The What School Could Be Podcast

Recent Episodes

162. The Slow and Beautiful Ripening of Skye and Nova Sonomura

Posted March 1, 2026 • 01:11:04

This episode addresses a question I’ve been chewing on for a long time: What happens when school stops treating creativity as an elective and starts...

161. Living in Beta, with One Stone's MacKenzie King

Posted February 15, 2026 • 01:15:36

Listeners, Mackenzie King is not here as my guest to perform “student voice.” She’s here to show us what governance and leading by learning could...

160. Welcome to Bulldog Manufacturing, with Max Marzec and Lydia Wrest

Posted February 2, 2026 • 01:20:17

Bulldog Manufacturing is a student-run light manufacturing company inside Alden High School...

159. Just Say Yes - Pam Moran and Ira David Socol

Posted January 19, 2026 • 01:32:34

Peter Gray, professor of psychology and neuroscience at Boston College, wrote the following in the Washington Post. “I began to look at research,...

158. Christmas 2025 - My Conversation with Courtney Joly-Lowdermilk

Posted December 25, 2025 • 01:22:50

Courtney Joly-Lowdermilk is the founder and lead consultant of the Massachusetts based LLC, Bridge...