Ep 9 _ General Assembly Software Engineering Cohort Round Table

Show Overview
01:00 – Why did you sign up for a coding bootcamp?
28:00 – Dealing with stress
55:00 – How our day-to-day routines changed
70:00 – Biggest highlight of the course
90:00 – If you could do one thing different prior to joining…
107:00 – What are we doing now that the course is over?

Links
General Assembly Software Engineering Immersive Course
Jackson Reeves’ Portfolio

Cover photo courtesy of Unsplash

Ep 8 _ Katy Graves – Music and Montessori

Show Overview
01:00 – From Music Industry to Montessori
20:00 – Back to School
23:00 – Why Montessori?
30:00 – Joining Discovery
35:00 – Understanding the Rules
44:00 – When Children Don’t Want to Learn
50:00 – What is Cosmic Education?
55:00 – Working Within the System
65:00 – What Would You Change About the Montessori Method?
70:00 – The Technology Question
85:00 – Big Projects for Children

Links
Discovery Montessori of Georgia
Catfight! Facebook Page

Ep7 – Johnny Bouchard on Fitness and Recovery

Show Overview
2:30 – Johnny’s Intro to CrossFit
6:00 – From Member to Trainer
8:45 – CrossFit > Cigarettes
14:30 – Intro to CrossFit Programming
16:00 – From L.A. to ATL
19:00 – The Journey to CFD
22:30 – Evolution of Programming
30:00 – Biggest Pet Peeves of CrossFit Coaches
37:30 – The Birth of Atlanta Sports Recovery
42:00 – The Common CrossFit Injuries
45:30 – Stretching or Mobilizing Prior to Working Out 
50:00 – The Four Pillars of Health
59:00 – Johnny’s Most Controversial Opinion About CrossFit
62:00 – What’s Something About Getting Older That People Don’t Tell You?
65:00 – Johnny Turns the Tables
71:00 – The Hottest CrossFit Topic in the House
75:00 – Being Honest With Yourself

Links
Atlanta Sports Recovery
CrossFit Decatur

Ep6_Rachel Rieder of Balance on Demand discusses Nutrition and Fitness.

Show Overview
4:30 – How Balance On Demand Began
17:00 – Balancing Nutrition
21:00 – Balancing Fitness
29:00 – Realistic Goals
33:00 – Sleep & Stress
38:00 – Fasting, Keto, and Water
43:30 – The 80% Rule
46:00 – From Employee to Entrepreneur
54:00 – Looking Ahead

Links
Balance on Demand
Instagram
Facebook
Facebook Group
Reddit

Episode 5 – Jennifer Wells & Compassion in the Montessori Classroom Photo credit: Oana Hogrefe Photography.

In this conversation I speak to Jennifer Wells, Montessori Guide and Positive Discipline expert.

Show Overview
3:30 – From Marketing to Montessori
11:00 – What is the Guide’s Place in a Child’s Development?
16:45 – Compassion Tip – Curiosity Questions
17:45 – Modeling Behavior
22:00 – Language Wildfires!
24:30 – Parent Teacher Partnerships
31:40 – Watching Compassion Grow in Children
38:25 – What is Positive Discipline?
44:25 – The “I” Message
49:00 – Tools for Children to Express Their Feelings
58:00 – Montessori in the Wild
63:00 – Biggest Montessori Misconceptions
67:00 – Who is Your Future Child?
80:00 – Rise of the Machines
95:30 – #1 Classroom Management Tip

Links
Association Montessori International
Carbon Film
Janet Lansbury
Jared’s Cool-Out Space (book)
Jennifer Wells on Count Me In Podcast
Montessori Well

In this conversation I speak to Phil Stringer about attitude and how it’s shaped his life.

Links

Achievement Through Attitude YouTube Channel
Stan Lee’s Superhumans (See Season 3, Episode 9 “Disc of Death”)
CrossFit Decatur

Episode 3 –
Remembering the Infernal Colonel: Wayne B. Nicoll

In this conversation I speak to Gregory Nicoll, author, interviewer, and storyteller about the life of this father, Wayne B. Nicoll.

Show Overview
3:00 – The Story Behind the Photo
11:30 – Growing Up With Guns
14:00 – Youth in Berlin
20:00 – Guns as Tools
25:00 – Early Signs of Alzheimers
38:00 – Lost on the Trail
45:00 – World’s Best Dad
51:00 – Fondest Memories
57:00 – Influence and Ethics
65:00 – Armed Animals
70:00 – Supporting the Arts
73:00 – The Affectionate Couple
80:00 – Silver Bullets

Links
West Point Obituary
Concord Monitor Obituary
Race Walking
Mare’s Leg
SASS – Single Action Shooting Society
Fiction by Gregory Nicoll

Martin Lammon & Poetry

I spoke with Poet and Professor Martin Lammon about his life, poetry, and dissecting cats. We spoke over coffee on a rainy Saturday afternoon in his study in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Lammon and his wife Libby were gracious hosts and formidable Scrabble opponents.

Show Overview

3:00 – Struggling to Appreciate Poetry
8:30 – Poetry, Objectivity, and Meaning
13:00 – What We Bring to Poetry
16:00 – Do You Love Your Poem?
21:30 – Who Will Sing Me a Song?
30:00 – How Poetry Changed in the 20th Century
37:00 – Digging Into Poetry
41:00 – The Poetry Reading
45:00 – Poetry and Vulnerability
49:00 – Singing and Talking to Girls
50:00 – Making Changes
57:00 – Poet/Ambassador
71:00 – “Like a _, my heart beats fast when I _”
77:00 – Tracing Students Lives
83:00 – What’s Your Mother’s Favorite Poem? –
93:00 – Two Poems by Martin Lammon

Links
Martin Lammon’s Site
News From Where I Live – Poems by Martin Lammon
Written in Water, Written in Stone: Twenty Years of Poets on Poetry
GCSU MFA Program
Kestrel – A Journal of Arts and Letters
Arts & Letters Journal
Sara Pirkle Hughes’ Site
Miller Oberman’s “The Unstill Ones”

Episode 1 – Kristin Lemmerman & the Montessori Method

In this conversation Kristin and I talk about how she went from intern at CNN to Montessori Primary guide. Kristin discusses the contrast between the current American education system and the Montessori Method.

Show Overview
Kristin’s Pre-Montessori Career
Kristin’s Introduction to Montessori
Montessori Guide Training
The Importance of Exactitude in Presenting to Children
Montessori Education vs Mainstream Education/How Children Learn
Montessori and Language
Keeping Track of a Child’s Progress
When Parents Don’t Understand Montessori
Kristin’s Montessori Experience as a Parent
Montessori Materials – From Physical to Abstract
How Technology Impacts Children

Links
Montessori at Emory
International Montessori Training Institute