MICROCOLLEGE: The Thoreau College Podcast
1) Kayleigh Johnson, Julia Machlin - Lamplight Program, Guntersville, Alabama
Kayleigh Johnson is from the small town of Douglas, Alabama, located within Marshall County. When she was twelve, she became involved with Lamplight as part of their very first group of campers. Throu...Show More
2) Libby Sanders - Camphill Academy, Camphill Research Network
Elizabeth (Libby) Sanders is the Executive Director of Camphill Academy, which offers tuition-free higher education in anthroposophic inclusive social development. Her academic work at the intersectio...Show More
3) Ivey Patton - Gap Year Launchpad
Ivey Patton, founder of Gap Year Basecamp, is a passionate advocate for transformative travel experiences. As a dedicated gap year counselor helping young adults plan and thrive on travel adventures a...Show More
4) Ezra Fradkin, Liz Jordan - Kroka Expeditions, Adventure Education, Wilderness and Consciousness
Kroka Expeditions is a non-profit wilderness expedition school and organic farm that fosters a living relationship with the natural world and the development of skilled, compassionate, and community-m...Show More
5) Jennifer DeCoste - LifeSchoolHouse, Folk School Networks, Community Development
Jennifer is dedicated to work that builds strong and connected communities. She is the Founder of a non-profit network of barter-based folkschools called LifeSchoolHouse that began n Nova Scotia, Cana...Show More
6) Chris Higgins - Philosophy of Formative Education
Chris Higgins is Professor and Chair in the Department of Formative Education in the Lynch School of Education and Human Development at Boston College where he co-directs the BA program in Transformat...Show More
7) Episode #67: Ezra Sullivan - Threefold Educational Foundation Youth Co-Lab
For this episode of the Microcollege podcast we welcome Ezra Sullivan, of the Threefold Education Foundation in Chestnut Ridge, New York, one of the major centers of anthroposophical work and study in...Show More
8) Episode #66: Julia Buskirk, Benjamin Bernard-Herman - Thoreau College Residencies
Over the past several months, Thoreau College has marked several milestones in our growth and development. As of this year, we are now able to offer transferable college credits for our summer and ga...Show More
9) Episode #65: Stanton Davis - The Living Voice, Breath, Vitality, Theater, Viroqua Shakespeare Festival
Stanton Davis is the Head of Voice and Speech at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois, where he serves as speech and dialect coach for the graduate and undergraduate actors. Previously, he...Show More
10) Episode #64: Craig Holdredge, Ryan Shea - Goethean Science, Nature Institute, Ghent, NY
For this episode of the podcast I spoke with Craig Holdrege and Ryan Shea of the Nature Institute in Ghent, New York about the theory and practice of a very different way of doing science, informed an...Show More
Episode #64: Craig Holdredge, Ryan Shea - Goethean Science, Nature Institute, Ghent, NY
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