Julie talks to Kristina Schnapf from the Green Door Folk School in Cedar, Micigan. At only 8 months old Green Door Folk School is one of the newest in the growing cohort of folk schools in the uppoer mid-west.

Julie chats with Jacob Hundt, Executive Director of the Driftless Folk School, about a recent trip to Denmak to visit the International Peoples College for the International Folkemode for Educators conference.

Julie chats with Tom Wheeler, Terry Beck and Jarrod Torkelson about the upcoming spoon carving get together as well as green wood working, craft and the religion of tool sharpening.

Julie chats with Lucy Soderstrom, Executive Director, and Anna Heil, Program Director at Ely Folk School in Ely, Minnesota, as well as Driftless Folk School Fellow Lauren Proffitt. Conversation ranges from the variety of classes offed at regional folk schools, to the future of the folk school movement in light of AI and the changing world.

Julie talks with Driftless Folk School instructors Brennan Henry Allsworth and Ally Smalley about their upcoming micro-classes at the DFS Community Celebration as well as their connection with musical communities through singing, playing and dancing.

Julie talks with Liam McGilligan and Tom Kastle about the upcoming festival and Piracy on the Great Lakes. Join us for this enlightening episode and get excited about the upcoming festival running June 27, 28th and 29th.

Julie sits down with dedicated naturalist and passionate educator Nicholas WazeeGale to discuss humans immersing in nature as well as his upcoming Driftless Folk School classes. 

Host Julie Tomaro talks with two experts on mushrooms, from the kitchen to the woods to Silicon Valley, there is a lot happening in the world of mushrooms. Join us for this enlightening episode about all things fungi!

Julie Tomaro sits down with Driftless Folk School Executive Director Jacob Hundt to discuss the origin and history of the folk school movement.