The Word "Ceasefire" Has Lost All Meaning
A summer check-in on Iran, Ukraine, Pope Leo's landmark AI encyclical, education's identity crisis, and ice cream.
Over the weekend, I started a “lessons learned” Google doc. I love the stark, in-your-face, no-hedging clarity that comes from a bullet point list: “Here are the words that distill years or months of experiences, emotions, decisions, triumphs, and set-backs.”
That energy seems to be in the air as Memorial Day unofficially kicks off summer. Pope Leo has distilled his thoughts on the dignity of humans. The public at-large seems to be with him on the indecency and foolishness of war. Universities and schools are changing policies in light of lessons learned, and people running for office are asking what we want our literal lessons to be.
Sarah and I discuss the headlines and the lessons we’re learning about school as parents and from teachers. Then, we end in the only way a podcast kicking off summer should: with an ode to ice cream. - Beth
Topics Discussed
Texas Senate Primary
Iran War
Pope Leo and Human Dignity
Tulsi Gabbard Resigns
Education Policy
Outside of Politics: Ice Cream
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Episode Resources
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Episode Topic Resources
Pope Leo’s ‘Magnifica humanitas’: AI must serve humanity not concentrate power - (Vatican News)
Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah’s remarks on Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical “Magnifica humanitas”
Report of the Committee on Trust in Higher Education (Yale | Office of the President)
The Education Crisis Nobody Wants to Fix (Pantsuit Politics)
The Highest Elected Teacher in Kentucky (Pantsuit Politics)
Lawsuit targets i-Ready maker over student data privacy concerns (The Educators Room)
Nutrition Science’s Most Preposterous Result: Could Ice Cream Possibly Be Good for You? (The Atlantic)
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