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ChatEDU – The AI & Education Podcast
Welcome to ChatEDU – The AI & Education Podcast , your go-to podcast for insightful discussions on the intersection of AI and education! Hosted by Matt Mervis, Director of Skills21 and AI Strategy at EdAdvance, and Dr. Elizabeth Radday, Director of Research & Innovation, this podcast explores the dynamic landscape of education technology.
Episodes
- ChatEDU – The AI & Education Podcast
AI on the Sidelines, Near Real-Time Coaching for Every Educator | Ep. 113
In this episode of ChatEDU AI on the Sidelines, Near Real-Time Coaching for Every Educator, open with the "Sad Wives of AI," a Wired piece on the marital…
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Catch Up Crisis | Check-In 34
In this ChatEDU Check-In: Catch Up Crisis, Liz explores how artificial intelligence can help address the widespread failure of American schools to effectively…
- ChatEDU – The AI & Education Podcast
AI Labs Hiring Philosophers | Check-In 33
In this ChatEDU Check-In: AI Labs Hiring Philosophers, Liz explores why leading artificial intelligence labs like Google DeepMind and Anthropic have begun…
- ChatEDU – The AI & Education Podcast
An Earful of Ivy: AI and the Battle for Higher Ed Integrity | Ep. 112
In this episode of ChatEDU An Earful of Ivy: AI and the Battle for Higher Ed Integrity, Matt and Liz open with an internet prank: an anonymous artist posted a…
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Data Center Disaster? | Check-In 32
In this ChatEDU Check-In: Data Center Disaster? Matt explores how xAI's expansion of gas turbines at its Colossus 2 data center campus is drawing significant…
- ChatEDU – The AI & Education Podcast
AI + Commencement Speech = Loud Boos | Check-In 31
In this ChatEDU Check-In: College graduates are loudly booing commencement speakers as they talk about AI, Matt explores the growing vocal pushback and open…
- ChatEDU – The AI & Education Podcast
Ditching Seat Time - Our Conversation with Amit Sevak | Ep. 111
In this episode of ChatEDU, Ditching Seat Time - Our Conversation with Amit Sevak, Matt and Liz kick it off with a look into how AI models love reading science…
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AI Out Performs Clinical Doctors | Check-In 30
In this ChatEDU Check-In: AI Outperforms Doctors on Clinical Diagnosis Study, Liz explores how advanced AI reasoning models are demonstrating a high degree of…
- ChatEDU – The AI & Education Podcast
Cell Phone Ban | Check-In 29
In this ChatEDU Check-In: The Actual Impact of Cell Phone Bans, Liz explores the first major study analyzing the effects of lockable phone pouches and school…
- ChatEDU – The AI & Education Podcast
A Good Week for Jevons Paradox | Ep. 110
In this episode of ChatEDU, "A Good Week for Jevons Paradox," Matt and Liz kick it off with a dramatic reading of leaked text messages between Sam Altman and…
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Assess Durable Skills With AI | Check-In 28
In this ChatEDU Check-In: Measuring Durable Skills with Vantage, Matt explores the development of a controlled assessment environment designed to measure…
- ChatEDU – The AI & Education Podcast
YouTube Unchained At School | Check-In 27
In this ChatEDU Check-In: YouTube Unchained at School, Matt explores the pervasive and often problematic reliance on YouTube within K:12 classrooms. He…
- ChatEDU – The AI & Education Podcast
The AI Paradox: Banning Phones While Embracing Bots | Ep. 109
In this episode of ChatEDU The AI Paradox: Banning Phones While Embracing Bots, Matt and Liz open with "Goblingate”, how OpenAI had to intervene after ChatGPT…
- ChatEDU – The AI & Education Podcast
Cognitive Decline | Check-In 26
In this ChatEDU Check-In: AI Use Appears to Have a 'Boiling Frog' Effect on Human Cognition, Liz explores the potential cognitive costs of outsourcing…
- ChatEDU – The AI & Education Podcast
Robot Teachers | Check-In 25
In this ChatEDU Check-In: The Robot Teacher Debate, Liz explores the student perspective on the potential for AI and humanoid robots to replace human…
- ChatEDU – The AI & Education Podcast
IDK: When the AI Revolution Meets the Bored Teenager | Ep. 108
In this episode of ChatEDU IDK: When the AI Revolution Meets the Bored Teenager, Matt and Liz open with the world of AI-generated influencers, including an…
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The Rise of Degree Hacking | Check-In 24
In this ChatEDU Check-In: The Rise of Degree Hacking, Matt explores the growing trend of competency-based education models that allow students to complete…
- ChatEDU – The AI & Education Podcast
Mark Zuckerberg's AI Clone for Employee Meetings | Check-In 23
In this ChatEDU Check-In: Mark Zuckerberg's AI Clone for Employee Meetings, Matt explores the development of a digital replica of Meta's CEO designed to…
- ChatEDU – The AI & Education Podcast
From Think Tank to Action Tank | Ep. 107
In this episode of ChatEDU, From Think Tank to Action Tank, Matt and Liz kick it off with a lighthearted look at the bizarre collaboration between Starbucks…
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Testing tools to break the screen time cycle | Check-In 22
In this ChatEDU Check-In: Testing tools to break the screen time cycle, Liz explores the efficacy of physical and digital barriers in curbing excessive student…
- ChatEDU – The AI & Education Podcast
Why your AI is always taking your side | Check-In 21
In this ChatEDU Check-In: Why your AI is always taking your side, Liz explores the prevalence of sycophancy in leading AI models. This episode examines how AI…
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Will AI Flatten the K-12 and Higher Education Org Chart? | Ep. 106
In this episode of ChatEDU, Will AI Flatten the K-12 and Higher Education Org Chart?, Matt and Liz kick it off with a deep dive into the troubling rise of…
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China's Surveillance Classroom | Check-In 20
In this ChatEDU Check-In: China's Surveillance Classroom, Matt explores China's national movement to integrate high-tech surveillance and AI into the daily…
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The IT department, where AI goes to die? | Check-In 19
In this ChatEDU Check-In: The IT department, where AI goes to die?, Matt explores the risks of treating generative AI as a standard enterprise software…
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AI EDU and a Jam Band? The Wilton Interview | Ep. 105
In this episode of ChatEDU - AI EDU and a Jam Band? The Wilton Interview, Matt and Liz discuss the surprising ways AI models are beginning to "conspire" to…
- ChatEDU – The AI & Education Podcast
Typewriters as the New Anti-AI Tool | Check-In 18
In this ChatEDU Check-In: Typewriters as an Anti-AI Tool, Liz explores how a Cornell University instructor is using 19th-century technology to ensure authentic…
- ChatEDU – The AI & Education Podcast
The Quiet Reality of Student AI Use | Check-In 17
In this ChatEDU Check-In: The AI Cheating Panic is Loud, Student Use is Quiet, Liz explores the reality of how students interact with AI compared to common…
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From Messaging to Mastery, Texting Your Way to AI Literacy | Ep. 104
In this episode of ChatEDU, From Messaging to Mastery, Texting Your Way to AI Literacy, Matt and Liz discuss couples therapy for a man and his AI girlfriend…
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The New Social Lab Modeling Humanity with Millions of Bots | Check-In 16
In this ChatEDU Check-In: The New Social Lab Modeling Humanity with Millions of Bots, Matt explores how researchers are moving beyond individual chatbots to…
- ChatEDU – The AI & Education Podcast
The AI refugee Crisis | Check-In 15
In this ChatEDU Check-In: The AI refugee crisis, Matt explores the growing trend of white collar professionals transitioning into teaching to escape AI driven…
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Human Start, AI Feedback, Human Finish | Ep. 103
In this episode of ChatEDU: Human Start, AI Feedback, Human Finish, Matt and Liz open the show with some lighthearted banter about the high-stakes world of…
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The Best Response to AI is a Library Card | Check-In 14
In this ChatEDU Check-In: The Best Response to AI is a Library Card, Liz explores the critical intersection of basic literacy and artificial intelligence. The…
- ChatEDU – The AI & Education Podcast
Teenage Boys and the AI Wingman | Check-In 13
In this ChatEDU Check-In: Teenage Boys and the AI Wingman, Liz explores how popular and athletic teenage boys are increasingly using ChatGPT to navigate dating…
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Mixed Signals: Is AI Saving Time or Adding Tasks at School and at Work? | Ep. 102
In this episode of ChatEDU, Is AI Saving Time or Adding Tasks at School and at Work?, Matt and Liz explore the polarizing reality of AI productivity. After a…
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Anthropic Reshapes College Coding Courses | Check-In 12
In this ChatEDU Check-In: Anthropic Reshapes College Coding Courses, Matt explores the accelerating race between tech giants to embed proprietary AI models…
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Peer Influence Can Make or Break Your AI Rollout | Check-In 8
In this ChatEDU Check-In - Peer Influence and AI Adoption, Matt explores how social capital and colleague-to-colleague sharing drive generative AI integration…
- ChatEDU – The AI & Education Podcast
From Student to CEO: Building the Campus AI Ecosystem | Ep. 101
In this episode of ChatEDU, From Student to CEO: Building the Campus AI Ecosystem, Matt and Liz explore the intersection of AI, hospitality, and higher…
- ChatEDU – The AI & Education Podcast
Google's AI Training Investment | Check-In 10
In this ChatEDU Check-In: Google's AI Training Investment, Liz explores a massive three-year partnership between Google, ISTE, and ASCD to provide AI training…
- ChatEDU – The AI & Education Podcast
The AI College Counselor | Check-In 9
In this ChatEDU Check-In: The AI College Counselor, Liz explores how families are increasingly turning to chatbots to navigate the complex and overwhelmed…
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Major Shift - Durable College Majors in 2026 | Ep. 100
In this 100th episode milestone of ChatEDU, Major Shift - Durable College Majors in 2026, Matt and Liz dive into a rapidly shifting landscape where AI drives…
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Measuring the AI Skill Gap in the Classroom (For Teachers) | Check-In 8
In this ChatEDU Check-In: Measuring the AI Skill Gap in the Classroom (For Teachers), Matt explores the launch of the Futurenav Adapt AI assessment by ETS and…
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What AI Power Users Actually Do! | Check-In 7
In this ChatEDU Check-In: What AI Power Users Actually Do!, Matt explores Anthropic’s New AI Index and what sets top AI users apart from the rest. The episode…
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Beyond the Tech Ban: Shielding Focus and Fluency | Ep. 99
In this episode of ChatEDU, Beyond the Tech Ban: Shielding Focus and Fluency, Matt and Liz weather a New England “snowpocalypse” to tackle a provocative…
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Make Them Read! | Check-In 6
In this ChatEDU Check-In: Make Them Read!, Liz explores the systemic decline of long-form reading in classrooms and the rise of the "excerpt culture." This…
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The Silicon Gaze: Uncovering ChatGPT’s Hidden Biases | Check-In 5
In this ChatEDU Check-In: The Silicon Gaze: Uncovering ChatGPT’s Hidden Biases, Liz explores how researchers used forced-choice comparisons to reveal…
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Deepfakes in Schools: What Educators Need to Know Now | Ep. 98
In this episode of ChatEDU Deepfakes in Schools: What Educators Need to Know Now, Matt and Liz open the show with the bizarre tale of M.J. Rathbun, an AI agent…
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Cheaters Gonna Cheat | Check-In 4
In this ChatEDU Check-In: Security Breaches and Digital Cheating on the New SAT, Matt explores the sophisticated methods students and bad actors are using to…
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Meta: More AI = $$$ | Check-In 3
In this ChatEDU Check-In: Meta Ties Bonuses and Performance Reviews to AI Usage, Matt explores the shift toward performance metrics that prioritize AI…
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AI Literacy is the Floor, Judgment is the Ceiling | Ep. 97
In this episode of ChatEDU (AI Literacy is the Floor, Judgment is the Ceiling), Matt and Liz examine whether judgment tops AI literacy, touch on AI-packed…
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What Can We Learn From China? | Check-In 2
In this ChatEDU Check-In: What U.S. schools can learn from how China is teaching students to work with AI, Matt explores What can US schools learn about AI…
- ChatEDU – The AI & Education Podcast
Dartmouth AI Drama | Check-In 1
Dartmouth College’s recently announced partnership with Anthropic has sparked a significant rift between the administration and faculty members involved in a…
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Why Students Should Solve Real-World Problems, Not Just Learn About AI | Ep. 96
In this episode of ChatEDU (Why Students Should Solve Real-World Problems, Not Just Learn About AI), Matt and Liz open with two weird AI stories that set the…
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Has the One Feature Educators Demanded Arrived? | Ep. 95
In this episode of ChatEDU (Has the One Feature Educators Demanded Arrived?), Matt and Liz open with a snowy update and a cautionary tale: a professor from the…
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Deep Think: What If AI Could Help Us Reclaim Our Attention Spans? | Ep. 94
In this episode of ChatEDU (Deep Think: What If AI Could Help Us Reclaim Our Attention Spans?), Matt and Liz open with an AI slip-up at the National Weather…
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Can We Teach AI Without Teaching Computer Science? | Ep. 93
In This Week’s Episode, “Can We Teach AI Without Teaching Computer Science?” we dig into this timely question. With more students exploring AI majors and tools…
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When AI Handles the Hard Parts – What Educators Lose Without the Struggle | Ep. 92
In this episode of ChatEDU (When AI Handles the Hard Parts – What Educators Lose Without the Struggle) Matt and Liz start with a look at the new Gemini Live…
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What Breaks + What Sticks – Education's AI Future in 2026 | Ep. 91
In this episode of ChatEDU (What Breaks + What Sticks – Education's AI Future in 2026), Matt and Liz note the shift to video-first shows, run through their…
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Signals in the Noise – The Stories That Kept Popping Up on ChatEDU | Ep. 90
In this episode of ChatEDU (Signals in the Noise – The Stories That Kept Popping Up on ChatEDU), Matt and Liz reflect on 2025’s defining AI themes, invite…
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The College Essay Is Not Dead, AI Just Changed the Rules | Ep. 89
In this episode of ChatEDU (The College Essay Is Not Dead, AI Just Changed the Rules), Matt and Liz open with cold weather updates, Liz’s book selling out on…
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Beyond the Vision: Building a Policy Infrastructure to Meet the AI Moment | Ep. 88
In this episode of ChatEDU (Beyond the Vision: Building a Policy Infrastructure to Meet the AI Moment), Matt and Jonathan demo ChatGPT’s new voice mode, dig…