What in the World? Language Podcast

I had the pleasure of sitting down with linguistic anthropologist, Mike Mena to discuss issues mentioned in the title of this podcast, and how this all connects to teachers language practices. We als…

When thinking about equity and best practices for our students do you ever think about how your lessons are structured? Are your students present in your planning? Are your lessons and your LMS syste…

Recently, I had the honor to sit down with author Naomi Raquel Enright about her book, Strength of Soul. During our conversation, we discuss topics she addresses in her book such as, issues pertainin…

In this episode, I sit down with J. Eik Diggs & Dr Jenna Cushing-Leubner to discuss their program(s) on Heritage language education.

They discuss the program(s) in detail and share their personal sto…

Hoy nos encontramos en tiempos únicos, donde todo parece estar al revés. La normalidad se ha ido, y nos quedamos con la creación de nuevos normales, como un barco en el mar en tiempo tormentoso. Pero…

I introduce the last episode in this series titled: Beyond Febrero. Black History is more than just a month. 

In this podcast, I had the pleasure to interview Kia London about this topic that white e…

I had the opportunity to speak with Jennifer Saldaña Whyte for episode three in this small series titled: Beyond Febrero. Black History is more than just a month.

Jennifer brings her #authenticvoices…

I had the opportunity to interview Françoise Thenoux for my second episode in this small series. 

Françoise speaks about the importance of zooming in on content, and really challenging ourselves as e…

This is the first episode in a short series of conversations about Black History Month, and how Afro Latinx and Black stories are neither more than just a side note, nor a simple add on during the mo…

I had the opportunity to sit down with Jay Wamsted. Jay has been a math teacher at Benjamin E. Mays High School in southwest Atlanta for fourteen years. His writing has been featured in various journ…

I had the opportunity to sit down during our planning period with teacher leader and educator Cece Tolliver, M.Ed, LAT,ATC. Ms. Tolliver has lead staff PD during our schools implementation of Mastery…

Take 2 with Noah Geisel at ACTFL19 in Washington, D.C. We continue our conversation on issues of equity, social justice, target language use, ICC standards, culture and much more.

I was fortunate to …

I was lucky to grab these two guys as they wondered by on the convention floor. They were kind enough to lend their voices for a few minutes on the topic of social justice and equity, a theme that I …

I had the pleasure of having LJ Randolph stop by for a moment while on the floor at the ACTFL 2019  convention in Washington, D.C.  LJ and I discuss topics on equity and social justice in the world l…

I present to you a live, panel podcast, all the way from the convention floor in the exhibit hall at ACTFL 2019, in Washington DC. On this occasion, I had the honor to interview four extremely talent…

In this podcast I was invited to try something unique. I was asked to set up my podcasting equipment and gather teacher takeaways from the CIMW19 conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at the end of Sept…

I traveled to Durham, N.C to attend and to interview, Dr. Ronda Taylor-Bullock at the NC Farm to School summit, where she presented on the topic of Racial Equity in Farm to School Curriculum.

After h…

I interviewed Adrienne Brandenburg and Mary Beth Johnson about their experiences as Heritage Spanish language teachers, and about issues surrounding being a white, non-native Spanish teacher, and wha…

In this episode I spoke with several presenters at the upcoming conference, CI Mid West at the University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI. September 27,28, 29. If you plan on attending, please list…

I traveled to Guilford College in Greensboro, NC, to interview Dr. Krishauna Hines-Gaither. Dr. Hines-Gaither and I will discuss her upcoming publication “Reimagining World Languages Education: Equit…