Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts

Send us Fan Mail A teacher entertains his fifth grade class with some techie magic. Bafflement and befuddlement of a wonderful student with a loud public declaration of love. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail A Peace Corps volunteer has to deliver a fecal sample to the medical office. However, the volunteer is "robbed." Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The author shares how a simple request for a dog by his daughter leads to the discovery of a disturbing photo from the Korean war.  And in the end the daughter gets her dog. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The author repeats an incident shared with him by his very own lawyer. Who we shall call...Hugo to protect any guilty parties. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The author interviews Guita (An Iranian) about the realities of going to prison in Iran.  Giuta's last name is not used for fear of retribution to her or family members currently in Iran. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The author reads his complaints of yard warfare with burrowing enemies. And...perhaps offers a Noble to the President if he can resolve the conflict. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The narrator reads Heinz's final three stories. They encompass, awe, love, listening, being present, and appreciation. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Three stories of Heinz Treviranus about a fish, a surprising money transfer, and just knowing when your kid is sick. They occur in Fiji, Samoa, New Zealand and Germany.  Each story is uplifting and full of wonder. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The author reads from Heinz Treviranus' book It's Shiloh. Chapter's 9-11. A story from New Zealand's military. Another about a dying father's request. The final story is about missing a flight but catching it anyway.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Stories are read from the book - It's Shiloh. A collection of amazing incidents, occurances, and happenings in the life of Heinz Treviranus. Heinz was born in Samoa but also lived in Fiji, Germany and New Zealand. He passed away in November of this year. He and his son Ludwig worked on this book as Heinz struggled with leukemia which finally took him from us. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Two strange Tales by Heinz Treviranus of Samoa and Germany are read. One is about a lost family hidden after the Spanish Influenza and an unexpected letter. The other is of the power of love. Both involve Germany, Samoa, and the fickle unexpected twists and turns of fate. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Teacher Tails podcaster reads mysterious and compelling stories from a dear friend's book SHILOH.  Two short stories will be read each time. The friend, Heinz Treviranus, passed away recently and this book is his gift to those who will listen.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The author explains of his on going border war. Mentions Trump. The Noble Peace Prize, Mountain Lion Urine and Raccoons.... Support the show

Send us Fan Mail 27 year-old Viktoriia Roshchyna is a well-known name in Ukraine journalism. She was investigating the Russian Black Sites (Torture and off the map detention centers) in the occupied Ukrainian Oblasts (provinces) She was detained and not heard from. Due to her high visibility the Pope tried to intervene for her release in a prisoner exchange. Warren Buffet even offered to help get...

Send us Fan Mail The author discusses why Trump wants Greenland. How he came to be aware of it. How some US billionaires want to develop it. A brief history of the Dorsett and Inuit Natives and the Vikings. Treaties which already exist with Denmark and would sufficiently  satisfy all the supposed needs of Trump. The unforeseen consequences of this Gremlin's (Trump) gambit and how to get rid o...

Send us Fan Mail Podcast 170  The author reviews some Ukrainian history as well as a long list of Russian aggression in the area. He also refers to a previous Podcast #15 In which he interviewed a former student who volunteered on the Ukrainian/ Polish border for 6 weeks. He made one mission into Ukraine to deliver relief supplies.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail A child's day at school is revealed through rhyming verse. Hopes, fears, laughs, and tears. What a kiddo sees and hears etc... Support the show

Send us Fan Mail More rhyming verse from A Day at School delve into the fears, tears, jeers, and sometimes leers from the perspective of an elementary school kiddo. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The author reads 4 poems from a child's day at school. They are short, rhyming verse and usually have a kicker or twist at the end. All are light-hearted. Hopefully they will make you smile or at least recall those years at school. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The author reads rhyming verse of an elementary school child's trials, tribulations, and basic survival at school. There is always a clever or tongue in cheek comment at the end. Pages 23 -26.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The author reads an opinion piece about gun control he had published in V.O.M.B (Voices of Monterey Bay) Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The author reads a story he had published in Shining Moments Visions of the Holy in Ordinary Lives. A doctor friend volunteered for a medical mission in Kenya. But initially he was put off by the religious tone of it. He found it too churchy. But was it? Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Teacher Tails    Fruit or Vegetable... Originally published in Chicken Soup for The Soul (First Dates & Soul Mates). The author reads his story about good intentions and a bowl of Coco Puffs from the Korean Island of Cheju. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Two teachers try to get away from school each day by eating in a car nearby. But fate and a former student alter their quiet and undisturbed lunch. If you are a teacher its very hard to get away from...school. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The author reads a story he had published in the Chicken Soup Book - Family Matters. The author's 6 year-old brother annoyingly practiced the piano each morning. The author's 5 year-old sister had a hamster named Hammy. They also had a very high strung mother and an... usually calm stepdad. All of this comes to a whirlwind of connected chaos. Support the show