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Educating Minds: Parents of Waterloo Region (EMPOWR) is a grassroots collection of parents and citizens committed to education and liberty. This podcast covers issues in the Waterloo Region that most legacy media outlets ignore. How and why has education changed over time? What local policies that impact liberty are being implemented without widespread discussion and consent. What can we do about it? And who are the fascinating people bringing ideas and action to the table? Find all of this and more in just 20 minutes with the POWR Take in 20! empowrconnect.substack.com
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Signup to Generate a PitchEducating Minds: Parents of Waterloo Region (EMPOWR) is a grassroots collection of parents and citizens committed to education and liberty. This podcast covers issues in the Waterloo Region that most legacy media outlets ignore. How and why has education changed over time? What local policies that impact liberty are being implemented without widespread discussion and consent.
Recent episodes include "The Costs of "Decolonizing" A School" (23 June 2026, 38 minutes), "Joanna Williams: Education's Two Solitudes" (24 February 2026, 57 minutes), and "Debbie Kasman, Ontario Education Reform" (5 February 2026, 37 minutes).
POWR Take in 20 publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 46 minutes across 11 episodes.
Booking probability for POWR Take in 20 is 25%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. POWR Take in 20 requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. POWR Take in 20's contact route on record: public web form.
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POWR Take in 20 is a news podcast with 11 episodes published.
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<p>We interviewed Ishan Acharya, a remarkable Grade 10 student at what used to be called Sir John A. Macdonald Secondary School (affectionately known as “S-JAM”). In 2022, the Waterloo Region District School Board...
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<p>Joanna Williams is a British author and public intellectual. She began her career teaching high school English prior to an academic career that included directorship of the Centre for the Study of Higher Education...
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<p>An education analyst with four decades of experience in public education, Debbie Kasman has a vision for reforming Ontario’s public education system. In her view, the system is in crisis and needs a firm hand to...
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<p>Alexandra (Sasha) Lysova is a mother of children in public school and a professor of criminology at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. She immigrated to Canada to escape authoritarianism in Russia, and is...
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<p>Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) quietly passed an anti-racism policy this fall. The Board claimed parent consultation via the Parent Involvement Committee (PIC) but didn’t mention that at least three of...
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<p>Last week, we each attended a ‘town hall’ about the WRDSB strategic plan. Here we compare notes and conclude that many parents are hungry for a town hall, which these events did not even remotely resemble. Instead...
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<p>As parent members of Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) Parent Involvement Council (PIC), we discuss the November 25 PIC meeting. Specifically, we (i) adopted a new code of conduct that self-imposes even...
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<p>In this episode, Cristina and Geoff springboard off the Mia Hughes interview to get deep into the weeds about linguistic inversions versus expansions. Is “trans woman” the same as “gay marriage” or not? Is one an...
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<p>In part II, we continue our discussion with journalist Mia Hughes about the impacts of gender identity ideology in schools. This includes the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) procedure AP1235 and the...
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<p>Journalist Mia Hughes joins us to recap the Laurier HxA ‘debate’ with Morgane Oger on “Gender Identity: Evidence & Impacts.” Mia wrote an excellent article summarizing her side of the debate for MLI Inside...
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<p>In the first of many 20-minute takes, Cristina and Geoff introduce themselves and unpack a few brief but critical moments from the September 29th Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) meeting. The Chair...
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