Welcome To The Child Care Bar And Grill

The Child Care Bar And Grill is a humorous, informative, and slightly irreverent podcast for child care providers and other early learning professionals hosted by Jeff Johnson and a rotating band of cohosts. The show started in January 2013 and was the world’s longest-running and most prolific early learning podcast when episode 1200 dropped in January 2025. Our archives include over 600 hours of mostly early learning conversation. Mostly–because we also talk about pillows, flip-flops, hot flashes, rashes, grocery store etiquette, food, cocktails, and other things that grab our attention.

This show contains adult language and topics from time to time. If you’re offended by such things, you shouldn’t listen. One new listener commented that the show had “just the right amount of swearing.”

Hosts

The following regulars join Jeff at the Child Care Bar And Grill to chat about early learning and other topics:

• Kristen RB Peterson
• Nicole Halton
• Samantha Balch
• Tamar Jacobson
• Lisa Murphy
• Brett Sandstrom
• Carol Kohl
• Rebecca Goulet
• Rachel Bandy
• Stephanie Goloway

Connect

Share ideas, opinions, and questions at Play Haven, our early learning community of practice.

Training

Jeff offers Live training related to many of the topics discussed on the show.

Episodes

Many podcast players only display the most recent couple hundred episodes of shows. Dig deep into the show’s past here–you can search and browse all the episodes.

Photo Gallery

Some photos from the show’s archives:

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