This week, Joe has strong opinions about the Grammar Police, Anna Delvey, merit pay, and how the teacher shortage has gotten to the point where the National Guard has been called on to help. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Joe and Fran watch an amazing Netflix documentary called The Tindler Swindler. Joe and Fran are both riveted as they get sucked into this crazy story, and they share a time when they had a run-in with a real life swindler, before debuting a new segment called wild story Wednesday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Joe gets back in the classroom in one of the most dangerous teaching scenarios, during a full moon! Throw in a bucket of maple syrup and the worlds most effective pencil sharpener and you have a recipe for a crazy wild day in the classroom! ______________ To make it easy, Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting VitaminD AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/SOCIAL. Again, that is athleticgreens.com/SOCIAL to take ownership over your health and pick up the ultimate daily nutritional insurance. Start hiring RIGHT NOW with a $75 SPONSORED JOB CREDIT to upgrade your job post at Indeed.com/SOCIAL. Offer valid through March 31st. Go to HelloFresh.com/social16 and use code social16 for up to 16 free meals AND 3 free gifts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fran binges 2 seasons of a show for the first time as they watch the Netflix show Love on the Spectrum! Fran can't get enough and Joe breaks down in the best way! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe gets back in the classroom living that substitute teacher life! Joe's finds that his studen't have extremely refined palettes, learns how to teach latin in a day, and bonds with the school secretary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Joe and Fran watch the Netflix hit docu-series Cheer. Joe is here for the whole thing but Fran isn't entirely convinced, especially when it comes to the coaching. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The criminals are after your pet's food! Joe falls victim to a strange crime that leads to a series of unfortunate events including a scene straight out of Alfred Hitchcocks worst nightmares, a very messy trip to the Vet, and an armed confrontation involving a meat tenderizer! Then Joe reads some crazy stories from patreon members. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Joe and Fran watch a documentary that will completely change how you see the beloved PBS painter Bob Ross and Joe teaches Fran about ASMR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Joe is joined by the hilarious muggle Monica Nevi! Monica and Joe chat about how hot good-parenting is before getting into listener emails which include trips to the ER, workman's comp, and middle school madness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe finally gets a chance for payback! Just as Fran made him watch her favorite show the Bachelor, Joe returns the favor and they watch Ru Paul's drag race. Fran starts a new glossary of drag terms and they play a fun game of "finish the sentence" to close out the episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe is joined for a second week in a row by the amazing Ricci Armani. Ricci gets his mind blown as socialite nation sends in some of the most unbelievable situations that teachers are all too often faced with. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To honor the amazing life and work of Betty White, Fran and Joe watch a classic Golden Girls episode. Joe gets offended at Fran's lack of familiarity and Fran learns a few things about CBD before they re-cast a potential movie reboot of the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Joe takes a trip to a naked beach with his great and hilarious muggle-friend Ricci Armani! Then they discuss all the things you can find at gas stations to put in your body before Ricci gets a mind-blowing look behind the teaching curtain as Joe shares Socialite Nation's craziest Covid teaching stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Joe and Fran explore the line between inspiration and abuse as they watch the wild Lifetime reality show Dance Moms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Joe recounts his first week with a brand new golden-retriever puppy named Mack, and notices a few similarities to training a puppy and teaching a classroom of five year olds! Joe also shares some amazing animal fails sent in from the Socialite nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the final Let's Watch TV of 2021, Joe and Fran watch a brand new show on ABC called Abbot Elementary! The show is about a group of teachers dealing with the joys and hardships of working in a Philadelphia public elementary school. Joe and Fran give their honest opinions and end 2021 with a flourish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe breaks into the gummies to get through A Castle for Christmas, a new Netflix movie starring Brooke Shields and Cary Elwes. Jeff makes a guest appearance, and Fran knows more about geography than Joe on this final holiday episode of the season! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, Joe rings in the holiday season by sharing a podcast he was recently featured on called the "12 Gays of Christmas" with Bryan Moylan. Joe talks about his favorite "christmas" movie, Gremlins! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This 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

This week, Joe shares some stories from his private school teaching days before sharing some of the most unbelievable gifts received from private school parents, including an up-close encounter with a Sloth! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, Joe helps out a Kindergarten who is tired of her students touching one another. Joe gives some tips to help nip this behavior in the bud! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the sweetest episode yet as Fran and Joe get inspired by the Christmas Cookie Challenge. Joe wants a Tofu cookie and Fran decides to play a game called "would you rather." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This 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

This episode is the first Holiday episode of the season! Joe and Fran watch Love Hard, the holiday movie that's all the rage right now. Fran loves it but Joe isn't quite so sure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Mama Fran is back on the Pod! Fran's instagram gets liked by a superstar, and Joe learns something new about his childhood , before they read some of the funniest funeral plans submitted by the Socialite Nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week starts the Holiday show marathon and we get ready for Thanksgiving with one of Fran's favorite TV show episodes of all time: Everybody Love Raymond S. 7 Ep.10. Joe discovers a character who reminds him of Mama Fran, and Fran recalls a holiday fiasco for the ages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode Joe is joined by the absolutely iconic comedian Lisa Lampanelli. Often called the "Queen of Mean," we learn how she's channeling her inner-teacher to become the "Queen of Meaningful" with a new podcast. Lisa shares some amazing stories about her career and Joe shares a bold new haircut! They they get into emails with some fantastic and horrifying co-worker stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This 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

This week, the teacher rants keep coming! Joe considers getting a dog instagram account, and we hear even more rants from classrooms all across the nation! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Joe and Mama Fran watch The Voice! Mama Fran learns about Arianna Grande and Joe gets surprisingly emotional during one of the performances, before getting cat-fished, but with a hotel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Joe is joined by the hilariously cynical comedian Matt Bellasai. Matt shares his opinions on kid's birthday parties and gender reveals, before getting into some epic rants covering everything from reply-all emails to teacher hunger-games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On 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

On 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

This week, Joe does some next-level adulting when he goes house hunting, but can't help indulging in a little bippity boppity b******t to get an edge on the other bidders! Then he shares some of the most hilarious student notes he's ever seen, which includes some real tea for the muggles about how freaky kids can get around teacher feet! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This 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

This 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

This 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

This 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

Mama Fran is back! And to celebrate, she and Joe watch the netflix documentary The Movies That Made Us featuring the iconic rom-com Pretty Woman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you didn't know, a tik-tok craze called Devious Licks is sweeping the high schools of the nation, and its not all that great! Joe shares some of your horrors stories, and a few that are not that bad, as well as a few hijinks he's had to endure over the years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe continues to keep it in the family and is joined by a fan favorite, Uncle Ralph to watch the E! program Botched. We get to hear hot takes on plastic surgery, thoughts on Vodka enemas, and opinions on beach balls galore! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe 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

This 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

This week, Joe shares some absolutely AMAZING responses from students! From the truly bizarre to the slighly sociopathic, teachers hear it all, and on this episode we take a moment to appreciate the funny in the crazy things our students come up with! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This 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

This week, Joe shares some absolutely MORTIFYING stories of accidentally texting or emailing the wrong person. Things go from cute to x-rated and everything in-between! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe 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

This 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

This 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

Things get literally wild as Joe shares some stories from when he moonlighted as a zoo-man during his first few years teaching. Then he shares other teacher stories of animal shenanigans including stories featuring Madagascar hissing cockroaches, an echidna, and of course snakes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices