All Episodes

Tea with Ms. G - Back to School Edition featuring Dr. Carl Cohn

Tea with Ms. G - Pride Edition featuring Judy Shepard

The Power of Scholarship

Tea with Ms. G - Mental Health Edition featuring Patrick Kennedy

Tea with Ms. G - Autism Awareness Edition featuring Temple Grandin

Tea with Ms. G - Black History Month Edition featuring John Lewis

Tea with Ms. G - ICE Edition

Real Talk with Melvin Logan and the Students of Green Valley High School

Exceeding Expectations with Sharaud Moore

Different by Design with Ian Terrell

History, Heritage, and the Heart of a Teacher with Adriana "AD" Flores

Radical Reinvention with Michael Bongiorno

Generations of Grit w/ Yadira & Raudell Aluiso

Crossing Borders and Building Bridges with Freedom Writer Brenda

From Survival to Service with Cynthia Ray-De La Vega

Breaking Silence & Finding Strength with Erica Alcaraz

Healing from the Heart: Norma’s Journey to Medicine and Motherhood

Empowering Families and Transforming Futures with Sonia Rezkalah

Unlocking Determination with Dr. Jessica Martinez

Cheering for Change with Chirece Noonan

Blooming Through Adversity with Kanya Sim

Anchored in Compassion with Donald McFee

Finding the Strength to Be You w/ Tanya Payne

From Bullied to Brave with Calvin Williams III

Writing Her Way Out with Madaline Hentz

Using Empathy as a Superpower w/ Tye Leggins

From Adversity to Achievement with Trayvon Carter

Finding Your Voice with Shanita Jones

Breaking the Stigma with Sue Ellen Alpizar

Commanding Respect and Defying Expectations with Shanate Jones

Championing Change with Latilla Cain

Rising Above: Carlos Barragan's Journey from Tagging to Triumph

From Caricature to Character with Melvin Logan

Discovering Hope with Mauricio Antonio "Tony" Becerra

Defining Resilience with Narada Comans

#106: "Reimagining Education" with Dr. Robert Alsop

#105: "Turning Stigmas into Strength" w/ Dr. Freda and Jayden Braddock

#104: Disability Pride Month w/ Jasmine Matthews & Nare Garibyan

#103: Celebrating Pride Month

#102: Celebrating Father's Day w/ Freedom Writers Carlos Barragan & Melvin Logan

#101: Lessons from the Stage & Screen w/ Tony-Award Winner John Benjamin Hickey

#100: "And Tango Makes Three" Beyond the Ban w/ Dr. Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell

#99: Unbreakable Threads w/ Holocaust Survivor Trudie Strobel & Jody Savin

#98: Reflecting on the Cambodian Genocide w/ Loung Ung

#97: Embracing Survival after the Rwandan Genocide w/ Dydine Umunyana-Anderson

#96: Young Playwrights Ukraine w/ Laura Cahill, Uliana Klimchuk, & Alex Feldman

#95: Women's History Month

#94: Celebrating Black History Month

#93: Powering Education

#92: Live to Tell w/ Edie Mermelstein

#91: My Flag Has No Country w/ Nyaz Burhan & Mic Wegmann

#90: They Are My Pronouns w/ Samuel DePace

#89: Ukraine Needs You w/ Lenny Shteynberg

#88: Finding Your Vision & Your Voice w/ Dr. Tiffany Lopez

#87 How to Deal with Bullying feat. Krish Sharma & Sam Norwood

#86 Speaking My Mother Tongue w/ Lucas Hammeken & Torbjørn Ydegaard

#85: Maori Misunderstood with Meredith & Casey Akuhata-Brown

Special Episode: Remembering Alexi Rodriguez

#83: "My Two Dads" w/ Dear Freedom Writer Student Author Kyan

#82: Dear Freedom Writer Student Author Reflections

#81: Teacher Appreciation Week

#80: Two Worlds w/ Jill & Amnon Damti

#79: Dear Freedom Writer Symposium Panels

#78: Dear Freedom Writer Student Authors - Becoming Authors

#77: Writing Dear Freedom Writer w/ Original Freedom Writers

#76: Georgie Smith - A Sense of Home

#75: Tresor Rusesabagina

#74: Kate Nash - An Outsider's Perspective

#73: Celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day (w/ Freedom Writer Teacher Candace Houle)

#72: Temple Grandin - The Autism Spectrum

#71: Letters to Strangers with Diana Chao

#70: Remembering Matthew Shepard w/ LGBTQ Activist Judy Shepard

#69: Chris Levinson: Letters From My Father

#68: Scarlett Lewis: Choosing Love After the Sandy Hook Shooting

#67: Anna Quindlen

#66: #StopAAPIHate

#65: Esther Wojcicki: Changing Online Learning and Tract.app

#64: Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragán

#FreeRusesabagina

COVID-19 Special Episode 6: Healing From Hurting 2

COVID-19 Special Episode 5: Healing From Hurting

COVID-19 Special Episode 4: In the Halls of Congress (w/ Congressman Steny Hoyer)

COVID-19 Special Episode 3: On the Bright Side (w/ Steve Hartman)

COVID-19 Special Episode 2: In the Field (w/ CNN's Gary Tuchman)

COVID-19 Special Episode 1: On the Front Lines (w/ Freedom Writers Calvin Vanderhoff & Norma Bravo)

Danny DeVito: Sharing Success and Empowering Everyone

The Legacy of the Armenian Genocide w/ Nare Garibyan

Tess Holliday: #EffYourBeautyStandards

Patrick Dempsey: Dealing With Dyslexia

Democracy (In One Podcast or Less) w/ David Litt

#BlackLivesMatter w/ Original Freedom Writers Tye and Shanate

The State of Education w/ California State Superintendent Tony Thurmond

Esther Wojcicki: TRICKs for Raising Successful People

Jane Elliott: How Discrimination Feels

From Playing Miep Gies to Disney's Ursula w/ Pat Carroll

Steal a Pencil for Me: The Power of the Pencil w/ Margrit Polak

Jinahie: How to Express Your True Self Through Spoken Word

Gary Soto: Using Words to Bring Others Out of the Shadows

Rosalind Wiseman: Mean Girls, Masterminds, and the Realities of Adolescence

Learning to Smile Again After Trauma, with Mohamed Sidibay

Connie Chung: Journalism and the Art of Seeking Truth

Freedom Writers Round-Table: Why People Connect to Gritty Stories

Freedom Writer 20/20 Part V: Passing the Torch to the Next Generation

Freedom Writer 20/20 Part IV: The Power of Storytelling to Heal Hearts

Freedom Writer 20/20 Part III: Connecting the Dots from the Past and the Present

Freedom Writer 20/20 Part II: Recreating the Magic of Room 203

Freedom Writer 20/20 Part I: Coming Back to Write Twenty New Stories

Introducing Freedom Writer 20/20

#39 Dr. Carl Cohn: The Power of Listening in Effective Leadership

#38 Liz Murray: Homeless to Harvard

#37 Isha Sesay: How To Help Girls Understand Their Power

#36 Wes Moore: Why Decisions Determine Destiny

#35 Anne Frank: A Glimpse into the Secret Annex

#34 Antwone Fisher: How to Instill Hope in All Children with Rick Miller

#33 Daniel Ellsberg: What the Pentagon Papers Teach Us About Accountability

#32 Period. End of Sentence: Empowered Women Empower Women

#31 How to Understand Young People and Their Stories

#30 After Columbine: How to Create a Culture of Connection in Schools with Darrell Scott

#29 Rebuilding Rwanda: How to Heal After a Genocide

#28 Jack Horner: How to Embrace Dyslexia

#27 Dolores Huerta: ¡Sí, Se Puede! - How to Start A Movement

#26 Parkland Students: Overcoming Tragedy With Empathy

#25 Don Hahn: How Humans Communicate Meaning

#24 Homeboy Industries: How to Live With Extravagant Tenderness with Father Greg Boyle

#23 Schindler’s List 25th Anniversary: How Holocaust Education is Changing the World

#22 Dr. Pedro Noguera: Disrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline

#21 "From Hate to Hope" - How a Neo-Nazi Became an Advocate for Equality with Tim Zaal

#20 Sexual Abuse Survivors: "You Are Not Alone"

#19 Cesar Millan: The Four Energies of Happiness

#18 How to Create a Sphere of Safety: Suicide Prevention with Bob Ezrin

#17 Genocide Survivors: Why These Stories Must Be Told

#16 The Freedom Writers Diary: How the "Little Book That Could" Became a Bestseller

#15 Sudanese Genocide: Trying to Make Sense of Senseless Violence

#14 How Freedom Writers Changed My Path with Actress-Turned-Activist, April Hernandez-Castillo

#13 Surviving a Hate Crime, with LGBT Activist Matthew Boger

#12 Growing Up Under Apartheid

#11 Anne Frank's Step-Sister: Becoming a Link in the Chain of History with Eva Schloss

#10 Voices & Votes: How Democracy Works (and How It Doesn't) with David Goodman

#9 How to Find Your Creative Spark with Kathy Eldon

#8 Tony Danza: "I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had"

#7 Richard LaGravenese: On Making "Freedom Writers"

#6 Little Rock Nine: Integrating the First High School in America with Dr. Terrence Roberts

#5 Zlata Filipovic: The Bosnian Genocide and How Labels Can Lead to Destruction

#4 Andrew Carroll: Discovering the Humanity in History

#3 Freedom Rides: How to Get Into "Good Trouble" (w/ Jim Zwerg and Congressman John Lewis)

#2 Patrick Kennedy: Reframing Mental Health and Addiction

#1 The Holocaust: How to Learn from the Past to Improve the Future with Renee and Klaire Firestone