People I Meet
Kim Weitkamp shares poignant recollections of asking for the stories that individuals everywhere are hoping to give.
Kim Weitkamp shares poignant recollections of asking for the stories that individuals everywhere are hoping to give.
When the right to vote was denied through unfair literacy tests, Septima Clark knew education could be revolutionary. She founded secret schools across the Deep South to teach Black citizens the skills they needed to claim their rights—and helped power the Civil Rights Movement. Hear her full story from S11 E 2 at the link in our bio or on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts!
Educator and activist Septima Clark used her passion for teaching to increase literacy rates in the Deep South, preparing Black citizens to pass the voter registration tests that were designed to disenfranchise them.
We'll be back with the trailer for the Kaboom Summer Series in a couple weeks, but in the meantime we wanted to share the trailer for a great new series from our friends at GZM Shows called Ice Lions, available now on their Imagination Amplified feed.
🏃♂️ Olympic marathoner Conner Mantz shares a powerful mindset that goes beyond medals and into real life. Before competing in the Paris Olympics, he wrote down 26 names—one for each mile—and ran for the people he loved. O
Americans are reading fewer books than ever, even though books are more accessible than ever. 📚 So what’s going on? In this episode, we explore what the decline in reading means for students, teachers, and society as a whole.
Bil Lepp tells the tall tale of how three preachers ended up on thin ice. 🧊🥶 Li
Conner Mantz is an olympian, a record-breaker, and one of the fastest distance runners in the world. But Conner Mantz knows how to do more than just run a 4:47 mile for over 26 miles. He also knows how succeed beyond the finish-line. Conner shares 8 ideas for making the most of ourselves and our relationships in this race called life.