Send us a text Belly up to the table with Mr. B! On this episode, Mr. B plays host to Forest City Mayor, house moving innovator and general problem solver of all sorts - Ron Holland. Get to know Mayor Holland, his amazing stories (well, at least some of them!) and much more. Don't miss a morsel - they're on the move with The Mayor of Moving! To get…

Send us a text Belly up to a feast of morsels for the mind just in time for Thanksgiving with Mr. B! Hear his review of I Love Lucy and Purple Rain - iconic masterpieces of television, film and music. Also, get some more insight into the hallowed halls of education with Mr B's School Daze segment and don't miss his Thanksgiving Spiritual Journey. Y…

Send us a text Belly up to the dinner table and listen in to Scott's review of eight Meryl Streep films, his travels this fall with his son to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons, and take note of his special message in his spiritual journey to the newcomers starting their journey in OA. It's a smorgasbord of morsels for the mind on this episode of Mr…

Send us a text Belly up to the table! It's Halloween and on this episode of Mr. B's Dinner Party, take the quiz on your eating habits, find out about the new show on Hulu called "The English Teacher" and, because it's Halloween tomorrow - hear Mr. B's review of the classic horror film, "The Exorcist" and his youthful antics to both read the book an…

Send us a text Join Mr. B at the Dinner Table as he and his guest, Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Community School District Superintendent, Ken Kasper, share morsels for the mind over the meaty subject of a voter approved bond levy. Find out what the levy is for, why it's needed, and why you should vote for it if you're a GHV constituent. Plus, as an extr…

Send us a text Welcome to the Dinner Party! Mr. B invites you to "belly up" to this episode's conversational morsels for the mind on prayers for the recovering addict, the paranoia of "A Woman Under the Influence" movie re-watchable, what to do post-honeymoon of the teacher now past the start of school and another review of more Robert Frost poems …

Send us a text Join Mr. B in this episode for some more morsels for the mind about relapses, a review of Gilligan's Island and The Little Foxes with Bette Davis as well as support and encouragement for our teachers.Scott Bertelsen

Send us a text Welcome to the Dinner Party! This week, Mr. B shares his lessons on trusting the process and his higher power, reviews the fabulous film Tootsie as well as several other Dustin Hoffman films, talks about his trip abroad and his introduces a new segment on poetry featuring two poems by Robert Frost. Belly up to the table and share the…

Send us a text It's the beginning of SEASON 2 of Mr. B's Dinner Party! In this episode, Mr. B reviews the critically acclaimed series of the 80s and early 90s: Murphy Brown. He also reviews three of the films he watched while traveling to Europe this summer: The Iron Claw, Priscilla, and Love Lies Bleeding. Then, he shares some more of his pet peev…

Send us a text Join Mr. B at the Dinner table as he shares delectable morsels for the mind about in this final episode of his first season! Listen in to his spiritual journey as he covers the 12th step of spiritual awakening, a review of the early 80's drama "Ordinary People" and a discussion of his wacky insights on small talk, conversations about…

Send us a text This week, Mr. B invites special guests from the student body: Lane Gayken and Parker Moritz (Garner-Hayfield/Ventura Class of 2025) and Brook Olson and Jacob White (Forest City Class of 2024) who join him at the table to discuss all things high school from the student perspective. Listen in to their future plans, thoughts on classes…

Send us a text Join Mr. B as a guest at his dinner party and enjoy the morsels of the mind which come from a review of Airplane! and The Bob Newhart Show. Listen in as he describes his pet peeves about getting into the AARP club! And you won't want to miss this episode's spiritual journey on Step 11 and more!…

Send us a text This week, Mr. B is joined by legendary Forest City Parks and Recreation Department Superintendent Sue Edmondson who has spent 47 years at play, literally, with the kids of Forest City. From the municipal pool and aquatic center, summer sports, children's theatre, the unique Alumni Basketball Tournament, all the parks in town, to wal…

Send us a text Join Mr. B as he dines with three local high school educators: Josh Sparrgrove, Janelle Koch, and Tara Millard and chews over many delectable morsels for the mind. Listen in as they discuss their careers, the use of sarcasm in the classroom, trimesters versus semesters, formative and summative testing, college courses for seniors and…

Send us a text This week, for our Dinner Party guest, we invite Dan May of Waldorf University and the Boman Fine Arts Center to the table. Check in with Mr. B and Dan as they discuss the life and times of a Fine Arts venue director - belly up! It's time for dinner with delectable morsels for the mind, this week on Mr. B's Dinner Party!…

Send us a text Did you know Scott (Mr. B) taught junior high school? Well, he wasn't great at it... but these gems are! Listen in this week to Mr. B's DinnerParty with Tracy Helgeson and Kari Olson.Scott Bertelsen

Send us a text Join Mr. B as he reviews The Breakfast Club and Mike and Molly; shares more of his pet peeves from his wacky, wacky, wacky world; finds more magic to discuss in education; and continues along in his spiritual journey - this week - "belly up to the table" at Mr B's Dinner Party!Scott Bertelsen

Send us a text Join Mr. B as he sits down at the table with three elementary school teachers for stories and insights into the world of smaller desks, shorter students, and big personalities at Forest City Elementary School. On this episode, another in the education forum series by Mr. B, we meet Katie Schmidt, Cari Lillquist, and Samantha Treloar.…

Send us a text Join Mr. B's Dinner Party on this episode where he reviews Mel Brooks' classic comedy: Blazing Saddles, illuminates the pet peeves of flying commercial (the only way he flies...), discusses ways to potentially make public education even better, and takes us along step 7 of his spiritual journey. For more information on how you can pr…

Send us a text Belly up this week to the dinner table for delectable morsels for the mind with Mr. B as he revisits his 2024 Academy Award predictions and how they ended up as well as a review of The Daily Show, some pet peeves that include smackers, slurpers, honkers and more and another update on Mr. B's Spiritual Journey. Don't miss a minute and…

Send us a text It's an Academy Award extravaganza! Do you love the Oscars? Well, Mr. B does - and this week - sit down to dinner with Mr. B with your scorecard. Get all the dish on which films, actors, actresses and technicians will take home that little golden statue. And...a special review of several of Ms. Bette Davis - this week - at Mr. B's Di…

Send us a text Join Mr. B as he sits down in studio with Lynnea Fredrickson-Smith, Artistic Director of BrickStreet Theatre. Enjoy many theatrical morsels for the mind, behind the scenes stories, the 50-year history of this amazing community theatre and learn all about the next big things coming to BST. You can visit the BrickStreet Theatre website…

Send us a text It's Oscar week and Mr. B has his opinions about the best films of 2023 which you should see (if you haven't already). He reviews an NBC sitcom he thinks you'll enjoy: Superstore. In his "School Daze" segment, Mr. B covers some classroom pet peeves and in this episode's Spiritual Journey segment, Mr B reveals what he thinks is one of…

Send us a text On this episode of Mr. B's Dinner Party, Scott reviews films he viewed while on his recent cruise excursion, discusses checking in on his spiritual journey, shares the "highlights"(?) of substitute teaching the three levels of public education, and reminds us about a few pet peeves regarding communicating in-person and via electronic…

Send us a text Come on in to the Dinner Party! Mr. B is serving up conversational morsels for the mind with commentary about traveling pet peeves, Step 3 of the 12 Step program and the importance of a sponsor, reviews of Abbott Elementary and Bette Midler movies as well as helpful hints from a teacher to the non-teachers in the world. All this and …

Send us a text On this episode, join Mr. B. on a delectable tale of adventure as he narrates his journey to New Orleans and Memphis...on a BUS! But who does he meet and what do they do? You'll need to pull up to the table this week to hear the details at Mr. B's Dinner Party!Scott Bertelsen

Send us a text In this episode Scott reviews both Moulin Rouge (the film) and Green Acres. He covers teaching and teaching your soul. It's a dinner party you don't want to miss, this week on Mr. B's Dinner Party!Scott Bertelsen

Send us a text You're invited to Mr. B's Dinner Party with special guests, Shawn Miller (Principal of Garner-Hayfield/Ventura High School) and Steve Madson (Principal of Lake Mills Middle/High School). It's a delectable discussion with plenty of conversational morsels for the mind from these three professional educators - so sit back and enjoy the …

Send us a text This week, sit down for some fabulous conversational morsels for the mind with Mr. B as he takes us down a spiritual journey centered on prayer and a special "Spiritual Journey Scrapbook" feature. Find out why substitute teaching is an important part of his retirement. Discover his pet peeves with technology and listen in to a film r…

Send us a text This week, join Mr. B at the Dinner Party for more conversational morsels for the mind! Halloween just passed but don't worry there are plenty of scary things to discuss like people who text and drive, park outside the lines, teacher's lounges so full of smoke you can cut a doorway through it, and of course, Halloween the original mo…

Send us a text In this episode, sit down for conversational morsels for the mind with Mr. B as he recounts his many years of directing high school musicals and plays, reviews the epic television comedy classic: MASH and the Mel Brooks film: Young Frankenstein. Find out about how Mr. B has made amends and how you could do the same and what in the wo…

Send us a text Welcome to the table! This week on Mr. B's Dinner Party, Scott reviews the TV show "Will & Grace", he continues his fandom of Barbara Streisand with a review of "Yentl" and he shares his wacky (and frustrating) habit of losing things... But, he also tells us about his decades as a high school speech coach and the winning that came wi…

Send us a text This week, Join the Dinner Party as Mr. B examines the downfalls of control, the horrors of airports, how teaching is actually a positive addiction, and a couple great recommendations for your leisure time entertainment as he reviews and recommends the classic TV show: "All in the Family" and an over-looked screwball comedy film star…

Send us a text In his second episode, Mr. B invites you to hear the story of his surrender and the miracle which has come from that decision. Through a brutally honest telling of his food addiction, he has found a path forward that has brought happiness, hope, and inspiration for future endeavors. This episodes insights include gems about teaching,…

Send us a text It's finally here! Mr. B's Dinner Party with conversational morsels for the mind is served! Hosted by Scott Bertelsen, beloved retired school teacher, observer of life, critic of film, and friend to all. In this initial episode, get to know Scott. Learn about his spiritual journey, pet peeves with Walmart, his favorite film of all ti…

Send us a text Mr. B (Scott Bertelsen), retired from teaching high school language arts in 2019 after 39 years in the classroom, but he still continues to lend his wisdom to the masses every other Wednesday beginning August 23rd! Don't miss these "conversational morsels for the mind!"Scott Bertelsen

Welcome to the final episode of A Flamboyancy of Children's Authors Season 2! We are so excited to be joined by bestselling author Roshani Chokshi! Her middle grade Percy Jackson - sequel mythology series has finally come to a close, and we're here to celebrate Aru Shah, stories, and the beautiful belief system/mythology that shaped Roshani's books…

On the third episode of the season, we celebrate the final finale of the beloved Wolf Brother series by Michelle Paver. After many false endings, Wolf Bane is the true end of this teen series and continues with its tradition of exploring indigenous cultures' beliefs and relationships with the natural world.…

Today, we are joined by Sophie Anderson, award winning author of the House with Chicken Legs. To celebrate her newest publication, 'The Thief Who Sang Storms,' we discuss the beautiful slavic folklore that she weaves into all her stories! Find out about her beloved Baba Yaga and a new mythological creature - the alkonosts in episode 2!…

Join us on the first episode of season two of our children's podcast! We are so excited to be speaking with Axie Oh, bestselling author of The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea, a reimagining of the Old Sea God myth from Korean folklore. Take a deep dive with us into korean folklore, manga, and other books that Axie has been loving!…

On the final episode of this first season, we are joined by Mr B's bookseller Rhian who shares her expertise on YA crime reads with some great recommendations. To cap off the season, Maureen Johnson, author of the Truly Devious trilogy, details the intricacies of writing a crime detective novel...mixed with a few stories from working in a Haunted H…

On this episode of the Mr B's Bookshop Podcast, we talk picture books and all the lovely pictures and stories they give us. Mr B's Bookseller Laura shares her favourite picture books for a range of ages and why she loves picture books. Then author Mick Jackson speaks on his picture books While You're Sleeping and We're Going Places, the process of …

This week on the podcast, we celebrate kids graphic novels! Hannah is joined by fellow Mr B's Bookseller Tess Mahuta, who shares her incredible knowledge of art work and graphic novels. Tim Probert joins the podcast to discuss his first kids graphic novel, Lightfall--a shop favourite!

On this episode of the Mr B's podcast, Hannah and renowned Mr b's bookseller Ed discuss The Legend of Podkin One Ear and the amazing fantasy books for kids, both middle grade and leading into teen. Their chat is followed by an interview with bestselling author of Podkin, Kieran Larwood, about his fantastic series that we all know and love. And if y…

On episode 5 of the Mr B's Podcast, Hannah and fellow bookseller Tom Mooney discuss how much young readers books have changed and how to graduate children from picture books to independent chapter books. Hannah also chats with Serena Patel, author of the young readers series Anisha, Accidental Detective about her delightful series and the importanc…

Joining us today on the podcast is co-owner of Mr b's Nic Bottomley, speaking about how the children's nonfiction genre has developed, and Dr. Mya-Rose Craig aka Birdgirl, speaking on youth activism and her debut children's nonfiction book We Have a Dream.

Today on the Mr B's Podcast, Hannah and fellow bookseller Amy discuss the ever growing world of young adult literature and why Mr B's loves Laura Wood and her delightful historical fiction novels, as well as Laura's newest release 'A Single Thread of Moonlight'...as well as what it means to be in the Georgette Heyer club (if ya know, ya know)…

Join us on the second episode of the Flamboyancy of Children's Authors Season of the Mr B's Podcast as our host Hannah chats with bookseller Gemma about spooky teen graphic novels and author and illustrator Pam Smy about her newest book The Hideaway, a heavily illustrated teen novel. Suitable for 12+ audience…

Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Flamboyancy of Children's Authors podcast season, the first podcast season ever to celebrate the wonderful world of children's books! To ring in the celebration, our host Hannah Jensen reminisces on her experiences attending children's book festivals as a kid in the US and how important kids book festivals ar…

Bringing the Legacy Season of the podcast to a close, Ed, Kate and Jess sit down in Mr B's legendary bibliotherapy room, for the first in-person recording of the podcast since the start of the pandemic. In true Mr B's spirit, the discussion quickly turns eclectic, ranging from Barbara Comyns and Raymond Chandler to a novel in verse about Sami histo…