Teacher brothers’ tales in a class of their own
PODCAST ON PRIMARY SCHOOL ‘SOCIAL DISTANCING’ STORMS CHARTS
TWO brothers who work in education have become a massive online hit with a lighthearted podcast looking at the reality of primary pupils having to practice social distancing.
Teacher Lee Parkinson and his teaching assistant brother, Adam, devised Two Mr Ps in a Pod(Cast).
The pair were already attracting big numbers, with listeners loving their ‘lighthearted look at life in the classroom.’ The podcast is now a firm favourite - ranking number one in the education podcast chart and 62nd overall in the country.
With their recent podcast discussing the impossibilities of primary children social distancing going down a storm in the current climate - amassing more than 3,000 listens in the first few hours of release - they’ve now surpassed one million listens.
Lee, otherwise known as Davyhulme Primary teacher’s ICT with Mr P, said: “The podcast takes a lighthearted look at life in the classroom, sharing funny anecdotes, stories and discussing a vast range of educational topic.
“Since the lockdown, the listens seem to have shot through the roof with teachers seemingly needing a welcome distraction to the stressful time of supporting home learning and still being in school looking after key worker children.”
The 35-year-old and his 31-year-old brother brother Adam - a teaching assistant in Salford - had started touring before the lockdown Lee said: “At a time where teachers are struggling and faced with so many challenges, a podcast which has a positive stance on life in the classroom seems to certainly be cheering up teachers all over the UK and beyond.
“We’ve found that the podcast has been a welcome distraction for many during the lockdown and certainly helping a lot of teachers who can’t be in school and miss feeling part of the staff.” The brothers created the idea of the podcast whilst sharing stories on a family holiday to Florida.
Regular features include: teacher confessions ; and random things you only find in primary schools. It’s usually a fortnightly podcast but is currently weekly due to the surge in demand.