Take Back Our Schools

Jun 15 2024 82 ep. 46 mins 33
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Take Back Our Schools puts you on the front lines of the culture wars as Andrew Gutmann and Beth Feeley explore the increasing politicalization of our schools and universities and just what to do about it.

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Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me

Jun 15 2024 45 mins  
Beth and Andrew speak with author, professor and conservative commentor Wilfred Reilly about his recently published book, Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me, which sets the record straight on a variety of topics that are mistaught in our nation’s schools.Reilly discusses the real history of slavery and the truth about colonialism around the world. We also talk about how our educatio

Penalizing Women's Sports

May 11 2024 39 mins  
On this episode, Andrew and Beth speak with Kim Russell, an activist for preserving girls’ and women’s sports.Russell shares her story about what attracted her to take the position of the Women’s Lacrosse Coach at Oberlin College, a notoriously left-leaning college and how a social media post on trans swimmer Lia Thomas led to her removal from that position. She talks about t

Title IX Rewrite

Apr 27 2024 40 mins  
Andrew and Beth speak with education activist Erika Sanzi about the Biden administration’s recently released new Title IX Rules. Sanzi gives us a brief overview of the history of the legislation and illustrates how the rules changed dramatically under the Obama administration and then the Trump administration. And now Biden’s new rules bring back kangaroo courts and eliminate d

The WPATH Files: Exposing the Insanity

Apr 14 2024 48 mins  
Beth and Andrew speak with researcher Mia Hughes, author of the WPATH report that exposed the insanity of transgender medicine worldwide. Hughes gives us an overview of the organization, World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) and explains why they became so influential globally on transgender issues. She discusses some of the key findings of her report includ

One Mom’s Journey to Activism

Mar 30 2024 38 mins  
Beth and Andrew speak with parent activist Alexandra Frank, who shares her own story about what led her to become an "accidental activist," having experienced the ideological capture of her twin daughters’ private school in Pennsylvania and then experiencing the same thing at their new public school in Massachusetts.She talks about the inappropriate sexual material being taught t

The End of Race Politics

Mar 17 2024 43 mins  
On this episode, Beth and Andrew speak with author Coleman Hughes about his new book, The End of Race Politics. Hughes talks about race was never an issue growing up and then first experiencing the divisive obsession with race politics as a student at Columbia University. We discuss how the civil rights movement’s dream of colorblindness turned into today’s leftist belief in ne

Radical Politics and Antisemitism in Our Schools

Mar 02 2024 43 mins  
On this episode, Andrew and Beth speak with Free Press reporter Francesca Block. We discuss her recent reporting on the blatant antisemitism and leftist ideological capture of K-12 schools, specifically in a post October 7th world. Block talks about her articles which reports on how BLM materials are used in some New York City public schools, and how one school literally wiped Isra

Everything Is Debatable

Feb 17 2024 43 mins  
On this episode Andrew and Beth speak with James Fishback, founder of Incubate Debate.Fishback discusses how high school debate tournaments went woke in recent years and illustrates the National Speech and Debate Association’s extreme liberal bias. He shares stories of how judges are ideologically motivated and either won’t allow certain positions to be debated or dock points f

Men of Steele

Feb 03 2024 54 mins  
After a short hiatus, we are back with Take Back Our Schools. Welcome Back!On this episode, Beth and Andrew speak with the powerhouse father-son team of Shelby and Eli Steele about race relations in America. Both Shelby and Eli share their views on the recent Claudine Gay affair at Harvard University and give their opinions on whether this event marks a turning point in the fight a

The States Take On Social Media

Dec 16 2023 41 mins  
This week Beth and Andrew speak with Maragret Busse, Executive Director of Utah’s Department of Commerce.Busse talks about Utah’s lawsuits against Tik Tok and Meta for the harms social media platforms are causing children. We discuss these harms and the algorithms that social media platforms use to hook children. She shares her views on the possible remedies of these lawsuits,