Getting Smart Podcast

Nate McClennen, Mason Pashia

Booking Overview

An education interview podcast focused on innovation in K-12, postsecondary, and lifelong learning, with external guests including education executives, authors, researchers, entrepreneurs, and practitioners. PR agencies could credibly pitch education leaders, edtech founders, learning scientists, credentialing experts, and authors with actionable perspectives; booking difficulty is medium, with stronger odds for established subject-matter experts and senior practitioners than for general business guests.

Metrics

Episodes: 500

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Instagram: 3.1k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

editor@gettingsmart.com

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Host

Nate McClennen - Getting Smart podcast host covering education innovation, learning, technology, and education leadership.

Mason Pashia - Getting Smart podcast host covering education policy, school leadership, learning innovation, and student-centered education.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Senior education leaders, school or district executives, edtech founders, published authors, researchers, policy experts, and experienced practitioners with concrete insights into learning or education systems.

Required Achievements:

Leadership of major school systems or education organizations, Founding or leading education technology and learning organizations, Publication of relevant books or research, Recognized expertise in education policy, learning innovation, or school improvement

Recent Guest Discussions

Sal Khan - Artificial Intelligence In Education And The Workforce, Durable Skills, Learning Measurement, And The Future Of Education.

Kelly Page - Digital Credentials, Learner Data Ownership, Surveillance, Equity, Self-sovereign Data, And Credentialing Technology.

Janice K. Jackson - School Governance, Technology And Screen Time, Parent Engagement, Microschools, Competency-based Learning, And Declining Enrollment.

Antonio Pars - Federal Education Tax Credits, Scholarship-granting Organizations, Public-school Funding, District Preparation, And Administrative Costs.

Recent Topics

Education, K 12 Education, Educational Technology, Education Leadership, Lifelong Learning

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Getting Smart Podcast

Why Entrepreneurship Is for Everyone | Live at the Uncharted Learning Summit

October 02, 2026

Live from the Uncharted Learning Summit in Chicago, Victoria Andrews and Shawnee Caruthers reflect on a community built around one big idea: entrepreneurship is for everyone. Through conversations with alumni, teachers, district leaders, and volunteers, they explore how Uncharted Learning's programs help students discover who they are, not just what they can build. You'll hear from a member of the very first cohort, a teacher who resigned and then got her passion for teaching back, a director...

They're Rethinking High School | Transformation Journey: Bostonia Global

September 29, 2026

A K-8 district isn't supposed to have a high school. Bostonia Global built one anyway, and rethought what high school could look like in the process. In this episode, Rebecca Midles talks with Nerel Winter (CEO of Bostonia Global), Johanna Simko (Principal of Bostonia Global High School), and David Rios (a Bostonia Global alumnus) about designing an in-district dependent charter high school from scratch, one built around competency-based learning, a K-12 "world of work" curriculum, and an adv...

What $600 Million Buys You in School Redesign | Mike Posthumus

September 25, 2026

A school in Singapore just spent over $600 million reimagining what a classroom should be, and it's not what you'd expect. Mike Posthumus, learning design principal at Fielding International, walks through how Singapore American School rebuilt its campus around a real learning model instead of the traditional "cells and bells" classroom design, and why that distinction changes everything about how kids actually learn. He also shares how a much smaller, budget-friendly version of the same idea...

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