Podcasts by Bad Bus Driver
Bad Bus Driver is a podcast written and produced by school bus driver Alexandra Concentric --with a little help from some hard-working friends--Featuring stories, tunes, wit and occasional wisdom from the road. Or, just about anywhere.
Further podcasts by Alexandra Concentric
Podcast on the topic Beziehungen
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Happy Holidays from Alexandra from 2023-11-18T22:04
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S3. E9. FARMS from 2023-11-01T20:32
Kindergarteners, pumpkins, a school bus, and...
more dirt.
The usual October trip to one of the Farms here in Colorado.
Driving distractions include, onions, rutabagas, car...
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S3. E8. DIRT (of the Construction kind). from 2023-10-26T17:43
If we're talking about anyone who drives, anywhere-- road construction hold-ups and obstacles must be mentioned.
Now that's a hard job.
Driving distractions include:
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E6. ADULTING. from 2023-10-09T00:52
Going back to work...
And many half hearted regrets.
Driving distractions include;
Cartoons, route books, the writer's voice...
and not wanting to work.
Until ...
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E5. ASSIGNMENTS. from 2023-09-28T17:44
There are always a few mandatory assignments we have to complete,
Before we go back to school.
Driving distractions include;
Wondering, like some of us might do at the be...
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S3. E3. DREAMS (of the stress kind). from 2023-09-14T17:47
There are nights of dreams in the early days of a new job--and maybe a few years longer.
Until there aren't anymore.
Driving distractions include; remembering those dreams and gr...
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S3. E2. Back to School (in Eaton River County Junction). from 2023-09-09T17:16
Greetings from Eaton River County Junction, Colorado!
Hope you all stay with us until June comes around again!
--Alexandra, Andrew and anyone else brave enou...
S3. E1. Bad Bus Driver from 2023-09-08T02:30
It’s another school year in Eaton River County Junction. We hope you all stay with us—Alexandra, Andrew, Louis and and anyone else who is willing to to talk into a mic—until...
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E30. The Last Day of School. from 2023-06-16T02:28
Here in Eaton River County Junction it's the last day of school.
I hope all of us have a wonderful, relaxing summer.
Driving distractions include;
All those moths, evaluati...
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E29. THREE more Days of School. from 2023-06-14T03:02
There are three more days of school here at The Eaton River County Junction School District.
We're almost there.
Driving distractions include MOTHS (of the Miller kind), and some s...
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E28. FOUR more days of school. from 2023-06-13T03:27
There are four more days of school.
Driving distractions include; What I got wrong about the kids, middle school humor, and some salsa.
Because we still love The Heat.
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E27. FIVE MORE DAYS (of school). from 2023-06-10T15:21
There are five more days of school.
Driving distractions include end-of-year Adminstration frustration, Canada fires, the fact that there are only five more days of school, and the signi...
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E26. WORKING from 2023-05-18T18:35
We're waiting for the end of the school year--here at The Eaton River County Junction School District in Colorado.
Driving distractions in this short episode include; Missing Bus...
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E24. B-REAL from 2023-03-15T02:48
In this episode--- Wayward imaginings of a restless bus driver, observations about middle school angst and challenges, with a few thoughts from the older side of Gen Z (After all, they've been t...
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E23. BIG (Life) from 2023-02-05T17:36
Here are (at least) three ways to live a big life.
Driving distractions include weight room commitments, break room parties, break room...
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E22. JOY (Seasonal Stories from a School Bus). from 2023-01-01T04:20
Mom always said...
There are twelve days of Christmas. And I think I have just made it in that timeframe!
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E21. GROCERING (navigating the aisles and hearing sad stories about Rappers). from 2022-11-29T03:44
Some worthwhile and some not-so-worthwhile conversations Andrew and I had at the local grocery store. Can the span of decades be diminished by the common problem of hunting and gathering food? (...
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T2. Elk Mountain High School Marching Band. from 2022-10-30T16:46
Welcome back!
It's another school year in Eaton Springs, Colorado.
And another trip with a marching band.
It's not every day you get to hang around a parking lot in Colora...
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E20. The Last Day Of School from 2022-06-15T01:12:46
Good Morning, everyone.
Here, in Eaton River County Junction...and other places in the country, it is the last day of sch...
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E19. 2 More Days (of School). from 2022-06-14T02:24:24
There are 2 more days of school.
Driving distractions include,
The logistics of pizza.
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E18. 3 More Days (of School). from 2022-06-11T03:56:14
There are 3 more days of school.
Rain and southern hospitality.
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E16. 7 more days (of school). from 2022-06-06T19:23:32
There are 7 more days of school...
And,
Sometimes,
This can be,
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E15. 8 more days (of school). from 2022-06-05T17:55:54
E14. 9 More Days (of school). from 2022-06-03T03:20:26
There are 9 more days of school...
And that is too many.
Back to work after my alloted 5 COVID days off, my post pandemic, totally-used-to-being-unsupervised kids are back to actin...
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E13. 10 more days (of school) from 2022-06-01T19:06:10
There are 10 more days of school. There is also...still...COVID.
COVID distractions include people with signs, people with yard signs, people who don't know how to communicate.
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E12. 12 more days (of school) from 2022-05-28T03:31:44
There are 12 more days of school... Driving distractions include weed, skating in the dark... And everything else everyone might plan to do this summer.
Oh, and there's roadkill.
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E11. 13 more days from 2022-05-26T15:25
There are 13 more days of school...
Driving distractions include questions, crushes and the things kids should know, but don't.
Unless we tell them.
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E10. 15 more days from 2022-05-24T13:58:45
There are 15 more days of school...
2021-2022 has been a long school year. There is no point in talking about it...
We all wouldn't know where to start.
There are...
15 mor...
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E9. TELEPHONE 2 (All about Middle School). from 2022-05-18T17:55:43
When are things going to be normal again?
Well, whatever normal is-- in a bus full of Middle School kids.
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T (Trip) 1. Speech and Debate from 2022-03-09T20:00:15
These kids are speaking and debating for hours! And that’s fine with me.
Driving distractions in t...
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E8. TELEPHONE PT.1 from 2022-02-06T17:47:28
I'm sure... I'm never going to get used to these pencil-throwing, water spilling, candy throwing new kids I've got. But, as usual, the bus is just the setting. There is always more going on. Listen
E7. ANARCHY from 2021-11-20T22:51:28
Eddy and Jose, and a few others...They own the bus.
(Living and losing in a long term pandemic)
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E7. ANARCHY from 2021-11-20T22:51:28
Eddy and Jose, and a few others...They own the bus.
(Living and losing in a long term pandemic)
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E6. PODCASTING... from 2021-08-06T01:14:48
This episode is about podcasting-- for people who have a lot of ideas.
And maybe not a clue.
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E6. PODCASTING... from 2021-08-06T01:14:48
This episode is about podcasting-- for people who have a lot of ideas.
And maybe not a clue.
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FOOD BANK (and other symptoms of COVID-19) from 2021-04-04T19:00:23
A trip to the local Food Bank, and other ways of being cautious in these first months of COVID.
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E4. COVID (and Kids) from 2021-01-19T03:45:34
"It never occurred to me..."
When bad bus driver, Alexandra Concentric, is assigned to a new alternative COVID job, she expects to manage that all...well...just as badly as anyth...
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E3. FLORIDA (my home state) from 2020-11-17T03:28:59
If you thought a bad bus driver couldn't be poetic --you might be as surprised as I am.
Talking about Florida history and everything that is going on today.
D...
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ANDREW (in quarantine) from 2020-08-31T02:20:34
This short little message (not an Episode) will introduce, my one and only quarantine buddy, Andrew.
It also includes a possib...
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E2. CHALLENGE (When COVID came to town) from 2020-05-27T18:26:15
When COVID came to town--Did we have any idea?
If I remember right--the theme for that month was Challenge.
Driving distractions include a financially struggling school district, t...
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E1. WEED (I've Heard About Those Kids) Stories from a School Bus. from 2020-03-10T19:56:11
Bad Bus Driver is a podcast written and produced by school bus driver Alexandra Concentric --with a little help from some hard-working friends--Featuring stories, tunes, wit and oc...
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