RE-RELEASE: Homeschooled by Susan Wise Bauer w/ Chris Bauer

About this episode

Susan Wise Bauer and Susanna Jarrett interview Chris Bauer about his experiences being homeschooled.

This week we're re-releasing one of our most popular episodes from last season - we'll be back to new episodes next week! In this episode, Susan Wise Bauer and Susanna Jarrett interview Susan’s son, Chris Bauer, for the inside scoop on what it was like to be homeschooled by the author of The Well-Trained Mind . As promised, here is the "Daniel fingers!" blog post Chris mentions. At 50:53 Susan mentions her history growing up in a fundamentalist cult, for more on her story check out Season 1, Episode 1: Our Education Journeys, or Season 4, Episode 1: Honest Reflections on My Homeschool Experience w. Susan Wise Bauer (00:00) - Intro with Chris (Christopher) Bauer (01:25) - Chris was the test case (02:52) - Who is Chris? (09:45) - Chris' homeschool experience in 3 words | Consistent, flexible, and varied (10:30) - Earliest homeschool memories (16:23) - Typical homeschool days (23:51) - Susan invites negativity (27:07) - The rest of Chris' homeschool day (30:19) - Break (30:21) - Chris' biggest challenges (34:05) - How homeschooling shaped Chris' life (39:17) - Beta testing WTM (45:32) - What would Chris change? (47:00) - What Chris is passionate about (48:03) - Definite do and don't…

People in this episode

Hosts: Susan Wise Bauer, Susanna Jarrett

Guest: Chris Bauer

Topics covered

• homeschooling
• personal experiences
• education
• family dynamics
• interviews

Keywords

• homeschool
• Susan Wise Bauer
• Chris Bauer
• education
• family
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Well-Trained Mind

More episodes of The Well-Trained Mind podcast

• Responding to Listener Questions (or Things We Should Talk About More in the Homeschool Community!) · May 13, 2026 · 1h 2m
• Education and AI w/ Jose Vargas · May 6, 2026 · 55 min
• The Label Debate w/ Heather Quintero · April 22, 2026 · 55 min
• Nationalism and Classical Education w/ Nendir Noel · April 15, 2026 · 53 min
• Choosing Homeschool Curricula Without Anxiety, Noise, or Peer Pressure w/ Mel Moore and Bridget Nickerson · April 8, 2026 · 51 min
• Are Homeschool History Programs Accurate? w/ Dr. Warren Throckmorton · April 1, 2026 · 1h 4m