Join MIT Professor Mitchel Resnick to explore new technologies, activities, and strategies for helping children develop as creative, curious, caring, and collaborative learners. In each episode, Mitch will interview educators and researchers to shine light on ideas and examples for cultivating a more creative, empathetic, and pluralistic society.
Mitch is LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research at the MIT Media Lab. Over the past 30 years, his Lifelong Kindergarten research group has developed a stream of innovative educational technologies and initiatives, including Scratch, OctoStudio, and the Computer Clubhouse Network.
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Sherry Turkle discusses her new book “Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines (https://www.sherryturkle.com/artificial-intimacy),” exploring how our everyday use of AI chatbots changes how we relate to other people in our lives and how we think about ourselves.
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15 Sept 2026
Natasha Singer: Big Tech Influence in Schools
Natasha Singer, reporter for the New York Times and author of the new book Coding Kids: Big Tech’s Battle to Remake Public Schools (https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881943), joins the Lifelong Kindergarten podcast to discuss the growing influence of big technology companies in children’s education -- and the backlash against it.
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1 Jun 2026
Gwyn and Syl: Creative Learning in the Scratch Community
At a time when many people are expressing concerns about screen time and social interactions online, the Scratch online community serves as a counter-example, providing opportunities for young people to develop as creative, curious, caring, and collaborative learners. In this episode of the Lifelong Kindergarten podcast, former Scratchers Gwyn Chilcoat and Syl Foisy, now both PhD students, discuss how their childhood experiences with Scratch continue to influence their work and their lives.
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19 May 2026
Randi Weingarten: Educating for Democracy
Randi Weingarten, author of the book “Why Fascists Fear Teachers,” joins the Lifelong Kindergarten podcast to discuss how teachers and schools must help students prepare for active participation in a pluralistic, democratic society.
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5 May 2026
Lizette Valles: Microschools
Want to learn more about microschools? These intentionally small schools serve as experimental testbeds for new approaches to education and learning. In this episode, I talk with Lizette Valles, who started a microschool in Los Angeles, and then started the California Microschool Collective to connect and share ideas with founders of other microschools.
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21 Apr 2026
Jaleesa Trapp: Leveraging Lived Experience
Too often, young people from marginalized communities are viewed in terms of their deficiencies instead of their strengths. Jaleesa Trapp discusses how young people can leverage their often-overlooked skills, creativity, and lived experience to create new opportunities for themselves and their communities.
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7 Apr 2026
Peter Gray: The Decline of Play and the Rise of Teen Anxiety
Fueled by the book The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt, many people blame mobile phones and social media for the rise in teen anxiety. But Peter Gray, a leading authority on the role of play in children’s lives, has a different explanation. His research shows that reduced opportunities for self-directed play and rising pressures at school are the most important factors underlying the increase in anxiety and other mental-health issues among teens.
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24 Mar 2026
Carmelo Presicce: Learning About Learning & Caring About Caring
Carmelo Presicce joins Mitch Resnick to discuss the Learning Creative Learning (LCL) online course and community, where people from around the world come together to learn about creative learning as they engage in creative learning experiences. Carmelo focuses especially on his approach for creating a culture of caring within the LCL community -- and discusses why caring communities are more important than ever for countering the technological and political disruptions in today’s world.
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10 Mar 2026
Karen Brennan: Classroom as Design Studio
What if classrooms were organized more like design studios, providing students with opportunities to create projects based on their interests -- and supporting their development as self-directed learners? Harvard professor Karen Brennan joins me to discuss ideas and stories from her new book: “Start with Questions: The Classroom as Design Studio”
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24 Feb 2026
Eleonora Badilla Saxe: The Challenge of Sustaining Educational Innovation
In the late 1980’s, the government of Costa Rica initiated a bold program to transform education by introducing computers to schools throughout the country. Eleonora Badilla Saxe, one of the leaders of the initiative, joins Mitchel Resnick to discuss the early success of the initiative -- and also the challenges of sustaining values and innovation over time.
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10 Feb 2026
Sal Khan: Will AI revolutionize education?
Sal Khan, founder and CEO of Khan Academy, joins Mitch Resnick to discuss how new AI technologies will open new possibilities but also pose new challenges for learning and education. What skills and ideas will become more important? And who (or what) will drive the learning process?
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27 Jan 2026
Steve Seidel: Lessons from Reggio Emilia
Steve Seidel joins Mitch Resnick to discuss how the schools in Reggio Emilia, Italy, founded in reaction to Italian fascism in 1945, can provide important lessons for educators everywhere today, as authoritarianism is again on the rise around the world.
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9 Jan 2026
Mimi Ito: A Connected Learning Perspective on AI and Neurodiversity
Mimi Ito joins Mitch Resnick to discuss the interest-driven, equity-oriented approach of Connected Learning -- and how Connected Learning can provide a framework for thinking about the role of new AI technologies in children’s lives. Mimi also discusses how she is using Connected Learning principles to inform a new research initiative focusing on neurodiverse learners.
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8 Jan 2026
Natalie Rusk: Building on Interests
Mitch Resnick talks with his long-time collaborator Natalie Rusk about ways to support young people in building on their interests, expanding opportunities for more motivating, memorable, and meaningful learning experiences. Natalie draws on examples from her work as co-creator of the Computer Clubhouse network, Scratch, and OctoStudio.
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