At TRR 318, monitoring human understanding plays a key role in improving explanations. It addresses the challenge of recognizing whether an explanation truly meets the listener’s needs — a task in which Artificial Intelligence often struggles. In the latest episode of the podcast “Explaining Explainability,” Prof. Britta Wrede talks with Prof. Hanna Drimalla and Prof. Friederike Kern, both from Bielefeld University. Together, they discuss the challenges of monitoring for AI, highlight its significance, and provide insights into how their research can enhance future monitoring approaches.