Human Restoration Project podcast

Human Restoration Project

Since 2018, the Human Restoration Project Podcast has reimaged education through critical, progressive, human-centered learning! Across nearly 200 episodes, and counting, we've explored every topic in education: ungrading and alternative assessment, interdisciplinary play-based and project-based learning, SEL, education reforms and systemic school change in society with students, teachers, leaders, researchers, and advocates around the world. Join us on our mission to restore humanity to education, together!

Since 2018, the Human Restoration Project Podcast has reimaged education through critical, progressive, human-centered learning! Across nearly 200 episodes, and counting, we've explored every topic in education: ungrading and alternative assessment, interdisciplinary play-based and project-based learning, SEL, education reforms and systemic school change in society with students, teachers, leaders, researchers, and advocates around the world. Join us on our mission to restore humanity to education, together!

 

#176

Cultivating Creativity and Connection in the Classroom w/ Tom Rendon & Zachary Stier

How do you define creativity? Would you be able to spot creativity in the wild? What about... more

06 Dec 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:07

06 Dec 2025


#175

Are we Reader or are we Player? w/ Karis Jones, Virginia Killian Lund, Brady Nash, and Trevor Aleo

Most of us probably experienced a homogenous version of literacy in our English classes: r... more

22 Nov 2025

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:11

22 Nov 2025


#174

Making School Finance As Public As Possible w/ David I. Backer

We’re recording this episode the week the Iowa DOGE Task Force released their final 136 pa... more

08 Nov 2025

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:53

08 Nov 2025


#173

The Buzz About the Human Hive w/ Kate McAllister

When I sat down with James Mannion to talk about the educational polycrisis back in July, ... more

25 Oct 2025

54 MINS

54:48

25 Oct 2025


#172

Lessons in Powerful Learning from the Fringes w/ Dr. Sarah Fine

Today’s episode is Dr. Sarah Fine’s keynote, the Quest for Authenticity: Lessons in Powerf... more

11 Oct 2025

31 MINS

31:45

11 Oct 2025


#171

Will Work for Food: Labor Across the Food Chain w/ Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern & Teresa M. Mares

The reach and impact of our food systems – that is, the complex, interconnected, and globa... more

27 Sep 2025

44 MINS

44:01

27 Sep 2025


#170

From the Classroom to the Capitol: A Conversation w/ New Mexico Lt. Gov. Howie Morales

Please note that Human Restoration Project is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and that th... more

13 Sep 2025

26 MINS

26:48

13 Sep 2025


#169

Taming the Turbulence in Educational Leadership w/ Jennifer D. Klein

In the opening pages of my guest’s book, she recounts a colleague's bumpy plane ride that ... more

30 Aug 2025

52 MINS

52:00

30 Aug 2025


#168

BS Universities: The Future of Automated Education w/ Rob Sparrow & Gene Flenady

“Any assessment of the potential of AI to contribute to education must begin with an accur... more

16 Aug 2025

53 MINS

53:04

16 Aug 2025


#167

Cultivating Mental Health Mindsets in The Empathetic Classroom w/ Maria Munro-Schuster

Back in December 2024, I got an email from Tom Rademacher raving about an upcoming book fr... more

02 Aug 2025

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:04

02 Aug 2025


#166

Confronting the Education Polycrisis w/ Dr. James Mannion

“The problems we face are not the fault of any single individual or organisation. They are... more

19 Jul 2025

1 HR 26 MINS

1:26:47

19 Jul 2025


#165

DIY, Mutual Aid, and Human-Centered Learning for Neurodivergent and Disabled People w/ Stimpunks

“We are a community affair. We’re Autistic, ADHD, OCD, PTSD, Tourettes, schizophrenic, bip... more

05 Jul 2025

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:50

05 Jul 2025


#164

Reclaiming Teaching & Learning in an Age of AI w/ Chanea Bond

At the time of recording, New York Magazine had released an article titled [“Everyone is C... more

21 Jun 2025

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:05

21 Jun 2025


#163

Parenting with Purpose w/ Steven Shapiro & Nancy Shapiro-Rapport

For as much as schools are a necessary collaboration of communities and families, we haven... more

07 Jun 2025

44 MINS

44:27

07 Jun 2025


#162

Teaching Contentious Topics in a Divided Nation w/ Ryan Sprott

Our conversation today is with educator, author, and Director of National Faculty at PBLWo... more

24 May 2025

1 HR 14 MINS

1:14:05

24 May 2025


#161

"It's Like a Baby Jail!" Power & Early Childhood Education w/ Dr. Chloë Keegan

I’m joined today by Dr Chloe Keegan. Chloe Keegan is Lecturer of Early Childhood Education... more

10 May 2025

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:56

10 May 2025