Teachers Talking TV Podcast

Somehow, Mr. Stueve convinced us to watch a Christmas Episode of "The Vampire Diaries" so here you go. Merry Christmas to everyone, including vampires, sirens, and all manner of magical creatures. P.S. Forgive the occasional microphone issues. Pretty sure the sirens are to blame.

We're back for at least one episode, a Thanksgiving-adjacent episode of “Shark Tank.” We are back to shenanigans, tomfoolery and for added spice we threw in some flim-flammery. We hope your holiday weekend is void of drama—and if you need a short escape, we'd love for you to spend time listening to this. Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music. If you like what you hear, give us a rating on iTunes.

A week late is better than never: it's our yearly Thanksgiving episode. This year we are chatting about Gilmore Girls Season 3, Episode 9 “A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving.” Ms. Rowse calls this the pay-back episode for being forced to watch Twin Peaks. We hope you enjoy a little extension of the Thanskgiving spirit with this pod.  Spoiler Alert on later seasons of Gilmore Girls; be warned. Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music.

Happy Halloween! This year we are talking about Season 6, Episode 7 of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." The episode is titled "Who Got Dee Pregnant," so there might be some themes in this one that aren't okay for little ears. We hope you enjoy it anyway. 

We're back this week after a week off, and as a special treat, a longer nonsense intro for our tens of listeners. This week we are chatting about Parks and Rec, Season 7, Episode 7: “Donna and Joe.” We hope you enjoy. 

Life has hit  T3 hard the past couple of weeks, so we apologize for the delay in episodes. We hope the dated DiCaprio jokes hold up though. Today we chat about Parks and Rec Season 7, Episode 6, “Save JJ's.” We hope you laugh at least once. Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music. 

Is privacy dead? We chat about Parks and Rec season 7, episode 5: “Gryzzlbox,” and how it relates to our current social media landscape. We all declare “Gryzzlbox” as a quite perfect episode of television. Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music. *Note: in case you are curious as to whether Ms. Rowse liked “Collateral,” she thinks it is mid.* 

What would you do if you were trapped in an office for ten hours with someone you used to adore but now do not? Watch “Leslie and Ron”—Parks and Recreation season 7, episode 4—for some insight into that very scenario. And listen to us chat about it! Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music. 

Do you like Parks and Rec? Do you like tangents about films and movie stars? Then you'll like this week's episode of Teachers Talking TV where we chat about Parks and Recreation Season 7, Episode 3, “William Henry Harrison.” Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music. 

This week we get to chat about the return of Tammy Two as we chat about “Ron and Jammy.” At one point, Ms. Rowse declares the episode has “gone off the rails” but most of that content has been cut in the interest of job preservation.  We hope you engage in the culture and enjoy this episode!  Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music.  

We're back for one more season! To close out Teachers Talking TV, we are ending how we started, with Parks and Recreation Season 7. This week we start off with episode 1, “2017.” Episode note: Ms. Rowse erroneously said Alias' time jump happened at the end of season 1. It happens at the end of season 2. Please save your feedback about it.  

“A Charlie Brown Christmas”—just in time for Easter. Come for the discussion about this Christmas classic, stay for the discussion about Christmas presents and our first CDs. Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music.  

We chat about “It's Thanksgiving, Charlie Brown!” And we decide it's a miracle and Gen X-ers and Xennials survived a general lack of parenting and seat belt laws. May your mashed potatoes be free of experimental citrus. Rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts! Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music.

Yes, it's the end of November and we are releasing a Halloween episode, but hey, the content is still free for you. We break down “It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!” and have varying opinions on the entire concept of the Peanuts gang, and we hope it makes you laugh at least once. Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music.

It's our 89th episode of the podcast, and the last episode of Arrested Development Season 3. We place this finale in the halls of “best series finales” because we are not aware of any other seasons of the show. We'll be back in a couple of weeks with a Halloween episode, followed by our usual Thanksgiving and Christmas episodes, before going on hiatus. Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music, and an extra special thanks to you, our listeners, for hanging in with us this season. Rate and review us wherever possible!

Listeners, does Stueve ever have a television theory for you this week! We are discussing Arrested Development, Season 3, Episode 12 “Exit Strategy.” We tried a different recording mechanism and have swung from too quiet to too loud. But we persevere for you, our dear listeners. Give us a rating on iTunes and tell your friends! Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music.

Come for a chat about Arrested Development, Season 3 Episode 11...stay for the shenanigans. There are many. Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music.

A note: yes, Ms. Rowse's voice is very quiet and Mr. Reimer's and Mr. Stueve's voices are very loud. We are having some audio struggles, adding to Rowse's theory that we are cursed this season. Also, all three of us are pretty punchy, so enjoy this episode as much as you can. It was our first with a live audience of yearbook staffers working on their pages before deadline, and we go off on several cinematic tangents that we hope make you laugh as much as we did.

This week we just have a good old-fashioned chat about an episode of a TV show, what we liked, what we didn't, and what were our favorite lines. Enjoy it? Rate us on iTunes, and tell your friends about us! Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music; his band Safari Room head back out on tour in a couple of weeks, so check them out on Instagram for tour info.

It's another week of Teachers Talking TV and we are chatting about Arrested Development Season 3, Episode 8 “Making a Stand.” So pop a banana in the freezer and enjoy our discussion. Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the music.

This week we chat about Arrested Development Season 3, Episode 7, with a brief tour into the 2021 NBA Finals. We also talk about why we give money to the already-wealthy, so if you're already-wealthy, well, you've been warned. Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the music. 

We begin this episode debating whether problematic television shows (and literature) should be removed from public presence, or made available in spite of their problems. Then we get into the shenanigans of the Bluth family in Season 3, Episode 6. Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music.

This week is a tough one for our crew, as we face the question of what we can and can't—or should and should not—forgive in comedy that does not age well. But we hope it makes you think, and maybe at least laugh at us as we chat about Arrested Development Season 3, Episode 5. Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music.

Welcome to Arrested Development Season 3, Episode 4, where we examine evolving language connotations regarding masculine/feminine slurs, so listen with grace and understanding, please. Bet ya didn't expect that from a sitcom produced in the early aughts…or did you?

This week we chat about Arrested Development Season 3, Episode 3, Forget-Me-Now. We start to grapple with what is actually okay to laugh at? This show definitely skirts the line of what is appropriate, so fair warning. Stick around for the end when we talk about movies for several minutes, for no real good reason. Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music—check out his band Safari Room, on tour now!

We start off celebrating the return to movie theaters, and end with accolades to the producer and editor of this podcast. In between, we chat about Arrested Development Season 3, Episode 2, “For British Eyes Only.” Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music.

Third time is a charm—it took three attempts at recording this episode so we hope you enjoy listening to us chat about Arrested Development Season 3, Episode 1, “The Cabin Show.” Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music.

The usual intro to our podcast got lost amidst pre-show chatter, but in case you didn't know, this is Teachers Talking TV, and in this holiday episode, we are chatting about Chuck S2E11, "Chuck vs. Santa Claus." The three of us wish you as merry and as happy a season as circumstances allow, and we hope these 45 minutes of pod make you smile.

Happy Thanksgiving! Coming to you via Zoom again to talk about The West Wing, Season 2, Episode 8, “Shibboleth.” We hope it brings you at least one laugh while listening. If we tap into Sorkin-esque idealism, we hope for three laughs.

Surgeries. A pandemic. Recording from three different locations. We are back and hope to find a way to keep going. But we can at least guarantee a Halloween episode for you right here: Community, Season 2, Episode 6, "Epidemiology." Enjoy.

Merry Christmas! Welcome to our holiday episode of Teachers Talking TV. Mr. Stueve chose our episode this time: "A Traveler" from Jordan Peele's "Twilight Zone." We hope you enjoy our chat (especially the lively banter about what is and is not a Christmas movie), and we will be back in your feeds this summer. Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music.

It's another holiday special for you. This Thanksgiving, we chat about Friends, Season 4 Thanksgiving episode, "The One With Chandler In A Box." May your friend and family drama be nonexistent and your pie crusts flaky. Happy Thanksgiving!

Production note: we used a different mic setup, so you might need to turn up the volume a bit more than usual. Happy Halloween! Join Ghoulie Rowse, AE Spooky, and AJ Snickers Bar as we chat about The Office, Season 2 Episode 5, “Halloween.” Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music.

It’s the last episode of Firefly, and I bet you never thought we’d make it to the end, but here we are. Enjoy our chat of “Objects in Space.” Maybe someday we will watch the movie…apologies for the excess white noise in this episode; we shared recording space with a variety of guests this week. Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music.

Come for Ms. Rowse’s rant against “White Christmas” at the beginning, stay for our discussion about Firefly Episode 13, “Heart of Gold.” Content warning: this episode takes place in a brothel, so listen at your own risk. Like what you hear? Then be so kind as to rate us on iTunes, Spotify, LibSyn, wherever! Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music.

Some existential questions bubble up while we discuss Episode 12 of Firefly, “The Message.” Not “The Massage,” no matter what Mr. Reimer tries to tell you. Give us a good rating on iTunes if you enjoy this episode! Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music.

How far behind is Ms. Rowse on editing podcasts? Well, we recorded episode 11 of Firefly, “Trash,” on her birthday. In July. Better late than never? Enjoy our discussion of this show, which sees a return of everyone’s favorite guest character: Saffron. Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music. Rate us on iTunes!

Content warning: this episode of Firefly served as fodder for some more serious and adult themes in our discussion, so you may want to not play this around young children. We stray from our typical formula, and instead discuss some of the key issues in this episode, including gay/lesbian relationships, sex discriminiation, marital problems, and torture. Also, Ms. Rowse talks A LOT and for that, she will not apologize.

This week on the pod, we discuss “Ariel,” which is just an honest-to-goodness caper/heist episode. If you like what you hear, give us a rating on iTunes! Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music.

“Sometimes a thing gets broke, can’t get fixed.” The question on everyone’s mind is this: Will Mr. Reimer remember how to say Inara’s name? Listen to this episode to find out. It’s a serious episode, this one. Like it? Rate us on iTunes. Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music.

This week we break down the Firefly episode "Jaynestown," which means we are halfway through this short-lived series. If you like what you hear, give us a rating on iTunes! Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music--check out his band Safari Room on Spotify.

We discuss what we think is the season's top episode so far, which should surprise no one as it was written by Joss Whedon. Enjoying our chat? Rate us on iTunes! Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music. 

We recorded this episode prior to "Avenger: Endgame" and include some excellent fake spoilers before we launch into our discussion about Firefly Episode 5, "Safe." Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music.

This week we chat about Firefly Season 1 Episode 4, “Shindig.” Kaylee wears a dress, Mal narrowly escapes death, and there’s a few problematic behaviors toward women in this episode. Enjoy. Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music.

We drop two spoilers about this series, raising the question, is it *really* a spoiler if a show is 15 years old? This week we chat about Firefly Epsiode 3, “Bushwhacked.” It’s a scary episode to watch, but perhaps we make it a little less scary. And FYI, this episode has an abrupt end. That sometimes happens when you go five months in between episodes. Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music.

It’s a heist episode, which makes Mr. Reimer very happy. And it’s a short discussion, which might make our listeners happy. So much happiness to go around. Enjoy our discussion of Firefly, Episode 2: “The Train Job.”

Welcome to Season 5! This season we are chatting about Joss Whedon’s short-lived series “Firefly.” Most important to this episode is this: Ms. Rowse makes a major error and confuses General Hospital and One Life to Live. Nathan Fillion was NOT in General Hospital, and we at Teachers Talking TV regret the error. Enjoy the pilot episode of “Firefly.” Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music.

Ms. Rowse finally convinced her podcast compatriots to watch The West Wing. This episode is a bit more somber than our other offerings, as we discuss Season 2, Episode 10 “Noel,” which tackles PTSD. Apologies to Michael Schur, who Ms. Rowse accidentally calls Matt, because she knew a kid named Matt Schur in elementary school. We hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Serious note: if you feel you are in a mental health crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255.  

Happy Thanksgiving! If you can follow along with the obscure references and meandering conversation here, then that tells us a couple of things about you: 1) you’re a long-time listener of the pod and 2) you probably know us. This Thanksgiving we are having a chat about “Slapsgiving,” from the TV show “How I Met Your Mother.” Enjoy. Special thanks to Ted Mosby for the intro music. Wait. That’s Alec Koukol.

Happy Halloween from the three of us at Teachers Talking TV. Please enjoy our chat about Gravity Falls' "Summerween" episode. Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro unit.

It’s our last episode of 30 Rock, with an extra-long shenanigans intro for you. It’s also an extra-long episode, since the season finale is actually 2 episodes: “Hogcock!” and “Last Lunch.” If you like what you hear, give us a rating on iTunes! Special thanks to Alec Koukol for the intro music.