As parents, we are caught in a gut-wrenching paradox. Featuring: Nancy Giordano and Tara Steele. We are told that AI is the non-negotiable key to our children’s economic future, yet we are being asked to hand them tools that have the power to hurt them more profoundly than any social media algorithm ever could. How do we navigate this high-stakes dependency? In this episode, Nancy sits down with Tara Steele , Founder and Director of the Safe AI for Children Alliance , to di

What's the secret to raising kids who are both happy and successful? Featuring: Nancy Giordano and Esther Wojcicki. The "Godmother of Silicon Valley", Esther Wojcicki has spent five decades figuring it out. As a legendary "teacher of the year” who built one of America's largest high school journalism programs and as the mother of three extraordinarily successful daughters (the CEOs of YouTube and 23andMe, plus a professor of pediatrics), Esther knows something most of us a

We spend a lot of time worrying about the future our children will inherit—but how often do we ask them what they actually want it to look like? Featuring: Nancy Giordano and Nicolai Sederberg Rottbøll. By gathering the hopes, dreams, and visions of one million children aged 6 to 21 from every corner of the world, Nicolai Sederberg Rottbøll , sustainability leader and founder of Our World 2050 , has built a global movement to find out. Along the way he's discovering somethin

We tell our kids to be creative, but do we really know what that means—or how to cultivate it? Featuring: Nancy Giordano and Doreen Lorenzo. Doreen Lorenzo , former President of frog design and now Assistant Dean at UT Austin's School of Design and Creative Technologies , has spent decades helping Fortune 100 companies innovate and is now transforming how we educate the next generation. Through her podcast " Creativity is the Job of the Future ," she's exploring a crucial t

Every parent holds a vision of the future their children will inherit—but what happens when that future is no longer possible? Featuring: Nancy Giordano and Juli Rush. As both a futurist and a death doula, Juli Rush is uniquely positioned to help us navigate what she calls "futures' death"—the grief that comes when the world we expected for our kids fundamentally changes. Juli teaches foresight thinking to both graduate students and middle schoolers, helping them learn to

What if the straight path from high school to college isn't the best way to prepare our kids for life? Featuring: Nancy Giordano and Abby Falik. Abby Falik graduated from Stanford exhausted and burnt out—despite playing the academic game perfectly. That experience led her to spend two decades creating alternatives, founding Global Citizen Year and raising over $65 million to help thousands of young people take transformative bridge years. Now, with The Flight School , Abby i

When your kids hit the teenage years, the conversations get harder—and more important. Featuring: Nancy Giordano and Jen Shoemaker Davidson. How do you talk about sex, failure, relationships, money, and yes, the uncertain future they're inheriting? Jen Shoemaker Davidson , author of Keep Talking: Conversations with Our Kids When They Want Us Least but Need Us Most , isn't a clinician or parenting expert—she's a mom who figured out how to stay connected to her teens even when

As the world changes faster each day, how can we raise and support superheroes ready for the task? Said another way, what if a child’s challenging traits aren't a problem to fix but a superpower waiting to emerge? Featuring: Nancy Giordano and Yarrow Kraner. In 1999, Yarrow Kraner launched one of the world's earliest social networks built on a radical belief: everyone has unique gifts that can change the world—especially in children—galvanizing 1.5 million youth into actio

What if the economy our children inherit looks nothing like the one we grew up in—not because of disaster, but by design? Featuring: Nancy Giordano and Gaya Herrington. Gaya Herrington , the econometrician whose viral research confirmed we're tracking toward the collapse scenarios predicted 50 years ago, believes we're at a pivotal moment. We can either let limits to growth force themselves upon us, or we can deliberately redesign our economy around wellbeing instead of end

We're raising the most overstimulated generation in history and traditional parenting advice just isn't enough anymore. Featuring: Nancy Giordano and Dr. Mary Poffenroth . Our kids are growing up in a world moving faster than any generation before, facing constant change, information overload and pressures that can overwhelm even the most resilient young minds. Dr. Mary Poffenroth , a biopsychologist and fear researcher, believes the answer isn't to shield our children from

In a world of infinite inputs, the people who thrive won’t be the ones who consume the most information — they’ll be the ones who know what to ignore. Featuring: Nancy Giordano and Erik Qualman. Digital Leadership Expert and Best-Selling Author, Erik Qualman has a core message that's simple but powerful: the real challenge of the digital age isn’t access to information, it’s how we choose to direct our attention, energy and intention inside an environment designed to consta

What happens when our children’s first caregivers aren’t just human, but also machines? Featuring: Nancy Giordano and Faith Popcorn. Our children’s first experiences of comfort and learning are increasingly shaped by algorithms, not just human relationships. From AI-powered Barbie dolls to baby monitors that promise to soothe your child with predictive algorithms, the next generation of parenting tools raises urgent questions about privacy, ethics and the boundaries of care.