aiEDU Studios
Episodes
Copley High School: Students tell us how AI is helping and hurting
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 sha...
Pat Yongpradit: Coding isn't dead, it's evolving
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Celeste Riley: Teaching with AI, learning with critical thinking
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine a classroom where 5th graders present their research to younger students, take questions, and proudly defend their findings — and where AI i...
Jared Chung: Career flexibility in an uncertain AI future
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 re...
Neeti Mehta Shukla: Work without the busywork
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 do...
Victor Lee: Rethinking school and AI literacy
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve ever wondered whether AI has 'broken' school, this conversation with Stanford associate professor Victor Lee cuts through the no...
Sunanna Chand: Teachers matter more than technology
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 episo...
J.C. Brizard: Making a more humane education system
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 hu...
Teens show us how they use AI
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Teens don’t treat AI like magic. They treat it like a wrench — something that's useful, but only as good as the person holding it. On this e...
Teaching kids how to use AI responsibly
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Being citizens in an AI-powered world
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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,...
Answering parents' questions about AI
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 sh...
Preparing kids for careers in an AI world
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 s...
This professor expects his students to use AI
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
How AI can fuel a brainstorm and spark new ideas
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Peek inside an AI-enhanced classroom
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 fro...
AI 101: Everything parents need to know
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s strip away the hype and make AI understandable, useful, and human. Google Research VP Maya Kulycky explains why the human brain remains unmatc...
Your teen wants to start a business. Can AI help?
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 D...
A framework for K-12 education in the AI era
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean for students to be 'AI ready?' In this "in-house" episode, aiEDU CEO Alex Kotran sits down with Chief Program Of...
Kaleidoscope see podcasts as an 'engine for empathy'
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you combine Hollywood-level storytelling with the intimacy of audio? Oz Woloshyn and Mangesh Hattikudur, co-founders of Kaleidoscope...
Michelle Shomo Pierce: How a STEM educator uses AI
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle Shomo Pierce invites us into her Charlotte, North Carolina classroom where computer science education transcends coding to become a vehicle f...
Dan'l Lewin: Reinventing education in the AI era
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Lindsay Jones: Breaking educational barriers with universal design
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if we stopped trying to 'fix' students and instead fixed our educational system? As CEO of CAST, (the Center for Applied Special Techno...
Dr. Kiesha King: The education revolution needs Internet access
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What good is 'innovation in edtech' if millions of students can't access it? Dr. Keisha King takes us on her journey from classroom tea...
Zach Kennelly: My civics students used AI to create a voting app
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When civics teacher Zach Kennelly first encountered ChatGPT and DALL-E, he immediately recognized their transformative potential for education. As one...
John Marble: Embracing neurodivergence in the workplace
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the very traits that society labels as a "disability" are actually your greatest strengths? In this week's episode of aiEDU Stu...
Peter Gault: Writing as a superpower
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"When you can write out your own ideas, explain your thinking, build an argument and use evidence to support it – that's an incredibly val...
Isabelle Hau: Relational intelligence in an AI-driven world
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Roy Bahat: 'Learning' and 'doing' should no longer be separate
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Chike Aguh: People and AI can collaborate to solve problems
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 (sen...
Gavin Purcell: AI vs. the entertainment industry
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 fundame...
Shawna Young: Investing in overlooked founders
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when we invest in entrepreneurs who've been overlooked by traditional venture capital? Shawna Young, CEO of Camelback Ventures, has ...
Greg Toppo: The promise and perils of AI in schools
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Khushali Narechania: K-12 education in the age of AI
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 schoo...
Kumar Garg: How philanthropy can fuel scientific innovation
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if we reimagined philanthropy not as a slow, bureaucratic process but as a dynamic engine for innovation? Kumar Garg, founder of Renaissance Phil...
Zarek Drozda: Every high school student should be data-literate
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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), believe...