All Episodes

209: ... and thanks for all the fish.

208: Charter School's Back... ALRIGHT!

207: Doxing, DEI, and Rankin Bass

206: Here We Go... Again...

205: One Small Step for Maine Education Matters...

204: Mr. Bill Titles (2025)

203: Welcome 2025!

202: Coming Back for 132nd!

201: Matt & Matt & Moxie

200: "So much joy; sometimes knowledge..."

199: "What the hecking..."

198: "This episode is triggering..."

197: "Tabled"

196: "Context Matters"

195: Mr. Bill Titles

Repost: Pathway to Legislation (Special Episode)

193: Recapping the 131st 1st Session (Continued)

192: "131st Recap: Student Rights and Special Education"

191: Season 9 Updates and Coming Soons!

190: 131st Enacted & Signed

189: Inevitable, Unstoppable, and Universal

188: Work Sessions and ASMR

187: We Got 30 Work Sessions but a Public Hearing Ain't One

186: Public Hearings (May 8-10)

185: Parent's Rights in Education Day

184: "May the 4th Be With You"

183: Breathe and Buckle Up, Part Deux

182: "Wart Free Zone"

181: LD 1412 (Bonus Episode)

180: "Not all opinions are equal"

179: "Rant Island"

178: #VAXDAYvotes

177: "A candle is a tomato..."

176: #VAXDAY

175: "Editorial, persuasive, or misleading...

174: Mar 21-23 Public Hearing Preview

173: "All words are made up..."

172: Public Hearing/Work Session Preview (Week of March 6, 2023)

171: "Breathe... and buckle up.

#170: "A waterslide in a grocery store..."

169: "That's gonna be the title of this episode..."

168: "Yeah... but still..."

167: "Too hot in the hot tub..."

166: "A dark sense of menace..."

How to Provide Testimony (SPECIAL EPISODE)

Maine's Path of Legislation (SPECIAL EPISODE REPOST)

163: "Six seasons and a movie"

162: "How is this still a thing?"

161. "Oh, I'm looking at the wrong bill!"

160. "We're an OK podcast."

159. I don't like the word "moist".

158. "Rome was built in an hour an a half."

157: "I used to grade using a dartboard."

156. "Is this the one where vaccinations came up?"

155. "A horrible Jenga tower of nonsense."

154. "Lotta scat in this last week."

153. BONUS Ep! COVID Fatigue is Really Really Real

152. "There are competing groundhogs."

151. "It's such a superficial and a complete misunderstanding of... which is kind of ironic.... of the word empathy."

150: "One day, Matt and I will be able to secure our graduate transcripts."

149: New session, new co-host

148. Season 6! Welcome back!

147. Maine Education Matters 3.0 returns!

146. Rep. Michael Brennan (D-Portland) interview

Crossover special with the Personalized Learning with Matt and Courtney pod!

141. "It just seems like a waste to me."

137: May 4,5,6 preview and lots of reviews!

136. Work Session blitz! March 29, April 2, 5, 6, 7, 12, 14 oh my!

132. Week of March 22 review

119. Maine's Learning Facilitator program Part Three

118. Maine Student Cabinet Members on Racism and Bias in Maine Schools

115. Racism and bias series continues with Deqa Dhalac and Joe Schmidt of the Maine DoE.

112. DOE updates, especially assessment changes!

Episode 101: A New Hope or So Long and Thanks for All The Fish

Episode 100 - how did we ever make it THIS far?

Coronavirus Chronicles - What's been happening around the state in week 4 of remote/distance learning?

Coronavirus catch-up!

March 9 Public Hearing preview, and lots of immunization talk.

Interview with Rebecca Parker and Jessica Donovan at EducateMaine 2019 Symposium

Review of May 3 and May 6 testimony

Review of April 19 testimony

LD92 Enactment process - what happens to the bills?

March 27 and April 1 testimony review

March 25 and 27, and April 1 Public Hearing Preview

Review of Feb 25 testimony

February 13/14 Public Hearing Preview

S1 EMERGENCY POD: Comparing the two types of diploma systems in Maine

Preview episode!