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A big part of the problem is that we fail to differentiate between chamur and assur. The way the teacher was using the phone wasn’t assur, but the kids must have thought it was because all they know is that “smartphones are bad” and chutzpa is מותר במקום סמארטפון.
It is just an excuse for the podcast host to not have pay himself. Instead of just asking for charity, they turn it into a mitzvah by allowing to dedicate “leiluy nishmas”. Or maybe if someone does learn something good from it it would be worth it..
You know today its almost impossible to fully protect our children. we have to do our best. try to guide them on who their friends and role models should be. There is no way to guarantee that they wont learn anything you didn’t tell them. Wherever it is, be it camp, school, shul, neighbors- there is always someone who knows more than the child. Our part is to do the best to make sure our children are in a safe environment. And if you are to find out that the kid learned something you didnt want him to know, try to explain that “This is not what we do/talk about”. “We are better than that”.
Again, your only concern is about the kid learning stuff earlier. In general, as you get older you learn more. The point is that we do our best. but you can never guarantee a full protection (unless you lock the kids in the house and never let them talk to anyone- which is not healthy either)