A Spence School podcast that pursues ideas crucial to the intellectual journey of young women today.
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Host Felicia Wilks interviews tech and education expert Eric Hudson about navigating AI's impact on learning and supporting students through this transformation.
11 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
The 2026 Seniors Reflect on an Incredible Journey
Head of School Felicia Wilks interviews four graduating seniors about their transformative experiences and future inspirations at Spence.
7 May 2026
Cultivating Intellectual Discernment and Resilience
Felicia Wilks and renowned legal scholar Kenji Yoshino explore how educators and parents can cultivate critical thinking and thoughtful discernment in an era shaped by rapidly evolving technology, ubiquitous access to information, and deepening intellectual and political differences.
A leading voice in constitutional and anti-discrimination law, Yoshino is also the author of several influential books addressing today’s most urgent legal and social challenges. He is the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at NYU and the director of the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging. His latest book, How Equality Wins: A New Vision for an Inclusive America, is a hopeful call to action for creating a fairer society.
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12 Feb 2026
Building the Essential Skills for A Meaningful and Successful Life
Felicia Wilks talks to one of the most influential women in finance, Katie Koch, about the power of women’s voice and leadership. They discuss how Katie got her start in investing, cultivated her career, and continues to draw from her humanities education to solve complex investing challenges. Together, they explore topics including academic and professional pathways for young women, career ambitions and parenting, and the transformative impact of more women building, managing and contributing wealth today.
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8 Dec 2025
Embracing Complexity
Zoe Hitzig '11 is a published poet, an economist, a fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows, and a researcher at the forefront of artificial intelligence. She joins Felicia Wilks for a wide-ranging conversation on what it means to engage in a constant cycle of inquiry during an age of rapid technological development. Together, they discuss how Zoe's multidisciplinary background informs her scholarship and her poetry, how students should think about AI and agency, and the one poem that has had the most profound impact on Zoe's intellectual journey.
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12 Sept 2025
Finding Balance in Achievement Culture
The start of the school year inspires new hopes and aspirations in all of us. In our back-to-school episode, Felicia Wilks and award-winning author Jennifer Wallace talk about setting up students for healthy success, navigating the complexities of parenting today, and finding better balance.
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11 Jun 2025
A Year in the Making
Head of School Felicia Wilks discusses a year of learning and growth at Spence with students and teachers from various school levels in this interview episode.
24 Apr 2025
The Power of Women's Leadership
Felicia Wilks and Spence alumnae Kathy Frazier '79 and Hollie Russon Gilman '04 discuss the power of women's leadership in all its complexity. They cover what it means to lead with courage, stay agile, grow professionally and personally, and much more.
Kathy Frazier is a VP and wealth advisor with J.P. Morgan Wealth Management. She's built an incredible 35 year career in finance, beginning as a trader at Goldman Sachs.
Hollie Russon Gilman is a political scientist, lecturer, advisor, and civic strategist. She's a senior fellow at the think tank New America, an affiliate fellow at Harvard's Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, and a senior advisor at the Trust for Civic Life.
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6 Dec 2024
The Craft of Teaching
Spence faculty members Eric Zahler and Sara Moore, along with guest Felicia Wilks, share actionable insights on crafting vibrant learning opportunities, empowering students, and embracing technology in the classroom.
17 Sept 2024
Amy Edmondson on "Good Failure"
Amy Edmondson '77 is a renowned scholar on leadership and management, and a professor at Harvard Business School. She is also a beloved Spence School alumna. Amy Edmondson and Felicia Wilks dive into Amy’s latest book, The Right Kind of Wrong, and offer valuable insights for teachers, students, parents, and academic leaders on what it means to embrace "good failure."
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9 Sept 2024
Introducing Spence In Conversation
The Spence In Conversation Podcast launches Tuesday, September 17.
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Inside a recent episode
Rethinking Learning in the Age of AI
Published 18 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Like, The fact that our students have access to this very powerful technology and are increasingly sort of fluent and engaged in how to use it in many different ways only makes more clear the fact that the way they go about doing their lives, not just their schoolwork outside of school, has really changed. And so I personally believe that schools have a responsibility to engage with that fact and You know, your student's world does not is not limited to your classroom. Your student's world extends far beyond your classroom. I think at the most practical level, if you choose not to engage, then I think a lot of the work you ask students to do outside of class, the way they're doing it has really changed. […]
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