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Topic
Education
Episodes · 12 months
486
Nov 2025–Oct 2026peak share, Aug 2026
Share of analysed episodes per month, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026: 23 of 3,584, 20 of 3,862, 32 of 4,115, 25 of 4,226, 31 of 4,731, 32 of 4,438, 43 of 4,230, 51 of 4,319, 49 of 4,515, 64 of 4,419, 51 of 4,624, 65 of 4,594.
All time
2,153
+39 via 27 narrower
On record
943
took a position
Where they standLast discussed
1d ago
Nov 12, 2026
Who's talking
Top voices on this topicThe eight guests on the most episodes about this topic in the last 13 weeks, not counting their own shows or clips they were only heard in, most episodes first. VoiceRank (their score across the whole corpus) is shown for context and only breaks a tie. Each strip is that guest's episodes week by week, and the newest week is still in progress.
#Guest · last 13 weeksEpisodes, sorted, most firstVoiceRank
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Episodes on this topic, by weekEvery analysed episode tagged with this topic in each of the last 13 weeks, across all shows and whoever was on them. The newest week is still in progress, and recent weeks fill in as transcripts are analysed. Point at a name, or tab to it, to highlight the weeks that guest was on an episode.
All shows
Episodes on this topic per week, weeks starting Aug 17 to Nov 9 (the last still in progress): 12, 21, 11, 10, 14, 13, 16, 20, 11, 15, 10, 5, 7.
Where they stand
Camps of opinion · 3Positions people took on this topic in transcripts, grouped by school of thought. The bar shows each camp's share of the people sorted into a camp. It is not a poll and not a share of any audience, and people whose position fit no camp are left out of it. Within a camp, people with demonstrated expertise on the topic come first, then those who reached the most listeners on it. Positions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
Share of people placed in a camp740 people
96%
3%
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- Reform public education system708 people · 96%
- Prioritize practical career training22 people · 3%
- Support public school funding10 people · 1%
Reform public education system
The current education system is failing because it prioritizes compliance and standardized metrics over true learning and inquiry.
708 people · 646 episodes
TW
Schools should stop insisting that college is the only path for students.
“we need to stop telling all these kids they have to go to college we need to teach them you'll be engaged or motivate them in their lessons by having them set goals for their career”
Teachers Off Duty Podcast · Apr 2023 · 19 episodes · 3.2M views on this topic
Schools are flawed because they focus on teaching students what to learn rather than teaching them how to learn or how to think.
“I looked at all these classes and they're all classes on what to learn like math, history, science, Spanish. but they're never really classes on how to learn or how to think and how to do it.”
Simon Sinek · Sep 2026 · 18 episodes · 2.1M views on this topicTC
Traditional higher education often creates an artificial barrier to discovery by making the cost of failure excessively high, and alternative paths like apprenticeships offer a lower-cost way to exper
“What we have to do is return to a way of educating young people that reduces the cost of experimentation so they can discover things in the way that human beings were designed to discover them through experimentation.”
The Minimalists · Jun 2018 · 2 episodes · 37K views on this topicPrioritize practical career training
Education should focus on actionable, project-based skills and professional preparation rather than abstract or theoretical academic…
22 people · 22 episodes
EM
Higher education institutions are well-positioned to remain relevant because they provide necessary assessment, verification, and teaching of complex human skills.
“That is us at universities. Like look, things are screwed up now. They're always screwed up at universities, but it's pretty obvious the path forward. AI tutors outside of class, inside of class, active learning, assessment. We'll we'll figure it out. It's not the end of the world.”
The Prof G Pod · Oct 2026 · 3 episodes · 461K views on this topicAJ
Virtual classrooms are an effective educational tool because they provide a level playing field that allows shy students to feel more comfortable participating.
“what we saw when we had to move a lot of our courses online at the london school last year was how a lot of these shire students really blossomed in virtual environments because there's there's that sort of that fourth wall if you like between us now”
Luke's English Podcast · Dec 2021 · 2 episodes · 35K views on this topicKE
A successful AI engineering curriculum must combine scientific proficiency with practical skills for deploying scalable, secure, and cost-effective systems in real-world environments.
“And that's a second imperative component of a successful and effective AI engineer is to be able to deploy systems into real world environments or at least to understand what the deployment takes.”
Super Data Science: ML & AI Podcast with Jon Krohn · Aug 2025 · 6 episodes · 28K views on this topicSupport public school funding
Public schools are essential institutions that require robust state funding and protection against privatization or voucher diversion.
10 people · 10 episodes
Gabe believes students should not be charged money for their school lunches.
“why do the kids who are legally forced to go to school have to pay to eat their food what about that”
Teachers Off Duty Podcast · Aug 2023 · 23 episodes · 1.5M views on this topic
Miguel Cardona asserts that public education is a public good that should be protected rather than privatized or monetized.
“education is a public good in my opinion uh my colleagues on the right are trying to privatize it and monetize public education”
Earn Your Leisure · Oct 2024 · 1 episode · 90K views on this topic
He argues that Harvard should not receive government research grants if it is a private institution that chooses to advance social agendas like hiring drag performers.
“So, be a private school, but don't take the public money.”
PBD Podcast · Oct 2025 · 3 episodes · 1.4M views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
In the transcripts
Episodes discussing this topic
Over time
Share of episodesThis topic's episodes as a share of every episode we analysed, in each complete month. We analyse more episodes every month, so a raw count would mostly show that growth. Recent months fill in as transcripts are analysed.
Complete months · first on record Jul 2011