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Hosted by Todd Zipper · education · EN-US
An Educated Guest is a podcast that dives deep into the innovations and trends shaping the future of education. The host is Todd Zipper who has over two decades as an entrepreneur, executive, and investor across K-12, Higher Education, and Workforce Development. He brings together visionaries, innovators, and operators from the education industry to explore the solutions that are transforming learning and work.
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Signup to Generate a PitchAn Educated Guest is a podcast that dives deep into the innovations and trends shaping the future of education. The host is Todd Zipper who has over two decades as an entrepreneur, executive, and investor across K-12, Higher Education, and Workforce Development.
An Educated Guest is hosted by Todd Zipper. The show has published 95 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Ep.95 | Solving Healthcare’s Staffing Crisis with the CEO of Dwyer Workforce Development" (21 October 2026, 45 minutes), "Ep.94 | Have We Reached Peak Higher Ed? Reinvention, AI, and the Future of College with Futurist Bryan Alexander" (14 October 2026, 57 minutes), and "Ep.93 | Why K, 12 Is So Hard to Disrupt with Clayton Christensen Institute’s Thomas Arnett" (7 October 2026, 43 minutes).
An Educated Guest publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 50 minutes across 95 episodes.
Booking probability for An Educated Guest is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. An Educated Guest requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. An Educated Guest's contact route on record: public web form.
The strongest fits for An Educated Guest are Universities & Colleges and Courses, Coaching & Lessons. An Educated Guest has an education audience.
Todd Zipper hosts An Educated Guest, an education podcast with 95 episodes published.
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Episode #95
What does it take to turn an entry-level job into a pathway to the middle class? In Ep.95 of An Educated Guest, Todd Zipper speaks with Barb Clapp, CEO of Dwyer Workforce Development, about a model designed to address...
Episode #94
Has American higher education already reached its peak? And if so, can colleges and universities reinvent themselves before it's too late? In this episode of An Educated Guest , Todd Zipper welcomes Bryan Alexander...
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Why do promising new models of education emerge, demonstrate results, and then struggle to scale? In Episode 93 of An Educated Guest, Todd sits down with Thomas Arnett of the Clayton Christensen Institute to explore why...
Episode #92
What if the future of assessment is not simply about creating better tests, but about measuring what truly matters? In Episode 92, Todd Zipper speaks with Amit Sevak, CEO of ETS, about the organization’s evolution from...
Episode #91
When Dan Elsener became president of Marian University in 2001, the institution had roughly 1,100 students, significant financial challenges, and what he calls “one foot in the financial grave and the other on a banana...
Episode #90
What if instead of funding schools, we funded students and families—and gave them the power to build an education around what each child actually needs? In this episode of An Educated Guest , Todd Zipper sits down with...
Episode #89
What if the biggest problem with the way we manage people is that we're measuring the wrong thing? In this episode of An Educated Guest , Todd Zipper sits down with Fouad ElNaggar, co-founder and CEO of Array, to...
Episode #88
In this episode of An Educated Guest , host Todd Zipper sits down with Justin Draeger , Senior Vice President of Affordability at the Strada Education Foundation and former President & CEO of NASFAA. Drawing on decades...
Episode #87
How can higher education scale its reach without sacrificing academic rigor or student outcomes? In this episode of An Educated Guest , host Todd Zipper sits down with Dr. Vijay Kumar , Dean of Penn Engineering at the...
Episode #86
What happens when our modern schooling system reaches its logical conclusion—one optimized for a thin slice of intellectual testing that the computer in our pocket can now ace in seconds? In this episode of An Educated...
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What happens when an entrepreneur builds a business not out of a tech epiphany, but simply to survive? In this episode of An Educated Guest , host Todd Zipper sits down with Tal Frankfurt , Founder and CEO of Cloud for...
Episode #84
What happens when a high school student decides to skip his Harvard admission to launch a healthcare technology company? You get the four-decade entrepreneurial odyssey of Doug Becker , the founder and CEO of Cintana...
Episode #83
What if the future of American education didn’t involve multi-million dollar buildings, century-old factory models, or teaching to the "mythical center" of a 30-student classroom? In this episode of An Educated Guest...
Episode #82
What happens when the traditional promises of higher education, standardized testing, and steady middle-class milestones no longer align with reality? In this episode of An Educated Guest , host Todd Zipper sits down...
Episode #81
For decades, colleges and universities have treated the financial aid office as a dense, back-office administrative function—a labyrinth of tax-code-like regulations to be managed out of sight. But as higher education...
Episode #80
When it comes to the path from education to financial security, the "golden ticket" narrative we grew up with is showing significant cracks. Today, students who work hard and play by the rules find themselves facing a...
Episode #79
What does the future of the American workforce look like when you bypass the traditional four-year college track entirely? In this episode of An Educated Guest , we sit down with Kermit Cook , the CEO of Penn Foster...
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As the 2026 labor market faces an enrollment cliff and a massive influx of AI automation hollowing out traditional white-collar entry-level work, the "what is college for" debate has reached a fever pitch. Students are...
Episode #77
What happens when a tenured professor realizes that the very system she serves is "irreparably broken"? In this episode, Todd Zipper sits down with Dr. Maria Murray, the force behind The Reading League , to discuss the...
Episode #76
Is the "Iron Triangle" of higher education—cost, quality, and access—officially under siege? In this episode of An Educated Guest, Todd Zipper sits down with Nick Dirks , President of the New York Academy of Sciences...
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lead education correspondent for NPR, New America
Founder, President, CEO, The Reading League
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former Massachusetts Commissioner of Education, Massachusetts Department of Education
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