All Episodes
Off-Trail Learning — 104 episodes
Introducing: Dirtbag Rich
Blake Boles on Adventure
Chris Balme on Finding the Magic in Middle School
Liam Nilsen on Reading
Grace Llewellyn on The Teenage Liberation Handbook, 3rd Edition
Takeru Nagayoshi on Walking Away from "Teacher of the Year"
Jack Schott on Why Summer Camps Matter
Nate Singer on Questioning Education at Berkeley and Learning through Entrepreneurship
Michelle Bruce on Boatschooling
Seth Frey on Self-Governed Youth Communities
Manue on The Homeschooling Situation in France
Nick Bergson-Shilcock on the Recurse Center
Anna Smith and Mara Donahoe on Home & Hybrid Education
Lilli and Elena on Biking Through Europe at Age 19
Joel Malkoff on Joining The Circus
Alfie Kohn on Progressive Education
Catherine Fraise on Workspace
Peter Bergson on Open Education
Pat Farenga on the Post-Pandemic Future of Homeschooling (Part 2) + the Harvard Homeschool Summit
Pat Farenga on the Post-Pandemic Future of Homeschooling (Part 1)
Debbie Reber on Differently Wired Kids
Olivia Barnes on Self-Directing as a 16-Year-Old
Blake's Sabbatical Update
Blake Goes on Sabbatical
Kevin Currie-Knight on Self-Directed Learning in College
Martina Geromin on Self-Directed Learning in Europe
Naomi Fisher on Whether Parents Matter
Dev Carey on Helping Young Adults Grow Up with a Gap Year
Victoria Ransom on Prisma
Alexander Khost on Education as a Political Act
Ethan Mitchell on Being a Polymath
Kristen Montesano on Giftedness in Self-Directed Education
Elizabeth Bartholet And Rachel Coleman On Homeschooling’s Potential For Abuse
Aaron Eden on Re-humanizing Education
Blake Boles & Kevin Currie-Knight on Why Are You Still Sending Your Kids to School?
Jim Dwyer on Homeschooling Philosophy, Law, and Regulation
Zoe Greenhouse on Hiking the PCT Instead of Going to High School
Maya Landers on Postponing College (Perhaps Forever)
Matthew Gioia on Sudbury Ideals vs. Reality
Kerry McDonald on Entrepreneurial Education
Gina Riley on Self-Determination Theory
Ken Danford on Liberated Learners
Lori Walker on Village Home
Bill Deresiewicz on The Power and Peril of Self-Education
Antonio Buehler on Competitive College Admissions for Non-Traditional Students
Blake Boles on the Future of Alternative Education
Margie Sanderson on Children's Rights
Ted Dintersmith on Innovative Schools
Blake Boles on Quitting High School
Jerry Mintz on AERO
Ned Johnson on The Self-Driven Child
Kate Friedman on Promoting Self-Direction in Public Education
A Brief Introduction to North Star: Self-Directed Learning for Teens
T.K. Coleman on the Best Arguments Against College
Matt Sanderson on Not Back to School Camp
Cassidy Younghans on Building a Career in Self-Directed Education as a Twenty-Something
Pat and Chandra Montgomery on Clonlara
Blake Boles and Zen Zenith on Unschool Adventures
Joel Hammon on Quitting Teaching
Peter Gray on the Evidence for Self-Directed Education
Jade Rivera on Neurodivergence
Gabe Cooper on Starting a Public “Unschool”
Bryan Caplan on the Value of Conformity
Jim Wiltens on Deer Crossing Camp
Wes Beach on Building a One-Man High School
Lisa Betts-LaCroix on Micro-schooling in the San Francisco Bay Area
Blake Boles on What It Means to Be Educated
The Argentina Semester on Living Abroad
Tam Pham on Reaching Out to People
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Victor Saad
Catherine Gobron on Promoting Inclusivity in Self-Directed Learning
Nathen Lester on the Challenges of Total Freedom
Mikala Streeter on Exposure
Kevin Snavely on Unschooling in Alaska and Traveling the World
Caitlyn Scheel on Convincing Your Parents to Homeschool
Sean Ritchey on Learning Through Work Instead of College
Milla von Tauber on Explaining Yourself as an Unschooler
Xander Macswan on Video Games
From Unschool to School to Unschool: A Conversation with Nikiah Childs
Steve Krouse on Dropping Out of College to Live the Silicon Valley Dream
Who Should Unschool and Who Shouldn't? A Conversation with Liam Nilsen
Emma McCann on Going Back to School as an Unschooler
Grace Llewellyn on Not Back to School Camp
Dev Carey on the Perils of Goal-Setting
Help, I Don’t Know What I’m Doing With My Life! - A Conversation With Seraphina Mallon-Breiman
Patrick Farenga On Self-Directed Learning
Tomis Parker And Nancy Tilton On Agile Learning Centers
Liam Nilsen On The Endor Initiative
Japhy Dhungana on The Value of Global Education
Amy Milstein, Maya Milstein, And Maddy Platt On Unschooling in NYC
William Deresiewicz On Excellent Sheep
Lucas Isakowitz On Unschooling, High School, And Alaskan Fishing
Ben Paul on Dropping Out of Law School in Germany
Misha Golfman on Wilderness Semesters
Sophia Pink on Taking a High School Sabbatical
Ivo Degn on Knowmads
Ethan Knight on Gap Years
Erik Werner On International Teen Travel
Isaac Morehouse on Praxis
Alan Webb And Sarah Jane Bradley On Creating Your Own Master's
Michelle Jones on the Wayfinding Academy
Will Richardson on Learning in the Internet Era
Carsie Blanton on Unschooling
Kenneth Danford On Thriving Without School