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Episodes from Two Mr Ps in a Pod(Cast)

Mr P puts your questions to the Education Secretary

Mr P puts your questions to the Education Secretary

n this special episode, Mr P sits down with the Secretary of State for Education, Bridget Phillipson. A few weeks ago I asked you one simple question: if you could ask the Education Secretary anything, what would it be? Over 1000 of you replied. Teachers, TAs, SENCOs, SEND parents, school leaders,…

Jul 17, 202630 min
LO: To Not Be on Capabilities in The Bedroom

LO: To Not Be on Capabilities in The Bedroom

This week, the lads are counting down the final days until the summer holidays, with another hot week in school and England's World Cup semi final dominating absolutely everything. Adam admits the tournament has been the perfect distraction from a difficult few months at home, while both share…

Jul 17, 202653 min
LO: To know school staff are far more appreciated than they think.

LO: To know school staff are far more appreciated than they think.

This week, the lads return still battling the heat as another sweltering week hits schools across the country. The episode features a fascinating behind the scenes look at Lee's visit to the Department for Education, where he took four pupils to Westminster and the DfE for a day they'll never…

Jul 13, 20261h 21m
LO - To know the parents race at sports day might not be worth the risk

LO - To know the parents race at sports day might not be worth the risk

This week, the lads look back on one of the hottest teaching weeks in recent memory and the media backlash that followed as schools across the country battled impossible classroom temperatures. Lee shares his frustration with the criticism aimed at teachers, discusses why schools are constantly…

Jul 3, 20261h 10m
LO: To wonder how anyone is supposed to teach in this weather!

LO: To wonder how anyone is supposed to teach in this weather!

LO: To wonder how anyone is supposed to teach in this weather! This week, the lads are recording in the middle of a sweltering heatwave and wondering how on earth anyone is expected to teach thirty children in classrooms that feel more like greenhouses. With temperatures soaring, an England World…

Jun 25, 20261h 11m
LO: To Know A Better Name For A Bag Of Quavers

LO: To Know A Better Name For A Bag Of Quavers

This week, the lads are back with a big chat about the proposed under-16 social media ban and whether it actually solves the problem or just shifts it somewhere else. Lee and Adam talk through phones, attention spans, online safety, loneliness, youth clubs, boredom and why children need better…

Jun 17, 20261h 5m
LO: To know students will stick anything in places they shouldn't stick things.

LO: To know students will stick anything in places they shouldn't stick things.

This week, the lads are back after half term and counting down the final few weeks until the summer holidays. Adam opens up about leaving his latest role and finding himself in that strange in-between stage of weighing up new opportunities, signing up for supply work and figuring out what comes…

Jun 12, 20261h 9m
A chinwag with Rev Richard Coles

A chinwag with Rev Richard Coles

This week’s special guest is the brilliant Richard Coles, joining the lads for a wide-ranging chat that somehow manages to cover children’s books, pop stardom, religion, reality TV, school life, funeral disasters and losing a speedboat in Ibiza. Richard talks about releasing his very first…

Jun 6, 202659 min
LO: To Try Your Best To Not Crack A Smile When Telling A Student Off

LO: To Try Your Best To Not Crack A Smile When Telling A Student Off

Back for episode 250 and it’s the last one of the half term. SATs are finally done, but before anyone starts skipping into summer like they’re in a feel-good montage, the lads quickly remind everyone that the final half term is anything but calm. Reports, sports days, transitions, residentials,…

May 21, 20261h 1m
LO - To know who's job it is to wipe the bums around here!

LO - To know who's job it is to wipe the bums around here!

Back for episode 249 and the lads kick things off right in the middle of SATs week, with the usual frustrations around testing, pressure and the yearly debate over whether SATs are helpful, pointless, stressful or all three at once. There’s also some pre-show nerves creeping in ahead of the biggest…

May 14, 20261h 4m
LO - To know a jail isn't a 3D Shape

LO - To know a jail isn't a 3D Shape

Back for episode 248 and it kicks off with the realities of the summer term: SATs, GCSEs, mocks, revision timetables and that slightly terrifying moment when you realise your children are suddenly much older than your brain has agreed to process. The opening chat turns into a proper reflection on…

May 6, 202658 min
LO: If you're going to brag, make sure it is believable

LO: If you're going to brag, make sure it is believable

Back for episode 247 and it starts exactly how you’d expect… with absolute nonsense. A new lookalike shout lands for Adam and it might be one of the worst yet. Not even close to flattering, not even accurate… just unnecessarily savage. From there, it spirals into that familiar territory of people…

Apr 28, 202655 min