Insights from recent episode analysis
Audience Interest
Podcast Focus
Publishing Consistency
Platform Reach
Insights are generated by CastFox AI using publicly available data, episode content, and proprietary models.
Most discussed topics
Brands & references
Est. Listeners
Insufficient chart data. Estimates will improve as the show charts.
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
N/A🎙 Weekly cadence·102 episodes·Last published 2d ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
N/A - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
N/A
Market Insights
Platform Distribution
Reach across major podcast platforms, updated hourly
Total Followers
—
Total Plays
—
Total Reviews
—
* Data sourced directly from platform APIs and aggregated hourly across all major podcast directories.
On the show
From 14 epsHost
Recent guests
Recent episodes
#108 Living in partnership with our young people, with Meghan Suniga-Davies in Austin, Texas
Jun 24, 2026
40m 15s
#107 Tending the relationship and tending ourselves, with Megan Arevalo in Michigan, US
Jun 10, 2026
42m 24s
#106 Navigating the recovery from burnout, with Carey Kirkella in New York City
May 26, 2026
40m 14s
#105 Community, trust and growth—two self-directed learners’ experiences, with Victor and Eitan of Alcove Learning, Los Angeles
May 12, 2026
33m 39s
#104 Trusting in the teen years, with Munira Adenwalla in London
Apr 29, 2026
39m 51s
Social Links & Contact
Official channels & resources
Official Website
Login
RSS Feed
Login
| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/24/26 |  #108 Living in partnership with our young people, with Meghan Suniga-Davies in Austin, Texas | In this episode I am joined by Meghan Suniga-Davies. Meghan has three unschooled children who are now all teens and young adults and she also has extensive experience working with young people in self-directed learning spaces. We talk about her family’s journey to unschooling and her particular deschooling journey. And we talk about what it means to live in partnership with our young people and prioritise our relationship, particularly when they are feeling challenged by something. I hope you... | 40m 15s | ||||||
| 6/10/26 |  #107 Tending the relationship and tending ourselves, with Megan Arevalo in Michigan, US✨ | unschoolingneurodivergence+4 | Megan Arevalo | — | Michigan | unschoolingautism+5 | — | 42m 24s | |
| 5/26/26 |  #106 Navigating the recovery from burnout, with Carey Kirkella in New York City✨ | burnout recoveryunschooling+3 | Carey Kirkella | — | New York City | burnoutunschooling+4 | — | 40m 14s | |
| 5/12/26 |  #105 Community, trust and growth—two self-directed learners’ experiences, with Victor and Eitan of Alcove Learning, Los Angeles✨ | self-directed learningmental health+3 | VictorEitan | Alcove Learning | Los Angeles | self-directed learningmental health+5 | — | 33m 39s | |
| 4/29/26 |  #104 Trusting in the teen years, with Munira Adenwalla in London✨ | unschoolingteen development+3 | Munira Adenwalla | — | London | unschoolingeducation+3 | — | 39m 51s | |
| 4/15/26 |  #103 Embracing a different kind of learning, with Zahra Lightway and Patricia Sprenger✨ | alternative educationlearning styles+3 | Zahra LightwayPatricia Sprenger | Light Way Learning | — | alternative educationlearning+3 | — | 43m 06s | |
| 4/1/26 |  #102 From soccer mom to unschooling coach—changing the stories in our heads, with Sue Patterson in Austin, Texas✨ | unschoolingeducation+3 | Sue Patterson | Unschooling Mom2Mom | Austin, Texas | unschoolingcoaching+5 | — | 46m 34s | |
| 2/19/26 |  #101 Unschooling and one child's recovery from burnout, with Jenny Mainwaring in Oxford, UK✨ | unschoolingburnout recovery+3 | Jenny Mainwaring | — | Oxford, UK | unschoolingburnout+3 | — | 45m 58s | |
| 2/3/26 |  #100 In celebration of 100 conversations and The Unschooling Summit 2026, with Melissa Crockett-Joyoue✨ | unschoolingpodcast milestone+3 | Melissa Crockett-Joyoue | Weavewww.theunschoolingsummit.org | — | unschoolingpodcast+7 | — | 30m 57s | |
| 1/20/26 |  #99 Trusting the ebb and flow - unschooling with four neurodivergent children, with Cassie Emmott in East Sussex, UK✨ | unschoolingneurodivergent children+4 | Cassie Emmott | — | East Sussex | unschoolingneurodivergent+4 | — | 39m 32s | |
Want analysis for the episodes below?Free for Pro Submit a request, we'll have your selected episodes analyzed within an hour. Free, at no cost to you, for Pro users. | |||||||||
| 1/6/26 |  #98 There is no one right way to live, with Stephanie McDowell in Texas✨ | homeschoolingpersonal growth+3 | Stephanie McDowell | — | TexasUS | homeschoolingburnout+3 | — | 43m 00s | |
| 12/10/25 |  #97 Looking back—reflections on grown unschooled children, with Linda Velwest in New Jersey✨ | unschoolingparenting+3 | Linda Velwest | — | New Jersey | unschoolingadult children+4 | — | 37m 37s | |
| 11/27/25 |  #96 Following a deeper knowing and letting go of systems that don’t serve us, with Ash Winton in Queensland, Australia✨ | natural learningunschooling+3 | Ash Winton | Tlingit | Queensland, AustraliaAlaska | unschoolingnatural learning+5 | — | 47m 07s | |
| 11/12/25 |  #95 Thriving at 14, after school burnout, with Maddy in Somerset✨ | school burnoutmental health+3 | Maddy | — | Somerset | burnoutunschooling+5 | — | 46m 41s | |
| 10/29/25 |  #94 Journeys from burnout to recovery, with Holly from South Wales✨ | burnoutrecovery+4 | Holly | — | South Wales | burnoutrecovery+4 | — | 55m 17s | |
| 10/14/25 |  #93 The courage to step into the unknown, with Claire Gillespie in Hertfordshire, UK | I’m delighted to welcome back Claire Gillespie, who was a guest on the podcast almost two years ago. Claire lives in the UK with her husband and two sons, who are 15 and 17, and who left the school system around six years ago. Claire now works as a coach and also runs a creative business called The Cardboard Shed. Today we talk about why it takes so much courage to leave mainstream school, even when it isn’t working, and how taking that step caused such a huge shift in her own life. We also t... | 53m 06s | ||||||
| 10/1/25 |  #92 Unschooling our autistic children–finding joy in the unknowing, with Mariam Carter in Southern California | Today I’m with Mariam Carter who lives in Southern California with her husband and two sons, who are 12 and 9. Their oldest son is autistic and the family’s jouney to unschooling journey began during the pandemic. Mariam describes the shift she had to make from equating life success with academic achievement, what it means to trust the journey when your child learns differently, and how her job as a mental health therapist is such a parallel journey. And we talk about what it means to crea... | 47m 21s | ||||||
| 9/16/25 |  #91 From London to Silicon Valley, with Makeba Garraway, US | My guest today is Makeba Garraway. Originally from the UK, Makeba moved to Silicon Valley with her husband and two children who are now 12 and 9, seven years ago. They came to unschooling after realising that mainstream school did not feel like a good fit for their eldest and not finding any alternative either. Makeba worked as a doctor in the UK and we talk about that shift to no longer working, and what it meant to take a new look at an education system that she had outwardly thrived in. An... | 46m 11s | ||||||
| 9/2/25 |  #90 From falling apart to building something new, with Nicola Leyland, UK | My guest in this episode is Nicola Leyland. Nicola has two children who are now 19 and 17. Her journey to unschooling began when her son was just eight years old and had an accident that resulted in a brain injury. Nicola talks about her experience of seeing everything fall apart, and her son’s traumatic return to school, and the consequences of following what others said she should do rather than what she felt was right. And she shares the journey of taking her children out of school and slo... | 41m 13s | ||||||
| 8/20/25 |  #89 Living in alignment: from school to unschool to worldschool, with Ivana Petersen in Denmark | My guest this episode is Ivana Petersen, who is from Croatia and her husband is from Denmark. They have three children who are 13, 10 and 7. They took their eldest two children out of school six years ago, feeling burnt out by the stress and lack of connection of modern life. Ivana describes the healing journey that took place as they searched for a more authentic and aligned way to live. From there it became a natural progression to unschooling and then finally to worldschooling. The family ... | 43m 16s | ||||||
| 7/23/25 |  #88 Finding trust in our own paths, with Esther Grimes in Australia | Today I am chatting with Esther Grimes, who lives in Australia with her husband, and three sons, who are 1, 4 and 8. Although Esther and her husband were already looking at less conventional ways to live as a family, they hadn’t questioned school. It wasn’t until it became very clear that their oldest son couldn’t cope with school that they started to figure out another way. We talk about their journey to unschooling, how hard it can be to step away from the well trodden path and how life loo... | 43m 23s | ||||||
| 7/8/25 |  #87 From organic fruit farming to worldschooling, with Irene Genelin in Minnesota, US | My guest today is Irene Genelin from Minnesota. Irene and her husband used to have an organic fruit farm, but sold that a few years ago to travel almost full time with their daughter, who is now 10. We talk about how they came to that decision, how they organise their travels and what community looks like on the road. As well as what learning looks like for their daughter and the kinds of things that come up that still require some unravelling. Here's a link to the episode of Irene's po... | 43m 18s | ||||||
| 6/24/25 |  #86 Putting our children's mental health and happiness first, with Lizz Mears in Dorset, UK | In this episode I am chatting with Lizz Mears from Dorset in the UK. Lizz has two children, who are 21 and 13. After many difficult school years that took their toll on her older child’s mental health and on her own, Lizz chose to take her younger child out of school when she was unable to cope with the move to secondary. Amongst lots of other things, we talk about how they transitioned from a more curriculum style learning to unschooling, and the challenges that come with letting go of... | 41m 01s | ||||||
| 6/11/25 |  #85 Slowing it all right down, with Ruth Macallan in Zambia | My guest today is Ruth Macallan, who I also chatted with in episode 54. Ruth is originally from the UK but she and her family live for most of the year in Zambia where her husband runs an NGO. Today, amongst other things, we talk about boredom and how to help our children navigate those tricky moments, and we talk about the huge value in just slowing down and enjoying the present moment. And, Ruth tells us about their unschooling life in Zambia. I hope you enjoy the conversation. Connect wi... | 46m 18s | ||||||
| 5/27/25 |  #84 Intentional living and learning in the Canadian Boreal Forest, with Erin Cummings in Ontario | My guest this episode is Erin Cummings. Erin grew up in Ottawa and now lives with her husband who is of the indigenous Métis community and their three young sons, in the boreal forest in Treaty 3 Territory of Northwest Ontario. Here they live on a 200-acre piece of land where they farm, own livestock and are building their family home. Erin talks about their choice of living an intentionally simple life which centres on their relationships with each other and with the land, and of her experie... | 49m 27s | ||||||
Showing 25 of 108
Pitch Fit is a Pro feature
See how bookable this show is for guests, which brands already advertise, the per-episode ad value, and the best-fit guest and sponsor profile. The numbers are blurred on the free plan.
How readily this show books outside guests like you.
How proven this show is for host-read sponsorships.
For Guests
ProFor Advertisers
ProUpgrade to Pro to unlock guest cadence, sponsor categories, fit scores, and per-episode ad value for this show.