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Social StudiesAge Is Just a NumberJoin Joe and Gas as they dive into a whirlwind of topics! Gas shares his frustrating hair struggles, including his experimentation with hair-thickening powders and debates on hair treatments while Joe reminisces on his younger days slaying in the streets. This is a Joe and Gas classic. This show is sponsored by Liquid IV, Green Chef, Mint Mobile, and Hero Bread Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-02-2432 minSocial StudiesThe WeddingJoe and Gas discuss the event of the season: Joes wedding. Joe shares his favorite moments, Gaspare eats all the appetizers, and has a medical emergency on the dance floor. Joe shares stories from the after-after party and answers questions about the big day from patreon fans.Go to greenchef.com/socialstudies50 and use code socialstudies50 to get 50% off, plus 20% off your next two months.This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://www.betterhelp.com/SOCIALSTUDIES and get on your way to being your...2024-07-0153 min
Let's Watch TVLet's Watch TV: Farmer Wants a Wife 4Joe goes to a Madonna concert and Fran has a bone to pick with the performer. Someone finds a bag of 30,000 dollars on the subway and Joe discovers some adorable and mildly horrifying cards from kids to active duty soldiers. Then Joe and Fran discuss the latest episode of Farmer Wants a wife. 2024-02-2241 minLet's Watch TVLet's Watch TV: Farmer Wants a Wife 2This week, Fran and Joe revisit a favorite show, Farmer Wants a Wife season 2. Joe receives a mystery bong in the mail, Mama Fran teaches us how to avoid accidentally annoying everyone around us, before Joe delivers an inspired reading on love straight from the Book of D. 2024-02-0743 minLet's Watch TVLet's Watch TV: Ruby Franke: A Momfluencer's Double LifeThis week, Joe accidentally deletes the voicemail, but the show must go on! Mama Fran and Joe take a look into the wild and (in this case) dark world of "Momfluenicing" as they watch the Hulu documentary, Ruby Franke: A Momfluencer's Double Life. Then Fran and Joe go off on rude people in Mama Fran's Segments.2023-10-2536 minSocial StudiesDid You Know About Joe Dombrowski?This week, Gaspare interviews the one and only Joe Dombrowski. Gas gets the dirty deets from Joe about all the important questions like what's his favorite music, his favorite possession, and what happens when we die. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-10-1930 minLet's Watch TVLet's Watch TV: Murdaugh Murders Pt 2This week, Joe and Fran return to the scene of the crime as they watch learn even more unbelievable facts about the explosive true crime story of the Murdaugh Murders. Joe also shares his famous Joan Rivers impersonation, Mama Fran decides to hold judgement on people who leave out their grocery carts in the lot, and Joe rolls back the tapes on Mama Fran.2023-09-2849 minSocial StudiesFaloofahs and Snake BonesThis week Joe and Gas do an emails only episode and share some of the best reactions to Gaspare and Joe's showering habits. Joe and Gas share some stories about long term subs and Then we hear some strong opinions about loofah's and a wild story about a snake, a tree, and a squirrel.Social Studies is sponsored by BetterHelp. Support the show & get 10% off your 1st month of therapy at https://www.betterhelp.com/SOCIALSTUDIES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-09-1057 minLet's Watch TVLet's Watch TV: Jury DutyThis week Joe and Mama Fran watch the hilarious new show from Prime Video Jury Duty. In the show, Ronald Gladden thinks he has been selected for jury duty, but what he doesn't know is that the case, the judge, the lawyers, and all his fellow jury members are actors and everything he sees is made up on the spot. Joe and Fran give their opinions on this unique show, Mama Fran shares her jury duty stories and Joe pitches his own idea for a brand new hit show.2023-07-1255 minSocial StudiesFor the FansThis week, Joe and Gaspare do one for the fans, as they try to get through a record amount of emails in one show. They cover some real doozies including cannibal hickeys, potato preferences, and Joe's dream marriage. Joe also clues us in to a college game that will sure to be a global phenomenon called Fruit in the Street.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-03-2848 minSocial StudiesJoe's Getting MarriedThis week, Joe has some big news! Gaspare learns all about fox weddings, and Joe spills all the juicy engagement details.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-02-131h 09Social StudiesLet's Watch TV: Dogs With JobsThis week, Joe and Mama Fran hop in the time machine for a blast from the past as they watch the 2000 reality series Dog's With Jobs. Joe has a hard time making it through without bawling his eyes out and Mama Fran doesn't fall for another of Joe's pranks.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-11-1628 minSocial StudiesLet's Watch TV: Wedding CoachThis week Joe and Fran watch the Netflix reality show The Wedding Coach. Joe and Fran share real life wedding travesties from the annals of the Dombrowski family history books and digest this interesting show about wedding train wrecks.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-10-0524 minSocial StudiesLet's Watch TV: This Is UsCue the water-works as Joe and Fran watch the iconic and emotional show This Is Us. Joe is stretched to his emotional limits and Fran shares why she thinks this is one of the best shows of all time. Joe also shares some of his thoughts and experiences following the recent shooting in Texas.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-06-0836 minSocial StudiesLet's Watch TV: The DropoutJoe and Fran watch Joe's favorite show thus far, the Hulu Docu-series The Dropout. Mama Fran and Joe disagree over the finer details and Joe reminds Mama Fran who's the boss!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-05-2531 minSocial StudiesBad Gifts with Zachary Noe TowersJoe is joined by hillarious friend of the pod Zachary Noe Towers! Joe and Zachary chat about salacious pictures made with museum gift shop toys and Joe almost gets engaged before getting into emails about horrible gifts.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-05-2333 minSocial StudiesLet's Watch TV: The Marvelous Mrs. MaiselJoe and Fran take a trip back to the late 1950's as they watch the hit Amazon Prime show The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Mama Fran checks Joe on his fashion knowledge and Joe gets obsessed with cult-members who have clumpy eyelashes.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-03-2329 minSocial StudiesThe Return of Mama FranJoe is joined for a rare Social Studies appearance of Mama Fran! Joe and Fran duet some catholic hymns before they get into a q&a with Fran, but the catch is that Joe is giving her a makeover the whole time!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-02-2845 minSocial StudiesLet's Watch TV: The Family StoneThis week, Joe and Fran watch a Dombrowski family classic, The Family Stone. Joe tries his best not to spoil the movie and Mama Fran reveals what makes her cry every time she watches!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-12-1527 minSocial StudiesMillion Dollar Ideas and Terrible Gifts with Ben PolizziThis week, Joe is in Indy and he's joined by an amazing comedian, Ben Polizzi! Joe shares the winners of the flare pen competition, and then Joe and Ben share several of their million-dollar inventions that will change the world (for better or worse!) before they read out the worst teacher-gifts ever given!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-12-0657 minSocial StudiesLet's Watch TV: Righteous GemstonesThis week, Mama Fran gets spotted in the wild but isn't worried about getting trafficked while Joe comes up with a get-rich-quick scheme involving some light grave robbing. Then she and Joe get into the HBO show The Righteous Gemstones which ends up being a rare show that both Joe and Mama Fran enjoy!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-11-1732 minSocial StudiesBehavior Management: Adventurous but AnxiousOn this episode, Joe hears from a teacher considering a serious change of pace from teaching elementary school to teaching middle school. Joe puts things into perspective and drops a few cents! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-11-0406 minSocial StudiesLet's Watch TV: GhostsOn this episode, Mama Fran and Joe watch a great new show called Ghosts on CBS. They break down the first few couple of episodes and Joe tells us about one crazy dream!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-11-0328 minSocial StudiesLet's Watch TV: Paranormal WitnessThis week, Joe and Fran get real spooky and watch the paranormal investigation show Paranormal Witness for SYFY. Mama Fran shares some ghost stories and Joe recalls a few of his own spookiest moments!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-10-2726 minSocial StudiesTrick or Treat with Tori PoolThis week, Joe is joined by superstar teacher-turned-comedian, Tori Pool for a spooky Halloween episode ! Tori and Joe discuss Tori's journey from high school English teacher to full-time comedian. Then they share some hillarious Halloween hijinks sent in from the Social Studies pod nation!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-10-251h 01Social StudiesLet's Watch TV: Squid GamesThis week, Joe tries to pull a fast one on Mama Fran, but she's not falling for it, as a special "patreon member" suggests they watch the crazy popular Netflix show, Squid games. Joe gets into it while cooking but Mama Fran wants nothing to do with it!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-10-2028 minSocial StudiesKid GamesThis week, Joe brings you some of the wildest games to ever grace the classrooms and playgrounds of this nation's schools! These games require dedication, daring, and more than a little audacity. Joe also shares some of his favorite childhood games and discusses the importance of dramatic play.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-10-1834 minSocial StudiesTalent Shows with Orlando BaxterJoe is joined by fellow teacher comedian Orlando Baxter to discuss some truly amazing talent-shows-gone-wrong. From shining moments to trauma therapy, Joe and Orlando react and break down some absolutely hilarious scenarios.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-10-0447 minSocial StudiesLets Watch TV: UnpolishedThis week, Joe is joined by a very special guest! While Mama Fran recovers from her surgery, Aunt Ginger fills in and they dish about TLC's show Unpolished. Joe has met his A.D.D match and Ginger spills some family tea involving tadpoles!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-09-3031 minSocial StudiesLet's Watch TV: LulaRichThis week we go on quite a journey, from pig anatomy to the do's and don'ts of mid-level marketing! Joe and Mama Fran watch the new docu-series from Amazon, LulaRich, the story of the rise and fall of Lularoe. Fran gets ready for a new hip and Joe decides to write a Musical!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-09-2326 minSocial StudiesLets Watch TV: The Circle Season 3Joe and Fran watch and discuss The Circle: Season 3. Joe accidentally burns his nipples getting ready for the show, and Mama Fran strategizes for season 4 before they chat about the season 3 episode 1 twist ending!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-09-1632 minSocial StudiesObservation Horror StoriesThis week, Joe brings you the funniest and most horrifying stories from teacher observations! Joe wonders why kids have a weird obsession with feet, and the we get all his hot-hot-takes on teacher observations!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-09-1330 minSocial StudiesLet's Watch TV: Back Yard Bar WarsThis week, Joe and Mama Fran get a little mixed up (big surprise!) and accidentally watch different episodes of Back Yard Bar Wars! Fran helps us remember what the 70's were like and Joe reveals a precious moment from his childhood.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-09-0825 minSocial StudiesLet's Watch TV: Dirty Rotten CleanersThis week, things get filthy as Joe and Fran watch Dirty Rotten Cleaners. Mama Fran almost looses her lunch while watching and we discover Joe's deepest darkest fear!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-09-0124 minSocial StudiesTeacher Parent Conference TalesThis week, Joe might be an international felon after making the trip back from Canada, but he still shares wild teacher-parent conference stories, including one where a parent declares herself an actual witch. Then we hear some exclusive questions from the Live Q&A from Joe's recent North Carolina show!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-08-3044 minSocial StudiesLet's Watch TV: Bargain BlockThis week Joe and Mama Fran watch a show based in their home town of Detroit! Mama Fran and Joe dissect the design choices and Fran discovers a useful new app! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-08-2524 minSocial StudiesTeachers These DaysThis week, Joe is joined by Jody Carrington and Laurie McIntosh, authors of the fantastic new book Teachers These Days. They chat about their journey towards writing a book that helps the reader remember the importance and impact of the teaching profession, which is especially crucial for teachers themselves. Then, Joe brings you a new live Q & A segment recorded with patreon members from his live shows which have some fantastic questions and one in particular you won't want to miss! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-08-2352 minSocial StudiesLet's Watch TV: Cvlts and Extreme BeliefsThis week, Mama Fran and Joe do a deep dive into several different shows about a range of cults and extreme beliefs! Joe realizes he almost joined a cult in college and Mama Fran has some suggestions on how to avoid it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-08-1825 min
Social StudiesTeacher-Parent Conference with Michelle GriffoJoe is joined by Michelle Griffo, also known as @ApplesAndABCs on instagram! She confesses her most awful parent tendencies as the mother of an elementary aged student before she and Joe discuss the value of having a social media presence for professional development and networking. THEN Michelle gives the audience an amazing but time-limited opportunity, so make sure you check this episode out ASAP!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-08-1643 min
Social StudiesLet's Watch TV: The Incredible Dr. PolThis week, Joe continues his recovery by watching an episode of the Incredible Dr. Pol! Joe and Fran start a new charity challenge and Joe gets to reminisce about his college days. Then Mama Fran learns what kinds of things you can find inside a horse's Veejay! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-08-1119 min
Social StudiesLet's Watch TV: Sexy BeastsThis week Joe and Fran watch a show they've been putting off for a while, Netflix's Sexy Beasts! But due to popular demand they finally gave in, and actually loved it! Fran threatens to reveal Joe's childhood secrets and Joe reveals his tips for dating.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-07-2833 min
Social StudiesLet's Watch TV: Top ChefThis week, Joe and Fran watch Top Chef and Joe has been craving something Rose flavored ever since! Mama Fran misses drive-in movies and Joe doesn't miss Detroit pitbulls.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-07-2132 min
Social StudiesTeacher Hairlines with Devin SieboldThis week, Joe is joined by friend of the pod and hilarious comic Devin Siebold! Devin and Joe commiserate about teacher hair and the feelings of guilt that can sometimes happen in the world of teaching.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-07-1929 min
Social StudiesLet's Watch TV: The Real Housewives of New YorkThis week, Joe and Mama Fran reflect on the Real Housewives of New York. Mama Fran learns about being sex positive, and Joe considers converting to Judaism.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-07-1432 min
Social StudiesWild Teacher GiftsThis week, Joe would like to reiterate that even though he is NOT a teacher during summer, but still has some advice for the business next door who can't control their kids. Then Joe tells us some amazingly wild stories about gifts people have gotten from parents or kids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-07-1234 min
Social StudiesLet's Watch TV: Bar RescueThis week, Joe and Fran both loved watching Bar Rescue on Paramount Network. Joe decides he wants to become a secret shopper and Fran tells us about the time she was a bartender for a night!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-07-0829 min
Social StudiesSummer Recharge with Dr. Jody CarringtonThis week, Joe is joined again by friend of the pod Dr. Jody Carrington. Joe and Jody talk the real talk about teacher self-care, the importance of empathy, and the incredible positive impact teachers can have on this world!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-07-0537 min
Social StudiesLet's Watch TV: Naked and AfraidThis week Joe and Fran get quite an eyeful as they watch one of the wildest shows yet: Naked and Afraid! We learn all about river parasites, Joe decides he could eat alligator if he really had to, and Mama Fran reveals that she wouldn't ride a ferris wheel let alone try to survive the Bayou for any amount of money!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-06-3029 min
Social StudiesLet's Watch TV: Married at First SightThis week Joe and Fran watch the Lifetime show Married at First Sight! Joe wants to poke his eyes out watching another "love" show, and Mama Fran gets feisty correcting Joe's grammar!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-06-2324 min
Social StudiesCheese Curd HeavenThis week, Joe is in Madison Wisconsin and on the verge of a cardiac event due to the amount of cheese he's ingested! Joe tells us about his revenge plots for the person stealing his Amazon packages, and continues the hunt for a Kindergarten position for next fall!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-06-2130 min
Social StudiesLet's Watch TV: HacksThis week, Joe and Mama Fran dive into HBO's series Hacks! Joe decides he never wants to visit Vegas, and Fran plans her second honey-moon!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-06-1622 min
Social StudiesLet's Watch TV: My Feet Are Killing MeJoe and Fran face one of their hardest challenges yet! They watch the TLC show My Feet Are Killing Me, and Joe almost doesn't make it! Fran can't look away, and we hear about Joe's favorite childhood toy: a prosthetic foot!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-06-1031 min
Social StudiesEnd of Year ShenannigansThe year is ending, and the kinders are reacting a little differently than Joe was expecting! Joe meets a parent who learns about his comedy on the internet, and we hear some amazing teacher-tired stories to close out the school year!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-06-0723 min
Social StudiesKindergarten PetsThis week, Joe is back on tour! And everyone's favorite tour manager Jeff is back! Joe and Jeff chat about immortal goldfish, picking favorites, and tour hijinks!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-05-3127 min
Social StudiesBehavior Management: Finding Your PlaceThis week, Joe helps an adventurous yet anxious teacher balance the desire to keep the status quo vs. exploring new classrooms that might match their teaching heart even better. Also, to catch Joe LIVE at a city near you. Get your tickets here: https://www.mrdtimes3.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-05-2512 min
Social StudiesCool Mom EnergyThis week, Joe struggles hard with the part of Kindergarten that involves bodily functions before being joined by some of the coolest moms around, Cat and Nat! They chat about life and comedy and Joe gets some insight into what the parents he deals with might be thinking on the day-to-day.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-05-2433 min
Social StudiesLet's Watch TV: Extreme SistersThis week, Joe and Fran watch a next level crazy show, Extreme Sisters. Mama Fran can't believe how co-dependent the siblings are, and Joe tells us about the most outrageous present he's ever given someone.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-05-1932 min
Social StudiesLet's Watch TV: My Cat From HellThis week, Joe and Fran watch an amazing show they'd never heard of called My Cat From Hell! Joe wishes he could be a cat person and Fran can't get enough of all the feline drama!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-05-0524 min
Social StudiesLet's Watch TV: The CircleFran accidentally gets hooked on this week's show, and Joe think's Mama Fran should try to get on the show herself! Fran learns about emoji's and Joe spills all the tea!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-04-2838 min
Social StudiesBehavior Management: Working With Crotchety TeammatesJoe introduces a new segment called Behavior Management, where he helps solve your problems and addresses behavior that needs to be managed! Today we hear from "Miserable in Third" who has some inflexible teachers on her team who are making her life...well...miserable! Join Patreon to leave Joe a message and have a chance to be featured on upcoming episodes!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-04-2713 min
Social StudiesLet's Watch TV: Sister WivesThis week, Mama Fran gets to watch one of her favorite shows but Joe actually likes it too! Joe learns that he's not cut out for polygamy and Fran talks funeral arrangements much to Joe's dismay!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-04-2129 min
Social StudiesHow To Go PottyThis week, Joe runs into a fan in the wild so he develops a top secret code for the next one of you who sees him out there! Then he heads to a job fair and it turns out things have changed A LOT since he got his first teaching job over 10 years ago! We wrap things up by sharing insights from one of Joe's student's great literary works titled “How To Go Potty!”Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...2021-04-1933 min
Social StudiesLet’s Watch TV: 90 Day FianceThis week, Joe and Mama Fran dive into the wild and crazy world of 90 Day Fiance. Joe falls in love with Tunisian architecture and Fran learns about polyamory! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-04-1427 min
Social StudiesThe Lock DownThis week, Joe is sweating bullets because he's been asked to give a speak for the induction of the National Teacher Of The Year even though this week he broke TEACHING RULE NUMBER 1! As punishment, his school has unannounced lock down drill and one of Joe’s students gets a little gassy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-04-1234 min
Social StudiesLet’s Watch TV: CatfishThis week, Joe and Mama Fran watch the MTV reality show Catfish! Fran gives us a rundown on catfishing and we learn that Joe himself has been involved in Catfish schemes more than once! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-04-0732 min
Social StudiesLiar Liar Pants on FireThis week, Joe has his heart broken by one of his kid’s tall tales, another one makes a very informative yet inappropirate how-to manual, and Joe doesn’t know how to speak French, unlike all his kids.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-03-2935 min
Social StudiesLet’s Watch Tv: Batchelor Finale!The Batchelor comes to a close and Joe couldn't be happier. Mama Fran is scared of Easter and Joe relives his debut stage role of "shepherd."Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-03-1621 min
Social StudiesLet’s Watch Tv: Surprise Departure!This week, Joe and Fran are both surprised at who leaves the show, Joe is grossed out by milk-baths and Mama Fran goes to great lengths to celebrate Louis the Golden Retriver's birthday!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-03-0930 min
Social StudiesLet’s Watch Tv: Tantrum Yoga!This week, Joe and Mama Fran decide to ignore the negativity that is dominating batty naysh, and focus on the positives. Mama Fran wants to give Heather a hug, and Joe explains tantric sex to his mother.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-02-1635 min
Social StudiesKindergarten Fire DrillJoe’s journey in kindergarten continues! It’s been an eventful week in Mr. D’s class, as the kids are sketched out by the year’s first fire drill. But they go nuts for Valentime’s Day and the ghost of Pablo Picasso pays a visit during Joe’s latest kiddie craft project!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-02-1536 min
Social StudiesLet's Watch Tv: The Inside Tea!This week, Rod returns and he and Joe take a whole new approach to breaking down the show, Joe is starting to like Matt, and they share some exclusive inside tea on everyone's favorite villain: Queen Victoria!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-02-0238 min
Social StudiesTeacher of the Year, Owen BondonoThis week, Joe shares some fantastic personal news before having an amazing conversation with Owen Bondono. Owen is a passionate teacher who is currently nominated as a candidate for the U.S teacher of the year. Joe and Owen also happen to be friends from high school and catch up a bit before deciding which grade is the worst for teachers, the importance of being yourself in the classroom, and how it felt for Owen to become the first person who is trans to win a state teacher of the year award!Learn more about your ad...2021-02-0150 min
Social StudiesLet's Watch Tv: New Girls, New Energy!Joe is joined by the Millenial King, Rod, while Mama Fran recovers. The guys chat about the new faces, new favorites, and Joe's wacky theories!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-01-2635 min
Social StudiesYTE: Young Teacher Energy with Gabe DannenbringThis week, Joe needs your help fine tuning the pod’s vibe, and any changes will be permanent so be sure to make your voices heard!! Joe is joined by first year teacher and rising Tik Tok creator, Gabe Dannenbring, to talk about dirty DM’s, modeling, and the funny story behind Gabe’s unique Tik Tok handle!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-01-2551 min
Social StudiesMillenial Tik Tok with RodJoe bids farewell to his parent's basement and hello to millenial Tik Tok creator Rod! Rod and Joe chit chat about tanning beds, N'SYNC, and all things glorious from the 90's!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-01-1143 min
Social StudiesLet's Watch TV: The Batchelor Episode 01Joe and Fran are still riding high off the romantic fumes of Tayshia and Zac, but they jump right back into it with the 25th season of The Batchelor featuring Matt James. Fran and Joe pick the crazies and the keepers, make their winner-predictions, and prepare themselves for a whole new season of romance and drama!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-01-0531 min
Social StudiesNew Year's Resolutions with Steph RIleyOn this episode, Joe indulges his midwestern appetites and eats his weight in cheese, before being joined by his college friend and amazing entrepreneur and health trainer, Steph Riley! Steph and Joe talk about planning a wedding during the pandy as well as how to start and follow through on a plan to be healthier in 2021! Link for women’s Boot Camp: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=349528&stype=41&sTG=31&prodId=100230Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-01-0448 min
Social StudiesExactly You with Sarah KrajewskiThis week, Joe is psyched to get an interview to get back into the classroom, and invites Sarah Krajewski to the pod to help! Sarah is an absolutely amazing elementary school art teacher and author of the new book, Exactly You: The Shape of Your Feelings. Sara and Joe chat about some tips and tricks for teaching during covid, jewelry making techniques, and the importance of giving kids the language to describe and understand their whole range of emotions.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad...2020-12-2833 min
Social StudiesLet's Watch TV: The Bachelorette Episode 11They did it! Joe and Mama Fran wrap an incredible first season of Let's Watch TV in style as they discuss all the ins-and-outs of the final two episodes. Mama Fran's gets 2 out the final three correct and Joe can't believe he made it all the way through without going insane.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2020-12-2338 min
Social StudiesStar Struck with Koo Koo Kanga RooThis week, Joe doesn’t get to fulfill his dream to become a librarian just yet, but its okay because he gets to have a conversation with Neil and Bryan of Koo Koo Kanga Roo, the Beatles of the elementary dance music scene! Joe and the guys have an amazing conversation about how they started the band, micro-dosing, and why Boris wasn’t invited to the cat party!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2020-12-2150 min
Social StudiesThe Euphoria experience with Nika KingThis week, Joe keeps going down internet rabbit holes and lands on the award winning HBO show Euphoria, he is then quickly joined by the amazing Nika King who actually plays Leslie Bennett on the show Euphoria!! Joe and Nika talk about teaching high schoolers, Addiction, Euphoria season two, and Nika's new tech resource for aspiring entertainers!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2020-12-0747 min
Social StudiesSpilling UK Tea with Mr.P & Mr.P!This week, Joe has decided that he will win Survivor, and there’s nothing his mailman can do about it! Then he’s joined by two very funny Brits, Lee and Adam Parkinson from the Two Mr. P’s in a Podcast. Joe adds several new British slang words to his vocabulary and the gang discuss Lee’s illustrious acting career, the craziness of the teaching profession, and a British treasure named Sticky Vicky!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice2020-11-301h 10
Social StudiesThe Gay Cello with Tour Manager JeffOn the show today, after a long day of hard work, Joe and Jeff unwind and unbox the Mr. D Holiday Gift Boxes before going on an A.D.H.D conversational journey for the ages! They talk about crow gifts, paper shredder haircuts, and why Joe is always nervous in hotels!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2020-11-2347 min
Social StudiesLet's Watch TV: The Bachelorette Episode 06We start the show off this week on a struggling foot as Mama Fran and Joe experience several technical glinches (technical term) while trying to watch this week’s Bachelorette episode. Joe decides that Ben looks like a tan B.J. Novak and Mama Fran forgets that she’s being recorded.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2020-11-1839 min
Social StudiesFabulosity with Dr. Jose MedinaThis week, Joe is having a comedy show to help teachers pay for ppe because lets face it, teachers should get all the support we have to give! Joe is also joined by the amazingly smart and fabulous Dr. Jose Medina. Dr. Jose shares his research and experience as a bilingual teaching specialist, but just as importantly, shares his journey and experiences as an out and proud gay Mexican-American educator. 2020-11-161h 03
Social StudiesLet's Watch TV: The Bachelorette Episode 05This week, Joe and Fran power through some technical difficulties, Fran has a perfect record guessing the winners of the show, and Joe "does a tea" on Mama Fran!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2020-11-1143 min
Social StudiesCEO of Silly Songs with Sarah MaddackThis week, you've created a monster!The Let's Watch TV podcast is blowing up, and with it Mama Fran's ego! But even when she's famous she'll still be our favorite Midwestern Mama! Joe talks with an amazing Musician of Tik Tok fame, Sarah Maddack! She tells us about her creative process, the importance of being yourself, and Joe challenges her to an amazing LIVE RAP BATTLE (spoiler alert, Joe loses!)2020-11-0947 min
Social StudiesLet's Watch TV: The Bachelorette Episode 02Things are getting hot, heavy, and classless on Bachelorette.....just the way Joe likes it! But neither Joe or Fran are sold on this season's bachelorette Clare as they discuss all the developments with the show this week, both on and off the screen!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2020-10-2137 min
Social StudiesLet's Watch TV: The Bachelorette Episode 01On this episode, we join Joe and Fran as they digest episode 1 of season 16 of the bachelorette, and behold the splendor and beauty of the finest La Quinta Inn banquet hall that money can buy! They go over all the unique tidbits that are sure to make this season of the bachelorette one to remember, not the least of which is the fact that it was filmed during a pandemic. We get Fran's first impressions of the guys, before hearing Joe's prediction for who will be the winner at the end of the season!2020-10-1433 min
Social StudiesGrowing Up Funny with Jesus TrejoThis week, Joe reminds us how no one can frustrate you like your parents and shares the latest shenanigans from the Dombrowski household, before being joined by fellow comedian Jesus Trejo as they have an amazing chat about their childhood influences, telling jokes in two languages, and how to kill the haters with positivity!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2020-09-2855 min
Social StudiesTik Talk with Casey HamiltonThis week Joe gets lost in the world of prison Tik Tok, before he stumbles onto Tik Tok sensation Casey Hamilton, who used his quarantine time to launch his career in entertainment. Joe and Casey both started in the classroom before going viral and they share how to deal with the haters but also swap stories about how students and co-workers continue to inspire them as they pursue their passions. We also get a taste of Casey’s Tik Tok fare with a fun new game invented just for him!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...2020-09-1444 min
Social StudiesTeachers Turned Comedians with Ian FidanceThis week, Joe takes a trip to Yellowstone and nearly gets attacked by a 2,000 pound bison, before he’s joined by fellow teacher-turned-comedian Ian Fidance. Joe and Ian swap classroom stories before Ian shares some of his favorite moments working on Crank Yankers and Joe tells us how he raised hell in college with nothing but a flip phone and a Miss Cleo soundboard!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2020-09-0752 min
Social StudiesOne Funny Profession with Dr.ZeisnerThis week, Joe is busy getting ready for his upcoming totally virtual comedy show, but not too busy to have an amazing conversation with one of the funniest, realest, and knowledgeable educators on the planet! Joe talks with Dr. Zeisner on her incredible journey as an educator, the importance of staying relevant with your students, and how to ace your next teaching interview!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2020-08-3154 min
Social StudiesThe Return of the JeffThis week, everybody’s favorite tour manager returns! Jeff and Joe get really into cults for a hot minute and spill some inside tea about Joe’s upcoming comedy special, before offering you the amazing opportunity to have a once-in-a-lifetime awkward chat with a socially regressed Mr. D!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2020-08-2446 min
Social StudiesWAP (Wild A** Podcast) with JoeThis week, China hatches a plot to take advantage of Joe’s plant-daddy issues and you get a full dose of his ADD when he dishes on everything from Cardi B’s amazing new tunes to his personal experiences with Ellen Degeneres! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2020-08-1744 min
Social StudiesJust you & me! One-on-one time w/ JoeThis week is a solo show as Joe decides to go on health kick to find his long lost six-pack by becoming a “salad b****!” He spills the tea on respecting America's teachers and prepares himself mentally for his biggest challenge yet: camping without running water or a mirror! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2020-08-0349 minSocial StudiesParental (Mis)GuidanceThis week, Joe is back in Michigan, living in his parents basement like a 22 year old, broke-ass, college kid. So naturally he invited the dynamic Dombrowski duo of Fran and Ron on the pod. Fran dishes the hot tea about her favorite Batchelorettes and Ron reveals his favorite memories of Joe, including the time he froze his tongue to a supermarket freezer! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2020-07-2750 min
Social StudiesHaters B Gone!Today our guest is Joe! Justtttt Joe. He kicks off the episode with a word (and a special finger) to the haters who came for him this week and explains why he refuses to incubate a fanbase of hatred. In true Joe fashion, he quickly lightens the mood and dissects all his not-so-favorite TLC shows and enlightens us as to why his mom's browser history isn't as clean as you might think! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2020-06-0825 min
Social StudiesWhose Your Plant Daddy with Maria FaillaOn this episode, Joe's neighbors think he's homeless and Jeff is running out of clean clothes! But it's all good because Maria Failla stops in to drop some strong tea about how NOT to be a plant murderer before she and Joe get to the bottom of a global ice-cube conspiracy!Quiz: bit.ly/plntquiz Podcast: bit.ly/plntpplJoe Episode: bit.ly/plntjoe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2020-04-131h 06
Social StudiesSeattle Shenanigans with Beth StellingOn this episode, the Corona Virus steals all of Joe's toilet paper and people care just a little a lot too much about their dogs, before Joe and superstar comic Beth Stelling share stories from the road. They chat about collaboration, comedy, and being true to yourself...Oh yeah! And that time Joe’s dad shit his pants at Melrose Diner in Chicago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2020-03-091h 02