education
Hosted by Mathieu Penot · education · EN
Welcome to Wide Walls, a podcast where inspiring educators, researchers, designers, and innovators share their personal journey and their vision for creating better learning experiences for children. widewalls.substack.com
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to Wide Walls, a podcast where inspiring educators, researchers, designers, and innovators share their personal journey and their vision for creating better learning experiences for children.
Wide Walls is hosted by Mathieu Penot. The show has published 31 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Adolescent Literacy, Reading Through Play, and Building an AI-Backed Company - Julia Rivard Dexter" (23 June 2026, 61 minutes), "Co-Creating with Children, Rethinking AI Models, and Learning through Play - José Antonio Gordillo Martorell" (2 April 2026, 61 minutes), and "The Art of Teaching, Jazz and Mastery, and Learning by Doing - Dr. Gary Stager" (12 February 2026, 73 minutes).
Wide Walls publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 59 minutes across 31 episodes.
Booking probability for Wide Walls is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Wide Walls requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Wide Walls's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Wide Walls are Universities & Colleges. Wide Walls has an education audience.
Mathieu Penot hosts Wide Walls, an education podcast with 31 episodes published.
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Episode #31
<p>What if the biggest problem in education isn’t teaching children to read, but helping them believe they’re readers?</p><p>I had the pleasure of welcoming Julia Rivard Dexter, entrepreneur, Olympian, and CEO of...
<p>What if we’ve been thinking about learning, children, and AI all wrong? That’s exactly what this latest Wide Walls episode explores.</p><p>I had the pleasure of speaking with José Antonio Gordillo Martorell. José is...
<p>On this episode of Wide Walls, I’m joined by Dr. Gary Stager — educator, author, jazz lover, and one of the most outspoken champions of constructionism and learning-by-doing in classrooms.</p><p>Gary has spent...
<p>In this episode, I discuss with the fantastic Dr. Tessa Forshaw, a cognitive scientist, educator, and innovation leader researching and shaping how we learn and work in an age of rapid change.</p><p>Tessa is the...
<p>In this episode of Wide Walls, I’m particularly excited to welcome Dr. Jody LeVos, a true champion for early childhood and play-based learning.</p><p>Jody currently serves as Chief Learning Officer at BEGiN, where...
Episode #26
<p>Welcome to my conversation with Suzie Hicks — an award-winning filmmaker, author, and television host whose work sits at the crossroads of entertainment, education, environmental justice, and community activism...
<p>In this episode, I am thrilled to discuss with Dr. Colleen Kelley — a fantastic science educator, and the creator and founder of Kids’ Chemical Solutions, a comic-book based curriculum designed to make chemistry...
<p>In this Wide Walls episode, I’m honored to welcome Ken Kahn — a true pioneer in using technology to support creative learning.</p><p>Ken has spent over 30 years as a researcher in programming languages, computer...
<p>In this new episode of Wide Walls, I’m thrilled to welcome Merve Cerit, a PhD Candidate from Stanford University working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, learning sciences, and mental...
<p>For today’s episode, I’m thrilled to welcome our first-ever professional musician guest on Wide Walls: Jerome Rossen!</p><p>Jerome is a composer, songwriter, and professional musician whose work spans TV, film, video...
Episode #21
<p>For the first time on Wide Walls, we welcome not one, but two incredible guests—Emma Callow and Tom Doust!</p><p>Emma and Tom serve as the Creative Content Lead and Associate Director at the Institute of Imagination...
<p>I am excited to share this new episode of Wide Walls on a very special day for my wonderful guest, Isabelle Hau, as her first book, Love to Learn, is released today!</p><p>Isabelle is the Executive Director of the...
<p>A conversation with Sedinam Worlanyo is always packed with joyful stories, unexpected reflection, and actionable insights! Once you start this episode, I bet her contagious energy will keep you on!</p><p>Sedinam is a...
<p>Let’s start 2025 with a wonderful conversation with Dr. Maggie Broderick about social-emotional learning and the similitudes between music and language learning!</p><p>Maggie is an Associate Professor and...
<p>Scott is an inspiring Product Leader in the Toys and EdTech industries with more than 20 years of experience in the field and a wealth of knowledge and insights.</p><p>In this episode, Scott explains the importance...
<p>Andy is a Group Product Manager for ChromeOS Education at Google - reaching more than 50 million children - and co-creator of the award-winning Toontastic app designed to help kids easily create and share their own...
<p>Ryan Jenkins defines himself as a constructionist educator, a term we will define further in our conversation. After working for more than 10 years at the Exploratorium, the fantastic science museum in San Francisco...
<p>Elaine Chung is the Founder and Chief Play Officer of My Play Type, a company she launched in 2020 to educate and inspire organizations on how to integrate a Playful Practice as a foundational approach to work and...
<p>Danny Joe LaBrecque is a preschool teacher, early childhood specialist, and the creator and host of the amazing children's show Danny Joe's Tree House.</p><br/><p>Danny Joe uses play-based therapies including...
<p>Evren Yiğit is a renowned author and expert in children’s content and storytelling, with a background in child development studies, media creation, and creative writing, and over 15 years of experience in the...
Recent guests on Wide Walls. Study who booked and why before you pitch.
teacher, professor, author, and consultant, Constructing Modern Knowledge
faculty chair of the workforce and workplace learning concentration, Harvard Graduate School of Education
TEDx Speaker, Champion of Molecular Literacy, science and chemistry teacher, author, Army veteran, Kids’ Chemical Solutions
Executive Director of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning, Stanford Accelerator for Learning
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