PLATE & PONDER: EMPTY NESTING w/ Jen & Chris Fenton
Dinner, Dialogue & Debate
Welcome to Plate & Ponder — where a longtime married couple, now proud empty nesters looking for a highly constructive way to occupy our time, pour a glass of wine, share a meal, and tackle the biggest stories shaping our world. She's an inner-city charter school director, elected official, and former school board president. He’s a media executive, professor, and author. Together, they bring decades of parenting, public service, politics, and purpose to the table.
From the joys and growing pains of an empty house to the cultural and geopolitical headlines you can’t ignore, this is a candid kitchen-table conversation that’s equal parts heart, humor, and hard truths.
Unscripted. Unfiltered. Unapologetically curious. Pull up a chair — dinner is served.
PLATE & PONDER: EMPTY NESTING w/ Jen & Chris Fenton
PLATE & PONDER - "Skill It Up: Degrees Required?" Episode #10
We are back... Been a week, but the NOLA SET Conference & Tulane Parents Weekend interrupted our flow.... But all for good reasons.
Yeah, it rained in LA (not kidding!), and we got a leak in our roof. So it goes...
But on the fun-side, we met some great football recruits, chugged beers at The Boot, ate insanely good Gumbo, hung with our epic daughter, met her friends, danced to some groovy beats, and just soaked-up some life moments...
On this episode we hit the serious topics of:
Creative Surplus vs. Side Hustle (Credit: Erik Lokkesmoe)
&
The Importance of Trade Schools (Hint: Jen is on the board of one, so she KNOWS what she's talking about.)
Enough of the banter....... IT'S GO TIME!
