{"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 143: On Collecting Things with Dr. Alex Fingers","slug":"episode-143-on-collecting-things-with-dr-alex-fingers","published_at":"2026-01-10T18:06:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-old-school-3916563/episode-143-on-collecting-things-with-dr-alex-fingers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-old-school-3916563","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/13f94036","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/13f94036/6ea77678.mp3","summary":"The two loveable hosts welcome back the great Dr. Alex Fingers to discuss the idea of collecting things. From sports cards and comics as kids to music and more refined items as adults. Why do we collect things? How does it help us emotionally, socially and how does that help in other aspects of our lives? It is not just hoarding things - though it can certainly go in that direction. Rather, it is something that fires passions, fosters connections and in the end, become the things that define us.","meta_description":"The two loveable hosts welcome back the great Dr. Alex Fingers to discuss the idea of collecting things. From sports cards and comics as kids to music and…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3107,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-old-school-3916563/episodes/episode-143-on-collecting-things-with-dr-alex-fingers/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-143-on-collecting-things-with-dr-alex-fingers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}