{"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":"Flipping The Script: The Research Behind Why We Stay","slug":"flipping-the-script-the-research-behind-why-we-stay","published_at":"2026-03-04T14:00:33+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ece-unhinged-7716831/flipping-the-script-the-research-behind-why-we-stay","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/33d693b9-c56f-45b6-88e1-c37cc87f69bf/stream.mp3","summary":"I'm not frustrating you, you're feeling frustrated,\" wise words from a three year old that perfectly capture the emotional rollercoaster of ECE. After our series on burnout, we're flipping the script to focus on why we stay. This episode is grounded in the research article \"Early Childhood Teachers' Well-Being: What We Know and Why We Should Care\" by Kyong-Ah Kwon, Diane M. Ahorn ( University of Oklahoma-Tulsa) and Chris Amirault (Tulsa Educare MacArthur) In this episode, we discuss: The \"small wins\", Why Developmental milestones outweigh the daily stressors Professional Identity: How tools like Conscious Discipline and professional development empower us to stay in the field Support Systems: The vital role of colleges and supportive administrators The Research: Breaking down the 0-3 journal findings on meaningful work and teacher retention Join the Conversation! Share your \"Why I stay\" moments in our ECE Unhinged Listeners Lounge facebook group and like or subscribe to us on spotify for more real talk from the classroom! Also, join is after this episode for our Teachers after dark segment! This will be our first call in show and we get real with some crazy admin stories!","meta_description":"I'm not frustrating you, you're feeling frustrated,\" wise words from a three year old that perfectly capture the emotional rollercoaster of ECE. After our…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1017,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ece-unhinged-7716831/episodes/flipping-the-script-the-research-behind-why-we-stay/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/flipping-the-script-the-research-behind-why-we-stay.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}