Napcast is a podcast designed to help you learn on the go, hear another perspective, spark debate, agree incessantly, and honestly, remind you that you’re not alone. We live in a complex world, so allow us to challenge your orientation with words, thoughts, advice, and the perspective of two male early childhood educators of color.
Napcast
Claim This Podcastby Michael S Browne
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76 episodes
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Napcast is a podcast designed to help you learn on the go, hear another perspective, spark debate, agree incessantly, and honestly, remind you that you’re not alone. We live in a complex world, so allow us to challenge your orientation with words, thoughts, advice, and the perspective of two male early childhood educators of color.
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Recent Episodes
June 24, 2026
Napcast Ep73: Guided By Plants: Yerba Buena and the Scent We Leave Behind
<p>Some plants demand attention.</p><p>Yerba Buena isn't one of them.</p><p>You might walk past it without noticing. You might smell it before you see it. You might overlook it entirely if you're moving too fast.</p><p>And maybe that's exactly what it has to teach us.</p><p>In this episode of #Napcast, Nick and Mike explore the quiet influence of Yerba Buena and what it can teach us about the people, practices, and relationships that shape us long after the moment has passed.</p><p>Together, we reflect on the adults who first noticed us, the children who are easiest to overlook, and the staff members whose contributions often go unseen. Along the way, we wrestle with a deeper question: How do we become the kind of people whose presence lingers after we leave the room?</p><p>With Yerba Buena as our guide, we talk about our influence as adults. </p><p>The kind that doesn't need to be loud to be lasting.</p><p>The kind children remember years later.</p><p>The kind that quietly transforms classrooms, communities, and lives.</p><p>Interested in bringing Nick and Mike to your community? Got an idea for a future episode or something you want to reflect on with us? Email us at napcast206@gmail.com and let’s talk.</p><p>Follow along on Instagram @napcast206 for more reflections and behind-the-scenes moments.</p><p><strong>Theme Music:</strong> "Groovy Funky Soul" by Playsound (Yuriy Bespalov), courtesy of Pixabay.</p>
May 12, 2026
Napcast Ep72: Guided by Plants: The Disruptive Intelligence of Dandelions
<p>They call dandelions weeds.</p><p>Plants that show up uninvited. Grow where they’re not supposed to. Crack through concrete. Return no matter how many times they’re pulled.</p><p>And maybe that’s exactly why we needed to talk about them.</p><p>In this episode of #Napcast, Nick and Mike turn toward the dandelion as teacher, mirror, and metaphor—asking what it means to grow in systems that were never designed to hold you.</p><p>Together, we explore non-linear development, the politics of “undesirable” behavior, and the ways children are often rushed, corrected, or uprooted before they’ve had the chance to fully root themselves.</p><p>What grows in the places no one planned for?What if disruption is not dysfunction—but intelligence?What would it mean to stop pulling children up by the roots in the name of readiness, compliance, or control?</p><p>This conversation is about more than dandelions.</p><p>It’s about resilience. Survival. Adaptation. And the children who continue to bloom anyway. </p><p>Interested in bringing Nick and Mike to your community? Got an idea for a future episode or something you want to reflect on with us? Email us at napcast206@gmail.com and let’s talk. </p><p>Follow along on Instagram @napcast206 for more reflections and behind-the-scenes moments.</p>
April 14, 2026
Napcast Ep71: Guided by Plants: Softening the Nervous System with California Poppy
<p>Some may steam it. Some may make it into tea. Some may simply sit with it and marvel.</p><p>California poppy is known as an herb of relaxation—supporting the nervous system, inviting rest, and helping both children and adults settle into sleep. So we started wondering: what might this plant teach us about how we hold stress… and how we let it go?</p><p>In this episode of #Napcast, Nick and Mike turn toward California poppy as a guide—not just for understanding plants, but for rethinking how we show up with children while using the 6 R's ( relationship, respect, responsibility, reciprocity, relevance, and representation).</p><p>Together, we explore the overstimulation of the modern classroom. The anxiety that lives in rushed transitions and rigid routines. The subtle ways urgency shows up in our tone, our timing, our expectations. And what it might mean to move differently—to soften, to slow down, and to create environments that help children settle, not just comply.</p><p>This conversation is an invitation to notice. To breathe. To come back into the body.</p><p>Join us as we reflect on supporting children through big feelings, easing the tension we carry as educators, and creating classrooms that soothe instead of overwhelm.</p><p>Resources Mentioned In This Episode: </p><ul><li>Baby<strong> </strong>Botanicals: Peekaboo, Flowers! by author & illustrator Jillian Miao</li><li>Have You Ever Seen a Flower? by author & illustrator Shawn Harris</li><li>Instagram Account: @xalishmedicines and their post on California Poppy - https://www.instagram.com/p/DL5LDxQRcym/</li></ul><p>Interested in bringing Nick and Mike to your community? Got an idea for a future episode or something you want to reflect on with us? Email us at napcast206@gmail.com and let’s talk.Follow along on Instagram @napcast206 for more reflections and behind-the-scenes moments.</p>
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