Today on If By Whiskey, Mark welcomes the one and only Shaka Mitchell—education reformer, Substack sage, and the only man who can make school choice sound both noble and mildly dangerous. They dive into Shaka’s latest writings, his behind-the-scenes stories from the world of education policy, and the strange phenomenon of adults who panic at the sight of empowered parents.
Mark and Shaka also take a whiskey-soaked detour into politics, culture, and the many ways the world insists on being absurd. Come for the insights, stay for the banter, and leave with a newfound appreciation for people who actually read policy documents on purpose.
Warning: Contains high-level ideas, lowbrow jokes, and at least one tangent that probably should’ve been edited out—but wasn’t.
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