Welcome back to **The Teachers Lounge** — where lesson plans die and laughter survives. This week, Matt, Chris, and Zo dive into: 👉 The *true villains* behind those square pizzas and chocolate milk “bubble guts.” 👉 Teachers vs. rogue nose hairs (and how one guy’s confidence defies grooming). 👉 Gold Stars for the *Amish* — because apparently they’re the last sane people left. 👉 Student gifts, school breakfasts, paraprofessionals who keep schools running, and how teachers secretly turn into librarians by year five. There’s a lot of heart too — from a student reconnecting with her dad during cancer treatment, to how real connection beats burnout every time. 💡 Sponsored (unofficially, but emotionally) by **LAUSD Coffee Cake™** — because every teacher deserves dessert disguised as breakfast.

What’s up, EVERYBODY! 👋 Welcome back to *The Teachers Lounge Live* — where stressed-out educators gather to laugh, vent, and maybe accidentally solve the entire public education system between caffeine crashes. This week, **Matt, Chris, and Zo** dive into: * Why **drama teachers deserve combat pay** 😅 * The hilarious **“detention list”** (spoiler: charter schools catch a stray) * Parents who *believe every word their kid says* 😬 * And teachers who go **FULL HALLOWEEN MODE** 🎃— including one who showed up dressed as *Pennywise* (yikes). They also get real about burnout, accountability, and why some teachers need their own 12-step program. Plus, a sneak peek at their new **teacher comedy sketches** coming soon — from “The 8th Grader Who Looks 30” to “Substitute Survival Mode.” 🎧 **New episodes every week!** Subscribe, share, and help us keep teachers laughing instead of crying in the staff bathroom. ---

What’s up, everybody! 🍎 Welcome to our first-ever LIVE episode of The Teacher’s Lounge — the comedy-meets-classroom podcast where educators vent, laugh, and maybe overshare a little too much. Stick with us as we push through these stages and grow together as a community. Going Live every Thursday at 7PM. This week, we kick off with eye contact etiquette at the gym, throw textbook companies into detention, debate who deserves a Gold Star, and find out that Santa Claus himself follows our show (no joke — he’s got 435K followers, y’all 🎅). We also get real about burnout, teaching tips, and classroom chaos, plus the truth about cursive, iPads, and why middle schoolers are basically tiny hurricanes with Wi-Fi. 🔥 Sponsored by absolutely no one… yet. But if Hooked on Phonics wants to slide through with “The Science of Reading” money, we’ll act like we just discovered vowels. 00:00 – Intro & welcome back 01:21 – Going LIVE for the first time 02:00 – Audience heckling & boosting the algorithm 😂 02:40 – Who’s getting detention this week? 03:00 – Textbook companies and “The Science of Reading” scam 04:09 – “Until the behavior stops!” – lifelong detention 07:55 – iPad kids and the death of eye contact 08:39 – “I just need some attention!” – uncle problems 10:37 – Comment sections are savage comedy gold 11:17 – Gold Star time 🌟 12:39 – Teachers who bring joy! Shoutouts! 15:24 – The Method Santa with 435K followers 16:33 – Why Santa is basically a teacher 19:12 – Weekly updates – upcoming shows & pancake parties 23:51 – Balancing teaching, comedy, and chaos 27:13 – High school vs middle school: which is worse? 31:49 – “Hit by a school bus every day” – teacher exhaustion 36:38 – Writing vs typing – what kids lose when they stop writing 39:04 – Teaching tips for first-year educators 44:55 – “90% of communication is nonverbal” – mic drop #teachercomedy #educatorlife #teacherhumor #livepodcast #educationcomedy If you laughed, nodded, or yelled “same!” at any point — hit that LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and SHARE button like it’s your last brain cell before parent-teacher conferences. 💥 Drop your Detention & Gold Star nominations in the comments below — who deserves a call-out this week?

This week we had parent teacher conferences (again) we discussed the good and the bad.

This week we state the obvious. The public gets upset when teachers speak on the reality of education. It's not all that it's cracked out to be. In fact, some might say its falling apart. Does this make us negative? Are we shattering the precious views people have held because of movies? Or are we just reporting live from Vietnam. Tune in

This week we react to some crazy classroom situations and ask what we would do?

Teaching is draining. This week we went on a little bit of a tangent.

This episode is exploring the age old question, "What are teachers responsible for?" Check it out #teacher #teachersandstudents #education

This week we talk about the tragedies that have happened over the past week. Our heart goes out to Charlie Kirk, those involved in the school shootings, and every tragedy. This isn't intentionally political, but we do talk about some of the things dividing our country right now.

Tymon Shipp worked at a juvenile detention center for years. Hear all about his journey and why he got out.

Zo is out this week due to a teaching situation. Matt and Chris are here disucssing what they think and hope the year will be.

This week school is starting back. Let's talk about it.

This episode we look at the mistakes we've made as teachers and we talk about how we can improve this year. Hint, it's about being more strict.

We'll be back next week. Thanks so much for all of your support.

This week we get personal. Come check it out!

Daffany Clark is back and we talk about everything from school, race in America, and the weirdness of the education system. Not a lot of small talk in this episode. Check it out!

Our co-host and fellow teacher/comic Zo is back in the studio after heading to Chicago for a couple of weeks. This week the fellas talk about whether or not college is worth it. How much should you pay? Should teachers have to pay so much for their credential. All this and more this week.

Robert Felsted Jr is an actor and his wife Kate is a producer. Robert detials the experience of being a teacher's husband and what that's like when you don't work in education.

This week we had guest teacher James Graves. James is a teacher in California. He knows the grind of middle school and is also a stand up comedian. Check out the episode here!

Lauren Kruszyna is a teacher in California and a stand up comedian. She is the producer of Wasted Potential Comedy. This is a good episode. We talk about consequences, what grades are the toughest to teach, and how one transitions from teaching to stand up comedy. Check it out.