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Welcome back to The Teachers Lounge — the podcast where burnt-out educators, comedians, and deep thinkers sit down to ask the *big questions*… and occasionally roast the education system while doing it.

It's our 53 episode and if you've made it this far we have a very special guest -- we’re joined by the one and only Dr. O — minister, theologian, former professor, editor-in-chief, and all-around spiritual heavyweight — for a wide-ranging conversation that starts with teacher burnout and somehow (naturally) ends up in African mystical Christianity, initiation rituals, divine consciousness, and why religion keeps getting it wrong.

Today we chat about:

Why teaching burns people out
How academia eats its own
Why being human might be the whole point
And why the education system gaslights teachers harder than admin PD buzzwords

Plus: stories from Nigeria, Chicago, Claremont, Venice, and the kind of wisdom you only get after **56 years of teaching humans**.

If you’ve ever felt exhausted, disillusioned, or like the system is broken — this one’s for you.
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The syllabus to today's episode:
00:00 – Intro & welcome back
01:06 – Introducing Dr. O
01:26 – Teaching as a lifelong calling
01:51 – Ministry, churches, and spiritual mentorship
04:53 – Becoming a college professor
05:56 – Academia burnout & entitled students
07:38 – Being underestimated in higher education
09:13 – Teachers as counselors, therapists, and emotional dumpsters
10:23 – Why calling matters (and why burnout happens)
11:15 – The four types of people in ministry
12:32 – Education jargon & gaslighting teachers
13:38 – Being watched, judged, and misunderstood
14:00 – Why religion focuses on “don’ts” instead of healing
15:08 – Thick skin, public roles, and codependency
16:02 – Leaving academia with no backup plan
17:38 – Professors eating each other alive
18:16 – Resigning with tenure on the table
18:55 – The elevator moment that changed everything
19:44 – From professor to publishing executive
20:10 – Teaching millions without a classroom
21:09 – Why modern religion turns people off
24:36 – Why the Protestant Bible is shorter
30:48 – Caste systems, racism, and history
32:24 – Meditation, levitation & early Christians
36:02 – Personal experience vs religious coercion
41:37 – Divinity and humanity
45:33 – “God became human” explained
46:42 – Humanity struggling to like itself
50:32 – Speaking with intention
52:09 – Believing in humanity
56:01 – Alignment with who you are
01:00:13 – “It’s not them, it’s me” (teachers, listen)
01:06:01 – The question every religion must answer
01:08:29 – Human choices & cosmic consequences
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A teacher who’s exhausted
A friend who hates religion but loves questions
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