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Great Perhaps
by Kyle Jones
McKay Nelson, a middle school teacher and middle child, discusses what she's reading and what she's watching. Kyle Jones, her partner, a high school teacher, seeks to understand the significance of what she is reading and what she is watching. While all things worth reading and worth watching are unpacked, all things Young Adult emerge as a prominent theme.
Episodes
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Introduction
Intro
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Inside the pipes
Welcome
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Inside the pipes
Welcome to our first episode!
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Party Pack #1
While struggling with coming back to teaching and microphone adjustments, Kyle and McKay run through a few favorite things they've read, watched, and listened to this week. Featured in this new Party Pack structure - For Every One, Jason Reynolds Mr. Tiger Goes Wild, Peter Brown Laura Dean Keeps...
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The First Rule of Punk, Moxie, and Angry Girls
Kyle, McKay, and their creaky chairs discuss The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez and Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu. Channeling their inner angry girls, they discuss why adults think kids have it so easy, the role of punk culture in literature, and how zines are just the coolest. "Moxie girls…
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New Kid, Graphic Novels, & Awards
After really, really enjoying reading New Kid by Jerry Craft, the first Graphic Novel to win the Newbery Medal, McKay and Kyle talk about how wonderful the book was and how awards function for teachers and students. Email us at [email protected] :) NCTE = National Council of Teachers…
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Alan Cole Is Not a Coward: Middle Grade & YA Fiction
McKay and Kyle discuss Eric Bell's Alan Cole Is Not a Coward and the beauty of Middle Grade books. They explore the distinctions between Middle Grade and YA, how Harry Potter charts the progression from Middle Grade to YA, and why adults should read Middle Grade books.
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Why YA?
Kyle and McKay explore the feelings and thoughts that drive YA and their mutual admiration for the intentions of story. Of course John Green and Jason Reynolds feature prominently.
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Looking for Alaska--TV or Book?
What is the responsibility of the YA author? McKay and Kyle discuss Looking for Alaska--the TV show and the book--while trying to unpack the responsibilities of authors and teachers. Along the way we get into the hit HBO show, Euphoria; 13 Reasons Why; The O.C.; nostalgia in television; Jason...
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Looking for Alaska
Kyle and McKay explore the responsibility of the YA writer, the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope, and our mutual love of John Green.
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Riverdale and Glee
McKay compares and contrasts Riverdale and Glee. Kyle, on three occasions, mistakes Riverdale as a Neltflix production. It is a CW production.
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Riverdale!
McKay and Kyle discuss the hit CW show, Riverdale.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
McKay Nelson, a middle school teacher and middle child, discusses what she's reading and what she's watching. Kyle Jones, her partner, a high school teacher, seeks to understand the significance of what she is reading and what she is watching. While all things worth reading and worth watching are unpacked, all things Young Adult emerge as a prominent theme.
HOSTED BY
Kyle Jones
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McKay Nelson, a middle school teacher and middle child, discusses what she's reading and what she's watching. Kyle Jones, her partner, a high school teacher, seeks to understand the significance of what she is reading and what she is watching. While all things worth reading and worth watching are...
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Great Perhaps is created and hosted by Kyle Jones.
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