Christmas in the Trenches by John McCutcheon
Merry Christmas! Here's some music about history (which they don't tell us about in school). On Christmas Eve of 1914, all over Europe, soldiers called off the war for a…
The Evolution of Intelligence and Religion (text)
ACT I Scene 1 Y’all know what archeology is? It’s the science of bones and stones. In Africa the bones of the earliest people go back 7 million years. …
Our Lives Matter S1E04: The Evolution of Intelligence and Religion
Archeology shows us a lot about the origin of religion. History and current events tell us a lot about where religions went from there. Different religions have different stories about…
Extinction Rebellion
The movement that started in Britain has spread all over the world. Humanity, and all the other species, depend on a healthy environment, and we're running out of time to…
I Can by Nas
Here's a pack of kids marching down a street singing about growing up to be doctors and astronauts. "I know I can be what I wanna be." That's what we're…
The Philosophies of Religion and Science (text)
ACT I Scene 1 We got Christians in the house? We got Muslims in the house? We got Agnostics in the house? We got Atheists in the house? We got…
Our Lives Matter S1E03: The Philosophies of Religion and Science
Science is the systematic search for reliable information. Religions are stories about the world that assume events have supernatural origins, but that bring believers together. Those two seem incompatible at…
March for Our Lives
If I'm going to promote student activists protesting for a safer world, I have to include the movement against gun violence. There isn't really anything I can add to what…
Born this Way by Lady Gaga
So many musicians say with music what I say with words. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV1FrqwZyKw
Learning by Stories (text)
ACT I Scene 1 Can I tell you another story? People think and learn in terms of stories. We think about how things happen as a beginning, a middle,…