What Teachers Have to Say

About What Teachers Have to Say

What Teachers Have to Say is a podcast about teaching, AI in education, instructional practice, and teacher identity. Hosted by Jacob Carr and Nathan Collins, it centers real classroom experience, system pressures, and how AI is reshaping learning. No performative edu‑influencer culture. No toxic positivity. Just honest conversations about what’s actually happening in schools. What This Podcast Covers AI in education and classroom use Teaching strategies and instructional design (EduProtocols) Teacher burnout and system design Student skill development and transfer EdTech tools and practical workflows Who This Podcast Is For K–12 teachers Instructional coaches and leaders Pre‑service teachers Educators exploring AI and EdTech Anyone tired of surface‑level PD Who We Are Jacob (Jake) Carr EdTech Coach for a County Office of Education, author, and speaker on AI in education. 15+ years across K–12 (grades 1–12) in diverse settings. Brings a philosophical lens, connects classroom practice to systems, and pushes conversations deeper before landing on something usable. Nathan Collins High school English teacher, dual‑enrollment instructor, and Personalized Learning Teacher in a rural hybrid model. Grounds the show in current classroom reality, student data, and practical constraints. A measured counterbalance to big ideas. What We Explore AI in Education — A structural shift, not a novelty. Learning, assessment, and independence in an AI‑rich world. Burnout as a System Problem — Not a personal failure. We name the incentives that reward unsustainable work. Instructional Routines That Work — Repeatable structures that lower planning load and raise thinking, repetition, and collaboration. Skills That Transfer — Thinking, communication, adaptability. Not just content. The Format Long‑Form — Monthly flagship episodes with deep dives, interviews, and debates. Short‑Form — Field notes, solo reflections, headlines, and listener voicemails between major episodes. Your Voice Matters Leave a SpeakPipe voicemail with a question, win, or rant. We feature listener voices in episodes. Beyond the Podcast The companion newsletter goes deeper: AI in education, teaching strategies, and teacher identity. Free, weekly, and practical. FAQ What is it about? Teaching, AI in education, and real classroom conditions. Who hosts it? Jacob Carr and Nathan Collins. Is it AI‑focused? Yes, always tied to real practice. How often? Monthly flagship + shorter episodes between. Where to listen? Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major platforms. Subscribe and Follow Apple Podcasts Spotify Newsletter Stay curious. Keep thinking. Keep showing up.

Publisher

Jacob Carr and Nathan Collins

Category

education · society & culture · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Mar 2023

Latest episode

15 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

48 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Jun 2026

   There Are Two Bees in Your Brain. AI Only Has One.

   Send us Fan Mail A student turned in a short story this spring that neither of us has stopped thinking about. A man installs an AI system in his home. It does everything for him. Slowly there is nothing left to want, and no one left to talk to. He wrote it as a warning. He is 17. This started as a workflow episode. Nathan built a college-level writing assignment around Isabelle Hau's "Welcome to the Era of Relational Intelligence" and the full nine-hour Stanford AI+Education Summit, using Not...

2. 

   31 Mar 2026

   Make America AI Ready: The Stove Isn't Going to Blow Up

   Send us Fan Mail The federal government recently launched an AI literacy program delivered entirely by text message. Jake has completed the first five days, and also looked into a network of teachers, HR professionals, and writers and to ask what they thought. The results were predictable in one direction and surprising in another. This episode is less about the program and more about what it exposes: who gets to define AI literacy, what it's for, and what the cost of doing nothing actually l...

3. 

   4 Mar 2026

   Scaffolds Were Always Meant to Come Down

   Send a text Jake and Nathan just got back from their third Stanford AI + Education Summit — The AI Inflection Point: What, How, and Why We Learn — and a week later, they still can't stop talking about it. In this episode they dig into the tension at the heart of AI in schools right now: how do you protect the human skill development that education exists to build, while letting AI do the things it's actually good at? They get into the AI Assessment Scale, why cheating is the wrong frame, what...

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

30,697

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

16 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100

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Quality

75

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

71

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