Megan Colon (AHS Class of 2014) discusses her educational, career, and personal paths (including parenthood), Among the other topics are an embarrassing moment for Kulak and the vulnerability of the hot seat, the power and importance of therapy and so much more.

Hot Seat Question: What are you old enough for right now and what are not old enough for right now?

High School sweethearts Mickey & Julie Welde (AHS Class of 2009) step up to the Hot Seat. They discuss their personal and professional journeys.

Hot Seat Questions:

Mickey - Do you judge others by higher or lower standards than you judge yourself?

Julie - Is there a difference between accepting or settling?

On the latest installment of The Hot Seat Live, a pair of his former teachers (Beth Canzanese and Lisa McGilloway) join Brian Kulak. They discuss their teaching/learning experiences and styles, mentorship, "good trouble", educational leadership, and much more.

Hot Seat Question: What do you most cherish?

Educator Krista McGrail (AHS Class of 2011) joins the Hot Seat Live. She discusses her educational journey, including a pivotal turning point in her high school experience, how she responded to it, and how it impacts her as a teacher.

Hot Seat Question: Is most betrayal planned or accidental?

Brian Kulak's The Hot Seat Live Podcast branches out with AHS Class of 2002 member Kaylee Collins. The conversation reaches back to who she was in high school, where she is now, and how she got there, revisiting the hot seat and then returning to it.

Hot Seat Question: Who is the bigger person, the person that apologizes or the person that accepts?

Author (The Hot Seat: Real Teenage Answers to Life’s Real(ly) Hard Questions, Level Up Leadership: Advance Your EduGame) and career educator Brian Kulak embarks on his latest journey by bringing the hot seat to a live setting. Joined by former student Steve Clune, Audubon Class of 2002, Kulak lays out the origins of the hot seat as an activity, its evolution, potential pitfalls, and ultimately why it worked.

Hot Seat question: Do you consider yourself a better talker or listener?