15- America the Bilingual Podcast - Sealed with un beso

Oct 11, 2017, 03:02 AM

He was rich, persuasive--and wrong. But Ron Unz succeeded in leading our most populous state down a dark path in the history of world language education. Yet his very success planted the seeds of change that are yielding a harvest of good in the nation today. Hear the origin story of the Seal of Biliteracy, which began in California and is now transforming America.

America the Bilingual is part of the Lead with Languages campaign of ACTFL — The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. This episode was written by me, Steve Leveen, our producer Fernando Hernández (who also does our sound design and mixing) and our associate producer, Beckie Rankin. Our brand and editorial director is Mim Harrison. Editorial consultant is Maja Thomas. Graphic arts are created by Carlos Plaza Design Studio.

Music in this episode with a Creative Commons Attribution License by (In order of appearance):

Jorge Mario Zuleta - Intro http://freemusicarchive.org/music/JorgeMarioZuleta/Fauxette/Intro_1982

Komiky - Action Discovery http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Komiku/TheBingeWatchers_Score1/Komiku-TheBingeWatchers-Score1-12Action_Discovery

Kevin MacLeod - Quasi Motion http://freemusicarchive.org/music/KevinMacLeod/GlobalSampler/Quasi_Motion

Lee Rosevere - More on that later http://freemusicarchive.org/music/LeeRosevere/MusicforPodcasts4/LeeRosevere-MusicforPodcasts4-08MoreOnThatLater

Lee Rosevere - Sad marimba planet http://freemusicarchive.org/music/LeeRosevere/MusicforPodcasts4/LeeRosevere-MusicforPodcasts4-02SadMarimba_Planet

Jorge Mario Zuleta - Temporal http://freemusicarchive.org/music/JorgeMarioZuleta/Fauxette/Temporal

Francisco Penilla - Chicle bombita https://soundcloud.com/francisco-penilla/francisco-penilla-chicle-bombita

Lee Rosevere - Keeping stuff together http://freemusicarchive.org/music/LeeRosevere/MusicforPodcasts4/LeeRosevere-MusicforPodcasts4-11KeepingStuff_Together

Lee Rosevere - New day http://freemusicarchive.org/music/LeeRosevere/MusicforPodcasts4/LeeRosevere-MusicforPodcasts4-04NewDay