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Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
by Paul H. Karrer
Short stories. No annoying ads. No mercenary pitches. Just stories to warm your heart. Vetted published articles/tales/short stories (L.A.Times, Newsweek, Seattle Times, Teacher Magazine, Chicken Soup, Miami Herald, etc.) by Paul H.Karrer about: Kids, Teachers, Parents, Education, Korea, Incarceration, Samoa, Peace Corps, New Zealand, California, Connecticut, Teaching, Dogs, Chess, Multicultural Marriage, Foods-real or imagined and more. Most are light-hearted.
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When NOT Recognizing Your Parent is a Good Thing. (Alzheimers)
Send us Fan Mail The author recalls how extremely difficult his mother was. She was married four times. She is currently 93. Growing up with her was like sitting on lit dynamite. Police interactions took place. She was a constant problem. But now she is not the same person and that is good.…
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Teacher Tails - Prison Shorts - Chapter 4 - A Bird In The Hand
Send us Fan Mail The author reads the continuing saga of a young man who did 13 years in Pelican Bay, San Quentin & Monterey County Jail. Nick names, drug usage, more Norteno rules, Prison Paranoia, Unity Spread and more... Support the show
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Prison stories - How to Smile at level 4 Max Security Prison visit. (Salinas Valley State Prison)
Send us Fan Mail The author describes a very disturbing visit he had at Salinas Valley State Prison. A female guard lied and accused totally, innocent visitors of improper behavior. The inmate visited was only allowed non-contact visits in what's called "in the window." Support the show
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Prison Tales Chptr 3. County Jail and Pocahontas
Send us Fan Mail Tales from the inside of County jail. Norteno - rules and regulations and a scary night-time inmate-entry puts the pod on alert. Unbelievable way contraband is sent from one floor to another. And ...making your bed Norteno style. Support the show
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Chapter 2 - Day to Day in Prison or Booze, Biscuit & The Aryan Brotherhood
Send us Fan Mail The author reads a first person account of survival in jail. Gang norms and expectations. Punishments and the unbelievable militancy of the Nortenos Gang. And a few words about an Aryan Brother gang member. Support the show
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How to Go To Jail for 13 years - An Inmate's Story
Send us Fan Mail The author reads the intimate story of how to get 13 years in CA jail. All you have to do is rob the same place three time. It helps if you're a gangster too. Support the show
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Charlatans, Frauds, and Hucksters in Jolly Ole England
Send us Fan Mail The author tells of famous frauds, charlatans, and murderous huckster incidents from the 1700 and 1800s in Britain. People are conned and have always been. Fake News and conspiracies are as old as fires in caves... Support the show
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I Love You 5th Grade Shenanigans
Send us Fan Mail A teacher entertains his fifth grade class with some techie magic. Bafflement and befuddlement of a wonderful student with a loud public declaration of love. Support the show
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A Peace Corps Tale - Chinese Take Out
Send us Fan Mail A Peace Corps volunteer has to deliver a fecal sample to the medical office. However, the volunteer is "robbed." Support the show
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How Korea Was Bombed in My Mother's Name
Send us Fan Mail The author shares how a simple request for a dog by his daughter leads to the discovery of a disturbing photo from the Korean war. And in the end the daughter gets her dog. Support the show
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A Lawyer and A Burglar Meet In the Dead of Night
Send us Fan Mail The author repeats an incident shared with him by his very own lawyer. Who we shall call...Hugo to protect any guilty parties. Support the show
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A Persian Princess Goes to Prison (Evin Political Prison) Iran
Send us Fan Mail The author interviews Guita (An Iranian) about the realities of going to prison in Iran. Giuta's last name is not used for fear of retribution to her or family members currently in Iran. Support the show
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Trench Warfare and a Noble Peace Prize
Send us Fan Mail The author reads his complaints of yard warfare with burrowing enemies. And...perhaps offers a Noble to the President if he can resolve the conflict. Support the show
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It's Shiloh - Tales of Heinz Treviranus 15-17. (Teacher Tales)
Send us Fan Mail The narrator reads Heinz's final three stories. They encompass, awe, love, listening, being present, and appreciation. Support the show
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Teacher Tails. It's Shiloh 12-14 (Tales of Heinz Treviranus)
Send us Fan Mail Three stories of Heinz Treviranus about a fish, a surprising money transfer, and just knowing when your kid is sick. They occur in Fiji, Samoa, New Zealand and Germany. Each story is uplifting and full of wonder. Support the show
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Teacher Tails - It's Shiloh Chp 9-11
Send us Fan Mail The author reads from Heinz Treviranus' book It's Shiloh. Chapter's 9-11. A story from New Zealand's military. Another about a dying father's request. The final story is about missing a flight but catching it anyway. Support the show
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It's Shiloh (stories 5-8)
Send us Fan Mail Stories are read from the book - It's Shiloh. A collection of amazing incidents, occurances, and happenings in the life of Heinz Treviranus. Heinz was born in Samoa but also lived in Fiji, Germany and New Zealand. He passed away in November of this year. He and his son Ludwig...
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Shiloh 3 &4
Send us Fan Mail Two strange Tales by Heinz Treviranus of Samoa and Germany are read. One is about a lost family hidden after the Spanish Influenza and an unexpected letter. The other is of the power of love. Both involve Germany, Samoa, and the fickle unexpected twists and turns of fate. Support...
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Tales from Shiloh - Meat Pie
Send us Fan Mail Teacher Tails podcaster reads mysterious and compelling stories from a dear friend's book SHILOH. Two short stories will be read each time. The friend, Heinz Treviranus, passed away recently and this book is his gift to those who will listen. Support the show
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Raccoons, A border War, Trump, The Noble Peace Prize
Send us Fan Mail The author explains of his on going border war. Mentions Trump. The Noble Peace Prize, Mountain Lion Urine and Raccoons.... Support the show
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The Murder and Torture of 27 year-old Viktoriia Roshchyna by Russia.
Send us Fan Mail 27 year-old Viktoriia Roshchyna is a well-known name in Ukraine journalism. She was investigating the Russian Black Sites (Torture and off the map detention centers) in the occupied Ukrainian Oblasts (provinces) She was detained and not heard from. Due to her high visibility the...
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The Gremlin Wants Greenland
Send us Fan Mail The author discusses why Trump wants Greenland. How he came to be aware of it. How some US billionaires want to develop it. A brief history of the Dorsett and Inuit Natives and the Vikings. Treaties which already exist with Denmark and would sufficiently satisfy all the supposed...
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Ukraine - The Rest of The Story
Send us Fan Mail Podcast 170 The author reviews some Ukrainian history as well as a long list of Russian aggression in the area. He also refers to a previous Podcast #15 In which he interviewed a former student who volunteered on the Ukrainian/ Polish border for 6 weeks. He made one mission into...
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A Day at School 32-34
Send us Fan Mail A child's day at school is revealed through rhyming verse. Hopes, fears, laughs, and tears. What a kiddo sees and hears etc... Support the show
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A Day at School - kids' poems (p.30-32)
Send us Fan Mail More rhyming verse from A Day at School delve into the fears, tears, jeers, and sometimes leers from the perspective of an elementary school kiddo. Support the show
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A Day at School p27-30
Send us Fan Mail The author reads 4 poems from a child's day at school. They are short, rhyming verse and usually have a kicker or twist at the end. All are light-hearted. Hopefully they will make you smile or at least recall those years at school. Support the show
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A Day at School (p.23-26 Rhyming Verse - A Student's trials/tribulations at school)
Send us Fan Mail The author reads rhyming verse of an elementary school child's trials, tribulations, and basic survival at school. There is always a clever or tongue in cheek comment at the end. Pages 23 -26. Support the show
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Reasonable Gun Control Shouldn't Really Be So Hard
Send us Fan Mail The author reads an opinion piece about gun control he had published in V.O.M.B (Voices of Monterey Bay) Support the show
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Too Churchy - A Doctor Goes to Kenya
Send us Fan Mail The author reads a story he had published in Shining Moments Visions of the Holy in Ordinary Lives. A doctor friend volunteered for a medical mission in Kenya. But initially he was put off by the religious tone of it. He found it too churchy. But was it? Support the show
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Vegetable or Fruit - A Question for Marriage
Send us Fan Mail Teacher Tails Fruit or Vegetable... Originally published in Chicken Soup for The Soul (First Dates & Soul Mates). The author reads his story about good intentions and a bowl of Coco Puffs from the Korean Island of Cheju. Support the show
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Getting Away From School
Send us Fan Mail Two teachers try to get away from school each day by eating in a car nearby. But fate and a former student alter their quiet and undisturbed lunch. If you are a teacher its very hard to get away from...school. Support the show
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Music To Soothe the Savage Beast
Send us Fan Mail The author reads a story he had published in the Chicken Soup Book - Family Matters. The author's 6 year-old brother annoyingly practiced the piano each morning. The author's 5 year-old sister had a hamster named Hammy. They also had a very high strung mother and an... usually…
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Teacher Tails - A Day at School (A kids' book of rhyming verse) 19-22
Send us Fan Mail A DAY AT SCHOOL is rhyming verse about a child's day at school. Issues, worries, incidents, troubles, (real & imagined) cute, and silly happenings. With a kicker on at the end of each poem. Pages 19-22 Support the show
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A Day At School - Simple pleasant rhyming verse - (A kids' book)
Send us Fan Mail The author reads rhyming verse from his Kids' book. A Day At School Support the show
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Ex-Peace Corps Volunteers (1978-1980 - Samoa) Discuss/Endorse Peace Corps
Send us Fan Mail Three RPCVs (Return Peace Corps Volunteers) discuss their time in the Peace Corps in Samoa (1978-1980) Dr. Michael Baughan, Paul Karrer - Teacher Tails Host, Harvey Gerry Support the show
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Hanging Out To Dry
Send us Fan Mail The author reads a story he had published in Chicken Soup for The College Soul. A female student is surprised at all the attention she gets as she drives her car. Support the show
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Emma's Ducks
Send us Fan Mail The author reads his Chicken Soup Story of female students dealing with a totally blinding blizzard. Support the show
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Dementia - Mom You Have to Try
Send us Fan Mail The author reads his Chicken Soup Story - Mom, You Have to Try. A family suffers as the grand mother starts to lose her memory. But after she is gone they learn she really really did try. Support the show
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A DAY AT SCHOOL Poems -13 & 14
Send us Fan Mail The author reads 2 of his rhyming verses from his kids' book A DAY AT SCHOOL poems 13 & 14. All have a kicker at the end. Support the show
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Slavery at Sea and Tuna
Send us Fan Mail The author reads an article he had published about slavery at sea and the tuna industry. Support the show
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When Alzheimers Can Be A Good Thing
Send us Fan Mail The author and his sister deal with a difficult mother who changes for the better due to Alzheimers. Support the show
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Jury Duty
Send us Fan Mail The author explains some realities of Jury Duty and he has some recommendations, Support the show
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I'm On A Roll
Send us Fan Mail Author describes his dislike for skate-boardering until he tries it. Support the show
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A Day at School #3. (Survival at school in poetry)
Send us Fan Mail The author reads 3 poems about survival at an elementary school. The Bully The Hand Bathroom Stalls Support the show
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A Day At School - short poems p6-9
Send us Fan Mail The author reads 4 very short rhyming verse poems about the realities of elementary school. All have a kicker on the end. A riddle, puzzle or comment. p.6. The Ride p.7 Reading Hurts My Head p.8 Numbers p.9 What Am I? Support the show
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A DAY AT SCHOOL (From a kids' perspective - poetry)
Send us Fan Mail A DAY AT SCHOOL is simple rhyming verse about well...a day at school. Humorous and each short poem has a kicker, problem, riddle or final say at the end. About a minute in length each - a read 3 at a time. Support the show
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Question for a Cleric
Send us Fan Mail A child asks a question about lives...and cats. Support the show
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Could the Creator Ever Make Another Thing as Grand as That? (Short Poem)
Send us Fan Mail The author reads a super short poem he published with a clever whimsical twist at the end. Fits right in with TEACHER TAILS. And if you admire humming birds even better. Support the show
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Why My Student Cries When It Rains (Migration Issues)
Send us Fan Mail The author notices one of his female students cries when it rains. He asks why and finds out her parents work the fields. He also discovers many other things about her and her 6 year old brother. Support the show
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Interview With Scientific Skeptic - Susan Gerbic
Send us Fan Mail The author interviews Susan Gerbic - a Scientific Skeptic. She debunks psychics, mediums, fortunetellers, soothsayers, astrologers, etc. The New York Times (Feb. 2019) wrote an article about her revealing a fraudulent celebrity psychic. She's not a favorite in the anti-science...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Short stories. No annoying ads. No mercenary pitches. Just stories to warm your heart. Vetted published articles/tales/short stories (L.A.Times, Newsweek, Seattle Times, Teacher Magazine, Chicken Soup, Miami Herald, etc.) by Paul H.Karrer about: Kids, Teachers, Parents, Education, Korea, Incarceration, Samoa, Peace Corps, New Zealand, California, Connecticut, Teaching, Dogs, Chess, Multicultural Marriage, Foods-real or imagined and more. Most are light-hearted.
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Paul H. Karrer
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Short stories. No annoying ads. No mercenary pitches. Just stories to warm your heart. Vetted published articles/tales/short stories (L.A.Times, Newsweek, Seattle Times, Teacher Magazine, Chicken Soup, Miami Herald, etc.) by Paul H.Karrer about: Kids, Teachers, Parents, Education, Korea,...
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