Radio PZ

Howard Gardner and Mary Gray, a senior researcher at Microsoft, explore exploring the transformative impact of AI technology on human intelligence and education. Moderated by PZer and AI Fellow Max Lu, the conversation debates the future of education, the ethical responsibilities of tech companies, and the need for interdisciplinary collaboration. Questions from the audience address AI's role in therapy, creativity, and the changing nature of genius, while also touching on the challenges of integrating AI into educational settings.

You've experienced it, too. Those fuzzy, weird, messy feelings that come from using AI. PZ PI Beck Tench and AI Fellow Dan Be Kim from PZ's Center for Digital Thriving have a new, biweekly podcast to unpack these WTF moments...as in, "What's that feeling?" From outsourcing a sacred annual ritual to Claude to feeling seen by a lunch-planning chatbot, join Beck and Dan Be to explore awe, AI ick, the blurry line between navigating and being navigated, and why sitting with discomfort matters more than running from it.

In the family of epistemic emotions (think: curiosity, surprise, and wonder), how does awe stand out? How does this emotion that challenges our understanding of the world also bind us together as a society in positive and negative ways? And how can you get the wellbeing effects of everyday awe—why does it matter? Consider how to grow everyday awe personally and in the classroom, with Next Level Lab Project Director Megan Powell Cuzzolino and PZ PI Shari Tishman.

"No one person is creative." If the idea of participatory creativity is radical to you, then join us for an intriguing slice of this popular plenary from Project Zero Classroom 2026 to learn more! Authors of The Participatory Guide to Creativity, PZ PI Edward Clapp and education consultant Julie Rains discuss how all creativity is relational, the social distribution of an idea, and much, much more.

Why botherism. Para-friending. What language can help you navigate AI? We're live from Project Zero Classroom 2026 with a scintillating slice of this popular workshop with PZ principal investigators Carrie James and Beck Tench of the Center for Digital Thriving.

When we talk about good thinking, we often point to highly purposeful attitudes and strategies like using thinking routines, taking an inquiry stance, or being actively metacognitive. But good thinking isn’t entirely a matter of strategic mental effort: There are moments when pausing in the midst of effort can be powerful and important. However, such moments pass us by all too easily. In this episode of Thinkability, PZ founding member David Perkins and long-time principal investigator Shari Tishman explore the power and pleasure of pause, with a special focus on the connection between pause and thinking.

What role does the body play in the production of knowledge? Fresh from Project Zero Classroom 2026, PZ's Louisa Penfold of the Art|Play project and Jessica Baynes, a dance performer, choreographer, and educator, discuss curriculum design around playful, joyful learning that centers creative movement. The pair also discusses Louisa's new book, Every Child Is an Artist.

PZ founding member Howard Gardner sits down with long-time friend and Harvard Graduate School of Education colleague Joe Blatt to talk about two new books: The Essential Howard Gardner on Mind and The Essential Howard Gardner on Education.

This talk was recorded live in April 2025 at the Harvard Graduate School of Education as part of Project Zero's PZ Page Turners series.

Welcome to Radio PZ, a podcast from Project Zero, the oldest research center at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. You may know us from our most popular tool: thinking routines! But, today, we invite you to take a breath, and listen. To spend a moment with us in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as a valued member of our global community of practice.