{"podcast":{"title":"ECE Unhinged","slug":"ece-unhinged-7716831","podcast_index_feed_id":7716831,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/e1a038ac-5ff2-4c4c-b4f2-a4174f99ad7e","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/eceunhinged","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2026/2/19/19/5b80c466-3b7c-4bed-97fc-be601bc99cf7_1000018307.jpg","author":"Brittany and Crystal","episode_count":17,"summary":"ECE UNHINGED - A Podcast for Today's Early Childhood Educator: Real stories, raw conversations and a little chaos from todays early childhood educators. We talk about burnout, behavior and the joys of teaching small humans-- honesty and off the rails conversations guaranteed, and as a bonus we are doing this from the comfort of our car and the view of the mountains. So ride along with us for an amazing journey ahead! 😂 Next episode drops Wednesday, January 7, 2026: Funny, real classroom stories submitted by educators — the moments you couldn’t make up if you tried","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ece-unhinged-7716831"},"episode":{"title":"Ask Us Anything! Thong Scrunchies, Crying Circles, and Why We Started This Chaos","slug":"ask-us-anything-thong-scrunchies-crying-circles-and-why-we-started-this-chaos","published_at":"2026-04-01T11:00:04+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ece-unhinged-7716831/ask-us-anything-thong-scrunchies-crying-circles-and-why-we-started-this-chaos","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ece-unhinged-7716831","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brittany-holmes9","audio_url":"https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/5d687380-6d03-4b3b-a2a2-01c2cc71cce9/stream.mp3","summary":"No sugarcoating. No filters. Just the messy truth. Today, Brittany and Crystal answer your questions about the \"unhinged\" life of an early childhood educator. From the \"thong-scrunchie\" disaster to the reality of SPED issues in private centers, we’re covering it all. Highlights: The Podcast Origin: Why Brittany \"blamed\" Crystal for starting this. Burnout 101: What we do when the classroom feels like a graveyard of negativity. The \"Ban List\": Which licensing rules would we throw out the window tomorrow? Teachers After Dark Segment: Don't turn it off yet! In our After Dark segment, we’re talking about the \"If the shoe fits\" motto. We share why we bloop out names and how you can submit your own messy stories via voicemail without a trace of your real identity.","meta_description":"No sugarcoating. No filters. Just the messy truth. Today, Brittany and Crystal answer your questions about the \"unhinged\" life of an early childhood educa…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3984,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ece-unhinged-7716831/episodes/ask-us-anything-thong-scrunchies-crying-circles-and-why-we-started-this-chaos/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ece-unhinged-7716831/ask-us-anything-thong-scrunchies-crying-circles-and-why-we-started-this-chaos.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}