The Learning Future Podcast with Louka Parry

MasterClass, AI & the New Age of Education with David Rogier S11E2 (141)

26 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of The Learning Future Podcast, Louka Parry speaks with David Rogier, CEO and co-founder of MasterClass, about how technology, AI, and...

The Future of Learning at Human Scale with Pascale Quester S11E1 (110)

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of The Learning Future Podcast, Louka Parry speaks with Professor Pascale Quester, Vice-Chancellor and President of Swinburne Universi...

From Certainty to Clarity: Designing Schools for a Complex Future with Dr Anne Knock S10E9 (139)

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Learning Future podcast, Louka Parry interviews Dr. Anne Knock, a leading figure in educational strategy and design. They discu...

Empowering Young Voices in Education with Flynn Thomas & Chelsea Cox S10E8 (138)

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Learning Future Podcast, host Louka Parry engages with two Year 11 students, Flynn Thomas and Chelsea Cox, from Hunter Valley G...

Transforming Schools into Learning Hubs with Dr Annalies Corbin S10E7 (137)

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Louka Parry sits down with Dr Annalies Corbin, founder and CEO of the PAST Foundation, for a powerful conversation about reimagining ...

Navigating Chaos: Insights from Futurists with Bob Johansen & Jamais Cascio S10E6 (136)

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Learning Future podcast, host Louka Parry engages with futurists Jamais Cascio and Bob Johansen to explore the complexities of ...

Unlocking Innovation in Education with Tessa Forshaw & Richard Cox Braden S10E5 (135)

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this engaging conversation, Louka Parry, Tessa Forshaw, and Rich Braden explore the intersection of education, innovation, and cognitive science. T...

Redefining Educational Success with Kevin Stoller S10E4 (134)

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Learning Future Podcast, Louka Parry speaks with Kevin Stoller, co-founder and CEO of K12, about the evolving landscape of educ...

Empowering Educators for Change with Dr Amie Fabry S10E3 (133)

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this conversation, Louka Parry and Dr Amie Fabry explore the critical themes of hope, agency, and the holistic development of children in education...

The Power of Relearning: Insights from Stoicism with Peter Hayward S10E2 (132)

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this enlightening conversation, Louka Parry and Peter Hayward explore the realms of foresight and future studies, emphasizing the importance of per...

The Role of Young People in Shaping Education with Michelle Culver S10E1 (131)

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Learning Future podcast, Louka Parry speaks with Michelle Culver, founder of the Rhythm Project, about the intersection of educ...

Learning as Nature: Reweaving Education for Regeneration with Luis Camargo S9E10 (130)

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this deeply moving and expansive episode, Louka Parry is joined by Luis Alberto Camargo, founder of OpEPA and leading voice in nature-based educati...

Power, Privacy and Protecting Childhood in the Digital Age with Sarah Davies AM S9E9 (129)

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this powerful and timely conversation, Louka Parry is joined by Sarah Davies, CEO of the Alannah & Madeline Foundation and Dolly’s Dream, to ...

From Cognitive Debt to Purposeful Learning: Reimagining Education with Prof. Martin Westwell S9E8 (128)

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this rich and expansive conversation, Professor Martin Westwell, Chief Executive of the South Australian Department for Education, joins Louka Parr...

Imagining Education: Teaching the Future with Dr. Peter Bishop S9E7 (127)

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If the goal of education is to prepare students for the future, why are we not teaching them explicitly about the future?In an age of rapid change and...

Everyday Habits for Radical System Transformation with Adam Kahane S9E6 (126)

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What if peaceful system transformation isn’t led from the top, but from within — through the everyday choices of those embedded in the system?In a...

System Design, AI and the Future of Education with Tracey Burns S9E5 (125)

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What are we at risk of losing in our pursuit of efficiency, innovation, and AI-driven transformation in education?Are we designing systems for resilie...

Curiosity, Community, and Educational Transformation with Jeff Wetzler S9E4 (124)

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What if the key to transformative leadership lies not in having answers, but in asking the right questions?How can embracing curiosity over certainty ...

Presencing and the Power of Attention with Katrin Kaeufer S9E3 (123)

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

📘 Episode Summary:In this deeply thoughtful episode of The Learning Future Podcast, Louka Parry is joined by Dr. Katrin Kaeufer—author, educator,...

Reimagining Learning with Purpose, People & Possibility with Sunanna Chand S9E2 (122)

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How might we design AI not just to personalize learning, but to truly make it personal, enabling each learner to discover and design their own purpose...

Love and Learning: The Transformative Power of Care in a Digital World with Isabelle Hau S9E1 (121)

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What if we designed our education systems around relationships instead of outcomes—what would change in how we measure success?As AI rapidly integra...

Marc Brackett: Emotional Intelligence Unpacked

19 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What if Emotional Intelligence Was as Essential as Math? Are We Truly Preparing our peers to Lead with Emotional Intelligence?In this special episode...

Carissa Carter & Scott Doorley: Assembling Tomorrow with Future Visions

28 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How can educators and designers cultivate learning experiences that prepare us for a future that is constantly unfolding?In a world where the pace of ...

Leslie-Ann Noel: Design for Change

21 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How can educators balance the need for structure in the classroom with the importance of fostering student agency and creativity?In what ways can desi...

Leticia Britos Cavagnaro: Power of Reflection

14 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How can we, as educators, better harness the power of reflection to shape the future of our students and our world? In a system that often prioritizes...

Grace Hawthorne: Creative Agency

07 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How can we harness our infinite creative potential in everyday life? What role does failure play in building creative capacity? Grace Hawthorne is an ...

Mette Miriam: Compassionate Systems

31 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What are the impacts of integrating contemplative social emotional learning and systems thinking in education? How can we transform our educational st...

Charles Fadel: Future Proofing Education

24 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How can we effectively integrate AI into education to prepare students for the future?What key competencies and character traits must education system...

Rebecca Winthrop: Learner Engagement is Key to Transformation

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What if the success of our education system was measured by how well it engages students in their passions rather than standardised test scores? How m...

Welcome to Season 8: Louka Parry

08 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hello team and welcome back to the Learning Future Podcast! It's been quite a while since our last release, but we're excited to bring you a special e...

Compassion in Learning: Ryder Delaloye

09 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In an environment of rapid academic and technological achievement; what are the potential long-term impacts on individual well-being and societal deve...

Defusing and Decoding AI for Maximum Fulfillment: Dylan Wiliam

02 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How do you safely define 'peak humanity' and what would you consider its main characteristics? What ingredients make the education, reasoning, rationa...

Nomad Learning to Nautical Teaching: Sal Gordon

19 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How does one become the realisation that much of what might be learned over 15 years of schooling was mostly meaningless influence over a person's lif...

Facilitating Joyful Adaption: Dr Cathrine Floyd

19 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What conditions in our current learning systems may be hindering our young people's ability to thrive, and how might we address these barriers to fost...

Redefining Good-Behaviour and Engagement: Professor Stephanie Jones

30 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Are we truly promoting self-control or just compliance to adult demands? How can we engage students in deep, effortless, and meaningful learning exper...

Meaningful & Memorable Public Work: Olli-Pekka Heinonen

21 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How might a background in politics, including as Minister of Education, shape an approach to public education? What significant initiatives or reforms...

Curiosity is a Superpower: Jigyasa Labroo

14 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever considered how curiosity is a powerful state of mind and being? What feel-good trends are there in modern humanity? Jigyasa says her nam...

Cultivating Fitness, Flow and Learning: Dido Balla

02 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How can a basic understanding of neuroscience empower children to take control of their reactions and behaviors? How can schools cultivate conditions ...

Approaches for Flourishing: Alex Battison

26 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What are the ingredients, components and other big Cs for human flourishing? What tools are available and what are unneeded to achieve our visions? Al...

HundrED’s Innovations for Flexible Learning: Lasse Leponiemi

18 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Why do some students have such few hopes for the future where others do, when both have the same potentials and opportunities? What are some revolutio...

Co-generational Design: Eloïse Haylor & Aliyah Irabor-York

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What does it mean to empower younger generations? Does it shift power away from others, or does it empower the whole?The concept of sharing and buildi...

Self-Transformation for Systemic Change: Romana Shaikh

19 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What does it mean to recognise that education is more than an institution, but a state of being? What are some of the shifts of perspective required f...

Systems of Empowerment: Franco Mosso

01 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How do projects of Agency across broad ranges and portfolios across Peru impact upon the lives in the community? Hear from a Peruvian expert in educat...

Complexity Theory: Anne Knock

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Is there a way to prepare ourselves for complexities that don’t fit standardised approaches or formula? How complicated can pedagogy become before i...

Getting Smart: Tom Vander Ark

08 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Is there a chance that in trying to innovate we risk inflating systems in a way that 'misses the mark'? How can we approach innovative and big ideas i...

Centring Child Wellbeing: Frank Oberklaid

26 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Is it possible that reframed early learning can empower otherwise disadvantaged young people? Is there an opportunity to re-define schools as communit...

Education World Forum: Gavin Dykes

20 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Is education a globally recognised construct, is it universal? What are the environments in which the best transformations occur and which regions hav...

Learning Economy: John Goodwin & Chris Purifoy

21 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What do the innovative architects of education sound like? How might they imagine channels that defy the “trickle-down” model of success by delive...

Enhanced Potentiality: Dr Anantha Duraiappah

14 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this second episode of Education Transformed, Louka speaks with Dr Anantha Duraiappah, Director of the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education...

Education Transformation: Dominic Regester

07 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Find out which countries are embarking on true education transformation and discover why transformation might be the best way to articulate the change...

Season 7: Education Transformed

05 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Louka Parry introduces a season 7: “Education Transformed” a series of conversations that aren’t afraid to leave behind past preconceptions to a...

Dschool Spotlight Debrief with Louka Parry

24 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Louka reflects on the last season the "d.school Spotlight" that featured 10 insightful authors affiliated with the Hasso Platner Institute of Design a...

Creative Hustle with Sam Seidel - Stanford d.school Spotlight

15 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this tenth and final episode of the Stanford d.school spotlight; Sam Seidel hustles up valuable guiding principles for building a network - pe...

You Need A Manifesto with Charlotte Burgess-Auburn - Stanford d.school Spotlight

08 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this ninth episode of the Stanford d.school spotlight; Charlotte Burgess-Auburn conjures radical innovative thinking, a fundamentally novel and use...

This is a Prototype with Scott Witthoft - Stanford d.school Spotlight

01 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this eighth episode of the Stanford d.school spotlight; Scott Witthoft conjures radical innovative thinking, a fundamentally novel and useful way o...

Futures Meets Design with Lisa Kay Solomon - Stanford d.school Spotlight

11 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this seventh episode of the Stanford d.school spotlight; Lisa Kay Solomon gives a peek of the thoughts around her upcoming book about her recent in...

‘Changing the Conversation about School Safety’ with Barry Svigals - Stanford d.school Spotlight

04 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this sixth episode of the Stanford d.school spotlight; Barry Svigals gives a peek of the thoughts around his book Changing the Conversation about S...

‘Design for Belonging’ with Susie Wise - Stanford d.school Spotlight

21 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this fifth episode of the Stanford d.school spotlight; Susie Wise, author of Design for Belonging: How to Build Inclusion and Collaboration in Your...

‘Drawing on Courage’ with Ashish Goel - Stanford d.school Spotlight

14 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the fourth instalment of the Stanford d.school spotlight; Ashish Goel, author of Drawing on Courage: Risks Worth Taking and Stands Worth Making di...

‘The Secret Language of Maps’ with Carissa Carter - Stanford d.school Spotlight

07 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the third spotlight of the Stanford d.school guides; Carissa Carter, author of The Secret Language of Maps: How to Tell Visual Stories with Data he...

‘Navigating Ambiguity’ with Kelly Schmutte - Stanford d.school Spotlight

30 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this second instalment of the Stanford d.school spotlight; Kelly Schmutte, co-author of Navigating Ambiguity: Creating Opportunity in a World of U...

‘My Favorite Failure’ with Laura McBain & Ron BeGhetto - Stanford d.school Spotlight

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The first feature of the Stanford d.school spotlight has Laura McBain and Dr Ronald Beghetto, authors of My Favorite Failure. They share ideas about ...

Season 5 Review - AISSA & MetaPraxis Project

20 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

View CSE paper 06 titled “Learning on purpose” by Charles Leadbeater and the Student Agency Lab and also, CSE paper 07 titled “Learning in a flo...

MetaPraxis Project: Part 4 - St. Johns North, Good Shepherd

05 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Featured Guests: Karen Schoff - Good Shepherd SchoolVeronika Crilley - St. Johns GrammarJoyanne Gardner - St. Johns GrammarMetaPraxis is a 3-year appr...

MetaPraxis Project: Part 3 - Pembroke, St. Johns, Trinity North

28 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Featured Guests: Graham Duffy - Pembroke School,Andrea Feldhoff - Pembroke School,Melanie Krueger - Trinity College North,Jessica Simons - Trinity Col...

MetaPraxis Project: Part 2 - Annesley, Cornerstone, Walford

21 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Featured Guests: Jo Rossiter - Annesley Primary School,David Taylor - Annesley Junior School,Mayra Franco - Walford Anglican School,Sam Bartram - Walf...

MetaPraxis Project: Part 1 - Michael Bunce Explains

14 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The MetaPraxis is a 3-year approach led by educational philosopher and researcher Michael Bunce. Hosted by The Learning Future’s very own Louka Parr...