Why botherism. Para-friending. What language can help you navigate AI? We're live from Project Zero Classroom 2026 with a scintillating slice of this popular workshop with PZ principal investigators Carrie James and Beck Tench of the Center for Digital Thriving.

When we talk about good thinking, we often point to highly purposeful attitudes and strategies like using thinking routines, taking an inquiry stance, or being actively metacognitive. But good thinking isn’t entirely a matter of strategic mental effort: There are moments when pausing in the midst of effort can be powerful and important. However, such moments pass us by all too easily. In this episode of Thinkability, David Perkins and Shari Tishman explore the power and pleasure of pause, with a special but not exclusive focus on the connection between pause and thinking.

What role does the body play in the production of knowledge? Fresh from Project Zero Classroom 2026, PZ's Louisa Penfold of the Art|Play project and Jessica Baynes, a dance performer, choreographer, and educator, discuss curriculum design around playful, joyful learning that centers creative movement. The pair also discuss Louisa's new book, Every Child Is an Artist.

PZ founding member Howard Gardner sits down with Harvard's Joe Blatt to talk about two new books: The Essential Howard Gardner on Mind and The Essential Howard Gardner on Education.

This talk was recorded live in April 2025 at the Harvard Graduate School of Education as part of Project Zero's PZ Page Turners series.

Welcome to Radio PZ, a podcast from Project Zero, the oldest research center at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. You may know us from our most popular tool: thinking routines! But, today, we invite you to take a breath, and listen. To spend a moment with us in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as a valued member of our global community of practice.