Public Space Travel Podcast

Weekly Warp 04: I do not associate Margaret Thatcher with pleasure

Welcome to PST's Weekly Warp: our new weekly series focusing on current events that catch our eye. This week, join Luci, Lichen, Lazarus, Hunty and special guest Kane Koanoa, as they discuss education in the news: the dangerous, feeble, and inequitable attempt by politicians to reopen schools during the Coronavirus pandemic with neoliberal means and capitalistic ends; and how students and teachers are resisting to ensure the health and safety of themselves and others who stand to be harmed by schools reopening.

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This episode's resources:

Manatee County elementary school employees sent home on first day back after testing positive for COVID-19 at 10 Tampa Bay

Suspension Lifted of Georgia Student Who Posted Photos of Crowded Hall by Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio at the New York Times

COVID-19 "Microschools" Are Betsy DeVos's Latest Privatization Scheme by Candice Bernd at Truthout

Teachers and Students Mobilize in More Than 35 Cities to Demand Safe Schools by Ell Fassler at Truthout

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Descriptive intro read by Johhny Lupinacci. Music used in descriptive intro is "Too Grimy" by Yung Kartz (licensed under a Creative Commons NC-ND 4.0 License, found on freemusicarchive.org)

Music used in back to school skit is "Corporate Advertisement" by Scott Holmes (licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) License, found on freemusicarchive.org)

Public Space Travel Intro Theme by Lazarus (Remix of "Dial My Number" by Benedek off of “Bonus Beat Blast 2011” licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 License, found on freemusicarchive.org)