Curiosity #86 -Why Schools Need More Reality and Less Practice
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🎤 Quotable Quote“Your identity is not attached to a job. Your identity is who you are and who you want to become.”— Kristy Volesky
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🎧 This Week’s Guest: Kristy Volesky
Kristy Volesky is not interested in tweaking education around the edges.
She wants to rethink the whole thi...
May 27, 2026
Curiosity #85 - Be Curious, Not Cosmicly Judgmental
🎤 Quotable quotes: “I think things come into our lives to help us get from one place to a better one.."
— Ted Lasso
Lately, the news has felt a little… intergalactic.
More conversations about UAPs.More government disclosures.More phrases like “unexplained aerial phenomena” being said with comple...
May 20, 2026
Curiosity #84 - Reading the Instruction Manual
🎤 Quotable quotes: “Boy, I love meeting people’s moms. It’s like reading an instruction manual as to why they’re nuts."
— Ted Lasso
First off, happy belated Mother’s Day to all the moms, stepmoms, grandmas, bonus moms, team moms, dog moms, and anyone else out there reminding grown adults to brin...
May 13, 2026
Curiosity #83 - A Commencement Speech from Ted Lasso
🎤 Quotable quotes: “I hope that either all of us, or none of us, are judged by the actions of our weakest moments… but rather by the strength we show when, and if, we’re ever given a second chance."
— Ted Lasso
It’s graduation season.
Caps in the air.Parents pretending not to cry.Students preten...
May 06, 2026
Curiosity #82 -Human Still Required
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🎤 Quotable Quote“Don’t forget to listen.”— Jeff Utecht
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🎧 This Week’s Guest: Jeff Utecht
Jeff Utecht has been living at the intersection of education, innovation, and digital transformation long before AI showed up and turned everything sideways.
He’s an educator, speaker, a...
Apr 29, 2026
Curiosity #81 - Following a Legend
🎤 Quotable quotes: “You know what the happiest animal on Earth is? It’s a goldfish."
— Ted Lasso
This week, big news out of Apple.
Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO.John Ternus is stepping in.
And just like that, one of the most iconic leadership transitions in modern business is happening again....
Apr 22, 2026
Curiosity #80 - Students Don’t Need More Tools. They Need Better Thinking
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🎤 Quotable Quote“Keep the main thing the main thing.”— Matt Miller
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🎧 This Week’s Guest: Matt Miller
Matt Miller has been helping teachers rethink learning long before AI showed up and made everything more complicated.
He’s the voice behind Ditch That Textbook, a longtime ed...
Apr 15, 2026
Curiosity #79 - Believe (It’s Not Impossible)
🎤 Quotable quotes: “I believe in hope. I believe in belief."
— Ted Lasso
Artemis II is on its way.
A mission built on years of effort, thousands of people, and one very simple idea that somehow still feels radical:
We’re going back.
Back to deep space.Back to the moon.Back to doing things that f...
Apr 08, 2026
Curiosity #78 - The Courage to Be Seen
🎤 Quotable quotes: “It takes strength to ask for help."
— (Feels like something Ted would say… because he basically did)
This weekend, something pretty special happened in golf.
Gary Woodland won.
If you follow the golf, you know that name. 2019 U.S. Open champion. Big hitter. Competitor.
But th...
Apr 01, 2026
Curiosity #77 - What Would Ted Lasso Do in This (Airport) Line?
🎤 Quotable quotes: “Human beings are never going to be perfect. The best we can do is keep showing up for each other."
— Ted Lasso
If you’ve been near an airport lately, you’ve felt it.
Longer lines.Slower movement.More sighs per square foot than usual.
It’s one of those rare moments where every...
Mar 25, 2026
Curiosity #76 - The Courage to be You
🎤 Quotable quotes: “Courage is being brave enough to respond to a situation as the authentic version of yourself—even when you know that response is going to be difficult.”
— Nick Coniglio
On a recent podcast, the host threw a curveball our way: “What does courage actually mean to you?”
Nick did...
Mar 18, 2026
Curiosity #75 - Finding "Your People"
🎤 Quotable quotes: “Be curious, not judgmental."
— Ted Lasso
This week the NFL officially kicked off Free Agency.
For a few days every March, teams across the league scramble to sign new players. Contracts fly. Fan bases refresh Twitter like day traders watching the stock market.
Hope is everywh...
Mar 11, 2026
