Conceptually Speaking
Conceptually Speaking is a show about exploring the cognitive processes and social practices that help us make sense of our world. As as teacher-scholar interested in the intersection of educational theory, practice, and scholarship, I host conversations with guests ranging from practicing educators to neuroscientists and literary scholars to YouTube video essayists. Each episode shares a common purpose: to consider, critique, and reconceptualize what we think and feel about education. If you enjoy the show and want to learn more, subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, find me on Substack, and check out trevoraleo.com for more information, resources, and details on professional learning.
Conceptually Speaking
Latest Episodes
Sara Hildreth Talks Public Reading & Digital Literary Criticism
In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, I sit down with Sara Hildreth, a former high school English teacher and the writer behind FictionMatters, a reading community devoted to a wide-ranging public conversation about literature and ...
Christian Moore-Anderson Talks Teaching Meaning & Cognitive Science
In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, I sit down with Christian Moore Anderson — veteran biology teacher and author of Teaching Meaning: What Works When Telling Isn’t Enough—to complicate the conversation about cognitive s...
Dr. Joseph Allen Boone Talks The Melville Effect, Aesthetic Hybridity, & Renewing Literary Tradition
Episode Description:In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, I sit down with Dr. Joseph Allen Boone, Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Southern California, to discuss his new book from Columbia Universit...
Drs. Karis Jones, Sarah Jerasa, & Rabani Garg Talk Teaching Digital Texts With #HackYourStack
In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, I sit down with Karis Jones, Sarah Jerasa, and Rabani Gar...
Dr. Al Filreis Talks Pedagogy, Poetry, and the Promise of Digital Community
In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, I sit down with Dr. Al Filreis, the Kelly Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, faculty director of the Kelly Writers House, and the creator of ModPo—a free massive open online course about exper...