Recorded on October 20, 2026
Happy Halloween from The AV Life! This week, the crew opens the floor for the spooky, strange, and occasionally unsafe things AV professionals have encountered in the wild. Our reghoular hosts Tim Van Woeart, Nancy Blanchard, Murphy Daley, and Renee Benson welcome higher education AV professionals Will DeWitt, Tim Neviska, Philip Leimbach, Aaron Baker, Steve Borho, and Stephen Richards. They share memorable “AV nightmares,” including unreliable classroom systems, unsafe projector installations, equipment theft, legacy video-conferencing support, and frustrating equipment-access designs. The group reflects on the evolution from heavy CRT projectors, VCRs, VGA, and AV carts to modern classroom technology, while emphasizing practical support habits such as clear cable labeling and color-coding. They also discuss instructor preferences for chalkboards, whiteboards, and interactive displays, along with maintenance challenges. The episode closes with a lively Halloween lightning round covering candy corn, trick-or-treat traditions, full-size candy bars, and favorite seasonal treats.
Topics discussed:
- Leadership transitions and change in higher education
- Haunted classrooms and spooky campus legends
- Unsafe projector installations and AV safety
- Projector theft and campus equipment security
- Scooters as campus IT/AV transportation
- Early-morning videoconferencing support emergencies
- Legacy CRT projector maintenance
- Room-PC design and cable-access challenges
- Color-coding and labeling for faster troubleshooting
- VCRs, VGA, AV carts, and classroom technology nostalgia
- Chalkboards, whiteboards, and interactive display preferences
- Halloween candy and trick-or-treating debates
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