EPISODES & TRANSCRIPTIONS
June 16, 2025
Did a 13-Year-Old Just Outsmart the School Firewall?
You ever discover something about your teacher that made your teenage brain short-circuit? Yeah, me too. So this week, I dove headfirst into the teacher lore rabbit hole, because nothing says professional development like finding out your music teacher once chucked a desk at a kid. Oh, and rememberâŚ
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June 9, 2025
Hallway. Now. Before I Start Laughing.
This week, I had a full-circle moment as a burnt-out teacher turned soccer mom⌠and then immediately pivoted to unpacking a story where a fourth grader threw up peace signs and declared his love for a very adult body part during writing time.
You knowâbalance.
Weâre talking about teachers surâŚ
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June 2, 2025
He Threatened to Poop on My Desk
Itâs Episode 50, and honestly⌠what better way to celebrate than with a voicemail about a student who threatened to poop on a teacherâs desk?
This week, Iâm unpacking end-of-year exhaustion (May energy is real and itâs violent), plus the wildest school stories you sent inâincluding kids confessiâŚ
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May 26, 2025
The Ballad of Bastards and Grammy Nominee, Five for Fighting
This week, Iâm talking to literal Grammy-nominated musical legend John Ondrasikâaka Five for Fightingâabout education, mentorship, Costco carts, and how heâs working to put real music teachers back in underfunded schools. (Also, I tried not to ugly cry while listening to â100 Yearsâ on loop. MostlyâŚ
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May 19, 2025
There Will Be Smoke
Teachers, you know it's gonna be a weird week when you're prepping comedy for a room full of principalsâ including ones you still have to work with. Am I nervous? Yes. Am I planning to open with âremember your whyâ? Also yes. Let chaos reign.
This week, Iâm sharing my behind-the-scenes prep for âŚ
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May 12, 2025
Shrek Is Still Haunting Me
So, we changed the name. Welcome to How To Survive the Classroom âyouâre exactly where youâre supposed to be.
In this kickoff to the new era, Iâm diving into two of the most unhinged teacher submissions Iâve ever heardâone involving a movie mishap that will haunt you and another featuring a hallâŚ
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May 5, 2025
The Secret Tapes of a Teacher with Charles Fournier
What do a lead-painted door, a rubberized body part in a middle school backpack, and the KKK showing up to a school in the â80s have in common? Absolutely nothingâexcept theyâre all packed into this episode.
Today, Iâm kicking things off solo with chaotic home improvement updates (including whicâŚ
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May 5, 2025
I Accidentally Pressed Play on WHAT?!
So, we changed the name. Welcome to How To Survive the Classroomâyouâre exactly where youâre supposed to be.
In this kickoff to the new era, Iâm diving into two of the most unhinged teacher submissions Iâve ever heardâone involving a movie mishap that will haunt you and another featuring a hallwâŚ
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May 2, 2025
Season Two: Teachers Gone Wild
Weâre back! No, youâre not crazy â weâve got a new title (How to Survive the Classroom) and a new mission in life. Thanks to your feedback (and my teamâs deeply concerning need for gossip), weâre kicking off Season Two with a brand new twist: real call-ins, real confessions, and real chaos from eduâŚ
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