From the Canyon Rim to the Calculus Bench Embracing the Novice Shoes |Episode 81
This past week, I returned home from my Fuller Center Canyon Cycling Adventure, where I cycled about 700 miles and stopped to help those who are home-challenged. That was one part emotional, one part ...
From the Canyons Episode 79
I’m on a cycling adventure that is one part physical, one part spiritual, and one part service. In this short episode, I share about how it is necessary for each of us to recharge from the incredible ...
No Walls: Ditching the AI Voice at the Edge of the Canyon |Episode 80
From hospital rooms to 100-degree asphalt grinds, a raw reflection on real-world crises, unexpected team grit, and why I’m reclaiming my authentic voice from the machine.
I’ve been on my bicycle adve...
The Forklift in the Weight Room: Reclaiming Neural Friction in the Age of AI | Episode 78
Doing hard things, out-of-shape regrets, and a summer roadmap to human-proofing student cognition before the fall.
If you are listening to this on Monday morning, I am already out on the asphalt, som...
The 40-Pound Classroom: Lightening the Burden for the Fall | Episode 77
Right now, I am in my workshop looking over a staging pile of cycling gear. I’m getting ready to head out on a 750-mile trek with the Fuller Center for Housing, riding from Salt Lake City down through...
What I Learned Teaching Brazilian Doctors About AI | Episode 76
Dispatches from Curitiba: Why medical deans are racing to bring back Socratic friction to save human cognition
Live From Curitiba
I am standing in my hotel room in Curitiba, Brazil, completely energ...
42 Years Later: Why I’m Terrified to Teach Next Year | Episode 75
The 42-Year Calculus Challenge I just walked out of my end-of-year evaluation with my assistant principal, and I was handed my assignment for next fall: AP Physics with Calculus. I am one part excited...
It’s Sucking My Soul”: Why I Choose Teaching Over Corporate Success | Episode 74
👉 Listen/Watch the full episode above. You need to hear the tone and emotion of this week’s message.
The Sunday Epiphany
This week started in the green room at church. I was talking to one of my ban...
The Echo of Impact: Why Teaching is a Delayed Harvest Profession | Episode 73
I received a message this week from a student I taught four years ago. It reminded me that in "Manic May," we are planting seeds we might not see bloom for a long time.
The Story of the Echo
Yesterd...
Sal Khan’s Treadmill Problem: Why AI Tutors are "Non-Events" Without You | Episode 72
Even the Godfather of digital tutoring admits AI can't make a kid care. Here is why the "Human Check" is the only thing that actually scales in "Manic May."
“Manic May” is here. We are in the “Long S...
