Category Archives: podcasts

Talking about futurism as a career

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Bryan Alexander

This week I had the good fortune to be interviewed by Brian Nelson for his Way of the Futurist podcast. Our focus was on the futures or forecasting profession: how we got into it, how we make it work. buy … Continue reading →

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Some podcasts I’m listening to in 2019

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Bryan Alexander

Every year or so I recommend some podcasts that I’ve been listening to.  Since today is International Podcast Day, it seems a good time to issue a blog post update.  (previous posts: 2018, 2017, early 2016, mid-2016, 2015, and 2013) … Continue reading →

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Talking higher education on the Disruptors podcast

Posted on May 7, 2019 by Bryan Alexander

A few weeks ago I was interviewed on the Disruptors podcast, and the show just went live. Matt Ward took us on a whirlwind tour through administrative growth, adjunctification, why higher ed is expensive, the Bennet hypothesis, too many students, … Continue reading →

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Futures, educations, novels, dystopia and utopia

Posted on August 4, 2018 by Bryan Alexander

The Moonshot.edu program interviewed me about the future of education.  Show creator and host Bernard Bull was a fantastic host, offering thoughtful questions and a fine sense of humor. In the podcast we speak of the futures profession, both my … Continue reading →

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I am on another podcast, and it’s good

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Bryan Alexander

Last month I had the good fortune to be interviewed on the Research in Action podcast, produced by Oregon State University’s ECampus Research Unit. Click here for the whole thing, or just play below: Be sure to stick around for … Continue reading →

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Some podcasts I’m listening to in 2018

Posted on January 20, 2018 by Bryan Alexander

It’s been too long since I last wrote about podcasts. Last March I shared what was occupying my phone’s Stitcher client.  A few months before that came a list of some then-recent podcasts.  Two years ago this month (!) I … Continue reading →

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Talking about a new higher education startup

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Bryan Alexander

Last week I was on a podcast discussion about a new higher ed startup.  MissionU offers an interesting mix of apprenticeship, funding, timeline, and ethos.  Jeff Young wrote it up earlier this month, interviewing both myself and my friend Gardner … Continue reading →

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How not to write about podcasting

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Bryan Alexander

A new article in The New Republic tries and fails, badly, to analyze contemporary podcasting.  Its misfires and problems offer a useful lesson on how to write about podcasting in 2017. Rather than poking holes into the piece for their own … Continue reading →

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Podcasts I'm listening to this month

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Bryan Alexander

As your weekend kicks in, perhaps you’ll listen to digital audio.  Maybe podcasts are lined up for your listening delights. To recommend some, let me list what’s currently on my phone and desktop aural rotation. (I did this more than … Continue reading →

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Portrait of a technology-using professor in 2016

Posted on August 20, 2016 by Bryan Alexander

Derek Bruff just launched a podcast about teaching with technology, called Leading Lines (and if you don’t know Derek, you should.  He’s brilliant, thoughtful, and the world’s guru for teaching effectively with clickers).  Leading Lines is aimed at present-day teaching, … Continue reading →

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