Basic Ed

Education in America is in crisis. In the Basic Ed podcast Ed Thompson discusses what's wrong with the educational system and how to create a renaissance in education. 

Ed is a podcast host, columnist and author of educational and fiction books with over 25 years experience as a tutor and teacher. For more information on his work, visit basiceducationseries.com.

The Basic Ed podcast addresses big pharma’s role in education, the mental health of our children, the dumbing of America, the attack on families and freedom, censorship in academia, lost knowledge and a variety of educational topics. Shorter episodes, called Buried Ledes, cover news topics relating to education. 

Episodes

Feb 10, 2025

11 min

Once education included free will and the spiritual nature of man. An individual, taught how to think rationally, could make rational choices.

Feb 10, 2025

11 min

Jan 9, 2025

9 min

Originally published as an article on World Net Daily: The Tower of Psycho-babble in Education by Ed Thompson

Jan 9, 2025

9 min

Living Color

Dec 31, 2024

Dec 31, 2024

1 min

A Poem for the New Year

Dec 31, 2024

1 min

Holiday Tradition

Dec 25, 2024

Dec 25, 2024

1 min

Dec 25, 2024

1 min

Holiday Spirit

Dec 24, 2024

Dec 24, 2024

1 min

May your home know joy and every room ring with laughter.For more poetry, short stories and novels by Jack Thompson, visit Crackerjack Bookstore.

Dec 24, 2024

1 min

Dec 5, 2024

12 min

Once you compromise your integrity it becomes easy to be transformed by whatever environment the overlords manufacture, whether real or imagined.

Dec 5, 2024

12 min

Sep 15, 2024

9 min

The Newsela educational program slides in on the innocence of youth and brings bias and indoctrination in through the back door.

Sep 15, 2024

9 min

May 6, 2024

10 min

They are taught that hard work, competition, and excellence are tools of the oppressors to keep them down. They are taught to feel entitled.
 

May 6, 2024

10 min

Idiocracy

Apr 22, 2024

Apr 22, 2024

11 min

When the lack of intelligence makes the slow climb to the top of our institutions and our government it is time to sit up and take notice.

Apr 22, 2024

11 min

The Name Game

Feb 20, 2024

Feb 20, 2024

14 min

What started 50 years ago with homophobia, now includes Islamophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, fatphobia and whorephobia. All require treatment.
 

Feb 20, 2024

14 min

Edward Jack Thompson

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