Fueling Creativity
By Season
After 200+ episodes, the Fueling Creativity in Education Podcast has evolved, refining its format over ten-plus seasons. Initially featuring 10 interviews and two debrief episodes per season, we’ve expanded to 12 episodes, including four debriefs and a dedicated episode connecting insights to emerging scholarly research.
This shift allows us to diversify topics, dig deeper into insights, and strengthen connections between creativity research and educational practice. Co-hosts Matthew Worwood and Cyndi Burnett engage with leading voices in the field, reflecting on emerging trends and evolving conversations. As our podcast continues to grow, we remain committed to exploring new ideas and fostering meaningful discussions on creativity in education.
Season 2
Recorded in Spring 2021 through Summer 2021 and released later that year in the late summer and fall, Season Two of the Fueling Creativity in Education Podcast marked a period of continued experimentation as we explored different approaches to podcasting and worked toward finding our preferred format.
Despite being early in our journey, this season welcomed an incredible lineup of guests. We featured a “Double Espresso” episode with Jonathan Plucker, who unpacked the complexities of achievement gaps and gifted education. We also spoke with Sally Reis, who dug deeper into the relationship and history of gifted education and creativity while exploring the concept of multiple potentiality—a powerful idea for understanding the diverse talents of gifted learners. And we were thrilled to welcome international bestselling author Scott Barry Kaufman, who shared his insights on human potential, imagination, and rethinking how schools can nurture creativity.
Bridging the Gap: Serendipity, Excellence Gaps, and the role of Wonder.
What were the biggest lessons learned during the last five episodes in Season Two of the Fueling Creativity podcast? In this final debrief, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood sit down and reflect on episodes that discussed Serendipity, Student Engagement, Excellence Gaps, and Wonder.
Bridging the Gap: Creativity Tips and Gifts for the Holidays
How do you support your children’s creativity, and make meaning and connections this holiday season? What gifts should you get your children this year that will help nurture their creativity? We have some ideas! In this special holiday episode of the Fueling Creativity podcast, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood share activities and traditions to promote creative thinking as a family during the holidays. Plus, they share lots of affordable gift ideas that promote creative thinking in children of all ages.
Bridging the Gap: Lessons Learned from Season Two (Part 1)
What were the biggest lessons learned so far in Season Two of the Fueling Creativity podcast? In this episode, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood sit down and have a debrief to reflect on the first 5 episodes of Season Two, highlighting the key takeaways and major lessons these conversations have taught them about creativity and education.
Season 2: Welcome Back to the Fueling Creativity Podcast
The Fueling Creativity in Education podcast returns for a second season, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood discuss three goals for the second season of the show and share some new formats for interviews and debrief episodes.
Making a commitment to Professional Learning with Leon Tynes
Season 2, Episode 3 Making a Commitment to Professional Learning“The goal is not retirement. The goal is elevating students to be those next professionals or those game changers that basically deal with these issues on the planet that we have going on right now,...
How STEM Education can help students to think for tomorrow
In this episode of Fueling Creativity, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood speak with Jonathan Nalder, a globally awarded innovator in education and Chief Futures Officer at STEM Punks, about the best practices for integrating digital tools and forward thinking in learning environments.
Tracking Wonder and Creativity with Jeffrey Davis
In this episode of Fueling Creativity, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood speak with Jeffrey Davis, an author, team culture consultant and educator, and CEO of Tracking Wonder Consultancy. For over 25 years, he’s inspired thousands of changemakers, leaders, and creatives to unlock their best ideas through the pursuit of curiosity, innovation, and wonder.
Learning to think like a Designer with Toy Coach Azhelle Wade
Season 2, Episode 8 Learning to Think Like a Designer with Toy Coach“Even inventors that come to me now, I have to bring them back to what you’re teaching your students. Who are you making this for? Why are you making this for them? Why do they need this? ” - Azhelle...
Leading a Culture of Teacher Creativity with Donna Luther
Season 2, Episode 2 Leading a Culture of Teacher Creativity“It’s our responsibility, not only to stay current, but actually to stay future focused. Not only what do we need for today, but what do we need for the unknown of tomorrow for our students.” - Donna LutherIn...
Exploring levels of student engagement with Dr. Heather Lyon
In this episode of Fueling Creativity, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood speak with Dr. Heather Lyon, author of Engagement is not a Unicorn (It’s a Narwhal) and The BIG Book of Engagement Strategies.
The New Science of Self-Actualization and How it Connects to Teaching Creativity
In this episode of the Fueling Creativity podcast, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood interview cognitive scientist and humanistic psychologist, Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman, about his most recent book, Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization. In this book, he reimagines Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.
Creativity, Multipotentiality, and Supporting Student Interests
Dr. Sally Reis discusses the importance of recognizing gifted and twice-exceptional students, the central role of creativity in gifted education, and how to better support women and girls in STEM.
The role of Serendipity in Creativity and Education
In this episode of the Fueling Creativity podcast, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood speak with Dr. Wendy Ross, a cognitive scientist, senior lecturer in psychology, and Chair of the Serendipity Society. Wendy’s research looks at the role of serendipity in creativity, using everything from experimental methods to ethnographic work.
Excellence Gaps, Creativity, and Learning Assessments in Education
In part one of this two-part interview, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood welcome Dr. Jonathan Plucker, President of the National Association for Gifted Children, for a double espresso conversation.
Dr. Jonathan Plucker: Discussing Excellence Gaps and Creativity
In part two of this two-part interview, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood speak with researcher and creativity expert Dr. Jonathan Plucker about the complex relationship between gifted education, creativity, and the role of testing in learning.
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