
Conceptually Speaking is a show about exploring the cognitive processes and social practices that help us make sense of our world. As as teacher-scholar interested in the intersection of educational theory, practice, and scholarship, I host conversations with guests ranging from practicing educators to neuroscientists and literary scholars to YouTube video essayists. Each episode shares a common p... more
| Publishes | Monthly | Episodes | 86 | Founded | 6 years ago |
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In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, I sit down with Dr. Al Filreis, the Kelly Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, faculty director of the Kelly Writers House, and the creator of ModPo—a free massive open online course about experimenta... more
In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, I sit down with Dr. Alexander Manshel, English professor at McGill University and author of Writing Backwards: Historical Fiction and the Reshaping of the American Canon, to explore the under discussed histor... more
In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, I sit down with Dr. Jeffrey Lawrence, professor of 20th and 21st century American and Latin American literature at Rutgers University and author of Anxieties of Experience: The Literatures of the Americas fro... more
In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Dan Sinykin and Dr. Johanna Winant, editors of the new publication Close Reading for the 21st Century. While close reading is a foundational practice in literary studies, it’s also one that remains notoriously diffi... more
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Conceptually Speaking centers on how people think and work together to understand education, mixing teacher practice, scholarly perspectives, and digital culture. Episodes frequently explore how teaching, learning, and literacy intersect with technology, pedagogy, and public scholarship, featuring educators, literary scholars, and education researchers who share practical methods, critical frameworks, and ideas for expanding access to knowledge. Notable threads include debates about AI literacy, close reading pedagogy, and the social dimensions of schooling, with a strong emphasis on collaborative, community-oriented approaches to education and learning in both K–12 and higher education contexts. The show tends to spotlight practical classr... more
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Recent guests on Conceptually Speaking include:
1. Dr. Jeffrey Lawrence
2. Dan Sinykin
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4. Susan Blum
5. Rachel Horst
6. Marcus Luther
7. Dr. Matthew Seybold
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