Have universities lost the public trust? If so, can it be regained and how? Kathleen Fitzpatrick, author of Generous Thinking: A Radical Approach to Saving the University, joins us on this speedy to explore these questions and more.

Ozan Varol, rocket scientist turned law professor joins us to explore themes in his new book: Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life. His strategies offer leaders and educational innovators powerful tools for problem solving and imagining new and promising futures.

Heather Malin, director of research at the Stanford Center on Adolescence and author of Teaching for Purpose: Preparing Students for Lives of Meaning, joins the show to explore the role of purpose in education and how schools can create environments that are meaning-rich and purpose-full.

Bryan Alexander, well-known higher education futurist, joins us to talk about his newest book, Academia Next: The Futures of Higher Education. The conversation explores financial challenges in higher education, changing demographics and the implications for education, as well as a variety of technological changes that offer both challenges and opportunities for the future of education.

Michael Staton, often cited as one of the top educational technology venture capitalists, joins us to talk about the role of venture capital in education, a candid view of the benefits and limitations, as well as stories of what he sees as some of the more promising innovations. Along the way, listeners will also gain insight on what it takes to be a successful educational entrepreneur in the current landscape.

James Genone joins us to talk about Minerva, a new and completely different model for elite higher education that also offers promising practices for the rest of higher education.

Angela Duckworth joins the show to talk about grit, measuring progress in socio-emotional learning, and much more. Angela is co-founder and CEO of Character Lab, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, a 2013 MacArthur Fellow, and author of the bestselling book, Grit: The Power and Passion of Perseverance

Tom Vander Ark, CEO of Getting Smart, former Director of Education for the Bill and Melinda Grates Foundation, and prolific writer joins us to talk about the risks and challenges of 2019, lessons learned, and opportunities for education innovation in 2020 and beyond.

Michael Horn joins us to talk about his newest book, Choosing College: How to Make Better Learning Decisions Throughout Your Life. In this interview, we explore the formative influences on his work and then delve into a discussion about the forces that influence our education decisions, and most importantly, how we can make better decisions.

In this interview with Thomas Frey, Founder of the DaVinci Institute and one of the leading futurists in the world, we embark on a multi-faceted conversation about the future of work, education, and more. We do so by inviting Thomas to comment on the meaning and intent behind a long list of some of his most provocative and well-known quotes and predictions.

Do we have a lack of imagination when it comes to thinking about the future of higher education? How can speculation expand our sense of what is possible? David Staley, Associate Professor and Director of the Humanities Institute, Director of the Center for the Humanities in Practice at The Ohio State University, and author of Alternative Universities: Speculative Design for Innovation in Higher Education joins us on this episode to explore these and other questions.