Ep72- The Case of BLM with Dr. C. Eric ErvinDr. Ervin talk about the collapse of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for black people. He also talks about the choice between gradual change in contrast to “cataclysmic change” (his words) as relating to the liberation of black people around the globe./episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/20371391
Ep71- The Case of BLM with Reverend Valerie BridgemanThis episode is the fourth conversation in the Black Lives Matter series where empowerment starts here with Reverend Dr. Valerie Bridgeman. In this call, Rev. Valerie links BLM to the spiritual. She talks about God as not sharing, about Jesus being a black woman, and about uprooting historical systems such as the police department so we can properly replant and rebuild. /episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/16629503
Ep70-The Case of BLM with Senator Lena TaylorIn this episode, Empowerment Starts Here with Senator Lena Taylor from Wisconsin. The Senator joins this BLM series as a public servant trying to disrupt social margins for her constituents while personally being in those margins. She talks about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness by going right to the U.S. Constitution and then directly connecting it to George Floyd. She also talks about black lives matter being a general movement about social unrest, social injustice, social inequities. /episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/16394741
Ep69- The Case of BLM with Demetrius Bennett (Y-DOT)In this episode, the Informant, a local artist, talks black lives matter through the lens of a black man growing up in Milwaukee, WI. He talks about his lived experiences with life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and his encounters with police. In the close out, the host will explore humanization, self actualization and liberation as specific points captured in the call./episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/16197662
Ep68-The Case of BLM with Henry LeonardIn this episode, Henry Leonard (the informant) talks about public education and black lives matter through the lens of a union worker. He also shares his perspective on life as a contested experience for blacks yet a privileged experience for whites. Finally, in the close out, the host will consider white supremacy and its relatedness to the education of black minds. /episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/16028396
Ep67- Introducing Season 6: The Case of Black Lives MatterThis episode is the first of a season of seven where the host explores what black lives matter means to her on a personal level and then engages with others to find out what it means to them as well. To learn more about this episode and to access the show notes, please visit our webpage./episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/16020722
The Case of ESH (Ep61)This episode will be of special interest to show fans who have committed to travel with the hose in the project. She's transparent, sincere, and quirky. Take a listen to learn what cases she will cover next!/episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/13022834
Ep54- The Case of Capital and School ChoiceIn this episode, the informant talks about the capital required for parents to enroll their children in charter public schools and the ways in which this requirement violates the tenets of free education. In the close out, the host adds to the conversation by talking about democratic education from the angle of property, privilege and power. Visit empowermentstartshere.net (2019 Reflections) to access the show notes. /episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/10294307
Ep53- The Case of EduColorIn the recorded conversation, the Informant talks about public school employment for educators of color and how it differs from what their white counterparts experience. He also talks about educators of color only being allowed to teach in under-resourced schools and finally, he talks about different access points to privilege and power. /episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/9979460
Ep52- The Case of Racism Contrary to public treatment, racism is not just about the n-word. It is also not just about blatant discrimination on the grounds of color. In this episode, the host talks about the subtleties of racism at the interpersonal level relating to legitimacy, authority and the control of resources. For a full description and the show notes, please click here./episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/9599237
Ep51- The Case of Black LoveIn the Case of Black Love, the informants talk about happiness, love, sex, sexuality, sexual assault, black men, black women, black consciousness, R. Kelly, Judge Kavanough, polyamory and monogamy, white patriarchy, black matriarchy, and much, much more! /episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/9425660
Ep50- The Case of WordsIn this episode, the informant shares insight on words and the human experience those words represent. She talks about writing, publishing and the development of the mind. In the close out, the host talks about a mental function called chunking and how it is essential for experts and the highly creative mind./episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/9247055
Ep49- The Case of SexIn this episode, the informant and host talk about sex from a sociological perspective. Together, they interrogate ideas on sex as an act of pleasure, the right to have pleasurable sex, and the dignity of sex as related to being human. In the close out, the host explores sexual self schemas and the cognitive dissonance that occurs when new sexual schemas are understood through pre-existing paradigms. /episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/9070946
Ep48- The Case of the Sunken PlaceThe Sunken Place is a term/metaphor borrowed from Jordan Peele's movie, Get Out. In this episode, the host proposes four conditions that creates this condition. Instead discussing racism, as was the premise of Peel's interpretation of the Sunken Place, she explores how other conditions in the physical, social and political world also creates causes disunity with one's sense of self. /episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/8878901
Ep47- The Case of the CriticalWhat actually makes someone critical (as in a champion critical theory)? This is the question that the host attempts to answer. Talking about marginalized bodies, childhood trauma, dominant wiring for intuition, and academic training for higher order processing and abstract thinking, she explains how two people can have different comfort levels with critical theory. /episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/7879649
Ep46- The Case of Role ReversalIn this episode, the informant talks about three levels of power shifting: the power shift that happens at the classroom level when whiteness is de-centered in the literature read by black and brown students; at the local level when gentrification takes over black and brown communities; and at the global level when white Americans must confront their relevance (or lack thereof) in a global economy. /episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/7638572
Ep45- The Case of White Male Privilege and IdentityIn this episode, four ESH returns come back to talk about a common theme they share: being white, male and privileged. In this conversation is Chris Thinnes from Ep03 (The Case of Allyship in Context); Peter Anderson from Ep09 (The Case of Gradelessness); Dr. Paul Thomas from Ep10 (The Case of Critical Literacy) and Justin Schleider from Ep24 (The Case of Learning and Moving). /episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/7548293
Ep44- The Case of the Awkward White FeministIn this episode, the informant models what it means to be unapologetic around issues relating to women. She talks boldly about birth control, about abortions as a reproductive right, about being child-free, and about her relationship with women of color and queer women. Also in this conversation, you will learn that it is quite difficult to talk about gender without talking about race. /episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/7455680
Ep43- The Case of Social ClassIn this episode, the host talks about property, power and prestige as conditions of social class; about class inconsistency and class stratification; and about the consequences of a social class system. /episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/7369124
Ep42- The Case of Being Black at SchoolIn this episode, the informant talks about being black at school as a psychosocial phenomenon impacting black students and families, black educators, and black community stakeholders. /episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/7291448
Ep41- The Case of Standardized TestsIn this episode, Dr. Marachi offers a critique on standardized testing as part of a larger phenomenon of big data and predictive analytics. /episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/7209857
Ep40- The Case of Rejecting the MiddleIn this episode, the informant talks about individualism versus collectivism; about traditionalism versus innovation; and about the English language as a power tool of culture and privilege. /episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/7146933
Ep39- The Case of Judge KavanaughWhereas other programs have discussed Judge Kavanaugh in terms of upper-case P Politics (rule of law, advice and consent, and FBI investigations), this episode explores lower-case p politics (relating to gender, race, emotions, structural power, latent power and psychological trauma). /episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/7116981
Ep38- The Case of GiftednessIn this episode, we spend a good chunk of time talking politically about giftedness, about the federal definition provided for gifted and talented programming, and about the ways in which capitalism and commercialism make space for some gifts while ignoring/invalidating others. /episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/7091291
Ep37- The Case of Bioethics and RaceIn this episode, the informant talks about medicine and the health profession in terms of how prepared it is (or not) in dealing with communities of color. /episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/7062808
Ep36- The Case of Low-income Black FathersIn this episode, the informant talks about socioeconomic conditions of fathering and challenges faced by black, low-income dads (unemployment, housing and mental health). In the closeout, the host talks about the physiological impact of children (even adult children) when neglected by a parent during childhood. /episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/7034087
Ep35-The Case of Social Change from the MarginsWhen you have multiple access points to powerlessness, the work of social change can seem impossible—even secondary to the work of survival. But nonetheless, there are those of us fighting for our wholeness, fighting for our humanness, all while trying to pursue a vision for a better tomorrow for us all. This episode talks intimately about the work social change from the margins. Please visit our webpage to access more information about this case as well as the resources mentioned in the episode./episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/7004625
Ep34- (Part 2) The Case of Self and the Resistance In the is Episode, the host focuses on the social world as relating to the power and privilege afforded to specific cognitive functions (within Meyers Briggs personality theory). She also brings attention to the challenges that exist when certain functions are embodied by women of color. /episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/6710669
Ep33- The Case of Self and the ResistanceThe final case is being presented over two episodes allowing for an adequate representation of two related yet distinct discussions. In the first episode (Ep33), the host provides an argument for why knowing the landscape of one's internal world is essential to disrupting margins. /episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/6651492
Ep32- The Case of Critical Race FeminismIn this episode, the informant talks about self-love and self-care as liberatory practices. She provides a five-part construct on critical race feminism. She also talks about the bleeding nature of the subthemes within critical race theory: critical feminism, feminism, jurisprudence, and critical legal studies. /episode/index/show/eshpodcast/id/6620712