Internationally respected author, blogger and learning expert, Donald Clark joins John Helmer of the Learning Hack podcast to discuss the history of thought and theorising about learning. The inspired, the enduring, the wacked-out weird and the just plain wrong, from Aristotle to the present day. © John Helmer 2021
Great Minds on Learning
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Internationally respected author, blogger and learning expert, Donald Clark joins John Helmer of the Learning Hack podcast to discuss the history of thought and theorising about learning. The inspired, the enduring, the wacked-out weird and the just plain wrong, from Aristotle to the present day. © John Helmer 2021
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December 15, 2025
GMoLS7E44 AI Learning and the Global South
<p class="p1">Recorded live at Online Educa Berlin, this episode of Great Minds on Learning explores AI and the Global South through history, hard lessons, and contemporary debate. John Helmer and Donald Clark examine early techno-utopian experiments, the ethics wars around AI, and newer perspectives rooted in language, power, and lived experience. From Negroponte and Mitra to Gebru, Arora, Manyika, and Mugane, the conversation asks who AI is really for—and who gets to decide.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <hr /> <p class="p2"> </p> <h3><strong>Timestamps</strong></h3> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p1">00:57 – Intro</p> <p class="p1">01:58 – Introduction to AI & the Global South</p> <p class="p1">14:11 – Nicholas Negroponte</p> <p class="p1">17:38 – Sugata Mitra</p> <p class="p1">24:11 – Global South takes on AI</p> <p class="p1">28:11 – Timnit Gebru</p> <p class="p1">32:27 – Payal Arora</p> <p class="p1">37:39 – James Manyika</p> <p class="p1">43:12 – John Mugane</p> <p class="p1">54:49 – Summing up</p> <p class="p1">58:41 – Q&A</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <hr /> <p class="p2"> </p> <h3><strong>About the Show</strong></h3> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p1">Great Minds on Learning explores 2,500 years of learning theory—from the Greeks to the geeks. Hosted by John Helmer and Donald Clark, the podcast connects historical ideas to today's debates in education, technology, and society.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <hr /> <p class="p2"> </p> <h3><strong>Connect</strong></h3> <p> </p> <ul> <li> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>LinkedIn:</strong></span> https://linkedin.com/in/johnhelmer</p> </li> <li> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>X:</strong></span> @johnhelmer</p> </li> <li> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>Bluesky:</strong></span> @johnhelmer.bsky.social</p> </li> <li> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>Website:</strong></span> https://learninghackpodcast.com</p> </li> </ul> <p> </p>
July 14, 2025
GMoL S7E43 Wellbeing with Donald Clark
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> In this final episode before the summer break, Donald Clark and John Helmer explore the rise of happiness and wellbeing as central themes in psychology, education, and policy. From Seligman’s Positive Psychology to Nussbaum’s Capabilities Approach, they examine the thinkers who defined the science—and pseudo-science—of flourishing. Is wellbeing a universal human right, or a set of scantly-evidenced models that has somehow become an industry? And what happens when AI becomes your therapist?<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Apple Color Emoji'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Apple Color Emoji'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> ⏱️</span></strong> <strong><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> Timestamps</span></strong></p> <ul> <li class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> 00:00:00 - Start</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal">00:01:24 - Intro</li> <li class="MsoNormal">00:02:25 - Introducing Wellbeing</li> <li class="MsoNormal">00:09:07 - Martin Seligman (1942–) & Richard Layard (1934–)</li> <li class="MsoNormal">00:21:47 - Ed Diener (1946–2021)</li> <li class="MsoNormal">00:29:57 - Carol Ryff</li> <li class="MsoNormal">00:41:22 - Corey Keyes</li> <li class="MsoNormal">00:51:01 - Amartya Sen (1933–) & Martha Nussbaum (1947–)</li> <li class="MsoNormal">00:58:37 - Lucy Foulkes</li> <li class="MsoNormal">01:09:03 - Summing up</li> </ul> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"> <hr align="center" size="0" width="100%" /></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Apple Color Emoji'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Apple Color Emoji'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> 🔗</span></strong> <strong><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> Contact</span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> <strong><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> LinkedIn:</span></strong> <span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhelmer">linkedin.com/in/johnhelmer</a></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> <strong><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> X:</span></strong> <span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> <a href="https://x.com/johnhelmer">@johnhelmer</a></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> <strong><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> Bluesky:</span></strong> <span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> <a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/johnhelmer.bsky.social">@johnhelmer.bsky.social</a></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> <strong><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> Website:</span></strong> <span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> <a href= "https://learninghackpodcast.com">learninghackpodcast.com</a></span></li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US"> </span></p>
June 30, 2025
GMoL S7E42 Organizational Learning with Donald Clark
Donald Clark discusses the evolution of organizational learning, from decision theory to knowledge creation, exploring how institutions strategically adapt and change in this interview with host John Helmer.
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