
Is Effective Altruism Right? #1: Joshua Kissel
In our first interview in our new series on Effective Altruism, Pete and Dan sit down with philosopher and educator Joshua Kissel, an effective altruist and author of the article "Effective Altruism a...
26 Okt 202246min

Is Effective Altruism Right?: Introduction
We're beginning a new series down the rabbithole! In "Is Effective Altruism Right," Pete, Sparky, and podcast editor Dan Thorn will dive deep into the fast-growing Effective Altruism research field an...
12 Okt 202240min

Alfred North Whitehead, "The Aims of Education" (1929)
We're hard at work down in the burren, preparing our next interview in the 'Is School Good?' series, but we'll need just a bit more time to have that episode edited.In the meantime, Sparky has recorde...
14 Sep 202233min

Is School Good? #10: Kevin Mattson
Pete and Sparky welcome Kevin Mattson, author, educator, and Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History in the Department of History at Ohio University, down the rabbithole to discuss punk rock, t...
31 Aug 202254min

Is School Good? #9: Xava De Cordova
Editor's note - apologies for any audio dropouts on yesterday's upload! We've gone over everything and it should be all fixed now. Sparky and Pete speak with Jewish educator and Talmud scholar Xava De...
17 Aug 202257min

Is School Good? #8: Peter Gray
Pete and Sparky have a chat with Peter Gray, research professor of psychology at Boston College and author of the book "Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happie...
3 Aug 20221h 11min

Is School Good? #7: Dan Walden
Pete and Sparky welcome Dan Walden (@dwaldenwrites), freelance writer, educator, and Ph.D candidate in classical philology at the University of Michigan, to discuss his experience as a student at educ...
20 Jul 202247min

Is School Good? #6: Social Hour
Pete and Sparky sit down to discuss the first few interviews from the Is School Good? series - what has stuck with them, what questions are left unanswered, and what their experiences as new parents h...
6 Jul 202251min





















