4 episodes
Real Talk with Barbara and Nicole Barbara Bray and Nicole Biscotti
-
- Education
Our podcast is about "Authenticity in a Polarized Society." We may feel like we can't be authentic about having conversations with some people.Our beliefs are valid, yet the problem could be that others are not really listening or already have their minds made up about their beliefs. Then the walls go up and we're not engaging or we're just listening to respond. When that happens, it gets in the way of our relationship. If we only talk with people who believe as we do, then we tend to live in an echo chamber. What we see that could work is finding commonality around something even if we don't agree on something else. It is all about growing the relationship; that is, IF you want to grow it.We might not be able to share beliefs, but we can share values that may stand for things that we can believe in. If someone can give us a perspective that was thought out and meant a lot to them, we can listen to understand even if we don't agree. Listening matters!We are Barbara Bray and Nicole Biscotti ready to talk about WHY we want to have REAL TALK with you. We're learning all about authenticity as we talk together and have these conversations with experts on critical conversations around multiple issues. Listen. Enjoy. Join us at #RealTalkBN
-
Episode 4: Real Talk about Privilege and Authenticity with Evan Whitehead
About Evan WhiteheadEvan Whitehead is the Executive Director of Private Therapeutic Day Schools that focus on working with students with Autism, Intellectual Disabilities, and Severe Learning Disabilities. He’s also a national consultant, trainer, and presenter with Dr. Ruby K. Payne’s Aha! Process, Inc., provides local and national training, presentations, and speaking engagements. Evan is also a certified mindset and accountability coach.Throughout his 20+ career, Evan has served as a...
-
Episode 3: Being Authentic around Bias with Hedreich Nichols
We invited Hedreich Nichols to join us on Real Talk to have a conversation about authenticity around bias. She is an author, educator, and consultant who helps educators and districts amplify the voices of all students. Hedreich’s YouTube series and podcast, SmallBites, focuses on equity and helping educators to create more culturally responsive learning environments. Hedreich is the author of several books: “What is Antiracism?”, “What is the Black Lives Matter Movement?” and more to he...
-
Episode 2: Real Talk with Dr. Amy Mathews-Perez (What is Authenticity?)
We started the last conversation by discussing what authenticity means. Authenticity is the core of our podcast and it is controversial just talking about it. There was more to delve deeper into this discussion so we invited Dr. Amy Mathews-Perez to join us.Dr. Mathews-Perez is an experienced expert, an energetic leader and learner, an aspiring author, and an inspiration advocate. Amy is connecting and communicating through laughter and real life. Working to make education special...
-
Episode 1: Introducing Real Talk
Introducing our podcast "REAL TALK"Let’s talk about why we want to discuss authenticity in a polarized society in the first place. The first question that came to our minds was, "What is authenticity?"Nicole mentioned being authentic vs being offensive and Barbara mentioned maybe it was being an authentic person vs an authentic perspective. They talked about what is truth and Nicole found this description:An honest person is one who is sincere and truthful. An authentic person is one wh...