When he realizes his teenage son Elijah's Texas public school underplays the history of slavery and the theory of evolution, writer Neal Pollack decides to take Elijah's education into his own hands, supplementing it with his own dubious life lessons. Along the way, Elijah gets off some sick dad burns. A wide-ranging and hilarious look at the state of American education, Extra Credit is a show for... more
Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 11 | Founded | 7 years ago |
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Category | Society & Culture |
Elijah gets his first driving lesson from Neal, who is a professional automotive journalist. This comprehensive Driver's Ed curriculum includes talking to a vintage-car fanatic about classic Volkswagen Beetles, and learning about the car of the futur... more
When a controversy erupts at the Texas State Board of Education over a racist anti-Mexican textbook, Neal becomes determined to expose Elijah to as much Mexican culture as possible. They interview an undocumented valedictorian and a Mexican-American ... more
Elijah, a comic-book fan, interviews Sana Amanat, the creative director of Marvel Comics, about being a "Muslim-American super hero." And John Hodgman stops by to discuss his doomed plans to play a super villain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Alarmed by what passes for a poetry curriculum at Elijah's middle school, Neal takes Elijah to New York City to meet some actual working poets. Back in Texas, they visit a "Typewriter Rodeo," and along the way, Neal reveals the secrets of his own str... more
Neal is terrified for Elijah's safety in Texas, where guns are as prevalent as popcorn. They visit a gun club in San Antonio to learn how to shoot responsibly, interview an anti-campus carry activist about how to protest guns using sex toys, and talk... more
When Elijah decides not to have a Bar Mitzvah, Neal plans an emergency cultural trip to "The Jewish American Homeland" - New York City - with decidedly mixed results.
Neal and Elijah travel to Colorado for a more modern drug education. There, Elijah meets a marijuana journalist and a family of medical-marijuana activists, who teach him that there's more to learn about drugs than "just say no."
At a bar outside a convention of 1,700 biologists, Elijah learns about what he isn't hearing in school: evolution.
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Oh my god this is sooooo good listen to it please!!!!
Honestly, I wanted to like this. I started with the episode on Native Americans and the content was fabulous. But so many mean comments to and about his son. I realize it’s hard to raise teenagers, I’ve done it, but I think it’s important to resist the urge to belittle them. Even though they can be self centered, retaliation is not a good example. more
Extra Credit is even better than I had hoped from the description. As a teacher from outside the USA, hearing about the bs you have to put up with in Texas public schools is astonishing. The first few episodes are insightful and hilarious - definitely going to recommend this podcast far and wide.
I appreciate how Neal is putting all of his shortcomings out there but I am honestly having trouble having much respect for him. It doesn’t seem like he works hard or has tried much of anything. It’s all, “Not my thing. I’m hopeless. Giving up.” Also not keen on how he talks about his son as being kind of lazy/useless. Wonder why that is... 🧐going to try to make it through a few more eps to see if it improves.
This is one of the most enlightening takes on education. Through the interesting lessons Neil teaches his son, we can clearly see the deficiencies of the education system.
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