The purpose of this podcast is to connect with my family from a distance - let’s connect or reconnect! Get to know about me and my journeys as a Latino, Mexican-American, male, brother, ex-mormon polygamist, divorced, tattooed, educator and world traveler.
In this episode I'm back to teaching elementary school and talking about more cool books.
I finally finish the book "The Spiritual Evolution of Margarito Bautista" by Dr. Elisa Eastwood Pulido. I do recommend it.
Hello! I've been gone on a nearly month long journey with my wife Alma. Yes, I married and this episode recounts just a bit of our honeymoon journey across the United States southern states.
This episode I come back to my reading on Bautista (Mexican mormon Evangelizer, Polygamist Disssident, and Utopian Founder).
This week I start talking about the book "The spiritual evolution of Margarito Bautista: Mexican Mormon Evangelizer, Polygamist Dissident, and Utopian Founder, 1878-1961" by Elisa Eastwood Pulido, Ph.d.
This episode centers on an excerpt from one of my favorite books "Expect Resistance: a field manual" by crimethinc. Ex-workers' collective.
Today I share a speech I gave during some shenanigans of the trump administration. I draw much of my inspiration from the poetry that I read.
This episode I describe my weekend demolishing a shed and share a story from "Buddhism for Kids" by Emily Griffith Burke.
This episode I talk about struggles with my own attention. What do you focus on? How do you stay focused?
This episode is about another great book, "Grow your Soil!" by Diane Miessler. I learned a lot from it and hope to use some of this information to improve my own living space.
In this episode I talk about the biblical 10 commandments, as I am aware of them, and I reference a youtube Christopher Hitchens commentary about them.
This episode I share three ideas for better learning and I talk about a new big event in my life...
This episode I ended up talking about how boring my life can be and how its still cool. Also my brother Bryan moved out, what?!
This episode is about inviting students back to school during the ongoing corona virus pandemic, celebrating Lucy's birthday, and visiting some hot springs.
In this episode I talk about how I managed to fix my furnace with help from my girlfriend Alma. I also look forward to teaching my students in-person once again.
In this episode I talk about how I like to walk around barefoot. Check out The Society for Barefoot Living for more good information at Barefooters.org .
In this episode I read from and talk about a chapter in the book "To know as we are known" by Parker J. Palmer, discussing Knowledge.
In this episode I talk about my one of my all-time favorite songs "Keep it Together" by Guster. I describe what it means to me. Listen to this song to start the year off right!
In this episode I reflect on what "season" I am in and I talk about creating art with ideas from the book "Steal like an Artist" by Austin Kleon.
In this episode I talk about three lessons that can be learned from the story of the Grinch (Dr. Suess). I talk about and borrow from a blog post written by Brooke Riley from their website Re-Fabbed.com.
In this episode I talk about the new home I started moving into this weekend. Cats are involved!
This episode asks five questions that I believe are important to ask and answer on a regular basis. 1. How do you feel emotionally today? 2. What would you like to do with me today? 3. What happened today that made you smile (laugh, cry... etc.)? 4. What are you thankful or grateful for today? 5. Is there anything you want to tell me that might be hard to say?
In this episode I talk about what community and knowledge means to me and I reflect briefly on the history that connects me to the Americas, my community, and who I am today.
In this episode I talk about my current work as a teacher. What I do everyday does shape how I view the world. My message this week is about adding more love to the world.
In this introductory episode I introduce my plan to talk about my life for my family audience. I begin with some of my early life experiences in the west desert of Utah, United States of America.