Classroom Brew
It’s like Teacher Happy Hour where the drinks and tears are both pouring as we discuss the trials and tribulations of being teachers!
It’s like Teacher Happy Hour where the drinks and tears are both pouring as we discuss the trials and tribulations of being teachers!
Episodes
4 days ago
Spanish with Shannon (ft. Shannon)
4 days ago
4 days ago
451: Shannon joins Ryan this week to talk about her career balancing act, the world of higher education, weird student behavior on zoom, and more!
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Thursday Mar 19, 2026
Parking Spot in a Parking Lot...?
Thursday Mar 19, 2026
Thursday Mar 19, 2026
450: Sometimes you have a gut instinct to not go to work... is this what happens when you don't listen..?
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Thursday Mar 12, 2026
Bow to My Will, Humanities Teachers
Thursday Mar 12, 2026
Thursday Mar 12, 2026
449: Rogue fire alarms, audacious students/parents/teachers, and a handful to deal with: Ryan covers the latest on this week's episode!
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Thursday Mar 05, 2026
Lil' Nick Nolte
Thursday Mar 05, 2026
Thursday Mar 05, 2026
448: Ryan's recap of the hilariously wild sequence of events from the past few weeks, from student mishaps, to summer planning, to student observers (?), and more!
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Thursday Feb 26, 2026
Cascading Weekend From Hell
Thursday Feb 26, 2026
Thursday Feb 26, 2026
447: Shorter episode this week... you'll see why as Ryan recounts what's been going on, but also a weird student phenomenon that we'll call "John 1, John 2."
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Thursday Feb 19, 2026
Make Yourself Known!
Thursday Feb 19, 2026
Thursday Feb 19, 2026
446: Everyone's been on one this month—teachers, students, practitioners—all in the classroom, too!
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Thursday Feb 12, 2026
Is This Noteworthy, Student?
Thursday Feb 12, 2026
Thursday Feb 12, 2026
445: The audacity of students and staff has returned (or never left), but luckily Ryan's pettiness can outpace them...
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Thursday Feb 05, 2026
Social Studies Catching Strays
Thursday Feb 05, 2026
Thursday Feb 05, 2026
444: Ryan's weekly recap includes some audacious staff members, last minute student requests, an infuriating targeting of teachers, and more!
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Thursday Jan 29, 2026
Gildan Brand AP Apparel
Thursday Jan 29, 2026
Thursday Jan 29, 2026
443: Ryan brings back the Comment Hero(es) of the Week, covers some annoying, disconcerting, and truly puzzling emails and updates, and more on this week's episode!
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Thursday Jan 22, 2026
Double-Down with Boos
Thursday Jan 22, 2026
Thursday Jan 22, 2026
442: Ryan's woes with CollegeBoard end anticlimactically, students let a staff member know what they think at an assembly... and they double-down, the district is tone deaf with its own students, staff, and community members, and much more this week!
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Thursday Jan 15, 2026
Double Copier Indulgence
Thursday Jan 15, 2026
Thursday Jan 15, 2026
441: Ryan's fighting off a cold but still covering topics like the Illinois State Board of Education's (ISBE) major error that caused a panic throughout the state, weird indulgences as a teacher, the district creating a calendar in spite of students/staff/parents/community votes, and more!
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Thursday Jan 08, 2026
Putting Up the Podcast Listener Bat Signal
Thursday Jan 08, 2026
Thursday Jan 08, 2026
440: Ryan's first week back after winter break had some high's, some low's, and some concerns...
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Thursday Jan 01, 2026
Happy New Year!
Thursday Jan 01, 2026
Thursday Jan 01, 2026
439: Maybe 2026 will be the year of the decrease in A.I. being shoved down our throats? This, and more, in the first episode of 2026!
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Monday Dec 29, 2025
Penny-Pinching School District
Monday Dec 29, 2025
Monday Dec 29, 2025
438: After some time off, Ryan closes out 2025 with a final episode, covering penny-pinching tactics that put the cart before the horse, lack of communication by other professionals in a school, and more!
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Thursday Dec 18, 2025
Un-Joyful Morning Announcements
Thursday Dec 18, 2025
Thursday Dec 18, 2025
437: Ryan's school is through the thick of finals week and the grade-grubbing this year will surprise you... We also follow up on the A.I. blocking from last week's episode and address the need for more people like Steve from "Too Much Scrolling" to do morning announcements...
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