Brandon Haskey-Valerius

Twee Bat

Education EN ↓ 3 episodes

Twee Bat is a podcast about teaching, identity, and survival inside and beyond the classroom. Through conversations with educators, researchers, and writers, the show explores burnout, joy, and what it means to stay human in a profession that often asks too much and gives too little.

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Brandon Haskey-Valerius

Episodes

1.3 TWBAT understand systemic educational racism 15.02.2026 33:59

In this episode of Twee Bat , we talk with Dr. Smita Weakland about how systemic racism shapes the everyday realities of teachers. What looks like routine workplace culture—hiring pathways, evaluation, authority, credibility, belonging—often carries deeper histories. When educators begin to see those patterns, it can change how they understand their roles, their risks, and their possibilities for...

1.2 TWBAT Find Their Own Identities 15.01.2026 29:54

In this episode of Twee Bat , Brandon Haskey-Valerius talks with Annie Kiyonaga about identity, selfhood, and the quiet pressure to define ourselves through our work. Building from Annie’s recent article, the conversation explores how teaching and other care-centered professions encourage us to collapse who we are into what we do. Annie reflects on the language of productivity, success, and useful...

1.1 TWBAT leave if they want 30.12.2025 37:01

1.1 TWBAT leave if they want Why Teachers Leave: Lack of Support and Classroom Autonomy In this episode of Twee Bat , we explore why teachers leave the profession. Research shows that key factors include lack of administrative support for student behavior, limited classroom autonomy, and systemic pressures that contribute to stress and burnout. We break down what these challenges look like in real...