Episodes

  • The Very Worst Part of Teaching
    Jun 26 2024

    In our fifth and final episode, Josie and Melanie try to determine what the worst part of teaching is. And there are a lot of options to choose from!

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    35 mins
  • Violence and Silence
    Jun 19 2024

    In this, our penultimate episode, Josie and Melanie highlight the increasing violence in schools against staff and student, and how teachers are being silenced when they ask for help with it.

    CW: Violent incidents, including against students and adults, are discussed.

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    30 mins
  • Parents, Politics, and the Pandemic
    Jun 12 2024

    In this episode, Josie and Melanie take a trip down memory to the "unprecedented time" known as the pandemic lockdowns (*shudder*) and look what effect they had on teaching culture then and since.

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    25 mins
  • Gossip, Rumours, and Lies, Oh My!
    Jun 5 2024

    In this episode, Josie and Melanie discuss the very real repercussions that gossip and rumours can have on educators and the teaching culture.

    Content warning: this episode includes discussion of suicide.

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    26 mins
  • Teaching Is A Lot Like Mothering
    May 29 2024

    Co-hosts Josie and Melanie introduce the new podcast "I Have Some Concerns: The Terrible Truth About Teaching" by highlighting what teaching and mothering have in common. And no, it isn't just that you're surrounded by children and exhausted.

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    • someconcernspodcast@gmail.com
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    25 mins