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  • The idea of “100% engagement” is a loaded one in education, particularly when it comes to the expectations and implications for the classroom. Adrian Neibauer tackled this idea with conviction but more importantly humility in a recent post on his Substack called “The Scary Teacher”—and he was generous enough to hop back on The Broken Copier to expand on this reflection and discuss his views on the idea of “100% engagement” more broadly, particularly when it comes to how teachers should move in their classrooms.

    For more of Adrian’s writing, check out Adrian’s Newsletter. Plus, a few other resources from the conversation:

    * “The 100% Participation Myth” by Trevor Muir

    * Teach Like a Champion blog on 100% by Doug Lemov

    * Teach Like a Champion video on 100%

    What do you think about 100%? Feel free to answer in the comments or, if you’re inspired, to leave an audio message via Fanlist that we may respond to on a future episode? (note: Adrian is one a multiple guests now who first jumped into The Broken Copier via that Fanlist link!)

    Finally, thanks, as always, to:

    Alberto Lugo, one of Jim’s former students, for writing and recording original intro music; Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden; and Courtney Milavec for graphic design.

    Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com, and on Instagram @banduncivilized.

    Find Alberto’s work at djsynchro.weebly.com, and on Instagram @djsynchro.

    Email us here: [email protected].

    Thanks for listening (and tell your friends)!



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  • Today’s conversation is with Courtney Eddleman and Don Sturm, two educators who have been an integral part of an ongoing, district-wide partnership with MagicSchool AI. Rather than asking teachers to navigate this potential paradigm shift with AI on their own, Courtney and Don share a much-different experience that is taking place right now in their school district—including the feedback they have received from teachers and students alike.

    If you’re curious about learning more beyond this conversation, Courtney and Don went into further detail in a series for their podcast Through the Educational Looking Glass—so that’s a great place to explore further if you’re intrigued! You can also reach out to Don here and can find both Courtney and Don on BlueSky.

    (Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments as well!)

    Thanks, as always, to:

    Alberto Lugo, one of Jim’s former students, for writing and recording original intro music; Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden; and Courtney Milavec for graphic design.

    Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com, and on Instagram @banduncivilized.

    Find Alberto’s work at djsynchro.weebly.com, and on Instagram @djsynchro.

    Email us here with feedback or any other questions as well: [email protected].

    Thanks for listening (and tell your friends)!



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  • Today’s conversation features John Warner, author of the new book More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI—a book that explores how ChatGPT and other large language models force us to reconsider what writing means in education and, more broadly, in society overall. (Also: this conversation ends with one of our favorite ever shout-out’s to a former teacher since starting this podcast—so make sure not to miss it!)

    You can follow more of John’s writing at either of his Substack newsletters, Engaged Education or The Biblioracle Recommends; additionally, if you’re looking to learn more his ideas about how to improve writing in the classroom, you definitely should check out his two previous books, too: Why They Can’t Write and The Writer’s Practice.

    Thanks, as always, to:

    Alberto Lugo, one of Jim’s former students, for writing and recording original intro music; Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden; and Courtney Milavec for graphic design.

    Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com, and on Instagram @banduncivilized.

    Find Alberto’s work at djsynchro.weebly.com, and on Instagram @djsynchro.

    Email us here with feedback or any other questions as well: [email protected].

    Thanks for listening (and tell your friends)!



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  • Sometimes our Kicking The Copier episodes are more teacher-centered in terms of habits and strategies—but today is very much the opposite: a specific, student-centered strategy that you can use tomorrow in the classroom, if you want!

    (Seriously: Marcus uses this pretty much every day in some sort of way, no matter the class. Try it out!)

    As always, thanks to: Alberto Lugo, one of Jim’s former students, for contributing their music to The Broken Copier podcast—and also Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden; and Courtney Milavec for graphic design.

    * Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com, and on Instagram @banduncivilized.

    * Find Alberto’s work at djsynchro.weebly.com, and on Instagram @djsynchro.

    * Email thoughts and feedback to [email protected], too!

    Thanks for listening, and take care of yourselves as we move into this second half of the school year!



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  • For our 16th Kicking The Copier episode—our continuing series focused on specific mindsets and strategies that can be helpful for teachers and educators—Marcus shared about a ritual that he has come to find considerable value in each year as a teacher—and why he believes finding and leaning into rituals as a teacher can be incredibly affirming and restorative especially within the grind of a school year.

    As is noted in the episode, please don’t hesitate to reply in the comments to share your own ritual, too, and what it means to you—or to record a reflection at fanlist.com/brokencopier, if you feel inspired. (Maybe it’ll end up in a future show!)

    As always, thanks to: Alberto Lugo, one of Jim’s former students, for contributing their music to The Broken Copier podcast—and also Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden; and Courtney Milavec for graphic design.

    * Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com, and on Instagram @banduncivilized.

    * Find Alberto’s work at djsynchro.weebly.com, and on Instagram @djsynchro.

    * Email thoughts and feedback to [email protected], too!

    Thanks for listening, and take care of yourselves as we move into this second half of the school year!



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  • After their months-long, slow-read journey through Becoming an Everyday Changemaker, Adrian Neibauer joined Marcus in this episode to talk with the author, Alex Shevrin Venet, about this transformative book she has written for educators. In this conversation, Alex shares her intentions behind the book and responds to both Adrian and Marcus’s questions at end of their respective reading journeys through it.

    To learn more about Alex’s work, you’re encouraged to check out her website www.unconditionallearning.org—and if you’re interested in this book we’ve spent so much time with, here’s a link of where you can get your own copy!

    Also, two resources from the conversation we promised to include in the notes:

    * On Trauma-Gatekeeping: “If Everything Is Trauma…”

    * “Banishing “Siberia” and Student Seclusion: Leading Trauma-Informed Systems Change in a Rural School”

    Finally, remember that you can follow Adrian’s work at his Substack, too!

    Thanks, as always, to:

    Alberto Lugo, one of Jim’s former students, for writing and recording original intro music; Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden; and Courtney Milavec for graphic design.

    Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com, and on Instagram @banduncivilized.

    Find Alberto’s work at djsynchro.weebly.com, and on Instagram @djsynchro.

    Email us here with feedback or any other questions as well: [email protected].

    Thanks for listening (and tell your friends)!



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  • For the last Broken Copier episode of 2024, Marcus was able to speak with Jireh Keys, an early-career elementary school teacher in Fordyce, Arkansas—who also just happens to have been a freshman back in the first English class Marcus ever taught back in 2012.

    In this conversation, Jireh shares about her path into the classroom, the experience of returning to teach in the community that raised her, and all the meaning she has found in her new identity as a teacher.

    (And yes, you can imagine Marcus smiling wide this entire conversation as he listened to his former student talk about absolutely thriving in the classroom as a teacher herself!)

    Thanks, as always, to:

    Alberto Lugo, one of Jim’s former students, for writing and recording original intro music; Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden; and Courtney Milavec for graphic design.

    Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com, and on Instagram @banduncivilized.

    Find Alberto’s work at djsynchro.weebly.com, and on Instagram @djsynchro.

    Email us here with feedback or any other questions as well: [email protected].

    Thanks for listening (and tell your friends)!



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  • Marcus and Jim sit down to talk (again) about AI, since it looks like it’s not going away. Jim shares what he’s doing with AI in his planning and feedback process as a teacher. Marcus shares his hesitations and frustrations around AI in education more broadly. Some agreement, some disagreement—and a conversation that both felt was worth having.

    Two writers referenced in the conversation:

    * Marc Watkins: Rhetorica Substack

    * John Warner: The Biblioracle Recommends Substack

    As always we’d love to hear your thoughts! You can leave us an audio message for the next episode:

    fanlist.com/brokencopier

    Want to be a guest on the podcast? Click here to sign up. We may be delayed in our responses, but we definitely want to start inviting more teachers to come on & share their stories.

    Finally, thanks, as always, to:

    Alberto Lugo, one of Jim’s former students, for writing and recording original intro music; Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden; and Courtney Milavec for graphic design.

    Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com, and on Instagram @banduncivilized.

    Find Alberto’s work at djsynchro.weebly.com, and on Instagram @djsynchro.

    Email us here: [email protected].

    Thanks for listening (and tell your friends)!



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  • This 15th Kicking The Copier episode is a simple one: a single daily habit—one that takes less than a minute before you head home for the day—that, at least for Marcus, has shifted the way he looks at his classroom in a considerable way.

    Our gratitude, too, for those who continue to listen and response and share, as the community at The Broken Copier keeps finding new ways to grow (especially now with Bluesky)! Also, please don’t hesitate to reply in the comments with any or your own habits or strategies that you have found meaningful this year, too—or to record a reflection you can go to fanlist.com/brokencopier.

    (You never know, it might end up on a future episode!)

    As always, thanks to: Alberto Lugo, one of Jim’s former students, for contributing their music to The Broken Copier podcast—and also Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden; and Courtney Milavec for graphic design.

    * Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com, and on Instagram @banduncivilized.

    * Find Alberto’s work at djsynchro.weebly.com, and on Instagram @djsynchro.

    * Email thoughts and feedback to [email protected], too!

    Thanks for listening, and take care of yourselves!



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  • Pretty simple summary here: like many teachers and educators out there, we have a lot of thoughts about the election and what it means for our classrooms and students—so we decided to take some time to talk about what we’re thinking two weeks later.

    Not our normal type of episode, but we’d rather be authentic about what’s on our mind in this moment. (Note: we recognize and respect this might not be the episode for you right now, but it was the conversation we both wanted to have as friends and teachers.)

    The articles and posts mentioned in the episode are linked here:

    * a link to the video Jim references regarding President Trump’s threat of “severe consequences” for teachers and school officials

    * the NY Times interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders mentioned by Jim with the Sanders’s takeaway from the election

    * the article detailing the Ohio principal being placed on leave for assuring staff that they would continue to value and celebrate diversity

    * the Inside Higher Ed piece by John Warner emphasizing the need to prioritize “the work” over the job in this moment

    As always, we are always open hearing your thoughts! Along with commenting or emailing us, you even also leave us an audio message to be featured on a future episode: fanlist.com/brokencopier

    Thanks, as always, to:

    Alberto Lugo, one of Jim’s former students, for writing and recording original intro music; Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden; and Courtney Milavec for graphic design.

    Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com, and on Instagram @banduncivilized.

    Find Alberto’s work at djsynchro.weebly.com, and on Instagram @djsynchro.

    Email us here: [email protected].

    Thanks for listening (and tell your friends)! As



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  • Marcus and Jim are back to talk about reading—more specifically, the broader discourse in education that students aren’t reading nearly as much as they used to.

    In this conversation, Marcus and Jim begin by reflecting on their own reading identities (06:05) before discussing the article “The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books” (16:52) and their initial reactions to it, how severe they think the problem actually is (23:07) and what it means in their classrooms now and going forward.

    Heads up: there are a few audio glitches early on before it smoothes out, so just be patient—and also keep in mind that this is a bit more of an authentic, classic Marcus-and-Jim conversation where they go back and forth quite a bit (amicably, of course) in trying to figure out where they want to land on this, respectfully.

    Feel free to rate and review wherever you listen, and also to hop in the comments on the Substack to give your take on this topic!

    Thanks, as always, to:

    Alberto Lugo, one of Jim’s former students, for writing and recording original intro music; Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden; and Courtney Milavec for graphic design.

    Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com, and on Instagram @banduncivilized.

    Find Alberto’s work at djsynchro.weebly.com, and on Instagram @djsynchro.

    Email us here with feedback or any other questions as well: [email protected].

    Thanks for listening (and tell your friends)!



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  • In our 14th Kicking The Copier episode, Marcus reflects on what he is keeping in mind as a teacher over this final stretch of election season, sharing three priorities that he finds helpful to center as an educator.

    This isn’t an episode suggesting any specifics of what educators should say or do—that would be the most foolish of enterprises!—but rather to transparently share what one teacher is trying to center in this moment and why.

    As always, thanks to: Alberto Lugo, one of Jim’s former students, for contributing their music to The Broken Copier podcast—and also Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden; and Courtney Milavec for graphic design.

    * Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com, and on Instagram @banduncivilized.

    * Find Alberto’s work at djsynchro.weebly.com, and on Instagram @djsynchro.

    * Email thoughts to [email protected] or leave feedback at fanlist.com/brokencopier.

    Thanks for listening, and take care of yourselves!



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  • The hot seat is back for today’s episode, but this time Jim is the one asking Marcus for his immediate thoughts on a handful of education “buzzwords”—with the conversation jumping from Standards-Based Grading to Social-Emotional Learning to Critical Thinking (with some other topics in between).

    If you want to play along, during the episode you can pause and think about what your thoughts are on these topics before Marcus and Jim dive into quick exchanges on each—and then, if you want, leave a comment with your thoughts or disagreements with their answers.

    Thinking about what we think as educators is a worthwhile enterprise, right?

    Also, as promised in the episode, three SEL resources that are far more in-depth than anything Marcus and Jim talk about in this conversation:

    * “How to Help Students Without Being a Savior” from Cult of Pedagogy

    * “A Pathway to Better Social and Emotional Learning” from Edutopia

    * “Systemic Social and Emotional Learning” from Human Restoration Project

    Thanks, as always, to:

    Alberto Lugo, one of Jim’s former students, for writing and recording original intro music; Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden; and Courtney Milavec for graphic design.

    Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com, and on Instagram @banduncivilized.

    Find Alberto’s work at djsynchro.weebly.com, and on Instagram @djsynchro.

    Email us here: [email protected].

    Thanks for listening (and tell your friends)!



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  • After a great conversation at the beginning of summer about what the 5th grade classroom is like, Adrian Neibauer was generous enough to return to the podcast to share about the mindset he is taking into this school year and the incredible community that is already building in his classroom.

    In this conversation, Marcus asks him about the choices he made in preparing over the summer and especially in the opening weeks of his school year—and then they dive into some deeper questions about the idea of “loving teaching” more broadly.

    Two pieces by Adrian that are referenced in this conversation (also, you can find everything he shares here on his Substack, which we highly recommend!):

    * “Turn the Lights Back On” (Aug 12)

    * “Adrian’s Top Five” (Sept 2)

    Additionally, Marcus mentions a recent Cult of Pedagogy podcast featuring Elena Aguilar, which you can check out here.

    And as always, we love to hear your thoughts! Along with emailing or commenting, you can leave us an audio message for the next episode: fanlist.com/brokencopier

    Finally, thanks as always to:

    Alberto Lugo, one of Jim’s former students, for writing and recording original intro music; Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden; and Courtney Milavec for graphic design.

    Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com, and on Instagram @banduncivilized.

    Find Alberto’s work at djsynchro.weebly.com, and on Instagram @djsynchro.

    Have feedback? email us here: [email protected].



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  • Big news: Jim’s back! In this episode, Jim catches up with Marcus and fills him in on how the first few weeks have gone—which, in turn, gives Marcus a chance to reflect on his upcoming school year.

    A big focus for both Marcus and Jim this year, they realized: making this work in the classroom sustainable going forward, and that is where this conversation ultimately goes.

    Links to what we mentioned in the conversation:

    * “We Need to Reclaim Slowness” by Marc Watkins

    * “Damn Good Conversations” by Joe Ferraro

    Thanks, as always, to:

    Alberto Lugo, one of Jim’s former students, for writing and recording original intro music; Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden; and Courtney Milavec for graphic design.

    Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com, and on Instagram @banduncivilized.

    Find Alberto’s work at djsynchro.weebly.com, and on Instagram @djsynchro.

    Email us here: [email protected].

    Thanks for listening (and tell your friends)!



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  • In the 13th Kicking The Copier episode, Marcus shares how the umbrella works as a perfect analogy for him in thinking about the “bigger picture” of feedback in his classroom—and how, at the end of the day, feedback is really about the trust students have in us as teachers and the purpose they see in what they are learning.

    Tall orders, yes, but ones worth aspiring toward. Umbrella in hand.

    As always, thanks to: Alberto Lugo, one of Jim’s former students, for contributing their music to The Broken Copier podcast—and also Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden; and Courtney Milavec for graphic design.

    * Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com, and on Instagram @banduncivilized.

    * Find Alberto’s work at djsynchro.weebly.com, and on Instagram @djsynchro.

    * Email thoughts to [email protected] or leave feedback at fanlist.com/brokencopier.

    Thanks for listening, and take care of yourselves!



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  • Most of us educators have thought a lot about school cell phone policies in recent years, but very few of us have experienced them in different contexts. Education journalist Paige Tutt, however, has done exactly that: she visited numerous school communities that had implemented cell phone bans and interviewed myriad building leaders, teachers, students and families in her research for what became a must-read article for Edutopia: “3 Schools, 3 Principals, 3 Cell Phone Bans.”

    In this conversation, Paige shares what she observed from across her research, the differences as well as the similarities she noticed across the various schools, and overall what she thinks can be helpful for all of us when thinking about the impact of policies around cell phones in school communities.

    For those looking to explore more of Paige’s work, you can check out her profile page at Edutopia—and she also recommends subscribing to their new technology newsletter for educators, The Wired Classroom. (One of the pieces mentioned in our conversation comes from this newsletter, too: “Why I’m Banning Student AI Use This Year.”)

    Finally, thanks as always to:

    Alberto Lugo, one of Jim’s former students, for writing and recording original intro music; Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden; and Courtney Milavec for graphic design.

    * Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com, and on Instagram @banduncivilized.

    * Find Alberto’s work at djsynchro.weebly.com, and on Instagram @djsynchro.

    Have feedback? email us here: [email protected].



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  • Given that summer is coming to a close for many teachers out there—or, for a handful, already has!—we decided to focus on that “thing” that we all go through as educators this time of year and that we all have our own opinions about: professional development for teachers.

    In this episode we’re joined by Trevor Aleo, a full-time teacher and doctoral candidate who spends a lot of time thinking about, designing, and delivering professional development. The conversation focuses on what keeps “Teacher PD” from being a positive experience far too often as well as what “better” can and should look like. (Including what teachers need to bring to the table, too.)

    For those looking to explore more of Trevor’s work, the best place to access it is at his website www.trevoraleo.com. We also recommend checking out his podcast Conceptually Speaking and the book he co-authored, Learning That Transfers: Designing Curriculum for a Changing World.

    Finally, thanks as always to:

    Alberto Lugo, one of Jim’s former students, for writing and recording original intro music; Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden; and Courtney Milavec for graphic design.

    * Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com, and on Instagram @banduncivilized.

    * Find Alberto’s work at djsynchro.weebly.com, and on Instagram @djsynchro.

    Have feedback? email us here: [email protected].



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  • Another guest interview today on The Broken Copier: Marc Watkins, professor at the University of Mississippi, Director of the Mississippi AI Institute, and author of the blog Rhetorica—a go-to resource for thinking about artificial intelligence through the lens of education, particularly as classroom instructors. (Seriously: go check it out!)

    In this conversation, Marc shares his thinking and strategies around AI through a teaching lens: the challenges that educators are encountering, the advice and practices he shares in his work right now, and the mindset he believes is best for education going forward.

    For those looking to read more of Marc’s writing on this topic, we highly recommend his recent series Beyond ChatGPT—with the first piece focusing on the missed conversation around AI’s impact on reading.

    And as always, we love to hear your thoughts! Along with emailing or commenting, you can leave us an audio message for the next episode: fanlist.com/brokencopier

    Finally, thanks as always to:

    Alberto Lugo, one of Jim’s former students, for writing and recording original intro music; Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden; and Courtney Milavec for graphic design.

    Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com, and on Instagram @banduncivilized.

    Find Alberto’s work at djsynchro.weebly.com, and on Instagram @djsynchro.

    Have feedback? email us here: [email protected].



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  • We’re excited to continue our shift on The Broken Copier with more conversations with more listeners today, as Dr. Julie Arnold joins the podcast to talk about her work around assessment and the ways we can do better in our classrooms to make assessment part of the learning experience—as well as the barriers we encounter in that work. (Dr. Arnold also is gracious enough to offer her Australian perspective on what the “American classroom” must be like based on the different television shows she has seen!)

    If you are interested in learning more about Dr. Arnold’s work around assessment as a learning experience, check out this link!

    And as always, we love to hear your thoughts! Along with emailing or commenting, you can leave us an audio message for the next episode: fanlist.com/brokencopier

    Also, do you have interesting in being a guest on the podcast? Click here to sign up. We may be delayed in our responses, but we definitely want to start inviting more teachers to come on & share their stories.

    Thanks, as always, to:

    Alberto Lugo, one of Jim’s former students, for writing and recording original intro music; Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden; and Courtney Milavec for graphic design.

    Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com, and on Instagram @banduncivilized.

    Find Alberto’s work at djsynchro.weebly.com, and on Instagram @djsynchro.

    Email us here: [email protected].



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