In which Dan chats with Terra Ziporyn and Amy Wolfson, authors of the new book Educating the Exhausted: Adolescent Sleep and the Struggle for a Later School Start. Terra is a medical writer and historian and Amy is child clinical psychologist. They both serve on the board of Start School Later, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing public awareness about the relationship between sleep and school hours. Dan, Terra, and Amy discuss the importance of sleep, why evidence is often not enough t...
30 Jun 2026
Four Ways to Think About AI in Schools
The idea of AI in schools is inspiring either alarm bells or excitement, depending on who you're reading or following on social. But since it's already here, I invite you to consider four frames for considering it: Helping Teachers Reduce Friction, AI with Training Wheels, Naming What Students Are Already Doing, and Conversations, Not Lessons. I'm no lackey for AI, and I've been deeply skeptical of its rapid advance on schools. But I also recognize that it's here and educators need to be prep...
20 May 2026
The Art of the Journal with Sonya Walger
In which Dan talks with Sonya Walger (@sonyawalgerofficial), author and actress, about the power of journaling. Sonya is a longtime keeper of journals and her insights into the power of writing about our lives feels so urgent in this moment when technology promises to cure all our ills. As Sonya says in the interview, it's about "authenticity, which isn't necessarily the same as truthfulness, but an expression of everything in its complexities." Mentioned in the episode: Lion, a novel by Sony...
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