About Margin of Thought

Margin of Thought is a podcast about the questions we don’t always make time for but should.

Hosted by Priten Soundar-Shah, the show features wide-ranging conversations with educators, civic leaders, technologists, academics, and students.

Each season centers on a key tension in modern life that affects how we raise and educate our children.

It’s for anyone who values intellectual humility, civic curiosity, and thoughtful disagreement.

About the Host

Priten Soundar-Shah is an educator, philosopher, and entrepreneur working at the intersection of technology and education. He is the founder of Pedagogy Ventures and Academy 4 Social Civics.

He’s the author of AI & The Future of Education and the forthcoming Ethical Ed Tech. Priten teaches at College Unbound and holds degrees from Harvard College and the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

What We Explore

• Citizenship: What makes a good citizen?
• Education: What is the purpose of education today?
• Basic Rights: How can we ensure universal protections?
• Humanities: What is their role in democracy?
• Entrepreneurship: How do we build ethical innovation?
• Humanity: What makes life worth living?

What happens when we bring technology into the classroom?

This season investigates the moral and civic dilemmas surrounding AI, surveillance, and smartphone use in K–12 schools. It’s a companion to Priten’s upcoming book Ethical Ed Tech, and it unpacks the lived tensions behind the headlines.

What You’ll Hear

• Long-form interviews with administrators, policymakers, and researchers
• Short-form commentary from students, teachers, and parents
• Episode themes including cheating, surveillance, screen time, and data privacy

Why This Season Matters

Technology is reshaping education faster than ever before. This season aims to surface the hard questions: How much should we surveil students? Who gets to decide how AI is used? And what kind of learning do we actually want to protect?

Want to Be a Guest?

If you're an educator, student, policymaker, parent, technologist, or simply someone with a thoughtful perspective on the themes we explore, we’d love to hear from you.

Reach out to [email protected] and tell us a bit about your background, what topic you're interested in discussing, and why you think it matters now.