Sinopsis
Teachers chat about the realities of their career & classroom over a couple of beers.
Episodios
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Spanish with Shannon (ft. Shannon)
26/03/2026 Duración: 37min451: Shannon joins Ryan this week to talk about her career balancing act, the world of higher education, weird student behavior on zoom, and more! Use Code "BREW75" for 75% off your first month of Patreon! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: classroombrew@gmail.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew Shannon's Website: https://sites.google.com/view/spanishconshannon/home?authuser=0 Shannon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spanish_con_shannon Shannon's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannonbarnes-8687/ Shannon Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shannon.barnes.391/
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Parking Spot in a Parking Lot...?
19/03/2026 Duración: 21min450: Sometimes you have a gut instinct to not go to work... is this what happens when you don't listen..? Use Code "BREW75" for 75% off your first month of Patreon! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: classroombrew@gmail.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew
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Bow to My Will, Humanities Teachers
12/03/2026 Duración: 18min449: Rogue fire alarms, audacious students/parents/teachers, and a handful to deal with: Ryan covers the latest on this week's episode! Use Code "BREW75" for 75% off your first month of Patreon! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: classroombrew@gmail.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew
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Lil' Nick Nolte
05/03/2026 Duración: 23min448: Ryan's recap of the hilariously wild sequence of events from the past few weeks, from student mishaps, to summer planning, to student observers (?), and more! Use Code "BREW75" for 75% off your first month of Patreon! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: classroombrew@gmail.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew
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Cascading Weekend From Hell
26/02/2026 Duración: 14min447: Shorter episode this week... you'll see why as Ryan recounts what's been going on, but also a weird student phenomenon that we'll call "John 1, John 2." Use Code "BREW75" for 75% off your first month of Patreon! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: classroombrew@gmail.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew
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Make Yourself Known!
19/02/2026 Duración: 22min446: Everyone's been on one this month—teachers, students, practitioners—all in the classroom, too! Use Code "BREW75" for 75% off your first month of Patreon! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: classroombrew@gmail.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew
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Is This Noteworthy, Student?
12/02/2026 Duración: 29min445: The audacity of students and staff has returned (or never left), but luckily Ryan's pettiness can outpace them... Use Code "BREW75" for 75% off your first month of Patreon! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: classroombrew@gmail.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew
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Social Studies Catching Strays
05/02/2026 Duración: 25min444: Ryan's weekly recap includes some audacious staff members, last minute student requests, an infuriating targeting of teachers, and more! Use Code "BREW75" for 75% off your first month of Patreon! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: classroombrew@gmail.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew
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Gildan Brand AP Apparel
29/01/2026 Duración: 23min443: Ryan brings back the Comment Hero(es) of the Week, covers some annoying, disconcerting, and truly puzzling emails and updates, and more on this week's episode! Email us: classroombrew@gmail.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew
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Double-Down with Boos
22/01/2026 Duración: 21min442: Ryan's woes with CollegeBoard end anticlimactically, students let a staff member know what they think at an assembly... and they double-down, the district is tone deaf with its own students, staff, and community members, and much more this week! Email us: classroombrew@gmail.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew
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Double Copier Indulgence
15/01/2026 Duración: 24min441: Ryan's fighting off a cold but still covering topics like the Illinois State Board of Education's (ISBE) major error that caused a panic throughout the state, weird indulgences as a teacher, the district creating a calendar in spite of students/staff/parents/community votes, and more! Email us: classroombrew@gmail.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew
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Putting Up the Podcast Listener Bat Signal
08/01/2026 Duración: 19min440: Ryan's first week back after winter break had some high's, some low's, and some concerns... Email us: classroombrew@gmail.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew
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Happy New Year!
01/01/2026 Duración: 14min439: Maybe 2026 will be the year of the decrease in A.I. being shoved down our throats? This, and more, in the first episode of 2026! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew
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Penny-Pinching School District
29/12/2025 Duración: 24min438: After some time off, Ryan closes out 2025 with a final episode, covering penny-pinching tactics that put the cart before the horse, lack of communication by other professionals in a school, and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew
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Un-Joyful Morning Announcements
18/12/2025 Duración: 22min437: Ryan's school is through the thick of finals week and the grade-grubbing this year will surprise you... We also follow up on the A.I. blocking from last week's episode and address the need for more people like Steve from "Too Much Scrolling" to do morning announcements... Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew
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A War of [A.I.]tritian
11/12/2025 Duración: 20min436: As the semester winds down, Ryan has to break an egg to make an omelette... This, and more this week! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew
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Schools Subliminally Supporting Sports Betting
04/12/2025 Duración: 25min435: This week's episode covers some logistical concerns that administrations may not be considering, frustrations about A.I. and sports betting, and the chore of teaching AP Gov at a time when Gov... sucks... Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew
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But First, Answer My Questions...
27/11/2025 Duración: 04min434: Never a dull moment with some parent emails... Ryan keeps this episode short and sweet for Thanksgiving. A huge thank you to you, the listener, as well as James, Lish, Cyndi, Melynda, Sabrina, Leo, Haden, Cheryl, Martia, Jeremy Mary Pat, Javier, Christian, Katy, and Sydney for supporting our Patreon! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew
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People Don't Care About Teacher Stories
20/11/2025 Duración: 19min433: While cringey savior movies are everywhere, unlike Abbott Elementary, most teacher-based shows do not survive... Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew
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Don't Call Them "Scholars" (Justice for Abby Zwerner)
13/11/2025 Duración: 14min432: Justice for Abby Zwerner, finally! We also discuss other things, like the use of the word "scholars" for students and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew