Guest Blake Boles Official Bio: (From his website.) Blake Boles is the founder and director of Unschool Adventures and the author of Why Are You Still Sending Your Kids to School?, The Art of Self-Directed Learning, Better Than College, and Co

Learning Timelines, Screens, & Parental Compromises

Feb 23rd, 2022 1h 8m

Guest Philip Mott Philip is a former elementary school teacher who now offers parenting advice for busy and frustrated parents. He and his wife home school their three young children. He’s a regular contributor to Fathering Together and First

Online Alternatives to Traditional Schools: a conversation with Victoria Ransom from Prisma

Feb 9th, 2022 50m 38s

Guest Victoria Ransom Victoria Ransom is a serial entrepreneur from New Zealand. She has developed four companies including Wildfire Interactive, a social marketing SaaS company, where Ransom was CEO until it was sold to Google in 2012. She w

Seeking More; An Educator's Departure from Public School Teaching

Jan 26th, 2022 1h 19m

Jae says he reached the breaking point in 2020. With the pandemic in full swing and talk of schools opening back up that fall, he started to realize that parents were not focused on their child as much as they were needing teachers to return as

Raising Kids in a Consent-based Environment

Jan 12th, 2022 1h 21m

Guest Sophie Christophy Sophie is the CEO for a charity called Phoenix Education. An organization that is working to change the education system so that schools are more collaborative and offer rights respecting spaces. She is also co-founder

A Self Directed Career Path

Oct 6th, 2021 1h 2m

Guest Vincent Pugliesi Vincent is the founder of the Total Life Freedom Community. Living a life of freedom is of huge importance to Vincent and his wife Elizabeth. They homeschool their three boys, and believe that having control of your ti

Personal Finance and Unschooling?

Sep 15th, 2021 23m 14s

Join me on the Show! Show Notes Hello Everyone and welcome to the Rogue Learner podcast. My name is Jenna Reich and I am the host of this show. Today is going to be a quick episode where I may ramble. I’ll try to keep it relevant to SDE, b

The Benefits of Leaving Oppressive Systems and Relationships

Sep 8th, 2021 1h 2m

JOIN ME ON THE SHOW!!! Guest Megan IG @theunschoolfiles www.theunschoolfiles.com I’m a mama + unschooler from Austin Tx - kiddos are 10, 12 &15 i parent from the heart, and unschool just the same. the liberation of all people is the re

A Grown Unschooler's Perspective

Sep 1st, 2021 1h 32m

Join me on the Show! Leave a Voicemail! Guest Summer FB @thisbeautifullivingfreedom www.mermaidartglass.com I am a mostly self taught successful glass artist and entrepreneur who has had absolutely no formal education or instruction of a

Reflections After One Year of Unschooling

Jul 28th, 2021 40m 29s

Join me on the Show! Leave a Voicemail! Show Notes On today’s show, Chris and Jenna wanted to talk about their takeaways and experiences after one full year of unschooling. Chris shares how he had expectations in the beginning that homeschool w

What can Microschools Offer to Unschoolers?

Jul 21st, 2021 47m 8s

Guest CoHost Emily Gregoire IG @the.rainbow.room_ YouTube @theunschoolingdiary Holistic Microschool Owner/Creator, Unschooling/Multicultural family of 6, lifelong self directed learner with a deep respect for babies and children as creat

What Are Microschools?

Jul 14th, 2021 51m 23s

Guest Mara Linaberger Founder & COO, Microschool Builders, LLC Dr. Mara Linaberger believes that each of us has chosen to be here at this moment in time for a specific reason—that we are each on a mission that we choose for ourselves. And that

Key Takeaways on Adventure, Socialization, & Individualized Learning

Jul 7th, 2021 1h 3m

Guest Co-Host Jessica McGough Hi All! I am a nature enthusiast and aspiring adventurer and was born and raised in Sonoma County, California. I attended college in northern California and then spent five months in Massachusetts where I participa

Family Adventures; Creating Connection Through Shared Experiences Together

Jun 30th, 2021 1h 1m

Guest Heidi Dusek A catalyst, healthy disruptor and unshakeable optimist, Heidi’s passion lies in challenging the status quo, driving change and delivering experiences. Known as a translator between sectors whose background transcends educati

How Do Family Values Shape Your Individual Unschooling Journey?

Jun 23rd, 2021 39m 9s

Guest Cohost Sue Monteiro I am a violinist and violin teacher with an online teaching studio. I have been a homeschooling mom for 16 years. I also run a musical themed online book club called "Learning Music With the Authors" where we read

A Third Wave of Unschooling and Children's Rights with Lucy Aitkenread

Jun 16th, 2021 1h 20m

Guest Lucy AitkenRead YouTube IG @lulasticblog Lulastic.co.uk https://discolearning.com Show Notes Topics Discussed in Today’s Show: Lucy is a mom of two, a 10 year old daughter and an 8 year old son. She is originally from London, bu

Transitioning teens; how to facilitate mentorships, apprenticeships& socialization

Jun 9th, 2021 58m 2s

Guest Co-host Erin Rosemond IG @ever.learning Show Notes Jenna has Erin Rosemond joining the show today as a guest co-host. She has been home educating for 18 years and has four children. She became interested in home education early on w

What's Missing in Our Current School System, Deschooling, and a Future Without College

Jun 2nd, 2021 1h 17m

JOIN ME ON THE SHOW!!! Guest: Zak Slayback Author published at McGraw-Hill; former research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania; principal at 1517 Fund, a VC firm spun out of the Thiel Fellowship. Zak is a career & communications ex

My Unschooled Child Wants to go to School

May 26th, 2021 32m 12s

Show Notes Announcement: Jenna is looking for guest co-hosts to help her with the key takeaways from her guest episodes as she currently does with her husband. You can connect with her here if you’re interested in finding out more information

The Fifth and Six Optimizing Conditions for Self Directed Learning and 'What About Math?"

May 19th, 2021 54m 16s

Show Notes The fifth optimizing condition is free age mixing with children across all ages. Throughout history, children have spent most of their time in the company of other children, not adults. Sudbury Valley School offers this model. Childr

The Six Optimizing Conditions for Self Directed Education with Dr. Peter Gray

May 12th, 2021 53m 32s

Dr. Peter Gray Peter Gray is a research professor of psychology at Boston College who has conducted and published research in neuroendocrinology, developmental psychology, anthropology, and education. He is author of an internationally acclaime

Neurodiversity and Self Directed Learning with Naomi Fisher

Apr 7th, 2021 56m 7s

Show Notes Jenna starts the show by describing her family's learning philosophy and home education style. My family has been home educating now for approximately 9 months and we’ve chosen self directed education as our approach to learning. Wh

Choosing the Right Learning Environment for Your Kids with Naomi Fisher

Mar 31st, 2021 55m 48s

Show Notes | Part I Jenna first discovered Naomi Fisher’s work through the Offtrail Learning Podcast hosted by Blake Boles. She then discovered the comprehensive YouTube video produced by The Phoenix Education Trust called The Psychology of

Skilled and Unhappy; The Promise of Conventional Schooling

Mar 24th, 2021 28m 53s

Show Notes Chris and Jenna share their takeaways from episode 009. Selling your house and beginning a co-housing project of this scale is commendable and courageous. It takes a lot of effort to take the alternative path and create a life more

Intentional Co-housing Community with Unschooling in Mind

Mar 17th, 2021 1h 6m

Show Notes Nickee’s boys are 61/2 and 4 and have always unschooled. Her husband brought the idea of homeschooling into their family. Nickee had a gut feeling her son would not fit into the school system model. It wasn’t too difficult for h