In today's podcast,  Emily talks without a script about the ups and downs of remote learning, the importance of a social media break, how we have pivoted as instructors this year, the feelings of burnout that all of us are facing, and how we have...

Join me this week as I take us on a walk through the world of teacher influencers, discuss why this is just noise and make a plan for emerging from the jet wash so we can continue to do the critical and crucial work of elevating education back to the...

Join me in this powerful conversation between myself and Noheli Hernandez, a former student from my time in Chicago as well as a poet and educator in her own right.  Our time today we discuss intersectionality, identity, self care and how we are...

Join me in this week's episode as we discuss the COVID 19 crisis facing our schools, our students and our teachers.  Teachers are dying and we are screaming for help, for anyone to notice us.  I spend time this week giving voice to all of our struggles,...

Join me and Finn (@teach_finn) as we discuss all things back to school, teacher identity, intersectionality, and our educational philosophies.  If you don't know Finn, trust me when I tell you, he is one of the BEST humans to exist on the planet, and a...

Join me in this week's podcast as I take a ramble through all things standardized testing, evaluations, patriotic education, the Elvis Year and the constant question of, "Am I doing enough?"  We'll cover a lot of topics in a round up of Week 8 of remote...

Join me today as I talk with my good friend, Zack, who is one of the students who inspired me to start Teaching Saves Lives.  We cover a lot of topics from his journey since high school, the meaning of life to the military industrial complex to toxic...

Join me in conversation with Kristen, of @AsWrittenbyKristen (Instagram).  We discuss all things virtual teaching, colleagues who challenge us to be better, edu celebrities, choice reading, graduate school and how we find joy in our work during...

In today's episode, I'm joined by the inimitable Cate Mayer, founder of Friends Vote Together and we get into all things election 2020, voting, gerrymandering, and Constitutional crisis.  If you're looking for some info about what you can do to make...

In this week’s episode, I dig into quite a bit of what has happened in the past couple of weeks in the country and how that is impacting our work as educators.  I talk about living in reality, what it means to allow students the space they need for...