Every month, NASAGA highlights one of its members who is doing fantastic things. December’s Member of the Month is Carolyn Noe, EdD, Senior Director of PK-12 Programs at the Institute for Health Innovation, Northern Kentucky University, and Founder of Super Heroines, Etc (SHE).

The 20-Sided Gamified Podcast team sits down with Matthew Farber and Tracy Fullerton to discuss their recent book, The Well-Read Game: On Playing Thoughtfully. Critics have been raving about it, and it such an honor to discuss the purpose of their book, and connection to education. A full description of the book is below the podcast player.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. A Great Lakes ore freighter that sank in a powerful November storm, its tragic story was the focus of folk-rock artist Gordon Lightfoot’s 1976 ballad, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” … So how would a game measure up next to Mr. Lightfoot in telling the story of this doomed ship?

Does the movie A House of Dynamite got you feeling all Rashomon? We got you. Here’s a pair of 20-Sided Gamified Podcast episodes that recount the same trip to Gettysburg from two different perspectives. Episode 104 debriefs the trip with Austin and Matt from Mark’s Game Room, a YouTube channel dedicated to wargaming. Episode 105 then covers the same ground with two of Jared’s former students, Carter and Thomas. Both episodes are worth your time!