Your two estimable hosts address the events of this week - the birthday of the United States of America. While plenty of people are commenting on the problems the country faces, and rightly so, Dr. Bourgeois and Mr. Miller decide to focus on the positive. During the episode, both hosts present the five reasons why they love this country so much. In doing so, they take the opportunity to highlight the reasons why this country is great - a needed reminder in tough times.

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In the aftermath of Mr. Miller's surgery, your two friendly hosts discuss the operation as well as the notion of growing old. The two discuss limitations, changes in latitudes and attitudes (thank you Mr. Buffett) and what they see as the purpose and direction older people take and take on. Of course, though perhaps on the face, a dour topic, the two address it with their typical thoughtfulness and humor under the notion that not everything is as it seems.

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Your two gregarious hosts take a look at Mr. Miller's return to retirement - for the umpteenth time. There is also a discussion about the possibility of working in a lighthouse as part of a larger project - one that combines the loves, interests and abilities of our hosts. In the meantime, the two hosts tackle notions of work and loneliness as they work through the opportunities that lie ahead.

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Your two loveable hosts tackle a couple of stories coming out regarding schools, technology and the hijinks that follow. From AI teachers to the cumulative effect of technology on a student's ability to learn, the hosts look at recent developments in the U.S. The hosts also dive somewhat into a major (probably minor) programming note on a possible hiatus.

The two stories the hosts refer to can be found at:

https://www.foxnews.com/media/teacher-goes-viral-after-saying-tech-ruining-kids-education-farewell-video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRe61oMX9lY

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Your two favorite amicable hosts tackle the thorny and omnipresent problem of procrastination. Dr. Bourgeois and Mr. Miller explore the notion of procrastination, what causes it, ways in which it can be good or bad and how to address fixing the problem. In the process, experience, history, philosophy and problem-solving are used to address this and to examine the forces that make it seemingly worse than ever before.

Want some great reading on our current education system? Check out The Center Cannot Hold: A Critical Look at Contemporary Education. Written by yours truly.

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Your two favorite hosts welcome Dr. David Baillargeon from the University of Texas at Arlington to discuss the importance and impact of the British Empire. Dr. Baillargeon focuses on what can be seen and studied with regards to British action in Myanmar (or Burma) and Malaysia. The three do a deep dive in what made the Burmese and Malay experience unique but also, the esteemed professor also highlights the commonalities that can be seen in nearly all colonizing experiences. Oh, and the three also throw in some soccer talk as well...you know, elements of colonization, of course.

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The Old School welcomes the great Dr. Peter Worthing of TCU to discuss the Boxer Rebellion. The three gentlemen discuss the origins of the movement, what it was and how it influenced China going into the 20th century and beyond. It is a great conversation that highlights not just the philosophical ideals that modern historians attribute to the Boxers but the real world circumstances that motivated agrarian Chinese to attack the western presence in their country. Patriots, rebels or a desperate lot frantically hoping their efforts will approve their lives? All three? The Old School attempts to address these ideas and more.

In the course of the discussion, Dr. Worthing references a couple of great books on the Boxer Rebellion if one is interested in learning more about this very fascinating topic.

The Origins of the Boxer Uprising by Joseph W. Esherick
History in Three Keys: The Boxers as Event, Experience and Myth by Paul A. Cohen

For a more popular but still riveting account of the uprising, check out:

The Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic Story of China's War on Foreigners that Shook the World in the Summer of 1900 by Diana Preston.

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Your two favorite hosts tackle the growing crisis surrounding boys and men and how education could potentially turn those indices around. The podcast takes a look at an article on the re-emergence and saving qualities of an all-boys education and how truly effective something like that could be. The hosts also try to tip toe around various political issues and paradigms this type of action could engender.

A New Case for All-Boys Education

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