All right, we are back with another episode of the Learning Curve podcast.

I'm one of your co-hosts, Albert Chang, and co-hosting with me this week is Helen Bexendale.

Helen, what's going on?

Hey, Albert, good to be with you again.

And happy to be out here in sunny, Arizona, as I gather, the rest of the country is buckling down for some snowstorms.

Yes, lucky you.

If you're listening, I hope you're doing well and keeping cozy and warm wherever you're at.

Anyway, enough of talking about the weather,

you know, we've got an exciting show to commemorate Catholic Schools Week. We're going to have

our guest, Jay Tolson, come and talk to us about the author Walker Percy. And I have to admit,

I've actually never read Walker Percy's work.

And so I'm excited about this show to learn a little bit more.

Me too, Albert.

I'm certainly excited to know more.

Like you, I have not read any Walker Percy, but today's show certainly piqued my interest.

He strikes me, I guess, as a Southern American counterpart to Evelyn War or Graham Green. So having

enjoyed both of those two immensely over the years, I think I really must dip in to some Walker Percy.

Well, before we get to that, though, like we always do, we want to talk a little bit about what's in

the news regarding education. Helen, what did you find?

Well, Albert, I came up across a story in this morning's New York Times, which intrigued me for a

few reasons, but the topic of the story, the headline is Cursive makes a comeback in New Jersey schools.

And that alone piqued my interest because most listeners will be aware New Jersey as a

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