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This is not your ordinary podcast, cupcake. Revived from 2005, WHRN is a collection of ALL THINGS WANTED HERO: tips, commercials, interviews, original music and anything else we can THINK of to enhance and embed into the interactive fantasy adventure of WantedHero.com. Created by author/illustrator Jaime Buckley, WHRN might possibly be the best example of what NOT to do with sound equipment and too much time on your hands...
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How could $50,000 transform learning? On Pitch Playground, we invite education innovators and social entrepreneurs to throw their best ideas at us. From technologies that build empathy to providing affordable childcare and reimagining the way we learn—this is a place for pitches from visionaries. Each episode features an intrepid edupreneur workshopping a $50,000 project to solve a critical problem in education. With support from mentors, funders, and fellow entrepreneurs we'll explore what ...
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Building a Better Childcare System: How Jaime-Jin Lewis’s AutoEnroll Simplifies Childcare Operations
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Childcare is essential for high-functioning societies—linked to better health, education, and employment outcomes. Yet despite its high social return, caregiving remains undervalued, with the labor—paid or unpaid—falling disproportionately on women. Jaime-Jin Lewis, founder of Wiggle Room, is building the infrastructure behind a more dynamic and du…
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Redesigning Rural and Indigenous Education: How Jonathan Santos Silva’s Liber Institute Empowers Communities at the Margins
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If we design at the margins, what we learn will help us make education better everywhere. That’s the perspective of this episode’s guest, Jonathan Santos Silva, founder of The Liber Institute. Liber’s mission is to embolden and equip Indigenous students, families, and educators to redesign schools from the ground up. Jonathan’s journey took him fro…
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A Story Behind Every Empty Seat: How Evan Wilsons’ Scaffold Ed is Tackling Chronic Absenteeism with AI
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When nearly a third of students stopped showing up to school during the pandemic, it became clear: chronic absenteeism is not just a data point—it’s a crisis. Evan Wilson, co-founder of Scaffold Ed, is working to get to the heart of what’s keeping kids out of school. His AI-powered tool helps schools move beyond attendance charts to uncover the rea…
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One Size Doesn’t Fit All: How Danette Buckley’s Dream Tech Academy Offers Personalized Education
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How do you create a classroom that meets students where they are? For Danette Buckley, the answer was to build it herself. Dream Tech Academy, her microschool in Petersburg, Virginia, was born from a personal mission to support her daughter during a difficult medical journey. Today, Dream Tech serves 42 students and is rewriting the rules on what e…
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Hard Hats, Soft Skills: How Aaron Frumin's unCommon Construction Prepares Students for College and Career Success
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What if students could earn school credit, get paid, and build a house—all in one semester? Aaron Frumin, founder of unCommon Construction, is making that a reality. Based in New Orleans, unCommon Construction is a nonprofit apprenticeship program that places high school students on job sites, where they learn hands-on construction skills while dev…
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Beyond Compliance: How jacob adams’ Inner Spark Learning Lab Cultivates Critical Thinkers
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What if education wasn’t about compliance but about discovery? jacob adams, founder of Inner Spark Learning Lab, believes students should have the power to question, explore, and create—not just memorize and obey. In this episode of Pitch Playground, jacob shares his journey from being labelled a “troublemaker” in school to reimagining learning env…
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Consent-Based Education: How Dr. Erin Flynn’s Hedge School Prioritizes Student Autonomy
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What if students had full autonomy over their learning? Dr. Erin Flynn, founder of the Hedge School, is reimagining education through consent-based learning. Located in Texas, the Hedge School is a microschool where students have the freedom to choose what and how they learn, creating an environment that fosters curiosity, confidence, and emotional…
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Interrupting the School to Prison Pipeline: How Lisa María Rhodes' Alas Advocates for Students
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How can educators disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline? Lisa María Rhodes, founder of Alas, is on a mission to ensure students impacted by the criminal legal and immigration systems have a fighting chance at success. Alas creates interventions that support young people facing incarceration and deportation, providing them with legal advocacy, educa…
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Immersive Classrooms in Mixed Reality: How Jonathan Teske's Reframe XR Brings Learning to Life
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How can XR headsets empower teachers in the classroom? Jonathan Teske, a former teacher and edtech expert, founded ReframeXR to make immersive, interactive learning experiences an everyday reality. ReframeXR allows educators to create spatial classrooms where students can engage in collaborative, hands-on learning. Imagine an earth sciences lesson …
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Why College Isn’t the Only Option: How Victoria Chen’s BridgeYear Transforms Career Pathways
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What are the options after high school for non-college bound students? Victoria Chen, a former high school biology teacher, founded BridgeYear, a Houston based nonprofit, to address gaps in the education system that fail to provide non-college-bound students with viable career options. As a teacher, Victoria witnessed a valedictorian abandon a full…
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How could $50,000 transform learning? On Pitch Playground, we invite education innovators and social entrepreneurs to throw their best ideas at us. From technologies that build empathy to providing affordable childcare and reimagining the way we learn—this is a place for pitches from visionaries. Each episode features an intrepid edupreneur worksho…
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INTERVIEW: Höbin asks Finley Greenhopper about Fungal Horrors
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This was not what I was expecting for my first interview, but here it is. During my personal tour of H1-C-FIN101 (a.k.a. PINWHEEL), armed with my cheap portable recorder, I was shoved into a decontamination chamber to avoid being assimilated by a walking, human-sized fungal parasite chasing Finley and I. Under the hum of the air exchangers, I try t…
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MUSIC: Chucks Theme Song (never thought this would happen)
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WantedHero.com continues to expand and expand. Three more composers have come on board to craft music for this epic fantasy world, and Tyler Eddington, a US composer, worked with me to shape what we now present to you: Chucks Theme Song No one knows how old he is. He's forgotten more about magic than most mägo have learned, His greatest gift and mo…
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Swirling sand, wind, magic, snake, gagging, ISH KROTHI UMBALLA! This is the interpretation of the opening scenes from PRELUDE TO A HERO, between Shea and his father, The High Elder. ---------------------------- If you'd like to get a copy of Prelude to a Hero, it can be found in both print and digital forms, through Amazon, and other popular online…
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MUSIC: The sound of the ITHARI is revealed to the world!
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Of all the songs I imagined, it was Ithari I wanted to hear the most. To feel the power and connection to the greatest magical artifact in my fictional world? All I could say was, "YES, PLEASE!!" Beautifully envisioned, masterfully crafted, Kayla Jessop brings to life the centerpiece of my fantasy world... Based on the book Prelude to a Hero I pres…
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Here we are, Day 7 in the worldbuilding series and it's time to cover STORY ARCS. What is the overall path your story will take from beginning to end and over the course of several books? To learn this aspect of worldbuilding is to learn the skill of overlapping and connecting the growth of your characters, to dramatically increase the complexity a…
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In today's episode, I talk about creating personal growth in your characters. This step is important if you want to craft powerful story arcs and keep the attention of your readers. There are many ways to accomplish personal growth, but I'm going to share four specific strategies that work for me and many popular writers I know. They're fun, simple…
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Welcome to Day 5 of the WORLDBUILDING series, where Simon and I talk about Support Characters...all the folks who didn't get the lead role. When you're writing fiction, support characters give you the ability to craft a larger net to capture readers--but what kind of personalities should you craft for your story? In today's episode I talk about thr…
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One of the enjoyable aspects of worldbuilding is developing interesting characters. After all, isn't your hero or heroine the heart of your fictional story? Simon and I talk about creating characters that are unique enough to grab the attention of your readers and keep it! If you listen to this podcast on iTunes, please consider leaving a review. F…
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Did you know there was a streamlined, powerful way to create the flow of your fiction story? One that will virtually guarantee to avoid writers block? It's TRUE! We discuss that in this episode, and it has to do with your EVENT. Don't forget to check out Jaime's Advanced Worldbuilding Journal to both record and organize your brilliant creations. Do…
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WORLDBUILDING #2: The Most Important Question To Ask Yourself Before You Write
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In the second episode of this Worldbuilding series, we talk about the most important question you should be asking yourself before you start writing any fictional story. Those who are looking for a guide to improve their creations in record time might want to consider looking at ADVANCED WORLDBUILDING - A creative writing guide: Triggers, tips & st…
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Jaime took some time and grabbed his co-host, rescuing him from a boring afternoon of homework and chores, so he could start making podcasts instead. Priorities, right? Every fictional story requires worldbuilding, so why not discuss what makes a great story to help both writers and readers experience more from the stories they enjoy. Jaime is the …
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WHRN S1E3 Rappin' it Up 2 (with Evan & BLOOPERS)
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As promised, today I'm bringing you the second show I did with my oldest daughter in 2005 called 'Rappin' it Up' with Ditto and Cosmo, which was based on my comic book series Wanted:Hero. Listening to this brought back memories of working at home, doing hundreds of takes to get the show right and also reminded me that working with youth isn't alway…
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WHRN S1E2 Rappin It Up - Flashback from 2005
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As promised, I went looking for the two shows I did with my oldest daughter back in 2005 and I found them both. The audio is a little worn, as electronic files get when not re-saved over time, but they still sound pretty good. This show "Rappin' it Up" was my daughters idea. She get's all the credit here and it was a brilliant idea: interview the c…
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Wanted Hero hasn't had a dedicated podcast since 2005, but that's about to change. in this premiere show, author, illustrator and Dad of 13 Jaime Buckley opens the doors to Clockworks City once more. Calling on the dedicated gnomes of the G.R.R. Jaime hopes to infiltrate the airwaves and get to podcast listeners everywhere. Jaime talks a little abo…
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