The Learning Scientists Podcast

The Learning Scientists Podcast

A podcast for teachers, students, and parents about evidence based practice and learning.

Episodes

Episode 98: Executive Functioning in the Classroom with Sarah Oberle and Mitch Weathers

June 4, 2026 • 37 mins
In Episode 98, Cindy interviews Sarah Oberle and Mitch Weathers, experts in executive functioning.
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Episode 97: Thinking Is Hard

May 7, 2026 • 8 mins
In Episode 97, Althea reads her blog post Thinking is Hard.
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Episode 96: Believing in Yourself with Myriam Da Silva

January 29, 2026 • 33 mins

In Episode 95, Cindy talks with Myriam Da Silva about believing in yourself to support learning.

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Episode 95: Supporting Neurodivergent Kids and Adults with Emily Kircher-Morris

December 18, 2025 • 34 mins
In episode 95, Cindy talks with Emily Kircher-Morris, M.A., M.Ed., LPC, a licensed professional counselor specializing in supporting neurodivergent kids and adults (and their families).
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Episode 94: Retrieval Practice in the Health Professions

October 30, 2025 • 7 mins
In Episode 94, Althea reads her blog post Retrieval Practice in the Health Professions.
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Episode 93: Compassion Fatigue in Educators with Dr Chiara Horlin

September 25, 2025 • 38 mins
In Episode 93, Carolina chats with Dr Chiara Horlin, a Senior Lecturer in Psychology in the School of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Glasgow, about wellbeing in educators and specifically about a phenomenon called ‘compassion fatigue’.
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Episode 92: Science Communication with Leonardo Feletto

August 14, 2025 • 38 mins
In Episode 92, Althea talks with Leonardo Feletto. Leo has a PhD in Molecular Biology and is now a science teacher. But most important for this particular episode, Leo is a science communicator.
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Episode 91: Executive Functioning in Special Education with Sean McCormick

July 3, 2025 • 37 mins
In Episode 91, Cindy talks with Sean McCormick, founder and Executive Director at EF Specialists. They discuss the research on executive functioning training, especially for neurodiverse students, and the degree to which it transfers to everyday life. In the episode, they mention several research studies. For free resources, please visit efspecialists.com.
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Episode 90: Dual Coding-Can There Be Too Much of a Good Thing?

May 22, 2025 • 8 mins
In Episode 90, Megan reads her blog post Dual Coding: Can There be too Much of a Good Thing?
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Episode 89: Who Should Create Study plans?

April 10, 2025 • 8 mins
For some of our podcast episodes, we are going to read blog posts, audiobook style. This allows listeners to access the written material from the blog in audio form, which we imagine may help some who don’t have much time for reading (but DO have time to listen in the car). It also allows us to bring some of our most interesting, important, and/or popular posts back into the spotlight. Today’s episode is our first of t...
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Episode 88: Quick Podcast Updates and a Discussion About Multitasking

February 27, 2025 • 22 mins
In Episode 88, Megan, Cindy, Carolina, and Althea talk about the new direction of the Learning Scientists Podcast, and about multitasking!
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Episode 87: Executive Functioning Skills with Mitch Weathers

January 16, 2025 • 37 mins
In Episode 87, Cindy chats with Mitch Weathers, a veteran teacher and Founder and CEO of Organized Binder. Mitch discusses what exactly is meant by executive functioning, his own learning struggles as a student, and his many projects aimed at improving students’ executive functioning skills including his recently released book, Executive Functions for Every Classroom: Creating Safe and Equitable Learning Environments.
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Episode 86: EdTech and AI with Jared Cooney Horvath (Recorded Live from ResearchED)

November 7, 2024 • 42 mins
In episode 86, Cindy talks with Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath, neuroscientist, educator, and author of Stop Talking, Start Influencing: 12 Insights from Brain Science to Make Your Message Stick. In this episode, Jared reviews some of the history of technological advancements, how technology has impacted learning, and shares some of his ideas for how artificial intelligence may impact both learning and society moving forward. Visit our w...
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Episode 85: Digital Literacy with Natalia Kucirkova

September 12, 2024 • 28 mins
In Episode 85, Megan talks with Natalia Kucirkova, PhD, a Professor of Early Childhood and Development at the University of Stavanger in Norway and Professor of Reading and Children’s Development at The Open University, UK. Natalia leads a network of learning scientists, WiKIT, who support diverse EdTech organizations to be more evidence-based and aligned with the science of learning. She is author of the open-access book, Ho...
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Episode 84: An Evidence - Based Approach to Teaching Reading and Writing – An Interview with Dominic Wyse and Charlotte Hacking

August 1, 2024 • 50 mins
In Episode 84, Carolina talks to Dominic Wyse and Charlotte Hacking; the authors of the brand-new book “The Balancing Act: An Evidence-Based Approach to Teaching Phonics, Reading and Writing”. Together they explore the chapters of the book that takes a research-informed approach to teaching pupils how to read and write.
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Episode 83: An Interview with We Do It For the Culture founder Jamila Sams

June 20, 2024 • 21 mins
In Episode 83, Althea interviews Jamila Sams, CEO and founder of We Do It For the Culture (TM), a culturally responsive social emotional learning curriculum rooted in Hip-Hop culture for middle and high school students. Jamila discusses the five components of social-emotional learning, hip-hop, and shares examples of how the curriculum has connected with students.
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Episode 82: An Interview with Robert Malkin on Academic Research for High School Students

May 9, 2024 • 18 mins

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Episode 81: STP Talk -- Science Communication about Retrieval Practice

March 28, 2024 • 21 mins
In Episode 81, Megan, Cindy, Carolina, and Althea walk through their Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) Annual Conference on Teaching (ACT) talk! The episode was recorded in October 2023 when all four Learning Scientists were together in Portland, Oregon for the conference. After they gave their formal talk, they recorded their talk in one of their hotel rooms to reach more people.
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Episode 80: An Interview with Kareem Farah from The Modern Classrooms Project

February 15, 2024 • 23 mins
In Episode 80, Cindy interviews Kareem Farah, CEO and co-founder of the Modern Classrooms Project.
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Episode 79: Toddlers Can Read with Spencer Russell

January 11, 2024 • 36 mins
In Episode 79, Althea interviews Spencer Russell, an award-winning teacher and educator about early childhood literacy. You can learn more about Spencer's approach to early childhood literacy at https://www.toddlersread.com/. Follow him on Instagram (@toddlerscanread) for tips and videos!
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