Welcome to the season finale of Balderdash Academy. Tonight we have Visiting Professor, educator and musician, Steph Durwin. And to shake up this championship game we’re joined by Professor of the Visual Arts Dave Hanright with special wildcard games.

Steph is a musician and an educator. He currently is on the founding team of Trans formative Schools. His albums can be found on online streaming services and for sale. For more information visit stephdurwin.com

Buy Steph's music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/she-was-really-me/1458137097?i=1458137104

Listen: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2jN8jOEYGsKN6udpztNjxQ?si=cBiG5v_uShmG-01F_Ihmmw&nd=1

Episode Links:

Tracing country music’s roots back to 17th-century slave ships: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/08/02/tracing-country-musics-roots-back-th-century-slave-ships/?fbclid=IwAR1XxE-Ah7YZW_H7a-Bnui6VNllWcxu9ZQgMNkFgjgKsxpypMaUzlkAoe8I

African American Roots and Influences in Country Music: https://thinktv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/african-american-roots-influences-video-gallery/ken-burns-country-music/?fbclid=IwAR0ggFI4LoPT4brwXGjq0K-v-hpZKSRrHayxhuAnacd1utHmjEtZ9AhQE-8

Annette O’Toole and Michael McKean on their first date and the song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBH8aEsMWGw

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