Coherent history curriculum is chronological. That’s the conclusion of April Croy and Michelle Palmieri, former English language arts curriculum writers now developing a new social studies curriculum, Tapestry. The sisters, who co-founded Lumina Learning, explain their thinking in an engaging conversation with host Ebony McKiver on this episode of the History Matters Podcast.

The conversation explores how research on the science of reading has shaped their approach to history instruction, in which students build durable background knowledge and vocabulary over time. April an...

286: Most real estate investors know how to chase deals. But what happens when you don't want to do that forever?

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In this episode, I talk with Matt Love from SDIRA Wealth, a builder and developer that constructs brand new single-family homes designed from the ground up to be rental properties. Matt explains how his team picks markets (right now, four of them across Texas), why they build with rental-friendly materials like brick exteriors and luxury vinyl plank flooring, and how buyers get direct deeded ownership instead of...

Today I want to draw a scarecrow, standing in the field, protecting the crops. We'll make a flour sack head, a straw hat, and some straw hair. We'll make sure his flannel shirt and blue jeans are stuff with straw. We'll also talk about the difference between straw and hay.

And I tell a very funny joke in this one, which you can steal here:

Q) Why did the scarecrow win a prize?

A) He was out standing in his field. (hahaha!)

If you liked this episode and want...

After a few years of podcasting, a lot has changed. 

In this solo episode, I'm taking it back to the beginning: how I got started, what this journey has looked like, and how it's led me to where I am today.

I've been thinking a lot about what's next, what I want this platform to look like, and what feels right for this next chapter.

So... I think it's time we had a conversation. 

Let's say things are about to look a little different.

🎉We made it to Episode 100 of The Shieldmaidens!🛡️ 

What started as a simple idea to create honest conversations about faith, life, struggle, friendship, and following Jesus has become so much more than we ever imagined. 

For our 100th episode, we're turning the cameras on ourselves and answering questions that we imagine our listeners might have asked us after walking alongside us for the last 100 episodes. 😂 

We’re talking about: 
🛡️ How The Shieldmaidens started 
❤️ The conversations and stories that have stayed with us 
😂 Some of our funniest behind-the-scenes moments 
🙏 What God has taught us through this podc...

Running a service business with ADHD means your energy and focus will fluctuate—and that’s not a character flaw, it’s a business model challenge. In this episode, Diann Wingert shares why resilience matters more than motivation.

You’ll learn how to build a “floor, not a ceiling” across visibility, delivery, money, and strategy so your business keeps moving even during low‑capacity weeks. These insights help ADHD small business owners and founders create sustainable systems that protect momentum and prevent burnout.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS & TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 – ADHD entrepreneur highs and lows

05:20 – ADHD business coac...

Mark Walter bought the Lakers for $10 billion and sold them fourteen months later for $12.5. That's a 20% return - which sounds enormous until you consider that nobody sells the Lakers after a year unless something has gone badly wrong. Chris Branch, author of The Athletic's The Pulse, joins to pull on the thread: life insurance money funding franchise purchases, a UAE sovereign wealth fund in the holding company, a Kushner and a former Disney CEO waiting on the other side. Neither of them can prove anything. Both of them can tell something is rotten.

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Apple confirmó “Welcome Home” para el 13 de octubre, pero el precio del esperado Home Hub podría definir si su apuesta por el hogar despega o queda limitada. El episodio también analiza la posible colaboración de Apple con LG y la entrada de Microsoft y Nvidia en la inteligencia artificial local.

Noticias principales:
• Apple confirmó un nuevo Apple Experience centrado aparentemente en el hogar, con un Home Hub, una Siri renovada y un posible precio de entre $400 y $500 como principales interrogantes.
• Apple trabajaría con LG en cerraduras, termostatos, cámaras y otros accesorios que...

What if protecting pollinators isn’t only about reducing pesticides, but helping bees survive the exposure already happening? In this episode, I’m joined by science journalist Gary W. Hartley to explore emerging research into a “bee detox”—nature-inspired microparticles designed to bind pesticides inside a bee’s gut. We look beyond the exciting early results to what it would actually take for this science to work in real hives, real fields, and a changing agricultural landscape.

We also zoom out from honey bees to the wild and solitary bees quietly doing essential pollination work, and ask some harder...