SupportED Learning Podcast

Dr. Joseph Sebestyen III

On a mission to speak with global education experts on how we can revolutionize the education system, especially in the dawn of AI.

  1. 1d ago

    Episode 40 - Your Study Method Is Killing Your GPA - Gretchen Wegner

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the SupportED Learning Podcast, Dr. Joe Sebestyen sits down with Gretchen Wegner, founder of the Anti-Boring Learning Lab and a former Fulbright Fellow, to break down why students say they study but bomb their tests—and what actually works instead. Dr. Joe and Gretchen discuss what students and families need to understand about how the brain actually learns, including why highlighting and rereading feel productive but don't stick, how the Study Cycle system makes learning anti-boring and effective, what executive function struggles look like post-pandemic, and why mental health directly impacts study skills. This episode is especially useful for high school students preparing for AP exams, SAT, and ACT, parents frustrated watching their kid "study" without results, pre-college students building independent learning skills, and educators and tutors looking for a science-backed framework to teach study strategy. 📲 Connect with them: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gretchen-wegner/ Anti-Boring Learning Lab: https://antiboringlearninglab.com/ College Prep Podcast: https://collegepreppodcast.com/work-with-gretchen/ 📲 Learn more about us: https://supportedtutoring.com/ Facebook: Dr. Joe Sebestyen Instagram: @dr_joe_ap_exams  Thanks for tuning in to the SupportED Learning Podcast with Dr. Joe Sebestyen. If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe for more insights on education, critical thinking, and AI integration in learning. Visit our website at supportedtutoring.com Remember to share this podcast with fellow parents and educators who are passionate about reimagining education for tomorrow's world. Until next time, keep supporting learning!

    38 min

  2. 4d ago

    Epsiode 39 - PIRATE Framework That Hooks Any Classroom - Dave Burgess

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the SupportED Learning Podcast, Dr. Joe Sebestyen sits down with Dave Burgess, bestselling author of Teach Like a Pirate and founder of Dave Burgess Consulting, to explain how a former street magician turned classroom teacher built a framework now used by hundreds of thousands of educators worldwide. Dr. Joe Sebestyen and Dave Burgess discuss what actually makes a classroom work, including the PIRATE acronym (Passion, Immersion, Rapport, Ask and Analyze, Transformation, Enthusiasm), why teachers don't need to be passionate about every topic, and the rubric mistake that sets teachers up for a career of feeling like failures. This episode is especially useful for new and veteran teachers looking to deepen student engagement, instructional coaches building professional development, school administrators rethinking what good teaching looks like, and parents trying to understand the difference between a popular teacher and a great one. 📲 Connect with them: https://daveburgess.com/ Dave Burgess Consulting — https://www.daveburgessconsulting.com/ The Dave Burgess Show - https://thedaveburgessshow.buzzsprout.com/ 📲 Learn more about us: https://supportedtutoring.com/ Facebook: Dr. Joe Sebestyen Instagram: @dr_joe_ap_exams  Thanks for tuning in to the SupportED Learning Podcast with Dr. Joe Sebestyen. If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe for more insights on education, critical thinking, and AI integration in learning. Visit our website at supportedtutoring.com Remember to share this podcast with fellow parents and educators who are passionate about reimagining education for tomorrow's world. Until next time, keep supporting learning!

    49 min

  3. 6d ago

    Episode 38 - World's #1 Hospital: MD vs PhD — Which Path Should Your Kid Actually Take? - Dr. Soulmaz

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the SupportED Learning Podcast, Dr. Joe Sebestyen sits down with Dr. Soulmaz Boroumand, a Mayo Clinic scientist with a PhD in biomedical sciences from Durham University, to break down what a career in medicine actually looks like beyond just becoming a doctor. Dr. Joe Sebestyen and Dr. Boroumand discuss what students and families need to understand about medical careers, including the real differences between an MD, a PhD, and an MD-PhD path, why a GMP certification can open up pharmaceutical and device-industry careers that don't require a hospital or university, and the networking approach she used to stand out at a global stem cell summit. This episode is especially useful for high school students considering a medical career, parents trying to understand the difference between becoming a doctor and becoming a medical scientist, pre-med students weighing their options, and educators advising students through STEM pathways. 🔔 Subscribe for weekly conversations on academic strategy, college prep, and the future of student success. 📲 Connect with them: https://www.mayoclinic.org/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/soulmaz-boroumand-83aa9138/ 📲 Learn more about us: supportedtutoring.com, @dr_joe_ap_exams  Thanks for tuning in to the SupportED Learning Podcast with Dr. Joe Sebestyen. If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe for more insights on education, critical thinking, and AI integration in learning. Visit our website at supportedtutoring.com Remember to share this podcast with fellow parents and educators who are passionate about reimagining education for tomorrow's world. Until next time, keep supporting learning!

    21 min

  4. Jun 6

    Episode 37 - 14-Year SAT Reading Strategist: How to Go From a 600 to a 750 - Sol Lee

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the SupportED Learning Podcast, Dr. Joe Sebestyen sits down with Sol Lee, University of Chicago graduate, founder of Increments, and a 14-year SAT and LSAT reading strategist, to explain why most students plateau on the SAT verbal section and how to break through. Dr. Joe Sebestyen and Sol Lee discuss what actually moves the needle on SAT and LSAT reading scores, including why the "look at A, B, C, D and eliminate" approach is the wrong way to read questions, how to predict the answer before looking at the choices, why students are better at reading than their own test-taking habits suggest, and how the panic spiral derails strong students on hard passages. This episode is especially useful for SAT students stuck in the 600s on reading and writing, parents trying to understand why their kid keeps plateauing, college-bound students preparing for the digital SAT, and tutors looking for a sharper reading methodology. 🔔 Subscribe for weekly conversations on academic strategy, college prep, and the future of student success. 📲 Connect with them: sol@increments.me SAT reading resources: learn.increments.me 📲 Learn more about us: supportedtutoring.com, @dr_joe_ap_exams Thanks for tuning in to the SupportED Learning Podcast with Dr. Joe Sebestyen. If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe for more insights on education, critical thinking, and AI integration in learning. Visit our website at supportedtutoring.com Remember to share this podcast with fellow parents and educators who are passionate about reimagining education for tomorrow's world. Until next time, keep supporting learning!

    43 min

  5. Jun 4

    Episode 36 - AP Prep CEO on How 7 Million Students Doubled the AP Pass Rate - Amanda DoAmaral

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the SupportED Learning Podcast, Dr. Joe Sebestyen sits down with Amanda DoAmaral, founder and CEO of Fiveable and a former AP teacher, to explain how a burned-out classroom teacher making less than her student loan payments built the largest AP prep platform in the country.  Amanda shares how she left the classroom, moved back in with her mom, and started building content for her former students — and how that turned into a platform that has now helped over 7 million students hit pass rates nearly double the national average. Dr. Joe Sebestyen and Amanda DoAmaral discuss what actually moves the needle in AP prep, including the new AI-powered FRQ scoring tool that grades student writing against the real College Board rubric, why writing was the missing piece for years, and what most parents get wrong about preparing their kids for AP exams. This episode is especially useful for AP students preparing for exam season, parents trying to support their first AP student, high school teachers looking for tools that fit how students actually study, and educators interested in how AI is changing assessment.  🔔 Subscribe for weekly conversations on academic strategy, college prep, and the future of student success. 📲 Connect with them: https://www.fiveable.me/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThinkFiveable/videos 📲 Learn more about us: supportedtutoring.com, @dr_joe_ap_exams Thanks for tuning in to the SupportED Learning Podcast with Dr. Joe Sebestyen. If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe for more insights on education, critical thinking, and AI integration in learning. Visit our website at supportedtutoring.com Remember to share this podcast with fellow parents and educators who are passionate about reimagining education for tomorrow's world. Until next time, keep supporting learning!

    32 min

  6. Jun 3

    Episode 35 - Founder of LSAT Unplugged on Going From 152 to 175 - Steve Schwartz

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the SupportED Learning Podcast, Dr. Joe Sebestyen sits down with Steve Schwartz, Columbia grad, founder of LSAT Unplugged, and host of one of the top-ranked LSAT podcasts in the country, to explain what it actually takes to go from a below-average LSAT score to the top 1%.  Steve shares his own story of raising his score from 152 to 175 in a single year, how that experience turned into a 20-year teaching career, and why he never ended up going to law school after all. Dr. Joe Sebestyen and Steve Schwartz discuss what separates students who beat the LSAT from the ones who don't, including why the LSAT is a skills test built on pattern recognition rather than memorization, why 2 to 6 months of focused prep beats cramming every time, and the deconstruction approach he uses to teach students to recognize argument structures on test day. This episode is especially useful for pre-law students preparing for the LSAT, undergraduates considering law school, career changers thinking about a legal career, and parents trying to understand how the law school admissions game actually works. Steve gives clear, practical advice — including the one thing he wishes he could tell his 150-scoring self — for anyone serious about getting into a top law school the right way. 🔔 Subscribe for weekly conversations on academic strategy, college prep, and the future of student success. 📲 Connect with them: https://www.lsatunplugged.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@UnpluggedPrep/videos Free LSAT lesson: unpluggedprep.com/start Free LSAT cheat sheet: unpluggedprep.com/sheet 📲 Learn more about us: supportedtutoring.com, @dr_joe_ap_exams  Thanks for tuning in to the SupportED Learning Podcast with Dr. Joe Sebestyen. If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe for more insights on education, critical thinking, and AI integration in learning. Visit our website at supportedtutoring.com Remember to share this podcast with fellow parents and educators who are passionate about reimagining education for tomorrow's world. Until next time, keep supporting learning!

    25 min

  7. Jun 1

    Episode 34 - UPenn Professor on the Firm Goals, Flexible Means Framework That Reaches Every Learner - Dr. Katie Novak, Ed.d

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the SupportED Learning Podcast, Dr. Joe Sebestyen sits down with Dr. Katie Novak, bestselling author of UDL Now!, former assistant superintendent, and one of the most widely followed voices in Universal Design for Learning, to explain why most schools are quietly built for a student who doesn't exist.  Dr. Joe Sebestyen and Dr. Katie Novak discuss what schools, teachers, and families need to do differently, including the firm goals, flexible means framework at the heart of UDL, why doing well on tests is a skill that doesn't transfer to lifetime success unless it's braided with self-motivation and perseverance, and how to give every student multiple pathways to the same standard. Katie also explains why the United States tests kids more than any country in the world without better outcomes, why schools reward performance over growth, and why she keeps showing up even when only 5% of educators give her positive feedback. This episode is especially useful for school administrators rethinking how their system serves all learners, K-12 teachers building inclusive classrooms, instructional coaches scaling UDL across a building, and parents of kids who don't fit the mold the school was built around. Katie gives a clear, practical framework for replacing the mythical average learner with real ones — and finally building a system that meets kids where they actually are. 🔔 Subscribe for weekly conversations on academic strategy, college prep, and the future of student success. 📲 Connect with them: https://www.novakeducation.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@NovakEducation 📲 Learn more about us: supportedtutoring.com, @dr_joe_ap_exams  Thanks for tuning in to the SupportED Learning Podcast with Dr. Joe Sebestyen. If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe for more insights on education, critical thinking, and AI integration in learning. Visit our website at supportedtutoring.com Remember to share this podcast with fellow parents and educators who are passionate about reimagining education for tomorrow's world. Until next time, keep supporting learning!

    50 min

  8. May 28

    Episode 33 - Father of Flipped Classroom on Why AI Is Quietly Destroying Your Kid's Ability to Think - Jon Bergmann

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the SupportED Learning Podcast, Dr. Joe Sebestyen sits down with Jon Bergmann, the father of the flipped classroom and one of the most influential voices in modern teaching, to explain how two teachers in the mountains of Colorado accidentally started a global movement — and why Jon now spends his days warning parents and educators that AI is quietly eroding the next generation's ability to think. Jon shares the origin story of the flipped classroom, the "rule of three" that makes video lectures three times more efficient than live ones, and why he believes flipped mastery is the second revolution that education is finally ready for. Dr. Joe Sebestyen and Jon Bergmann discuss what's actually working in classrooms right now, including the difference between students who use AI as a crutch and students who use it as a thought partner, the trebuchet project that forced his physics students to defend their work in a ten-minute oral interview, and why the cognitively hard work can no longer be sent home in an AI world. Jon also explains why critical thinking is measurably diminishing in adolescents, why banning AI in schools is the wrong answer, and why he tells parents that chemistry is supposed to be hard. This episode is especially useful for high school teachers rethinking their classroom model, science teachers navigating AI in lab work, instructional coaches building mastery-based systems, and parents worried about what AI is doing to their kid's ability to focus and think. Jon gives a clear, urgent framework for using AI without surrendering the cognitive development that turns adolescents into capable adults. 🔔 Subscribe for weekly conversations on academic strategy, college prep, and the future of student success. 📲 Connect with them: https://www.jonbergmann.com/ Podcast: https://reacheverystudent.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JonBergmann1 📲 Learn more about us: supportedtutoring.com, @dr_joe_ap_exams Thanks for tuning in to the SupportED Learning Podcast with Dr. Joe Sebestyen. If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe for more insights on education, critical thinking, and AI integration in learning. Visit our website at supportedtutoring.com Remember to share this podcast with fellow parents and educators who are passionate about reimagining education for tomorrow's world. Until next time, keep supporting learning!

    33 min
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On a mission to speak with global education experts on how we can revolutionize the education system, especially in the dawn of AI.

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  • Creator
    Dr. Joseph Sebestyen III
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    39
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    © 2026 SupportED Learning Podcast
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