The What School Could Be Podcast

Josh Reppun

Booking Overview

An education interview show focused on reimagining school through student agency, project-based learning, leadership, and alternative learning models; recent external guests are primarily students directly involved in innovative education communities and school-improvement initiatives. Credible pitches would include education innovators, school leaders, youth-voice advocates, and students with firsthand experience in transformative learning programs; booking difficulty is likely low for highly relevant, accessible candidates.

Metrics

Episodes: 190

Frequency: Biweekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

mltsinhawaii@gmail.com

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Host

Josh Reppun - Education-focused podcast host and producer who advocates for reimagining traditional school through student agency, authentic learning, and educational innovation.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low

Typical Credentials:

Direct experience with student-centered education, project-based or challenge-based learning, student agency, youth leadership, or innovative school design. Students with meaningful firsthand stories and educators or school leaders implementing nontraditional learning models are a strong fit.

Required Achievements:

Participation in student-led school improvement or agency initiatives, Leadership in innovative, project-based, or challenge-based learning environments, Youth advocacy, civic engagement, entrepreneurship, or education-reform work

Recent Guest Discussions

Jocelyn Evans - Student Agency, Leadership Without Formal Titles, School Stress, Trust, And Young People's Influence On School Decisions.

Lily King - Student Agency, Empathy Interviews, School Trust, Flex Friday, Homework, And Student Perspectives On Learning.

Poema Strong - Learning, Challenge, Relationships, Purpose, Transformative Experiences, And Aspirations Shaped By Project-based Education.

Diego Harris - Student Leadership, Civic Engagement, Environmental Advocacy, Authentic Learning, And Purpose.

Jillian Quinn Asiong - Project-based Learning, Challenge, Purpose, Relationships, Entrepreneurship, And The High Tech High Experience.

Recent Topics

Education, Educational Innovation, Student Agency, Project Based Learning, Alternative Education

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

The What School Could Be Podcast

172. Lily King and Jocelyn Evans Explain the Student Agency Miracle Emerging at Warren Local HS in Southern Ohio

September 14, 2026

Listeners, this episode takes us to Warren Local High School in rural southeastern Ohio, where sophomores Jocelyn Evans and Lily King are helping us explore what can happen when a public school begins listening differently to its students. Warren is a recognizable American public school, grades, schedules, homework, tests, football games and homecoming, but something interesting is happening inside it. Through Students Solving Problems (SSP) and related student agency work, young people are l...

171. Awe and Pride at High Tech High, with Poema, Diego and Jillian

August 31, 2026

Many of you know that the film Most Likely to Succeed changed my life, opening doors into the education reimagined movement I never imagined possible. At the heart of that film was High Tech High in San Diego. Despite its name, High Tech High is not one school or simply a technology academy. It is a network of 16 public charter schools serving roughly 6,300 K–12 students. Founded in 2000, HTH is known for project-based learning grounded in equity, personalization, authentic work, and collabor...

Summer Special 2026 - Part 2: Jenny Gillett on "Designing for the Future: Systems Transformation"

July 26, 2026

Earlier this year I listened to two episodes of Phil Evans' Education by Design podcast. One explored the Iovine and Young Center, founded on the vision of Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre, where challenge-based learning, design thinking, and entrepreneurship are redefining what public education can become. The other episode featured the International Baccalaureate's ambitious Systems Transformation pilot, where students tackle complex global challenges through systems thinking, interdisciplinary inq...

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