The 2152 Project

About The 2152 Project

The 2152 Project is an organic, crowdsourced professional development platform for all things Work-Based Learning (WBL) and Business & Industry Partnerships designed to address hot-topic and other pertinent issues related to WBL, Employment, Talent at the secondary level, as well as Business/Industry Partnerships. The creators of the 2152 Project, Mike Hassler (Utah) and Jason Van Nus (Georgia), live 2,152 miles apart, where the name for the 2152 Project emerged. They are both considered thought-leaders in the Work-Based Learning space. The genesis for their vision of the 2152 project began when Jason met Mike at a conference. During introductions, a dialogue ensued where each realized that they were being contacted by states, schools, WBL professionals, and businesses across the country to address issues emerging within the Work-Based Learning community. As a result of this dialogue, The 2152 Project emerged to take these private, siloed conversations into the public forum, hoping to create more robust WBL Programs that better serve our students, communities, and industries.

Publisher

Jason Van Nus & Mike Hassler

Category

business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Aug 2022

Latest episode

29 Oct 2025

Latest episodes

24 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Oct 2025

   S3, E15 - A Discussion on WBL and SPED Partnerships

   In this episode, Mike and Jason host Dr. Chelsea Marelle, Assistant Professor at University of North Georgia, an expert in Special Education to discuss pathways to partnership between Work-Based Learning and Special Populations in our schools.

2. 

   9 Oct 2025

   S3, Bonus Content: Presentation to a Georgia Economic Developers Association Region Meeting

   In this bonus episode, Jason is presenting to a region meeting of Georgia Economic Developers. He was asked to deliver a presentation on how you can and why you should partner with Work-Based Learning (WBL) and the CTE programs in your school system. Jason paints a picture of WBL not just as a student to work program but as a much broader economic development tool for talent retention and community success.

3. 

   24 Sept 2025

   S3, E14 - No funding...How could this happen?

   In this episode, Mike and Jason return to The 2152 Project with a vibrant discussion on emerging trends in WBL and a stark warning from a narrowly averted crisis for one of the most prominent State WBL programs in the country!

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 17 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

22

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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Books guests

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