The Miseducation of Ricky Medina

Suri, Abi, and Arianna are three 6th graders at Ricky's middle school. The students talk about some of their feelings around school and being a middle schooler today.

Rita Rivera is the Assistant Principal, as well as Ricky's instructional coach at their middle school. This episode is a look into what coaching meetings look like, and a reflection of how Ricky's first year of full-time education went.

Ricky answers questions from listeners and students. Ricky also talks about the tragedy in Texas on May 24th.

Ardyn is a dancer, choreographer, and fellow Funkamental Cypher family member. Ricky and Ardyn talk about TikTok, choreographing for Doja Cat, graduating from the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, and artistic discipline. You can follow Ardyn at @ardundundun on TikTok and Instagram.

Thor is the owner of 101 Boxing Club located in Newbury Park, California. Thor and Ricky talk about coaching, and the lessons that can be learned from combat sports.

Chris Pak was Ricky's college roommate and currently works as a software engineer.  Ricky and Chris talk about the value of education, Super Smash Bros., and Chris's performance for Ricky's choreography at UCLA (which can be found in the link below). https://youtu.be/W4rgvBzftUo

Willie Estrada is the author of "The Dancing Gangsters of the South Bronx"  Willie and Ricky discuss Hip-hop's origins and the impact that Willie had on Hip-hop's History. You can find Willie's book at www.thedancinggangsters.com

Ricky debriefs his recent trip to New York City.

Cheryl Parker is a 6th grade math teacher at the same middle school that Ricky teaches at. Together they talk about becoming educators, being new educators, and coping/mindfulness strategies for the tough career path that they love.

Ricky and Melodie discuss teaching dance classes, choreography, and Motion Grounds Dance.

Ricky and his dad talk about Education in the military, and some of the differences between public and more focused educational spaces.

Nathalie is a choreographer, dancer, and Laban instructor, as well as Ricky's dance partner. In this episode we talk about dance, producing a show, and artistic relationships.

Time to get vulnerable... Ricky talks about hitting walls in teaching and art.

Ricky and Hans talk about what it's like being a part of a Hip-hop dance crew, being a working Hip-hop performer, and Ricky's dream of becoming a member of the Flooridians. Follow Hans on Instagram and Soundcloud @rememberhans

Ricky and Morgan talk about their time in college as dance majors, teaching dance in academia, and other topics related to being a dance educator.

Ricky and Cameo discuss Ricky's introduction to dance, what it's like being a dance teacher, and what it's like being a dance teacher in a global pandemic.

Ricky and Peety talk about Hip hop, music, dance, and teaching.

Ricky talks about why he's doing the podcast and what it's going to be about.