As the government handles its response to protests in Los Angeles in high controversial fashion, Drs. Tim Slekar and Johnny Lupinacci come together to discuss how educators should relate challenging moments to their students. Stick with us as we tackle how to teach in tough times. BustED Pencils: Fully Leaded Education Talk is part of […]

Jun 11, 2025

29:15

Today Dr. Tim Slekar comes to the show with a very moving email from a listener who shared a local school district superintendent’s open letter to the Trump administration. In the letter they said that they would stand up for the children in their district against cold political decisions being made in Washington. Dr. Johnny […]

Jun 9, 2025

27:18

Everybody’s workin’ for the weekend, are we right? Well, that’s not all we’re working for this Saturday. We’re also working to stand up for international students against an administration that seems to think America’s paramount interest is in dividing every segment of our population. Should we be banning international students? Drs. Tim Slekar and Johnny […]

Jun 7, 2025

43:03

Welcome back to the Producer’s Choice Show with your host, Producer Jakob! Do you ever tune into a podcast and ask yourself, “Jeez, who are you people?” Well you won’t have to ask that about BustED Pencils ever again! This week I’m joined by Drs. Tim Slekar and Johnny Lupinacci, hosts of BustED Pencils, to […]

Guests: Dr. Johnny Lupinacci, Dr. Tim Slekar

Jun 6, 2025

32:59

Dr. Johnny Lupinacci and Producer Jakob are extremely fortunate this Wednesday as they’re briefly able to establish a ham radio connection with Dr. Tim Slekar. Tim takes a brief break from his long march through the countryside to discuss Marxism, Communism, and how you don’t necessarily have to be a dirty pinko to think that […]

Jun 4, 2025

26:08

The Biden administration gave Wisconsin a $10 million grant for school-based mental health services for K-12 education programs. Yay! Oh, Donald Trump just canceled the checks. Why? He’s kind of a jerk. Today Dr. Johnny Lupinacci and special guest Producer Jakob (notably not a doctor) discuss the impact these cuts will have on young people […]

Guest: Jakob

Jun 2, 2025

28:23

There’s so much going on this week, there’s hardly time to talk about it all! How was Memorial Day? We talk about it. Can you sue someone if your child isn’t being taught how to read? Covered. And is Claude AI really trying to blackmail people, or is ChatGPT just a gossip who needs to […]

May 31, 2025

43:03

LIVE from beautiful sunny Racine, Wisconsin, it’s THE PRODUCER’S CHOICE SHOW with your host, Producer Jakob! *fanfare*. Thank you all for tuning in to my show today as I, Producer Jakob, seize the means of production and speak truth to power (my bosses Tim and Johnny). This week we look at Donald Trump’s attempt to […]

Guests: Dr. Johnny Lupinacci, Dr. Tim Slekar

May 30, 2025

21:40

Today Drs. Tim Slekar and Johnny Lupinacci join Producer Jakob to discuss an interesting social media post. Where did they find it? Why, on Civic Media’s Instagram account, of course! On Mornings with Pat Kreitlow, Wisconsin Rep. Christian Phelps pointed out all the ways that Wisconsin’s Republican dominated Joint Finance Committee is hurting education in […]

May 28, 2025

24:05

We all have Memorial Day marked on our calendars as the unofficial start of good weather, cookouts, and days at the beach; but what is it really all about? Today Dr. Johnny Lupinacci and his guest Jakob go through the history of Memorial Day. Did you know that Memorial Day dates back to the 1860s? […]

Guest: Jakob

May 26, 2025

26:39