A Tale of Two Hygienists Podcast

553 High Standards, Human Teaching: Rethinking Rigor in Dental Hygiene Education

26 August 2026 · 34:25

Still going

Played straight from the show's own feed. We do not host, copy or re-cut anybody's audio, and nothing loads until you press play.

What it is about

What if true rigor in education isn't about making learning harder—but making it more meaningful? In this episode of A Tale of Two Hygienists, Jessica and Dave sit down with Marion Manski, MS, RDH, to reflect on a distinguished career in dental hygiene education. As she prepares for retirement, Marion shares how her philosophy of teaching has evolved, why high standards and compassion can coexist, and what today's…

The opening of the show's own notes, quoted as the feed publishes them. The rest is on offthecusppodcast.libsyn.com.

There is no transcript here, and only the host could change that.

These are somebody else's words. A Tale of Two Hygienists Podcast belongs to whoever makes it, and we are not going to publish a transcript of it without being asked. Claiming the show puts that permission on the file. It is the only thing that could ever put a transcript here, we have not written one yet, and we are not promising a date.

This is my show

More from this show

1,221 episodes in the feed. The 100 most recent are listed on the show's page here.

Back to A Tale of Two Hygienists Podcast Every dental podcast