We have a powerful conversation with Paul Standish (Institute of Education, University College London) about the winding shape of an academic career and the profundity of the act of teaching.

We welcome Chris Higgins (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign) to the program as he describes "self-full" teaching and highlights the need for both rigor and relevance in philosophy of education. In describing the value of liberal study in teacher education, Higgins shares with us a very promising account of the enduring importance of pedagogy.

Ron Glass (University of California, Santa Cruz) draws our attentions to the difficulties of embodied ideologies and the educational fight against racism, sexism, and other forms of oppression. Learn more about his work through the UC Center for Collaborative Research for an Equitable California (CCREC).

Ann Chinnery (Simon Fraser University) visits us to discuss being a responsive moral subject, being situated in a historical context, and the value of perseverance in reading difficult yet compelling primary sources.

David Hansen (Teachers College, Columbia University) provides an invitation to reconsider the abiding human dimensions of educational research. For more details of his scholarship, please visit his webpage.

Charles "Bing" Bingham (Simon Fraser University) joins us for a rewarding conversation about the lived experiences that ground his work in philosophy of education. Through this, he kindly gives listeners a fine introduction to critical approaches to education. Please see more of his work and learn of his interests at his blog.

Kathleen Knight-Abowitz (Miami University) converses with us about the trajectory of her critical pragmatist scholarship and its connections to educational leadership. Her inquiries into notions of community and the democratic purposes of public education offer an exciting perspective on quite relevant moral and political questions.

Against the beautiful backdrop of the sounds of a bustling city, we welcome Eduardo Duarte (Hofstra University). In this conversation, he reminds us of the value of wedding the experimental character of philosophy on education to the unpredictable circumstances of a real and dynamic world.

Alexander “Sasha” Sidorkin is currently Dean of Graduate School of Education at the National Research University-Higher School of Economics in Moscow. Please access his site, which includes texts of most of his publications, and his blog, “The Russian Bear’s Diaries”.

Gert Biesta's work is internationally read, engaged, and revered. He very graciously sits down with us this episode, as we talk about his entry into education and the possibilities that still exist for this beautiful (and risky) endeavor.