Tag: Dave Reidy
If the Shoe Fits
[siteorigin_widget class=”WP_Widget_Media_Audio”][/siteorigin_widget] [siteorigin_widget class=”WP_Widget_Media_Image”][/siteorigin_widget] If the Shoe Fits Transcript I once heard an actor say that the first thing he determines when creating a character is his shoes. Once you’ve got the shoes, he said, you know his walk, his posture, what kind of clothes he wears, even his social class. If the shoes do […]
“Scrub Camp” – A Different Sense of Mastery
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Scrub-Camp-A-Different-Sense-of-Mastery-.mp3 Author Dave Reidy Air Date 6/29/2006 “Scrub Camp” – A Different Sense of Mastery Transcript In his essay “Boy Culture,” E. Anthony Rotundo cites examples of 19th-century boys tormenting woodchucks and maiming unoffending insects. Even urban boys would return to their city homes with trophies stuffed and mounted. Such […]
Ricky Gervais’s Flanimals
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/More-Flanimals-with-Ricky-Gervais.mp3 Author Dave Reidy Air Date 6/19/2006 Ricky Gervais’s Flanimals Transcript British comedian Ricky Gervais has created, written, and starred in two wildly successful television series, The Office and Extras. “The Ricky Gervais Show,” available for download at the website of the UK’s Guardian newspaper, is the most downloaded podcast in the history of the […]
If One is Good, Two is Better
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/If-One-is-Good-Two-is-Better.mp3 Author Dave Reidy Air Date 6/13/2006 If One is Good, Two is Better Transcript Educators have long been able to prove that the earlier a child begins learning a second language, the more likely he or she is to achieve fluency in that language. The mind of a child […]