Episode 7 features a discussion with Mike Jeffers, drummer for Dead to the World, Herod, Juggernaut, GOA, Longest War, and other bands that have been based out of Buffalo NY. Mike also runs the record label Classic Core Records, and also serves a leadership role in the Buffalo Public Schools teachers union.

Mike has been involved with the hardcore punk community for over 30 years, but the focus of our conversation centers on how the values of punk rock have influenced him as an educator, father, and union leader.

In this thoughtful discussion, Mike also expounds on the state of education in Buffalo and America, the present challenges and realities of educating teens in an urban community that faces poverty, crime, and neglect, how social media has changed hardcore for better and worse, and the importance of building a healthy community in the classroom and in the hardcore scene.

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