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aiEDU Studios
aiEDU Studios is a podcast from the team at The AI Education Project.
Each week, a new guest joins us for a deep-dive discussion about the ever-changing world of AI, technology, K-12 education, and other topics that will impact the next generation of the American workforce and social fabric.
Learn more about aiEDU at https://www.aiEDU.org
Episodes
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Jim Secreto on How U.S. Voters are Making Sense of AI and Education
AI is becoming one of the biggest political issues of our time. But are our political institutions, schools, and communities actually prepared for what's…
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Dr. Grant Nelson on When Building with AI Feels Like a Fever Dream
Using AI can feel like a fever dream: you get the result you wanted with no idea how you got there. Dr. Grant Nelson, an ER doctor who regularly writes code…
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Justin Steele on Raising Kids Who Build, Not Kids Who Outsource to AI
What separates a kid who builds with AI from a kid who outsources their thinking to it? For Justin Steele, a father of four daughters, it starts with one house…
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Chong-Hao Fu on Putting Teachers Back at the Center of AI
What's a better investment: a data center full of chips that expire in two years, or the people whose learning compounds across a lifetime? Chong-Hao Fu thinks…
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Carole Basile on Why Schools Have to Be Redesigned, Not Just Re-tooled
Everyone wants a checklist for AI in schools. Carole Basile thinks that's the wrong instinct — because the real problem isn't the technology, it's the…
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Shortcuts, Skeptics, and What Schools Keep Getting Backwards
Andy Rotherham has spent 25 years advising the education sector — co-founding Bellwether, serving in the Clinton administration and on the Virginia Board of…
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The Case for Mentorship in an AI World — Sarah Morgenthau & Michael Barrett
Sarah Morgenthau runs the "I Have A Dream" Foundation; Michael Barrett has helped govern it from the Board while serving as a trustee at the University of…
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The Jagged Edge: Why Working With AI Is the New Human Skill
Wim Sweldens has watched technology remake itself for forty years — Bell Labs, mobile networks, and now Kiswe, the interactive live-streaming company he…
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Change Management as a Learning Problem (with Jennifer Husbands)
Two decades of working on school improvement — at High Tech High, at Chicago Public Schools, at the Gates Foundation, and now through her own consulting…
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How can we reinvent public education for the AI era? With Robin Lake
Robin Lake has been studying public education from the systems level for more than thirty years. Her diagnosis is sharper than most: we built a school system…
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We're Funding the Wrong Side of AI in Education — with Bree & Babak
In 2017, before ChatGPT existed, a 180,000-student district in Georgia decided to build the first AI-ready high school in the country. Babak Mostaghimi was one…
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What Is STEM Education Actually For? — with Dr. Patrice Johnson of Project Scientist
"It's not that girls aren't good at STEM. It's the confidence around 'can I do STEM?'" That's Dr. Patrice Johnson, and her quiet challenge to the dominant…
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Matt Sigelman: AI Raises the Bar – It Doesn't Lower It
Matt Sigelman has spent two decades building the most granular picture anyone has of how the labor market actually works – first at Lightcast, now at the…
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Michelle Culver: Why school has to be designed around relationships
What if the most important thing school can teach kids in the AI era isn't how to use the technology — but how to stay in relationship with each other? That's…
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Kaya Henderson: Stop underestimating kids
What if the biggest problem in education isn't technology — it's that we've reduced school to reading scores and graduation rates and stripped away everything…
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Tony Wan: AI is raising the bar – is education ready?
What does the rise of AI mean for schools, startups, and the skills students actually need? Tony Wan – Head of Platform at Reach Capital and former co-founder…
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Erin Mote: AI literacy is as foundational as reading
What if AI literacy belonged alongside reading and math as a foundational skill – not tucked inside a computer science elective? That's the case Erin Mote, CEO…
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Copley High School: Students tell us how AI is helping and hurting
Do the benefits of generative AI in education outweigh the harms? We sat down with Copley High School debate team members Anna and Charlotte, two sharp juniors…
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Pat Yongpradit: Coding isn't dead, it's evolving
What if AI didn’t kill coding but made learning it more meaningful? We sat down with Pat Yongpradit (former Chief Academic Officer at Code.org) to unpack why…
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Celeste Riley: Teaching with AI, learning with critical thinking
Imagine a classroom where 5th graders present their research to younger students, take questions, and proudly defend their findings — and where AI is a quiet…
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Jared Chung: Career flexibility in an uncertain AI future
Ready for honest career guidance instead of stage-ready talking points? We sit down with CareerVillage.org founder Jared Chung to unpack how AI is reshaping…
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Neeti Mehta Shukla: Work without the busywork
Imagine telling a chatbot to “onboard this vendor,” and it finishes the job across multiple systems in under a minute. On this episode, we sit down with…
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Victor Lee: Rethinking school and AI literacy
If you’ve ever wondered whether AI has 'broken' school, this conversation with Stanford associate professor Victor Lee cuts through the noise and gets to the…
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Sunanna Chand: Teachers matter more than technology
The hardest part of AI in education isn’t picking a tool. It’s deciding what kind of learning we want to protect, elevate, and scale. On this episode of aiEDU…
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J.C. Brizard: Making a more humane education system
Teaching at Rikers Island isn’t a typical origin story for a future school district leader. And yet, it demonstrates that education works best as human…
aiEDU StudiosTeens show us how they use AI
Teens don’t treat AI like magic. They treat it like a wrench — something that's useful, but only as good as the person using it. On this episode, we sat down…
aiEDU StudiosTeaching kids how to use AI responsibly
Are you worried your teen is spending more time with a chatbot than with real friends? On this episode, we spoke with child/adolescent psychiatrists Dr. Jeremy…
aiEDU StudiosBeing citizens in an AI-powered world
AI can sound human, but it isn’t — and that difference changes how we teach, parent, and prepare kids for a future shaped by AI. On this episode, we dive into…
aiEDU StudiosAnswering parents' questions about AI
Are you worried your kids might let AI do their thinking for them? On this episode, Alex and Dr. Aliza dig into the questions parents ask most and share a…
aiEDU StudiosPreparing kids for careers in an AI world
Are you worried about preparing your kids for jobs that don’t exist yet? In this episode, we dig into the changes that AI is bringing to work and school. First…
aiEDU StudiosThis professor expects his students to use AI
Let's be honest: Trying to make assignments “AI-proof” is like trying to write a “calculator-proof” math problem. With that in mind, we explore how to design…
aiEDU StudiosHow AI can fuel a brainstorm and spark new ideas
Pressing an AI button won’t write a novel that anyone wants to read. On this episode, we look at using AI for writing – not as a shortcut, but as a thinking…
aiEDU StudiosPeek inside an AI-enhanced classroom
What if technology made classrooms feel more human, not less? On this episode of Raising Kids in the Age of AI, we dive into real stories from the front lines…
aiEDU StudiosAI 101: Everything parents need to know
Let’s strip away the hype and make AI understandable, useful, and human. Google Research VP Maya Kulycky explains why the human brain remains unmatched (And…
aiEDU StudiosYour teen wants to start a business. Can AI help?
aiEDU Studios has launched a separate podcast entitled Raising Kids in the Age of AI, created in collaboration with Google! Co-hosts Alex Kotran and Dr. Aliza…
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A framework for K-12 education in the AI era
What does it mean for students to be 'AI ready?' In this "in-house" episode, aiEDU CEO Alex Kotran sits down with Chief Program Officer Emma Doggett Neergaard…
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Kaleidoscope see podcasts as an 'engine for empathy'
What happens when you combine Hollywood-level storytelling with the intimacy of audio? Oz Woloshyn and Mangesh Hattikudur, co-founders of Kaleidoscope, have…
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Michelle Shomo Pierce: How a STEM educator uses AI
Michelle Shomo Pierce invites us into her Charlotte, North Carolina classroom where computer science education transcends coding to become a vehicle for…
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Dan'l Lewin: Reinventing education in the AI era
Have you ever talked to an architect of the digital revolution that shaped our world? We spoke with early-stage Apple alum Dan'l Lewin, who took us on a…
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Lindsay Jones: Breaking educational barriers with universal design
What if we stopped trying to 'fix' students and instead fixed our educational system? As CEO of CAST, (the Center for Applied Special Technology) Lindsay Jones…
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Dr. Kiesha King: The education revolution needs Internet access
What good is 'innovation in edtech' if millions of students can't access it? Dr. Keisha King takes us on her journey from classroom teacher to education…
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Zach Kennelly: My civics students used AI to create a voting app
When civics teacher Zach Kennelly first encountered ChatGPT and DALL-E, he immediately recognized their transformative potential for education. As one of the…
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John Marble: Embracing neurodivergence in the workplace
What if the very traits that society labels as a "disability" are actually your greatest strengths? In this week's episode of aiEDU Studios, John Marble…
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Peter Gault: Writing as a superpower
"When you can write out your own ideas, explain your thinking, build an argument and use evidence to support it – that's an incredibly valuable skill for…
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Isabelle Hau: Relational intelligence in an AI-driven world
What makes us uniquely human in the age of AI? According to Isabelle Hau, (Executive Director of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning) it's our ability to…
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Roy Bahat: 'Learning' and 'doing' should no longer be separate
What if everything you've been told about AI and the future of work is wrong? In this episode with Bloomberg Beta head Roy Bahat, we dive deep into why…
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Chike Aguh: People and AI can collaborate to solve problems
What does the future of work and education look like when AI can accomplish in a few months what electricity took 80 years to achieve? Chike Aguh (senior…
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Gavin Purcell: AI vs. the entertainment industry
AI is shifting the ground beneath our feet. In this week's episode with Emmy-winning TV producer Gavin Purcell, we explore how AI differs fundamentally from…
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Shawna Young: Investing in overlooked founders
What happens when we invest in entrepreneurs who've been overlooked by traditional venture capital? Shawna Young, CEO of Camelback Ventures, has dedicated her…
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Greg Toppo: The promise and perils of AI in schools
What makes AI different from previous waves of education technology? Greg Toppo, education reporter at The 74, joins us to unpack how AI is reshaping education…
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Khushali Narechania: K-12 education in the age of AI
How can K-12 education adapt to AI? In this thought-provoking conversation, we sit down with aiEDU's Director of Learning (and former high school math teacher)…
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Kumar Garg: How philanthropy can fuel scientific innovation
What if we reimagined philanthropy not as a slow, bureaucratic process but as a dynamic engine for innovation? Kumar Garg, founder of Renaissance Philanthropy…
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Zarek Drozda: Every high school student should be data-literate
What do K-12 students need to thrive in a world increasingly shaped by AI? Zarek Drozda, executive director of Data Science 4 Everyone (DS4E), believes data…