# This Week with EdSurge Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475.md RSS feed: https://feeds.captivate.fm/this-week-in-edsurge/ Official site: https://www.edsurge.com/podcasts Author: EdSurge Podcast Episodes: 494 ## Resource This Week with EdSurge is the essential weekly podcast that takes you past the headlines and deep into the fascinating, fast-evolving world of education. Hosted by Ira Apfel alongside our talented team of EdSurge contributors, each episode cuts through the hype to explore the human stories shaping our schools—from the rise of artificial intelligence in the classroom to student well-being, shifting policies, and the future of teaching. Whether you are a classroom educator, a district leader, an edtech innovator, or simply a curious mind, this show delivers the rigorous, empathetic, and trusted journalism you need to understand where education is headed. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-week-with-edsurge-392475 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475.md ## Episodes - [Vinyl, Pencils, and Life Without AI](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475/vinyl-pencils-and-life-without-ai) — 2026-07-29T12:05:00+00:00 - [AI Cannot Fake This Kind of Learning](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475/ai-cannot-fake-this-kind-of-learning) — 2026-07-22T12:00:00+00:00 - [3 Gaps Stalling AI in Classrooms](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475/3-gaps-stalling-ai-in-classrooms) — 2026-07-15T12:00:00+00:00 - [ISTELive 26: Bans, Microdosing, and the Future of AI](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475/istelive-26-bans-microdosing-and-the-future-of-ai) — 2026-07-08T12:00:00+00:00 - [Can an Algorithm Replace a Teacher’s Instinct?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475/can-an-algorithm-replace-a-teacher-s-instinct) — 2026-07-01T12:00:00+00:00 - [Is TikTok Now a Teacher Training Tool?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475/is-tiktok-now-a-teacher-training-tool) — 2026-06-24T13:00:00+00:00 - [Your Kids Know More About AI Than You Do](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475/your-kids-know-more-about-ai-than-you-do) — 2026-06-17T12:00:00+00:00 - [Recess, Screens, and Absenteeism](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475/recess-screens-and-absenteeism) — 2026-06-10T12:00:00+00:00 - [AI Is in Schools. Teachers Are Not Ready.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475/ai-is-in-schools-teachers-are-not-ready) — 2026-06-03T12:30:00+00:00 - [How a Vacant School Building Became a Symbol of Loss, and Then Hope, for a Dying Small Town](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475/how-a-vacant-school-building-became-a-symbol-of-loss-and-then-hope-for-a-dying-small-town) — 2025-01-15T00:40:29+00:00 - [How AI Has Changed Student Cheating — And How to Respond](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475/how-ai-has-changed-student-cheating-and-how-to-respond) — 2025-01-07T22:42:00+00:00 - [Inside the Push to Bring AI Literacy to Schools and Colleges (Encore Episode)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475/inside-the-push-to-bring-ai-literacy-to-schools-and-colleges-encore-episode) — 2024-12-10T23:38:13+00:00 - [What We Learned About Teaching and Creativity By Commissioning a New Podcast Theme Song](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475/what-we-learned-about-teaching-and-creativity-by-commissioning-a-new-podcast-theme-song) — 2024-12-04T00:22:02+00:00 - [Want To Find Highly-Engaged Students at 4-Year Colleges? Look At Transfer Students.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475/want-to-find-highly-engaged-students-at-4-year-colleges-look-at-transfer-students) — 2024-11-20T00:14:23+00:00 - [Should Students Chat With AI Versions of Historical Figures?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475/should-students-chat-with-ai-versions-of-historical-figures) — 2024-11-08T04:00:00+00:00 - [The Effects of Smartwatches on Kids, Schools and Families](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475/the-effects-of-smartwatches-on-kids-schools-and-families) — 2024-11-04T04:00:00+00:00 - [What Can AI Chatbots Teach Us About How Humans Learn?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475/what-can-ai-chatbots-teach-us-about-how-humans-learn) — 2024-10-27T04:00:00+00:00 - [How Are School Smartphone Bans Going?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475/how-are-school-smartphone-bans-going) — 2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 - [How the Job Market Has Changed for College Grads](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475/how-the-job-market-has-changed-for-college-grads) — 2024-10-13T04:00:00+00:00 - [Looking Back on the Long, Bumpy Rise of Online College Courses](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475/looking-back-on-the-long-bumpy-rise-of-online-college-courses) — 2024-10-06T04:00:00+00:00 - [Inside an Effort to Build an AI Assistant for Designing Course Materials](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475/inside-an-effort-to-build-an-ai-assistant-for-designing-course-materials) — 2024-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 - [Rebooting Internet Access Programs to Address the ‘Homework Gap’](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475/rebooting-internet-access-programs-to-address-the-homework-gap) — 2024-09-23T04:00:00+00:00 - [How Rising Higher Ed Costs Change Student Choices. (Doubting College, Ep. 6)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475/how-rising-higher-ed-costs-change-student-choices-doubting-college-ep-6) — 2024-09-17T20:30:48+00:00 - [How a Returning College Student Advocated to Improve a Fledgling Online Program](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475/how-a-returning-college-student-advocated-to-improve-a-fledgling-online-program) — 2024-09-11T00:26:47+00:00 - [AI Chatbots Reflect Cultural Biases. Can They Become Tools to Alleviate Them?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475/ai-chatbots-reflect-cultural-biases-can-they-become-tools-to-alleviate-them) — 2024-09-03T23:24:04+00:00 - [When the Teaching Assistant Is an AI ‘Twin’ of the Professor](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475/when-the-teaching-assistant-is-an-ai-twin-of-the-professor) — 2024-08-27T15:35:03+00:00 - [The Power of the 'Grit' Narrative in Education. Bootstraps Ep. 7 (Encore Episode)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-with-edsurge-392475/the-power-of-the-grit-narrative-in-education-bootstraps-ep-7-encore-episode) — 2024-08-20T20:30:22+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. A page view does not automatically enqueue transcription.