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Welcome to Coffee Break Classroom: Brewed for Higher Ed, where teaching meets good vibes! Join Ben and Amanda—two higher ed pros who love their work, their students, and, most importantly, a good laugh. This isn’t your typical academic deep dive (no dry lectures here!). Instead, we blend real classroom experiences, educational research, and practical pedagogy with plenty of humor and friendly banter. Whether you’re a seasoned professor, a new instructor, or just curious about what really happens behind the syllabus, we’ve got you covered.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to Coffee Break Classroom: Brewed for Higher Ed, where teaching meets good vibes! Join Ben and Amanda, two higher ed pros who love their work, their students, and, most importantly, a good laugh. This isn’t your typical academic deep dive (no dry lectures here!).
Recent episodes include "30. Look at me now, Mom!" (12 May 2026, 79 minutes), "30. Look at me now, Mom!" (12 May 2026, 79 minutes), and "29. Hands on Learning" (28 April 2026, 50 minutes).
Coffee Break Classroom: Brewed for Higher Ed publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 57 minutes across 30 episodes.
Booking probability for Coffee Break Classroom: Brewed for Higher Ed is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Coffee Break Classroom: Brewed for Higher Ed requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Coffee Break Classroom: Brewed for Higher Ed's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Coffee Break Classroom: Brewed for Higher Ed are Universities & Colleges. Coffee Break Classroom: Brewed for Higher Ed has an education audience.
Coffee Break Classroom: Brewed for Higher Ed is an education podcast with 30 episodes published.
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Episode #30
With Mother’s Day so close, Ben and Amanda invite two very special guests – their mothers! Both Kari and Denise share their wisdom as fellow teachers. It turns out all the fun that Ben and Amanda bring to the classroom...
Episode #30
With Mother’s Day so close, Ben and Amanda invite two very special guests – their mothers! Both Kari and Denise share their wisdom as fellow teachers. It turns out all the fun that Ben and Amanda bring to the classroom...
Episode #29
Let's get physical! In this week's episode, Ben and Amanda talk about giving learning that special touch. They swap stories about making learning tangible through springs, rocks, dinosaur footprints, globes, and even...
Do you know your Top 3 favorite dinosaurs? Amanda and Dr. Jim Lehane do. Luckily for you and Ben, the names are spelled closely to how they sound which makes them searchable. On this episode, Dr. Jim Lehane joins the...
Episode #27
Elks, sound your bugles. In this episode, Ben and Amanda are talking integrated and/or integrative STEM. Debating the difference aside, the duo talks about incorporating cross-disciplinary lessons into their learning...
What impact does a sense of belonging have in the classroom? How do we foster it and what does it look like when we have it? In this episode, Ben and Amanda sit down with their powerhouse of a colleague, Dr. LaToya...
Episode #25
Have you ever looked at something that students did in the classroom and went ‘why?’ and followed up on it? Have you ever iterated processes based on feedback and compared the results? You might just be an action...
Don’t skip the intro on this one, folks. Amanda’s story is a wild one and the perfect lead into an episode on informal learning environments. From their own experiences to working with students, they unpack why they...
How can A.I. help us as faculty with designing a course for significant learning? Will Amanda get any help hanging her new TV? Grab your favorite beverage and settle in. After catching up from the holiday, Amanda and...
AI is just the theme of the month it seems. In this episode, Ben and Amanda look at how other instructors think about AI. Ben brings five different posts from the darkness of r/Professors that span dealing with...
New year, new you... as long as you aren't a product of Nano Banana Pro... Ben and Amanda cannot put it off any longer. It’s time to talk about AI in education, so they sit down with David Ghidiu, a community college...
She knows when you are working. She knows when you are not. She knows if enrollment is bad or good so keep it good for goodness sake. This is not Santa that Ben and Amanda are talking about - it's their dean. In this...
Episode #19
Parents love to say that they don’t have favorites, but we all know the truth. It is at least slightly less problematic when a teacher says it - slightly. Ben and Amanda share some of their most enjoyable interactions...
Episode #18
Amanda and Ben get together to record on a Sunday afternoon to talk about exactly the work-life balance. They could possibly cut this episode to 5-minutes because Amanda tells us right off the bat that balance isn’t...
Episode #17
In this episode, Ben and Amanda talk about the ways they leverage the knowledge their students already have, whether it is from a previous day of class, a whole other course, or just everyday life. Amanda talks about...
Continuing to take advantage of phenomenal people they already know, Ben and Amanda invite Dr. Melis Kural onto the pod to talk about her background in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and more specifically about the...
Cheating on tests. Re-using work from a previous semester. Students getting around your restrictions for their note sheets. What do these things have in common? They are all stories that Ben found them on reddit. Yes...
It’s time to relax with a good friend. Ben and Amanda bring the fabulous Terry Shamblin to talk about her journey with mindfulness and meditation and how it has impacted on her as both a faculty member and instructor...
Episode #13
Fair Warning: Amanda talks about being sick in the ocean. Feel free to jump to 7:15 if that is something you might be sensitive to! Otherwise, we’re here to talk about test anxiety. Every instructor has some story of...
Episode #12
Amanda and Ben are back with another office hours, and this time they unpack Amanda’s ongoing efforts to support a struggling student over the course of two semesters. Disclaimer: this episode is a little bit of a...
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