All Episodes

Ep. 210: Hugh Catts, Ph.D. - Reading Comprehension: Not a One-Size-Fits-All Skill

Ep. 209: Mickey Smith Jr. - Students, You Matter to Me!

Ep. 208: Dr. Garry McGiboney - Reimagining Learning Engagement

Ep. 207: Dr. Gene Kerns - Literacy, Background Knowledge, and Executive Function

Ep. 206: Dr. Gene Kerns - Unlocking Student Talent

Ep. 205: Dr. William Stixrud - How to Talk With Kids and Build Their Motivation

Ep. 204: Kelly B. Cartwright, Ph.D. - The Science of Reading & Executive Function

Ep. 203: Maggie Jackson - Gift of Uncertainty

Ep. 202: Ayelet Fishbach - The Science of Motivation

Ep. 201: Dr. Christopher Chabris & Dr. Daniel Simons - Nobody’s Fool

Ep. 200: All Things Executive Function ~ 200th Episode

Ep. 199: Donna Henderson, Psy.D. - If This Is Autism…

Ep. 198: Donna Henderson, Psy.D. - Is This Autism?

Ep. 197: Dr. Mary Hemphill - From a One Minute Meeting to a Lifetime of Flourishing

Ep. 196: David F Lancy - A Cultural & Anthropological Take on Childhood Independence

Ep. 195: Sari Solden, MS - Empowering Girls and Women with ADHD

Ep. 194: Wendy Wood - Good Habits, Bad Habits

Ep. 193: Laura Rhinehart, Ph.D. - Building Blocks

Ep. 192: Arthur L. Robin, Ph.D. - Parent-Teen Communication

Ep. 191: Kipling Williams - The Silent Treatment: A Weapon of Mass Destruction

Ep. 190: Dr. Willie F. McBride, Ph.D. - Preparing All Kids for Life

Ep. 189: Steven D Kniffley Jr., PsyD ABPP MPA - Challenging the False Narrative

Ep. 188: Dr. Morcease Beasley - Leading Education with Executive Function

Ep. 187: Dave Melnick - Leading the Way with Trauma Transformed Education

Ep. 186: Dave Melnick - Trauma Transformed Schools

Ep. 185: David Strayer - Conundrum of Multitasking

Ep. 184: Professor Terrie E Moffitt - Executive Function, Stressful Lives, and Health Decisions

Ep. 183: Stephen Chew - Learning Beyond the Big Choke Point

Ep. 182: John Kounios - Eureka Moments and Executive Function

Ep. 181: Dr. DeDe Wohlfarth - Brave Spaces, Not Just Safe Spaces

Ep. 180: Dr. Monica Marsee - Aggression & Callousness

Ep. 179: Eduardo Briceño - Growth Mindset & Continuous Improvement

Ep. 178: Dr. Sarah Schnitker - Paragons of Virtue

Ep. 177: Janice Kaplan - The Genius of Women

Ep. 176: Taylor Chesney, Psy.D. - Raising Well-Adjusted Children

Ep. 175: Dr. Milton J. Dehn - Working Memory and Executive Function

Ep. 174: Dr. Julie Exline - Spiritual Struggle & Personal Growth

Ep. 173: Jonathan Schooler, Ph.D. - From Mind Wandering to Mind Wondering

Ep. 172: Brandon P. Fleming - Miseducated

Ep. 171: Jonathan Gottschall - The Storytelling Brain

Ep. 170: Everett L Worthington, Jr - Forgiveness is a Choice!

Ep. 169: Susan Engel - Every Child is a Curious Child

Ep. 168: Dr. Gillian Sandstrom - Strangers Aren't Scary

Ep. 167: William Damon - A Look Back to Look Ahead

Ep. 166: Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum - Race And the Development of Racial Identity

Ep. 165: Horacio Sanchez - Poverty on the Brain & Executive Function

Ep. 164: Nathaniel Wade - Pathway to Forgiveness

Ep. 163: Gregg Behr & Ryan Rydzewski - When You Wonder, You're Learning

Ep. 162: Dr. Anindya Kundu - Power of Student Agency

Ep. 161: Camille A Farrington - Transforming Children Into Well-Prepared Young Adults

Ep. 160: Dr. Ryan Martin - Anger

Ep. 159: Tony Wagner - An Unconventional Education

Ep. 158: Dr. Gary Lewandowski - Building Strong Relationships

Ep. 157: Roy Richard Grinker - Truly, Nobody’s Normal!

Ep. 156: Dr. Eve-Marie Blouin-Hudon - Empathic Concern for the Future-Self

Ep. 155: Sabine Doebel, PhD - Making the Case for Self-Control

Ep. 154: Ethan Kross, PhD - Mental Chatter

Ep. 153: Kristin Neff, PhD - Self-Compassion: The Science of Being Nice to Yourself

Ep. 152: Dr. Daren Graves - Transformative Power of Critical Consciousness

Ep. 151: Sara W. Lazar, PhD - Meditation on the Brain: Neuroscience of Toning Down and Tuning Out

Ep. 150: Big Picture 8 – “MacGyvering” Your Way to Human Ingenuity

Ep. 149: Elizabeth Green - Care to Teach?

Ep. 148: Pedro A. Noguera, PhD - Building New Ladders of Opportunity Beyond Chance and Circumstance

Ep. 147: Phyllis Fagell - No Straight Line from 6th Grade to Success

Ep. 146: Leila L. Hartley, PhD, CCC-SLP - Building a Better Brain

Ep. 145: Ross W. Greene, Ph.D - Unlocking the Barriers for a Disruptive Child

Ep. 144: Professor Tony Attwood - The Asperger’s Syndrome

Ep. 143: Esther Wojcicki - The Secret to Raising Successful People

Ep. 142: Dr. Shimi Kang - The Dolphin Parent

Ep. 141: Maggie Jackson - The Attention Renaissance

Ep. 140: Lynn Miner-Rosen, M.Ed, ACC - College: A Job Before the Job

Ep. 139: Elizabeth Sautter MA, CCC-SLP - Know Thy ‘Emotional’ Self

Ep. 138: Tal Ben-Shahar - How to Not Be So Perfect

Ep. 137: David Yeager - The Growth Mindset

Ep. 136: Holiday Rewind 2: 10 Takeaways from 100 Conversations on the Science of Learning

Ep. 135: Holiday Rewind 1: Suvrat Bhargave, MD – You’re More Than What You Feel

Ep. 134: Edward "Ned" Hallowell, M.D. - ADHD: Marvelous, Magical, and Manageable

Ep. 133: Dr. Kelly Mahler - Interoception & Executive Function

Ep. 132: George McCloskey, Ph.D. - Evolution of System 2

Ep. 131: George McCloskey, Ph.D. - Self-Regulate to Self-Realize

Ep. 130: Elizabeth Sautter MA, CCC-SLP - Make Social-Emotional Learning Stick

Ep. 129: Dr. Elizabeth Laugeson - From Socially Awkward to Socially Outward

Ep. 128: Dr. Ron Rapee - Anxious No More

Ep. 127: Dr. Laila Sanguras - When Grit is a Goal, Grit is Gold!

Ep. 126: Leah Kuypers - Get in the Zone!

Ep. 125: Elaine Taylor-Klaus - Sideways Stories of Complex Kids

Ep. 124: Peter Shankman - Truly Faster than Normal

Ep. 123: Dr. John E. Deasy - Lessons in Leadership

Ep. 122: Dr. Taryn Marie Stejskal - Setbacks are a Feature, Not a Bug

Ep. 121: Dr. James Danckert - Nothing Humdrum About Boredom

Ep. 120: Dr. David Burns - Feeling Good Yet?

Ep. 119: Dr. Laura Markham - Your Influence is Your Relationship

Ep. 118: Dr. Lyn S. Turkstra - Renewing the License to Get Along

Ep. 117: Cheryl Rice - Meet Where They Are

Ep. 116: Dr. Tim Elmore - Beyond FOMU (Fear of Messing Up)

Ep. 115: Barbara Oakley, Ph.D. - Learning as a Gift, Skill, and Choice

Ep. 114: Mary Helen Immordino-Yang – Emotions in Learning Matters

Ep. 113: Doug Fisher, Ph.D. – Shifting from Surface Learning to Deep Learning

Ep. 112: Sharon Saline – Counterbalancing Patterns of Failure

Ep. 111: Daniel Willingham – Cognitive Advantages to Teaching the Right Way

Ep. 110: Big Picture 7 – Age of the Resilient Family

Ep. 109: Dr. Raun Melmed – A Prescription by Description

Ep. 108: Margaret Sibley, Ph.D. – A Field Guide to Engaging the Inner Rebel

Ep. 107: Adele Diamond – Becoming More Self-Possessed

Ep. 106: Linda Graham – Bouncing Back Like a Skilled Ninja

Ep. 105: Natalie Wexler – The Knowledge Gap Kids

Ep. 104: Kim Bearden – The Teacher Artisan

Ep. 103: Chris Herman, M.Ed – The Opposite of a “Won’t Do” Mindset

Ep. 102: Dr. William Stixrud – Recreating the Personal 2.0 Self

Ep. 101: Suvrat Bhargave, MD – You’re More Than What You Feel

Ep. 100: 10 Takeaways from 100 Conversations on the Science of Learning

Ep. 99: Thomas Brown, Ph.D. - Ready. Fire. Aim!

Ep. 98: Louisa Moats, Ed.D. - The Truth About Reading

Ep. 97: ExFiles – No More Square Peg in the Round Hole

Ep. 96: Dr. Mary Ann Mulcahey, Eldrich Carr, and Carmen Mendoza - Pro-EF School Culture

Ep. 95: ExFiles – Rise Like a Phoenix

Ep. 94: Christopher Chabris, Ph.D. - The Clash of the Titans

Ep. 93: Joan Green, SLP - Augmenting Life with Technology

Ep. 92: Hanna Bogen Novak - Stuck in the Middle No More

Ep. 91: Big Picture 6 - No Ordinary Play

Ep. 90: Prof. Suniya Luthar - When Having It All Doesn’t Translate Into Having It Easy

Ep. 89: Prof. Suniya Luthar - The Affluenza Tradeoff

Ep. 88: Michael Delman, M.Ed. - Beyond Just Semicolons & Fractions

Ep. 87: Dr. Christopher Willard - Working Out Your Heart

Ep. 86: Big Picture 5 - ADHD Matters

Ep. 85: Ari Tuckman, Psy.D. - Twinning with Your Future Self

Ep. 84: Dr. Ann Glang - The Forgotten Injury

Ep. 83: William Damon, Ph.D. - Purpose or Perish

Ep. 82: Kelly Cartwright, Ph.D. - Good Readers Are Good Thinkers!

Ep. 81: Big Picture 4 - Organized Mind = Organized Life

Ep. 80: Dr. Debra A. Krodman-Collins - Lizard Brain, Wizard Brain

Ep. 79: Dr. Michele Gelfand - The Invisible Giant

Ep. 78: Kathleen Kryza - Examining the Struggle

Ep. 77: Dr. Mark Bertin - From Flux to Flow

Ep. 76: Big Picture 3 - Those Who Think Together, Stay Strong Together

Ep. 75: Judy Willis, M.D. - Why is There No Glitter on the Floor?

Ep. 74: Mark McDaniel, Ph.D. - Do You Have a Learning Strategy?

Ep. 73: Mary Kennedy, Ph.D. - A Bridge to the Real World

Ep. 72: Dr. Courtney Stevens - Attention, A Force Multiplier

Ep. 71: Daniel Pink - When is the right time!

Ep. 70: Big Picture 2 - Executive Function in Education

Ep. 69: Professor Anders Ericsson - Experts Are Made, Not Born

Ep. 68: Dr. Elise Davis-McFarland - Unequal Dreams

Ep. 67: Rick Parente, Ph.D. - The Art and Science of Unlocking the Brain That Relearns

Ep 66: Big Picture 1 - From a Bird’s-Eye View

Ep. 65: Dr. Julie Haarbauer-Krupa - Bridge to a Life of Hope

Ep. 64: Dr. Julie Haabauer-Krupa - Traumatic Brain Injury

Ep. 63: Dan Habib - Next to Normal

Ep. 62: Professor William Klemm - A Blueprint for Learning Success

Ep. 61: Professor William Klemm - Memory Matters

Ep. 60: Dr. Kenneth Kosik - Build a Better Brain–Now!

Ep. 59: Dr. Kenneth Kosik - The Aging Brain’s Destiny

Ep. 58: Dr. Tim Pychyl - Off the Scale and Onto a Treadmill

Ep. 57: Dr. Tim Pychyl - No More Procrastination

Ep. 56: Dr. Robert Brooks - Goodness of Fit

Ep. 55: Dr. Robert Brooks - Calling For A Charismatic Adult

Ep. 54: Dr. Judy Wolman - There’s No Silver Bullet

Ep. 53: Dr. Judy Wolman - Navigating the Educational Terrain

Ep. 52: MaryAnn Brittingham - A Garden for Sutter Keely

Ep. 51: MaryAnn Brittingham - iMotivate

Ep. 50: Dr. Nancy Rappaport - A Misbehaving Child is a Discouraged Child

Ep. 49: Dr. Nancy Rappaport - Hold Back the Slap

Ep. 48: Dr. Kathy Perez - Ladder to the Sky

Ep. 47: Dr. Kathy Perez - The Engagement Consultant

Ep. 46: Dr. Julie Ann Washington - A Mistake Stick Sounds Better

Ep. 45: Dr. Julie Ann Washington - Meet Me at the Margins

Ep. 44: Dr. Roy Baumeister - A Blueprint for Success

Ep. 43: Dr. Roy Baumeister - Self-Control–Antidote for Self-Sabotage and Imprudence

Ep. 42: Dr. Carol Westby - Seeing Eye Dog for the Mind-Blind

Ep. 41: Dr. Carol Westby - M is for Mindreading

Ep. 40: ExFiles – Prison Indeed

Ep. 39: Dr. Christine Carter - Beating Down the Ho-hum

Ep. 38: Dr. Christine Carter - Models vs. Critics

Ep. 37: Dr. Ronald Siegel - Optimal Executive Function Through Mindful Rechanneling

Ep. 36: Dr. Ronald Siegel - Who’s In Charge–You or Your Mind?

Ep. 35: Jerry Hoepner, Ph.D. - Brain Reconstruction Ahead – Expect Delays

Ep. 34: Jerry Hoepner, Ph.D. - Peeling the Layers of a Meltdown

Ep. 33: ExFiles – No Comic Relief

Ep. 32: Sam Goldstein, Ph.D. - Educrystal Ball

Ep. 31: Sam Goldstein, Ph.D. - Let’s Not Give Them Something to Talk About

Ep. 30: Stephanie Carlson, Ph.D. - The Homer Simpson Effect

Ep. 29: Stephanie Carlson, Ph.D. - Most Visible in its Absence

Ep. 28: Phil Zelazo, Ph.D. - Know Thyself

Ep. 27: Phil Zelazo, Ph.D. - The Power to Resist

Ep. 26: Randall Engle, Ph.D. - Spotlight on the Wrong Target

Ep. 25: Randall Engle, Ph.D. - Fine China of Cognition

Ep. 24: ExFiles – Self-Prevails

Ep. 23: Clancy Blair, Ph.D. - To Pop or Not to Pop

Ep. 22: Clancy Blair, Ph.D. - Shock Absorbers in the Brain

Ep. 21: Fred Morrison, Ph.D. - Diamond Dust & Self-Regulation

Ep. 20: Fred Morrison, Ph.D. - Shoelaces to Self-Control

Ep. 19: ExFiles - Staging Success

Ep. 18: Carol Tavris - I’m Not My Mistakes

Ep. 17: Carol Tavris - The Sharp Sting of Dissonance

Ep. 16: Frans de Waal - Demystifying the Bi-Polar Ape

Ep. 15: Lynn Meltzer, Ph.D. - From Pimples to Projects: Taking Charge of HOW to Learn

Ep. 14: Lynn Meltzer, Ph.D. - Project “Run-Away”

Ep. 13: Prof. Mark McDaniel - Don’t Forget You’ll Forget–How To Improve Prospective Memory

Ep. 12: Prof. Mark McDaniel - Prospective Memory–Your Memory For The Future

Ep. 11: Dr. Hal Hershfield - Befriend Your Estranged Future-Self

Ep. 10: Dr. Bonnie Singer - The Right Way to Write

Ep. 9: ExFiles - My Career

Ep. 8: Dr. Bonnie Singer - Write to Finish!

Ep. 7: Nancy Beane - How to Prepare for College Success

Ep. 6: Nancy Beane - The Starter Key to “Adulthood”

Ep. 5: Peg Dawson, Ed.D. - Executive Function Skills Can Be Explicitly Taught

Ep. 4: Peg Dawson, Ed.D. - The Untold Story of “Failure to Launch”

Ep. 3: Russell Barkley, Ph.D. - Training, Learning, & the ADHD Brain

Ep 2: Russell Barkley, Ph.D. - Unraveling Human Self-Regulation

Episode 1: Introduction to the Full PreFrontal Podcast