Joel Amidon

Amidon Planet

Amidon Planet is all about learning how to teach better. Each episode, Joel Amidon, PhD, will explore ideas from books, interviews, movies, other podcasts, etc. and apply those ideas to teaching better. The ultimate goal being to lead people to love others through teaching.

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Author

Joel Amidon

Category

Education

Podcast website

amidonplanet.com

Latest episode

Nov 12, 2026

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Episodes

E036: Practicing Forgiveness with Dr. Rick Balkin 03.11.2020

Learning to teach better with Dr. Rick Balkin, Professor of Leadership & Counselor Education at the University of Mississippi, as we discuss his new book Practicing Forgiveness: A Path Toward Healing. Show notes can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode36/

E035: Considering how to be an Anti-Racist Teacher with Dr. Linda Angotti 22.10.2020

Learning to teach better with Dr. Linda Angotti, Emerita Professor in Music Education from Kent State University as we discuss the featured book, How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi Show notes can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode35/

E034: CREATE - Connecting as Teaching with Lo Alaman 02.10.2020

Learning to teach better with Lo Alaman of The Woodlands United Methodist Church - Harvest Campus, as we talk about teaching, poetry, and his new book, We Sang a Dirge: Poems, Laments, and Other Things that Matter to God. Show notes can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode34/

E033: Designing Virtual Field Experiences with Amanda Milewski & Joe Sweeney 25.09.2020

Learning to teach better with Joe Sweeney and Amanda Milewski as we discuss the featured article, On-ramps to professional practice: Selecting and implementing digital technologies for virtual field experiences from  Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education. Show notes can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode33/

E032: Not Light, But Fire with Shimikqua Ellis 17.09.2020

Learning to teach better with Shimikqua Ellis as we discuss the featured book, Not Light, But Fire: How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Classroom by Matthew R. Kay. Show notes can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode32/

E031: The Tech-Wise Teacher 04.09.2020

Learning to teach better with the featured book, The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place by Andy Crouch Show notes at https://amidonplanet.com/episode31/

E030: CREATE - Teaching 'Each Day' with Matthew Mifflin 20.08.2020

Learning to Teach Better with Matthew Mifflin of Phrygian Frog Music Professionals (BMI) and Phrygian Frog Records as we talk about music, song writing and his new single, Each Day. Show notes at https://amidonplanet.com/episode30/

E029: Teaching (Online) Better with Jen Wolfe 08.08.2020

Learning to teach better with Dr. Jen Wolfe of the University of Arizona as she shares an awesome collection of resources she has accumulated in response to converting her teaching to online instruction in the Spring of 2020 Show notes can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode29/

E028 Teaching and the Enneagram with Nancy Bartelt 23.07.2020

Learning to teach better with Nancy Bartelt of Uncommon Insight, as we discuss the featured book, The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile. Show notes can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode28/

E027: CREATE: Lessons from Tweed Recording CEO, Andrew Ratcliffe 02.07.2020

Learning to teach better with Andrew Ratcliffe, CEO of Tweed Recording Audio Production School, as we discuss what was learned and lingering questions in creating an audio production school from scratch. Show notes can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode27/

E026: Reflecting on 10 Years with Brian Desalvo 18.06.2020

Learning to teach better by talking with Brian DeSalvo about teaching over the past 10 years (or ever since Brian was in my class, learning how to teach mathematics).  Show notes can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode26/

E025: Reflecting on a Year with Bryanna Hall 11.06.2020

Learning to teach better by talking with Bryanna Hall about teaching during the 2019-2020 academic year. Also a brief discussion on listening and learning during this historic time. Show notes can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode25/

E024: GRIT with Sam Gilbert 28.05.2020

Learning to Teach better with Sam Gilbert as we discuss the featured book, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth. Show notes can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode24/

E023: Teaching Atomic Habits with Hunter Taylor 21.05.2020

Learning to Teach better with Hunter Taylor as we discuss the featured book, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear Show notes can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode23/

E022: Celebrate the Struggle with Candies Cook & Ann Monroe 29.04.2020

Learning to teach better with Candies Cook and Ann Monroe as we discuss our article Shame, Shame, Go Away: Struggle in Promoting Doers of Mathematics, and the struggle in getting it published. Show notes can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode22/

E021: Getting Things Done while Social Distancing 09.04.2020

Learning how to teach better by sharing process for getting done the things that need to get done. Show notes can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode21/

E020: CREATE - Lessons from Dave Grohl and Sound City 26.03.2020

Learning to teach better through the Sound City documentary by Dave Grohl. Show notes can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode20/

BONUS: More Fish! with Claire Rearick 19.03.2020

Learning to teach better with Claire Rearick as we continue to discuss Fish! and the previous episode of the podcast with Tom Andres. Show notes can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode19/

E019: Fish! with Tom Andres 12.03.2020

Learning to teach better with Tom Andres as we discuss the featured book, Fish! A Proven Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results. Show notes can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode19/

E018: The Dreamkeepers with Gloria Ladson-Billings 27.02.2020

Learning to teach better with Gloria Ladson-Billings as we discuss her classic book, The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children. Show notes can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode18/

BONUS: First Birthday Episode 08.02.2020

Learning how to teach better through one year of the Amidon Planet Podcast, previewing year two, and the launch of a new podcast!

E016: Teaching Math as Agape with Sam Gilbert 31.01.2020

Learning to teach better with Sam Gilbert as we discuss the featured article, Teaching Mathematics as Agape: Responding to Oppression with Unconditional Love. Show notes can be found out at https://amidonplanet.com/episode16/

E015: CREATE - Lessons from Rick Rubin, Malcom Gladwell, and the Broken Record Podcast 17.01.2020

Learning to Teach Better through Rick Rubin, Malcom Gladwell, and the Broken Record Podcast Show notes can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode15/

E014: Use Your Gifts 24.12.2019

Christmas Edition of the podcast where we are learning to teach better by using the gifts we have been given to serve others. Show notes can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode14/

E013: Developing Doers by Avoiding Pitfalls with Noah Amidon 10.12.2019

Learning to teach better with Noah Amidon as we discuss takeaways from an episode of the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast. Show notes can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode13/

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