💥This week on the Non-Professional Development Podcast, things get deeply unhinged… again.

We’re unpacking the strange duality of students who are somehow mean and kind at the same time, taking a Ted’s Time Machine trip back to cafeteria days, and watching in real-time horror as Dave unveils his newest party favor invention: full meals in homemade push pop form. That’s right — Crab Rangoon. In. A. Push. Pop. And that’s not even the worst one.

🎧 What to Expect:

– Why students are the most emotionally confusing humans on Earth

– Cafeteria chaos flashbacks: square pizza, chocolate milk cartons, and social hierarchy

– Ted’s Time Machine lands in lunchroom politics and tray-stacking trauma

– Dave’s Push Pop Culinary Lineup™ — featuring General Tso’s, white rice, chicken parm, and more

– Existential regret, laughter, and mild gagging as we try them live

– Reluctant party favor endorsements from Ted & Goose

– Classic chaotic teacher therapy that’s somehow oddly heartwarming

🙌 Why Tune In?

Because you’ve never heard someone describe Chicken Parmesan like it’s a popsicle. This episode is equal parts nostalgia, cafeteria PTSD, and deeply unserious innovation. And let’s be real — teachers deserve push pops… just maybe not these.

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💥 Teachers are dramatic. Admin emails are unhinged. And yes — Dave gave Ted Power of Attorney.

Welcome to Episode 21 of the Non-Professional Development Podcast, where New Year energy meets unfiltered chaos.

This week, the whole crew is back and somehow still recovering from Spamalot. We argue over who’s more dramatic (teachers or students), reflect on heartwarming classroom moments that reignited our spark post-break, and then completely lose it during a Try Not to Laugh challenge involving real, ridiculous administrator/parent requests.

Plus: Dave makes a legally questionable Monopoly decision, Ted gets nostalgic about fluoride rinse, and we recap the Top 5 Ted’s Time Machine moments of 2025, based on the reactions of Dave and Mark (aka Producer Goose) when they were first discussed in previous episodes.

🎧 What to Expect:

– Ted and Dave go to Spamalot… and immediately regret it

– Who’s more dramatic: teachers or students? (Spoiler: Yes)

– Dave’s Monopoly meltdown = Ted becomes Power of Attorney??

– Reflective moments & real talk about classroom joy after break

– Ted’s Time Machine: Top 5 throwbacks of 2025

– The Try Not to Laugh challenge: holding water in our mouths while reading absurd parent/administrator emails (we failed. hard.)

🙌 Why Tune In?

Because this is the only education podcast where you’ll hear about wild peacocks as mascots, legal power transfers due to board games, and teachers gagging while reading real emails aloud. Equal parts chaos and catharsis, this episode is our love letter to teacher resilience — and our ongoing descent into madness.

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Episode 22 is loading… and honestly, we’re not ready either.

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💥🎉 This week on the Non-Professional Development Podcast, we’re kicking off the new year the only way we know how — with weird dreams, questionable food choices, and a deep dive into the Oxford Dictionary.

From New Year’s resolutions we absolutely won’t keep, to Ted’s unhinged dream universe, to the only word that ends in “mt” (dreamt), this episode spirals fast. Things only get worse when Dave brings in quail eggs for Ted and Mark (Producer Goose) to try… and yes, it ends exactly how you think it does.

🎧 What to Expect:

– New Year resolutions and immediate disappointment

– The Oxford Dictionary and Dave’s very serious beef with it

– Ted’s wild dreams that feel a little too real

– A quail egg tasting that becomes a full‑blown disaster

– Ted’s Time Machine throws it back to school fair projects and peak creativity

– Dave fires up the typewriter to write Oxford a strongly‑worded letter

🙌 Why Tune In?

Because nothing says “fresh start” like arguing about grammar, reliving school fair glory days, and realizing quail eggs were a mistake. This episode is part word nerd chaos, part nostalgia trip, and part food‑based regret.

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Episode 21 is coming… and the chaos is already scheduled.

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