The Insubordinate Teacher PodcastExplicit

by Stonebanks, Emory, Faucher, Stonebanks

If you are a teacher who loves school memos, agendas and staff meetings that go on and on and on (and on) into the important pedagogical questions of our time, like how many balls we should let elementary school children have during recess, then this is NOT the podcast for you. However, if you are the kind of educator, student, parent, or any kind of survivor of public schooling that finds humour combined with rage in the often ...   ...  Read more
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Podcast episodes

  • Season 1

  • Episode 010 Let’s talk about expectations for Teacher’s “proper” Conduct

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    Episode 010 Let’s talk about expectations for Teacher’s “proper” Conduct

    S01 E10
    01:47:12
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    Teacher’s proper conduct and comportment, both inside and outside of the classroom, is the central focus of this episode, as Dr. N. K. Mandela returns to try and repair the difficulties surrounding his first guest appearance on The Insubordinate Teacher podcast. Is Dr. N. K. Mandela right, and could discussions go more smoothly if teachers, like David and Christine, followed a more prescribed understanding of what proper conduct means? Join the gang as they confront ideas of what it means to be a “proper” teacher, and then discuss if we have definitive outlines on how those of us in the field of Education should behave and be seen in and out of schools. Please make sure to NOT wear your bloomers if you are cycling to school; no exceptions! Plus, we find out Christine does NOT eat hot chip as well. What more do you want??

  • Episode 009 Kramer vs. David or David’s Choice (Part 2)

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    Episode 009 Kramer vs. David or David’s Choice (Part 2)

    S01 E09
    01:21:39
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    In this episode we get to the point of Dave’s Hot Takes and really, really get into Meryl Streep and Mama Mia! Okay, no we don’t - really - but we do talk about the challenges of teaching and even living by ethical principles in our public schools. Sure, most of us think that teachers should be “moral” and teach “good values”, but are they really teaching ethics? And if they try and take an ethical stance on their professional life, how will that impact your work, when ethical considerations can (and do) challenge existing norms, authority, and the status quo? We are willing to bet that taking an ethical stance will probably be very, very well received, and applauded!! Don't forget to check join us at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/487119882892299/

  • Episode 008 Back of them Tunes: David Interviews Florida’s James Buffay

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    Episode 008 Back of them Tunes: David Interviews Florida’s James Buffay

    S01 E08
    54:11
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    In these forthcoming bonus episodes, “Back of them Tunes”, David examines the lives, art, inspirations, and perspectives of the many talented musicians that contribute to The Insubordinate Teacher podcast. James Buffay (aka, JB’s Eateries, Entertainment and Hotels inc.) is David’s first guest, getting to know Florida’s most famous feel-good musician/entrepreneur/beach treasure explorer/Buddhist(ish) philosopher (NB: must include all four categories simultaneously for rankings). Join David and his passion project of exploring music, demonstrating to the world that teachers have lives outside of their classroom, when they aren’t locked away in the collective robot charging ports of public schools.

  • Episode 007 Kramer vs. David or David’s Choice (Part 1)

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    Episode 007 Kramer vs. David or David’s Choice (Part 1)

    S01 E07
    01:04:22
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    In this episode we do a Dave’s Hot Takes while pandering to our growing Californian listeners. Join in as Stonebanks takes David through a little ride on Ethics using examples from Hollywood movies, while also wishing this podcast could be about the search for Bigfoot. Christine will surprise you with her own Squatchy encounter in North Havenbrooke, New Hampshire, while Cyrus adds in a youth perspective on a conversation that requires a passing knowledge of Boomer culture. Wow! And this is only the first part of two episodes!

  • Episode 006 What is an Insubordinate Teacher?

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    Episode 006 What is an Insubordinate Teacher?

    S01 E06
    01:14:59
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    The gang FINALLY addresses the title of the podcast, The Insubordinate Teacher, by starting the question of what it means to be insubordinate, and why it is (or is not) needed in the teaching profession. The conversation is sparked through the hard-hitting journalism of “Stone on Loc”, where Stonebanks goes on location of a high school to talk to teachers about their perspectives of insubordination and being a teacher. Is there a Peabody news award in Stonebanks’ future? Probably. But that depends on how many times Stonebanks submits his own name, and how many times he tries to force David.