My podcast, Behind the Scaffolding, will explore the practicalities and philosophies of writing instruction at the University of Michigan. Each monthly episode will feature the innovative perspectives and insights of a U of M writing teacher about a perennial teaching issue or concern. Conversations with other teachers about both the everyday nuts and bolts of teaching and their governing teaching philosophies have been among my most fruitful moments of professional development, and producing this podcast would benefit me enormously by giving me "deep dive" access into minds of my fellow lecturers about an array of teaching topics and concerns. I'll also be supplementing each episode with research (scholarly articles, other resources) that speaks to the issues I discuss on each episode. I expect to learn as much from this research as I hope my listeners will. I also hope for my podcast to serve students: my primary audience of writing instructors might well listen on their own, for helpful insights and practical ideas, but they might also play portions of our episodes for their own classes as a way to demystify some of the common practices of writing instruction that aren't immediately transparent to our students. My primary and most immediate intention in making Behind the Scaffolding is to create a community-building resource for myself and my writing teacher colleagues; however, should the podcast eventually reach a broader audience, I would be thrilled to see it showcase the excellent pedagogical work of my lecturer colleagues here at the U-M.