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CCHS state championship golf teammates Ryan Costanzo and Justin Doerr sit down for a special end-of-the-year Christmas Special.

Sit down with the captains of the CCHS Volleyball Team: Nichole Reasbeck, Delaney O'Connell, and Kamy Conners. They finished the season 21-5 with one of the more successful seasons in recent years. Enjoy their energy about the team and their thoughtfulness regarding gratitude.

In this episode, I welcome Paxton Marling and Deante Suggs, two linemen from the CCHS football team in 2022. The guys talk about football experiences and also about overcoming obstacles to become better versions of themselves.

In this episode, I welcome J.T. Nixon, the guy in the chair at the end of The Juicebox Podcast table, for a discussion about embracing paths on our journeys that are not always easy to see or navigate.

In this episode, I welcome Braden Whitelatch, SGA President at CCHS. He is someone who is more than willing to share the life lessons he has learned. Pick up some great philosophies from Braden in this episode.

School assemblies used to suck when I was a high school student. Am I any better now? I don't know for sure, but I am more open to hearing what a speaker has to say. Such was the case at a recent assembly at the high school where I teach.

Am I just being nostalgic or is there something fundamental about my concern over the choices on streaming services? Building on my recent blog, I talk about movie watching as I was growing up. 

I take some time to talk about what the idea of "legacy" means to me while sharing a couple of different ways a famous artist and writer consider it.

Finally, I return from a long-needed break. I share my thoughts on taking care of yourself, Richard Simmons, and learning to find balance.

In this episode, young rapper Lil Zone and I sit down to talk about the creative process and even spit some bars together. 

Have a good look into exactly what so many high school cheerleaders experience outside of cheering at games. I sit down with five senior cheerleaders from CCHS for an insightful discussion about the challenges and wonderful memories of five student-athletes nearing the end of their high school cheering careers.

This episode breaks slightly from the norm as Jake Nixon (The Juicebox Podcast) joins me from a fantastic discussion about HBO's Euphoria. There are plenty of spoilers, so if you have not watched the first two seasons, you have been warned.

In this episode, I have a fun and thoughtful conversation with the four seniors on the Central Catholic High School basketball team: Ryan Reasbeck, Caleb Ratcliffe, Mason Palmer, and Michael Toepfer. They all share their thoughts on the season, the tradition of Central basketball, and some insightful descriptions of one another's personalities.

In this episode, I have an enlightening conversation with Columbia University signee Ayden Baker. We talk about his senior year, his past, and racial issues in society before Ayden finally offers a great message about how to be successful in life.

Episode 22 explores how we struggle comprehending experiences in the specific moment because of the false narratives we write for ourselves.

Episode 21 includes my thoughts on our own personal stories and the need for us all to make more of a direct impact on our own lives.

What better time to sit down with SGA President Spencer Helms than when the school year is about to begin in the middle of a pandemic. If we can adopt Spencer's attitude, we will be just fine.

Music: Scott Holmes "Hot Shot" "Stomps and Claps" | Jason Shaw "Solo Acoustic Guitar"

Join me for an award-winning episode with Jake "Juice" Nixon, host of The Juicebox Podcast. We talk exclusively about "cancel culture" and its effect on individuals and groups of people. 

Music Credits: Scott Holmes and Jason Shaw

Production Credits: JT Nixon

Jake Nixon appears on The Juicebox Podcast found on all major platforms.

J.T. Nixon of The Juicebox Podcast sits down with me to talk about choices in life as well as traditions. He offers wise advice to the Class of 2020 as high school graduation draws near in the midst of a pandemic.

I put some added perspective as a teacher who now struggles with teaching from a distance because of school closing related to the coronavirus. I share my recent blog of the same name and offer additional context and reflection.

This is my Christmas special in which I slow down a bit to talk about some important aspects of the holiday. I share a post that I wrote one year ago on this very day and share my top five non-traditional Christmas songs.

"Do Not Bother Wrapping These Gifts"

I had a great sit-down with three of the four captains from the Central Catholic High School Single A Football Champions. They were leaders on a team which just one its third consecutive title in football in West Virginia. I have with me Curtis McGhee, Adam Murray, and Jacob Rine.

In this special Thanksgiving episode I am going to talk about Gratitude and how it impacts our lives. I am also going to share some interviews with some special guests as they share their perspectives on gratitude.

This is a special episode in which I welcome my first guests to the podcast. They are Jacob Estep, Thomas Minor, and Cole Saseen, three members of the Central Catholic High School men's soccer team. We talk about their memorable experiences from playing soccer for the past three years together.

In this episode I talk about my recent blog post entitled "In the Midst of the Rain." I share music which inspired this post, some of the background leading up to the actual writing of the post, and some feelings and ideas since the post was released.

In the first of a two-part episode, I forego a discussion of my blog and head straight for a conversation about the role of technology in the classroom and how it may be changing the culture of our society.