Social Studies

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 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 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 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 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 Learn more about your ad cho...

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 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 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 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...

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 Learn more about your ad choices....

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 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 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 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 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 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/adchoic...

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 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...

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 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m...

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 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 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 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 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices