Off-Trail Learning Podcast
1) Introducing: Dirtbag Rich
If you enjoyed Off-Trail Learning, check out my new podcast, Dirtbag Rich, where I dive deep with working adults who have managed to strike that elusive balance of time, money, and purpose—without giv...Show More
2) Blake Boles on Adventure
Guest host Zen Zenith returns to interview Blake about his obsession with adventure. What exactly makes an adventure? How is adventure connected to self-directed learning? Is adventure just for privil...Show More
3) Chris Balme on Finding the Magic in Middle School
Chris Balme (chrisbalme.com) is the founding head of school of The Millennium School and the author of Finding the Magic in Middle School. After briefly flirting with public school teaching, Chris ran...Show More
4) Liam Nilsen on Reading
Liam Nilsen (https://liam.media) is a designer and educator based in Åårhus, Denmark. He’s a former member of the LEGO Idea Studio, the founder of an Agile Learning Center, and a life-long unschooler ...Show More
5) Grace Llewellyn on The Teenage Liberation Handbook, 3rd Edition
Grace Llewellyn is the author of The Teenage Liberation Handbook, the founder of Not Back to School Camp, a one-time middle school English teacher, and a luminary in the unschooling movement. In thi...Show More
6) Takeru Nagayoshi on Walking Away from "Teacher of the Year"
Takeru “TK” Nagayoshi was an AP English and Research teacher for seven years. In 2020 he was named Massachusetts Teacher of the Year—yet after winning the award, he decided to leave the classroom in 2...Show More
7) Jack Schott on Why Summer Camps Matter
Shortly after college, Jack Schott hit the road for two years to visit over 200 summer camps across the United States. He then co-founded a children’s sleepaway camp in upstate New York, Camp Stomping...Show More
8) Nate Singer on Questioning Education at Berkeley and Learning through Entrepreneurship
Nate Singer is the Managing Director of Mission Holdings, a father of two, and the guy who first got me interested in alternative education. We discuss his early struggles at boarding school, getting ...Show More
Nate Singer on Questioning Education at Berkeley and Learning through Entrepreneurship
1:08:09 | Mar 17th, 2022
9) Michelle Bruce on Boatschooling
Michelle Bruce is a mother of 4 who (along with her husband John) has been “boatschooling” since 2013. We discuss the evolution of her eclectic homeschooling approach, the family’s slow travel philoso...Show More
10) Seth Frey on Self-Governed Youth Communities
Seth Frey (enfascination.com) is a professor of Communication at UC Davis who focuses on the science of self-governance. We discuss our shared history in the Berkeley Student Cooperatives, Seth’s expe...Show More