COVID-19 and What Makes a School “A School” Original Airdates: Aug. 28-30, 2020 TVC 506.1: Ed welcomes author, screenwriter, USA Today opinion columnist, and educator Larry Strauss. Larry has taught high school English in South Los Angeles for nearly thirty years, while his books include The Facts of My Life, the memoir of his mother, stage and television actress Charlotte Rae. Topics this segment include the misguided federal pressure to reopen campuses in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the fundamental question of what constitutes a school, and why so many aspects of classroom teaching cannot be replicated by distance learning.
Larry Strauss, Charlotte Rae, and The Facts of My Life Original Airdates: Aug. 28-30, 2020 TVC 506.2: Author, screenwriter, USA Today opinion columnist, and high school educator Larry Strauss talks to Ed about working with his mother, Charlotte Rae, on her memoir, The Facts of My Life.
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COVID-19 and schools
Amy Stoch and Larry Strauss: Next on TVC
Actress and educator Amy Stoch and author, educator and USA Today columnist Larry Strauss will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Aug. 28-30 at the following times and venues:
WBRT AM 1320 and FM 97.1 Bardstown, KY Friday 8/28 9am ET 6am PT Listen Live at WBRTCountry.com
Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 8/28 7pm ET, 4pm PT 10pm ET, 7pm PT Click on the Listen Live button at KSAV.org or listen to us on the KSAV TuneIn channel
RadioSlot.com San Francisco, CA Friday 8/28 10pm ET, 7pm PT Saturday 8/29 11pm ET, 8pm PT Sunday 8/30 11pm ET, 8pm PT with replays Monday thru Friday 11am ET, 8am PT Click on the Talk Slot button at RadioSlot.com
WKXO AM 1500 and FM 103.5 Lexington-Fayette/Richmond/Berea, KY Saturday 8/29 8am ET, 5am PT Streaming at Facebook.com/1035wkxo
WTCA 1050 AM and FM 106.1 South Bend/Plymouth, IN Saturday 8/29 3pm ET, Noon PT Streaming at am1050.com or listen to us on the WTCA TuneIn channel
KSCJ Talk Radio 1360 AM and 94.9 FM Sioux City, IA Saturday 8/29 4pm CT, 2pm PT Sunday 8/30 6pm CT, 4pm PT Streaming at KSCJ.com or listen to us on the KSCJ TuneIn channel
Indiana Talks Huntington, IN Saturday 8/29 8pm ET, 5pm PT Sunday 8/30 10am ET, 7am PT Click on the player at IndianaTalks.com or listen to us on the Indiana Talks TuneIn channel
WON 920 The Apple Brooklyn, NY Saturday 8/29 10pm ET, 7pm PT Streaming at WONNewYork.net
WLAD AM 800 and FM 94.1 Danbury, CT Sunday 8/30 5am ET, 2am PT Also streaming at WLAD.com or listen to us on the WLAD TuneIn channel
KSCO AM-1080 and FM-104.1 San Jose, Santa Cruz and Salinas, CA Sunday 8/30 9am ET, 6am PT Also streaming at KSCO.com or listen to us on the KSCO TuneIn channel
KOMY AM-1340 La Selva Beach and Watsonville, CA Sunday 8/30 9am ET, 6am PT Hear us online on the KOMY TuneIn channel
CROC Radio Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada Sunday 8/30 1pm ET, 10am PT Streaming at CROCRadio.com or listen to us on the CROC Radio TuneIn channel
KLTF 960 AM St. Cloud/Little Falls, MN Sunday 8/30 6pm CT, 4pm PT Streaming at FallsRadio.com or listen to us on the KLTF TuneIn channel
KPLT 1490 AM and 96.3 FM Paris, TX Sunday 8/30 8pm CT, 6pm PT Streaming at EastTexasRadio.com/stations/kplt/ or listen to us on the KPLT TuneIn channel
WDIG AM 1450 Dothan, AL Sunday 8/30 10pm ET, 7pm PT Streaming at WDIGRadio.com or listen to us on the WDIG TuneIn channel
KHMB AM-1710 KHMV-LP 100.9 FM Half Moon Bay, CA Sunday 8/30 9pm PT (Mid ET Mon 8/31) Click on the Listen Live button at KHMBRadio.com or listen to us on the KHMB/KHMV TuneIn channel PassionateWorldTalkRadio.com A member of the Truli Media Group Ann Arbor, MI ~ Boston, MA ~ Chicago, IL ~ Melrose, FL ~ Los Angeles, CA Various times throughout the week on PassionateWorldTalkRadio.com and the PWR channel on TuneIn 
Amy Stoch’s career in the spotlight began as a contestant on Star Search. That eventually led to regular TV roles on Dallas (as Lisa Alden), Days of Our Lives, and the Gunsmoke reunion movies (as Beth Dillon, Matt Dillon’s daughter), plus appearances in such feature motion pictures as Soul Man, Summer School, Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver Stone, and Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (as Missy, Bill Preston’s hot stepmom).
Amy Stoch recently reprised her role as Missy in Bill and Ted Face the Music, the rollicking third film in the Bill and Ted series. She’ll tell us what it was like to revisit a character that she hadn’t played in thirty years, plus we’ll talk about her second career as an adjunct instructor at four universities (and the challenges of teaching her students online this past semester, in light of COVID-19), as well as ask her a few questions about her other movie and TV roles. Amy Stoch will join us in our second hour. Bill and Ted Face the Music will be released Tuesday, Sept. 1 by Orion Pictures.
This week’s program will also include a conversation with author, screenwriter, opinion columnist, and high school educator Larry Strauss. Larry has taught high school English in South Los Angeles for nearly thirty years. He has also written more than a dozen books—one of which, The Facts of My Life, he co-authored with his mother, stage and television actress Charlotte Rae.
Also a member of USA Today’s board of contributors, Larry has written several op-ed pieces since the outbreak of COVID-19 on such topics as the misguided federal pressure to reopen campuses, the fundamental question of what constitutes a school, and why so many aspects of classroom teaching cannot be replicated by distance learning. Larry Strauss will join us in our first hour.
TV CONFIDENTIAL: A radio talk show about television Fri 9am ET, 6am PT on WBRT AM 1320/FM 97.1 (Bardstown, KY) Fri 7pm ET and PT on Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org and CX Radio Brazil Fri 10pm ET, 7pm PT, Sat/Sun 11pm ET, 8pm PT on RadioSlot (San Francisco, CA) Sat 9am ET, 6am PT on WKXO 1500 AM and 103.5 FM (Lexington-Fayette/Richmond/Berea, KY) Sat 3pm ET, Noon PT on WTCA 1050 AM and 106.1 FM (Plymouth, IN) Sat 4pm CT, 2pm PT and Sun 6pm CT, 4pm PT on KSCJ 1360 AM and 94.9 FM (Sioux City, IA) Sat 8pm ET, 5pm PT and Sun 10am ET, 7am PT on Indiana Talks (Huntington, IN) Sat 10pm ET, 7pm PT on 920 WON The Apple (Brooklyn, NY) Sun 5am ET, 2am PT on WLAD-AM 800 and FM 94.1 (Danbury, CT) Sun 9am ET, 6am PT on KSCO-AM 1080 (San Jose/Santa Cruz/Salinas, CA) Sun 9am ET, 6am PT on KOMY-AM 1340 (La Selva Beach/Watsonville, CA) Sun 1pm ET, 10am PT on CROC Radio (British Columbia, Canada) Sun 6pm CT, 4pm PT on KLTF (St. Cloud/Little Falls, MN) Sun 8pm CT, 6pm PT on KPLT AM and FM (Paris, TX) Sun 10pm ET, 7pm PT on WDIG AM (Dothan, AL) Sun 9pm PT, Mon Mid ET on KHMB-AM and FM (Half Moon Bay, CA) Various times throughout the week on the Entertainment Channel at Passionate World Talk Radio
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