The Ohio State University Inspire //podcastplus.net/feed/the-ohio-state-university-inspire-podcast~a48ce3d6 The monthly Inspire Podcast asks Ohio State’s Education and Human Ecology experts — and everyday heroes — about the issues that people encounter in life: mental and physical health, inequity, lifelong learning, raising and teaching children. To discover why ... and why not? Because hidden in our dilemmas and most complex problems are exquisite solutions. Sun, 26 Apr 2026 23:01:29 +0000 Digital disruption: Distracted learning affects more than just schoolkids https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/e7yi3i8h2t8ka4x2/Smartphones_and_learningaeqw9.mp3 Schools are banning phones. But college students, workers also get pulled off task by digital devices. Here’s how smartphones can impact anyone’s thinking and learning. Link to transcript. Read tips on how to overcome digital distractions. Wed, 17 Sep 2025 09:18:56 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/e7yi3i8h2t8ka4x2/Smartphones_and_learningaeqw9.mp3 Pride and pedagogy: Reality for LGBTQ+ teachers https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ap27b7i85vieq96n/Inspire_Podcast_LGBTQ_Teachers_final9lb4m.mp3 Teaching students and experienced educators talk about being queer in a shifting landscape. Read episode transcript . Wed, 16 Jul 2025 03:59:00 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ap27b7i85vieq96n/Inspire_Podcast_LGBTQ_Teachers_final9lb4m.mp3 Pride and pedagogy: Reality for LGBTQ+ teachers https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ap27b7i85vieq96n/Inspire_Podcast_LGBTQ_Teachers_final9lb4m.mp3 Teaching students and experienced educators talk about being queer in a shifting landscape. Read episode transcript . Wed, 16 Jul 2025 03:59:00 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ap27b7i85vieq96n/Inspire_Podcast_LGBTQ_Teachers_final9lb4m.mp3 She started at a school where no one wanted to work https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/disp4yhp9m7q9rjw/Antoinette_Miranda8vbw8.mp3 Education leader Antoinette Miranda built a career of advocacy by making her own challenges, and others’, her personal mission. She’s not about to stop now. Transcript available. Get news and guest insights by subscribing to the Inspire Podcast Newsletter . Read more about the career of Antoinette Miranda. Wed, 21 May 2025 03:59:00 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/disp4yhp9m7q9rjw/Antoinette_Miranda8vbw8.mp3 She started at a school where no one wanted to work https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/disp4yhp9m7q9rjw/Antoinette_Miranda8vbw8.mp3 Education leader Antoinette Miranda built a career of advocacy by making her own challenges, and others’, her personal mission. She’s not about to stop now. Transcript available. Get news and guest insights by subscribing to the Inspire Podcast Newsletter . Read more about the career of Antoinette Miranda. Wed, 21 May 2025 03:59:00 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/disp4yhp9m7q9rjw/Antoinette_Miranda8vbw8.mp3 Parenting teens: Navigating the untidy, unplugged and unpredictable https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/uip36nabwkzzuc3v/Inspire_Podcast_Raising_Adolescents6p0w9.mp3 In a fast-paced, complex world, has the rulebook for raising adolescents been rewritten? Link to transcript. Wed, 19 Mar 2025 04:01:00 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/uip36nabwkzzuc3v/Inspire_Podcast_Raising_Adolescents6p0w9.mp3 Parenting teens: Navigating the untidy, unplugged and unpredictable https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/uip36nabwkzzuc3v/Inspire_Podcast_Raising_Adolescents6p0w9.mp3 In a fast-paced, complex world, has the rulebook for raising adolescents been rewritten? Link to transcript. Wed, 19 Mar 2025 04:01:00 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/uip36nabwkzzuc3v/Inspire_Podcast_Raising_Adolescents6p0w9.mp3 Finding joy when you don’t feel it https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/iyqsjsmsg2mi3bu9/Joy_and_wellbeingadgwe.mp3 You know this elusive emotion when you feel it, and especially when you don’t. Learn ways to rethink and cultivate joy, even in the tough times   Link to transcript Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:58:08 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/iyqsjsmsg2mi3bu9/Joy_and_wellbeingadgwe.mp3 Finding joy when you don’t feel it https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/iyqsjsmsg2mi3bu9/Joy_and_wellbeingadgwe.mp3 You know this elusive emotion when you feel it, and especially when you don’t. Learn ways to rethink and cultivate joy, even in the tough times   Link to transcript Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:58:08 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/iyqsjsmsg2mi3bu9/Joy_and_wellbeingadgwe.mp3 Screen time for young kids: What are growing minds missing? https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/52kdt5xr957qkh2a/Young_Children_and_Devices_MASTER283vah.mp3 Overuse of media devices might impact white matter in developing brains, research shows. But it’s less about screens and more about the interactions that young children aren’t receiving.    Link to transcript Wed, 20 Nov 2024 05:01:00 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/52kdt5xr957qkh2a/Young_Children_and_Devices_MASTER283vah.mp3