Teaching the Good Podcast

Episode 1: Meet the Hosts, Nopeds & Fountain Pens
Episode 2: The Myth of Value-Neutral Education
Episode 3: Realizing the Importance Community during COVID
Episode 4: Failure and Virtue
Episode 5: What is Virtue?
Episode 6: Authenticity
Episode 7: I Am a Human Being
This week Lily & Will discuss Rituals. How do they help form us in virtue? Where is their place in our Catholic faith? How can they facilitate a more meaningful classroom experience? Tune in for answers to all these questions plus a little bonus content at the beginning of this episode!
Episode 8: The Desire to learn
Episode 9: Moral Imagination
Episode 10: Acedia
Episode 11: You Need Rest
Episode 12: Bell Bottoms, Bad Choices, & How to Make Good Ones
Episode 13: Teach Your Children Well
Episode 14: Christ the Teacher
Episode 15: Civility is Cheap
Episode 16: Humble Pie
What does true humility look like? How does humility play a part in the classroom? Join The Doc & The Dude this week as they dive into the answers to these questions and more!
Episode 17: The Forgotten Hope
Episode 18: Joy to the Podcast Land
Episode 19: Birds! They Know What's Goin' On, Man!
Episode 20: How to Keep Your Resolution
Sometimes it seems like the only New Year's resolution we can keep is breaking our New Year's resolution. This week, Lily & Will help us understand how to form habits, and *hopefully* how to keep our New Year's resolution!
Episode 21: Gratitude is the Attitude
Episode 22: Gratitude is STILL the Attitude - Wonder Pt. 2
Episode 23: A Family That Rollerblades Together Stays Together
Forgiveness -- it's never easy, always necessary, and definitely the key to living out our call as Christians. This week Lily & Will explore the integral role forgiveness plays in our Catholic faith and how we can practice forgiveness especially amid turbulent times.
BONUS: Check out the NYT Sugar Cookie recipe that Will talks about here!
Episode 24: Spicy Peanut Butter & Why People Matter
To kick off Catholic Schools Week The Doc & The Dude are talking about one of the most foundational aspects of Catholic Education -- dignity of the human person. Join our dynamic duo as they get to the heart of what it means to value our students for exactly who they are.
Episode 25: Celebrating Black History - Henriette DeLille
This week kicked off Black History Month and is also Catholic Schools Week! To honor and celebrate both of these moments, Lily & Will did a little something different. Join your favorite hosts as they cover the biography of Venerable Henriette DeLille!
If you'd like to learn more about Henriette DeLille, check out the following sources:
Episode 26: Space - Not the "Final Frontier" Kind
Space, not the "final frontier" kind, but the spaces all around us.
This is the conversational voyage of Lily & Will.
It's about a 20 minute mission
to explain the ways that the intentional, or unintentional, use of space can impact the way we worship,
the way our students learn.
To boldly discuss the importance of architecture & how it can shape our interactions with the world.
Episode 27: The Perfume of Giving
As we enter the season of Lent, we'll hear often about the three pillars of the season -- prayer, fasting, & almsgiving. For many, almsgiving brings up a bit of a question mark. The Doc & The Dude are here to clear up the confusion around why we emphasize almsgiving, especially during this Lenten season.
Episode 28: Who Cares About Rules?
Tuck your shirt in. No running in the halls. Raise your hand. We all know the classic school rules, but do we know why they matter? This week The Doc & The Dude discuss the importance of rules & discipline & how these experiences form our students.
Additionally, Teaching the Good is taking a week off and there will NOT be a new episode released on March 7th. Instead, we encourage all of our listeners to join SPCHS on Saturday, March 6th, for our Baron Gala! This is our first ever virtual Gala and we hope that you will attend and invite all of our friends to do the same. Visit www.qtego.net/qlink/spchs to register for the event and take a look at all of our silent auction items. You can also visit www.spchs.org/galatix/ to see all of the other ways you can get involved with this event. We look forward to having you join us virtually on March 6th at 6:00pm!
Episode 29: Words Make Worlds
Join us this week as Lily & Will discuss language -- how we use it, how we SHOULD use it, and how it plays a part in our lives as Christians.
Episode 30: There's Nothing Like Hume on the Beach
This week we're talking about authority! Lily & Will discuss how authority plays a role in the classroom and how we can re-orient our view to truly focus on what matters -- Christ.
Episode 31: Happy Birthday, Will!
Episode 32: Teach Me How to Pray
Episode 33: Are Smart People Nice
Episode 34: Stay Over There
The pandemic year has certainly made us all aware of boundaries, the physical ones, but we may not be as well acquainted with emotional and mental boundaries. This week, your Teaching the Good hosts cover the necessity for setting clear boundaries in our personal lives, and their relevance in the classroom.
Episode 35: Emotional Intelligence
Episode 36: Brave or Something Like It
This week your Teaching the Good hosts talk about courage! In light of last week's celebration of Good Shepherd Sunday the two explore how courage/fortitude play into our everyday lives and the lives of our students & teachers.
Episode 37: Don't Shuffle, Get There!
Episode 38: Mama M(ar)ia!
Episode 39: Pomp & Circumstance
Episode 40: Battling Burnout
Episode 41: Taking on Transition
Episode 42: Greetings & Farewells
Big things are happening on Teaching The Good! Join us this week as we say goodbye to The Dude, Will Kuehnle! We also take some time to get to know The Dudette, Shelby Cala!
Episode 43: You've Got A Friend Of The Good In Me
We have a new host! This week hosts, Dr. Lily Abadal & Shelby Cala talk about friendship. Friendship is an essential part of life, and true friendship, friendship of the good, is essential for living virtuously and ultimately reaching heaven. Listen this week as your hosts of Teaching the Good dive into what a truly "Good" friendship looks like.
Episode 44: Maneuvering vs. Excellence
Episode 45: Reading the Good
We're talking about reading! This week we dive into another theme from William Deresiewicz's speech "Excellent Sheep" and learn how sustained reading can help us become more virtuous people.
Episode 46: Think About Your Thoughts
Episode 47: Self Mastery
Episode 48: Immaculate Heart of Mary, Pray for Us!
Episode 49: Authenticity Round Two
Episode 50: Creating Compassionate Leaders
Episode 51: Fortitude
Episode 52: You Can't Educate the Head Without the Heart
We're talking about humility this week! Listen in as Lily & Shelby bring a lot of knowledge and even more laughs. We'll dive into why humility is such a key component of our mission here at SPCHS -- to create Christ-centered leaders for the modern world.
Episode 53: Wisdom
Episode 54: Balance is the Spice of Life
We're back! After a brief hiatus, Lily & Shelby are back and this week we're talking about balance! How do we incorporate balance into our lives? Why is balance important in the lives of our students? Tune in and find out!
Episode 55: Teamwork Makes the Dream Work