Ranked #1
Ned Johnson on The Self-Driven Child
Ned Johnson on The Self-Driven Child
What’s the sense and science behind giving kids more control over their lives? Why do they deserve autonomy? Ned Johnson... Read more
2 Feb 2019
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1hr 7mins
Ranked #2
Who Should Unschool and Who Shouldn't? A Conversation with Liam Nilsen
Who Should Unschool and Who Shouldn't? A Conversation with Liam Nilsen
Lifelong unschooler Liam Nilsen talks with Blake about the habits and mindset required for successful unschooling in the... Read more
24 Sep 2016
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49mins
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Gina Riley on Self-Determination Theory
Gina Riley on Self-Determination Theory
Gina Riley, Ph.D., is an educational psychologist and Clinical Professor of Adolescent Special Education at Hunter Colle... Read more
10 Dec 2019
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56mins
Ranked #4
Xander Macswan on Video Games
Xander Macswan on Video Games
Xander Macswan, a 19-year-old grown unschooler, talks about growing up with unrestricted video game access. When do game... Read more
22 Oct 2016
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1hr 4mins
Ranked #5
From Unschool to School to Unschool: A Conversation with Nikiah Childs
From Unschool to School to Unschool: A Conversation with Nikiah Childs
Nikiah Childs grew up in elementary school, unschooled for 6 years, went back to a performance arts charter school, and ... Read more
16 Oct 2016
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40mins
Ranked #6
Bill Deresiewicz on The Power and Peril of Self-Education
Bill Deresiewicz on The Power and Peril of Self-Education
What does it mean to “self-educate?” Are autodidacts made or born? Can one develop an intellect without formal higher ed... Read more
4 Sep 2019
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1hr 18mins
Ranked #7
Sean Ritchey on Learning Through Work Instead of College
Sean Ritchey on Learning Through Work Instead of College
29-year-old grown unschooler Sean Ritchey talks about his discussion to skip college in favor of starting his own design... Read more
15 Nov 2016
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50mins
Ranked #8
Kate Friedman on Promoting Self-Direction in Public Education
Kate Friedman on Promoting Self-Direction in Public Education
If you’re in love with the principles of self-directed learning but don’t want to abandon the public school system, how ... Read more
2 Jan 2019
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46mins
Ranked #9
Grace Llewellyn on Not Back to School Camp
Grace Llewellyn on Not Back to School Camp
Grace Llewellyn, author of The Teenage Liberation Handbook and executive director of Not Back to School Camp (nbtsc.org)... Read more
25 Aug 2016
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36mins
Ranked #10
Ken Danford on Liberated Learners
Ken Danford on Liberated Learners
Ken Danford is the Executive Director of North Star (northstarteens.org), author of the new book "Learning is Natural, S... Read more
13 Nov 2019
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55mins
Ranked #11
Ted Dintersmith on Innovative Schools
Ted Dintersmith on Innovative Schools
After a successful career as a venture capitalist, Ted Dintersmith (teddintersmith.com)dedicated himself to discovering ... Read more
29 May 2019
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1hr 9mins
Ranked #12
T.K. Coleman on the Best Arguments Against College
T.K. Coleman on the Best Arguments Against College
What are the best and worst arguments for going to 4-year college today? On today’s episode I debate this question with ... Read more
11 Nov 2018
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1hr 48mins
Ranked #13
Help, I Don’t Know What I’m Doing With My Life! - A Conversation With Seraphina Mallon-Breiman
Help, I Don’t Know What I’m Doing With My Life! - A Conversation With Seraphina Mallon-Breiman
Grown unschooler and recent college graduate Seraphina talks with Blake about deciding what to focus on after college, b... Read more
28 Jul 2016
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1hr 29mins
Ranked #14
Antonio Buehler on Competitive College Admissions for Non-Traditional Students
Antonio Buehler on Competitive College Admissions for Non-Traditional Students
Antonio Buehler was the first person in his family to finish high school or attend college. After completing an MBA at S... Read more
9 Aug 2019
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1hr 18mins
Ranked #15
Dev Carey on the Perils of Goal-Setting
Dev Carey on the Perils of Goal-Setting
To be an effective self-directed learner, you have to be really good at setting goals...right? Maybe. Maybe not. In epis... Read more
3 Aug 2016
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1hr 16mins
Ranked #16
Lori Walker on Village Home
Lori Walker on Village Home
What if there was a community college built just for homeschoolers? This may not exist yet, but Lori Walker has created ... Read more
3 Oct 2019
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51mins
Ranked #17
Steve Krouse on Dropping Out of College to Live the Silicon Valley Dream
Steve Krouse on Dropping Out of College to Live the Silicon Valley Dream
22-year-old Steve Krouse, co-founder of The Coding Space in New York City (thecodingspace.com), talks about his decision... Read more
9 Oct 2016
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1hr 10mins
Ranked #18
Blake Boles on the Future of Alternative Education
Blake Boles on the Future of Alternative Education
Where is the alternative education movement headed, and how will we arrive there? In this special episode, Blake gives t... Read more
14 Jul 2019
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41mins
Ranked #19
Kerry McDonald on Entrepreneurial Education
Kerry McDonald on Entrepreneurial Education
Kerry McDonald (fee.org/kerry) is the author of the 2019 book, Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outsi... Read more
8 Jan 2020
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40mins
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Blake Boles and Zen Zenith on Unschool Adventures
Blake Boles and Zen Zenith on Unschool Adventures
In this special episode, Zen Zenith interviews Blake Boles about the past, present, and future of Unschool Adventures (u... Read more
11 Aug 2018
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54mins