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K12 Tech Talk — 207 episodes

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Episode 268 - E‑Rate Under Scrutiny: FCC's Proposed Rule Changes Explained

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Episode 267 - Josh Gets Replaced with AI

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Episode 266 - Summer School, Screen Time, and Movies

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Episode 265 - Why the Class of 2026 Is Rejecting AI

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Episode 264 - Googlebook Announcement & Canvas Breach Debrief

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Episode 263 - Canvas Ransomed

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Episode 262 - EdTech AI Gone Wild

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Episode 261 - Navigate360 Breach, LAUSD Screen-Time Plan, & Climbing the K-12 Tech Ladder

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Episode 260 - Highlights from CoSN 2026 in Chicago

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Episode 259 - Is Your District Ready for an AI-Powered Cyberattack?

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Episode 258 - Infinite Campus Fallout: What the Ticket Leak Really Exposed

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Episode 257 - Infinite Campus CEO talks Salesforce Breach

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Episode 256 - AI in the Classroom and the Federal Bills Shaping Student Safety

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Episode 255 - Interview with R.T. Collins, CEO of Incident IQ

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Episode 254 - Did Apple Just Release the Chromebook Killer?

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Episode 253 - Live from K12 SIX 2026

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Episode 252 - Tennessee Banning Classroom Technology?

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Episode 251 - Inside the Flock Controversy with Mark Keierleber and Michael Klein

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Episode 250 - Camera Controversy & Student Data Privacy!

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Episode 249 - Interview with Tyler Kingkade, NBC News

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Episode 248 - Snow Day Anthems & Denver's ChatGPT Shutdown

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Episode 247 - Senate Hearing on Screen Time

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Episode 246 - Monkeys in St. Louis & Frustrations in Denver

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Episode 245 - New Year, New Cyber Attacks

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Episode 244 - 2025 Recap and 2026 Predictions!

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Episode 243 - Screens & Smart Glasses

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Episode 242 - ChatGPT Stumbles into K-12 Classrooms

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Episode 241 - Free ChatGPT for Teachers and Snitch Boxes

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Episode 240 - Block TPT? And an Interview with Joey Wender, SHLB

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Episode 239 - Outages, AI Bills, and the Shutdown's Impact on Schools

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Episode 238 - How to Implement Student MFA

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Episode 237 - Drone Debrief, Google Inactive Accounts, and MOREnet

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Episode 236 - Can Drones Make Schools Safer?

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Episode 235 - Middle Schoolers are the Best!

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Episode 234 - What happens when a student account is compromised?

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Episode 233 - Teenagers Using AI Companions?

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Episode 232 - Killer Drones, Google Outages & AI Whack‑A‑Mole

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Episode 231 - Our Top 5 Trending Back-to-School Topics

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Episode 230 - Office 365 or Google Workspace or BOTH?

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Episode 229 - MagicSchool, Esports, and Update Issues

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Episode 228 - The First Week Back

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Episode 227 - State‑Mandated AI, Back‑to‑School Mayhem & the Birth of "Grumpy Josh"

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Episode 226 - Back to School with Gemini... or Not?

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Episode 225 - How Are Districts Handling State Cell Phone Bans?

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Episode 224 - Vendor Support in Small Districts

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Episode 223 - Everything You Need To Know About Google's Summer Updates!

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Episode 222 - Live from the GAMEIS Conference!

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Episode 221 - Supreme Court Decisions and Google Updates

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Episode 220 - ISTE Preview and Summer Staff Transitions

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Episode 219 - Do you enable GenAI tools for all age levels?

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Episode 218 - Rethinking Guest WiFi (Without Mark)

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Episode 217 - How to Write a Better RFP

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Episode 216 - How do you handle a curious or mischievous tech student?

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Episode 215 - PowerSchool Hacker Has Been Caught!

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Episode 214 - More Cell Phone Laws / Memphis vs. PowerSchool / Summer Collections

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Episode 213 - TikTok Chromebook Trends & More PowerSchool Woes

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Episode 212 - Navigating Indiana's Tech Education Landscape: Insights from the Indiana CTO Clinic

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Episode 211 - Curriculum Opt-Outs and Trump's K-12 AI Plan

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Episode 210 - Tariffs, Special Requests, and Food!

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Episode 209 - Dept of Ed Closure & K12 Technology

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Special Episode: PowerSchool CISO, Mishka McCowan

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Episode 208 - Live from CoSN 2025!

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Episode 207 - The Supreme Court Discusses E-Rate!

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Episode 206 - Terry Loftus, San Diego CIO & MS-ISAC Board Chair

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Episode 205 - Death by Fax, and Cuts to MS-ISAC Funding

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Episode 204 - MidwestTechTalk Security Symposium 2025 Recap & SaferWatch

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Episode 203 - Beeper Bans, Google MFA Changes, and District Liability

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Episode 202 - Navigating Tariffs, Chrome's New AI Security, and E-Rate Threats

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Episode 201 - Unveiling the Shadowy World of Breach Coaches

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Episode 200 - Special Guests, Musical Acts, and Celebrity Drop-Ins...

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Episode 199 - It's a Disaster

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Episode 198 - Top 10 Changes to K12 Cyber Security We'd Like to See

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Episode 197 - Updates on PowerSchool and Notification Requirements

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Episode 196 - Sharing Passwords? You're Fired!

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PowerSchool Cybersecurity Breach: What You Need to Know

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A Ransomware Interview with Denzel (Episode 31 Re-release)

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Episode 195 - Chimp Crazy, 2024 Recap, & 2025 Predictions

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Episode 194 - How to Move from Lawless to Lawful Asset Management

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Episode 193 - Will Google Really Sell Off Its Chrome Browser?

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Episode 192 - New Google License Structure and an IXL Lawsuit

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Episode 191 - Interview with Tony Sager

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Episode 190 - Vermont Fest & Flashback to the CIS Controls Episode

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Episode 189 - Election 2024

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Episode 188 - Just Following Orders

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Episode 187 - Smishing, NCSR, and Other Hot Topics

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Episode 186 - AI Vetoes, Supreme Court Showdowns, and the Case for Collaboration

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Episode 185 - E-Rate Goes to the Supreme Court and NIST Changes Passwords

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Episode 184 - What Does the Future Hold For EdFi?

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Episode 183 - Is AI Replacing Teachers and Librarians?

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Episode 182 - SIS Conversion Debrief and Listener Rebuttals

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Episode 181 - Ring Cameras for Schools? And Bed Bugs!

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Episode 180 - When You Are Technically Right, But You're Wrong

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Episode 179 - Hot Pockets and Hot Topics

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Episode 178 - We Go Back to School

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Episode 177 - Live from the K12TechPro Virtual Meetup 2024

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Episode 176 - Josh says 175, but it's 176, he was distracted by his new iPad

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Episode 175 - Live from MidwestTechTalk2024!

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Episode 174 - The Trip of Self Discovery

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Episode 173 - LAUSD's AI Issues and Chris Loves Drones

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Episode 172 - Why I'm Leaving the Job I Love

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Episode 171 - Hot Weather, Parent Communication, Some Spicy Jokes

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Episode 170 - Under Construction Part 2 (New Logo/New Music)

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Episode 169 - Under Construction!!!

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Episode 168 - Are Districts Ready for Enterprise AI Models?

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Episode 167 - Manifesting Your Dream Summer Break

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Flashback to Episode 97: Scott Elder (Re-release)

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Episode 166 - Reflections on a Year with AI

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Episode 165 - Data Privacy & Interoperability at the PESC-A4L Summit

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Episode 164 - Tutor.com Receives Some Criticism, Turnitin Releases Data on AI Usage, and Chris Has a Rant.

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Episode 163 - Cyber Attack Liability, Proxies, and Managed Methods

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Episode 162.5 - Insights from the CoSN 2024 Conference - Part 2

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Episode 162 - Insights from the CoSN 2024 Conference - Part 1

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Episode 161 - Elevator Repairs, Dead Rodents, and an Interview with VIZOR

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Episode 160 - Mohit Gupta, Director of Product @ Clever

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Episode 159 - Josh Rants, VR in the Classroom, and an Interview with Absolute

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Episode 158 - Gyms are for PE, not the SAT.

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Episode 157 - Vendor Turnover, E-Rate Advice, and Colonoscopies

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Episode 156 - Tabletop Exercise with Leadership

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Episode 155 - Outside Looking In

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Episode 154 - Virtual Snow Days, SIS Woes, and Bathroom Breaks

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Episode 153 - Clever MFA, Rise Vision, and Conspiracy Theories

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Episode 152 - The Principal Episode

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Episode 151 - National Education Tech Plan

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Episode 150 - Data Breach Blame Game?

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Episode 149 - New Tab, No Cap

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Episode 148 - This Isn’t Dateline

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Episode 147 - Top Stories of 2023?

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Episode 146 - This Episode is Censored

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Episode 145 - Notes to Younger Self

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Episode 144 - Working with a Purpose

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Episode 143 - Tickle Mark’s Fancy...

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Episode 142 - The Halloween Episode

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Episode 141 - Hey Google

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Episode 140 - Ransomware Story with Eric @ OKC Public Schools

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Episode 139 - Sometimes Chris Makes Mistakes

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Episode 138 - The Godfather and Jupiter

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In Memory of Pate Hogan

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Episode 137 - Chris Has a Very Bad Day

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Episode 136 - Contracts, Terms and Agreements, Oh My!

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Episode 135 - An Interview with Alaina Clark from CISA

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Episode 134 - Dealing With a SIS Outage

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Episode 133 - How Do You Handle Your 1:1 Deployment?

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Episode 132 - Beginner’s Guide to Implementing CIS Controls

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Episode 131 - The Room Where It Happens

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Episode 130 - Hot Takes on the White House Convening

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Episode 129 - Supply Chain Woes

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Episode 128 - Summer Account Woes

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Episode 127 - Josh Gets a Bobblehead

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Episode 126 - Josh Goes to Alaska

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Episode 125 - Interview with Christy Wyatt, Absolute CEO

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Episode 124 - A Fish Too Far?

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Episode 123 - Are Passkeys Necessary?

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Episode 122 - Can You Pass a Cybersecurity Assessment?

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Episode 121 - Student MFA?!?!

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Episode 120 - Chris Sleeps This One Out

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Episode 119 - An Interview with Lucas from PIRG

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Episode 118 - The Gang Finally Meets

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Episode 117 - Lakota Schools Cyber Academy

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Episode 116 - Chromebooks Are Evil?

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Episode 115 - Tabletop Exercises with SZA?

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Episode 114 - D&D: School Edition

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Episode 113 - How to Tackle Student Data Privacy Agreements

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Episode 112 - Chris is Finally Back!

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Episode 111 - CoSN Part 2

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Episode 111 - CoSN Part 1

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Episode 110 - 3 Years Later

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Episode 109 - K12 SIX Conference Recap and Doug Levin Interview

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Episode 108 Part Deux - Part 2 of the Interview with Soheil Katal, LAUSD CIO

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Episode 108 - Soheil Katal (LA USD, CIO) Interview Part One

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Episode 107.5 - The Setup

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Episode 107 - Esports, MFA Settings, & Listener Emails

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Episode 106 - We got an email from Sh1mmer

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Episode 105 - Listener Emails and Eric

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Episode 104 - Forti-what?

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Episode 103 - Don’t Read a Book, Chris

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Episode 102 - Happy New Year, ChatGPT

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Episode 101 - 2022 Year End Review

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Episode 100 - You Won’t Believe This One...

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Episode 99 - Cyber Planning with Don Wolf and Idrissa Davis

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Episode 98 - Interview with Tom Ryan and Lenny Schad

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Episode 97 - Ransomware Interview with Scott Elder

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Episode 96 - NCSR, E-Rate, CoSN and More!

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Episode 95 - SCARY STORIES Part Deux

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Episode 94 - On the Road at the MOREnet Conference (SCARY STORIES)

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Episode 93 - Josh Really Loves Crab Rangoons

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Episode 92 - Killnet Bachelor Pad

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Episode 91 - Blame the Barbie App!!!

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Episode 90 - 911, the FCC, Listener Emails, and Josh likes Spicy Sausage Pizza

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Episode 89 - The Musical Episode

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Episode 88 - A Chat with Randy Rose from MS-ISAC

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Episode 87 - Quizlet Ads!!!

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Episode 86 - The First Week

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Episode 85 - Tyler Tech and Infinite Campus Interview

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Episode 84 - Mark on a Buffalo?

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Episode 83 - Back to School Already?!?!

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Episode 82 - Interview with Infoblox

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Episode 81 - Big News from Tyler Technologies and Infinite Campus

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Episode 80 - An Interview with Shahryar Khazei

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Episode 79 - Everyone Is Back!

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Episode 78 - Josh Returns, Chris Leaves

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Episode 77 - The Gold Standard

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Episode 76 - Pate’s Back

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Episode 75 - SUMMER SCHOOL!

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Episode 74 - An Interview with ClassLink CEO Berj Akian

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Episode 73 - This Is a Rough One

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Episode 72 - What Did That Email Say?!?

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Episode 71 - Josh is Worked Up!