#1686: Field Trips and the Peace Corps | The Best of Our Knowledge

January 13, 2023 00:28:28
#1686: Field Trips and the Peace Corps | The Best of Our Knowledge
The Best Of Our Knowledge
#1686: Field Trips and the Peace Corps | The Best of Our Knowledge

Jan 13 2023 | 00:28:28

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Show Notes

On this episode on The Best of Our Knowledge… 

As COVID-19 restrictions ease, public school students are seeing the return of an exciting tradition – the school field trip. Jody Cowan will bring us more.  The Peace Corps is sending its first deployment of volunteers around the world since the lockdown of 2020. Host Lucas Willard will speak with a recent graduate preparing for her two-year tour. And a storybook is helping young children affected by the war in Ukraine.

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