Education Leadership Podcast
Brave Voices in Education
Speaking Truth. Centering People. Building What's Next.
Honest conversations about courageous leadership, culture, belonging, identity, mental health, and the human work of creating change.
Hosted by award-winning educator, author, speaker, and leadership consultant Craig Aarons-Martin.
"What does it mean to be brave right now—in our work, our leadership, and our lives?"
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ABOUT THE PODCAST
Courageous Conversations for People Who Lead and Serve
Brave Voices in Education explores leadership, culture, identity, belonging, mental health, education, and community.
These are not surface-level interviews. Guests share lived experiences, hard-earned lessons, turning points, and practical wisdom about what it takes to lead with courage, care, and integrity.
Speaking Truth
We examine what is working, what is not, and how policies, systems, leadership decisions, and culture affect real people.
Elevating Unsung Leaders
We create space for people doing meaningful and transformational work without chasing the spotlight.
Expanding the Ecosystem
We connect voices across education, healthcare, nonprofits, government, families, creative communities, and youth-serving organizations.
What You'll Hear on Brave Voices
Each episode invites listeners to examine how courageous leadership can create more human, affirming, and effective schools, organizations, and communities.
Who Is This Podcast For?
Brave Voices is for educators, school and district leaders, counselors, clinicians, nonprofit professionals, community builders, parents, creatives, coaches, public servants, and anyone whose work touches people, systems, or communities.
If you are trying to lead with courage while remaining fully human, this conversation is for you.
REACH AND RECOGNITION
A Community-Powered Show With Expanding Reach
147,000+
Estimated listeners and viewers per affiliate cycle
65,000+
Estimated television viewers in Fairfax, Virginia
35,000+
Estimated television viewers in San Francisco, California
28,000+
Estimated radio listeners in Denver, Colorado
19,000+
Estimated radio listeners in Atlanta through WDJY 99.1 FM
Audience figures are third-party Nielsen estimates provided through distribution partner Hype Media Global. Estimates reflect potential affiliate reach and are not direct podcast-download totals.
Your Host
Meet Your Host, Craig Aarons-Martin
Craig Aarons-Martin is an award-winning educator, former teacher, principal, superintendent, author, keynote speaker, executive coach, and founder and CEO of CCM Education Group.
For more than two decades, Craig has helped schools, districts, nonprofits, and organizations strengthen leadership, build cultures of belonging, repair harm, and create more human-centered systems.
Through Brave Voices in Education, he brings together thoughtful people from across sectors to explore what courageous leadership requires of us now.
BEYOND THE PODCAST
Bring the Conversation Into Your Organization
The ideas explored through Brave Voices in Education extend into Craig's keynote presentations, leadership retreats, executive coaching, professional learning, culture and belonging reviews, and customized consulting engagements.
Whether your organization is navigating trust, culture, belonging, conflict, leadership transition, or change, Craig can design an experience grounded in your people and your goals.
Guest Requests Are Currently Paused
Brave Voices in Education is not currently accepting guest applications, interview pitches, or unsolicited submissions. Follow @BraveVoicesPod on Instagram for future programming and guest announcements.
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