Reimagining the next 50 years of NPR.  Recorded with the 1A VoxPop app -- from the Google Play store.  http://twitter.com/philshapiro
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NPR 50 Years

This song needs to be sung with some anger, 'cause we aren't asking politely no more.

We Shall Overcome

Someone brought me some hot, homemade lasagna at my public library job.

Lasagna

Original instrumental composed by Phil Shapiro (guitar - Takoma Park) and Rico Livingstone (organ - Hyattsville). An homage to the upbeat spirit of Woody Guthrie.

Woody Speaks

ToRamona2017

Short anecdote from my work at a public library

Epiphany At The Library

A guitar fingerpicking rendition of the civil rights classic.

We Shall Not Be Moved - guitar fingerpicking - Phil Shapiro

The civil rights melody - played rock-style -- in a way the Rolling Stones might this song. (No charge for the literary allusion.)

We Shall Not be Moved My Cheese

The familiar melody, with more a defiant edge to it.

We Shall Overcome - guitar fingerpicking

This is an audio snippet from a presentation I can at the Thrive education conference (2019) in Ventura, California.  In this presentation I explain how playful teaching techniques can help students reach "Aha!" moments of understanding.