Getting Schooled Podcast

This week, the Manager of Volunteer Projects at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Kristina Wilkes, joins Abby in the classroom to help with her lesson plan on international holiday traditions. Kristina uses her experience curating the museum's "Christmas Around the World and Holidays of Light" exhibit to discusses what holiday traditions look like around the world.  Keep up with Abby af...

This week, the Commissioner of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Chairman Benjamin Hovland, joins Abby in the classroom to help with her lesson plan on the electoral college vote. Chairman Hovland explains the process by which electors will place their vote for the presidency and what will happen between now and inauguration day.  Keep up with Abby after class on Twitter: @AbbyHornace...

This week, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Institute on World War II and The Human Experience at Florida State University, G. Kurt Piehler, joins Abby in the classroom to help with her lesson plan on Pearl Harbor. Professor Piehler discusses the events that lead to the attack, the impact it had on the United States, and its significance today.  Keep up with Abby after class on T...

This week, Fox News Chief Congressional Correspondent, Mike Emanuel joins Abby in the classroom to help with her lesson plan on the filibuster. Mike explains the different forms of filibuster, when we've seen it used in the Senate in the past, and how it could impact our legislative process moving forward.  Keep up with Abby after class on Twitter: @AbbyHornacek Learn more about your ad choices. V...

This week, Kenneth Cohen, P.H.D., curator at The Smithsonian National Museum of American History, joins Abby in the classroom to help with her lesson plan on Thanksgiving. Kenneth discusses the origins of the Thanksgiving story and its practical application today.  Keep up with Abby after class on Twitter: @AbbyHornacek Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, Dr. John Logsdon, the founder of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University's Elliot School of International Affairs, joins Abby in the classroom to help with her lesson plan on the Space Force. Professor Logsdon discusses the historical precedent for the Space Force, why we need this organization, and how it will function as the sixth branch of the United States Militar...

This week, Professor Carl Castro, Director of the University of Southern California's Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families, joins Abby in the classroom to help with her lesson plan on Veterans Day. Professor Castro discusses the history of Veterans Day, the significance for those who have served and what Americans need to understand about Veterans as they honor them...

This week, Kristen Soltis Anderson, co-founder of Echelon Insights and Washington Examiner columnist, joins Abby in the classroom to help with her lesson plan. Kristen discusses why we have the electoral college, how it impacts our elections at large, and the arguments for and against this system. Keep up with Abby after class on Twitter: @AbbyHornacek Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...

This week, Lesley Bannatyne, an American Halloween author whose work has been featured on the History Channel and in National Geographic, joins Abby in the classroom to help with her lesson plan. Lesley discusses the origins of Halloween in Celtic and Christian tradition, how Halloween has evolved through American history and what this holiday can teach us about our modern times. Keep up with Abby...

FOX Nation host Abby Hornacek takes a closer look at the topics and buzz words you find your friends and coworkers using to sound intelligent. Each week Abby and her expert guests will tackle the topics we take for granted and help to explain the roots and meanings behind them. This week, Tom Bevan, co-founder and president of RealClearPolitics,joins Abby in the classroom to help with her lesson p...

FOX Nation host Abby Hornacek takes a closer look at the topics and buzz words you find your friends and coworkers using to sound intelligent. Each week Abby and her expert guests will tackle the topics we take for granted and help to explain the roots and meanings behind them. This week, FOX Business Network Correspondent, Susan Li, joins Abby in the classroom to help with her lesson plan. Susan...

FOX Nation host Abby Hornacek takes a closer look at the topics and buzz words you find your friends and coworkers using to sound intelligent. Each week Abby and her expert guests will tackle the topics we take for granted and help to explain the roots and meanings behind them. This week, FOX News State Department Correspondent, Rich Edson, joins Abby in the classroom to help with her lesson plan....

FOX Nation host Abby Hornacek takes a closer look at the topics and buzz words you find your friends and coworkers using to sound intelligent. Each week Abby and her expert guests will tackle topics we take for granted and help to explain the roots and meanings behind them. This week, FOX News Congressional Correspondent, Chad Pergram joins Abby in the classroom to help with her lesson plan. Chad...

FOX Nation host Abby Hornacek takes a closer look at the topics and buzz words you find your friends and coworkers using to sound intelligent. Each week Abby and her expert guests will tackle topics we take for granted and help to explain the roots and meanings behind them. This week Sarah Bryner, Director of Research & Strategy at the Center For Responsive Politics, joins Abby in the classroom to...

FOX Nation host Abby Hornacek takes a closer look at the topics and buzz words you find your friends and coworkers using to sound intelligent. Each week Abby and her expert guests will tackle topics we take for granted and help to explain the roots and meanings behind them. This week Andrew Och, the author of "Unusual For Their Time: On The Road With America's First Ladies," joins Abby in the clas...

FOX Nation host Abby Hornacek takes a closer look at the topics and buzz words you find your friends and coworkers using to sound intelligent. Each week Abby and her expert guests will tackle topics we take for granted and help to explain the roots and meanings behind them. This week Daniel Clark, The CEO of BrainFM, joins Abby in the classroom to help with her lesson plan. Dan discusses the purpo...

 FOX Nation host Abby Hornacek takes a closer look at the topics and buzz words you find your friends and coworkers using to sound intelligent. Each week Abby and her expert guests will tackle topics we take for granted and help to explain the roots and meanings behind them. This week Paul M. Sutter, a research professor in astrophysics at the Institute for Advanced Computational Science at Stony...

FOX Nation host Abby Hornacek takes a closer look at the topics and buzz words you find your friends and coworkers using to sound intelligent. Each week Abby and her expert guests will tackle topics we take for granted and help to explain the roots and meanings behind them. This week John Hudak, Deputy Director for the Center for Effective Public Management and Senior Fellow of Governance Studies...

FOX Nation host Abby Hornacek takes a closer look at the topics and buzz words you find your friends and coworkers using to sound intelligent. Each week Abby and her expert guests will tackle topics we take for granted and help to explain the roots and meanings behind them. This week, Jane Hampton Cook, presidential historian and the author of Resilience on Parade: Short Stories from Suffragists a...

FOX Nation host Abby Hornacek takes a closer look at the topics and buzz words you find your friends and coworkers using to sound intelligent. Each week Abby and her expert guests will tackle topics we take for granted and help to explain the roots and meanings behind them. This week, Michelle Lambright Black, Credit Expert for Slickdeals and professional credit writer, joins Abby in the classroom...

FOX Nation host Abby Hornacek takes a closer look at the topics and buzz words you find your friends and coworkers using to sound intelligent. Each week Abby and her expert guests will tackle topics we take for granted and help to explain the roots and meanings behind them. This week, Daron Shaw, Jr. Chair of State Politics at the University of Texas at Austin and member of the FOX News Decision D...

FOX Nation host Abby Hornacek takes a closer look at the topics and buzz words you find your friends and coworkers using to sound intelligent. Each week Abby and her expert guests will tackle topics we take for granted and help to explain the roots and meanings behind them. What was The Dream Team? This week, 11-Time NBA All-Star and NBA Hall-of-Famer, Charles Barkley, joins Abby in the classroom...

FOX Nation host Abby Hornacek takes a closer look at the topics and buzz words you find your friends and coworkers using to sound intelligent. Each week Abby and her expert guests will tackle topics we take for granted and help to explain the roots and meanings behind them. This week, Daniel A. Piazza, Chief Curator at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum, joins Abby in the classroom to help wit...

FOX Nation host Abby Hornacek takes a closer look at the topics and buzz words you find your friends and coworkers using to sound intelligent. Each week Abby and her expert guests will tackle topics we take for granted and help to explain the roots and meanings behind them. This week, Secretary David Bernhardt, The 53rd Secretary of The U.S. Department of the Interior, joins Abby in the classroom...

FOX Nation host Abby Hornacek takes a closer look at the topics and buzz words you find your friends and coworkers using to sound intelligent. Each week Abby and her expert guests will tackle topics we take for granted and help to explain the roots and meanings behind them. This week, Professor Peter S. Onuf, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor of History, Emeritus, at the Universit...