We will be back next week with a new episode! In the meantime, enjoy this re-release of our episode featuring Dr. Anika Prather.

Show notes:

Dr. Prather’s Website

Dr. Anika's Suggested Authors to Include in Your Study of the Cannon:

• Octavia Butler
• Anna Julia Cooper
• James Baldwin
• Martin Luther King
• Corretta Scott King
• Ralph Ellison
• Richard Wright
• Alain Locke
• Langston Hughes
• Carter G. Woodson
• Other Harlem Renaissance Author

• (00:00) - Intro with Dr. Anika Prather
• (02:22) - Is there Eurocentrism in classical education?
• (09:01) - Finding a better word than "eurocentrism"
• (12:33) - Marxist philosophy in classical education
• (15:42) - How to get to synthesis
• (38:58) - Classical education is understanding the human condition
• (43:02) - Wrapping up
• (43:21) - Outro

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In this episode, Susan Wise Bauer and Susanna Jarrett interview Dr. Melanie Wilson who has her own podcast for homeschoolers, The Homeschool Sanity Show. She also sells curricula and homeschool tools at Fun to Learn Books.

• A book that inspired Melanie: A Field Guide to Homeschooling by Christine Field
• The Fly Lady website!

• (00:00) - Intro with Dr. Melanie Wilson
• (01:15) - Melanie's history with homeschooling
• (03:56) - Melanie's call to homeschooling
• (13:49) - Setting expectations
• (15:58) - Habits, routines, and Fly Lady
• (28:51) - Break
• (28:52) - Back to the outline
• (29:04) - Changing styles
• (33:39) - Not losing yourself while homeschooling
• (41:02) - A pride point and sore point
• (46:23) - Outro

CONTRIBUTE your own response to this episode's interview questions for a chance to be featured on the final episode of this season!

In this episode, Susan and Susanna chat with Rachel from Seven In All on YouTube! Check out Rachel's YouTube Channel here. She also has her own curriculum and resources available here.

• (00:00) - Intro with Rachel
• (02:19) - Rachel's history and experience with homeschooling
• (08:29) - One thing to be thankful for
• (11:07) - What works and what doesn't
• (15:49) - Break
• (15:50) - How well did homeschool prepare Rachel?
• (18:06) - Was homeschooling a given?
• (19:18) - Difference between homeschooling offspring vs. siblings
• (21:02) - Fears and differences
• (23:21) - Any particular style?
• (29:08) - When and why did Rachel decide to start sharing?
• (30:28) - One piece of advice
• (34:16) - Outro