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24 alternatives to This American Life - 562: The problem we all live with

First of a two-part series rethinking and reinvent education

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. This American Life - 562: The problem we all live with launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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This American Life - The Problem We All Live With▲62
Examining racism in the public school system
2015 · thisamericanlife.org · its alternatives →
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This American Life - The Problem We All Live With (part 2)▲3
Racism in America's public schools
2015 · thisamericanlife.org · its alternatives →
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2019 · its alternatives →
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Educate Yourself #001: Anya Kamenetz▲55
The Future of Learning and EdTech
2016 · educate_yourself.blubrry.com · its alternatives →
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Freakonomics - Does “Early Education” Come Way Too Late?▲65
An episode about "Early Education"
2015 · freakonomics.com · its alternatives →
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Why Don't Students Like School?▲66
A cognitive scientist answers questions about the mind
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Social Network Theory and Educational Change▲68
Studies on how social networks can affect education reform
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Educate Yourself #002: Dr. Bror Saxberg▲54
The future of education and EdTech
2016 · educate_yourself.blubrry.com · its alternatives →
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Freakonomics - Is America’s Education Problem Really Just a Teacher Problem?▲56
If U.S teachers really are below average, what should we do?
2016 · freakonomics.com · its alternatives →
10
Radical Culture: Episode One▲70
About how and why we work, and how to give work more meaning
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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The Documentary - What Should We Teach Our Kids?▲69
Robots gobbling up ever more human jobs
2016 · bbc.co.uk · its alternatives →
12
Designing for Behavior Change▲71
Applying Psychology and Behavioral Economics
2016 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →
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Unscientific America▲54
How scientific illiteracy threatens our future
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Digital Life 183 — Parenting in the Digital Age▲53
Setting boundaries for our children in digital.
2016 · thedigitalife.com · its alternatives →
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This American Life - How to Win Friends and Influence People▲76
Stories of people climbing to be number one.
2016 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
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This American Life - 572: Transformers▲57
People undertaking major life transformations
2015 · thisamericanlife.org · its alternatives →
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How High School Became a Thing▲84
A new illustrated story, from Hardbound
2016 · its alternatives →
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This American Life - How I got into college▲85
One funny & one amazing story on college admissions
2015 · thisamericanlife.org · its alternatives →
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Why We Fail▲76
Learn from other people's failures.
2016 · rosenfeldmedia.com · its alternatives →
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Millennial - Making Millennial: An Out-Of-Body Experience▲71
A bonus episode
2015 · feeds.soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Thinking Outside The Box▲62
How to Think Creatively By Applying Critical Thinking
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Podglomerate▲70
A hybrid podcast network and production house
2017 · thepodglomerate.com · its alternatives →
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Going Deep 178 - Using IT to Fix Schools w/ Kaelon Egan▲68
Founder of AccelaSchool shares his playbook.
2017 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Thinking: The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction▲66
Original ideas that expand understanding of human thought
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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