A Life Unschooled Pod
Fran Liberatore
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S2E1 E1: "Tradwives aren't even trad" with Caroline J. Sumlin
Hello hello!I’ve renamed my pod and we’re embarking on a new season! The title, Unparenting, is somewhat provocative - this pod is aiming to do social commentary on parenting trends & discourses…
Homeschool boss moms & hustle culture with Adele Jarrett-Kerr
I’m thrilled to be sharing this conversation with you. I am a long-time follower and fan of Adele’s writing, and in this podcast we discuss her piece Homeschool mum hustle culture is giving MLM…
How we honour divergent experiences with Marni Kammersell
Hello friends!This is episode 2 of my new series that aims to challenge and critique some of the ways we view education, parenting and children’s autonomy.In this episode, I chat to Marni…
How we radicalize ourselves with Sara Sadek
Hello friends!I’m excited to start another series of podcast conversations, focused on bringing you ideas and experiences of others who have chosen to challenge norms and assumptions around what it…
America hates its children (audio version)
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"They need to see models of what it looks like"
I’m so thrilled to be chatting to Sarah Casper about consent, why it’s so crucial and why it’s so much more expansive than we think!We spoke about how Sarah arrived at consent, what consent means,…
The Slippery Slope of Unschooling
This podcast episode was originally a written post which you can find here:I usually record my written posts as mini-podcasts for my paid subscribers, and this one is a little sneak preview for…
"How do I get my partner on board with unschooling?"
This was such a super fun chat! We had some great conversations and laughed a lot!Marta talks about unschooling her 3 young people (two of whom are now adults!) and about the most common questions…
How Deep is your Deschooling?
We belong to you and meeeee!! Okay enough with the Bee Gees, let’s get to it ;)I’m so excited to share this episode of the podcast!I chat to Sari González and Becka Koritz about the nuts and bolts of…
Want a joyful, connected relationship with food?
I love Deena’s approach, and in this chat I spoke to her about how to process our own relationships with food, how to not project them onto our children, as well as about diet culture, anti-fat bias,…
Radical Mothering Ep1
The transcript for this conversation is available here! Just be aware that I don’t edit it, so it probably won’t be fully accurate!I had such a great conversation with Susan Gray over the weekend,…
Embodied Learning & Ways of Knowing with Ieishah Clelland-Lange
I chat to Ieishah Clelland Lange, writer, unschooling parent and Masters student of Indigenous studies. We talk about Indigeneity, Indigenous ways of knowing, the impacts of Western culture on…
Ep 10 Untigering & fostering non-coercive cultures with Iris Chen
Fran chats to Iris Chen, author of the book Untigering, writer, and unschooled. They chat about building consent-based relationships with our children and our family members, creating a family…
Ep 9. Literacy & Liberation (and consent!) with Nikolai Pizarro
Fran chats to Nikolai about centering literacy in our homes and taking back the tools to support our children with learning to read and write. We talk about perceptions around literacy in both…
Ep 8: Give Children the Vote with John Wall
Fran chats to John Wall about giving children the vote! We discuss barriers and preconceptions about children's suffrage, how it's actually not such a scary idea, and the sorts of repercussions it…
Exploring Self-Consent with Dr Sophia Graham
Fran chats to Dr. Sophia Graham about all things Self-consent: what it is, why it matters and how do we even do it? We talk about all the various aspects of being in a consent-based relationship with…
Creating a Life without School with Sara Macdonald
Fran chats to Sara about all things living and learning without school, including the ways we see children, how we respect consent when things need to get done, "non-negotiable", building community…
Consent as Disruption of Rape Culture with Rosalia Rivera
Fran chats to Rosalia Rivera about talking to children about consent as a way to educate them about their bodies and their right to safety and bodily autonomy. They chat about what this might look…
Right-based Parenting + Child Liberation with Eloise Rickman
Fran chats to Eloise Rickman about parenting rooted in children's rights and why research around children's rights and education can be so gatekeepy and obscure. They also talk about writing about…
Practicing Presence with Sherene Cauley
Fran talks to Sherene Cauley about gentle parenting and how we can reframe it, about the role of presence in our lives and our relationships with our children and others, and why boundary work is not…
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