AV SuperFriends: On Topic - If it happened last year, you can ignore it

Recorded January 16, 2026

In this episode of On Topic, the panel leans hard into the “Groundhog Day” reality of higher ed AV, where every semester feels like a rerun of the last one. From the same classrooms and support tickets to the same mysterious $7 HDMI cable failures, the panel reflects on why our work so often feels stuck on repeat, even as we insist “this time it’ll be different.”

With their usual mix of sarcasm, experience, and self-awareness, they review the projects, services, and processes that keep coming back year after year… sometimes for good reasons, sometimes because no one ever really fixes the root problem. It’s a funny, honest look at institutional memory, consultant déjà vu, and the strange comfort of knowing that no matter what changes, some AV challenges are forever.Alternate show titles:

What failed last time?
I’m a shopping cart
Not every year… every DAY
I’m afraid to ask the question
Room with too many TVs
In cloud or on prem again
Cloud-based whatchamadoolie
I’ll track your life
Does everybody get access?
Hybrid bastardized version
What does that mean for YOUR internet of things?
In my secret cloud
Check in to get the services
I’ll flag it, but I won’t unflag it

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