The Latchkey Files: Recent Episodes
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The guys reminisce about the greatest 80's Encino-based high school karate bildungsroman of all time--The Karate Kid.
The guys discuss their "guilty pleasure" movies, in which discussion Patrick Swayze features prominently.
In this episode, the guys discuss the role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons: both the game itself and its evolving image in popular culture. Save vs. Nerdiness or learn and laugh!
The guys talk about their childhood trips to the arcade, home video game systems, and the current state of affairs in video gaming.
The guys continue their discussion about childhood toys, focusing on action figures (they're not dolls, dammit!)
The guys discuss the iconic science-fiction/comedy film from their childish adult perspective.
What's the deal with VHS, Beta, and that whole thing? The guys delve into the history of the Format Wars and what it means for us today.
In this first episode for 2022, the guys discuss how 80's TV would translate into today's world.
The guys talk about their professional relationships with parents--some good, some...not.
The guys discuss what it's been like to come back to the classroom after a long time in Distance Learning.
The guys continue their discussion about movies, this time looking at some of their favorite--and not so favorite--directors.
The guys talk about their individual favorite movies that are, by any rational measure, bad--but which they each have a strange affinity for.
Everyone says "you should write a book" regarding the things students do. Well, here's the next best thing...
The guys continue their discussion on books, teaching in the age of COVID-19, and Crispin Glover.
In which Chris and Sean discuss public high school in the pandemic. Also Crispin Glover.
This episode will show students the differences between abstract and concrete language, and show them how to write about abstractions effectively.
This episode will show the relationship between the rhetorical triangle and the Aristotelian appeals of logos, ethos, and pathos.