Arthur and me talk

I should write more about me and Arthur. We were chapter leaders at the same time. We blogged at the same time. We never belonged to or supported the same caucus. We served on the UFT Executive Board together. We’ve always been willing to talk.

And so we decided to talk some more. In front of cameras. A podcast. Or video podcast. We could talk about news. Interview guests. Including teachers. Actually talk to teachers about teaching – along with union news and education news and and and….

Great idea – we recorded a pilot (not yet published) but I was dragging my feet. I need to get good at the tech side – and right now I am not. But I’ll learn.

This week there was big news in the UFT. Queens Borough Rep Amy Arundell was removed from her post – and we both thought that Amy served her chapter leaders and members (and members and chapter leaders in other boroughs) well. Arthur said we needed to record. And so we did.

In the future (meaning really soon, I hope) I will add an image, a thumbnail, maybe closing credits, a soundtrack. We will get it uploaded to Apple or Spotify. We will have several shorter segments each episode.

But this first time? Two talking heads on YouTube. You still might like to watch. Oh, oh, the title? “The State of the Union with Arthur and Jonathan.” Enjoy.

ps. Arthur blogs on substack. He used to blog at blogspot.