Learning Curve

By Jeff YoungSociety & Culture Technology Education

Learning Curve episodes

December 23, 2025 Is Your Mechanic Using AI?
Matt Boudinot’s AI explainer videos and his Auto Service Soft Skills Garage.
A super-short version of this episode that ran on APM’s Marketplace.
"The Best of Car Talk: Some Noises Are Better Than Others,” on NPR.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Reported and produced by Jeff Young
Music by Komiku
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37 min
December 09, 2025 Why Do So Many Students Have AI Friends?
"1 in 5 high schoolers has had a romantic AI relationship, or knows someone who has," NPR.
“How many hours does it take to make a friend?,” research by this week’s guest Jeff Hall.
“Chatbots Can Go Into a Delusional Spiral. Here’s How It Happens,” in The New York Times.
Talk out the Thomas Jefferson chatbot discussed on this episode.
“Programmed for Love,” an article I wrote for The Chronicle of Higher Education about Sherry Turkle’s work back in 2011.
EPISODE CREDITS:
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Music by Komiku
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45 min
November 25, 2025 Can Colleges ‘AI-Proof’ the Core Curriculum?
“Editorial: AI-proof the Core Curriculum The Core Curriculum is an essential part of a Catholic education that must be saved from AI,” in The Observer, the student newspaper at Notre Dame.
LinkedIn post by David Griffith about the student newspaper editorial.
AI Is Coming for the Consultants. Inside McKinsey, ‘This Is Existential.’ in The Wall Street Journal
"Should Instructors Ask Students to Show Document Histories to Guard Against AI Cheating?” in EdSurge.
EPISODE CREDITS:
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Music by Komiku
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54 min
November 11, 2025 How Does AI Fit Into Broader Disruptions to Higher Ed?
More on Bryan Alexander’s forthcoming book, “Peak Higher Education.”
“The Diamond Age,” by Neal Stephenson.
“Dual Enrollment Leads to More College Acceptances, Greater Financial Awards,” in Inside Higher Education.
“Should College Become Part of High School?” on the EdSurge Podcast.
Bryan Alexander’s Future Trends Forum.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Reported and produced by Jeff Young
Music by Komiku
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59 min
November 04, 2025 How Do Students Feel About Their AI Use? It's Complicated
In the Know, the podcast of the University of Minnesota's student newspaper, The Minnesota Daily.
"Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College," in New York magazine.

EPISODE CREDITS:
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Music by Komiku
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41 min
October 28, 2025 Can AI Avatars Make Class Time More Human?
Demo of Sara Cochran’s AI avatar, University of Virginia website
Sora and Vibes: AI Video Now Officially Going After Social Media, Platformer
EPISODE CREDITS:
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Music by Komiku
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40 min
October 15, 2025 Is My Professor Using AI?
“The Professors Are Using ChatGPT, and Some Students Aren’t Happy About It,” by Kashmir Hill in The New York Times.
Northeastern University’s AI use policy.
“Automated Essay Writing: An AIED Opinion,” by Mike Sharples in the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education.
EPISODE CREDITS:
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Music by Komiku
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38 min
September 30, 2025 Should Colleges Provide AI Tools?
DukeGPT
“Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College” in New York Magazine
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EPISODE CREDITS:
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Music by Komiku
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50 min
September 16, 2025 Will AI Bring More Student Disengagement?
The Disengaged Teen, by Rebecca Winthrop and Jenny Anderson
“Minnesota high school student weighs the benefits and pitfalls of AI,” Minnesota Now
“I’m a High Schooler. AI Is Demolishing My Education,” The Atlantic
Brookings Global Task Force on AI in Education website
‘We Have to Really Rethink the Purpose of Education,’ The Ezra Klein Show
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EPISODE CREDITS:
Reported and produced by Jeff Young
Music by Komiku
©Copyright 2026 Learning Curve Productions LLC
57 min
September 02, 2025 What If College Teaching Was Redesigned With AI In Mind?
Watch Matter and Space's video discussed in this episode, "Butterflies"
Read Maha Bali's blog.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Reported and produced by Jeff Young
Music by Komiku
©Copyright 2026 Learning Curve Productions LLC
1 hr 11 min

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