FreshEd

Will Brehm

Booking Overview

Weekly interview podcast focused on making educational research, comparative education, and education policy accessible, typically featuring university scholars, research leaders, and authors of education-focused books or journal work. Credible pitches include professors, education-policy researchers, academic authors, and experts with substantial work on teaching quality, educational equity, international education, or the relationship between education and society; booking difficulty is medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 500

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 216 subscribers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

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Host

Will Brehm - Education researcher and host of FreshEd, specializing in making complex educational research accessible to a broad audience.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

University professors, education researchers, policy specialists, academic authors, journal editors, and leaders of education-focused research or policy organizations. Strong candidates typically bring recognized expertise, a new book or publication, an important research project, or a clearly relevant contribution to education debates.

Required Achievements:

Authored or co-authored a scholarly book, Edited a significant academic journal issue or publication, Held a senior university or research-institute role, Led an education research, curriculum, or policy project, Published influential work on education systems, equity, teaching, or educational policy

Recent Guest Discussions

Linda Darling-Hammond - Teaching Quality, High-performing Education Systems, Student Achievement, Equity, Professionalized Teaching, And Integrating Research With Practice.

Gustavo Fischman - Academic Publishing In Education Research, Journal Submission Growth, Publisher Profits, Generative AI, And Improving The Trustworthiness And Usability Of Education Research.

Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher - The Lasting Impact Of September 11th On Society, Culture, And Schools In The United States.

Irving Epstein - Comparative And International Education, Film Studies, Affect, And Visual Approaches To Global Educational Exploration.

Krystal Strong - Black Lives Matter, Racial Justice, And The Implications Of Global Racial Struggles For Comparative And International Education.

Recent Topics

Education, Comparative Education, Educational Research, Education Policy, Teaching Quality

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

FreshEd

FreshEd #432 – India’s Cockroach Movement (Susan Ann Samuel)

September 27, 2026

Love the podcast? Become a member to support FreshEd! https://freshedpodcast.com/support/#join -- Today we explore the education origins of the cockroach protests in India. My guest is Susan Ann Samuel. Susan Ann Samuel is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in International Climate Politics at the University of Leeds. She’s recently written in The Conversation about India’s cockroach Movement. -- freshedpodcast.com/samuel -- Get in touch! LinkedIn: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info...

FreshEd #102 - Empowered educators (Linda Darling-Hammond)

September 20, 2026

Join our growing FreshEd community to support the podcast and receive exclusive benefits. Sign up at FreshEdpodcast.com. -- Today, Linda Darling-Hammond joins me to talk about her new co-authored book Empowered Educators: How high-performing systems shape teaching quality around the world. The book explores how several countries and jurisdictions have developed comprehensive teaching and learning systems that produce a range of positive outcomes, from student achievement to equity and from a...

FreshEd #388 – The State of Publishing in Education Research (Gustavo Fischman)

September 13, 2026

If you want to join our growing community, sign up at FreshEdpodcast.com. -- Today we take stock of academic publishing in education research. From the massive growth in article submissions, to the growing profit margins of the major publishers and to the impact Generative AI is having on scholarship – we take a critical look at the state of publishing. With me is Gustavo Fischman who was the previous editor of Education Policy Analysis Archives and is the current co-editor in chief of AERA O...

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