The demise of Teacher Talk Radio

And the canceling of James Furey

Do you listen to Teacher Talk Radio? Do they run adverts? Do they play music? I guess I’ll never know.

I’ve been aware of this initiative for some time. I was even asked by a host to appear on a show a few months back but we couldn’t make it work with the time difference. I imagine it’s like a continuous series of podcasts.

A couple of people with badger emojis in their Twitter handles decided that one of the hosts, James Furey, had incorrect views. Badger emojis are the MAGA hats of British education-related Twitter accounts — they give you a sense of where a person is coming from before you interact with them.

Rather than tell these self-appointed censors to do one, it appears that the folks at Teacher Talk Radio got scared and asked Furey to sign* a Diversity and Inclusion Statement. Furey declined.

James A. Furey @JamesAFurey

A couple months ago, I was approached to host a show on the @TTRadio2022 platform. I don’t have a huge following on Twitter, so I was a bit curious as to why I was invited to do so. Regardless, I was intrigued by the opportunity, so I said I would give it a go. 1/

Teacher Talk Radio — approved views only.

Update - More from Furey:

James A. Furey @JamesAFurey

Hey all. One final statement on the @TTRadio2022 situation and then I think I'm done. I want to hopefully clear up some things and provide a timeline along with my reasoning. 1/

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*Furey received an email where he was asked to read the statement and let the folks at Teacher Talk Radio know that he agreed to adhere to it — so, not technically a signature but amounting to the same thing.