Crying In My Car: A Podcast For Teachers

Class lists are rolling in and teachers’ eyes are rolling back. What is the best way to set up your classroom besides putting your desk in the hallway? A superintendent gets headbutted and after finding out how much he is paid, Mike and Devin volunteer to do it again. Finally, Devin makes a Suge Knight reference to stay hip.

Devin and Mike take on the infamous “How was your summer” icebreakers. We discuss teachers looking for Sugar Daddies in NYC. Then we try to get to the bottom of teachers giving out zeros in class, but give up and still get 50 percent of the problem solved! Lastly, we talk teacher perks… kind of.

Mike flaunts his 800+ credit score to Devin as he flaunts his 800+ overdrafts. We talk about a teacher that goes on an annual purge of drunken debauchery and trespassing. Lastly, Devin rounds up all the best responses to stupid questions asked in the classroom and we crown a winner.

We dive head on into the topic of weed in the classroom, smoking teachers, and kids that walk into class with eyes more red than the Terminator. Math comic books are a thing and yes it is as corny as it sounds. Also, Devin discovers he could never be a writer for Law and Order.

A teacher decided to resign the very next day after seeing my comedy show. I should have charged her more for the Ted Talk. Angry Texan joins us in studio as our first ever guest. We discuss a thieving teacher mother/daughter duo and end on your classroom sarcasm submissions from Facebook.

After a single missed episode, Devin has a beef with Mike and his “vacation”. Do teachers have Savings Accounts or just more places they can observe how broke they are? The guys discuss handling that time of the month in the classroom, and is wrestling in the ring basically like a day in the classroom? Devin does a top 10 to find out.

Mike is on vacation, but I wanted to keep the magic alive, so I went solo this episode. You will likely miss his Jabba the Hutt style cackle, but hopefully you enjoy the mix of heartfelt, raw, and, of course, humorous stories of my teaching origins. Journey with me through college, lay offs, bogus test scores, and the trails and tribulations of being a new teacher.

We discuss the goth days of Devin (yes, you read that right), and a crazy middle school assault. The court system let’s Mike down, and Devin offers some positive news to the new teachers… for once.

Devin tells the infamous story of taping over his baby videos. Alabama teachers have some training to do, but not anything like you would… wait it is Alabama, you can probably guess. And lastly, we explore the lowest paying jobs in the US and which jobs teachers should envy. All that and more on the newest episode of Crying in My Car: A Podcast for Teachers.

The guys discuss Devin’s glory days as a hall of fame baseball pitcher. Sarcasm included. A veteran teacher gets the can and we dig deep to find out why. Spoiler: We don’t. And lastly Devin gives the commencement speech for teachers that we have always wanted to give. Fireworks included.

Devin heads to Key West and hopes to one day return with a fist full of plastic straws. Mike gives us a preview of his search history and his parents are concerned. And how do we motivate kids to get good grades? Bill the parents. All that and more on this week’s episode.

The boys discuss building empathy in students, as Devin hunts endangered species. A teacher gets the ax after posing nude with one. Which classes should they teach in school? And a middle school lock-in sleepover replaces Dante’s 9th circle of hell.

In this special live recording, we ponder the best ways to prove you’re a teacher, and hint: Blood Alcohol Content is one of them. A principal in China gets walked all over, literally. And we discuss teachers that changed our life, or made us fear for it.

We laugh and cry over the worst/best cities to stretch your teacher paycheck, learn a little about teaching in Vietnam, and discover how a middle school teacher became a billionaire and now the woman of my dreams. Teachers, take time out from contesting your overdraft fees and give this new episode a listen and a share.

Early podcast recording times leave me delirious, but the listener will win with this one. Teachers come out to support my comedy, but leave me in hot water. Grads bash teachers with their speeches, but are they wrong? And can gossip get a kid suspended? If so, let’s play operator!

You can listen to this podcast, but first you must recruit four more teachers to sell this podcast for you. Sound like a pyramid scheme? It is. Listen in as we binge wine, and tell you the secret to retiring early. Hint: It involves selling your organs. Listen now to the only podcast approved by Kim Jong IV.

The beginning of Summer Break is here, but at what cost? Will Devin ever get his checklist completed without seeing red from the yellow? What happens when a Principal decides to take a strip club detour on the field trip, and let’s hand out some end of the year trophies to your favorite teacher pet peeves.

Kids’ recitals are the worst. Everyone agrees, and by everyone I mean Mike and myself. Mike tells us of the time he “dominated” local theatre, and the end of the year means the kids have checked out, but we check out long before them sometimes (all the time).

Teachers take to the streets and get a little help from our WTF (Way Too Factual) picketing signs. A teacher makes six figures teaching Dungeons and Dragons, and we discover a crepe catastrophe.

A teacher list of slang goes viral, we all mocked him but then discovered that we might not know what these kids are saying either. Ever have a teacher go off the rails? Are you that teacher? Don’t throw your phone at a child, plug in the headphones you took from a student and take a listen.