Season 2 of Educating to Be Human Dives Into the Power and Politics of Learning
The Californer/10321058

BAY AREA, Calif. - Californer -- What happens when we ask not just how we best learn—but who decides what we learn, and why it matters?

Season 2 of Educating to Be Human, hosted by the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME) founder and CEO Lisa Petrides, is here and it's more urgent than ever. This season takes listeners to the heart of the questions shaping learning today: Who controls access to knowledge? How do embodied experiences transform learning? And why is education key to building resilience and human connection?

Bringing together guests who are part thinker, part doer, and part visionary, Petrides invites guests whose work pushes boundaries and calls on us to reimagine education as a force for possibility. These are the people behind the systems—and the breakthroughs—driving change.

More on The Californer

• Thorn Ridge® Creates a World of Legends & Lore
• Screenwriting Cruise Adds Howard Suber, Ph.D., to Inaugural 7-Day Screenwriting Lab at Sea
• Twice the Laughs: Comedy Star Don Barnhart Rotates Residency at Both Delirious Comedy Club Locations in Las Vegas
• Voices for Humanity Ignites a Revolution for Learning with Eva Rehorova
• Omnigarde AI-Powered Face Recognition Achieves Top Global Rankings in Prestigious NIST Evaluation

"In this season, we're looking at power, participation, and the ways learning is rooted in movement, memory, and the body," says Petrides. "This isn't just about education reform - it's about reclaiming our collective future."

An initiative of the Institute for tISKME, Educating to Be Human is a podcast for those who want to learn from  the stories, systems, and people reshaping how we educate to be human–through empathy, imagination, and action.

New episodes are released every other Tuesday on all major platforms, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Follow Educating to Be Human on Instagram @edutobehuman and on BlueSky @edutobehuman.bsky.social‬ for updates, behind-the-scenes content, and more.

About ISKME

ISKME is an independent, education nonprofit whose mission is to make learning and knowledge sharing more participatory, equitable, and open. ISKME believes that the development of equitable and inclusive learning environments will contribute to the creation of a more just society.

More on The Californer

• Petitioner Urges White House to Issue Executive Order on Divorce Fairness
• Car Wash Deal in Downey CA Prices Starting from $8
• Dr. Vincent Malfitano Elected to Central Council of The Italian Catholic Federation, National Gov
• Your Body Isn't Broken—It's Out of Balance: The New Book Revealing the Blueprint to Restore Hormone Balance, Sleep, Gut & Metabolic Health
• Long Beach Recognizes September as National Preparedness Month, Relaunches Program to Connect Neighborhoods to Disaster Planning Resources

About the Host, Lisa Petrides

Lisa Petrides is CEO and Founder of the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME). As a scholar and international open educational resources (OER) expert, she leads research, policy, and practice to support the field of open education with the goal to make learning and knowledge-sharing participatory, equitable, and open. This includes the creation of OER Commons (https://oercommons.org/), a public digital library collaboration platform that offers a comprehensive infrastructure for educators to identify high-quality curriculum and to collaborate around OER use, improvement, and evaluation, to address local learning needs.