Welcome to the machine…

Dr. Tim Slekar and Johnny Lupinacci have a big announcement: BustED Pencils is going daily! Starting today, you can hear BustED Pencils five days a week! Tim and Johnny have big things in store, and ready to take everyone on a quest to protecting our public schools, and to protecting our democracy. Maybe there will be some new guests. Maybe there will be some new regulars. But with the new changes, one thing will stay the same - YOUR calls, and the truth about the state of education in America today.

It's been a busy week on Busted Pencils! Did you miss something? Catch up on our best segments of the week now! Save Our Schools Arizona is fighting to keep public money in public education, for Arizona and for us all. Student Loan Debt Relief took a major blow this week, Alan Collinge, founder of Student Loan Justice breaks it down with Tim and Johnny. There are many paths to becoming a top-notch educator, whether you know you want to be a teacher as a young child or find yourself in a career; Sam Todd, current bus driver and future teacher, is Busting Pencils for the first time! Finally, we're catching up with returning Pencil Buster, the Association for College and University Educators' co-founder and current president, Jonathan Gyurko. Busted Pencils is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 6-7 pm across Wisconsin. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X and Instagram to keep up with Dr. Tim, Dr. Johnny and the show!

Busted Pencils passes the Bechdel test and we encourage you to get to know your feelings: F with them, find them, and feel them darn it!  The Doctors take a bit of time BEFORE addressing THE NEWS about Trump to catch back up with Tim about all that we’ve been covering in his absence. Learning with Educators Amplified about what happens when we flip our lid. Teacher Hallie and Teacher Joanna break it down with some neuroscience on regulation. Finally, Dr. Johnny takes the most compassionate approach possible to the news of Trump’s 34 guilty verdicts. Busted Pencils is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 6-7 pm across Wisconsin. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X and Instagram to keep up with Dr. Tim, Dr. Johnny and the show!

Happy Saturday! It's time to catch up on this week's best segments of BustED Pencils so you're ready for Monday! This week, we dove into how some states are using their independence from the federal government with regards to education to rush headlong into Christian Nationalism- yeah, we're looking at you Ohio, Louisiana, and Texas. But it's not all doom and gloom this week! Tim and Johnny recalled some of their best moments of experiential learning with Teacher Joanna of Educators Amplified, talking about how transformative a really good field trip can be. Busted Pencils is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 6-7 pm across Wisconsin. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X and Instagram to keep up with Dr. Tim, Dr. Johnny and the show! Guests: Joanna Rizzoto, Dr. Tim Slekar, Dr. Johnny Lupinacci