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Nathen Lester

#22: Unschoolers in Therapy

By Peter Kowalke, 03/19/2012, 9:00 am

We talk today with therapist Nathen Lester, whose practice caters heavily to unschoolers. No stranger to the unschooling community, Nathen grew up in a family of unschoolers and is a longstanding staffer for Grace Llewellyn's Not Back to...

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Rethinking Everything

Event: Join Peter at the 2012 Rethinking Everything Conference

By Peter Kowalke, 02/26/2012, 11:58 pm

We're happy to announce that Unschooler.com again will be sponsoring this year's Rethinking Everything Conference, which takes place Aug 30 through Sept 4, 2012 in Dallas. Peter Kowalke, Unschooler.com editor-in-chief, will be speaking on "The Seven Challenges Unschoolers Face...

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Gaby Rodriguez unschooling experiement

#21: Faking Teen Pregnancy

By Peter Kowalke, 02/24/2012, 12:24 pm

Today our show has two parts. In part one, we talk with grown unschooler Jeff Landale about his college thesis on the history of homeschooling. In part two, we chat with Gaby Rodriguez, the 18-year-old from Toppenish, Wash. who made international headlines when she announced...

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Week of the Idzie Day 8

#20: Against the Grain

By Peter Kowalke, 12/27/2011, 5:47 am

This is part eight of an eight-part series. Read the other parts here... Today Idzie Desmarais, a 20-year-old grown unschooler from Montreal, reads the complete Week of the Idzie series. The series tackles Idzie's...

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John P. Strelecky

Making Money from a Career Path that Doesn’t Pay

By Peter Kowalke, 12/16/2011, 4:54 am

Follow your interests and the rest will sort itself out. That’s good in theory, or if your interest is programming or marketing, but what to do when your main focus is hard to monetize? Why Café author and life coach...

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AJ Amyx

#19: When Ideas Are Dangerous

By Peter Kowalke, 12/09/2011, 1:51 pm

Today our show has two parts. In part one, we talk with grown unschooler and spiritual advisor, Quinn Eaker, who discusses how ideas and mental frameworks keep us from living in the moment, being happy and reaching our full potential....

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Dayna Martin

#18: Practical Tips for Reaching Your Dreams

By Peter Kowalke, 11/22/2011, 2:00 pm

Today we take a practical look at what it takes to actually reach your dreams. To do that, we talk with life coach and author John Strelecky and unschooling expert and author, READ MORE »

Ryan Bayron

#17: Love as a Career Guide

By Peter Kowalke, 11/08/2011, 10:23 pm

We talk today with Ryan Bayron, a 25-year-old grown unschooler and filmmaker from Dallas, Texas. Ryan explains how he moved from an obsession with his image to finding deeper purpose as a change-agent in the lives of others. This episode of the Unschooler Experiment Podcast...

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