Patrick Flynn

History Teacher and Singer of the band Have Heart Fiddlehead 

Recorded March 14, 2019  

Introduction by Luke Kelly and The Action Taken. 

What we talk about: 

We are in Pat’s Classroom, he teaches the following courses: 

AP World History 

Modern world History 

Holocaust and Human Behavior. 

Pat does not consider himself a musician. 

Why we decided to redo this episode: 

Have Heart sold out 4 shows around the world in 2 minutes when they first announced their reunion shows this summer.  Interested attendees were bummed that they couldn’t get tickets and wondered why the band didn’t understand that they “were the biggest hardcore band ten years ago.” 

But there is large difference between memory and actual history.

10/17/09 was large show for Have Heart, thousands of attendees. 

One month later, 9/14/09, Have Heart played to 8 attendees. 

What is the Historical interpretation of Have Heart versus the actual memory of the band? How would you actually analyze that. 

The memory of Have Heart may have been skewed versus the history of that band. HH spent a lot of time under the radar. 

Appreciation of History teaches you that change is interesting. 

History and Memory are step siblings. 

Playing in Bogota to thousands of people on a festival stage, but then playing the next day to no one.

American Nightmare played 242 Main in Vermont in 2004. That was the only time I saw until 2011. My 16 year old self remembers it being a crazy show, but video footage on youtube reminded me that it wasn’t as insane as I remember. 

Have Heart was DIY. No management. Never asked Bridge 9 for a single dollar. Bridge 9 actually helped Pat Flynn through his graduated career in terms of finance when he was 28.

Pat was literally living and sleeping in his car when he was studying at Columbia / during grad school, but it was all worth it as it helped Pat become a teacher.  

Anyone can be a teacher because there is always a need for teachers. 

However, not anyone can be a good teacher. 

To be a good teacher takes risk and trial and error. 

Discussion versus debate. 

Canadian Peter Seixas and Samuel Weinberg at Stanford changing the game in history education.  

There is a process for historical comparison. 

The skill of determining historical significance and the Haitian revolution of 1791. 

Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts: Charting the Future of Teaching the Past

by Sam Wineburg. 

Primary versus Secondary sources. 

SSA: Single Source Analysis. 

PLATO IS PETES CAPTAIN 

Have Heart last show: “LIVE. LOVE. LEARN.” Was Pat a positive guy? 

“People who don’t study history are doomed to repeat it…and History repeats.”  Not really true. Apathetic. 

The holocaust exhibit at the British Imperial war museum. 

Make eye contact. 

Time is not the past, it is also the future and it is also now. 

We need radical actors to initiate change, but radical action can become counter intuitive. 

Richard Flynn, the new Flynn on the way, and the ten years that have past. 

The song Bostons. 

Have Heart is only playing this summer and playing eight shows only. 

Pat only wants to do music if there is a pro