Podcast insider and loyal listener Matt Pries guest hosts to lead Alan and Steve through the lightning round questions that Steve has been putting to every guest for the last three years. Finally, you can learn more about your hosts!

Alan and Steve walk through a blog post from NAfME with four pointers on preserving our voices and coping with overuse. Blog Post: https://nafme.org/blog/nafme-choral-cues-stimulate-conversation-during-music-in-our-schools-month/

Alan and Steve bring back past guest audiologist (and violist) Alyssa Ottmar to discuss new data on ear buds. Do their new features really protect our hearing? Steve asked this question of Alyssa the last time she was a guest, and now she’s back with a more definitive and detailed answer. Alyssa Ottmar Episode: https://www.musicedinsights.com/uncategorized/hearing-health-with-alyssa-ottmar/

After Alan and Steve shared and dissected author and classroom management guru Michael Linsin’s blog post “The Big Lie of Childhood Trauma,” they invited him back to the podcast to join the conversation. Linsin says, “Throw out SEL and all of its manifestations. Replace it with better subject-matter teaching, more time on task, higher expectations, … Read more

Alan and Steve discuss their reaction – and the reaction of the comments section – to the latest blog post from classroom management author and expert Michael Linsin, whose episode remains one of our most popular ever. Michael Linsin Episode: https://www.musicedinsights.com/uncategorized/classroom-management-with-michael-linsin/ Michael Linsin Blog Post: https://smartclassroommanagement.com/2024/06/27/childhood-trauma-schools/