After the Bell: Teaching Tips With a Twist
Roy and Martin have taught for a combined 70 years. Join these two educators from North Vancouver, Canada, as they take you on a journey through the wonderful yet challenging profession of teaching. The guarantee of their podcast, After The Bell, is to make you laugh, make you think and give you at least one little nugget that you can use in your classroom.
Released every Monday at 3:01 pm PST, After The Bell.
Learn more at stuntbrothers.ca
Episodes
48 episodes
Episode 44: Weapons of Mass Distraction
In this episode, Martin kicks things off with an enthusiastic ramble about the collection of tapes, CDs, and VHS treasures that he’s been digitizing at the library. But as he drones on, Roy, bored out of his mind, starts absent-mindedly clickin...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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44:00
Episode 43. Feel The Power: Find The Passion
The 13th episode of Season 2 finds The Stunt Brothers chatting about what it means to find passion in this busy life. Finding one's passion, whether it be music, art, writing, gardening, or whatever, is a journey one should explore thr...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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53:53
Episode 42. Too Sick To Teach: The Hidden Challenges Of Taking A Day Off
Plagued by technical difficulties, this episode almost doesn’t happen. Martin and Roy think they are going to have to cancel this episode until they receive a last minute IT rescue from Martin’s son. They do get rolling but Martin is feeling un...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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37:37
Episode 41. Duct Tape Education: The Myth That Teachers Should Fix Everything
Martin and Roy find themselves discussing the ingenious and countless uses of duct tape as a quick fix to help extend the life of just about anything. Their conversation soon turns from the literal to the metaphorical, as they draw a parallel b...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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44:00
Episode 40: Size Matters!
Martin and Roy are fired up about the World Series and discuss the little details that make baseball such a fascinating game. For Martin, the series is a nice distraction from thinking about how the Alberta government ordered teachers back to w...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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41:00
Episode 39: Stunt Brothers Live! Learning The Montessori Way
The Stunt Brothers have taken their field trips to a whole new level in this episode. Roy and Martin are on location hosting the BC Montessori Teachers PSA event at Eagle Harbour Montessori in West Vancouver. Join them as they explore ...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:19:00
Episode 38: Feeding Our Kids One Backpack At A Time
For Episode 8 of Season 2, The Stunt Brothers get serious with the topic of food insecurity. Too many children all around the world are going to school hungry. Roy and Martin are fortunate to have a visit with someone who is doing some...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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50:00
Episode 37: Extra Summer Yes! Extra Curricular Maybe?
Extra! Extra! Read All About It! Drop in mid conversation as The Stunt Brothers get Episode 37 of After The Bell: Teaching Tips With A Twist rolling with the change of seasons. But before we get too deep into s...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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35:00
Episode 36: Resiliency, Staying Afloat In Stormy Weather
As stormy weather brews outside, Martin reflects on how it mirrors the stormy times many people are facing. Meanwhile, Roy takes a moment to steady himself, preparing for the duo’s first podcast field trip of the year. Joined by special guest S...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:17:00
Episode 35: Desk Tetris, The Art of Classroom Arrangement
Today listeners finally learn what STS stands for, always first up under the chapter descriptions for this podcast. After surviving a close encounter with a sceptic truck, The Stunt Brothers realize distractions not only happen in the ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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46:46
Episode 34: The Great Pretender?
On a deceptively hot September day Martin reflects on the loss of Robert Redford and references a famous Star Wars line which brings Roy and Martin to draw parallels between teachers and actors as they stumble on to the widely discussed topic o...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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37:00
Episode 33: What's In A Name?
Imagine a teacher long, long ago, attempting to properly pronounce little Martin Stuible's last name on that first day of the new school year. Or Roy Junior watching his brother being sent to the office for the third time in a week over the sim...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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30:00
Episode 32: You Can't Always Get What You Want
Roy's distracted podcasting leads to a Rolling Stones song, talk of Neil Young in Deer Lake Park, and the perfect title for our back to school episode. The Stunt Brothers want you to start the year with a sense of hope, even if Darth V...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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50:00
Episode 31: Life Is Like A Roller Coaster!
It's Labour Day, so let's slow things down and take a trip to Vancouver's Pacific National Exhibition, a fair where you can win a prize home, eat mini-doughnuts, and ride an old wooden rollercoaster. The PNE is a 115 year old staple in the live...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:13:23
Summer Sessions 9: Join The Party
For the final episode of Season 1 and the last of the Summer Sessions, Roy and Martin put on a party at North Point Brewing Co. in North Vancouver, Canada. Have a listen and you'll feel like you are actually there as loyal fans of ...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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31:31
Summer Sessions 8: Good Drinks and Good Listens
The Stunt Brothers cycle to Deep Cove in North Vancouver, Canada, to enjoy the recreational atmosphere of this scenic locale. Roy and Martin pay a price for mentioning the occupation that shall not be named during the summer but the co...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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25:00
Summer Sessions 7: Summer Reflections
The Stunt Brothers break their own rule of not mentioning teaching or schools during the summer as they reminisce about the place where they first taught together over twenty eight years ago, Dorothy Lynas Elementary in North ...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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20:20
Summer Sessions 6: Summer Songs
The Stunt Brothers are reminded of a Blue Rodeo song as they record their sixth summer session in full view of Vancouver's English Bay. This leads to a sharing of favourite summer tunes from summers gone by, many of them now long ago.&...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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21:00
Summer Sessions 5: Summer Jobs
Join Roy and Martin in the splendours of Stanley Park, a 405 hectare city park in Vancouver, Canada. Larger than Central Park in New York, Stanley Park has always been a place where residents and tourists come to enjoy a Vancouver summer day. T...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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29:19
Summer Sessions 4: Summer Blockbusters
For Summer Sessions 4, Roy and Martin return to the back garden as Ned digs for sticks. Join the Stunt Brothers for another summer session far away from the classroom. The ease of a summer chat turns to summer movies and blockbusters from the p...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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27:00
Summer Sessions 3: Summertime in the Seventies
For their third summer session, the Stunt Brothers head to Ambleside Beach in North Vancouver where two bald eagles watch from above and ocean waves tickle the toes of children in the surf. The warm July sun finds Roy and Martin in a n...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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28:08
Summer Sessions 2: Summer Sensations
For their second summer session, Roy and Martin get into full summer mode live from The Shipyards in North Vancouver, Canada. Join the Stunt Brothers as they reminisce about the greatness of this most majestic of seasons, fond...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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18:18
Summer Sessions 1: Top Ten Signs That Teachers Are On Summer Vacation
The summer sessions begin. These are short and snappy sessions that will usually have absolutely nothing to do with teaching. Roy and Martin want to relax and unwind and get as far away from teaching as you do!Our first session sets the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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11:00
Episode 21: Self Assessment Time!
The final episode of Season 1 of After The Bell: Teaching Tips With a Twist. Roy and Martin are giddy and we hope teachers are too as we approach the coming summer vacation. The Stunt Brothers look back at the success of Seaso...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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39:00
Episode 20: Where The Wild Things Are
In the penultimate episode of Season 1, Roy and Martin go outside to where the wild things are. In Martin's back garden with the calming sounds of a stream and the birds, the Stunt Brothers sit down for a fascinating and eclectic conversation w...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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1:33:33