💥 Teachers are dramatic. Admin emails are unhinged. And yes — Dave gave Ted Power of Attorney.

Welcome to Episode 21 of the Non-Professional Development Podcast, where New Year energy meets unfiltered chaos.

This week, the whole crew is back and somehow still recovering from Spamalot. We argue over who’s more dramatic (teachers or students), reflect on heartwarming classroom moments that reignited our spark post-break, and then completely lose it during a Try Not to Laugh challenge involving real, ridiculous administrator/parent requests.

Plus: Dave makes a legally questionable Monopoly decision, Ted gets nostalgic about fluoride rinse, and we recap the Top 5 Ted’s Time Machine moments of 2025, based on the reactions of Dave and Mark (aka Producer Goose) when they were first discussed in previous episodes.

🎧 What to Expect:

– Ted and Dave go to Spamalot… and immediately regret it

– Who’s more dramatic: teachers or students? (Spoiler: Yes)

– Dave’s Monopoly meltdown = Ted becomes Power of Attorney??

– Reflective moments & real talk about classroom joy after break

– Ted’s Time Machine: Top 5 throwbacks of 2025

– The Try Not to Laugh challenge: holding water in our mouths while reading absurd parent/administrator emails (we failed. hard.)

🙌 Why Tune In?

Because this is the only education podcast where you’ll hear about wild peacocks as mascots, legal power transfers due to board games, and teachers gagging while reading real emails aloud. Equal parts chaos and catharsis, this episode is our love letter to teacher resilience — and our ongoing descent into madness.

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👉 Subscribe for weekly episodes full of classroom comedy, nostalgic chaos, and storytelling way more useful than any PD workshop you’ve ever suffered through.

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👇 We Want Your Stories!

Have you ever had to hold back laughter during a real admin meeting? Got a wild school memory that deserves a Time Machine spotlight? Tell us in the comments — we might feature it in the next episode!

✅ Weekly Drops Monday's at 2PM EST | Next Week’s Teaser:

Episode 22 is loading… and honestly, we’re not ready either.

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💥🎉 This week on the Non-Professional Development Podcast, we’re kicking off the new year the only way we know how — with weird dreams, questionable food choices, and a deep dive into the Oxford Dictionary.

From New Year’s resolutions we absolutely won’t keep, to Ted’s unhinged dream universe, to the only word that ends in “mt” (dreamt), this episode spirals fast. Things only get worse when Dave brings in quail eggs for Ted and Mark (Producer Goose) to try… and yes, it ends exactly how you think it does.

🎧 What to Expect:

– New Year resolutions and immediate disappointment

– The Oxford Dictionary and Dave’s very serious beef with it

– Ted’s wild dreams that feel a little too real

– A quail egg tasting that becomes a full‑blown disaster

– Ted’s Time Machine throws it back to school fair projects and peak creativity

– Dave fires up the typewriter to write Oxford a strongly‑worded letter

🙌 Why Tune In?

Because nothing says “fresh start” like arguing about grammar, reliving school fair glory days, and realizing quail eggs were a mistake. This episode is part word nerd chaos, part nostalgia trip, and part food‑based regret.

📢 Join the Movement:

👍 Like, 💬 Comment, 🔔 Subscribe — and tag the friend who still says “dreamed” instead of “dreamt.”

👉 Subscribe for weekly episodes full of teacher therapy, chaotic storytelling, and resolutions we’ll forget by February.

🔗 Stay Connected:

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📱 Follow us everywhere → NPD Podcast Socials https://linktr.ee/nonprofessionaldevelopment

👇 We Want Your Stories!

What’s the weirdest dream you’ve ever had? Ever try a food you immediately regretted? Did you crush your school fair project or completely flame out? Drop it in the comments — we might feature it in a future episode!

✅ Weekly Drops Monday's at 2PM EST | Next Week’s Teaser:

Episode 21 is coming… and the chaos is already scheduled.

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💥🎉 Holiday Chaos Pt. 2: All Hosts, All Unhinged.

This week on the Non-Professional Development Podcast, the gang’s finally all back together — Ted, Dave, and Producer Goose (Mark) — for a second helping of holiday mayhem, complete with popcorn trauma, New Year’s party outfits, and a surprising amount of math anxiety.

From unwanted Christmas gifts and Crow Dave’s holiday persona, to snow day letdowns and a throwback multiplication test showdown, this episode is overflowing with seasonal chaos, questionable nostalgia, and a fresh batch of teacher spiraling.

🎧 What to Expect:

– Dave is a crow now. That’s not a joke.

– Ted’s Time Machine: floppy disks, 50-question math tests, and traumatic typing memories

– Unpacking the “tales of the glories” in weird holiday songs

– Teacher holiday burnout and the grind of “resting” over break

– The return of popcorn… and Ted’s ongoing war against it

– New Year's energy, episode snacks, and producer-level regret

🙌 Why Tune In?

Because holiday break for teachers is never actually restful, Crow Dave might be your new favorite holiday icon, and there’s no better way to wrap up the year than with a room full of educators spiraling over popcorn, math tests, and the emotional minefield of re-gifted candles.

📢 Join the Movement:

👍 Like, 💬 Comment, 🔔 Subscribe — and tag the friend who still breaks out in a cold sweat at the phrase “50 multiplication facts.”

👉 Subscribe for weekly episodes full of teacher therapy, chaotic nostalgia, and storytelling more satisfying than a canceled staff meeting.

🔗 Stay Connected:

🎙️ Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon & more

📱 Follow us everywhere → https://linktr.ee/nonprofessionaldevelopment

👇 We Want Your Stories!

What’s the worst holiday gift you’ve ever gotten? Did you ever bomb the 50-question multiplication test? Are you Team Popcorn or Team Ted? Drop it all in the comments — we might feature it in a future episode!

✅ Weekly Drops Monday's at 2PM EST | Next Week’s Teaser:

We survive the holiday break (barely)… but what’s next?

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