https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/radio-revel--4420715ctohppublications@gmail.com]]>enLanguage LearningCopyright Radio Revelshttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9a2919a598f206f5d2f3e35fff3924b7.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/radio-revel--4420715Fri, 07 Apr 2023 19:36:50 +0000Radio RevelsRadio Revelsfeeds@spreaker.comSupport listening for revel's antics in online teaching. ctohppublications@gmail.comctohppublications@gmail.com]]>falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/s02e01-the-murder--49136221Sitting around the fire on a cold winter night, a grandfather tells his great-grandson of an event he witnessed as a young shepherd, a senseless murder at the crossroads of the way to the Oracle at Delphi.
Who was the victim? Who was the murderer?
Listen to The Shepherd's Story to slowly discover, from the mouth of a first-hand witness, how an ancient tale can be told and retold to young and old.]]>0e82343d-dd89-4ea7-9148-8a8fd7f51d81Mon, 21 Mar 2022 12:00:00 +0000Radio RevelsSo the story begins. Sitting around the fire on a cold winter night, a grandfather tells his great-grandson of an event he witnessed as a young shepherd, a senseless murder at the crossroads of the way to the Oracle at Delphi. Who was the victim? Who...Sitting around the fire on a cold winter night, a grandfather tells his great-grandson of an event he witnessed as a young shepherd, a senseless murder at the crossroads of the way to the Oracle at Delphi.
Who was the victim? Who was the murderer?
Listen to The Shepherd's Story to slowly discover, from the mouth of a first-hand witness, how an ancient tale can be told and retold to young and old.]]>723falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/welcome-to-season-two-of-you-re-listening-to-radio-revel-the-shepherd-s-story--49136220And now, a year later, after imagining this season for months, it's finally being written and produced.
Season Two: The Shepherd's Story is quite different from the first season. This is my own telling of a story from Greek mythology.
Funny how, on retelling a story I've told so many times over the years, I see more clearly how history and parable join together to help us better understand the world surrounding us. So, though I am not sharing my own thoughts and opinions of current events this time around, I am trying to shed light on them through remembering the past and how people back then received information that helped them evolve their own behavior.]]>652b1989-b18c-4372-b40a-1c439e2ff805Mon, 21 Mar 2022 12:00:00 +0000Radio RevelsYes, a year as gone by without word from me. And now, a year later, after imagining this season for months, it's finally being written and produced. Season Two: The Shepherd's Story is quite different from the first season. This is my own telling of a...And now, a year later, after imagining this season for months, it's finally being written and produced.
Season Two: The Shepherd's Story is quite different from the first season. This is my own telling of a story from Greek mythology.
Funny how, on retelling a story I've told so many times over the years, I see more clearly how history and parable join together to help us better understand the world surrounding us. So, though I am not sharing my own thoughts and opinions of current events this time around, I am trying to shed light on them through remembering the past and how people back then received information that helped them evolve their own behavior.]]>151falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/end-of-season-thanks-for-listening--42505488I say I made 44 episodes, but on saving this one, I see it's actually number 46. So, I was closer to 50 than I thought!
I expect to be back in late January, and probably with a total remake of the podcast. Hope you'll check me out then, and tell your friends.
Cheers and be safe this holiday season, stay home, celebrate under your own roof with those who share that roof with you.
The holidays will probably be back in 2021.
peace,
revel.]]>0c2cdcc0-b787-4a1c-8ca1-8bba1842e07fTue, 15 Dec 2020 18:37:15 +0000Radio RevelsNot much to say except thanks for listening to the first season of radio revel. I say I made 44 episodes, but on saving this one, I see it's actually number 46. So, I was closer to 50 than I thought! I expect to be back in late January, and probably...I say I made 44 episodes, but on saving this one, I see it's actually number 46. So, I was closer to 50 than I thought!
I expect to be back in late January, and probably with a total remake of the podcast. Hope you'll check me out then, and tell your friends.
Cheers and be safe this holiday season, stay home, celebrate under your own roof with those who share that roof with you.
The holidays will probably be back in 2021.
peace,
revel.]]>348falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/disappointed-patriot--42088490Anyone else relieved? Disappointed? Let me tell you....ha!
A call out to the composter of the eerie music under the Q-Anon nonsense: Keven MacLeod, Ossuary 2 – Turn.
Transcript on the blog!
peace,
revel.]]>7ccd7276-df17-4559-ac1a-1246584f91aeSat, 14 Nov 2020 17:54:59 +0000Radio RevelsHey all. Anyone else relieved? Disappointed? Let me tell you....ha! A call out to the composter of the eerie music under the Q-Anon nonsense: Keven MacLeod, Ossuary 2 – Turn. Transcript on the blog! peace, revel.Anyone else relieved? Disappointed? Let me tell you....ha!
A call out to the composter of the eerie music under the Q-Anon nonsense: Keven MacLeod, Ossuary 2 – Turn.
Transcript on the blog!
peace,
revel.]]>901falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/real-is-not-normal--42088491First autumn/winter holiday done and gone, slip this one on educating our youth in before the next one creeps up on us.
Transcript on the blog!
Cheers,
revel.]]>61a2ffaf-6f0e-4ec0-b54b-a985a19d5622Sun, 08 Nov 2020 11:09:57 +0000Radio RevelsHey all. First autumn/winter holiday done and gone, slip this one on educating our youth in before the next one creeps up on us. Transcript on the blog! Cheers, revel.First autumn/winter holiday done and gone, slip this one on educating our youth in before the next one creeps up on us.
Transcript on the blog!
Cheers,
revel.]]>961falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-haunting-of-haight-house--41822683I wrote this story years ago for a spooky story contest (which I won!). Then, two years ago, I expanded on it for a longer work called Haunted Houses, which I wrote for the National Noviember Writing Month activity (NaNoWriMo). I've lifted it from that longer work and reworked it into a stand-alone for this episode.
That music you hear in the spooky sections is the theme song I composed for a short animated work I'm forever working on called Tijeras (Scissors). I probably should just write that story out and record it as well.
As always, you can read this over on the blog.
No tricks this year, have the treats at home!
cheers,
revel.]]>6b05f7df-3aed-479c-b2a0-7fda3a52f4cbSat, 31 Oct 2020 12:19:12 +0000Radio RevelsHey all! Happy Halloween! I wrote this story years ago for a spooky story contest (which I won!). Then, two years ago, I expanded on it for a longer work called Haunted Houses, which I wrote for the National Noviember Writing Month activity...I wrote this story years ago for a spooky story contest (which I won!). Then, two years ago, I expanded on it for a longer work called Haunted Houses, which I wrote for the National Noviember Writing Month activity (NaNoWriMo). I've lifted it from that longer work and reworked it into a stand-alone for this episode.
That music you hear in the spooky sections is the theme song I composed for a short animated work I'm forever working on called Tijeras (Scissors). I probably should just write that story out and record it as well.
As always, you can read this over on the blog.
No tricks this year, have the treats at home!
cheers,
revel.]]>2454falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shirley--41822682Quick look at the movie Shirley. Won't be everyone's cup of tea, but I enjoyed it. Don't think you'll know until you've seen it, so be prepared to either love / like / hate / dislike the next 107 minutes of your cinema experience!
Transcript on the blog.
peace,
revel.]]>24507abf-b026-4502-a6b3-2846cb290885Fri, 23 Oct 2020 17:27:36 +0000Radio RevelsHey all! Quick look at the movie Shirley. Won't be everyone's cup of tea, but I enjoyed it. Don't think you'll know until you've seen it, so be prepared to either love / like / hate / dislike the next 107 minutes of your cinema experience! Transcript...Quick look at the movie Shirley. Won't be everyone's cup of tea, but I enjoyed it. Don't think you'll know until you've seen it, so be prepared to either love / like / hate / dislike the next 107 minutes of your cinema experience!
Transcript on the blog.
peace,
revel.]]>458falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/selfish-impatience--41582118It’s been bumping around in my head for months, I’ve even alluded to it in earlier discussions, especially when I speak of Covid-19 as a social disease. I’ve even had a feeling of the concept coagulating or setting like Jell-o in my mind over the last couple of days as I engage in the single-theme conversations that fill in time between meals, work, personal projects and disconnect. Last night, in another context, I saw the idea again and even more clearly. For now, and I think I’ll be changing this, I’m going to call it “selfish impatience”, though I kind of like how that sounds.
Transcript available on the blog.
Cheers!
revel.]]>23c86a97-5126-4eca-8920-db6ecf5c09b7Sat, 17 Oct 2020 18:31:50 +0000Radio RevelsHey! It’s been bumping around in my head for months, I’ve even alluded to it in earlier discussions, especially when I speak of Covid-19 as a social disease. I’ve even had a feeling of the concept coagulating or setting like Jell-o in my mind over the...It’s been bumping around in my head for months, I’ve even alluded to it in earlier discussions, especially when I speak of Covid-19 as a social disease. I’ve even had a feeling of the concept coagulating or setting like Jell-o in my mind over the last couple of days as I engage in the single-theme conversations that fill in time between meals, work, personal projects and disconnect. Last night, in another context, I saw the idea again and even more clearly. For now, and I think I’ll be changing this, I’m going to call it “selfish impatience”, though I kind of like how that sounds.
Transcript available on the blog.
Cheers!
revel.]]>1200falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-uppercase-e--41582117Now, isn't that a curiosity-raising title?
The articles mentioned in the episode can be read here and here.
The transcript can be read here.
Like. Share. Subscribe. Notify. Tell others. Comment.
cheers!! revel.]]>ff9be8a6-122e-46cd-8b4a-e0992a4777c5Sun, 11 Oct 2020 17:01:21 +0000Radio RevelsHey all. Now, isn't that a curiosity-raising title? The articles mentioned in the episode can be read here and here. The transcript can be read here. Like. Share. Subscribe. Notify. Tell others. Comment. cheers!! revel.Now, isn't that a curiosity-raising title?
The articles mentioned in the episode can be read here and here.
The transcript can be read here.
Like. Share. Subscribe. Notify. Tell others. Comment.
cheers!! revel.]]>766falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bad-education--41340619Looking for a "light" "based on real events" scandal flick to waste away an hour and a half of your Saturday or Sunday? Check out Bad Education (I still haven't set the format for movie titles....). Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney give us a kind of characture of how not to steal money from a school system, and I take advantage of the review to go on about school systems -- two in one!
Transcript can be had on the blog!
Cheers,
revel.]]>3c9466d2-5ffd-4db4-8f9d-569ae8380b42Sat, 03 Oct 2020 10:23:49 +0000Radio RevelsHey! Looking for a "light" "based on real events" scandal flick to waste away an hour and a half of your Saturday or Sunday? Check out Bad Education (I still haven't set the format for movie titles....). Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney give us a kind...Looking for a "light" "based on real events" scandal flick to waste away an hour and a half of your Saturday or Sunday? Check out Bad Education (I still haven't set the format for movie titles....). Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney give us a kind of characture of how not to steal money from a school system, and I take advantage of the review to go on about school systems -- two in one!
Transcript can be had on the blog!
Cheers,
revel.]]>1111falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/habeas-corpus-and-conflicting-rights--41340617That title sounds a little legal or constitutional, doesn't it? School kids have been back in the classrooms (and sent back home!) in Spain for a couple of weeks now and I go on a bit on some of the justifications given for the necessity of getting them back behind their desks (and the new plastic shields!).
If you want to read it (or need to translate it to your language!) check out the transcript on the blog.
peace,
revel.]]>60dc1ee5-7916-4419-a398-74e908255acaFri, 25 Sep 2020 06:18:52 +0000Radio RevelsHey listeners! That title sounds a little legal or constitutional, doesn't it? School kids have been back in the classrooms (and sent back home!) in Spain for a couple of weeks now and I go on a bit on some of the justifications given for the...That title sounds a little legal or constitutional, doesn't it? School kids have been back in the classrooms (and sent back home!) in Spain for a couple of weeks now and I go on a bit on some of the justifications given for the necessity of getting them back behind their desks (and the new plastic shields!).
If you want to read it (or need to translate it to your language!) check out the transcript on the blog.
peace,
revel.]]>1080falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/naloe-cfolbq--41055115This one is out of left field, so not going to even give you a written clue. Just listen, and shut it off if you can't get to the end, that's all!
Transcript of part of this week's episode on the blog.
enjoy!
revel.]]>f6e0f970-02f3-497d-a892-4c95aef09acaSun, 20 Sep 2020 10:09:00 +0000Radio RevelsHey all. This one is out of left field, so not going to even give you a written clue. Just listen, and shut it off if you can't get to the end, that's all! Transcript of part of this week's episode on the blog. enjoy! revel.This one is out of left field, so not going to even give you a written clue. Just listen, and shut it off if you can't get to the end, that's all!
Transcript of part of this week's episode on the blog.
enjoy!
revel.]]>1081falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/would-ve-could-ve-should-ve--41055114Bob Woodward's new book, "Rage", will soon be in our hands. Its publication seems to have brought up some journalistic ethics questions that I've got an opinion about and that I share in this episode of radio revel.
You can check out the transcript on the blog.
Cheers,
revel.]]>cd620049-a64e-4610-bd00-445ca80c645eMon, 14 Sep 2020 18:24:04 +0000Radio RevelsHey all. Bob Woodward's new book, "Rage", will soon be in our hands. Its publication seems to have brought up some journalistic ethics questions that I've got an opinion about and that I share in this episode of radio revel. You can check out the...Bob Woodward's new book, "Rage", will soon be in our hands. Its publication seems to have brought up some journalistic ethics questions that I've got an opinion about and that I share in this episode of radio revel.
You can check out the transcript on the blog.
Cheers,
revel.]]>871falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gone-in-the-dark--40744346How many of you listening remember those old-fashioned true crime magazines? I’m going to have to do a Google search to refresh my own memory of some of those pulps, hang on, those that stand out were called “True Crime”, “True Detective” and one called “True Crime Detective”.
Don't do this often, but here you've got a review on a series I saw this past weekend. I enjoyed it, it was very well made and suggest you check it out as well. On HBO, it's "I'll be gone in the dark".
Transcript of this episode, as usual, over on the radio revel blog.
Cheers!]]>18ee1d78-3556-4273-833d-4e51e3d8a9edWed, 02 Sep 2020 17:28:44 +0000Radio RevelsHey loyal listeners! How many of you listening remember those old-fashioned true crime magazines? I’m going to have to do a Google search to refresh my own memory of some of those pulps, hang on, those that stand out were called “True Crime”, “True...How many of you listening remember those old-fashioned true crime magazines? I’m going to have to do a Google search to refresh my own memory of some of those pulps, hang on, those that stand out were called “True Crime”, “True Detective” and one called “True Crime Detective”.
Don't do this often, but here you've got a review on a series I saw this past weekend. I enjoyed it, it was very well made and suggest you check it out as well. On HBO, it's "I'll be gone in the dark".
Transcript of this episode, as usual, over on the radio revel blog.
Cheers!]]>535falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-watchers--40457417Here's a novel idea. Going to turn boring babysitters into a new, important vocation. Trying to launch ideas that will get us out of ruts that we use as excuses for not evolving. Moving from "they have to go to school, I have to go to work, the economy needs me!" to "I can go to work because my children are safe at home with someone caring for them as they enter a new world of valid educational choice."
Not going to change the world with this one, but got it off my chest anyway!
Enjoy. Transcript can be found on the blog.
peace,
revel.]]>5285eca5-6907-4dc4-9081-f6dd9edca525Fri, 21 Aug 2020 18:31:44 +0000Radio RevelsHey all. Here's a novel idea. Going to turn boring babysitters into a new, important vocation. Trying to launch ideas that will get us out of ruts that we use as excuses for not evolving. Moving from "they have to go to school, I have to go to work,...Here's a novel idea. Going to turn boring babysitters into a new, important vocation. Trying to launch ideas that will get us out of ruts that we use as excuses for not evolving. Moving from "they have to go to school, I have to go to work, the economy needs me!" to "I can go to work because my children are safe at home with someone caring for them as they enter a new world of valid educational choice."
Not going to change the world with this one, but got it off my chest anyway!
Enjoy. Transcript can be found on the blog.
peace,
revel.]]>841falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-would-you-do-something-like-that--40457418Continuing on with the "Engage them" theme on learning from home, I look a bit at how I began engaging my own ESL students and transition to the motivations younger students have imposed upon them.
You can read the transcript on the You're listening to radio revel blog.
Cheers!
revel.]]>877ae95d-13e6-4846-a87c-450920d3f13aFri, 14 Aug 2020 18:41:34 +0000Radio RevelsHey all! Continuing on with the "Engage them" theme on learning from home, I look a bit at how I began engaging my own ESL students and transition to the motivations younger students have imposed upon them. You can read the transcript on the You're...Continuing on with the "Engage them" theme on learning from home, I look a bit at how I began engaging my own ESL students and transition to the motivations younger students have imposed upon them.
You can read the transcript on the You're listening to radio revel blog.
Cheers!
revel.]]>1141falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/engage-those-students--40211569"Are we really going to send our kids back to school? Really?"
We've got to look at some of the reasons there is so much resistance to not sending our kids back to school. This episode, I segue from that distance learning design experience into the first part of one of the themes that often keeps distance learning in the "can't be done" box: student engagement.
If you want to take a look at a transcript of this episode, it can be had on the radio revel blog.
Like, subscribe, notify, share, don't be shy. I'm sharing to notify you of ideas for change that you might like to subscribe to!
peace,
revel.]]>c071655c-7f3a-4af7-ba32-9e46193aac4bSat, 08 Aug 2020 11:20:59 +0000Radio RevelsHey! "Are we really going to send our kids back to school? Really?" We've got to look at some of the reasons there is so much resistance to not sending our kids back to school. This episode, I segue from that distance learning design experience into..."Are we really going to send our kids back to school? Really?"
We've got to look at some of the reasons there is so much resistance to not sending our kids back to school. This episode, I segue from that distance learning design experience into the first part of one of the themes that often keeps distance learning in the "can't be done" box: student engagement.
If you want to take a look at a transcript of this episode, it can be had on the radio revel blog.
Like, subscribe, notify, share, don't be shy. I'm sharing to notify you of ideas for change that you might like to subscribe to!
peace,
revel.]]>1165falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/beware--40143124Yeah, it's been a couple of weeks. Yeah, any excuse would be lame, so not bothering!
Hope you enjoy this episode, it's longer because it's kind of one-and-a-half episodes all in one.
Remember, transcript can be read on the radio revel blog.
Cheers!
revel.]]>8b73148b-34ce-4b10-b375-a7488b028613Tue, 04 Aug 2020 19:17:43 +0000Radio RevelsHey all. Yeah, it's been a couple of weeks. Yeah, any excuse would be lame, so not bothering! Hope you enjoy this episode, it's longer because it's kind of one-and-a-half episodes all in one. Remember, transcript can be read on the radio revel blog....Yeah, it's been a couple of weeks. Yeah, any excuse would be lame, so not bothering!
Hope you enjoy this episode, it's longer because it's kind of one-and-a-half episodes all in one.
Remember, transcript can be read on the radio revel blog.
Cheers!
revel.]]>1381falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/covid-19-is-a-social-disease--39858363
Nope, just started this past week a new work-from-home job that, combined with the work-from-office job, leaves me with the 24 hours nature gives me in a day pretty close on time. This one has been on the hard drive since last Monday, it was written the week before. Irony is, the work-from-home theme was put on a back burner by a work-from-home job.
As always, transcript can be seen on the radio revel blog.
Enjoy!
peace,
revel.]]>72981e8f-bd4b-4e6a-aa78-ca59414390a2Mon, 20 Jul 2020 05:00:42 +0000Radio RevelsYeah. Is this just another podcast that got enthusiastically started during quarantine and now fades away with everything else we ought to have learned in March and April of this year, 2020? Nope, just started this past week a new work-from-home job...
Nope, just started this past week a new work-from-home job that, combined with the work-from-office job, leaves me with the 24 hours nature gives me in a day pretty close on time. This one has been on the hard drive since last Monday, it was written the week before. Irony is, the work-from-home theme was put on a back burner by a work-from-home job.
As always, transcript can be seen on the radio revel blog.
Enjoy!
peace,
revel.]]>636falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-workplace-office-vs-the-home-office--38252935Friday again, plodding on with the work from home episodes in the "It can be done" series. I'll get back to education, I promise you! Actually, sooner than we think....
This episode describes two work spaces I inhabit: the one at the workplace and the other on in my home. I figured we'd have to have a clear idea of the two physical environments in order to be able to do a pro / con comparison for issue identification and problem solving. Often, the objections of issues that come up in work from home discussions are directly related to the geographic location of the working space.
Remember, you can read this episode transcript on the radio revel blog. There you can also see better images of the two offices (the thumbnail here is probably pretty tiny!)
Enjoy, and if you need reminding, do the like, subscribe, notify, share thing (I'm going to call it LSNS from now on, maybe it will catch on and go viral!)
peace and LSNS!
revel.]]>ab6cfbea-1df4-4c1d-9197-7f8b3adf3c48Fri, 10 Jul 2020 05:28:23 +0000Radio RevelsHey listeners! Friday again, plodding on with the work from home episodes in the "It can be done" series. I'll get back to education, I promise you! Actually, sooner than we think.... This episode describes two work spaces I inhabit: the one at the...Friday again, plodding on with the work from home episodes in the "It can be done" series. I'll get back to education, I promise you! Actually, sooner than we think....
This episode describes two work spaces I inhabit: the one at the workplace and the other on in my home. I figured we'd have to have a clear idea of the two physical environments in order to be able to do a pro / con comparison for issue identification and problem solving. Often, the objections of issues that come up in work from home discussions are directly related to the geographic location of the working space.
Remember, you can read this episode transcript on the radio revel blog. There you can also see better images of the two offices (the thumbnail here is probably pretty tiny!)
Enjoy, and if you need reminding, do the like, subscribe, notify, share thing (I'm going to call it LSNS from now on, maybe it will catch on and go viral!)
peace and LSNS!
revel.]]>721falsefull