PCTA FYRE Podcast

The Educator Strikes Back! In this episode, Ramsey Aziz (he/him) hits the streets once again to interview a variety of demonstrators at "The Rally to Defend Public Education" in St. Petersburg that ...

10 Huhti 202339min

When will it end? In this episode, we are joined by Hayley Hamblin (she/her) and Emily de la Paz (she/her) to discuss the issue of gun violence in schools. Hayley shares her personal experience as a...

3 Huhti 202339min

Kids these days... Am I right? Brennen and Philip continue their discussion on teacher burnout by exploring the cultural apathy that is developing within the public school system. They are joined by ...

27 Maalis 202342min

In this episode, we are joined by former PCTA President Mike Gandolfo (he/him) and Ramsey Aziz (he/his) to discuss role unions play in collective bargaining for teachers.  We explore the definition an...

20 Maalis 202335min

In this episode, we're joined by two HCTA teachers, Emily Griest (she/her) and Nicole Teagarden (she/her), to discuss the harmful impact of the "do it for the kids" mentality on teacher burnout and th...

13 Maalis 202341min

In this episode, we will be joined by returning guests, Kelsey Donegan (he/his) and Dr. Anna Margiotta (they/them), to give a wrap-up of the school board meeting that took place on February 28th. Dur...

6 Maalis 202342min

In this episode, we had a conversation with Anita Green (she/her) and Ramsey Aziz (he/him) about the recent protest at TD Ballpark during the Governor's Baseball Dinner. Our discussion focused on expl...

27 Helmi 202342min

In this episode, we sat down with veteran teacher Brandt Robinson (he/him) and Lee Bryant (he/him) to discuss the issue of political extremism in our school curricula and the targeted attacks on equit...

22 Helmi 202339min