Please Speak Freely: Recent Episodes
Eric Gurna
For a long time, I have been concerned about how young children are given drugs like…
This is a very special episode of Please Speak Freely, a memorial to the great Richard…
Thanks to support from the National AfterSchool Association (NAA), I got a chance to interview Jaime…
Baratunde Thurston is the CEO and co-founder of Cultivated Wit, a design, media, and technology company. I…
If you’ve been following the national or international news about education policy over the past…
Selma James is a freedom fighter, fighting against racism, and fighting for human rights for all,…
Last year, people across the country were inspired by the solidarity of the faculty, students,…
If you love zombies, you’re going to love this episode! I talked with Aaron Regunberg, Executive…
Just in time for this week’s 16th Annual Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Festival (held in…
We are pleased to present this special episode of Please Speak Freely, sponsored by Project Liftoff and recorded…
Almost fifty years go, the Institute for Educational Leadership was formed to bring together leaders from diverse…
First, let me apologize for the extra long delay between episodes of Please Speak Freely! While…
I sat down with Tony Smith, Superintendent of the Oakland Unified School District at the…
This episode was recorded live at the School’s Out Washington Bridge Conference in Seattle, WA on October…
Children’s Troubadour Raffi is famous worldwide for his beautiful songs, including, “Baby Beluga,” “Bananaphone,” “Willoughby…
It was a pleasure to sit down with Holly Delany Cole, Co-Director of Community Resource…
This special episode was recorded live from the Afterschool Alliance’s Afterschool for All Challenge, held…
Jennifer Davis, Co-Founder and President of the National Center on Time and Learning, leads a…
Hanaa Arafat spearheaded an appeal effort that had a big statewide impact in New York,…
Brad Lupien, Co-Founder and Co-President of ARC (formerly Champions) has a million ideas for how to improve…
“I’m very worried that the move towards the business is best approach, right throughout society,…
This episode of Please Speak Freely is all about food. I sat down with Crystal FitzSimons of…
By Rhys Powell, Founder & President, RedRabbit When I listen to these types of interviews, I cannot help…
As a youth development organization, Rich Berlin and his team did an audacious thing – they started…
I’ve known Dr. Paul Heckman, Associate Dean at the University of California School of Education for a long…
This is a special episode of Please Speak Freely, recorded live at the Bridge from School…
I got to sit down with Karen Pittman, President and CEO of the Forum for Youth Investment and…
I was pleased to speak with Dr. Pedro Noguera of New York University, who has been a leader…
In this episode, I had a chance to talk with Earl Martin Phalen, who founded BELL andSummer Advantage and…
In our premier episode, I had a very interesting conversation with Alexis Menten, Assistant Director…