Episode Description (English):このエピソードの日本語版は2026年4月7日に公開されます。A Japanese-language version of this episode will be released on April 7, 2026.This episode begins with a brief story about KAMI-SHI-BAI 「紙芝居」 Japanese "paper t...

What happens when the very thing that once unsettled you becomes exactly what your students need?In this episode, we explore the development of a teacher who once stepped away from performance because of anxiety. Heather...

Episode 7 : Rhythm and Embodied Learning - Part 2Dr. Rockell’s path moves through ethnomusicology and language teaching in Japan and Taiwan, and back to New Zealand for graduate study supported by a ...

Can teachers who do not consider themselves musical still use music to help students develop a sense of English rhythm?In this episode, Dr. Kim Rockell, an ethnomusicologist and language educator at Komazawa University in Tokyo, refl...

Episode 5: The Path to Pro-c Creativity feat. Dr. Dawn KobayashiDr. Dawn Kobayashi (Onomichi City University) first encountered drama as a shy teenager on England’ssouth coast, when a high-school drama electiv...

Join host Darren Kinsman for a captivating dive into the power of performance in education with Juilliard-trained actor and educator Kevin Bergman. Step into the magical world of theatre, where tough boys rediscover play amid prop...

PIE SIG Podcast+ is a sister podcast to the PIE SIG podcast, but focuses on current activities on the PIE scene, like upcoming conferences, recently published PIE articles, and student performances. In this episode, Darren interview...

                                        ----------------------------------------- Over three decades, educator Kevin Bergman has dir...

Episode 2: Performance and Student Filmmaking with Ashley Ford-MihashiWhen shy students step on stage or in front of a camera, they find confidence they didn’t know they had. Ashley Ford-Mihashi, lecturer at Nagoya City Uni...

What if acting, debate, and even song lyrics could actually help students learn better? That’s exactly what David Kluge believes, and he’s been putting these ideas into action for decades.David, a former professor at Nanzan University an...