Brimming with wisdom, experience, and a fierce resolve to shatter stereotypes, Mayra Olivares-Urueta  captivates us with her mission to dismantle institutional barriers and create a more inclusive future in higher education.Read...

Dr. Elizabeth Keating is a linguistic anthropologist who explores language -- and more recently, narrative -- to understand people's daily experiences. In her new book,

Last week in a newsletter I suggested to leaders that they reach out to their teams to talk about what’s happening in Gaza and Israel. Even as I made those recommendations I knew those conversations might be hard – not just for the leaders, but...

I don’t know about you, but I did NOT end up having the summer I intended to have. I spun off in two directions: one pragmatic and logical, the other experiential and mystical. And it broke my brain. Listen ...

Teaching is an act of love. After thinking about this with recent guests and faculty Rand Park, Sidneyeve Matrix, and Stephanie Cawthon, I've come to wonder if we don't expect far too much of our educators and far too little from our le...

Today we wrap up our month of conversations about what teaching and leadership have in common in a conversation with Stephanie Cawthon, a Professor of Educational Psychology at the University o...

Successful teachers, like successful leaders, know how to engage people's hearts.  Sidneyeve Matrix is one of my favorite people to talk about this with. A marketing professor and graphic designer with a Harvard credential in Instructional...

Meet Rand Park! He's a senior lecturer in the Department of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship at the Carlson School of Management, and he joins us this week to share his insights into how extraordinary teaching and authentic leadership ...

It's officially back to school season! Let's kick things off by thinking about all the things you already are really good at that you've learned by teaching, and how you can use those same skills in your leadership this year. We'll talk...

For our Summer Session we’re running a fan favorite playlist: a combination of the most-listened-to episodes as well as listener-requested favorites. Our Summer Session gives you a chance to revisit episodes you may not have heard in a while or...

For our Summer Session we’re running a fan favorite playlist: a combination of the most-listened-to episodes as well as listener favorites. Our Summer Session gives you a chance to revisit episodes you may not have heard in a while or even to l...

For our summer session we’re running a fan favorite playlist: a combination of the most-listened-to episodes as well as listener favorites. Our Summer Session gives you a chance to revisit episodes you may not have heard in a while or even to l...

For our summer session we’re running a fan favorite playlist: a combination of the most-listened-to episodes as well as listener favorites. Our Summer Session gives you a chance to revisit episodes you may not have heard in a while or even to l...

For our summer session we’re running a fan favorite playlist: a combination of the most-listened-to episodes as well as listener favorites. Our Summer Session gives you a chance to revisit episodes you may not have heard in a while or even to l...

For our summer session we’re running a fan favorite playlist: a combination of the most-listened-to episodes as well as listener favorites. Our Summer Session gives you a chance to revisit episodes you may not have heard in a while or even to l...

In honor of Juneteenth I explore its history, including The Emancipation Proclamation, General Order #3, and Biden's proclaiming today a federal holiday.  If you've never read The Emancipation Proclamation and/or want to hear some beauti...

This may be obvious but it bears saying out loud: our words matter.  When we use war metaphors we create a reality rooted in violence against other humans we perceive as our enemies.  When we use spor...

What HAVE I learned from a year of podcasting? 🧐 In no particular order, here are (...

Mary Oliver's poem, The Summer Day, does not appear in this episode but my thinking is inspired by her question: since this is the only life we have, what will you do with yorus?  How will you spend your days?<...

Whenever I explore research in equity work, either by reading or by talking to experts, I hear all kinds of updates in language.  And when I try to research the idea of language updates, I read all kinds of articles a...

“To incorporate the sense of oneself as part of a complex web of mutual dependence is to become more humble. At the same time, this humility enhances one’s ability to form bonds with others. In short, retreating from the center of things – both...

Today I talk with Renee Wells about what it means to educate for equity through the lens of restorative justice. Renee is an educator and consultant with a grounding in the work of bell hooks and Paolo Freire, and I love how open and ...

The day Jayne and I talked about the book White Women: Everything you already know about your own racism and how to do better, I woke up here in Milwaukee to snow. In April. Yes I'm a Prince fan and yes I'm familiar with the jokes. 

Come read this book in community! We're hosting a book discussion group facilitated by Dr. Jayne Sommers of the University of St. Thomas. Get the details and register at 

Jayne Sommers shares her journey from first-born Capricorn -- achievement-oriented, striving for perfection, confident in her own rightness -- to anti-racist educator. She brings these experiences to her work as facilitator of our upcoming chal...