June 7, 2026

201. Frustrated Teachers, Dodging Questions & Important Topics: Reacting To Our Chat With The Education Secretary

201. Frustrated Teachers, Dodging Questions & Important Topics: Reacting To Our Chat With The Education Secretary
201. Frustrated Teachers, Dodging Questions & Important Topics: Reacting To Our Chat With The Education Secretary
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201. Frustrated Teachers, Dodging Questions & Important Topics: Reacting To Our Chat With The Education Secretary
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So you sit a sitting Education Secretary down, ask the questions teachers actually want answered, follow up when the first answer wobbles, and then the verdict comes back from you, the listeners.

This week Dylan and Hayden go through the feedback from the Bridget Phillipson episode, and it was overwhelmingly kind. Listeners said the questions were clear and fair, that the follow ups kept coming, and that the show genuinely tried to hold her to account rather than rolling out the red carpet.

But there's a but. A lot of you felt she dodged. The questions were sharp, the answers were not, and plenty of listeners came away feeling the big ones never really got answered. Dylan and Hayden sit with that uncomfortable truth and ask whether that's on them, on her, or just the nature of getting a politician in the room.

Honest, a little cheeky, and a proper postmortem of one of our biggest episodes yet.

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