We started this show because we kept hearing about AI changing everything — but nobody was explaining what that meant for real careers, in plain language, for students our age. So we decided to find out ourselves.
Each quarter we release a focused six-guest mini-series diving deep into one major domain. You'll hear directly from working professionals — researchers, leaders, builders — who break down what their jobs actually look like today and where their fields are heading.
We're students figuring this out alongside you. This podcast is how we do it — one conversation at a time.
Designed for students, parents, and college advisors who want real clarity, not hype.
Year 1 establishes the most visible AI impacts. Each year builds on the last — moving from individual careers to institutions, global systems, human experience, and finally synthesis. By Year 7, we'll have mapped AI's impact across virtually every domain students might enter.
People, Data & Decisions — How AI is changing what doctors do, how patients are diagnosed,
and what healthcare careers will look like.
Three more mini-series completing Year 1 of the arc.
Every mini-series comes with a complete set of free learning resources — designed to help students explore careers, build self-knowledge, and take concrete next steps.
Paths of Curiosity was designed from the start to be useful in educational settings — not just listenable. Every mini-series comes with structured materials a counselor or teacher can use the same week.
Use the Future Jobs Map and episode worksheets in individual advisory sessions to help students connect their interests to emerging career paths before choosing a major.
Each episode runs 20–30 minutes and is designed for student audiences. The educator guide includes discussion prompts, activities, and standards connections for English, social studies, and STEM classes.
The quarterly mini-series structure makes it easy to incorporate as a unit study. The worksheet series builds critical thinking, research literacy, and career self-knowledge across the full arc.
Use our Google Form worksheets (available on request) to collect student responses and measure engagement with a timestamped record — useful for program reporting and grant applications.
We're actively building partnerships with schools, libraries, homeschool networks, and college advisors. If you'd like to use our materials, get advance copies of new series, or explore a formal partnership, we'd love to hear from you.
Get in Touch →"The guest quality and the way Acadia structures these conversations gives students direct access to people actually shaping these fields — that's rare at this level."
— College Advisor
We started this show because we wanted to understand what the future of work actually looks like before we got there. We're students figuring this out alongside you.
Acadia Holve is the co-creator and host of Paths of Curiosity in an AI World. Analytical by nature and drawn to the big picture, she built this podcast to do what she does best: find the patterns beneath the surface and understand how complex systems actually fit together.
What drives her isn't just curiosity about technology — it's the connections. How a change in one field ripples into another. How the choices students make now map onto careers that don't fully exist yet. Every conversation she has with a guest is another piece of that larger picture.
Alora Holve is the co-creator and producer of Paths of Curiosity in an AI World — and the spark behind the idea that became this project. Energetic, visionary, and always thinking several steps ahead, she brought the original concept to life alongside her sister.
Behind every episode, Alora is at work — helping handle research, editing, visual design, social media, and show notes. She thinks in terms of where this project is going, not just where it is, and that long-term vision is woven into everything she builds.
Whether you're a potential guest, an educator who wants to use our materials, a student with a question, or someone who just wants to follow along — we'd love to hear from you.