#67, TAL
This American Life is a weekly public radio show with about 1.8 million listeners. It is produced by Chicago Public Media and has won all of the major broadcasting awards. It is also often the most popular podcast in the country, with around 700,000 people downloading each week. TAL takes a different topic each week and explores it through the stories of everyday citizens. For this week's journal entry, we'll listen to a show on the topic, middle school.
Listen to two of six tracks from This American Life episode #449, "Middle School".
This week, at the suggestion of a 14-year-old listener, we bring you stories from the awkward, confusing, hormonally charged world of middle school. Including a teacher who transforms peer pressure into a force for good, and reports from the frontlines of the middle school dance.
What do the tracks say about middle school life? What connection(s) can you make with the stories and your life?
Optional: What are you most or least looking forward to in middle school next year?
-Brenden Lee Teacher
they gave us scraps, some of it old, we cooked it up and called it soul