The Liberated Educator
April 3, 2021

Community, Power, and Transformation

It's the #Bonnerville episode that we have been trying to get done for a while! Ken and Dee sit down with Michael Bonner and mix it this CPT convo to address: C: Community - The desperate need for it. P: …

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March 25, 2021

Competition, Policy and Teacher of The Year with Fernando Chavez, MA,…

Ladies and gentle, right out the gate please welcome back Fernando Chavez for Part 2, this time while Dee is in the booth as well. Together with Ken, the fellas have a really engaging CPT convo over: C: Competition - …

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March 13, 2021

Cross Stitching, Passing, and Trauma Porn with Victoria Thompson

In celebration of #WomenHistoryMonth, Victoria Thompson comes back to the podcast to provide a rich touch to the CPT conversation around - C: Cross Stitching - Who does that? Or, what hobbies do you have that allow you to esc...

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March 4, 2021

Curriculum Design, Power, and Technology with Nadia Moshtagh Razi

Thank you for listening to The Liberated Educator Podcast with Dee Lanier and Ken Shelton. In this episode, the phenomenal Nadia Moshtagh Razi joins the CTP conversation covering C: Curriculum Design - Taking a look at having...

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Feb. 18, 2021

Curriculum, Politics, and Truth with James E. Ford

Special Guest James F. Ford joins Ken and Dee for this CPT conversation motivated by the article, "Will North Carolina Continue to Whitewash History for its Student?" released on January 28. Listen in as they discuss: C: Cur...

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Feb. 12, 2021

Cheating, Productivity, and Trading - Co Hosted by Fernando Chavez, M…

This week, special guest host, Fernando Chavez, steps into the booth to fill in for Dee while on vacation. Ken and Fernando dive into a complex CPT convo covering... C: Cheating - Is the game fair when it comes to …

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Feb. 5, 2021

Celebration of Black Excellence, Pantera Negra, and Tubmans with Rohi…

Special guest Rohiatou Siby blesses the studio for this CPT conversation covering C - Celebrating Black Excellence (It starts with a C.): Ken, Dee, and Rohiatou discuss the importance of ensuring Black History month is more t...

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Jan. 29, 2021

Credibility, Pirating, and TpT

For this week's CPT, Ken and Dee spill what's in their coffee with some celebration of the peace on Twitter then quickly jump into a conversation around C - Credibility: Do you partner with folks based on the idea of …

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Jan. 22, 2021

Culture/Civil War, Privilege, Terrorism with Val Brown

Special guest Val Brown graces the mic as Ken and Dee chop it up over the idea of a... C: Culture or Civil War - the time that we are in, overly exposed by Jan6 by why aren't we recognizing …

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Jan. 21, 2021

Cancel Culture, Propagation, Tikkun Olam

The CPT for this episode brings our favorite Tech Rabbi, Michael Cohen, into the booth to address: C - Cancel Culture, especially in the EDU Twitter space when trying to balance accountability, denial, and do we Call In or si...

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Jan. 18, 2021

Capitol Hillbillies, Pence and Triggering

For today's CPT conversation, Dee and Ken open up 2021 with C: Capitol Hillbillies: Revisiting the insurrection of January 6 and simply calling it as it is while reflecting on the historical correlations. P: Pence - This seg...

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Dec. 18, 2020

Capitalism (In Education), Profiteering and Trouble with Victoria Tho…

For this week's CPT conversation, Victoria Thompon ( @VictoriaTheTech ) graces the microphone and joins, well goes in deep with Ken and Dee this week as they explore the Exploitation of Empathy (to light a fire to the convo!...

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Dec. 10, 2020

Conferences, PBL & Testing

The CPT conversation in this episode hits on... Conferences : Representation and responsiveness was looking sexy for a min, but the regression is already visible. https://twitter.com/cueinc/status/1334270638429622273/photo/1 ...

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Dec. 3, 2020

COVID-19, Prevention, and Trump Trumping

Well, it's about time the fellas talked about COVID-19 in CPT conversation. In this chat, Dee and Ken explore the impact COVID-19 has had globally and how an ounce of prevention beats... well you know the rest. The conversati...

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Nov. 22, 2020

Colonialism aPpropriation Thanksgiving

The CPT conversation for this episode explores the unpopular Cultural Appropriation season that encapsulates the colonialism in music and the holiday season. Host Ken Shelton @K_Shelton and Dee Lanier @DeeLanier Produced by B...

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Nov. 12, 2020

Camping, Proximity to Participation & Trespassing

In today's CPT conversation, Ken and Dee dive into a debate about black people's aversion to the great outdoors and swimming and the historical connection to the trauma attached to it.

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Nov. 7, 2020

Count The Vote, Progress & Time Will Tell - Bonus Episode

The Election had to be talked about. Episode 7 is an example of what happens when Dee and Ken get together to simply chop it up and I just so happen to hit the record button. To provide a CPT …

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Nov. 5, 2020

Comedic Thinking and Laughing, Philly & Trauma Informed Decision Maki…

Why do some comedians simply make us laugh and how do others make us both laugh and think? Should there be a difference? Why does it matter? For today's CPT conversation, Ken and Dee look at C omedic Thinking and …

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Oct. 28, 2020

Bonus Episode 2

We couldn't help it! Ice Cube's Contract with Black America made us do it! This week is another break from the normal CPT conversation as Ken and Dee discuss the various nuances embedded in the global response to Ice Cube's …

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Oct. 22, 2020

Confederate Iconography, Propaganda & Trauma

For today's CPT conversation, Dee and Ken discuss what is truly behind the removal of Confederate symbols in regards to erasing history and how the salvaging of said monuments lends to bias and misleading support, as well as ...

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Oct. 15, 2020

It' About Time - The Intro

Finally, they are putting this conversation on record for all to hear. Dee Lanier and Ken Shelton finally get in the booth to begin this podcast journey. The first episode provides a little insight into where these conversati...

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Oct. 15, 2020

Connection over Compliance, Policing, & Training

For today's CPT conversation, Ken & Dee have an intentional discussion over being feard or loved in a classroom setting, the correlation to the invention and implementation of the police, and if those negative, deep seeded be...

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Oct. 8, 2020

The Liberated Educator Podcast Trailer

"The Liberated Educator is one who is Free to learn what they realize they need to learn." Get ready for The Liberated Educator Podcast featuring Ken Shelton and Dee Lanier. Music by: Sam Barsh and Spectac

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Oct. 8, 2020

Bonus Episode

As we get ready to drop Episode 1, we thought we would give you a taste of what happens when Brian, the producer, leaves the room and presses the record button anyway. Ken and Dee always go in, no matter …

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