after one semester of commuting back and forth between the mid-hudson valley and brooklyn, i have exactly two important things to say:
1)podcasts rock
and
2)i still don't know how long soymilk and eggs can stay in a refrigerator before they go bad. but i intend to figure it out, finally, this semester. And how does one STRATEGIZE their refrigerator/food situation when splitting time between two refrigerators?
knowing these two things seem to be crucial to making a commuting academic's life more workable.
my top 4 favorite podcasts, so far/at the moment:
1. Radio Diaries. The other night, I listened to the Radio Diaries piece about the recent efforts to reconstruct what actually happened during the student protests in Mexico City in 1968. I recommend it HIGHLY. its an extremely good piece of oral history, and also has important implications for those of us interested in the political uses and import of both new media and archives.
2. KQED, The Writer's Block Podcast. Features writers reading excerpts from their work. Mostly fiction and playwriting, as far as i can tell. Much of it, stuff i've never heard of before.
3. Radio Without Borders, from WKUT in Austin. Is introducing me to new music. Some of it i absolutely do not like. The Iguanas have such potential, but i JUST don't like them. Then some of it i'm like, ok, nice-- Of Montreal fits into that category. And some of it, deeply important-- such as The Blind Boys of Alabama, doing their version of "Free at Last." WOAH.
4. IndieFeed's Hiphop broadcast. Also introducing me to music i've never heard of. Mostly pretty great, and i'm definitely not going to get any music this good on local radio in the mid-hudson valley. its hard enough to get decent public radio up there; don't even try to get smart hip hop-- or, actually, ANY hip hop. (that reminds me: wtf is up with WAMC radio? why is it so bad? and WHY DID THE PEOPLE LET ALAN CHARTOCK put the kabash on democracy now!? we need democracy now! up there so so so badly.)
4 podcasts i'm super excited to start listening to in the coming weeks:
1. The Yale University Press podcast. interviews with authors. Could suck hard, or could become indispensible. i'll keep you posted.
2. The Moth podcast. Stories; inspired by the no-reading-from-paper-allowed, ongoing, local NYC Moth storytelling events.
3. PRI's World Books podcast. Putting a few little ideas from outside of the U.S. into my brain.
As for the refrigeration situation, i'm not offering ideas yet. i'm SOLICITING ideas. i'll let you know if i hear anything brilliant.
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My other new book, Teaching U.S. History: Dialogues Among Social Studies Teachers and Historians (Routledge, 2010). Click on the picture above to find out more.
My new book! :: "An absolutely stunning volume. This rich collection is indispensable to any teacher who wants to bring vitality and energy to the history classroom." --Sam Wineburg, Professor of Education and History, Stanford University::
About Me
- ::rachel mattson::
- Rachel Mattson is a historian, teacher educator, artist, & writer. She received a PhD in US and Public History from New York University and is currently an Assistant Professor at the State University of New York at New Paltz. She is the author of many publications about U.S. history, and history education, including the book History As Art, Art as History: Contemporary Art and Social Studies Education (co-written with Dipti Desai and Jessica Hamlin) (Routledge, 2009). More generally, she believes in the importance of both ambivalence AND decisiveness; and in multilateral solutions, the estate tax, and music. Also no war no war no war. She is perpetually interested in how history feels, and is busy trying to figure out what that means.
Links
- "Integrated in All Respects," a site about a 1957 Segregationist film about the Highlander Folk School
- a PBS site on the history of public education
- becoming historians, a website about teaching history especially for elementary educators
- Belog: Iran and History
- Chapati Mystery
- Circus Amok
- Community Arts Network
- Earsay, documentary and oral history education and arts projects
- Great Small Works, spectacle art and social education of the highest order
- Historians Against the War
- Historical Thinking Matters, a very good site on teaching history in a smart way. lots of useable resources!
- History Matters, a great history education & primary document resource.
- http://historyteachermom.blogspot.com/
- International Association for Media and History
- Kerblog, the blog of a fantastic Lebanese artist
- Middle East Research and Education Project
- NPR's "Speaking of Faith" on gender, the Veil, and Islam
- Preserving the Past Blog
- Public Eye. a magazine that tracks the far right
- School Race Talk
- Submedia
- Teacher Mom. The blog of a new teacher, a student of mine.
- Teaching with Oral History: Resources
- The Bronx African American History Project
- The Civil Rights Digital Library
- The Education Arcade
- The Legal History Blog (Mary Dudziak's Blog)
- The Mammy Project, history and art and smart politics all in one
- The Museum of the Chinese in the Americas
- The New York Collective of Radical Educators
- The Opper Project: Using Editorial Cartoons to Teach History
- The Other Eye (Theres Quinn's Blog, with lots of good stuff about Chicago public schools and LGBTQ youth stuff)
- The Sikh Next Door
- Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, which includes lesson ideas and good good good resources.
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5 comments:
Thanks for the podcast ideas...I already listen to the Moth and it's one of my favorites.
Hi,
I just posted some of the historical podcasts that I listen to on my blog. I'm going to check out some of yours also. Do you know anything about Dan Carlin's hardcore history? I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. I found the first podcast I listened to was full of ethnic stereotypes and that bothered me, but he is engaging and I think students might like him.
As for the refrigerator issues, I suggest transporting things back and forth in a small cooler!
PS, I cannot stand that WAMC blocked Democracy Now! I don't know the backstory, but there must be something there. It is really a disservice for this entire area as radio news sources around here offer little in terms of differing perspective. Personally, I listen to Amy on the internet but I'm sure a lot of other people can't be bothered.
Eggs last a really long time: longer than you think, anyway. I've had them around (refrigerated) for 2 or 3 weeks without a problem.
Soymilk I know less about it, but if you're worried, I figure you could just stick the half-full carton in the freezer and then defrost it on the counter when you come back. I would assume, though, that it will inform you when it's past its prime by smelling gross, and so if it seems fine, it is.
xo!
Grocery Store Eggs: 3 weeks.
Farmer's Market Eggs: 5-6 weeks.
Soymilk: 4-5 days.
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