Upskilling program graduates from across the country and industries will share their personal experiences, how their program helped them, and what advice they would have for other participants and employers who are considering such programs.

What can civic and education leaders do to create an ecosystem that encourages employer and education partnerships that lead to upskilling programs? How do they ensure these programs develop a skilled workforce within a community that will serve existing employers and attract new ones?

What is driving large employers to invest in new upskilling programs and what types of programs are they investing in? What is working well and what needs to get better? What advice do they have for other companies?

The fifth anniversary of UpSkill America is here! At this special event, UpSkill America, an initiative of The Aspen Institute, looked both back at what they have learned about upskilling the last five years and forward to what the upskilling movement needs to achieve in the years ahead.

Isaac talks with Steve Patterson: Philosopher, Author, and the Host of the podcast Patterson in Pursuit. In his words, Steve is "obsessed with learning and have traveled the world to interview intellectuals about big ideas." On today's show, an excerpt from a longer conversation with Isaac, where he and Steve talk about credentialism and the pro's and con's of using credentials in the world of work.

A summary of this past week, and an announcement about a new special for next week on Skill FM. (Sorry, but you have to listen to this episode if you want to find out what it is!)

Warren and the team at Knowable are building audio courses to help people learn new skills from world leading experts and storytellers. Yes, it's an education podcast featuring an education company that is turning podcasts into audio courses to help educate people...our most meta conversation yet!

On this episode, Liz Eggleston presents "The State of the Bootcamp Industry: Outcomes, Demographics, and Attracting New Students." Liz is the Co-Founder of Course Report, the most complete, most-visited resource for students researching coding bootcamps on the internet.

Isaac talks with Blake Boles: author, entrepreneur, and self-directed learning advocate. Blake is the Director of Unschool Adventures, a program to help unschoolers travel the world, and has written several books on education beyond school. He joins Isaac to discuss his own education and career journey and what he's learned along the way.

A summary of this past week, a new record, and an announcement about our third new show on Skill FM. (Sorry, but you have to listen to this episode if you want to find out which one!)