Yin Yak is a quiet spark in a noisy world, a podcast where ideas wander, worlds collide, and learning finds its rhythm. Hosted by Yin Kreher, each episode explores unexpected intersections across education, design, tech, and human behavior — sharing spicy insights, curious questions, and mic-drop moments you’ll want to carry with you.
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Yin Yak is a quiet spark in a noisy world, a podcast where ideas wander, worlds collide, and learning finds its rhythm. Hosted by Yin Kreher, each episode explores unexpected intersections across education, design, tech, and human behavior — sharing spicy insights, curious questions, and mic-drop moments you’ll want to carry with you.
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Recent Episodes
November 14, 2025
Episode 4: From AI Study Buddies to a New Course Design Playbook
<p>In this episode of <strong>Yin Yak</strong>, we dig into a question a lot of designers, educators, and leaders are quietly wrestling with:</p><p><strong>If AI can deliver knowledge </strong><strong>and</strong><strong> hold real conversations with learners, what’s left for us to design?</strong></p><p>To explore this, I’m joined by <strong>Eric Newman</strong>, Associate Director of Academic Innovation at Boston University. Eric has been shaping some of BU’s most forward-thinking programs—including the Online MBA that Forbes called one of the most disruptive in higher ed. </p><p>We yak about:</p><ul><li><p>How AI study buddies and dialogic AI shift the role of instructional designers</p></li><li><p>What RAG-powered learning means for content, context, and practice</p></li><li><p>Why “knowledge delivery” is no longer the design challenge</p></li><li><p>The rise of AI-enabled practice</p></li><li><p>What a new course design playbook looks like and what stays human</p></li></ul><p>Along the way, we dive into prompting, AI fluency, meaningful constraints, low-stakes practice, and why good design still matters more than ever.</p><p>If you're an instructional designer, learning strategist, educator, or just someone curious about the future of learning, this one’s for you.</p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yMp-p2xI3sOnbqVDn6le7A5PnhY1kpxTLm62_AAxRt8/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">View Transcript</a></p>
August 12, 2025
Episode 3: The Beauty and Burden of Ambiguity
<p><strong>When does ambiguity spark innovation and when does it quietly sink a project?</strong></p><p>In this episode, Yin sits down with <strong>Joe Vallone</strong>, Chief Information Officer & Chief AI Officer at Outcomes360, to explore the fine line between healthy uncertainty and costly misalignment. From late-stage clarity disasters to invisible risks no one wants to name, Joe shares how leaders can turn the unknown into discovery, without letting it derail momentum.</p><p>You’ll hear:</p><ul><li><p>Why some ambiguity fuels creativity (and some breeds chaos)</p></li><li><p>How to surface the risks no one wants to talk about</p></li><li><p>The “last responsible moment” for making big decisions</p></li><li><p>Why AI doesn’t remove ambiguity, it just speeds it up</p></li></ul><p>🎧 Listen in and learn how to turn the beauty and burden of ambiguity into your next competitive edge.</p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rYflUpW7GmQVjbXPVBwCMtDwkju4-RH5e1gQdX3YB_Q/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">View Transcript</a></p>
July 1, 2025
Episode 2: The Art of Not Having the Answer - On Ambiguity, Emotion, and Expression
Host Yin Kreher interviews visual artist Susan Singer about art's role in navigating ambiguity and emotional truth, revealing how creative expression fosters healing and deeper perception.
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