James Lang, author of Distracted; Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It, joins us to talk about this new book before its official release. We also discover some of his earlier and ongoing work about excellent in teaching and learning in higher education.

Tony Wagner, globally-recognized voice on education and innovation, is well-known for books like Most Likely to Succeed, The Global Achievement Gap, and Creating Innovators. Yet, in this interview, we learn about the person behind these widely respected books as we discuss his memoir, Learning by Heart: An Unconventional Education.

Rohit Bhargava, the person behind the widely known and thought-provoking books, Non Obvious Mega Trends, joins us to talk about his work and a few trends to watch in education.

Lucas Cone and Joachim Wiewiura join us on the podcast to discuss their translation of one of the most influential education books that you’ve never read, If Schools Didn’t Exist: A Sociology of Schools by Nils Christie. Originally published in 1971, it continues to be a groundbreaking work in the philosophy of education. Where many today prefer to talk about learning and education, this books is much more specifically about school, arguing that they should be places where one learns about life together more than simple skill and job preparation.

Author and educational consultant Jonathan Haber joins us on the show to talk about his newest book, Critical Thinking. Jonathan takes us beyond the buzzwords and sound bites into a deep, meaning-rich conversation about the foundation of critical thinking and why it is so important in education.

Abby Falik is an award-winning social entrepreneur and the Founder & CEO of Global Citizen Year — a nonprofit using the power of a global immersion between high school and college to unlock curiosity, conviction, and courage in our next generation leaders.

Robert Pondiscio, Senior Fellow and Vice President for External Affairs at the Fordham Institute and author of How the Other Half Learns, joins us to talk about lessons learned from a year at Success Academy network of charter schools in New York City.

Rachel Niemer (University of Michigan Center for Academic Innovation) and Michael Goudzwaard (Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning) join us to talk about faculty competencies for innovation in higher education.

Kim Hamilton Duffy, Architect of the Digital Credentials Consortium at MIT, joins us to talk about the future of academic credentials.

Dr. Sarah Fine, educator and scholar joins us on the show to talk about her co-authored book, In Search of Deeper Learning: The Quest to Remake the American High School.