- 106
- Episodes
- 104
- Transcribed
- 82
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
- 975K
- YouTube views
About Booming
Booming is a weekly podcast about the economic forces shaping our lives here in the Pacific Northwest. The Seattle area's been home to many booms over the years. It’s brought jobs, people, and wealth to the region, but also real growing pains that people here feel every day. In Booming, KUOW economy reporters Joshua McNichols and Monica Nickelsburg help listeners make sense of our ever-changing economy. We'll dig into what people are seeing or feeling and unpack the story behind it.
- Publisher
- KUOW News and Information
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 11 Jan 2024
- Latest episode
- 30 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
104 of 106 episodes have a transcript.
30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Does AI belong in the classroom?
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Microsoft's stern warning for AI frontier labs
16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Is San Francisco leaving Seattle behind?
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Does AI belong in the classroom?
Published 30 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Yeah, the role that technology plays in schools has changed really dramatically since I was a kid. Over my lifetime, Microsoft, Google, Apple, they led these major campaigns to get laptops and iPads in the classrooms and also to get computer science added to school curriculums. And they did that under the promise that both would improve learning. Mm-hmm. But there are some studies now, like one from the National Bureau of Economic Research, another from Economics of Education Review, that found giving students devices in the classroom either had no effect on academic outcomes or even negatively affected final exam scores. […]
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- YouTube views
- 974,705
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 56 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 26 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 70 / 100
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- Quality
- 72
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 82
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