
424 CTE’s Secret Superpower: Boundary Spanners
Peter Hostrawser and Alli Dahl sit down with Chris Brida, CTE Director in Portland Public Schools, to unpack a concept most education leaders do the work of… but rarely have language for: boundary spa...
4 Mar 1h 2min

423 College Is Broken? Why Internships Beat GPA Every Time
What happens after you hit stop on a conversation that challenges everything you thought you knew about grades, college, and internships?In this recap episode of the Disrupt Education Podcast, Peter H...
25 Feb 44min

422 Harvard’s GPA Problem: Why Internships Matter More Than Grades
What if the “A” isn’t proof of learning anymore?In this episode of the Disrupt Education Podcast, Peter Hostrawser and Alli Dahl sit down with Brandon Busteed to challenge one of education’s biggest s...
18 Feb 53min

421 Traditional Field Trips Are Failing High School Students
A spicy LinkedIn post about field trips lit up the internet—and this episode is the why behind the fire.Here is the post that started it all - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/peterhostrawser_disruptedu...
11 Feb 41min

420 Disrupting Education in 2026: What CTE Leaders Told Us
What happens when you ask 500+ CTE leaders one simple question: “How are you disrupting education in 2026?”At ACTE CareerTech VISION in Nashville, Alli Dahl and Peter Hostrawser put that question on t...
4 Feb 54min

419 Education's Zero-to-One Moment - pega6 Series Episode 4
Episode 4 is the pause-and-process moment after a truly disruptive series.Peter and Alli step back to unpack the emotional, mental, and professional reactions sparked by the pega6 conversation. This e...
28 Jan 47min

418 The pega6 Blueprint Universities Can’t Copy - pega6 Series Episode 3
In Episode 3, Peter and Alli stop talking about what’s broken and start building the alternative in real time — the pega6 model. Jeremy Smith takes everyone into the “why now” moment: he’s been sittin...
21 Jan 1h 28min

417 Workforce Engineering for the AI Age - pega6 Series Episode 2
After lighting up the college model in Episode 1, Peter and Alli come back with the real question: if higher ed is broken… what replaces it? Jeremy Smith (PEGA6 co-founder/CEO) answers with one phrase...
14 Jan 1h 2min






















