With Honors
With Honors
Podcast Description
With Honors is a podcast about the lessons that stay with us long after the final bell. Hosted by an Honors and AP English teacher, this show features candid conversations with my current and former students, student teachers, and sometimes co-workers about the ideas, stories, and experiences that have shaped our learning. From deep dives into literature and philosophy to reflections on projects, discussions, and moments that mattered, With Honors is a space for revisiting the conversations that define our classroom—and, maybe, our lives. jcrock.substack.com
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Content Themes
The podcast explores a variety of themes including literary analysis, personal growth, and the educational journey, with episodes discussing topics like the symbolism of dragons in literature, effective study tips for Honors English, and poetry analysis through frameworks like TPCASTT. Each episode includes reflections on readings, school life experiences, and literary discussions that connect with broader life lessons.

With Honors is a podcast about the lessons that stay with us long after the final bell. Hosted by an Honors and AP English teacher, this show features candid conversations with my current and former students, student teachers, and sometimes co-workers about the ideas, stories, and experiences that have shaped our learning. From deep dives into literature and philosophy to reflections on projects, discussions, and moments that mattered, With Honors is a space for revisiting the conversations that define our classroom—and, maybe, our lives.
Halloween is finally here! My favorite holiday of the season. The pinnacle of my time of year. I wait eleven long months to finally embrace October. It’s the month my wife and I got married, the month our first son was born, the month for leaves changing and cooler temps bringing a relief from oppressive summer, the month for foggy mists and woodsmoke hanging above the eaves. There is no scent quite as wonderful as the loam of leaves, or the pungent tingle of trick-or-treat candy inside a plastic jack-o-lantern, or the carved shell of a healthy pumpkin.
Today, I’m sitting with two of my AP students to reflect on what high school seniors love about this time of year, too. If you could only have a Top 10, what would you include?
With Honors is a Free Zone Radio production. You can find this show alongside our other podcast, Second Stage, on major platforms like
Spotify:
Apple Podcasts:
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCweufFHJbylu4tR598SDj5w
Also, throw some love at our brotherly podcast with Coach Haston, A Deadman’s Books. He’s on Spotify at
and Apple Podcasts:
as well as Haston Curation, on Spotify at
This episode also features scary horror creepy music by HitsLab, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial license.
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