Trenkle’s Spitecast on Social Science: Recent Episodes
Andrew Trenkle
A podcast for students of Mr. Trenkle. It’s like a way to have a party even when we can’t be in class. Like all good things in the world, it is motivated at least 51% by spite. Spite for Covid-19 and maybe, just maybe, spite for all the doubters and haters. Keep Ya Head Up, like the philosopher Tupac would say. Not as tasty as Latte Larry’s but pretty, pretty, pretty, close.
Much of your work this week in class looked at the “deep roots” of the war in Vietnam. This podcast covers the more immediate causes of the war and seeks to explain why the United States though it was so important to stop the spread of Communism in Vietnam and Southeast Asia during the 1960s.
This wondrous episode of this wondrous podcast covers exchange rate systems, why currency exchange rates matter, and some fun examples of the impact currency exchange rates might have in the real world. Grab your work, pull up the resources in another tab, sit back, relax, and listen closely to these wonderful explanations. Also so long seniors, you are in my mind a lot these days. I hate Coronavirus... is my Spitecast failing to defeat it? Well fear not it is a marathon not a sprint.
This episode seeks to explain the legal and Constitutional goals of the Civil Rights movement. I hope it helps provide further context and understanding of the documents, campaigns, and famous speeches that make up the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
Mr Trenkle seeks to explain these two very important, but often very confounding concepts. We hope you like it. It will help you better understand both why nations trade, and also why we in a democracy bitterly fight over whether such change is, at the end of the day, a good thing.
Investing is needed by most in order to eventually be able to retire. There are many challenges in doing this well, though (just one of which is you should probably start now with your first job at age 16! Even though it is four decades or more away? Yep!). Your assignment this week highlights some challenges and approaches in saving for retirement.
Much of the history of the Cold War is an attempt to remake American society, even in the context of all these grand international and foreign crises. This episode introduces you to some of that, with particular attention paid to John F Kennedy who serves as a bridge between the 1950s and the transformative and turbulent 1960s.
The stock market is something many people fall in love, many people get burned by, and probably most are confused by. To better understand it I think we need some idea of how the forces of companies, news events, and human behavior interact to make the market work. This also helps us better understand some possible approaches and individual might take to investing. Indeed! Might seem like a tall order but if you listen to these LIFE CHANGING 11 minutes of the Spitecast and READ the awesomely dense packet on investing approaches, I think it is a goal we can achieve! Allez! Allez! Allez! (Sorry need at least one Liverpool reference in one of these Spitecasts.... maybe the Kop can sign it sometime in 2021?)
This is a VERY introductory explanation to some of your readings this week. More to come. Basically what we are trying to understand is the approaches one can take to investing. Investing itself is simple, try to make money. But how to do it is not at all simple and there are a lot of different ideas on how to do it best.
Grab a warm beverage on this frosty afternoon. Then as Hawk Harrelson would put it “sit back, relax, and strap it down for US history e-learning”. The Cold War has shaped just about every modern issue of any significance. Learn how it all began.
Future you: “What is a stock? A bond? A mutual fund? Please here just take my money and let me not think about this and go back to my life. I am so confused and the paperwork my HR department gave me only makes me cry”... wait! It’s really not that complicated. Listen here to learn why. Also it may help with your assignment. Take Care Hawks.
Much of my life revolved around watching old movies about World War Two and hearing my dad talk about Grandpa while the Trenkle family ate Chinese Food (Jade House I think, is that still there? It was next to Blockbuster on NW Hwy, of wait that’s gone... I think Lou Malnati’s is still in that strip mall. Mmmm pizza....). I am not making you do the same but instead it is REMOTELY and through E-LEARNING which makes it cooler and stuff.
When we left for the emergency closures and SB2020 we were discussing the role of government in the economy and the “tools” the government has to manage our economic system. We are living through extraordinary times and, in real time, seeing these tools utilized. Your assignments ask you to explore the world around us and think about these concepts we learned about before break. This is a brief overview and commentary on some of the fascinating economic policies we are living through in real time.
A brief introduction explaining the framework of free speech and expression under the 1st amendment. Unit Five, we are finally here!
This is an episode explaining the European background of World War Two. We are basically trying to answer the question of, “how the heck did the Axis powers end up controlling the whole continent while the US stayed on the sidelines?” Such a scenario is almost impossible to imagine these days. This episode will try to explain some of the forces and specific events that lead to this situation. There is a corresponding slide show in your drive. Hope you enjoy. Hang in there everyone.
Commentary on the optional Spring Break assignment I have prepared for you. Hopefully more context and information on the directions and my rationale for including the links that I did. Please ask questions on the Google Classroom if you have any and I shall try to respond next time. Take care! Go Hawks! KAWWWWWWWWW!
This will just inform you of how all the podcasts will or may work (if I do more than two of them, hopefully I DO NOT have to and we are back at school soon). I hope you all are well. To answer the burning question asked by Rusty... Yes, when we get back I will have a paaaawty and yes I will bring the food.