Outrageous Love the Podcast: Our Journeys to Responsiveness
Hear the journeys, stories, and testimonies of educators who are committed to being equitable and culturally responsive to the students who need them to be the most. Hosted by Dr. Sharroky Hollie, nationally recognized educator in cultural responsiveness
Episodes
63 episodes
6th Anniversary Special! Cousin Carrie's Journey to Responsiveness, The Personal Episode, #61
Episode 61!!! We are celebrating 6 years of Outrageous Love and 6 years of honoring journeys to responsiveness. From all walks of life, we have interviewed over 50 educators who have inspired us with their personal histories, equity walks, and ...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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1:09:11
Cindy Krumplitsch's Journey To Responsiveness, Special Series, Celebrating Special Education Educators, Part 3 or 3 (Part 2)
We culminate the special series celebrating special education educators with two powerhouse educators. First up is Kiechelle Russell, 20 year veteran educator in special education and the origin of CLR and Special Education for Dr. Hollie in te...
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44:00
Kiechelle Russell's Journey To Responsiveness, Special Series, Celebrating Special Education Educators, Part 3 or 3 (Part 1)
We culminate the special series celebrating special education educators with two powerhouse educators. First up is Kiechelle Russell, 20 year veteran educator in special education and the origin of CLR and Special Education for Dr. Hollie in te...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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48:12
Christine Barley's Journey To Responsiveness, Celebrating Special Education CLR Educators Series, Part 2 of 3
Our world has been turned upside down or at least it feels like it and yet we remained focused. Our eyes are still on the prize. We are going to beat meanness with kindness. We continue our celebration of CLR educators in special education. We ...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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58:44
Shawnee Muhammad's Journey To Responsiveness, Special Series, Celebrating Special Education Educators, Part 1 of 3
Happy 2025! With our thoughts and prayers on the devasting wildfires in Southern California and the pending historic Presidential Inauguration (not to mention the birthday of Martin Luther King), we begin a celebration of CLR Special Education ...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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59:49
Quincy Davis's Journey To Responsiveness, Season 5, Episode 9
The last episode of 2024. End the year with outrageous love and listen two the journey of Quincy Davis, independent school educator. Traditionally in December, OTLP goes traditional public school adjacent with the guest. Mr. Quincy, as the stud...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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1:07:00
Shamar Edwards' and Dr. Ayanna Balogun's Journeys To Responsiveness, Special Series, Success and Struggles of Directors of Equity, Part 3 of 3
The final episode in the 3 part series culminates with a double episode. We have two dynamite educators who currently serve as directors of equity and inclusion. Both are from California, one in the Bay area and the other in Southern California...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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1:43:23
Alyssa N. Haymore's Journey To Responsiveness, Struggles and Successes of Equity Directors Series, Part 2 of 3, Season 5, Episode 7
We continue our focus on the ups and downs of being a coordinator or director of equity in the past 4 years. This episode we got to upstate New York to experience the journey of Alyssa Haymore. Alyssa brings it on so many levels - personally an...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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59:26
Marisa Tersy's Journey To Responsiveness, Successes and Struggles - On Being a Director of Equity Series, Part 1 of 3, S5, E6
Do you have a Director of Equity or a DEI Coordinator or an Inclusion Ambassador? Or should we ask did you previously have one? This 3-part series will focus on the successes and struggles of Equity Directors from the across the country. The ma...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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52:14
Sabrina Krasinski's Journey To Responsiveness, I Teach PE AND I am CLR Special Series, Season 5, Episode 5
Teaching Physical Education inherently lends itself to the validation and affirmation of cultural and linguistic behaviors. Why don't we, then, see more students validated and affirmed in PE? Let's find out through the lens of 5th grade PE teac...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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51:32
The Summer Fun Episode, CLR in the Streets, Season 5, Episode 4
It's July and that means it's time for the annual summer fun episode. This year, we take CLR to "dese streets." Well...almost. At the CLR Deep Dive Institute in St. Louis, we interviewed participants about their perspectives on CLR. ...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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36:20
Kristi Ponder's Journey To Responsiveness, Special Series, I Teach Art AND I am CLR, Part 2 of 3
In this episode, we keep the conversation around different content areas and CLR going. We return to our beloved St. Louis and gain insight from the sage, Kristi Ponder, a high school art teacher in the Parkway Schools. Listen in as Kristi tell...
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56:35
Vada Gray's Journey To Responsiveness, Special Series I Teach Math and I AM CLR, Part 1 of 3..
Welcome to season 5, episode 2 and the start of a new series, I Teach X Content Area AND I am CLR. There are far too many instances of teachers saying, "I teach science or math or art or robotics or physical education, so I cannot do cult...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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55:18
Kim Dallape's and Linda Wolvek's Journeys To Responsiveness, Dr. Hollie's Personal Episode, 5th Anniversary Celebration, Double Episode
In April 2020, we launched the first episode of Outrageous Love the Podcast. We had no idea that 4 years and over 25,000 downloads later, we we would be still launching. Thank you VABB nation! This episode celebrates 5 years of outrageous...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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1:51:48
Theresa Hopkins' Journey To Responsiveness, The Pride Episode, Part 4, Season 4, Episode 12
We continue our PRIDE series, celebrating educators who are LGBTQA+ and PROUD, serving as models and advocates for their students. In this final installment, we meet Theresa Hopkins. LGBTQA+ Advocate. Arts Teacher. Artist. Awesome. Hailing from...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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1:08:30
Tsedale Forbes' Journey To Responsiveness, The PRIDE Episode, Part 2
We continue the highlighting and celebration of LGBTQIA+ CLR educators with Tsedale Forbes from the Ithaca City Schools. Tsedale identifies as non-binary (she/they) in an open, courageous, and inspiring way. Listen to Tsedale's journey from the...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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1:01:12
Ana Bialsky's Journey To Responsiveness, The PRIDE Episode, Season 4, Episode 10
Part of being CLR is that we don't wait on designated months to celebrate culture. We believe that culture should be celebrated 365, 24/7 and we encourage "random acts" of cultural celebration. This episode we celebrate PRIDE and our LGBT...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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1:17:16
LeDominique Rhodes' Journey To Responsiveness, The Holiday Episode, Season 4, Episode 9
Our December episode traditionally features a "non-educator" educator, meaning that we hear journeys of folks who are serving as educators outside of the system or in a different career. Have you ever walked into your job and just quit? Have yo...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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56:10
Melissa Scadina's Journey To Responsiveness, Don't Call Me Karen Series, Part 2 of 2, Season 4, Episode 8
We round out the series, "Don't Call Me Karen," with Melissa Scadina, a CLR educator originally from San Jose, California. Melissa has been rolling with Dr. Hollie for over 15 years. Wherever she goes to teach, she has brought CLR with her, inc...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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51:02
Carrie Eicher's Journey To Responsiveness, The Don't Call Me Karen Series, Part 1 of 2
Meet Carrie Eicher, seasoned CLR educator and she is not a so-called Karen. Carrie Eicher's journey takes us from Minnesota to Great Britain back to Minnesota. In addition to international flavor, Eicher discusses her angle on the "Karen" pheno...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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47:24
Jessica Waters' Journey To Responsiveness, The Make Up Series, Part 2 of 2, Season 4, Episode 6
We end the "make up series" by going back to the random audience participant series in May and June. Our very special random audience participant is Jessica Waters from Providence, Rhode Island. Jessica has an incredible and very engaging journ...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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59:31
Kaila Dickey's Journey To Responsiveness, The Make Up Series, Part 1 of 2, Season 4, Episode 5
We are going back to go forward. Back to the Sizzling Hot CLR Educators series from earlier this year. What a better way to start the year than with a model example of the CLR mindset and skillset. Kaila Dickey from Taos, New Mexico via Texas i...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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39:16
Journey To Responsiveness, The Call-In Episode, Season 4, Episode 4
You asked for it. You got it. This episode was your chance to call-in and ask those burning questions about CLR, VABB, race, or whatever was on your mind. Dr. Hollie takes 5 calls from educators from across the country and gives what he conside...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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47:12
Dana Perez's Journey To Responsiveness, The Random CLR Participant Series, Part 2 of 2, Season 4, Episode 3
OTLP is kicking off the official start of summer with a hot episode. We are continuing the "Random" CLR Participant series. This time, we hear the journey of Dana Perez, Connecticut's Assistant Principal of the Year. Dana was brave enough...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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56:59