The Prism Podcast
by Prism Education Center
The Prism Podcast is designed to discuss questions we hear most often at the Prism campus from parents of PK-12th grade students. Limited to around 20 minutes, they are designed to be heard on your commute to drop off your kiddos at school or on your way to work. Listen weekly as we release new podcasts every Sunday during the school year. You can subscribe anywhere you access quality podcasts.
Episodes
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Walking Forward In Faith
As we initiate a new podcast season, we'll be discussing some current issues our students will encounter this year: college applications to AI trends in social media. Before we jump into all of that, we want to frame everything we plant to talk about with a posture of faith, not of control. In…
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Welcome to the 2025-26 Season of the Prism Podcast
In this episode, Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined by Lindsey Nichols as they discuss the new year and the position of faith they are holding as parents and staff members this year.
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Team Work Makes the Dream Work
In this week's podcast, Misty Newcomb, Caitlin Honasan, and Lindsey Nichols talk about the importance of prioritizing your bond as husband and wife as you raise your children.
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Healthy Authority In the Home
In this week’s podcast, Misty Newcomb, Caitlin Honasan, and Lindsey Nichols talk about what healthy authority looks like in the home. They compare modern parenting trends and discuss how those trends stack up against Biblical patterns.
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How to Walk Your Kids Through Conflict
In this week's podcast, we are talking about conflict. Where there is community, there's bound to be conflict. This week, we are talking about peer-to-peer conflict and student-teacher conflict. As parents and teachers, we want to make sure that we engage with conflict in a way that allows our...
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Digging Deeper into Social Media and Its Impact on Our Lives
In this week's podcast, Superintendent Misty Newcomb, Principal Lindsey Nichols, and Dean of Students Caitlin Honasan talk about some of the risks associated with social media and practical approaches to manage these risks with your child.
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An Important Podcast on Building Habits and Routines
In this week's podcast, Superintendent Misty Newcomb, Dean of Students Caitlin Honasan, and Principal Lindsey Nichols talk about building routines and systems in your home. Their take is a little different than the standard advice you'll hear. We think it's so good we're even saying it might be…
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The End Game
This week Superintendent Misty Newcomb, Dean of Students Caitlin Honasan, and Principal Lindsey Nichols meet up to continue our conversation on building home structures. This week they look at the end game of parenting and have a pop-up homework assignment for families who are listening. We...
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Building Structures to Bring Definition to Our Homes
In this week’s podcast, Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined by Lindsey Nichols and Caitlin Honasan. Listen as they introduce a new series.
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Wilderness Recap
We have a special podcast this week. Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined by High School scholars Zakyla Nobie, Andrew Petersen, and Briana Weldon as they share about the most recent High School wilderness trip.
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A Brief Evaluation of Paradigms That Influence Our Parenting
In this week's podcast, Misty Newcomb, Caitlin Honasan, and Lindsey Nichols wrap up the first series of the year by talking about the cultural paradigms surrounding individualism and how these subtle ideas about children and parenting can influence how we think and parent.
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Let’s Get Connected
In this week’s podcast Misty Newcomb, Caitlin Honasan, and Lindsey Nichols talk about the importance of social connections and delve into some of the challenges to staying connected in 2024. They offer practical tips for engaging the trends of this time in order to build stronger relationships.
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Walking on Sunshine
This week Superintendent Misty Newcomb, Dean of Students Caitlin Honasan, and Principal Lindsey Nichols continue the conversation about the habits and lifestyle changes we can incorporate into our family’s lives to help our human bodies be healthy and focused. This week, they discuss the power of...
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The Middle and High School Years: A Time of Growth and Identity Development
In this week’s podcast, Caitlin Honasan, Lindsey Nichols, and Misty Newcomb take a look at what’s going on with the brain, body, and social experiences that occur during the middle and high school years and how parents can support, protect, and strengthen their students during this crucial time....
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What Happens When Children Play?
Superintendent Misty Newcomb, Dean of Students Caitlin Honasan, and Principal Lindsey Nichols are back this week with an interesting podcast focused on the importance of unstructured play. They discuss what happens to children’s brains when they play, the social dynamics of play, and what happens...
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Let's Get Moving!
In this podcast, Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined by Caitlin Honasan and Lindsey Nichols as they discuss the imperative to get our kids moving not just in bursts of exercise, but throughout the day. Learn more about the benefits and how you can partner with school leaders to build your...
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2024-25 Podcast Kickoff
In our inaugural podcast of the year, school leaders highlight a big push to help students and families develop holistically. Misty Newcomb is joined by Dean of Students Caitlin Honasan and Principal Lindsey Nichols as they introduce some of the overarching goals of this school year and how…
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How to Respond when Family Issues Reveal Internal Issues
In this weeks podcast Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined by Brandy Mashburn and Jessica Newcomb as they discuss how to respond when issues within your home bring up internal issues.
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Connecting Your Family to Community
Often we talk about the importance of awareness of our peer interactions from the standpoint of who to avoid. As parents, it is our responsibility to monitor and protect our kids from bad influences. But an often overlooked—and equally important responsibility—is the extent to which we…
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Building Space in your Home for Communication Part 2
In this week’s podcast Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined by Sarah Denison, Josh Spielmaker, and Ben Lagrone. They continue the conversation on Building Strong Families by sharing how they have worked through the internal noise—mindsets, attitudes, and insecurities—that can be hindrances—if…
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Building Space in your Home for Communication Part 1
Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined by Bethany Arp and Lindsey Nichols this week as they continue the series on Building Strong Families. In this week’s podcast we talked about the importance of quieting the noise in your home so that you can have that meaningful communication that we’ve been...
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Upcoming Spring Events
We interrupt our regularly scheduled podcast series on Building Strong Families to share some information about spring events that are coming up in the next couple of months including enrollment, family camp, and our first ever High School Formal!!!
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Building Strong Families: Coming Together to Build Your Home
In this weeks podcast, Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined by Lindsey Nichols and Jessica Lagrone in a discussion on how to come together as a couple to make decisions, interpret circumstances, or build family routines.
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Building Security for your Child in the Structures of Your Home
This week we continue our series on Building Strong Families with guests Malachi Nichols, Jessica Lagrone, and Josh Spielmaker. These guests join Superintendent Misty Newcomb as they discuss how they have worked to build balanced structures in their home that help build their child’s identity and...
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Building Strong Families Series: Strong Marriages
In a continuation of their conversation last week, Josh Spielmaker and Clay Newcomb join Superintendent Misty Newcomb this week as they talk about practical steps to building Strong Marriages.
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Building Our Homes Series
This week we are launching a new series on the Prism Podcast called "Building our Homes.” Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined by Clay Newcomb and Josh Spielmaker as they launch the series with a discussion on understanding the architecture of our homes.
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Walking Your Child Through Grief & Crisis
This week's podcast is on Walking your Child through Grief and Crisis. Join Superintendent Misty Newcomb as she and Jenny Greslin and Zach Newcomb provide some insight about walking through grief as a family.
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Kicking Off 2023 in Prism North America
In this podcast Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined by the Prism North America Principals as they give a sneak peak at what will be happening around the Prism North America community this semester.
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Great Prism North America Read-A-Long Finale
This week we close out the Shepherding a Child's Heart Great Prism North America Read-a-Long with a conversation with some of our parents across the Prism North America community. They share the impact and practical application of the book on their home. Listen now as Misty Newcomb is joined by...
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Shepherding a Teenager's Heart
Misty Newcomb closes out the Great Prism North America Read-a-Long with the second half of the conversation started last week with Ben Lagrone, Jenny Greslin, and Josh Spielmaker. Teenagers take the main stage as they discuss strategies specific to raising kids between the ages of 12-18 years.
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Strategies for Infancy and Early Childhood
In this week's podcast, Misty Newcomb, Josh Spielmaker, Jenny Greslin and Ben Lagrone have the first in a two-part conversation about practical strategies for parents raising young children. The focus of the last two week's has been primarily geared toward young children, join us next week as we...
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Evaluating Our Discipline Strategies
In this week’s podcast, Misty continues her conversation with family counselor Zach Newcomb on discipline strategies. They break the taboo of talking about certain discipline strategies and talk about how parents can evaluate their own discipline strategies more effectively.
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Discussing Discipline in the Great Prism North America Read-a-Long
This we we return to the Great Prism North America Read-a-Long. Misty Newcomb is joined by Zach Newcomb as they have a meaningful conversation about discipline and tools for Shepherding a Child's Heart. This is the first of a 2 part discussion with Zach and Misty about discipline. Prom preschool…
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Quarter 1 Update and Parent Teacher Conferences
We have one more time-sensitive interruption to our book study. Join Superintendent Misty Newcomb and principals Caitlin Honasan and Lindsey Nichols as they close off the 1st quarter and help parents understand Parent Teacher Conference formats.
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Wilderness Trip Recap
Join us for this special episode with Prism North America high schoolers as they discuss the recent wilderness trip and their impact from it.
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Looking at Communication with Your Child in the Great Prism North America Read-a-Long
Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined by Bethany Arp, Jessica Newcomb, and Josh Spielmaker as they discuss Communication with your child in the Great Prism North America Read-a-Long.
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Looking at Setting Goals for Your Children in the Great Prism North America Read-a-Long
Misty Newcomb is joined by Kristie Spielmaker and Sierra Rose as they discuss setting goals for their children and how those goals have changed throughout parenthood. This is part of a podcast on The Great Prism North America Read-a-Long. If you're joining us, we'll be looking at Chapters 7, 8…
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Looking at Shaping Influences in the Great Prism North America Read-a-Long
Misty Newcomb is joined by Josh Spielmaker and Ben and Jessica Lagrone as they discuss the first four chapters of Shepherding a Child's Heart in the Great Prism North America Read Along. Join us by listening along to this rich discussion.
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The Great Prism Read-a-Long - Introduction
Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined by Lisa Baird and Josh Spielmaker as we kick of the Great Prism Read-a-Long.
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Kicking Off a New Year and the Great Prism North America Read-a-Long
Welcome to our 4th Season of the Prism Podcast!! WE are really looking forward to this season of the Prism podcast and to all that it will hold. In this week's podcast Misty Newcomb, Caitlin Honasan, and Josh Spielmaker meet up and talk about the launch of the school year and the launch of the...
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Looking Ahead to Next Year
This week, the High School Principal Caitlin Honasan & Elementary Principal Lindsey Nichols join Superintendent Misty Newcomb as they talk about next school year! Get an inside look at what is working at our process for planning next year. We are on a journey to provide families with far more…
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Are Standardized Tests Really That Bad?
This week, the High School Principal Caitlin Honasan & Elementary Principal Lindsey Nichols join Superintendent Misty Newcomb as they discuss standardized tests. In it they talk about Prism’s philosophy on testing and how tests are used as a tool to improve instruction. The principals give some...
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What is Work / Life Balance
Listen in as Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined by Kristen Harding and Kristie Spielmaker to discuss issues of work/life balance from the perspective of working mothers. Join along as these career women who are also wives and mothers address "mom guilt," how requirements and demands change in...
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Confronting Anxiety as a Parent
Listen in as Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined by Anna Mwangi, Lisa Baird, and Lindsey Nichols as they discuss how to alleviate the anxiety and fear that many parents feel as they raise their children. Getting perspective from the right places, identifying the traps that are out there, and...
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Helping our Students Build Perspective
In this episode, Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined by Gretchen Boe and Kristie Spielmaker as they discuss how parents can help students build a perspective that is both broad (includes others’) and long (looks beyond the here and now).
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Mothers as Culture Builders in their Home
In this podcast Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined by Genevieve Wright, Sara Snow, and Jessica Hankerson as they discuss how mothers are powerful culture builders in their home. They cover a range of topics from how motherhood changes in different seasons, the power of small connections, and...
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The Role of Fathers in Building Culture
In this week's episode Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined by Ian Mills, Clay Newcomb, and Josh Spielmaker as they talk about the importance of fathers not only in homes, but in our schools. In addition to discussing cultural trends and statistics related to the role of fathers, they will also...
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Single Motherhood
In this week's episode Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined by Dr. Malachi Nichols, Chloe Bello, and Josh Spielmaker as they discuss their experiences being raised by single mothers. Single Motherhood can seem like a monumental job, but the guests talk about how their mothers navigated it and...
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Building Healthy Authority in Your Home
In this week's episode Superintendent Misty Newcomb is joined again by Ben Lagrone and Josh Spielmaker. Listen in as they talk about the stages of of development in the life of a child and the transition of the role of the parent from strong authority to a position of influence at each stage....
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A Case for Strong Authority
In this week's episode Misty Newcomb is joined by Ben Lagrone and Josh Spielmaker. They discuss current trends in parenting that cause parents to shrink back from the the role of exemplifying a sense of healthy authority to their children. This is the first in a two-part series that will benefit...
About this show
The Prism Podcast is designed to discuss questions we hear most often at the Prism campus from parents of PK-12th grade students. Limited to around 20 minutes, they are designed to be heard on your commute to drop off your kiddos at school or on your way to work. Listen weekly as we release new podcasts every Sunday during the school year. You can subscribe anywhere you access quality podcasts.
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