From the Middle Podcast

It seems that long hiatuses are a thing nowadays? We're sorry! But we're back! We talk about our summers and what we've been up to. Pool time, grad school, and surgery. 

The White Lotus 

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Episode 29- After a little Covid hiatus, we are back. We had the lovely Allyson back on and chatted about what we’ve been doing since the last time we recorded, which was March. We talk about virtual teaching, a little on Covid in general, and the things that we are enjoying on tv and reading. Emily In Paris https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8962124/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Virgin River https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9077530/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 Friday Night Lights https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758745/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 Outer Banks https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10293938/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 American Royals by Katharine McGee https://www.amazon.com/American-Royals-Katharine-McGee/dp/1984830201/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=american+royal&qid=1603660253&sr=8-1

Episode 26 - We could not be more excited than to welcome New York Times Best Selling Author Jessica Lahey on the podcast. Jessica has articles written in The Atlantic and the New York Times, and we have her on the podcast to discuss her New York Times best selling book The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed. We had the joy of seeing her at AMLE in Nashville this past November and knew we had to ask her to come on the podcast. We hope you enjoy this great discussion on our love for middle schoolers, the importance of giving children of any age autonomy and intrinsic motivation to succeed. Jessica Lahey http://www.jessicalahey.com Buy The Gift of Failure by Jessica Lahey https://www.amazon.com/Gift-Failure-Parents-Children-Succeed-ebook/dp/B00GLS00LY/?tag=jessicalcom-20 Gift of Failure Frequently Asked Questions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJvu5en3L6M&list=PLWc_BZJdVWKLk7yIgkofPUNfhUi4bVEKj&disable_polymer=true 
Jessica’s Bibliography https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51d5b70de4b07e30233ade36/t/5bc4ace8c83025dddf3f2adc/1539615976178/Bibliography.pdf Balanced and barefoot by Angela J. Hanscom https://www.amazon.com/Balanced-Barefoot-Unrestricted-Confident-Children/dp/1626253730 “Drive” Daniel H. Pink https://www.amazon.com/Drive-Surprising-Truth-About-Motivates/dp/1594484805 Middle School Matters by Phyllis L. Fagell https://www.amazon.com/Middle-School-Matters-Beyond-Parents/dp/0738235083 The Happiness Project with Gretchen Rubin https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/happier-with-gretchen-rubin/id969519520 Happier in Hollywood with Liz Craft and Sarah Fain https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/happier-in-hollywood/id1236845161

Episode 25 - Chelsea leads us on a little topic jumping. We discuss Christmas presents, books, movies, tv shows, AND even more importantly our thoughts on the latest season of The Crown and the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle drama. Trunk Club https://www.trunkclub.com Go See the Principal by Gerry Brooks https://www.amazon.com/dp/0738285064/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_o0LhEb96TP52 Gerry Brooks’s Lunch Room Etiquette https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W6bCJR-jbI The Book of Waking Up by Seth Haines https://www.amazon.com/Book-Waking-Up-Experiencing-Reorders/dp/0310353963/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+book+of+waking+up&qid=1579048312&sr=8-1 The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed by Jessica Lahey https://www.amazon.com/Gift-Failure-Parents-Children-Succeed/dp/0062299255/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+gift+of+failure&qid=1579048348&sr=8-1 How to Lead in a World of Distraction by Clay Scroggins https://www.amazon.com/dp/0310598699/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_k3LhEb65Y4Q7M Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates (it is currently on Netflix) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10837476/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Little Women https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3281548/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 Ozark https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5071412/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Broadchurch https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2249364/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Episode 24 : It’s Christmas! We’re here to wrap up the year with our annual Christmas Episode. We have our friend Ally as our special guest this time around. We talk about Christmas traditions changing with marriage and kids, Ally’s first Christmas gift of the year, the amazingness that is The Great British Baking Show and some stand out presents we received as children. Chinese food on Christmas https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/why-american-jews-eat-chinese-food-on-christmas/384011/ The Clapper https://www.amazon.com/Clapper-Activated-Detection-Appliances-Technology/dp/B0000CGKLR/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=clapper&qid=1576711370&sr=8-4 New Kids on the Block Christmas Album https://open.spotify.com/album/0Ttc1BQu1k3SfU02vn2cM5?si=cwr2p_tQSraTOTt_r7cXZQ The Great British Baking Show https://www.pbs.org/food/shows/great-british-baking-show/ Hallmark Christmas Movies https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/christmas/new-movies-countdown-to-christmas-2019 Nutcracker - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy Exzel Music Publishing (freemusicpublicdomain.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Episode 23 - featuring Katie Powell- We were very fortunate to meet Katie in person at this year’s AMLE conference in Nashville, as well as attend many of her featured sessions. We asked her if she’d come on the podcast, and she’s here to discuss her amazing book and her ideas of helping educators to create engaging and meaningful experiences for students. Boredom Busters by Katie Powell https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1949595684?pf_rd_p=ab873d20-a0ca-439b-ac45-cd78f07a84d8&pf_rd_r=3X9PH5Y6JPR4179WYQMS Katie’s website https://www.teachbeyondthedesk.com

Episode 17 - We apologize for the long delay, Melissa talks about her focus group experience and a trip to Chicago. We talk about a school trip to D.C. Sam’s review of the weighted blanket, and Annie F. Downs's Summer of Enneagram. Holderness Family “Maycember” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5ceQJLRp6w Meet the Radkes https://www.usanetwork.com/theradkes/videos https://www.amazon.com/Eat-Cake-Brave-Melissa-Radke/dp/1538712164 Weighted Blanket https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HRJQGXH/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Annie F. Downs’s Summer of the Enneagram https://www.anniefdowns.com/2019/05/28/enneasummer-2019-suzanne-stabile/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/that-sounds-fun-with-annie-f-downs/id944925529 If you want to check out our amazing D.C. tour guide Nick: https://instagram.com/nick_kleiner?igshid=6pgdp98hr6uw

Episode 16 - #MarchMadness y’all. We have Chelsea’s amazing hubby, BJ guest starring to talk basketball with us. He teaches us all things of what to look forward to this year. There’s also another amazing tooth story that Chelsea shares. Zion Williamson shoe incident https://youtu.be/2z7SZwU33ng Work Productivity during March madness https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/ncaa-march-madness-to-cost-employers-13-3b-in-lost-productivity-firm-says The Last Arrow: Save Nothing For the Next Life by Erwin Raphael McManus https://www.amazon.com/Last-Arrow-Save-Nothing-Next/dp/1601429533/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2MV31B1HCUVU&keywords=the+last+arrow&qid=1553304643&s=books&sprefix=the+last+arrow%2Caps%2C153&sr=1-1

Episode 15 - We catch up! Bahamas, Lysa TerKeurst, AMLE, and just what’s happening in our lives. As always please rate and review. It’s Not Supposed To Be This Way by Lysa TerKeurst https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BB5R38P/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 I Declare War by Levi Lusko https://www.amazon.com/Declare-War-Winning-Battle-Yourself/dp/0785220860/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1550702801&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=i+declare+war+levi+lusko&psc=1 Weighted Blanket https://www.amazon.com/YnM-Weighted-Blanket-Material-Insomnia/dp/B073429DV2/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?s=bedbath&ie=UTF8&qid=1537402764&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=weighted+blanket&psc=1&smid=A18IAX87FBBJR5 Socials: Website www.fromthemiddlepodcast.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fromthemiddlepodcast/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/from_middle Contact us at fromthemiddlepodcast@gmail.com

Episode 13- This episode we talk about the approaching Christmas break, we discuss the SEC championship, the Atlanta sports curse, The Alice Network, how much work it takes to be a mom, and the importance of learning to fail in middle school. The Alice Network by Kate Quinn https://www.amazon.com/Alice-Network-Novel-Kate-Quinn/dp/0062654195 “Teaching Failure” by Miguel Gomez and Kalyn Niehoff http://www.amle.org/BrowsebyTopic/WhatsNew/WNDet/TabId/270/ArtMID/888/ArticleID/994/Teaching-Failure.aspx?_cldee=c2FtYW50aGEuc2Nob2VuZmVsZEBtdGJldGhlbGNocmlzdGlhbi5vcmc%3d&recipientid=contact-15cb34eafb30e31182db001d092e6a92-3ec0714c8a654a4fb3f9769c4eaef909&utm_source=ClickDimensions&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=102718%20-%20Newsletter&esid=f68a5d89-54f2-e811-a5b8-0050569142af

Episode 10 - We have our wonderfully hilarious friend Allyson on the podcast this week. We talk a whole lot about friendship, and have a conversation on hidden curriculum. Madea "Let them go" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTPzXwNVc9g&t=120s Alias Grace https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034007/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 The Good Place https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4955642/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 "The Hidden Curriculum of Middle School" https://www.amle.org/BrowsebyTopic/WhatsNew/WNDet/TabId/270/ArtMID/888/ArticleID/681/The-Hidden-Curriculum-of-Middle-School.aspx

Episode 9 - This week we talk about road trips with kids, potty training, 3 things we couldn’t live without, music midtown, and weighted blankets. Please feel free to let us know which 3 things you’d pick off the list. 3 Day Potty Training by Lora Jensen https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IU8Y0AA/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awdb_t1_NTTOBb3VYRP94 YnM Weighted Blanket https://www.amazon.com/YnM-Weighted-Blanket-Material-Insomnia/dp/B073429DV2/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?s=bedbath&ie=UTF8&qid=1537402764&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=weighted+blanket&psc=1&smid=A18IAX87FBBJR5 Batiste Dry Shampoo https://www.ulta.com/dry-shampoo?productId=xlsImpprod2040049

Episode 7- We’re back! We discuss back to school, retreat, Taylor Swift, the Tooth Fairy 2.0, and what we’re reading, listening to, and watching. As promised here is a link to a video of Chip and Melissa playing some ping pong at retreat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_Q2JCcyfgg All the things discussed: Abbadabba shoes (yes, that’s really their website domain 😂) https://www.coolshoes.com Unexpected by Christine Caine https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0310089301/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3 Annie F. Downs’s That’s So Fun Podcast with Melissa Radke https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-96-melissa-radke/id944925529?i=1000417907315&mt=2 Eat Cake. Be Brave. by Melissa Radke https://www.amazon.com/Eat-Cake-Brave-Melissa-Radke/dp/1538712164/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1534989699&sr=8-1&keywords=melissa+radke Annie F. Downs’s That’s So Fun Podcast with Payne Lindsey https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-97-payne-lindsey/id944925529?i=1000418141378&mt=2 Up and Vanished with Payne Lindsey https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/up-and-vanished/id1140596919?mt=2 Grace and Franke on Netflix https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3609352/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Website www.fromthemiddlepodcast.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fromthemiddlepodcast/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/from_middle Contact us at fromthemiddlepodcast@gmail.com

Episode 6 We have the one and only Chip Barber with us as we discuss the importance of students being known, why there are not more male teachers, being called to teach middle schoolers, our generation’s love of nostalgia, and just a ton of laughs. We also catch up on Chelsea’s foot, Sam’s trip to Indiana, and Melissa’s trip to Nashville. Golden Girls Action Figures https://www.nme.com/news/golden-girls-action-figures-comic-con-2357262 The Crown https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4786824/ House of Cards https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1856010/ NCAA College Football Countdown https://days.to/until/ncaa-season I am the cheese by Robert Cormier https://www.amazon.com/I-Am-Cheese-Robert-Cormier/dp/0375840397/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1532516774&sr=1-1&keywords=I+am+the+cheese Who Moved My Cheese? https://www.amazon.com/Who-Moved-My-Cheese-Amazing/dp/0399144463/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1532516868&sr=1-1&keywords=who+moved+my+cheese Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6911608/

Episode 4 - 
 We discuss the World Cup, the tooth fairy, and what we’re currently reading this summer. Natural Disaster: I Cover Them, and I Am One by Ginger Zee https://www.amazon.com/Natural-Disaster-Cover-Them-One/dp/1484780426/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1530703637&sr=8-2&keywords=ginger+zee+natural+disaster+book Young Jane Young: A Novel by Gabrielle Zevin https://www.amazon.com/Young-Jane-Novel-Gabrielle-Zevin/dp/1616208694/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530703859&sr=1-1&keywords=young+jane+young+a+novel+by+gabrielle+zevin Elin Hilderbrand and her many novels: https://www.amazon.com/default/e/B001IGQLTO/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1530703945&sr=1-1&redirectedFromKindleDbs=true Nobody's Cuter than You: A Memoir about the Beauty of Friendship by Melanie Shankle https://www.amazon.com/Nobodys-Cuter-than-You-Friendship/dp/1414397488/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530703976&sr=1-1&keywords=nobody%27s+cuter+than+you+melanie+Shankle Church of the Small Things: The Million Little Pieces That Make Up a Life by Melanie Shankle https://www.amazon.com/Church-Small-Things-Million-Little/dp/0310348870/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530704023&sr=1-1&keywords=church+of+the+small+things Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story https://www.amazon.com/Nine-Ten-September-11-Story/dp/1442485078/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530704058&sr=1-1&keywords=nine+ten+a+september+11+story+by+nora+raleigh+baskin Powder Pouch for getting sand off: https://powderpouch.com/ After this podcast was recorded Sam realized that she is wrong as to who Alfonso Maradona (The Argentina guy) is, he is not the head coach of Argentina. Just a former player and manager. We hope y’all have a wonderful 4th of July week!