When Dr. Johnny Lupinacci was young the future looked so bright. The whole neighborhood was so alive, and every kid on the gosh darn street was gonna make it big and not be beat. But now, however, a recent article by K12 Dive is painting a picture of great uncertainty on behalf of the nation’s […]

Guest: Jakob

Jun 30, 2025

29:35

Good news / bad news. The good news is that the ongoing military confrontation with Iran has not yet spilled over into a full-blown war. The bad news is that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is taking his ball and going home, starting his own parallel, anti-woke, university accrediting agency. Is it a good thing for […]

Jun 28, 2025

43:03

The red carpet has been unrolled, the stars are out, and everyone who’s anyone is in attendance as the BustED Pencils go to Hollywood in this glamorous episode of the Producer’s Choice Show! Today your fabulous host Producer Jakob is joined by two of the hottest stars in education; Dr. Tim Slekar (Borat, Die Hard […]

Guests: Dr. Johnny Lupinacci, Dr. Tim Slekar

Jun 27, 2025

26:30

Today Drs. Tim Slekar and Johnny Lupinacci discuss an article Tim found in the New York Times about a law student at the University of Florida. This student wrote an academic paper which made controversial arguments suggesting that the United States constitution only applies to white people. What happens when an academic work doesn’t just […]

Jun 25, 2025

34:25

With Dr. Johnny on assignment scouting hockey players in Siberia, Dr. Tim Slekar and Producer Jakob have a quiet, contemplative conversation. Jakob thinks that AI is rotting Tim’s brain out of it’s socket and Tim thinks that Jakob should drop out of college to become a plumber (thus proving Jakob’s point). It’s a wild episode […]

Guest: Jakob

Jun 23, 2025

26:51

The Democratic Party has a problem, and Drs. Johnny Lupinacci and Tim Slekar are ready to step up to the plate and take a swing at fixing it. With friend of the show Randi Weingarten and activist wunderkind David Hogg departing from the DNC leadership this week, the left-of-center option in American politics is going […]

Jun 21, 2025

43:00

Welcome back to the Producer’s Choice Show with your host, Producer Jakob! Today Drs. Johnny Lupinacci and Tim Slekar are heading down to the mall and visiting their favorite store, Build-A-Department. What should the Department of Education look like? How should it work? What role should it play? Tim and Johnny get to decide it all […]

Guests: Dr. Johnny Lupinacci, Dr. Tim Slekar

Jun 20, 2025

33:30

If you visit a college campus today you’ll likely have one question in mind; where all the students? Now, right now there aren’t students there because it’s summer break, BUT there’s also less students going to college in general. Today Drs. Tim Slekar and Johnny Lupinacci dig into an article exposing new trends in views […]

Jun 18, 2025

25:19

Today Drs. Tim Slekar and Johnny Lupinacci talk about Linda McMahon’s push for diversity of thought in higher education. What does she mean by that? Well, apparently it has to do with reeducation camps that would make the Viet Cong blush. Look, we all appreciate being able to express our views in a educational setting, […]

Jun 16, 2025

22:40

Today on BustED Pencils, elderly Drs. Tim Slekar and Johnny Lupinacci discuss an interesting development related to the youngins using their phones too much. A pair of new laws in Virginia have banned children from using cellular telephones while in school and made it illegal for kids under 16 to use social media for more […]

Jun 14, 2025

43:00