Anette reminisces about her maternal grandmother, Anna Leah O'Grady, who lived in three centuries and two millennia, to the age of 103! Anna loved to paint, sew, and play cards! And she loved her family!
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Anette visits with her friend and fellow Hope Center Board member, Dr. Mark Milliron, Senior Vice President and Executive Dean of the Teachers College at Western Governors University They discuss different pathways to success for all students.
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Listen to the wise words of Dr. Michelle Smith as she talks about how the best decisions, and the best policy, are made in the middle of the room. A very timely discussion, even though this is a re-release of an earlier episode.
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Anette, along with co-host David Anderson, discusses the process of how a bill becomes law, or doesn't, with former legislative insiders Kyle Mauro, Nelda Hunter, and Kelly Barnes. All these knowledgeable folks are now at Hillco Partners, and help explain the complicated process our legislators must follow to create our laws
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Anette re-releases her first episode, a timely discussion as we move into the year 2021. How can we better plan for an unknown future? Maybe by learning from the past. Listen to her conversation with Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart from October of 2019.
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Anette interviews her next door neighbor, Jerome the Gnome, and talks about magical creatures, coding (gnoming), and getting along with others. She appreciates Jerome being on her podcast, and bringing a little magic to the last podcast episode of 2020.
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Anette visits with passionate bird nerd and also attorney Vicki Wilmarth, who only recently took up birdwatching in January of 2019. Vicki and Anette talk about taking up birdwatching, why they both enjoy it, how much they both enjoy the Birds of the Texas Panhandle Facebook group, and also discuss the Christmas Bird Count, an annual event across the globe. Vicki started her own birding blog, Texas Panhandle Bird Nerd.
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Anette visits with her friend, Trisha Cunningham, President and CEO of the North Texas Food Bank, about meeting the needs of the increased level of hunger in her region. They were recently in the news as thousands lined up to receive food before Thanksgiving. Trisha talks about the increase in need since the impacts of COVID.
Anette would like to encourage you to help NTFB or your local food bank. The High Plains Food Bank serves the Texas Panhandle.
Anette and Trisha met through Leadership Women programs and board service.
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Anette visits with long-time friend and Executive Director of Educate Texas, John Fitzpatrick. Much educational territory is discussed, as Texas is a big state, and education is a big topic and area of interest for each of them.
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Anette muses on all the connections she's made over the years, and shares a bit about the various organizations or types of boards she's had the honor to either be involved with or serve on. How can you build connections in the days of disconnection? Reach out, and reconnect! Shout out to my friend, Diane Wyzga, author of thehttps://stories-from-women-who-walk.simplecast.com Stories from Women Who Walk podcast, for the inspiration for today's episode!
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Just a simple short!
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Anette visits with long-time educator and friend, Dr. Brian Woods, superintendent of Northside ISD in San Antonio. His perspective of running a large, diverse, urban district, now during the Covid crisis, demonstrates the many challenges faces by districts across the nation. As Brian says, multi-year remediation will be required for many students going forward. Dr. Woods is also President of the Texas Association of School Administrators.
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Everyone needs more politics in their life right now, and who better to explain Texas politics than Anette's friend, Ross Ramsey, of The Texas Tribune?
Ross is executive editor and co-founder of The Texas Tribune, the only member-supported, digital-first, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. He writes regular columns on politics, government and public policy
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In honor of the Halloween season, Anette visits with her Infectious Disease husband, Dr. Taylor Carlisle, about things many folks find spooky! Learn some things and overcome fears by understanding these interesting creatures! Happy Halloween! Enjoy the creative editing by Darwin Carlisle of First Class Reels!
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Anette visits with Dr. Charlie Johnson again, head of Pastors for Texas Children, about a recent online event with Diane Ravitch. Dr. Ravitch is interviewed by Evan Smith of the Texas Tribune about her most recent book, Slaying Goliath, and how privatization and expansion of charter schools is hurting public education, students, and our democracy. For more info, check out Diane's blog.
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In this episode, Anette visits with public ed advocate and follow-the-money pie-chart guru, Chris Tackett.
Chris' expertise is bringing complex public data from the Texas Ethics Commission to regular citizens through easy-to-understand graphics and clean language. Chris is respected by Republicans, Democrats, and Independents for his non-partisan approach to the truth of campaign finance in Texas. By understanding where the money comes from, people can understand who their legislator is really representing. Find his website at http://christackettnow.com, and watch his introductory video, Charting Texas Politics. Take Anette's challenge and see what you can learn from the Texas Ethics Commission website. Chris is also co-founder of Project Educo, a Public Education Scorecard for the Texas Legislature.
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Texas public ed advocates visit with Anette about the changes that have occurred at the Texas Education Agency (TEA) since Commissioner Morath was appointed. Tracy Fisher, Kristi Hassett, and Mason Moses all serve as school board members in their ISDs, and share their personal concerns regarding the changes in behaviors and reach of the TEA.
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Maybe the first actual interview I did over a year ago when first learning through The Podcasting Fellowship, listen to the ever-interesting Craig Constantine. He was one of our All-Star helpers for newbies like me, and a generous contributor for the class and beyond! A student of Art du Déplacement, podcaster, blogger, avid reader, casual mountain-bike cyclist; Programmer, system administrator, problem solver, we connected in discussion about Aikido. You can learn much more about Craig and the Movement scene at the links here:
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