The Learning Scientists Podcast
A podcast for teachers, students, and parents about evidence based practice and learning.
Episodes
July 3, 2025 • 37 mins
In Episode 91, Cindy talks with Sean McCormick, founder and Executive Director at EF Specialists. They discuss the research on executive functioning training, especially for neurodiverse students, and the degree to which it transfers to everyday life. In the episode, they mention several research studies. For free resources, please visit efspecialists.com.
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May 22, 2025 • 8 mins
In Episode 90, Megan reads her blog post Dual Coding: Can There be too Much of a Good Thing?
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April 10, 2025 • 8 mins
For some of our podcast episodes, we are going to read blog posts, audiobook style. This allows listeners to access the written material from the blog in audio form, which we imagine may help some who don’t have much time for reading (but DO have time to listen in the car). It also allows us to bring some of our most interesting, important, and/or popular posts back into the spotlight.
Today’s episode is our first of this type! In...
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February 27, 2025 • 22 mins
In Episode 88, Megan, Cindy, Carolina, and Althea talk about the new direction of the Learning Scientists Podcast, and about multitasking!
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January 16, 2025 • 37 mins
In Episode 87, Cindy chats with Mitch Weathers, a veteran teacher and Founder and CEO of Organized Binder. Mitch discusses what exactly is meant by executive functioning, his own learning struggles as a student, and his many projects aimed at improving students’ executive functioning skills including his recently released book, Executive Functions for Every Classroom: Creating Safe and Equitable Learning Environments.
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November 7, 2024 • 42 mins
In episode 86, Cindy talks with Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath, neuroscientist, educator, and author of Stop Talking, Start Influencing: 12 Insights from Brain Science to Make Your Message Stick. In this episode, Jared reviews some of the history of technological advancements, how technology has impacted learning, and shares some of his ideas for how artificial intelligence may impact both learning and society moving forward. Visit our w...
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September 12, 2024 • 28 mins
In Episode 85, Megan talks with Natalia Kucirkova, PhD, a Professor of Early Childhood and Development at the University of Stavanger in Norway and Professor of Reading and Children’s Development at The Open University, UK. Natalia leads a network of learning scientists, WiKIT, who support diverse EdTech organizations to be more evidence-based and aligned with the science of learning. She is author of the open-access book, How and ...
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In Episode 84, Carolina talks to Dominic Wyse and Charlotte Hacking; the authors of the brand-new book “The Balancing Act: An Evidence-Based Approach to Teaching Phonics, Reading and Writing”. Together they explore the chapters of the book that takes a research-informed approach to teaching pupils how to read and write.
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June 20, 2024 • 21 mins
In Episode 83, Althea interviews Jamila Sams, CEO and founder of We Do It For the Culture (TM), a culturally responsive social emotional learning curriculum rooted in Hip-Hop culture for middle and high school students. Jamila discusses the five components of social-emotional learning, hip-hop, and shares examples of how the curriculum has connected with students.
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March 28, 2024 • 21 mins
In Episode 81, Megan, Cindy, Carolina, and Althea walk through their Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) Annual Conference on Teaching (ACT) talk! The episode was recorded in October 2023 when all four Learning Scientists were together in Portland, Oregon for the conference. After they gave their formal talk, they recorded their talk in one of their hotel rooms to reach more people.
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February 15, 2024 • 23 mins
In Episode 80, Cindy interviews Kareem Farah, CEO and co-founder of the Modern Classrooms Project.
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January 11, 2024 • 36 mins
In Episode 79, Althea interviews Spencer Russell, an award-winning teacher and educator about early childhood literacy. You can learn more about Spencer's approach to early childhood literacy at https://www.toddlersread.com/. Follow him on Instagram (@toddlerscanread) for tips and videos!
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November 23, 2023 • 12 mins
In Episode 78, Megan, Cindy, Carolina, and Althea talk through the resources available on learningscientists.org.
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October 12, 2023 • 44 mins
In Episode 77, Megan interviews Maxim Vickerie and Adam Smith from EF+Math, a program supported by the nonprofit AERDF.
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August 31, 2023 • 33 mins
In Episode 76, Cindy interviews Sarah Oberle (@S_Oberle) about the intersection between research and education.
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July 13, 2023 • 18 mins
In Episode 75, Megan, Cindy, Carolina, and Althea talk about their new book, Ace That Test: A Student’s Guide to Learning Better. They provide an overview of the book, provide some examples, and discuss the writing process. Ace That Test: A Student’s Guide to Learning Better is out July 19th! Preorders are available now with a 20% off code if you access through our website.
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May 25, 2023 • 43 mins
Content warning: Please be advised that in this episode we discuss the topic of suicide in depth with a lived experience story. Matt reads a part of his book where a mother describes her personal experience with this topic.
In Episode 74, Carolina interviews Matt Pinkett – the author of Boys Don’t Try? – to talk about his new book Boys Do Cry: Improving Boys’ Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools which comes out this month.
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May 4, 2023 • 36 mins
In Episode 73 Althea interview Mark Schneider, Director of the Institute of Educational Sciences (IES). Mark discusses some of the challenges facing educators today and how IES can facilitate education research.
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April 13, 2023 • 34 mins
In Episode 72, Althea interviews Jerry Apps and Natasha Kassulke, authors of Planting an Idea: A Guidebook to Critical and Creative Thinking about Environmental Problems.
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