Jenny Odell talks about why she believes our clock-watching is tied to for-profit goals and not the reality of nature and offers ways to slow down and take in the beauty of the true rhythms of life.
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It’s hard finding after-school care for your kids
Vox reporter Rachel Cohen joins us to discuss the crisis working parents face as they try to bridge the gap between the end of the school day and the end of the workday.
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When you suspend students, they might not come back
Reporter Tara García Mathewson discusses how suspensions for missing class have resulted in higher dropout rates, lower college attendance, even involvement with the criminal justice system.
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A teacher on what it really takes to educate children
Educator Phillip Done talks about the how-tos of teaching, from extracting the best of a child academically to navigating the administrative minutia that comes with the job.
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Why the Taliban sees girls’ education as a threat
Onaba Payab is a former advisor to the first lady of Afghanistan. She joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how the U.S. and the international community can support women’s rights and education in Afghanistan today.
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The boy who survived a men’s prison
Ian Manuel joins us to discuss his crime, his quest for forgiveness, and why, he believes, we should not judge an entire life based on one’s worst day.
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The boy who survived a men’s prison
Ian Manuel joins us to discuss his crime, his quest for forgiveness, and why, he believes, we should not judge an entire life based on one’s worst day.
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How the heck are you supposed to pay for college?
Ron Lieber, a columnist for The New York Times, talks about the complicated financial aid process and ways to tap into merit aid and similar discounts. Plus, get extra information from a bonus blog about this episode.
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Why Americans are giving up on college
National opinion columnist Will Bunch discusses the origins of the college dream of equal opportunity, its funding failures and how degrees are now a source of cultural division.
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A teacher on what it really takes to educate children
Educator Phillip Done talks about the how-tos of teaching, from extracting the best of a child academically to navigating the administrative minutia that comes with the job.
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Can debating make you a better listener?
Bo Seo is a two-time world champion debater and a former coach of Harvard College Debating Union. He joins guest host Courtney Collins to how debate can make you a better speaker — and listener.
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Did COVID kill the SAT?
New Yorker contributor Eren Orbey discusses how the global pandemic shut down the testing process – and the many ways The College Board is trying to work around not only changes in test administration but pushback on the test itself.
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