Ep 4. Point of View

In the fourth episode of Jackie On:, Jackie explores narrative point of view in books and which ones are the best. She discusses first, second, and three different types of third person perspective, sprinkled with examples aplenty. Sources: Eco, Umberto. 1994. Six...

Episode One: Setting Up Camp

In this episode we explore both the philosophical underpinnings and the minutiae of the YIHS All-School camping trip.  Our guests include a camping trip organizer, a parent chaperone, and two actual, live student specimens.

Fall Pledge Drive!

Join Ed Holahan, along with panelists Mr. Announcer Man, DJ Kirsten, Donna Karasek and a very special secret guest, for a special pledge drive edition of The Quiz Show.

September 17th, 2024

I am fascinated by John Muir and have gotten off the shelf, a too long neglected copy of his The Story of My Boyhood and Youth.  I’ll share excerpts of his vivid recollections that he wrote, only a year before his death in 1914. We start out in Dunbar...

September 15th, 2024

Patrick Doyle is a theater-maker, director, writer, poet, and dancer, who has spent a life time turning old buildings into theaters. Patrick is also a certified Waldorf teacher and thrilled to be bringing a new rendition of this production of GIVEN to Viroqua with the...

Talking Life: Virginia Cooper

It's almost time for the 40th Annual Women and Spirituality Conference in Rochester, MN, so I sat down with Director Virginia Cooper to talk about the changing face of spirituality and what you can anticipate from this year's conference.