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Paul H. Karrer
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Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
Ex-Peace Corps Volunteers (1978-1980 - Samoa) Discuss/Endorse Peace Corps
Send us a textThree RPCVs (Return Peace Corps Volunteers) discuss their time in the Peace Corps in Samoa (1978-1980) Dr. Michael Baughan, Paul Karrer - Teacher Tails Host, Harvey GerrySupport the show
2025-06-21
29 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
97. Korean Kisses - Our daughter is a...
Send us a textThe author's Korean wife and their bi-racial infant daughter are returning to visit Korea. But will it turn out better than when the author and his wife lived there? Support the show
2023-12-01
08 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
I taught a Mass Murderer in my 5th Grade
Send us a textThe author talks about a 10-year old child who later became a mass murderer. The author refuses to use the shooters name.Support the show
2023-11-27
07 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
Teacher Tails. Socrates and You Have to Listen
Send us a textA non-attentive student spoke when he shouldn't have regarding Socrates and hemlock. Support the show
2023-11-14
02 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
Prison - A former student describes a normal day in prison
Send us a textA former favorite 5th-grader with a life sentence describes 24 hours (from A - Z) in Salinas Valley State Prison.Support the show
2023-11-11
04 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
Pass the Soap. 93
Send us a textAn adult child gives his step dad a shower for first time. It's a major change of roles. Support the show
2023-11-05
04 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
Former Student in Prison - What Does a Teacher Say/Write to him?
Send us a textA former favorite 5th grade student writes to his all time best teacher. The student explains why he is there and reveals the many mistakes he made at life's cross roads.But the teacher gives him an assignment - some homework.Support the show
2023-10-17
07 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
Choosing Your Own Death 91
Send us a textA friend in New Zealand and a very good neighbor right here in California end their own lives. In very different ways.Support the show
2023-10-11
06 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
The Blood in My Veins. 90
Send us a textThe author recalls visits with his very infamous granny. A tough old goat who took nothing from no oneSupport the show
2023-09-29
08 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
A Very Liberal Teacher Goes Pig Hunting - 89
Send us a textThe author meets a former student. The student invites him to go pig hunting. A thing far out of his universe. But he goes and there in is a teacher tale.Support the show
2023-09-26
30 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
School Story - The Fixer. 88
Send us a textThe school secretary tries to fix EVERYTHING. Even when a child discovers his dead mom in the morning.A 5th-grader loses his mom. His teacher and the school secretary try as best as they can to smooth things over - no easy task.Support the show
2023-09-16
08 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
Zorbing With Mao Tse Tung in New Zealand. 87
Send us a textIn New Zealand the author gets bamboozed by his daughter to go Zorbing . And they come a cross a contingent of Chinese party members. A Psychiatric ward comes into play as well.Support the show
2023-09-11
08 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
86 Korea - Stairway of Abuse
Send us a textThe author observed a disabled man abused and it doesn't sit well with him. Nor did his own inaction.Support the show
2023-09-04
06 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
85 Inner Scoop of a Writers' Group
Send us a textThe author describes the inner workings and specifics of his writers group of 31 yearsSupport the show
2023-08-25
06 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
84. Kids' story - Apple Fools Day
Send us a textThe teacher is given an apple on April Fool's Day. But someone took a big chunk out of it. But who The class refuses to squeal...Support the show
2023-08-16
05 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
83. Of Love - THE TRAP LETTER
Send us a textThe author is given a trunk of old letters he received over the years. Lots of memories and treasures - especially THE TRAP LETTER.... FunnySupport the show
2023-08-11
07 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
82. Prison Stories - Fishing
Send us a textThe author visits his former student in Level 4 Maximum Security prison - Salinas Valley State prison. They exchange information and stories. Fishing in prison is one of them.Support the show
2023-08-10
16 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
81 Our Bull Terrier Attacked Another Dog & We Brought her to the Vet to Have Her put Down...BUT!
Send us a textOur 58 lbs rescue bull terrier attacked another dog and we went to the vets to have her euthanized - but....Support the show
2023-07-30
08 min
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80. Kid story - Rock of Motivation
Send us a textA teacher playfully puts a huge rock in a withdrawn child's backpack with super results...Support the show
2023-07-23
06 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
79. Coffee Smug
Send us a textThe author and his wife gossip in Korean about a cowboy. Unfortunately Mr. Cowboy also spoke Korean.Support the show
2023-07-21
03 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
Immigration, Kids and Border Crossings - The rest of the story
Send us a textA teacher is engaged in a parent teacher conference for his 5th grade student. The mother's phone rings. At that moment her husband informs mother and kids he crossed the border into Arizona's Sonoran desert from Mexico.Support the show
2023-07-12
05 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
Teacher! You LIE! There ain't no Emily Garcia
Send us a textA teacher still has his class practice handwriting now and again. He is never happy with the results and he shares a "story" about a girl with super handwriting, but no second finger joints on either hand. The kids don't believe him and then one day...Support the show
2023-07-09
07 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
76. PRISON TALES. ON THE ADVICE OF MY INMATE
Send us a textThe author visits a former 5th grade student in prison. Roles are changed as the inmate gives his former teacher some smart advice.Support the show
2023-06-29
05 min
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75. A Fathers' Day Mantra
Send us a textFather and daughter hike in the woods and see more than they should. But a practiced mantra makes it ok.Support the show
2023-06-18
06 min
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74. NOT FAIR 5th Grade
Send us a textA teacher races each 5th grade class over the years. And finally he loses. The teacher's own words come back to haunt him. Support the show
2023-06-16
06 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
73. Blind Luck
Send us a textThe author helps a friend cut grass in New Zealand. He meets a blind customer and learns a great deal.Support the show
2023-06-04
08 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
Care & Feeding of a Frenchie by a Frenchie
Send us a textA French bulldog informs the listener of exactly how to take proper care of Frenchies. A few slights and comparisons to German Shepards are made.Support the show
2023-05-28
07 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
Prison - Charles Manson, Sirhan Sirhan, Gang Reputations and Chess
Send us a textAn inmate, a former 5th grader, of the author shares prison stories during a visit. The author learns prison gangs defend their reputation with a sentence of death even if it involves chess.Support the show
2023-05-25
07 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
70. PRISON - Sally Ports, Potty Patrol, Extractions
Send us a textA reading lesson with students turns into a learning lesson for the teacher. The kids know lots of vocabulary words the teacher doesn't recognize in the article. They are all words related to prison.Support the show
2023-05-12
08 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
69. Club Moron - Cell Phone in the Toilet
Send us a textThe author cleverly drops his phone in the toilet. His visiting Korean student gives him some hope.Support the show
2023-05-08
05 min
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68. The Counselor
Send us a text A friend I nicknamed The Counselor is a magnet for people needing advice. Even strangers come up to him and ask for his input. Funny Support the show
2023-05-02
06 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
67. Contestant 421. Somewhere Near North Korea
Send us a textThe author's wife flew to her homeland but quarantine rules changed while she was in the air. Not nice.Support the show
2023-05-01
06 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
Making New Friends on the End of a Leash
Send us a textPublished in The Seattle Times - the author (an old fart) makes two new steadfast friends because of Covid. One a dog the other his human...Support the show
2023-04-28
04 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
66. Stuck with the Kiwis. Covid 19
Send us a textThe author went to New Zealand on the cusp of the Corona virus. Very scary to see it unfold from afar. And we are still dealing with variations of it.Support the show
2023-04-20
10 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
65. My Time as a Skinhead
Send us a textThe author shaves his fat head due to a self-induced horrible haircutting error. And there are a few unexpected consequences.Support the show
2023-04-19
06 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
The Lewis Chess Set, Deer Antler and a French Bulldog. 64
Send us a textI carve a chess set out of deer antler because of my French Bulldog - Winnie.Support the show
2023-04-17
05 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
54. My Granny Judged at a Drag Queen Pageant
Send us a textMy grandmother visits me in Samoa and we attend a drag queen pageant. My conservative grandmother is given a front row seat and is chosen to be a judge. It only gets better from there. Published in Sn Francisco Chronicle and The Baltimore Sun.Support the show
2023-04-12
05 min
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62. L.A. Times Op-ed. Gun Reform
Send us a textI talk about gun reform and how close guns are to my 5th-graders.Support the show
2023-04-08
07 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
61. Korea - The Watcher
Send us a textA foreign male living on Korea's southern most island is watched by his provincial ancient land lord. Why?Support the show
2023-04-08
06 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
60. Couch Dogs
Send us a textA dog ages. She is appreciated, but she gives clear insights to her owner's future.Support the show
2023-04-04
03 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
Teacher's Informal Goal
Send us a textA new teacher has to have an informal goal. He decides he will get one kid to stop swearing - no matter what.Support the show
2023-04-03
04 min
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58 - Manners
Send us a textAn old woman and her grandson are waiting in line when they notice a tough gang banger. A potential for conflict arises. It isn't what occurs.Support the show
2023-03-30
05 min
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57. 5th - Grade - GHOST KIDS
Send us a textAn essay reveals a quiet child's suffering, but he wasn't a Ghost Kid any more.Support the show
2023-03-24
07 min
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56. Lottery Lunacy
Send us a textThe stats and reality of state lotteriesSupport the show
2023-03-22
05 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
55. A Lawyer Tale - When Hell Froze Over.
Send us a text I catch my lawyer in the act of being less than 100% on the job. He even turned red. Hell must have froze over...Support the show
2023-03-19
05 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
54. My Granny Judged a Drag Queen Pageant
Send us a textMy white-haired grandma visited Samoa and got to judge at Drag Queen Pageant. There was much to be seen. Support the show
2023-03-19
07 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
53. Of Dogs and the Coffee Shop Nazi
Send us a textThe female owner of a wonderful coffee shop terrorizes her clients. However she has a wonderful soft spot - dogs. Support the show
2023-03-17
07 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
51 Why I Walk In the Rain ...
Send us a textPeace Corps - What happens when it rains and there is competition for a spot on a bus?Support the show
2023-03-12
08 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
52. My War With a Samoan Chief - Peace Corps
Send us a textEvery 3rd Friday a Peace Corps volunteer competes with a Samoan chief to sit in a special place. But why?Support the show
2023-03-12
11 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
Death Star or Star Fruit
Send us a textA teacher gives his class an exotic fruit to sample. Who would have guessed it could kill a student.Support the show
2023-03-10
09 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
49. Peace Corps - The Great Choosing
Send us a textPeace Corps volunteers have a 2 week isolated village stay. Villagers choose who will stay with them. But who stays where and why did no one want me? It all makes sense later.Support the show
2023-03-06
10 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
Yugoslavian Civil War - Finding a Lost Friend
Send us a textMy search for a friend lost in the Yugoslavian Civil War does not end well.Support the show
2023-03-04
08 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
47 The Big Liar
Send us a textA 2nd grader tends to lie. But the teacher nails him with a lie of his own.Support the show
2023-02-27
06 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
46 The Miracle, A Girl of Silence, a Wonderful Boy and Goats
Send us a textA teacher recalls a miracle in class. A 5th grader girl (a selective mute) utters one word and the class goes crazy. Goats are involved and so are time -warp letters Support the show
2023-02-19
08 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
45. Kids. - Crime & Punishment in the 5th Grade
Send us a textParents start calling the teacher because a student has given lots of kids hundred dollar bills . And they are real and the kids are only 10. What's the story here?Support the show
2023-02-14
06 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
44 Brad Pitt & Tibet
Send us a textA Tibetan friend crosses paths with Brad Pitt. But Korea, New Mexico, California, and New Zealand get involved. And a pissed off German...Support the show
2023-02-07
10 min
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43 Peace Corps Massacre
Send us a textI recall a disturbing incident where my students cheated on a test and I was encouraged to deal with it harshly - the Samoan Way (Fa'a Samoa)Support the show
2023-02-03
15 min
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42. Afghan Ambush & a Helmet
Send us a textA former student details being ambushed in Afghanistan.Support the show
2023-01-31
22 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
41 Prison A Smiley Face at Salinas Valley State Prison
Send us a textA very detailed description of visits to Salinas Valley State Prison - Level 4 Maximum Security. Abuse by correction officers to visitors. And how I learned to smile when I didn't want to, but had to. Support the show
2023-01-31
15 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
40 Peace Corps UNCLE MIKEY (PART 2) - SUPER CHICKENS
Send us a textPeace Corps volunteer Uncle Mikey is up to his catastrophic doings again. It's all about Chickens, but spearfishing matters too.Support the show
2023-01-29
16 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
39 Peace Corps Uncle Mikey and the Famed Winged Beans (Part 1)
Send us a textA Peace Corps volunteer attempts to set an example for his host village with his garden. Things go massively awry. This volunteer is renown for being shadowed by screw ups - these events were triggered by what became known as as THE TURMOIL FACTOR.Support the show
2023-01-26
11 min
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38. The Lettuce Curtain & Pablo Sandoval
Send us a textOn a morning P.E. run a 5th-grade teacher learns things about his kids. Some sad - some wonderful.Support the show
2023-01-23
07 min
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37. Fiddler's Tears
Send us a textSome 5th grade girls beg their teacher to come in class during his lunch break. Teacher practices his fiddle. - WARNING!! THERE IS A SUPER BRIEF WRETCHEDLY HORRIBLE RENDITION OF "ANGELINE THE BAKER" But suffer a bit and listen to commentary. CuteSupport the show
2023-01-21
06 min
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36. Samoa - Pigs DO Fly
Send us a textA Peace Corps teacher of science learns many things in South Pacific's Samoa - like Pigs DO fly.Support the show
2023-01-18
10 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
35. Korea - A Glorious Robbery
Send us a textOn a packed bus in Korea my wife is robbed of her ancient Rolex while I'm with her. The passengers insist on all of us going in the bus to the police station. Police inform us we were hit by a well-known bump and push gang . Unbelievable ending ... Support the show
2023-01-17
10 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
34 MLK Day-Teacher, were YOU a racist?
Send us a textAfter a lesson on the origins of MLK Junior Day, a 5th grader asks, "Teacher were YOU a racist?" The teacher rethinks his knee-jerk reaction and admits yes. But there's even more to this story...Support the show
2023-01-15
05 min
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33. Jungle Boots
Send us a text A Peace Corps volunteer in Samoa but from Texas looooves his boots. But how long can leather boots last in the jungle?Support the show
2023-01-14
10 min
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32. New Zealand. HOPE
Send us a textA Peace Corps Volunteer (me) completes his 2 years in Samoa. He goes to New Zealand and wonders will he fit in to normal society again. Will people be decent? He has a heart-warming and humanity at its best experience.Support the show
2023-01-14
08 min
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31. Kids - Bathroom Pass
Send us a textOne teacher has ZERO bathroom problems with his 2nd graders. WHY? A principal finds the reason.Support the show
2023-01-14
02 min
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30. Korea - City of the Lepers
Send us a textKorean story I had published in San Francisco Chronicle. A friend explains how her best friend in high school lived in a quarantined city of lepers Sang Dong - because both her parents had the disease. Heart-warming story about friendship, special shoes with a happy endingSupport the show
2023-01-09
08 min
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29. Prison - A Regular Day
Send us a textA former student incarcerated at age 13 describes a typical day in Corcoran Prison.Support the show
2023-01-04
07 min
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28 Code Blue School Intruder!!
Send us a textA teacher tells how he dealt with his 5th-grade class lock down after hearing a gun shot and seeing a police officer crawl beneath his class window with a drawn gun. Happy ending... fortunately.Support the show
2023-01-03
09 min
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27. Cracking Up
Send us a textTwo guys take a hike across a reservoir in Connecticut. The ice has a surprise for them. Also the story is a metaphor for one of the guys, who unfortunately like the ice, has become less and less solid over time.Support the show
2022-12-31
23 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
26 The Hug-o-saurs
Send us a textA teacher deals with series of events at the same time. A child has stapled her thumb. A child outside is dancing in a puddle. Some parents think they have a conference NOW!Support the show
2022-12-30
07 min
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25. The Baby Flight
Send us a textA Connecticut Yankee teaching English in Korea delivers three orphans to their new families in New York on Christmas Eve. But one of the infants has massive disabilities. What is going on? Do the new parents know?Support the show
2022-12-27
17 min
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25. The Baby Flight
A teacher (me) delivers 3 orphans from Korea to NYC on Christmas Eve, But one of the babies has major disabilities. What's up with that? Do the new parents know?
2022-12-23
16 min
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24 Granny The Racist
Send us a textA woman in a store accuses me of being a racist after I address her and the child with her (she's Anglo) in English and then Spanish. My small Frenchie wanted to say hi to them and I wanted them to feel at ease.Support the show
2022-12-19
04 min
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23 That's My Mom
Send us a textA wonderfully resilient 5th grader deals with her mom's death in a heartwarming and magnificent way.Support the show
2022-12-19
04 min
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22. Kid Story - Why a 5th Grade Girl Hated Singing
Send us a textA 5th-grader confesses she detests singing. The why is heart-breaking.Support the show
2022-12-14
06 min
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21. Escape to School
Send us a textAn ill 2nd grader escapes to school. He doesn't want to miss class. The teacher told them finish school...go to college. Years later teacher and student meet. What happened to the kiddo?Support the show
2022-12-13
06 min
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20 Science Camp
Send us a textDuring a week at science camp a teacher gains some insights as to why a particularly troublesome child has issues. And why his favorite thing in the world is hot showersSupport the show
2022-12-12
06 min
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19 A Letter to My President (Obama) the One I Voted For
Send us a textThis opinion piece was originally published in The Monterey Herald. Nothing came of it. Then I offered it to Education Week. They published it and it went VIRAL. 16 Google search pages connected the letter to the world. It was published in Chinese and Hebrew even. CNN called me at school to do another opinion piece - see what happened with that at the end of the reading.Support the show
2022-12-03
07 min
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18 The Harsh Words of David Brooks
Send us a textThe author (me) rebukes and then rebuts a statement by New York Times & NPR Op-editor David Brooks. He stated, "A major impediment to education reform is the teachers' unions." I detail what is education reform? What has it done so far? (Public education destruction.)Support the show
2022-12-01
10 min
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17 A Teacher Talks Turkey Dinner To Her Class
Send us a textA 3rd grade teacher tries to explain what Thanksgiving is all about but makes a linguistic blunder which horrifies her class. The kids are "Newcomers" migrants from all over Mexico. Some do not even speak Spanish. For many their primary languages are - Nahuatl, Mixtec, or MayaSupport the show
2022-11-27
05 min
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16. A Liberal Goes Pig Hunting
Send us a textA retired teacher (me) is asked by a former student to go pig hunting. The former student is in his 30's now. I go and hope I'm not a moron. But I am. However, all pigs lived for another day.Support the show
2022-11-11
24 min
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15 Interview with a Volunteer (Former Student) Who Went to Polish/Ukrainian Border for 6 Weeks
Send us a textI interview a former student, D.J. Corbett, who volunteered at the Polish-Ukrainian border for 6 weeks. He snuck into Ukraine briefly with a supply of donated basic goods he bought. Homeland Security in USA pulled him aside and gave him some strongly worded suggestions. Lots of heart-wrenching incidents and a few heart warming ones. D.J. connected with some Polish riot police and we both play chess with them now via the internet. Much more...Support the show
2022-11-09
24 min
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14. The Lewis Chess set, Deer Antler and a French Bulldog
Send us a textThis article was published in Critical Read. The editors wanted an art creation based on a piece in a museum. So I carved a chess set from deer antler and related it to the most famous of all chess sets - The Lewis Chess set. (Pieces are displayed both in England and Scotland) I tell how my Frenchie Winnie inspired the set as she loooooved to chew deer antler.Support the show
2022-11-04
06 min
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13. Lawyers Then and Now. 9 A.D. and 2022
Send us a textMy siblings and I contacted a legal firm after seeing a class action suit advertisement. We were hosed. I tie in the annihilation of three Roman legions in 9 A.D. by Germanic tribes due in no small part to mistreatment by Roman lawyers. I end with a lawyer friend's humorous non-fiction tale of his nakedness and a burglar. Guess who got screwed!Support the show
2022-11-01
07 min
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12. - Contestant 421 - What happens When Covid Rules Change?
Send us a textA wife flies to Korea during Covid but the quarantine rules change while she is between countries.Support the show
2022-10-30
08 min
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Pod 11 - Salinas Valley State Prison Visit - The Crows of Mourning
Send us a textAn observation of the many women who prepare themselves before they visit their inmates. Support the show
2022-10-27
07 min
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Pod 10. Prison Visit Denied
Send us a textA correction officer refuses me the right to visit my former student. He claims I came at the wrong time. I did not. I discuss what is forbidden during a visit.Support the show
2022-10-25
10 min
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Pod 9. Designer Dogs
Send us a textA reading of an article I wrote in VOMB (Voices of Monterey Bay) about French Bull Dogs. A few comments at the end. Photo credit to Kelli Uldall - that's our Winnie in the photo.Support the show
2022-10-19
05 min
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Pod 8. Night of a Thousand Noises. Samoa
Send us a textI brought my daughter of 12 to Samoa, a place I had lived in for 5 years. We met my artist friend John Poynton and stayed in his "guest house." His guest house was with a lot of imagination a house and hardly for guests. We made the best of it and will never forget.That photo is the mosquito hut and that is Apia harbor in the distance.Support the show
2022-10-12
20 min
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Pod 7. Amazing Grace, Samoa, John Poynton
Send us a textJohn Poynton a famous artist living in Samoa told me this story about his house girl, love, singing, and theft. He resided in pure poverty, but was the boiler plate example of an artist - eccentric to the max..The painting is by John. The classic Sina and the eel myth. A forbidden love is destroyed and one of the lovers turns into an eel.Support the show
2022-10-12
08 min
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Podcast 6. Friends on a Leash -
Send us a textPublished in The Seattle Times. During Covid two dogs and two old guys meet in the woods and all become steadfast friends. A Frenchie named Winnie and a German Shepard named Romeo are the main characters. A few comments about the story after the reading. Enclosed is a link for the story... https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/making-new-friends-at-the-end-of-a-leash/ Support the show
2022-10-09
05 min
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Pod 5. A Former Favorite 5th-Grader Goes to Prison, Chess Kept us Connected
Send us a textJust got this published in the L.A.Times. One of my favorite former 5th graders went to prison for 9 attempted murder charges. We played one chess game for nearly three years. I read the story and comment. I visited him regularly in level 4 Maximum Security at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad. Very intense for this old teacher...https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-08-19/inmate-chess-teacher-prison-manson-sirhanSupport the show
2022-10-08
14 min
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5th-Grade Class Hijacks A St Patrick's Day Lesson
Send us a textI read and comment on the L.A. Times article which got me started. It is about my 5th-graders and how they hijacked a lesson about St. Patrick's Day. All non-fiction. It involves a laser pen, sheep, St. Patrick, leprechauns, and loving , kind, Latino 5th-graders. L.A.Times link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/2062370/episodes/11447730-pod-4-a-5th-grade-class-hijacks-a-st-patrick-s-day-lesson/editSupport the show
2022-10-06
07 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
Pod 3. The Sriracha Shortage
Send us a textI read and then comment on my article in The L.A. Times - The Sriracha Shortage, or as my wife might call it: Our long heatless summer. Background history on the Sriracha (world hot sauce shortage) How it impacts me, my Korean hot sauce loving wife and an Alaskan bear.L.A. Times Link -https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-07-11/sriracha-shortage-peppers-hot-sauce-summerSupport the show
2022-10-06
07 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
Pod 2. I Have OCD. My Wife is a hoarder. How do we manage? It can be a delicate dance.
Send us a textI read and comment on my article published in the L.A. Times. I have OCD. My Wife is a Hoarder. How do we Manage? The Tamara Hill TV program called me after reading this article and they wanted us on their show. I said NO WAY. See why.L.A. Times Link - https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-07-17/hoarder-ocd-kimchi-refrigeratorSupport the show
2022-10-06
08 min
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
Pod 1. L.A. Times - Gun Owning Teacher Against Arming Teachers In Schools
Send us a textL.A. Times published my article about why teachers should not be armed in schools. French International TV asked to interview me. They have a viewership of up to 30, million viewers the world over. L.A. Times link - https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-06-17/teachers-arming-classroom-mass-shootings-nra-uvaldeSupport the show
2022-10-06
07 min