{"podcast":{"title":"The Old School","slug":"the-old-school-3916563","podcast_index_feed_id":3916563,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-old-school","website_url":"https://aharteducation.com/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/yuj9GYTiKVf10YiaZWweox1fBk3eEee6xPAIvoCBw20/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE4MTMyLzE2MTY3/Njc3NjQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"Steven J. Bourgeois, PhD","episode_count":161,"summary":"Dr. Steven Bourgeois and Mr. Ross Miller lead an informal discussion between a current and a former teacher on topics that challenge \"best practices\" in contemporary education. In keeping with Neil Postman (1979), we support the conserving function of education: “Its aim at all times is to make visible the prevailing biases of a culture and then, by employing whatever philosophies of education are available, to oppose them.”","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T06:18:53.003072+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-old-school-3916563"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 132: On Setting a Tone","slug":"episode-132-on-setting-a-tone","published_at":"2025-09-15T03:43:14+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-old-school-3916563/episode-132-on-setting-a-tone","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-old-school-3916563","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/cfb90544","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/cfb90544/04093e8f.mp3","summary":"Weathering a series of technological issues, your two tech-savvy hosts managed to encapsulate some of the brilliance that is Dr. Alex Fingers. It is a shorter episode than most but in the short time available, the hosts and Dr. Fingers take a look at a principal's job in setting the tone of a new school year and the three also speak on the nature of mentoring - one administrator to another.","meta_description":"Weathering a series of technological issues, your two tech-savvy hosts managed to encapsulate some of the brilliance that is Dr. Alex Fingers. It is a sho…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2399,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-old-school-3916563/episodes/episode-132-on-setting-a-tone/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-old-school-3916563/episode-132-on-setting-a-tone.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}