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RADICAL — Eugenio Derbez Interview

November 4, 2023 By Leave a Comment

RADICAL — Eugenio Derbez Interview

Click here to listen to the interview with Eugenio Derbez. Click here to listen to the interview with co-writer Joshua Davis. RADICAL won the Sundance Festival Favorite Award, and the Mill Valley Overall Favorite. It’s no mystery why. Based on the story of Serio Juarez Correa’s, ahem, radical approach to teaching 12-year-olds in the putatively… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, bonding with kids, creative license, displacement, education, learning, Matamoros, Mexico, potential, Richard Wong, teaching, The Radical Fund, The Valet

RADICAL — Joshua Davis Interview

November 2, 2023 By Leave a Comment

RADICAL — Joshua Davis Interview

Click here to listen to the interview with Joshua Davis. Click here to listen to the interview with Eugenio Derbez. Josh Davis has had a storied career writing on topics as diverse as competitive arm wrestling (he also competed), life behind enemy lines in Iraq, and the legal problems of tech mogul George McAfee, getting… Read More »

Tagged With: arm wrestling, based on a true story, Kyle MacLachlan, learning, Matamoros, Mexico, Paloma Noyola Bueno, podcast, Project Base Learning, Sergio Juárez Correa, slow journalism, standardized testing, teaching, Varnamtown, Welcome to Varnamtown

SEYMOUR: AN INTRODUCTION You Will Be Glad to Have Made

November 11, 2015 By Leave a Comment

SEYMOUR: AN INTRODUCTION You Will Be Glad to Have Made

Seymour Bernstein is a one of a kind. A brilliant pianist who preferred composing to performing. A teacher who brings out the genius in his students, and a philosopher whose life only appears to be a Spartan one. When we spoke by phone on March 11, 2015, I was delighted to be able to ask… Read More »

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