On March 2, 2026, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Mirabelli v. Bonta, a case that started with two veteran teachers in Escondido, California who were told by their school to hide students' gender transitions from their parents. In this solo mini-episode, Kyle walks through what actually happened in the case.

This isn't a legal analysis episode, nor a political one. Using the Circle of Courage as a guide, Kyle explores what belonging means for a student whose sense of safety at school just became uncertain, what independence looks like when the only framework we gave kids was secrecy, and what generosity asks of us when the parents on the other side of this fight are acting out of fear rather than hate.

If you're an educator wondering what to do, this episode offers three concrete steps: know your district's current policy, convene your team to build a proactive family-engagement process before someone forces your hand, and advocate for a framework that treats students as developing human beings with agency rather than secrets to be kept or disclosed.

The world is on fire — and the kids in your classroom know it. In this solo mini-episode, Kyle sits with a question that a lot of educators are carrying right now: when something as large and frightening as a widening war is all over your students' feeds, what is your actual job?

This isn't a geopolitics episode. It's about presence, belonging, and the difference between having a plan and being a person. Kyle draws on the Circle of Courage to think through what students need when the world destabilizes and what gets in the way of us giving it to them.

No guests, no easy answers. Just a fifteen minutes for anyone who has young people in their life and is figuring out how to show up for them right now.

Season Two opens with the three of us dusting off the microphones, forgetting how to introduce ourselves, and immediately diving into the deep end: mental health in schools, the crisis facing students and teachers, and why everything seems to be on fire. We talk SEL, trauma, the impossible pressure on educators, and the growing push toward community schools as a way to actually meet human needs instead of just…performing education.

There’s history, there’s snark, there’s a surprising number of references to cannons, and there’s a whole lot of honesty about the state of things. If you work in a school, send a kid to a school, or ever went to a school, you’ll probably relate.

Season Two starts by asking the same question we always end up circling back to: How do we build systems that actually help people thrive?