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:

His website.

More about Craig.

Movers Mindset.

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Anette reads an article Celebrate Education, an effort to promote educational attainment in the Texas Panhandle that partnered with Panhandle Twenty/20 and others. May the big skies of the Texas Panhandle inspire you!

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Anette visits with Patti Everitt about charter schools in Texas. They explore how charters operate and are funded in Texas, the systems and protocols in place to approve them, and the increasingly concerning growth in number of charters and tax dollars spent on them. Patti Everitt is a consultant on state education policy with a focus on the impact of charter schools on public education. She collaborates with many statewide education organizations, school districts, and parent groups to increase understanding about how charter schools operate and to make charter schools more transparent.

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Seventeen years ago, Panhandle Twenty/20 officially launched in a community event attended by several hundred community leaders and others. Today, Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart serves as guest-host to interview Anette about those beginnings, and the journey they have been on together since. Special intro from an incredibly relevant blogpost written by Seth Godin.

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Anette shares her recent op-ed about what she considers overreach by the current commissioner of the Texas Education Agency. First picked up by the newspaper in Denton, this editorial then got highlighted by Diane Ravitch on her blog. Links to the CRPE Report and Texas Tribune interview provided, and Anette strongly encourages public ed advocates to become acquainted with this information. Photo courtesy of Cowgirls and Cowboys in the West.

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Anette visits with her friend, America Adame, who shares her inspiring story of how education and hard work helped her move out of poverty and into success. Anette first met America when she was a single mom of two young children while taking 21 hours of coursework in summer school at Amarillo College. America is an amazing young lady, so please enjoy her honesty in sharing her journey so far.

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Anette met Dr. Peter Hammer, the A. Alfred Taubman Professor of Law at Wayne State University Law Schoo. Hammer has taught at Wayne Law since 2003 and is the director of the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights at Wayne Law. The Keith Center is dedicated to promoting the educational, economic and political empowerment of under-represented communities in urban areas and to ensuring that the phrase “equal justice under law” applies to all members of society.

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Anette's sound and video magician son, Darwin Carlisle, talks all about the importance of sound and storytelling through podcasting in this episode. Check out his knowledge here, and his work at First Class Reels.

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In another Summer Short, Anette visits the ghost town of Oil Hill, Kansas, where her grandmother had once lived. Enjoy!

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In another Summer Short, Anette explores the wonders of nature, a lifelong passion of hers! Enjoy!

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For this week's Summer Short, Anette shares a bit of Texas history about the namesake of her street, and about the use of practicing a podcast using 60 second recordings!

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This summer short brings you sounds and mental images of Mother Nature's fireworks in honor of the Fourth of July holiday! Anette enjoys sharing the sounds of a thunderstorm from her front porch in Amarillo, Texas! Enjoy!

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Yes, she knows she is long past 40 years old, but after 40 podcast episodes, Anette decided it was time to provide an overview! She attempts to categorize the various podcasts, though that is a challenge, as there is so much overlap! She has had the opportunity to interview an amazing variety of leaders in education, policy, and more, but is more amazed to call these folks her friends. Listen up to learn about some things you may have missed, and also for Anette's political endorsement on the primary runoff for Congressional District 13. Enjoy! And if you wonder what the image is, Anette mentions it at the very beginning!

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For Father's Day, all three boys interview their dad about learning, reading, his favorites (of many things), and rehash their childhood story time around the bedroom "campfire." Walker leads the conversation with their dad, Taylor Carlisle, and Darwin and Everett join in. Get some book recommendations, medical perspective, the story characters he told the boys about, and find out what he thought of his teacher, Miss Tipton! Lots of love, laughs, and fun listening. Enjoy!

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Anette has a conversation with her inspirational friend and educator, Glenda Moore, about Glenda's passion for children, education, and helping others, including folks in war-torn Ukraine. Glenda is an educator and missionary. Glenda has given her heart to education, children, and the war on poverty. She not only is an assistant principal by day, she also runs a nonprofit to raise money for the funds to care for orphans and for the elderly and disabled that live in the active war zone there. Kind House Ukraine Bakery, KHUB saves lives with the aid of medicine, food, and coal to heat the homes that have not had electricity, running water, or gas since the war began in 2014. In the winter of 2018-2019 KHUB heated nineteen homes, this past winter, 2019-202, they heated thirty-three homes.

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