rodeo, and Cody's foundation: The Cody Renard Richard Scholarship Foundation, which supports young technical theatre artists of color.Read about Cody here:https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/arts/culture-diary-cody-renard-richard.htmlAnd follow Cody on IG here:https://www.instagram.com/codyrenard/?hl=en2024-11-301h 02
Arts Educators Save the WorldCarlos Gacharna & Geof HermannMultimedia artist, teaching artist, and all around badass Carlos Gacharna talks with his high school ceramics teacher Geof Hermann. They explore how the high school ceramics classroom is a life-saving space for both students and teachers.Follow Carlos on IG here:https://www.instagram.com/caduphoto/?hl=en2024-11-211h 03
Arts Educators Save the WorldJonathan Groff & Linda ToughBroadway's reigning Tony-award winner for Best Actor, Jonathan Groff (Merrily We Roll Along, oh yeah, and Frozen, oh yeah, and Hamilton), and his elementary school music teacher, Linda Tough, talk about music-making, education, and their shared passion for "I Love Lucy."2024-11-141h 06
Arts Educators Save the WorldWE'RE BACK!!Erica and Alek are back! And from now on, we're gonna be a semi-weekly podcast! New episodes start dropping Nov 14, with none other than Jonathan Groff!Follow the show on Twitter @artseducators, on IG @artseducatorspodcast, and learn more at www.ArtsEducatorsPodcast.com.Subscribe today to be inspired by how these educators and mentors changed the lives of the artists... that change our worlds.2024-11-0701 min
The Science of CreativityDr. Erica Halverson: How the Arts Can Save EducationDr. Erica Halverson is one of the world’s leading experts in arts education. She’s a trained actor who’s founded two successful acting programs for school children, one in Chicago and one at her current home, the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She’s an expert in helping children realize their creativity. Her research shows that children learn much more from the arts than just painting or acting. They learn profound skills like collaboration, how to translate ideas into reality, and—most profound of all—they learn who they are. We’ll talk about her book called How the Arts C...2024-10-151h 02
Immerse Yourself in Captivating Narratives With Full AudiobookStrength of Cara Audiobook by Kathryn PowersListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 816065
Title: Strength of Cara
Author: Kathryn Powers
Narrator: Erica Halverson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 01:58:58
Language: English
Release date: 08-30-24
Publisher: Authors Republic
Genres: Health & Wellness, Fitness
Summary:
This is book 1 of a trilogy.
Kathryn Powers The Strength of Cara delves into the harrowing realities of the Opioid and Fentanyl epidemic, as it seeks to illuminate the profound impact these drugs have on families and society. It uncovers the distressing absence of laws that facilitate proper care for those affected by mental illness and addiction, resulting in a dire...2024-08-301h 58
Get Your Favorite Full Audiobooks in Health & Wellness, Fitness, Diet & NutritionThe Strength of Cara by Kathryn PowersPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/816065 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Strength of Cara Author: Kathryn Powers Narrator: Erica Halverson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 58 minutes Release date: August 30, 2024 Genres: Fitness, Diet & Nutrition Publisher's Summary: This is book 1 of a trilogy. Based on a True Story. Kathryn Powers’ The Strength of Cara delves into the harrowing realities of the Opioid and Fentanyl epidemic, as it seeks to illuminate the profound impact these drugs have on families and society. It uncovers the distressing absence of laws that facilitate proper care for those affected by mental illness and addiction, resulting in...2024-08-3005 min
Get Your Favorite Full Audiobooks in Health & Wellness, Fitness, Diet & NutritionThe Strength of Cara by Kathryn PowersPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/816065to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Strength of Cara
Author: Kathryn Powers
Narrator: Erica Halverson
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 1 hour 58 minutes
Release date: August 30, 2024
Genres: Fitness, Diet & Nutrition
Publisher's Summary:
This is book 1 of a trilogy. Based on a True Story. Kathryn Powers’ The Strength of Cara delves into the harrowing realities of the Opioid and Fentanyl epidemic, as it seeks to illuminate the profound impact these drugs have on families and society. It uncovers the distressing absence of laws that facilitate proper care for those affected by mental illness and addiction, resulting in a...2024-08-301h 58
Tea With AliceErica Halverson - The Art of EducationCastErica Halverson talks about how the arts can save education, and what the point of teaching art and the arts actually is when push comes to shove.2024-08-1838 min
Immerse Yourself in Captivating Narratives With Full AudiobookAdventure of Pico the Rabbit Audiobook by Jean TazoListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 804296
Title: Adventure of Pico the Rabbit
Author: Jean Tazo
Narrator: Erica Halverson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 01:05:28
Language: English
Release date: 07-25-24
Publisher: Authors Republic
Genres: Kids, General
Summary:
Jean Tazo is a passionate storyteller with a love for weaving tales that inspire, entertain, and ignite the imagination. He particularly enjoys telling stories that inspires young mind and teach them important good life values. Moreover, he enjoys sharing his stories with the world. His experiences as a parent have fueled his passion for children's literature, driving him to create...2024-07-251h 05
Feed the QueueArts Educators Save the WorldWhen you think about art, education, advocacy, and mentorship, what comes to mind? For us, it's all about the power of creativity to change lives, and that's exactly what we're diving into with today's recommendation.Arts Educators Save the World is a celebration of the unseen heroes who are making a difference in the world through arts education. Featuring guests like Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bradley Whitford and Cecily Strong, this podcast shares inspiring artists' stories about the mentors who impacted their lives.Listen to more of Arts Educators Save the...2024-05-2844 min
Trending In Ed with Mike PalmerThe Power of Arts Education and Mentorship with Erica HalversonMike Palmer picks the brain of Erica Halverson, a theater artist turned education professor at the top-ranked University of Wisconsin-Madison. She's also the host of the Arts Educators Save the World Podcast. Halverson passionately makes the case that the arts should transform how we approach teaching and learning across all disciplines.Drawing from her background running an arts education non-profit and her current artist residency program called Whoopensocker, Erica stresses the need to uplift and center arts practices in education. She argues this will better prepare students for an uncertain future where skills like innovation, creativity, and...2024-05-1635 min
The Corner Table: Top Chef WisconsinEpisode 3: Beer and cheeseTheater artist and educator Erica Halverson has seen every episode of "Top Chef" from Season 1 to now. This week, the UW-Madison professor and host of the podcast Arts Educators Save the World shares thoughts on the Miller Caves beer snacks challenge, why she considers chefs to be artists, and which "Top Chef" challenge is her favorite. (It involves a blindfold.)Then I'm talking with Andy Hatch, maker of Pleasant Ridge Reserve at Uplands Cheese in Dodgeville. Andy was a featured guest at the Top Chef Cheese Festival, highlighted on this week's "Top Chef" episode (Ep. 3). We talk a...2024-04-0447 min
Arts Educators Save the WorldTop Chef's Valentine Howell, Jr. with... his mother!So many first-time ingredients to spice up the episode we've whipped up this week: Our FIRST guest from the CULINARY arts... Our FIRST guest co-host who is also an artist in the art form o' the day... and our FIRST guest who has brought along his MOM! A melange of new flavors baked into this week's conversation with 2024 Top Chef-testant CHEF VALENTINE HOWELL, JR, and his mother, STEPHANIE JOACINE, at whose side Val first came to know and love the art and science of food. And because there are never truly too many cooks in the kitchen, we are...2024-04-021h 02
Arts Educators Save the WorldBradley Whitford. Yes. Bradley Whitford.We launched this podcast in Season One with a conversation between Lin-Manuel Miranda, Robert Lopez, and Ms. Barbara Ames, who was not only their mentor (and elementary school music teacher), but Erica's as well. We now end Season Two with Bradley Whitford, whose mentor (and university theater professor) was, in fact, Alek's as well. Bradley Whitford is, of course, a three-time Emmy Award-winner actor, known for his work on THE WEST WING, TRANSPARENT, and now, as the enigmatic Commander Joseph Lawrence on THE HANDMAID'S TALE.As Brad explains, he's "now at the age when...2024-02-0552 min
Arts Educators Save the WorldHow They Met Each Other: Craig Thomas and Rob GreenbergOur guests today, working at the highest levels of network television, are proof that the mentorship doesn't end at graduation. Craig Thomas is the co-creator of CBS's smash sitcom HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, which received 30 Emmy Award nominations in its nine-season run. His prose has been published in The Iowa Review, The Boston Globe, The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, and the Weekly Humorist. He joins us in conversation with Rob Greenberg, who, as a writer/producer on FRASIER, won three Emmys, and a Writers Guild Award. Rob was an executive producer for the pilot of HOW I MET YO...2024-01-291h 00
Arts Educators Save the WorldRepresentation: Arts Teachers in Film w/ Slate's Dana StevensIn Season One, we looked at the representation of arts educators on television with Christina Anthony (Episode 8, for those who want to give it a listen). This season, we are taking a look at a few arts educators from the big screen, and who better to speak with than Dana Stevens, Slate’s film critic since 2006 and a co-host of the Slate Culture Gabfest (the magazine's weekly culture podcast). She has also written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Atlantic and Bookforum. Her first book, Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of...2024-01-221h 05
Arts Educators Save the WorldComedy writing with Chelsea Devantez and Anne LiberaWe are back from the holidays and honored to have Chelsea Devantez in conversation with her "comedy mom", The Second City's Anne Libera, who is also the Director of Comedy Studies for the Theater Department at Columbia College Chicago. Chelsea is an Emmy-nominated TV writer, comedian, and filmmaker. She’s written on Peacock’s Girls5Eva, ABC’s Not Dead Yet, and was the Head Writer on The Problem with Jon Stewart on Apple TV+. She hosts the hit independent podcast Glamorous Trash with Chelsea Devantez covering celebrity memoirs, pop culture and all things Glamorous Trash.Anne Libera...2024-01-161h 06
Arts Educators Save the WorldRussell Granet (New 42) and Jody Gottfried Arnhold (Dance Education Laboratory)When we say that arts educators save the world, we mean it! And these two superheroes are fierce advocates for the necessity of incorporating the arts into all aspects of education. Unsolicited advice: Don’t get in their way. We have RUSSELL GRANET, the President & CEO of New 42, a leading cultural nonprofit whose mission is to make extraordinary performing arts a vital part of everyone’s life from the earliest years onward. And we’ve got the unstoppable JODY GOTTFRIED ARNHOLD, the Founder of Dance Education Laboratory (DEL) at 92NY, a luminary in dance education, and an advocate for her mi...2023-12-1859 min
Arts Educators Save the WorldRachel Axler and Jim ShepardOn this episode we talk to an Emmy-award winning writer from “The Daily Show.” We talk to a writer from “How I Met Your Mother,” one from “Parks and Recreation,” one from “Veep,” and one from the deeply under appreciated “Bored to Death.” We also reconnect with a friend from our high school with the singing voice of an angel.And my word! It’s all the same person!We are thrilled to introduce you to the brilliant Rachel Axler, who has brought along her teacher from her days at Williams College, award-winning author, Jim Shepard.2023-12-1156 min
Arts Educators Save the WorldLIVE with Sheikia Purple Norris & Toni Blackman, with guest host Dr. Yorel LashleyAs part of the Wisconsin Arts Integration Symposium, we bring you our first LIVE episode! Erica and guest host Dr. Yorel Lashley bring on emcee and educator Sheikia Purple Norris, who has invited her long time "guide, teacher, sister, peer" Toni Blackman to the pod. Toni is an author, poet, educator, public speaker, cultural representative, and advocate "representing the divine feminine for women and girls rocking the mic with authenticity," as well as the creator and founder of the I Rhyme Like a Girl Collective.Follow Sheikia Purple Norris:IG @4purppeople2023-12-041h 04
Amidon PlanetE101: Thankful for the Ericas - A Delightful Conversation about Friendship, Dance, and Teaching with Erica Halverson and Erica LitkeLearning to teach better through a rolling conversation with Dr. Erica Halverson, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Dr. Erica Litke, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Delaware, as we discuss their friendship, their roles as teachers and teacher educators, and the influence of their participation in the National Dance Institute on their teaching.
Show notes for this episode can be found at amidonplanet.com/episode1012023-11-231h 11
Arts Educators Save the WorldLangston Kerman, Rich Robbins, and their mentor Peter Kahn of Oak Park and River Forest High SchoolSpeaking of mentoring, today we speak with artists of the spoken word, rapper and teacher Rich Robbins, along with actor, writer, and comedian Langston Kerman, who together speak highly of their spoken word teacher, poet and educator Peter Kahn from Oak Park and River Forest High School. We'll let the rest speak for itself. Follow Rich Robbins:Instagram: @richrobbinsTwitter: @richr0bbinsWebsite: Spotify: Rich Robbins Check out Langston Kerman:Instagram: @langstonkermanMy Mama Told Me - The Podcast: ht...2023-11-201h 01
Arts Educators Save the WorldJordan Ellenberg with Peggy Pfeiffer and guest host Dr. Erica LitkeA great addition to the Arts Pod, mathematician and author Jordan Ellenberg calculates the multiplicity of areas covered by his mentor, Peggy Pfeiffer, who combined various factors to create a writers salon in their high school. We can only discuss a fraction of their infinite knowledge, but we divide and conquer hosting duties with Dr. Erica Litke, associate professor of mathematics education in the College of Education & Human Development at the University of Delaware.JORDAN ELLENBERG is the John D. MacArthur Professor of Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research centers on number t...2023-11-1352 min
Arts Educators Save the WorldJillian Mercado with Kay Gayner and Agnes McConlogue Ferro of the National Dance InstituteWe launch our second season with actress, model, and disability activist Jillian Mercado in conversation with two of her mentors from National Dance Institute: Artistic Director Kay Gayner, who is responsible for the direction of NDI’s In-School Program, which currently serves approximately 6,500 children in New York City schools; and Agnes McConlogue Ferro, a pediatric clinical specialist in physical therapy who, with Ms. Gayner, co-created and co-directs the NDI DREAM Project (Dancers Realize Excellence through Arts and Movement): an inclusion-based movement program focusing on collaboration and participation.Follow Jillian Mercado:IG @jillianmercado...2023-11-061h 04
Week In ReviewWeek in Review: Amazon, Sound Transit, and cannabisBill Radke discusses the week’s news with Seattle Times Jonathan Martin, PubliCola’s Erica Barnett, and Puget Sound Business Journal’s Alex Halverson.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2023-09-0251 min
ViewpointsViewpoints 64On today’s show:Students at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick will have to swallow a 3% hike in tuition fees in 2023-2024. The university says revenues don’t match expenses. A New Brunswick resident is fighting against illegal dumps on private and public land in the Tantramar. Forest fires are being contained in Nova Scotia. Some residents are getting ready to reintegrate their homes. But fires are still burning strong in Québec. And to Ohsweken, Ontario, where a local craftswoman is sharing her moccasin making knowledge with the next generation. Our reporters this week...2023-06-0929 minViewpointsViewpoints Episode 43On today's show:Seniors in Revelstoke and Quadra Island, BC get a helping hand from grassroots initiatives. The Dartmouth Travelodge Hotel was transformed providing 65 new permanent housing options for the homeless. The 2SLGBTQ+ community has been targeted by vandals in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. Hateful graffiti was sprayed on a visitor information centre and the community is calling for action. And the Sackville Memorial Hospital is getting closer to bringing back its 24-7 emergency department. But it still needs, more new staff, before it gets the green light. Viewpoints is produced by the Local Journalism Initiative...2023-01-1329 minArts Educators Save the WorldSeason 1 Wrap-upErica and Alek look back on the first (and definitely not the last) season of Arts Educators Save The World. They answer some listener mail, remember their own mentors, and look ahead to Season 2. 2022-12-1942 minArts Educators Save the WorldBye-Week & End of Season TeaserErica checks in to let everyone know how amazing this first season has been and how excited we are about the movement we're starting. She also drops a little hint about the guest we're hoping to bring on for the season one finale.2022-10-3103 min
Arts Educators Save the WorldSNL's Cecily Strong with Mary Lou RosatoThe incomparable Cecily Strong, fresh off her search for signs of intelligent life, soon to once again be live from New York, sits in conversation with Mary Lou Rosato, her CalArts acting teacher – the kind of acting teacher every artist dreams of having. As they talk sonnets, Lady Macbeth, and sketch comedy, you'll be very glad we started this conversation with her at our party.2022-10-2447 minViewpointsViewpoints Episode 31On today’s show:The Liverpool International Theatre Festival hits the mark. Troupes from around the world make their way back with a smile. After admiring his work for decades, local New Brunswick artist Robert Lyon gets to work on a famous Alex Colville painting. In British Columbia, the Klahoose First Nation eyes expansion for its tourism businesses after a successful summer season. It operates the Klahoose Wilderness Lodge in Toba Inlet and the Gorge Harbour Marina Resort on Cortes Island. The Hartley Bay community in Terrace, BC is celebrating the grand opening of its new community kitche...2022-10-2129 min
Arts Educators Save the WorldRepresentation: Arts Teachers on TV w/Christina AnthonyIn a break from our core curriculum, this elective episode brings Erica together with actress and teaching artist Christina Anthony to discuss representations of arts educators on television. While there are no prerequisites for the course, we recommend checking out the 1982 pilot of FAME (iTunes, $1.99 - worth it!), GLEE Season 3 Episode 12 (Disney+), and ABBOTT ELEMENTARY Season 1 Episode 7 (Hulu).2022-10-1747 min
Arts Educators Save the WorldKate Baldwin & Craig KienzleThis week we are joined by Tony-nominated broadway actress and singer Kate Baldwin, who has performed with just about every city symphony, in every theater, along with several presidentially-named Centers (Kennedy and Lincoln, to name a couple). Also joining us is Kate’s friend and mentor: musician, choreographer, and teacher since his teenage years, Craig Kienzle. Kate and Craig talk about the importance of their formative work together, and discuss the person whom they both credit with building the school program that changed their lives, along with generations of other students and artists.2022-10-1050 minArts Educators Save the WorldBye-Week & Season 1 Second Half PreviewErica checks in to let everyone know that we're taking a week off to catch our breath, and she previews the second half of Season 1 with guest announcements and more!2022-10-0301 min
Arts Educators Save the WorldFaisal Abdu'Allah & Fraser JamesFaisal Abdu’Allah is the Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in Art at the University of Wisconsin, and a barber. (Not a typo.) Fraser James is a prolific television actor who happened, one day, years ago, to get his hair cut by the Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in Art at the University of Wisconsin. This week on the podcast, a new take on mentorship reveals how these two Black British artists have influenced each other across the years in their art and activism.2022-09-2648 min
Arts Educators Save the WorldAnnaleigh Ashford & Stephanie RossiIt might be faster to name everything that Annaleigh Ashford HASN'T done, but let's just summarize her work and say that she IS an incredible actor and singer; star of the stage, the TV, and the movies, with credits including WICKED, KINKY BOOTS, YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (Tony-winner!), BAD EDUCATION, B POSITIVE, and AMERICAN CRIME STORY; and will star in the Broadway revival of SWEENEY TODD alongside Josh Groban in February 2023. On this episode, Annaleigh has invited her high school teacher Ms. Rossi, whose work as a social studies and psychology teacher – and as an all-around guide an...2022-09-1944 minViewpointsViewpoints Episode 26On today's show:Canadians will soon need more hours to qualify for Employment Insurance. The measures implemented during the early stages of the COVID-19 epidemic come to an end on September 24th. Cost of living is straining households and volunteer organizations across Canada. In Revelstoke BC, they are also feeling the pinch. A Metis artist travels to different parts of the country to present her #hopeandhealingcanada installation. She makes her 108th stop in Kingston, Ontario. Karim Mosna had a moving conversation with her. And on Periscope we’ll take a peek at stories produced by our jou...2022-09-1629 min
Arts Educators Save the WorldJosh Radnor & Deborah LapidusJosh Radnor's career has spanned television (HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, HUNTERS), Broadway (DISGRACED, THE BABYLON LINE), film (HAPPYTHANKYOUMOREPLEASE, LIBERAL ARTS), and music, recording both as a solo arist and part of the duo RADNOR & LEE. On this week's episode of ARTS EDUCATORS SAVE THE WORLD, Josh links all these forms of storytelling back to his graduate education at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and, specifically, to his singing teacher, Deb Lapidus, who inspired him -- and us -- with her wisdom. She tells us "I think that the idea of 'getting it right' is the thing that...2022-09-1243 min
Arts Educators Save the WorldSharif Bey & Bill StricklandBill Strickland is the founder of Manchester Craftmen’s Guild and Bidwell Corporation. He's also a MacArthur Fellow. Sharif Bey is an artist and professor, whose work is focused on the visual heritage of Africa, Oceana, and contemporary African American Culture. He's also the winner of The United States Artist fellowship. Bey got his start at Strickland’s Craftman’s Guild, and counts Strickland as one of his earlier and most influential mentors. These two master ceramicists join together for a wide-ranging discussion on the beauty of clay, the value of mentorship, and the power of art to “heal cancer o...2022-09-0549 min
Arts Educators Save the WorldLin-Manuel Miranda & Robert Lopez (Part 2)Let the Storm Rage on, because You'll Be Back! It's Part 2 of our conversation with Robert Lopez, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and their elementary school music teacher, Barbara Ames, where they discuss composition, performance, and reminisce about their school's auditorium... the room where it happened.2022-08-2929 min
Arts Educators Save the WorldLin-Manuel Miranda & Robert Lopez (Part 1)Wait for It... then Let it Go. Lin-Manuel Miranda (HAMILTON, ENCANTO) and Robert Lopez (FROZEN, BOOK OF MORMON) together in their first ever joint interview, sit down with their shared elementary school music teacher, Barbara Ames. The trio discuss Barbara's dedication to instilling a love of music and the arts in all her students, and we hear stories about (and long-lost audio clips from) Lin and Bobby's early work on the elementary school stage.2022-08-2942 minViewpointsViewpoints Episode 23On today’s Viewpoints:Tiny homes could help solve the housing crisis on Cortes Island. But regulations keep getting in the way. More than half of the people in Canada are struggling and feeling the inflation crush, according to a recent survey. A local food bank in Ontario, managing to keep its head over the water. High cost of living and staff shortages are also hurting Halifax businesses. The Oysterhead Tavern will stay closed for quite a while. A Dalhousie University student gets $50,000 for his innovation and will represent Canada at 2023 Global...2022-08-2630 minArts Educators Save the WorldTrailerA new weekly podcast brings successful artists together in conversation with their mentors. Season One guests include Lin-Manuel Miranda, Robert Lopez, Josh Radnor, Annaleigh Ashford, and more. Follow the show on Twitter @artseducators, on IG @artseducatorspodcast, and learn more at www.ArtsEducatorsPodcast.com.Subscribe today to be inspired by how these educators and mentors changed the lives of the artists... that change our worlds.2022-08-1202 min
This Week in Skating PodcastThis Week In Skating / June 20, 2022This Week in Skating is hosted by Gina Capellazzi and Daphne Backman and is a cooperative project between Figure Skaters Online and Ice-dance.com. New episodes are available every Tuesday.Website: http://www.thisweekinskating.comEmail: thisweekinskating@gmail.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/thisweekinskatingTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/thiswkinskatingInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinskating_________________________________________EPISODE NOTESFather’s DayU.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone did an interview with Ashley Cain and her father/coach Peter CainJu...2022-06-2023 minViewpointsViewpoints Episode 11On this edition of Viewpoints:The province of Nova Scotia is getting ready to welcome back tourists this summer, trying to recoup part of the 3 billion dollars it lost over the past two years. In Cowansville Québec, bowlers will have to let go of their 20 year love affair with the Salle de Quilles Cowansville. The local bowling alley is closing its doors, hit hard by COVID-19 restrictions. Live music events are coming back to Mansons Landing on Cortes Island off the BC coast. Musician and songwriter Michael Keith takes the lead. And the City of Sa...2022-06-0329 min
Writing & Literacies On AirArts-Based LiteraciesWelcome to the Writing & Literacies SIG podcast series "Inquiring Minds"! In this episode, we talk with Dr. Erica Rosenfeld Halverson, Dr. Stephanie Renee Toliver, Dr. Jasmine Ma, Dr. Csaba Osvath, and Dr. Jenifer Schneider about arts-based literacies.2022-06-0252 minViewpointsViewpoints Episode 8On this edition of Viewpoints:Fibre optics, cable, and landlines will soon be available in the small community of Cortes Island. Imposing new taxes on non-resident homeowners won’t cool down the housing market or make a dent in the housing crisis in Nova Scotia say local realtors. Municipal employees are giving a thumbs up to the four day workweek. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick follow the trend. And we go back to British Columbia where our journalist Pamela Haasen met with documentarian and filmmaker Kelly Milner who just produced Not About Me.With ou...2022-05-1329 minViewpointsViewpoints Episode 6On today’s Viewpoints:Sackville hospitals are hiring registered nurses and other personnel. Justine Graham is one of the new recruits. Cortes Island is looking for homestay families to host international students. Some come to Canada as others just cant stop thinking their future trip to Asia. And Nova Scotia is addressing the housing shortage. More money is on the way from the provincial government.With our journalists Ed Halverson, Erica Butler, Pamela Hassen, Anastasia Avvakumova, and their guests. Producer and host Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is produced by th...2022-04-2930 min
ViewpointsViewpoints Episode 4On this edition of Viewpoints:The Western Literacy Council has a new executive Director. Greg Graham just loves his new job. The small Cortes Island Market celebrates its 30 years on the Island. Keeping customers happy seems to be the best recipe. We stay on Cortes where Hugh Barton believes he has the largest native Western Yew on the Island. He explains how he found the tree. And in Québec, the Pontiac region is doing more to attract the healthcare workers it lost. With our journalists Caleb Nickerson, E...2022-04-1530 min
The Canna Mom ShowErica Halverson on a Hemp Paper MissionIn 2019 Joyce ordered her first hemp business cards from Erica Halverson’s business, the TINY e PAPER Company. Uniquely, TINY e PAPER makes 100% pure hemp paper on a commercial scale utilizing both hemp stalks and the waste from CBD extractors, which is addressing several problems now faced by the cannabis industry. Erica is on a mission to sell her products and run her business using smarter resource than trees in addition to utilizing the waste being generated by a rapidly growing sector of the cannabis/hemp industry. Joyce and Erica cover a lot of topics ranging from Erica’s aha...2022-03-1044 min
How do you like it so far?How the Arts Can Save Education with Erica HalversonThis week we’re joined by a whoopensocker of a guest - Erica Halverson. After telling us all what a “whoopensocker” is, she brings us up to speed on her education intervention of the same name, where teaching artists employ the rules of improv to encourage kids to express themselves and engage in collaborative storytelling. Those stories are then presented back to them in the form of a professionalized vaudeville show on the Whoopensocker podcast and YouTube channel. We discuss how these methods confront some of the failings of traditional learning environments and assessments in the classroom today, as well a...2022-02-2159 min
Amidon PlanetE057: How the Arts Can Save Education with Erica HalversonLearning to teach better with Dr. Erica Halverson, Professor in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as we discuss her new book, How the Arts Can Save Education: Transforming Teaching, Learning, and Instruction.
Show notes for the episode can be found at: https://amidonplanet.com/episode57/2021-10-281h 07
iHemp Michigan PodcastSaving the Planet with Hemp Paper | Ihemp hour ft. Erica HalversonErica Halverson will talk about how her hemp paper business grew along with her quest to save the planet -- one plant at a time!
Erica Halverson started her career path in retail and moved into a corporate structure, marking her way as a Marketing, Sales, Branding and CPG expert until she decided to get some smaller table experience under her belt and moved to Silicon Valley to join the Startup community. What changed her life was finding her way into the cannabis industry working for a large premium vaporizer company where she was able to marry...2021-07-1648 min
Moving Forward with Mandi KerrHemp Paper To Change The IndustryWith the world being more environmentally aware than ever before, there is now a large focal point on conservation, and more specifically, paper conservation. Higher levels of greenhouse gases are detected every year, and plastered on every office printer room is a large sign, begging you to use paper more wisely and go green. What if we told you that the world may indeed have been a very different place if the Hemp industry was not beaten in the early 1900’s? Tune in on our interview with Erica Halverson, Founder of TINY e PAPER Erica started TINY e PAPER wit...2021-01-2853 min
808 Podcast#666 Erica Halverson - TINY e PAPERErica Halverson the Founder|CEO of TINY e PAPER tells you how to change with your audience as your audience changes.
You can check her out at https://www.TinyePaper.com/2020-11-1307 min
Prairie PROducers Podcast | industrial hemp: it's not the future; it's todayErica Halverson, Founder and CEO of Tiny e Paper COIn today’s episode, I interviewed someone with so much energy who is making waves within the industrial hemp industry. Her name is Erica Halverson and her company is called Tiny e Paper.
Her goals are BIG, her vision is inspiring and her mission is going to have a major impact on not only the hemp industry, but the economy and the environment as well. TINY e PAPER makes 100% pure hemp paper on a commercial scale within a nominal cost increase over its tree paper version.
They make hemp paper out of hemp stalks and th...2020-09-3041 min
WeedBudz RadioHemp Paper and Product Development with Erica Halverson of Tiny e PaperOur guest, Erica Halverson has created 100% hemp paper and is consistently developing new product ideas. Erica has worked in marketing and branding for a number of years and set off on a new path to help save the world. Erica introduces her journey to us and shares some of the challenges she has had to overcome in order to accomplish her goals. Tune in, join us, and learn what you can do when you push the limits of what seems possible! Did you know: Hemp paper can be whitened without bleach but instead using hydrogen peroxide, a...2020-07-3134 min
Cutting Edge Of CannabisCommercial Scale Hemp PaperCommercial scale hemp paper with CEO of TINY e PAPER, Erica Halverson. TINY e PAPER CO makes 100% pure hemp paper on a commercial scale within a nominal cost increase over its tree paper version. They make their hemp paper out of hemp stalks and the waste from CBD Extractors, taking care of 2 problems within the cannabis industry and beyond. Selling their products/running their companies are using a smarter resource than trees and utilizing a lot of waste being generated by a rapidly growing category. Erica started TINY e PAPER after a serendipitous conversation over happy hour with a friend...2020-06-1137 min
Cutting Edge Of CannabisCommercial Scale Hemp PaperCommercial scale hemp paper with CEO of TINY e PAPER, Erica Halverson. TINY e PAPER CO makes 100% pure hemp paper on a commercial scale within a nominal cost increase over its tree paper version. They make their hemp paper out of hemp stalks and the waste from CBD Extractors, taking care of 2 problems within the cannabis industry and beyond. Selling their products/running their companies are using a smarter resource than trees and utilizing a lot of waste being generated by a rapidly growing category. Erica started TINY e PAPER after a serendipitous conversation over happy hour with a friend...2020-06-1137 min
Cannabetic PodcastCannabetic Podcast #3 Erica Halverson CEO of Tiny E PaperErica Halverson CEO of Tiny E Paper company is on a mission to accelerate the use of hemp paper for cannabis business. We dive deep into how to start a business, how to get funding, and many other great resources. She's a marketing guru so you don't want to miss this one.
Find Erica and take a hemp pledge at:
https://hemppledge.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/erica-halverson-26780b7/
Tinyepaper.com
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New Books in EducationErica Rosenfeld Halverson, et. al, “Makeology: Makers as Learners, Vol 2” (Routledge, 2016)Erica Halverson, professor of education at the University of Wisconsin Madison, joins us in this episode to discuss the recently published co-edited volume entitled, Makeology: Makers as Learners (Routledge, 2016). My conversation with Erica actually begins around her earlier work with Kimberly Sheridan (2014), in which they establish the warrant for studying making and learning and define theoretical and empirical approaches to making, makers, and makerspaces. We then discuss the insights that emerged from across each section of the book: the cultures and identities of makers, their tools and materials, and connecting making to the disciplines.
For those unfamiliar...2017-07-1954 min
LSRI Speaker Series - AudioErica HalversonTelling, adapting, and performing stories: How literacy meets identity2005-09-151h 30