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ECE Unhinged

Brittany and Crystal

ECE UNHINGED - A Podcast for Today's Early Childhood Educator: Real stories, raw conversations and a little chaos from todays early childhood educators. We talk about burnout, behavior and the joys of teaching small humans-- honesty and off the rails conversations guaranteed, and as a bonus we are doing this from the comfort of our car and the view of the mountains. So ride along with us for an amazing journey ahead! 😂 Next episode drops Wednesday, January 7, 2026:Funny, real classroom stories submitted by educators — the moments you couldn’t make up if you tried

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33 episodes

  1. Passion Doesn't Pay The Bills...But Do Our Feet?-A Sandbox confessional 47:38
  2. UPK- The Rabbit Hole That Never Ends! 1:05:21
  3. UPK_ The Rabbit Hole Continues! 1:11:15
  4. Colorado UPK- The UPK Rabbit Hole Part 2- Follow the Money 58:48
  5. Colorado UPK- The Preschool Rabbit Hole Part 1 56:05
  6. The Boss's Husband Is NOT Your Boss! | When Nepotism Takes Over the Classroom 21:43
  7. We're Not Burned Out… We're Grieving | ECE Hot Takes After Dark 35:40
  8. Licensing Says What? - The Crazy things licensing has us do 1:32:56
  9. The Shocking Truth About Where ECE Money Really Goes 42:21
  10. Are You Going to Heaven? (And Other Toddler Confessions) 30:02
  11. Talking WIth Tashia~ Is in home care more profitable for ECE professionals? 24:14
  12. For Those Reasons, I'm Out! Teacher Shark tank 24:37
  13. The Cost Of Caring 49:27
  14. Sandbox Confessionals: Ratio Violations, Institutional Betrayal, and Fighting Back in ECE 30:30
  15. From "Rescue" to Sustainability: Inside the 20-Year Career of Ida Bauer 26:36
  16. Teachers After Dark-Toddler Logic 24:05
  17. Teachers After Dark: Why Is This A Thing? 36:42
  18. The Real Cost of Care: An unfiltered look at Private ECE Ownership with Katie McDonald 54:43
  19. Crisis In The Sandbox- POC 11:34
  20. Teachers After Dark - Self Care 10:37
  21. Wage Transparency_ Inside The Books Episode 1 1:13:39
  22. The Elephant in The Classroom: Lets Talk ECE Pay 27:35
  23. How Parenting Expectations Have Changed Over 35 Years—And What We Lost in the Shift 1:02:19
  24. 4/15 Teachers After Dark- Room, Exit, Burn 14:57
  25. Ask Us Anything! Thong Scrunchies, Crying Circles, and Why We Started This Chaos 1:06:24
  26. Burned Out, Not Done: From Classroom to Childcare Policy 33:23
  27. Flipping The Script: The Research Behind Why We Stay 16:57
  28. Teachers After Dark: The Unfiltered Admin Files 28:57
  29. The "B" Word Wrapping Up Our Burnout Mini Series 43:20
  30. Leading With Humanity- "Rethinking Teacher Burnout" 1:09:54
  31. Leading with Humanity: Shifting the Culture of Teacher Burnout Part 2 1:34:10
  32. IYKYK- Real Stories from Real Teachers 23:45
  33. The Raw Reality of Loving Tiny Humans- What is ECE? 9:17