Teaching What It Takes ®

Dr. Christopher Thurber
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Dr. Chris Thurber is joined by brilliant co-hosts and celebrity guests for compelling and controversial discussions about the future of humanity. Favorite topics include: race, religion, and the reasons life matters.

  1. 07/14/2022

    Teaching What It Takes

    Special guest, Barbara Rimkunas, Co-Executive Director of the Exeter Historical Society, unveils stunning evidence of white New Hampshire residence owning Black slaves both before and after the Emancipation Proclamation. Hear why “Southerners owned slaves, but Northerners didn’t” is an overgeneralization we need to confront and understand.

    1h 13m
  2. Teaching What It Takes

    02/26/2022

    Teaching What It Takes

    Special guests, Johan Le Roux and Mzamo Moloi, join us from Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa, to discuss fatherhood and social justice after apartheid. What if our children’s heroes have a different skin color? How should we prepare our children for a prejudiced world?

    1h 12m
  3. Teaching What It Takes

    02/26/2022

    Teaching What It Takes

    Special guest, John Daves, Director of Community & Equity Affairs at St. Mark’s School, discusses the identity lenses we look through, our willingness to look in the mirror, and the importance of “second sight”–the ability to see ourselves how others see us. Is this a triple threat for white people or other majority groups?

    1h 20m
  4. Teaching What It Takes

    02/26/2022

    Teaching What It Takes

    Hosts David and Chris discuss media coverage of Gabby Petito’s murder. What responsibility do journalists and media corporations have to investigate and publicize crimes against people from traditionally under-represented groups? How do we, as media consumers, counteract the bias in who makes headlines?

    52 min
  5. Teaching What It Takes

    02/26/2022

    Teaching What It Takes

    Hosts David and Chris discuss the Sept 23 violence against Haitian refugees at the US – Mexico border. How do images of this event portray American values to audiences on MSNBC, Fox News, and Al Jazeera? What do these grim echoes of America’s history of slavery say about our social progress?

    1h 1m
  6. Teaching What It Takes

    02/26/2022

    Teaching What It Takes

    To kick off Season 2, hosts David and Chris reflect on Season 1 of IBYW and discuss summer camp staff training, making amends for unintentional microaggressions, cross-cultural fluency, and the state of the world after the tragic deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and others.

    56 min

  7. 11/20/2020

    Teaching What It Takes

    Special guests Ken Mendis, Chair of the Racial Unity Team, and Joshua Conley, Mizzou student leader and 2060 POTUS, discuss what motivates people of all ages to be fight prejudice. You’ll be stunned to learn why listening leads to more change than strident rhetoric. Click play for some fresh voices on race in America.

    1h 9m

  8. 11/06/2020

    Teaching What It Takes

    Co-hosts David M. Conley and Chris Thurber reveal surprising truths about the pinnacles and pitfalls of being an anti-racist. Social justice can save the world but depends on a sustained commitment to the raggedy work of taking initiative, listening to feedback, speaking your truth, and tolerating alternate views…all with civility.

    1h 2m
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Dr. Chris Thurber is joined by brilliant co-hosts and celebrity guests for compelling and controversial discussions about the future of humanity. Favorite topics include: race, religion, and the reasons life matters.

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  • Creator
    Dr. Christopher Thurber
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Prep4 and Dr. Christopher Thurber
  • Show Website
    Teaching What It Takes ®