Chrisman Frank joins us to talk about Synthesis. Chrisman is cofounder and CEO of Synthesis, an enrichment club that teaches complex problem-solving and decision-making for kids 7 to 14 through online team games. My cofounder Josh Dahn developed the Synthesis concept while running Ad Astra, a small lab school he built for Elon Musk on the SpaceX campus.

Dr. Dana MacKenzie, a mathematician turned science writer and co-author of The Book of Why (written with Turning Award winner, Judea Pearl), join us to talk about correlation versus causation and other key concepts that have relevance as we seek to create and understand the future of AI in education.

Pedro Szekely, Research Scientist at USC Center on Knowledge Graphs Information Sciences Institute joins us to to take us on an exploration of knowledge graphs and the promise and possibility of artificial intelligence in life and learning.

On this episode, Nathan Grawe returns to talk about his book, The Agile College, and potential ways that colleges and universities might respond to the significant demographic changes in the upcoming years.

On this episode, Bernard speaks with Howard Gardner, one of the most influential educational theorists and scholars in the last century. The conversation focuses upon Howards book A Synthesizing Mind and his latest book, The Real World of College: What Higher Education Is and What It Can Be.

In this episode with serial education entrepreneur, John Katzman, we explore a variety of topics, including the value of higher education pursuing differentiation over competition.

Woody Wade, author of Scenario Planning: A Field Guide to the Future, joins us to talk how scenario planning can help us prepare for multiple futures at the same time.

This episode invites you into a conversation with Robert Litan, a non-resident senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, a practicing lawyer in St. Louis and Chicago, and author of Resolved: Debate Can Revolutionize Education and Help Save Our Democracy.

Pedro Domingos joins us to explain AI, machine learning, and how these are already changing the world around us. Pedro is a professor of computer science and author of The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine.