Bedste Family Stories-podcasts (2024)

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12 Surprising Thanksgiving Traditions to Know about, Learn and Try 25:44

7d ago25:44

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Surprising Ways to Give More Thanks and Create a Better Thanksgiving Together. Join co-hosts Nancy May and Sylvia Lovely in this next episode of Family Tree, Food & Stories, which focuses on Thanksgiving secrets, traditions, history, and more. Ever wonder why presidents pardon turkeys? Or why cranberry sauce sparks family feuds? This Family Tree Fo…

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Love for Popcorn: A Heartfelt Tribute to a Beloved Chef 4:17

14d ago4:17

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The people who make a restaurant a family. A Chef, a Friend, and a Legacy of Kindness. This episode is a bit of a departure from our regular show for an excellent reason. Sylvia, Co-Host of Family Tree, Food & Stories, and her husband, Bernie Lovely, the owners of Restaurant Azure and Patio in Lexington, Kentucky, recently woke to a phone call tell…

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Strange Connections: Tailgating, Hot Dogs, Adam & Eve, Apple 15:52

21d ago15:52

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From Adam and Eve's First Bit to Tailgating, Hot Dog Pie, and More: Pull your chair up to the table and listen in to this next episode. What do hot dogs, tailgating, and a centuries-old food tradition have in common? More than you might think! In this episode of Family Tree Food & Stories, Nancy May and Sylvia Lovely, your co-hosts, take you on an …

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Dining with Ghosts: Table for two please... you and the Ghost that is. 21:03

28d ago21:03

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Ghosts that belly up to the bar and join you at the table. What might happen next? Why do so many ghost stories start at the dinner table? In this special Halloween edition, Nancy May, co-host of Family Tree Food & Stories, joins forces with her and Sylvia’s friend and fellow podcaster, Leo York (AKA James), from The 13th Floor, to investigate the …

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Wild Food and Backyard Feasts - The Magic of a Small Town 18:33

1M ago18:33

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Recipes From My 90-Year-Old Mom, and so Much More! With our special guest, Freda Meriwether. In this episode of the Family Tree, Food & Stories podcast, Co-Host Sylvia Lovely reconnects with her good friend, Freda Meriwether, who shares captivating and colorful food tales of her 90-year-old mother, Gloria Polly Medea Rice. The conversation spans Gl…

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Luck, Love, and Food: Bizarre Family Food Superstitions 24:36

2M ago24:36

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Are there such things as lucky foods? Have you ever wondered why your mom always tossed salt over her shoulder, whether it spilled or not? Or why did your grandmother say NEVER to cut spaghetti noodles? In this episode of Family Tree Food & Stories, co-hosts Nancy May and Sylvia Lovely pull the kitchen curtain back on some of the weird and most int…

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The Dish That Defined a Life! 5:06

2M ago5:06

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Favorite Final Food and that Important Story What unexpected request could transform a bittersweet farewell into a heartwarming celebration of life? Tune in to discover a touching tale that reveals the powerful bond between family, a daughter, a stranger, love, and the foods that bring us back home. Episode Summary: In our inaugural episode of Fami…

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What Food Stories are on Your Plate? 16:39

2M ago16:39

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What Do Hot Dogs and Adam & Eve Have in Common? More Than You Think!” In this debut episode of Family Tree Food and Stories, co-hosts Nancy May and Sylvia Lovely kick off the show with surprising food traditions and stories that connect us with family and friends. How do hot dogs, candy corn, Adam and Eve, and the Civil War be linked? The answers m…

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Ep 20 Jesse Perse Harmon Pt 4: Nauvoo 🏡 General Conference ⛪️ Gov Boggs shot 37:30

2M ago37:30

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Send us a text 👉Jesse Perse Harmon👈(family tree 🌳 link) https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/KWJH-BL8 Springfield, Illinois was good to the Harmons. The Mormonite congregations in Missouri had been forcefully evacuated through murder, rage baiting, and violence. President Joseph Smith and Hyrum had made an assisted escape while on a transfer fr…

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Ep 19 Jesse Perse Harmon Pt 3: Kirtland ⛪️ Family & Faith 🙏 Immigration to Illinois 🐎 45:11

3M ago45:11

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Send us a text 👉Jesse Perse Harmon👈(family tree 🌳 link) https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/KWJH-BL8 In 1837 Kirtland, Ohio, Jesse Harmon witnesses a community in turmoil, grappling with the fallout of the Kirtland Safety Society collapse and deeper cultural upheaval. His brother Alpheus, committed to their faith, explains that the challenges …

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Ep 18 Jesse Perse Harmon Pt 2: Cannonballs💥Marriage💍Jesus🙏 32:42

4M ago32:42

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Send us a text 👉Jesse Perse Harmon👈(family tree 🌳 link) https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/KWJH-BL8 After escaping the certain death inflicted on so many others in a British attack during the War of 1812, Jesse completed his active service in the military and traipsed a bit as a young bachelor. In Pennsylvania he found the woman of his dreams…

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Ep 17 Jesse Perse Harmon Pt 1: 💥 The Siege of Fort Erie ❤️‍🩹 Spared from Death 37:55

5M ago37:55

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Send us a text 👉Jesse Perse Harmon👈(family tree 🌳 link) https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/KWJH-BL8 In part one of this fabulous story, we begin at the turn of the 19th century as an international pissin match turns into the conflict known to history as The War of 1812. Jesse Perse Harmon (17 years old) and his older brother both enlisted. Th…

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Episode 8 - "On the Reef of Norman's Woe" 44:29

5M ago44:29

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Episode 8 begins with host Joe McHugh explaining how fate plays a role in deciding which stories are featured in each episode of The Telling Takes Us Home and ends with a lively recitation by an Irish poet of the classic poem The Wreck of the Hesperus by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. In between are stories about learning a life lesson from a brother …

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Episode 7 - It's a Haunted House 43:48

5M ago43:48

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Episode 7 of the Telling Takes Us Home begins with a visit to Omaha, Nebraska, and a story told by a former organizer for the Meat Packers Union and a superior court judge providing a portrait of a tough grandfather and his conflict with organized labor in Chicago. These are followed by stories about how a prayer resulted in a miracle cure, an ill-…

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Episode 6 - "He Was a Good Man" 35:09

6M ago35:09

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Episode 6 of The Telling Takes Us Home begins with a story about a dentist called upon to perform surgery following the shoot-out at Wounded Knee in 1973. This is followed by stories about the early days of aviation, the Buck Rogers comic strip and subsequent popular radio show, author Lee Smith talking about her eccentric uncle who was a gifted mu…

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Episode 5 - Fly the Airplane! 40:17

6M ago40:17

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Episode 5 begin with a story about a miraculous airplane accident. It is followed by memories of a storytelling grandmother, how a young girl found the courage to face to a mean neighbor to save her flock of pet turkeys, an Irish conman who decides to sell his circus and go into the Christian revival business, a recollection of how a mother receive…

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Episode 4 - Too Many Chickens 36:18

6M ago36:18

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Episode 4 brings us a stories about a wartime courtship close to the front lines, how a book and the manager of movie theaters in Utah got rid of a restriction based on racism, how a songwriter was inspired to write a song about a near-death experience, an Depression-era farmer with far too many chickens, memories of how a family reacted to a news …

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Ep 16 Howard Leon Whetten Pt 3 🛶 Angels of the Solomon Islands 27:54

6M ago27:54

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Send us a text Howard Leon Whetten: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/KWCB-QL4 Family Tree 🌳 ID: KWCB-QL4 In this final installment of a life story from Howard Leon Whetten…After their B-24 Bomber crashes into the ocean near the Solomon Islands, some unsuspecting angels make an inexplicable rescue when it is needed most. The “coincidences” b…

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Episode 3 - To Do Whatever It Takes 38:44

6M ago38:44

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This episode features stories about a young boy saved by his grandfather from a sinking boat, how a bunch of campers discovered a trio of secret lakes teeming with trout, a young mother winning a trunk full of books and a young girl finding a bookcase full of books, a practical joke played on a father working at a car dealership, the man who invent…

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Episode 2 - The Reunion of a Lifetime 38:16

6M ago38:16

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Episode 2 of The Telling Takes Us Home podcast series features stories about a fortune teller and the wife of a bronco rider, how fate protected a mother and child traveling from Russia to America, how a fire changed a man's racial attitudes, a hairdresser who served as a therapist, how a woman saved the family horse during the Civil War, how a WWI…

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Episode 1 - The Smartest Man I Ever Knew 39:19

6M ago39:19

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This first episode of our new podcast series celebrating family stories features stories about a prank pulled on a grandfather in Ireland, a husband's efforts to save his wife's life while interned in a camp for Japanese-Americans during WWII, an Italian-American woman marvels at photos in her granddaughter's college yearbook, men and women who pit…

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Ep 15 Howard Leon Whetten Pt 2 ✈️ Midnight’s Watery Grave 23:46

7M ago23:46

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Send us a text Howard Leon Whetten: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/KWCB-QL4 Family Tree 🌳 ID: KWCB-QL4 In part 2 of this story, the “ordinary life” of Howard Leon Whetten evolves into some extraordinary experiences as he faces certain death in the midnight plunge of his B-24 Bomber into the dark watery grave of the oceans surrounding the …

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206: A Birthday Chat 25:17

7M ago25:17

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Today, on my birthday, I’m chatting about ageing, experimenting, taking risks, encouraging others, and other things. Show Notes I mentioned: The Self Directed podcast with the Conrads Episode 65 of the Self Directed podcast: Sue Elvis / Stories of an Unschooling Family The Unschooling Together community Podcast episode 3, Getting Older, Admitting O…

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205: Chatting with My Unschooled Author Daughter 1:07:26

7M ago1:07:26

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I’m back with my author daughter Imogen! In this episode, we’re chatting about… Writing and how Imogen is promoting and selling her YA novels Collaboration and how we achieve more when we work together The ups and downs of social media We also share some news and tell a couple of stories, including the one about my frightening Frida Kahlo eyebrows!…

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Ep 14 Howard Leon Whetten Pt 1 👨‍🌾 Don’t Hate Your Enemies 👨‍🎓 29:57

8M ago29:57

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Send us a text Howard Leon Whetten: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/KWCB-QL4 Family Tree 🌳 ID: KWCB-QL4 From ordinary lives often comes extraordinary experiences. Such is the simple life of Howard Leon Whetten. From his birth in Southern Arizona, to life in old Mexico, and then school and enlisting in New Mexico, Howard’s life does as many…

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Ep 13 War & Tragedy at Boykin, South Carolina 36:34

9M ago36:34

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Send us a text SPECIAL THANKS to Collett Carter for the family history story lead. The Boykin Mill Pond in South Carolina has been the hub of regional industry for processing grains and timber. In 1865 it was the scene of one of the last battles of the Civil War. And in 1860 it was the hallowed grounds of one of South Carolina’s saddest tragedies. …

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Ep 12 😇Angel on the Train🚂& the Black Widow 🕷 27:03

10M ago27:03

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Send us a text In an “off script experience” tales both wild and wacky are told from the research of the Boardman history. The wild unbelievable story is told of the widow who lost more husbands than one can count. And the engineer Boardman who on his death bed was given a supernatural power of extra sensory perception. CHARACTERS Cynthia Boardman …

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Ep 11 ⛏Colorado Gold, 👩‍🍼Tragedy, & Gus🚂 39:27

11M ago39:27

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Send us a text Life in the late 1800’s was frequently just inexplicably tragic, as Edward Augustus Boardman and Catherine Fitzsimmons discovered in their lives together. Though they had financial success, attempting to raise children was nearly the end of them emotionally. The plans we have aren’t always what God has in mind for us. As hard as we t…

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204: Santa, Books and Expectations 1:09:35

12M ago1:09:35

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This week, I’m talking about: Desires and Expectations Are desires good? Are expectations about control? Can our expectations spoil our family celebrations? Challenges Should we give our kids space to set their own challenges? Do we need to challenge ourselves too? Books Do people judge us on our book choices? Can sharing the books we’re reading le…

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Ep 10 📞The Phone Call : 🐎Oh Brother Where Art Thou? 22:30

12M ago22:30

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Send us a text Brothers are an indispensable part of country life for me. Mine has been ready at a moments notice for just about any wacky idea, adrenaline moment, project, rescue, or emergency. Its important to note that family history isnt just something that happened 50 or 100 years ago. Family history is a daily event. If you’re apt to retellin…

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203: Unschooling: Doing What Is Right 48:16

1y ago48:16

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This week, I’m talking about right and wrong… If we think something is right, should we do it? Do we have to push through any difficulties we might encounter? Perhaps we can’t give up unless we’re willing to do something we know is wrong. And if we do that, we won’t feel at peace. The big question is: is unschooling the right thing to do? If it is,…

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202: Tough or Unconditional Love? 45:27

1y ago45:27

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Do good parents stay firmly in control of their children, demanding obedience, good behaviour and respect? Do they practise tough love? Or are there problems with this method of parenting? Is there some other way of raising kids to be good people who want to do what is right? Is it okay to parent with unconditional love? This week, I’m sharing a fe…

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201: Unschooling, Drifting, Planning and True Freedom 37:47

1y ago37:47

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Is unschooling about drifting aimlessly through each day? Do unschoolers waste time? Or do they live intentionally responding to their needs and making sure they achieve the things that are relevant and important to them? Do unschoolers direct their lives instead of letting life direct them? Is that the meaning of true freedom? Does the word ‘plann…

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200: Unconditional Love and Parenting 45:56

1y ago45:56

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It is what it is. An interesting episode or not. I don’t suppose it matters. All that’s important is love. Show Notes Please visit my blog, Stories of an Unschooling Family, to read my post, Preventing Childhood Trauma with Unconditional Love. It contains today’s show notes. My Unschooling Books The Unschool Challenge: Kindle The Unschool Challenge…

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Ep 9 🩺Dr. Priddy Meeks : 🥶 Frostbite, Polygamy & Cayenne Pepper🌶 30:58

1y ago30:58

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Send us a text Life in the valley of the Great Salt Lake was rough. From weed soup, cold winters, and the new life. 1857 was a year of turmoil and invasion in the territory of Utah. Thompsonian botanical Doctor Priddy Meeks recounts from his journal, how he treated one of the “invaders” for frostbite that had consumed both feet several inches above…

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199: Should We Trust and Unschool Teenagers? 51:10

1y ago51:10

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Is it irresponsible to trust and unschool teenagers? When unschoolers reach the teenage years, is it time for something else? Or could unschooling be exactly what our older kids need? Could it keep them safe? This week, I’m discussing these questions and more, sharing lots of thoughts, stories and resources. Show Notes Please visit my blog, Stories…

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198: Should Children Be Responsible for Their Own Educations? 46:23

1y ago46:23

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Should children be responsible for their own educations? Or is that an irresponsible idea? This week, I’m exploring lots of questions including: Is learning an active activity that needs the learner’s cooperation? Is it impossible to force knowledge into a child without resorting to teaching methods that ultimately destroy their natural love of lea…

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197: What Do Unschoolers Do Each Day? 39:57

1y ago39:57

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Is unschooling about staying in bed late, spending lazy days in the forest, and baking cookies? Or is there more to unschooling than that? What does a typical unschooling day look like? Will it be different in different families? Will it change over time? Whatever it looks like, will it always be packed with deep learning, the kind that matters and…

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196: Unschooling, Video Games, and Freedom 24:47

1y ago24:47

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Are kids more likely to suffer mental health problems if they experience excessive control? Could video games provide safe spaces for kids to retreat to when life becomes too difficult? If we insist kids leave their games and they get upset, could it be the real world that we’re forcing them to return to that’s the problem and not the video games? …

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Ep 8 🔫Armed & Dangerous⚠️ : 🐴The Phantom Ranch Ranger🤠 28:49

1y ago28:49

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Send us a text The Grand Canyon is a place of connecting with nature, finding one’s center, and in this rare account, airing one’s grievances. In 1968, newlywed and rookie Park Ranger Mel Heaton was tasked with an impossible undertaking…to disarm 5 hostile men…by himself. CHARACTERS (in order of appearance) García López de Cárdenas Alonso de Cárden…

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195: What is Unschooling? 39:33

1y ago39:33

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This week, I’m going back to basics: I’m discussing the question, What is Unschooling? I’m also sharing several stories to illustrate my definition: What Is Unschooling? Why Unschooling Isn’t a Method of Homeschooling What Is Unschooling? A Transcript I also share some links to other unschoolers’ definitions of unschooling. Show Notes Please visit …

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194: Unschoolers, Chores and Rosters 34:03

1y ago34:03

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This week, I'm discussing chores. How do we encourage our kids to be generous and willing workers? I’m sharing two stories: How to Get Kids to Do the Chores The Radical Chore Roster Please visit my blog, Stories of an Unschooling Family, to read my post, Can Radical Unschoolers Use Chore Rosters? It contains today’s show notes. My Unschooling Books…

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193: Should We Push Kids to Use Their Talents, Aim High and Impress? 22:04

1y ago22:04

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This week, I’m sharing a blog post, Should We Push Kids to Use Their Talents, Aim High and Impress? This post includes stories about people who have followed the pathway desired by their parents and ended up unhappy. And there’s one story about a man who, despite achieving the necessary grades to study medicine or law, chose to become a high school…

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Ep 7 Bub Meeks Pt 2:🤠Prisoner #574, Good Teeth🦷 , Mustache & Size 7 Boots🥾 35:33

1y ago35:33

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Send us a text The strategy of planning, the thrill of the heist, pulling your hat down over your ears during the galloping getaway, and the adrenaline of lining your pockets with nare a few moments worth of actual work. For those of you who might have been a little titillated by the previous story, this is what Mr. Harvey would refer to as “the re…

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192: The Stories of Our Lives 58:39

1+ y ago58:39

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In episode 192 of my Stories of an Unschooling Family podcast, I talked about: Homework for Life Generating writing ideas Creating second brains Homeschool records, including strewing and planning notebooks and family journals Social media and other online distractions Also: I shared Matthew Dicks’ book, Storyworthy and Tiago Forte’s book, Building…

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Ep 6 Bub Meeks Pt 1:🐎Fresh Horses, Butch Cassidy 🐿 & Unauthorized Bank Withdrawals💰 24:43

1+ y ago24:43

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Send us a text Life without structure leads to trouble. How many times will we be told to “choose our friends wisely”? Bub Meeks lived hard and fast, and paid the price for it. Life in the late 1800’s was tempting for folks who didnt have the patience for working and saving. So they took balloon withdrawals anytime they were low on cash. CHARACTERS…

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Ep 5 Heber Jesse Meeks: 🐄 Milk Heist, Ghost🐎Horse, & Malt Beer🍺 19:25

1+ y ago19:25

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Send us a text From the life and times of Heber Jesse Meeks. While living a prominent and involved life at the turn of the 19th century Heber dealt with the nature of old horses, driving new fangled automobiles, and teaching children how to subtly but firmly deal with troublesome neighbors. Whether its devotion to spouse, love of family, or commitm…

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Ep 4 Chief Walkara 🪶 the Blizzard❄️ and Nikki🐍 22:37

1+ y ago22:37

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Send us a text The Journey from Nebraska to the Territory of Deseret was an adventurously long one. And in the early days of settling the Wild West, there was never a destination. The only place you could permanently call home was your final resting place. From Conestogas to Cavalry, from rivers to mountains, from Chiefs to Governors, from freezing…

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Ep 3 Cowards 😬 Captives & Kings 👑 : Somhairle Mòr 30:58

1+ y ago30:58

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Send us a text In the early years of the 12th century in north western Scotland, the rise of a great king is taking place among the most uncommon of men, in the most peculiar of circumstances. Somhairle Mór Steps into an unexpected role, at a low point in his life, rising to fame, and power. The story of the origin of the clan Donald (MacDonald) wa…

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Ep 2 Lions🦁Brothers & Bears 🐻…Oh My! 27:34

1+ y ago27:34

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Send us a text Mountain Lions, Black Bears & Brothers. What a crazy combination. These are stories from the colorful lives of Alfred & Heber Meeks. Special thanks to Willford Meeks Halladay for recording these events as told to him by his Uncle Alfred. Contributions that clarified the events were also made by Mel Heaton, who recounted one of his gr…

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