A clean RPG Solo 'Actual Play' podcast with a focus on storytelling. In this podcast, I don't do any sort of writing ahead of time. I let the dice decide the story, and show you that you too can play RPGs even without a group.
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What does it really take to build world-class tech teams and lead with impact in today’s data-driven AI landscape. I’m Michael Young from MBN Solutions and after two decades placing top talent across data, AI, and tech, I’ve seen the real stories behind high-performing teams. On A Class Act, we go beyond buzzwords. You’ll hear real life, experience-led conversations with the leaders shaping digital transformation - those hiring top tech talent, building data science capability, and leading w ...
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Politics reported from the conservatives side of things by co-hosts Aaron Kirby and Isaiah Woodie
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This podcast explores legal developments relevant to school districts, board of education members, administrators, teachers, and parents.
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[S5 E1] Big Island Bigger Problems
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1:25:29Our hero wakes-up on a tropical island, but this is no vacation. He must stop a strange energy field taking over the city. But perhaps he's really the one in danger...Tune in and find out! Thanks to Jason for the Call-in and Rich for the emails! Rich's blog - https://lunchboxadventures4.wordpress.com/ Game System: Custom (Novas & Nebulae Modern Pla…
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Hiring and Building Exceptional Applied AI Teams that Work with Andre Balleyguier of Snorkel AI [MUST LISTEN]
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52:51In this episode of A Class Act, Michael Young, CEO of MBN Solutions speaks with Andre Balleyguier, AI Solutions Leader at Snorkel AI, formerly at DataRobot, and recognised by DataIQ as one of the UK’s most influential figures in data and AI. Andre has spent around fifteen years working with data and more than a decade in applied AI. Today, he leads…
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Why Most Enterprise AI Strategies Fail And What to Do Instead with Eddie Short - Global Chief Digital, Data & AI Officer
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52:15Most enterprise AI strategies fail not because the technology isn’t ready, but because organisations are still operating with 20th-century models. In this episode, Global Chief Digital, Data & AI Officer Eddie Short breaks down what’s really going wrong, and what leaders must do instead to build AI into the DNA of their organisations. With over 30 …
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No For Launch (BonusEpisode)
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1:05:28Jeremiah Holloway has been tasked with a new mission. Can he save the world, the space-time continuum, himself? Tune-in and see! This Bonus episode is to celebrate the 5-year anniversary of Sub-Class Act! (Crazy, right?) Game System: Custom (Novas & Nebulae Modern Playtest) Oracle - "The Oracle" (My own free oracle on itch.io and DTRPG) Music/Backg…
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Hiring for AI in 2026? What the Next Generation of Talent Actually Values with Google DeepMind Scholar Emma Rattray
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23:46Every organisation is racing to adopt AI but capability isn’t just about technology. It’s about people. In this episode, host Shannon speaks with Emma Rattray, an AI Engineer whose journey from chemical engineering to software development and AI research offers an honest look at what the next generation of AI talent truly values and how forward-thi…
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Season 2: Navigating the AI Landscape
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1:34I’ve been in this market for nearly 20 years and in that time, I’ve helped place over 4,000 senior leaders in data, analytics, and AI roles around the world from the dot com boom to big data. What I’ve learned is this: technology isn’t the hard part. Leadership and implementation is. That’s why we’re back with Season 2 of A Class Act, and this time…
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Turning AI from Buzzword into Real Business Results with Tom McLaughlin of Tomoro
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50:16What if you could sit down with an engineer who’s building AI partnerships alongside the top companies shaping the future like OpenAI, NVIDIA, and Microsoft? That’s exactly what we’re doing today. In this Season 2 opener, host Michael Young sits down with Tom McLaughlin, Forward Deployed Engineer at Tomoro. Their partnerships with the pioneers behi…
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How to Build Trust & Lead Teams in FinTech’s AI Era with Kent Mackenzie
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25:58In this episode, host Michael is joined by Kent Mackenzie, Group Chief Operating Officer at Corlytics and former Deloitte Partner. Kent’s career has taken him from pulling apart ATMs as a curious young technologist, to leading Deloitte’s global FinTech and RegTech practice, and now to scaling one of the leading names in regulatory technology. You’l…
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AI and Leadership Lessons from Being 10 Years Ahead with BloxWeaver Founder David Meikle
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35:27What can AI teach us about leadership when you’re a decade ahead of the curve? In this episode of A Class Act: Conversations in Data and Leadership, host Shannon speaks with David Meikle, founder of BloxWeaver and former CTO at Lingo24. David reflects on the leadership lessons he learned introducing AI and automation into the translation industry n…
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Transforming Cyber Resilience in Scotland: Jude McCorry’s Journey as CEO at the Cyber and Fraud Centre
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34:36What would you do if your first day as CEO started with no funding and ended with national lockdown? That was the reality for Jude McCorry, now CEO of Scotland’s Cyber and Fraud Centre. In this episode of A Class Act, Jude joins Shannon for a conversation about her journey from Ireland to Scotland. She left a successful career in Ireland, landed in…
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From Green Screens to AI Strategy: Gillian Docherty’s Data Leadership Journey
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34:09She almost didn’t apply. Gillian Docherty is one of the most influential figures in Scotland’s data and AI landscape - but she almost didn’t take the job that changed everything. Recently named CEO of the Year at the DigiTech Awards, Gillian served as CEO of The Data Lab, Scotland’s national Innovation Centre for data and AI. She’s also a TEDx spea…
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Leadership Lessons in High-Pressure Environments: From the Military to the Boardroom with David Goodacre OBE
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29:23What does it take to lead when the pressure is on? How do you inspire teams to stay aligned in the face of complexity, change, and uncertainty? In this episode of A Class Act: Conversations in Data & Leadership, host Shannon McKechnie is joined by David Goodacre OBE, a Senior Executive, Board Member, and experienced leader with significant experien…
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Stephen Ingledew on Building One of the UK’s Most Respected Fintech Ecosystems (And What It Really Takes to Lead With Purpose)
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31:07What does it really take to lead change not just in your company, but across an entire industry? In this episode of A Class Act: Conversations in Data & Leadership, Michael Young speaks with Stephen Ingledew, Chair of FinTech Scotland and a driving force behind one of the UK’s most respected fintech ecosystems. Stephen shares his 40+ year journey t…
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Elizabeth Hollinger on Leading with Trust and Building Award-Winning Teams at the Cutting Edge of Data
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31:17What does it take to lead with trust, earn credibility, and build exceptional teams in today’s data-driven world? In this episode, Michael Young sits down with Elizabeth Hollinger, a data and technology leader whose career spans actuarial roots, enterprise transformation, and building award-winning teams. From feeling out of her depth in her first …
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From Apprentice to VP: Adriana Ignat on Leadership, Growth, and a Decade at Google
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49:28What does it take to build high-performing teams in today’s product and tech landscape - and how do you keep your own leadership evolving in the process? In this episode of A Class Act: Conversations in Data & Leadership, Shannon McKechnie, Managing Director at MBN Solutions, is joined by Adriana Ignat - a Pproduct Management and Design leader and …
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35 Years in Data: Lessons on Leadership & Lasting Impact with Graeme McDermott
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29:57What does it take to thrive across 35 years in data leadership? And how do you build high-performing teams – not just for now, but for the future? In this inaugural episode of A Class Act: Conversations in Data & Leadership, Michael Young sits down with a true veteran of the data world: Graeme McDermott, Chief Data Officer at Tempcover. From his ea…
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A Class Act: Conversations in Data and Leadership [Season 1 Trailer]
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1:05Welcome to A Class Act: Conversations in Data & Leadership. I’m Michael, and after nearly two decades leading data talent acquisition with MBN Solutions, I’ve seen firsthand that exceptional teams don’t just happen - they’re built. They’re crafted by placing the right people in the right roles, at exactly the right time. This podcast pulls back the…
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[S4 E13] Assassins Great And Small
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1:02:16Vergevil and Sidura, searching for information about the wizard's tower of their quest, when they are surprised by 3 assassins! Thanks to Rich Burley for the email! Game System: Pathfinder 1e Emulator - Motif Music/Background Sounds - Original Music Send me an email with any feedback here -> [email protected]…
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Vergevil and Sidura finally enter the gates to the City Beneath the ice... Thanks to Andy Slack for the email! Game System: Basic Fantasy RPG (3rd Edition) Emulator - The Oracle Music/Background Sounds - Original Music Send me an email with any feedback here -> [email protected]
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Vergevil and Sidura must work their way ever closer to the great city, but what do they really know about the Captain who journeys with them... Thanks to Rich Burley & Cezar Capacle for the emails and DavidVS for the correspondence! Game System: Basic Fantasy RPG (3rd Edition) Emulator - The Oracle Music/Background Sounds - Tabletop Audio & Origina…
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Vergevil, Sidura, and the strange, old Captain must deal with a nasty surprised in the dark tunnels leading into the city under the ice. Thanks to Rich Burley for the email! Game System: Pathfinder 1e Emulator - The Oracle Music/Background Sounds - Tabletop Audio & Original Music Send me an email with any feedback here -> [email protected]…
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[S4 E9] Through the Looking Glass
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54:42Nearing the great hidden city of the Sorcerer Sauvage, Vergevil and Sidura learn that not is all as it seems to the eye... Game System: Forbidden Lands Emulator - The Oracle Music/Background Sounds - Tabletop Audio & Original Music Send me an email with any feedback here -> [email protected]
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Vergevil and Sidura head out to the East to look for the City of the Sorcerer in the frozen seas. Game System: Eye of Erendor Emulator - The Oracle Music/Background Sounds - Tabletop Audio & Original Music Send me an email with any feedback here -> [email protected]
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Vergevil and Sidura are at the mercy of the Elves, the very same that exiled Sidura. Something doesn't seem quite right here, though... Game System: EZD6 Emulator - Motif Story Engine Music/Background Sounds - Tabletop Audio & Original Music Send me an email with any feedback here -> [email protected]…
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Vergevil and Sidura investigate the source of the fires in the dead forest and find more than they bargained for... Game System: EZD6 Emulator - Motif Story Engine Music/Background Sounds - Tabletop Audio & Original Music Send me an email with any feedback here -> [email protected]
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Finally able to have a serviceable meal and some sleep, Vergevil must find what he may in the small settlement of Whitebridge. Thanks to Jason from Nerd's RPG Variety Cast for the call-ins! Game System: Forbidden Lands Emulator - CRGE Music/Background Sounds - Tabletop Audio & Original Music Send me an email with any feedback here -> jamessral@prot…
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[S4 E4] Survival of the Wittest
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1:04:37Vergevil needs to warn someone about this strange, gaint reed-golem that has emerged from this dark ritual, but he'll need to survive the brutal, frozen wastes long enough to do it... Thanks to Sarkhan Mad for the email and the one-shot suggestion! Game System: Forbidden Lands Emulator - CRGE Music/Background Sounds - Tabletop Audio & Original Musi…
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Vergevil's turn has come to scout near the wall of the world storm. There is a chill in the air, something deeper than the frigid temperatures... Thanks to Rich Burly & Andy Slack for sending the kind emails to the show! Game System: Forbidden Lands Emulator - CRGE Music/Background Sounds - Tabletop Audio & Original Music Send me an email with any …
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Sauvage must contend with the shadows of his past and those that threaten him in the present.... Thanks to Andy Slack for sending a kind email to the show! Game System: ICRPG (Master Edition) Emulator - CRGE Music/Background Sounds - Original Music Send me an email with any feedback here -> [email protected] Special thanks to Jason for reminding …
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[S4 E1] The City Trapped Under Ice
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1:04:30Underneath the bitter, deadly winds of Erendor, the World Storm, is a great, seemingly infinitely sprawling city. Sauvage LeFeu must delve deep to find some sort of artifact or power that will help his once respected house rise to prominence again. Join me as we start to build this new world and to see if Sauvage LeFeu has what it takes to survive …
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A darkness grows and looms over Avalon City, but there is yet hope. It's time to smite the evil that is the Sixfold Syndicate! Thanks to Dennis for the call-in and Richard for the emails! Game System: ICRPG (Vigilante City) Emulator - Just some plain die rolls Music/Background Sounds - Tabletop Audio Send me an email with any feedback here -> james…
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Bonus - Plasmoids & Peril
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1:10:54Join me as I play Jethro MacCull, a freelance detective investigating a defected scientist on a nearly lifeless planet. But does that mean he's alone? Thanks to Jason for the call-in! Game System: M-Space Emulator - Just some plain die rolls Music/Background Sounds - Original Music (by yours truly) Send me an email with any feedback here -> jamessr…
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Jeremiah Holloway - Rockets & Rayguns
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57:14Will Jeremiah be able to thwart this heinous plan to infect all life on Earth? Will reinforcements arrive in time? Will James make unnecessary references to other TV shows? Tune in and find out today on Sub-class Act! Thanks to Jason for the call-in! Game System: Genesys Emulator - Motif Story Engine Music/Background Sounds - Original Music (by you…
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Space Station Turmoil in Stereo
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1:21:07Join me as I play a Chet Lumen, a United Corporate Nations technician. All he wants to do is restore the power to the station...is that too much to ask?! Call-ins from Jason at the beginning. Game System: X-plorers Emulator - My Oracle (cleverly called "The Oracle") Music/Background Sounds - Tabletop Audio Send me an email with any feedback here ->…
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Jeremiah Holloway...I should have known
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1:30:07Join me as I throw myself straight into a Genesys game of pulpy action adventure playing as Jeremiah Holloway, intrepid explorer! Email from Richard Burley and call-ins from Jason at the beginning. Game System: Genesys Emulator - Plain d100 rolls (and some of 'The Oracle', by me) Music/Background Sounds - Tabletop Audio Send me an email with any fe…
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In this one-shot, I roll-up Tristan, the Poison Dart Frog using "Frog Errant" and have a fun adventure! Thanks to Spencer, a.k.a FreeThrall from "Keep off the Boarderlands" for telling me about this really cool lil' supplement! Call-in at the beginning from Jason. Game System: Frog Errant by Matthew Morris Emulator - Frog Errant Music/Background So…
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Bonus Episode - Cairn for Bird Brains
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1:29:34In this one-shot, I roll-up 2 characters for Cairn and discover their adventures into a cursed dungeon (of all places!) Call-ins at the beginning of this episode. Thanks to Andy Slack for the email and Jason for the call-in! Game System: Cairn by Yochai Gal Emulator - The Oracle (by me!) Music/Background Sounds - Tabletop Audio Send me an email wit…
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[S3 E16] Androids and Annihilation
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1:10:42Doomsday device on one hand, Deadly Androids on the other...what's the worst that could happen anyway? Call-ins at the beginning of this episode. Thanks to Jason for the call-in! Game System: Tiny Frontiers Revised Emulator - Motif Music/Background Sounds - Tabletop Audio Send me an email with any feedback here -> [email protected] Special thanks…
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Nikola must find shelter after his jettisoned capsule crash lands back on the swampy planet. What secrets lie within its slithering depths... Call-ins at the beginning of this episode. Thanks to Jason for the call-in! Game System: Tiny Frontiers Revised Emulator - Motif Music/Background Sounds - Tabletop Audio Send me an email with any feedback her…
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Spotify/Anchor has changed how uploading episodes work on me, so I was unable to tack this onto the end of my last episode! Sorry about that, Jason, but I wanted to make sure I responded to you call-in here.
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James tries to shake off the dust as Nikola must broker a deal for the infamous Maggie on a swampy planet on the outskirts of the neon glow of a human outpost. Call-ins at the beginning of this episode. Thanks to Jason for the call-in! Game System: Classic Traveller (Facsimile Edition) Emulator - CRGE Music/Background Sounds - Tabletop Audio Send m…
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Unconscious Nikola has strange dreams where he must face mystical forces and fight for survival. Thanks to Andy for the email! Game System: EZD6 Emulator - Prototype Sub-Class Act Card Oracle Music/Background Sounds - Tabletop Audio Send me an email with any feedback here -> [email protected] Special thanks to Jason for reminding me to do better …
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[S3 E 12] Take the Helm, Leave the Cannoli
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48:43Nikola needs to find a way to get control of the android ship before he and his crew-mates are destroyed along with it! Thanks to Jason from Nerd's RPG Variety Cast for the call-in! Game System: Tiny Frontiers Revised Emulator - Motif Story Engine Music/Background Sounds - Tabletop Audio Send me an email with any feedback here -> [email protected]…
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[S3 E11] Zero-G, Zero Mercy
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1:26:36Blown out of the now destroyed Francesco, Nikola must put his vacc-suit skills to the test in the fight against the Androids. Thanks to Jason from Nerd's RPG Variety Cast for the call-in! Game System: D6 Space Emulator - Motif Story Engine Music/Background Sounds - Tabletop Audio Send me an email with any feedback here -> [email protected] Specia…
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[S3 E10] Third Ship From the Sun
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49:24Nikola and the crew of the Francesco, needing to refuel, are forced to deal with the android ship and the newly arrived contingent from Maggie. Game System: Classic Traveller (The Facsimile Edition) Emulator - Motif Story Engine Music/Background Sounds - Tabletop Audio Send me an email with any feedback here -> [email protected] Special thanks to…
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Season Six, Episode Eight: Disciplining Students with Disabilities
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29:24In this last episode of Season Six, join Christina, Miriam, and Lisa for an insightful discussion about the guidance issued by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS). This episode focuses on legal issues commonly arising when disciplining students with disabilities under the IDEA or…
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[S3 E9] Conciousness, Conflict, Complexity
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49:58Nikola returns to consciousness an must quickly deal with a rapidly escalating situation on the hijacked space station.Game System: Classic Traveller (The Facsimile Edition)Emulator - Motif Story EngineMusic/Background Sounds - Tabletop Audio Send me an email with any feedback here -> [email protected] thanks to Jason for reminding me to d…
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Season Six Episode Seven: Student Discipline Reminders
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33:20Every day, school district board members, administrators, and staff make critical judgment calls about student misconduct and subsequent discipline. What are the procedural and substantive due process rights that all students must receive for discipline to be upheld by a court or other reviewing body? What kind of notice must be given to the studen…
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Season 6 Episode 6: Disciplining Public Employees for Social Media Posts
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21:08What happens if a public school teacher posts unfavorable comments about her school district on Facebook? What about a professor whose political commentary makes some students uncomfortable? When are these expressions protected by the First Amendment's free speech clause and when do they cross the line into a disciplinary matter? Join Christina, Li…
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Nikola and the crew of the Francesco are caught between space pirates and 2 Android ships with no fuel. Will they manage to escape certain doom? Game System: Dave Bezio's X-Plorers Emulator - Mythic GM Emulator Music/Background Sounds - Tabletop Audio Send me an email with any feedback here -> [email protected] Special thanks to Jason for remindi…
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