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Two Mr Ps in a Pod(Cast)

Two Mr Ps in a Pod

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🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Back for episode 246 and it starts with a bit of chaos… a virtual recording and a guessing game as Mr P challenges Adam to work out where he is in the UK using only yes or no questions. There’s also a quick tour plug (that definitely wasn’t meant to be a plug…) with updates on upcoming live shows, including the huge Lowry date and the next run across the UK. From there, it’s straight into a blind ranking of school holidays and it gets surprisingly deep. October half term gets the respect it deserves for saving everyone from that brutal first stretch, Christmas gets called out for not actually being a “break”, and February half term takes a bit of a battering. Naturally, the summer holidays come out on top, followed by a proper rant about why they absolutely should not be shortened — and how the real issue isn’t schools, it’s the wider pressures on families. There’s also a nostalgic detour into what summer used to look like… playing out all day, making games up on the spot, and surviving things like “10 and you’re dead” without any adult supervision. A reminder that boredom wasn’t a problem, it was the starting point for everything. Then it takes a turn. A thread on the most cringe things people have seen at weddings delivers exactly what you’d expect… and worse. We’re talking public oversharing at the altar, couples counting cash gifts in front of guests, Disney mascot outfits, painfully awkward first dances, and some truly baffling “creative” choices that should never have left the planning stage. And then… the main event. Mr P brings in a listener challenge: ranking the most awkward places teachers have bumped into parents. What follows is absolute carnage. It’s one of those episodes where you laugh, wince, and feel slightly better about your own worst moments… because it could always be worse. Much worse. 📬 Want your story featured on the pod? Submit it here: 👉 forms.gle/sWCUVURZjtn6GeN16 Here’s where you can catch the show 👇 🎭 May 2026 22nd May - Salford, Lowry 🎨 🎭 October 2026 25th October - Norwich, Epic Studios 🏰 26th October - London, Soho Walthamstow 🎤 27th October - Tunbridge Wells, Assembly Hall Theatre 🌳 28th October - Eastbourne, Devonshire Park 🌊 29th October - Colchester, Charter Hall 🏺 30th October - Southampton, O2 Guildhall ⚓ 31st October - High Wycombe, Swan 🎶 🎭 February 2027 14th February - Blackpool, Grand Theatre 🎡 15th February - Carlisle, The Sands Centre 🏞️ 16th February - Chester, Storyhouse 🐎 17th February - Crewe, Lyceum Theatre 🚂 18th February - Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall 🏹 19th February - Stoke, Victoria Hall 🏺 20th February - Stockton, Globe Theatre 🌐 🎟️ Tickets at 2mrpspodcast.com/live See you on the road again soon 👏🎤 Get instant access to hundreds of lessons at talk.economistfoundation.org — justSearch Topical Talk to sign up. Head to neu.org.uk/abolish-ofsted to find the Ofsted risk assessment guide from the NEU. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, quick shout out today for a really awesome resource for teachers.
0:05.0	This episode is brought to you by Topical Talk from the Economist Educational Foundation.
0:11.0	It's basically a library of fully resourced lessons about what's happening in the world right now.
0:16.0	Things like, should 16 year olds be allowed to vote? Should smartphones be banned in schools or even
0:22.5	in honour of Earth Day this April? How can young people help tackle the climate crisis?
0:28.0	And the best bit, they're completely free to use. No textbooks, no prep, no scrambling around
0:34.1	the night before. The lessons are ready to use and quick to drop straight
0:38.2	into class. And they're not random worksheets either. The fact-check lesson plans put together
0:42.9	by ex-teachers and journalists at The Economist. So the topics are genuinely interesting.
0:48.2	Stuff students actually want to talk about. It's all about building media literacy,
0:53.0	critical thinking and communication skills,
0:55.7	helping students understand the news and debate big ideas properly.
1:00.5	Get instant access to hundreds of ready to teach lessons.
1:03.9	Just search topical talk or head to talk.economistfoundation.org to sign up now.
1:20.7	Right Adam, quick question. Has anyone ever actually enjoyed an Ostead inspection?
1:33.3	Um, no. No one. That's not a thing. Right. Well, here's something useful. The NEU, the National Education Union, has put together an Ostead risk assessment guide. And yes, risk assessment and Ostead in the same sentence is very much on purpose.
1:40.3	That's because Ofsted is a risk. We're talking anxiety, stress, unsustainable workload.
1:46.5	The coroner investigating the death of Ruth Perry said that without action, future deaths
1:51.4	could occur.
1:52.5	That's how serious this is.
1:54.3	So the NEU has created a proper five-step framework based on health and safety executive
1:59.9	guidelines to help schools identify the hazards,
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