Forever a Reader, Always a Student: Recent Episodes

Ryan Chaben

Welcome to the podcast all about reading and academic journeys, with your host Ryan, a book lover and future high school English teacher.

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Thank you so much for listening! In today's episode, I talk about the books I've read so far in the month of April as well as discuss the critical theory of cognitive cultural studies. I also apply cognitive cultural studies to Kazuo Ishiguro's novel, Never Let Me Go. I hope you enjoy :)

BOOKS MENTIONED

*Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell

*Indignation by Philip Roth

*No Matter the Wreckage by Sarah Kay

*Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

*Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

*Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

*Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 

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Welcome to the first episode of Forever a Student, Always a Reader! In this episode, I introduce myself and talk about my two passions: books and teaching. I also discuss why I started a podcast and how I discovered I wanted to be a teacher. I hope you enjoy and thank you for listening!

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Hello and welcome to episode 2 of Forever a Reader, Always a Student. In today's episode I talk about my favorite books of all time and the lessons I've learned from them as well as Paulo Freire's The Pedagogy of the Oppressed, a staple within the theories of the teaching world! I hope you enjoy and thank you so much for listening,

Ryan 

BOOKS MENTIONED

Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry

The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys 

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell 

A Room Called Earth by Madeline Ryan

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Looking for Alaska by John Green

Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 

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Bookstagram: @the.ryanreview