All Entries in the "Podcasts: Home Education" Category
What’s Your Question? UMRadio LIVE
UM Radio LIVE from April 30th. LIVE show responding to listener questions and feedback. Topics include: Video Games, are they safe? Should a concerned parent allow it? Homeschool political activism, is dangerous to home ed freedom? Should we “allow” our home ed kids to go to school if they want to? What about working parents? [...]
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The Voluntary Life: Freedom From School
I was very pleased to have been interviewed by Jake from The Voluntary Life Podcast. We talked about living a life without school and the personal freedom that is achieved without school intervention. Enjoy! To learn more about The Voluntary Life Podcast and Jake, visit the website http://thevoluntarylife.com/ Share and Enjoy
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More Well Trained Mind: Follow up with Susan Wise Bauer
In December of 2011 UMRadio published an interview with Susan Wise Bauer. Shortly following its release, we received many interesting questions as well as several requests to invite Dr. Bauer on again for more! This response clearly demanded a follow up and so now I am honored to present to you the follow up interview [...]
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Arrested Thought: Intellectual Starvation
In this episode I had the pleasure of Brett Veinotte’s company once again for another insightful discussion. In our conversation, we probe the question of nutritional value and substance in the information being administered in school under the term “education” and how this packaged, preservative rich diet has effected humanity. I am confident that you [...]
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More Trivium: Logic
In this episode, Gene Odening helps us discover and review the Logic phase of learning as it relates to the concept of Trivium. Logic refers to the second stage in the learning progression according to the principles of Trivium. It is the stage of understanding that follows discovery of knowledge. In this episode we will [...]
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Worth Repeating: John Taylor Gatto
In Spring of 2011 I excitedly interviewed John Taylor Gatto. Because his message is timeless and absolutely worth repeating – I bring it back to you again to listen, learn and appreciate the wisdom and work of the true pioneer of exposing the ugly truth about compulsory schooling. After being named New York City Teacher [...]
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More with Freedomain: The One About Learning and Education
I did it again! I was having so much fun with Stefan Molyneux from Freedomain Radio that we decided to have another conversation! This time we focused on education and home education. Great conversation, great fun! It needs no introduction, we just get right to it so…. Listen up! The video below was posted on [...]
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Charlotte Mason Learning
I am proud to present this exclusive UMRadio interview with Sonya from www.simplycharlottemason.com. Here at UM, we strive to encourage the world to ‘unplug’ from conventional and compulsory system of schooling in order to live and learn free from intervention. We bring you information, research and interviews to help you discover why families would embrace [...]
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The Freedom to Home Educate: A Useful discussion
Previously I published the unmixed audio of my interview with Representative Nollan who was good enough to discuss her bill proposal during the interview for UMRadio. During the interview we learned that Rep. Nollan pulled the bill in response to the feedback she received from the Oklahoma home education community. In this episode I have [...]
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More Trivium: Grammar
In this episode, Gene Odening helps us discover and review the Grammar phase of learning as it relates to the concept of Trivium. When we open our mind to the concept of learning organically, we see that human development, as it relates to learning and building relationships with our world and each other, occurs in [...]
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Conversation with Susan Wise Bauer
Sure to be archived as another one of my favorite interviews, I am pleased to present to you the enclosed discussion between myself and Author, Historian and just really great lady, Susan Wise Bauer! We discussed Susan’s work, her home ed experience and more. I asked questions about The Well Trained Mind, The School System, [...]
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More Trivium: An Introduction with Gene Odening
Welcome to your intellectual pilgrimage folks. I’m honored to have had the pleasure of interviewing long time Trivium student, philosopher and advocate, Gene Odening, for a multi-part, exclusive Unplugged Mom Radio presentation on the Trivium. Here you will find my brief explanation of the series immediately followed by The Introduction to the series. Please listen [...]
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Open Mic Night: Unthemed first time
It was great fun to return once again to live talk show for an Open Mic Night! This was the first of what I hope to be a series of open mic shows coming up! There was no particular theme for this episode so I was happy to just go with the mood. We discussed [...]
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Unplugged Youth: The Home Ed Experience with Lily Coleman
Miss Lily Coleman, life-long independent learner, and current college student, joins the Unplugged Mom to discuss home education from her perspective. Lily talks about her insights, shares her thoughts on learning, living without school, socialization and more, based on her experience having grown up sans school! We discuss her experience and Lily shares her views [...]
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Unplugged Dads: Advice from the Men for the Men (and all of us!)
What a great time I had interviewing three different home ed Dads! We talked about their decision to home educate, the why’s the how’s and more! I brought up the “unsupported Dad” phenomenon that often occurs when families first begin to ponder home ed wherein the Dad/Husband is unwilling to unplug. These dads pondered that [...]
