Podcast Episodes — The Learning Scientists

4. Podcasts Edutainment podcasts are also popular. Podcasts are refined versions of information and news. Podcasts cover a wide range of topics and are delivered by professionals who are skilled speakers who can keep listeners interested. Professionals or guest speakers often speak. Podcasts are easy to listen to while driving, travelling, or doing... See more

one of the best things that happened in the last ten years are podcasts. Now, I can listen to experts talking amongst each other and be a fly on the wall to the most interesting conversations ever.

This episode introduces neuroplasticity—which is how our brain and nervous system learns and acquires new capabilities. Dr. Huberman describes the differences between childhood and adult neuroplasticity, the chemicals involved and how anyone can increase their rate and depth of learning by leveraging the science of focus. He describes specific tool... See more

Amazingly, most teachers receive little or no professional training in the science of learning. My feeling is that we should urgently change this state of affairs, because we now possess considerable scientific knowledge about the brain’s learning algorithms and the pedagogies that are the most efficient.

Without the academic formality and pressure to uphold institutional reputation, experts now share their knowledge in ways that are decidedly more engaging and even non-academic — say, humorous memes or storytelling devices to explain concepts — across podcast episodes, newsletters, YouTube videos, TikTok clips, and Twitter threads.

3 Seasons of pods largely on communities - the art, science, and related topics of building and running communities.