Today_s show begins with a mystery story about Leyla_s dream. Then we talk about how to do fun activities with your children. Our interview with Dr. Rosemarie Downer discusses four Ds (DISTRACTION, DOUBT, DISCOURAGEMENT, and DEPRESSION) and three Fs... Read More

Today_s show begins with a mystery story about Leyla_s dream. Then we talk about how to do fun activities with your children. Our interview with Dr. Rosemarie Downer discusses four Ds (DISTRACTION, DOUBT, DISCOURAGEMENT, and DEPRESSION) and three Fs (FRUSTRATION, FAILURE, and FEAR). In this interview Dr. Downer challenges, us to think differently about the human condition and about the real cause behind the problems we face. Listen as you will be exposed to new language about overcoming and new ways of thinking about how people can thrive and become their best. Read Less

Julie Bogart distills decades of experience--homeschooling her five now grown children, developing curricula, and training homeschooling families around the world--to show parents how to make education an exciting, even enchanting, experience for... Read More

Julie Bogart distills decades of experience--homeschooling her five now grown children, developing curricula, and training homeschooling families around the world--to show parents how to make education an exciting, even enchanting, experience for their kids, whether they're in elementary or high school. Bogart shows parents how to make room for surprise, mystery, risk, and adventure in their family's routine, so they can create an environment that naturally moves learning forward. Read Less

Today we finished reading the book, Little Mango in a Big World. Our interview with Katherine Warnock talks about many aspects of the series The Chosen, she remembers the day it came across her desk as a pilot. Thirty seconds into watching, she said,... Read More

Today we finished reading the book, Little Mango in a Big World. Our interview with Katherine Warnock talks about many aspects of the series The Chosen, she remembers the day it came across her desk as a pilot. Thirty seconds into watching, she said, she noticed that she was still watching. Ten minutes in, she said, she had tears in her eyes and she ended up watching the entire thing. _And by the end of it, I_m properly crying._ Immediately after watching it, she emailed a couple of people in MGM instructing them to acquire it. MGM was never able to acquire The Chosen, but The Chosen acquired Katherine Warnock. Read Less

We are reading the book, Little Mango in a Big World. The story is an analogy about displacement of children. The illustrator is a refuge boy from South Sudan. We talked about making a sculpture from a mango seed. After answering a few parent... Read More

We are reading the book, Little Mango in a Big World. The story is an analogy about displacement of children. The illustrator is a refuge boy from South Sudan. We talked about making a sculpture from a mango seed. After answering a few parent questions, we turned our attention to our interview with Katherine Warnock. When Katherine Warnock was head of family and content at MGM she was used to pilots and pitches coming across her desk. Typically, she said, she would watch the first few seconds _because you just know what you have and you know what you_re looking for._ Besure a listen to part 2 of our interview to hear the rest of the story. Read Less

Swamp gas is an interesting phenomenon. Our mystery story is about swamp gas igniting. So, we take it a step further and learn more about methane gas. Then we talk about what children learn while playing the game of chess. We continue our interview... Read More

Swamp gas is an interesting phenomenon. Our mystery story is about swamp gas igniting. So, we take it a step further and learn more about methane gas. Then we talk about what children learn while playing the game of chess. We continue our interview with John Schlitt. His next band quickly ended as his addiction intensified into a six-month depression during which he "came very close to suicide". During that same period, however, his wife, Dorla, became a born-again Christian and subsequently convinced Schlitt to see her pastor. Schlitt confesses that he had already decided to end his life and agreed to the meeting only "so my wife would be able to say _he tried_ after I was gone". Read Less