Modern Education

In reflection to Black Friday, we jam out to "Material Girl" and talk tangents around the culture of stuffing our bags after stuffing our faces. 

Originally aired on 23 November 2018 at KZSU Stanford.

The United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity Ecosystem Services (IPBES) released its worldwide assessment on biodiversity this May. We were invited to the conference at the Presidio in San Francisco to talk to Anne Larigauderie the Executive Secretary of IPBES and Jean-François Silvain the President of the Foundation for Research in Biodiversity (FRB). 

We welcome experts in the field to discuss biodiversity and what this means for the future of our critters and more. 

Special thanks to Chris Lowrie and Eber Bravo. 

Conference held on 28 May 2019.

Host Emily Quiles' first time on the air. As an introduction, we discussed concepts of journalism, life and happiness.

Originally aired on 2 November 2018 at KZSU Stanford.

Dr. Michael McFaul is an academic and professor of political science at Stanford University. He has served under the U.S. National Security Council as the United States Ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014.

Originally aired on 5 May 2018 at KZSU Stanford.

Visiting the studio virtually we have Education Ph.D. student and educational diagnostician Ann Lê talking about her entry into the field and the path moving into research doing doctoral studies. We discuss how to approach services in schools, some of the shortcomings of the system, and what you can do to get involved.

Cathy Williams is the Co-Founder and the Executive Director of YouCubed, a platform lead to inspire, educate and empower mathematics teachers from Stanford University. Cathy was the Director of K-12 Mathematics at Vista Unified School District. Her projects include the book and program, Math Language that Works and the virtual math teacher support program Getting Ready for Algebra.

Originally aired on 03 March 2018 at KZSU Stanford.

Melissa Orta Martinez is a Ph.D. student studying mechanical engineering at Stanford University. Her research focuses on building low-cost haptic devices for education applications, aiming to make education an interactive experience and accessible to everyone. 

Originally aired on 20 July 2018 at KZSU Stanford.

Jesse Grossman is a freemason, a teacher in Masonic education and musician.

Originally aired on 6 July 2018 on KZSU Stanford.

David Song is a doctoral student in higher education at the Graduate School of Education and an IES Fellow at Stanford University. His research is centered around STEM learning, achievement inequalities among first-and second-generation immigrant minorities and transfer pathways in higher education.

Jessica Sideropolous teaches piano lessons. With her dual-interest in music and math, she explains their similarities in the world of learning. 

Originally aired on 22 June 2018 at KZSU Stanford.