Self Directed Podcast
1) Hannah Beach | The Importance of True Play in Children’s Development
Hannah Beach explains why true play and “void moments” are essential for healthy child development. She describes void moments as unstructured, unstimulated time where children are not directed, enter...Show More
2) Jeppe Trolle Linnet | Men, Vulnerability, and Masculinity in Transition
Anthropologist Jeppe Trolle Linnet explains how men’s fear of vulnerability is shaped by dominance, shame, and competition, drawing on years of work with men’s groups and recent field research in Gree...Show More
3) Victoria Lenormand | From Detective To Unschooling Advocate
Ex-detective turned homeschooler Victoria Lenormand describes leaving a policing career as it shifted from service to force and recognizing the same pattern in her son’s early schooling. In this conve...Show More
4) Nicklas Bergman | How to Stay Sceptical in an Algorithmic World
Nicklas Bergman is a deep-tech investor and technology explorer who focuses on how new tools shape everyday life rather than predicting distant futures. The episode examines AI, social media, and regu...Show More
5) Susan Yao | From Teacher to Unschooler
Susan Yao is an educator, school founder, and advocate of self-directed learning. She previously served as Middle School Head at Friends Academy in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, following more than a deca...Show More
6) Missy Willis | From Unschooling To Exams
What happens when unschooled teens meet college systems, exams, and external expectations? Jesper and Cecilie Conrad speak with Missy Willis about how adolescents raised with freedom step into formal ...Show More
7) Kate McAllister | Nervous System Regulation: From Reaction to Response
Kate McAllister describes how nervous system regulation shifts behavior from reaction to response. The conversation maps how stress patterns shape daily life, from parenting and school to refugee camp...Show More
8) Summer Jean | Unschooling - Living Without the Need to Prove Yourself
Summer Jean describes how growing up unschooled shaped her ideas of work, freedom, and value. She explains how her mother’s focus on connection over control helped her develop confidence in her own se...Show More
9) Timmy Eaton | Choosing a Life with Golden Hours
Cecilie and Jesper Conrad describe how illness, travel, and questioning convention led their family from a more or less traditional path in Denmark—through a Freinet-inspired free school—to a fully un...Show More
10) Lise Damkjær | Life Is Easy—When We Allow It to Be
Co-creation unfolds when control gives way to trust. Life Is Easy grew from a shared intention among ten people who wrote together without plans or deadlines. The process reveals how purpose and openn...Show More