Scoutmaster Podcast 137
The century-long history of the Eagle Scout award, from Arthur Eldred to Neil Armstrong, with author Mike Malone
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INTRO
Voicemail from a Minnesotan listener (Clark Woodhunter) correcting Clarke's pronunciation of 'Ely' and recommending Northern Tier in winter; Clarke jokes about other hard-to-pronounce Minnesota place names.
WELCOME
Listener mail from David Copeland praising episode 135 on supporting the senior patrol leader; Bill McFarland and Bucky Collins offer contrasting views on senior patrol leader term limits from episode 136's panel with Life Scout Enoch.
SCOUTMASTER PANEL DISCUSSION
Clarke references and discusses listener responses to the previous episode's panel discussion featuring Life Scout Enoch on senior patrol leader term limits.
INTERVIEW
Mike Malone, technology writer, Eagle Scout, and assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 466 in Sunnyvale, CA, discusses his book '4%: A History of the Eagle Scout Award' — covering Arthur Eldred, the Knights of Dunamis, Neil Armstrong, Paul Siple, the evolution of the Eagle project, and what it means to live as an Eagle Scout.
OUTRO