The Hannah Frankman Podcast

Hunter Dane is a wilderness entrepreneur and outdoorsman who leads guided hunting expeditions across the globe.

Expect to learn about the genesis of Hunter's career as a hunting guide, his profound connection to nature, and the life-changing experiences his clients undergo during their expeditions. We also discuss the school Hunter is building, which teaches outdoor, hunting, and survival skills. He shares why he considers these skills essential for everyone, especially children, to learn.

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

2:01 - Hunter's Upcoming Trip to Alaska

5:23 - What Does a Typical Expedition Look Like?

9:53 - Reverence For Mother Nature

14:36 - The Therapeutic Component of Nature

29:36 - Have We Lost Touch with The World?

34:20 - How Hunter Turned This Into a Career

37:49 - The School Hunter is Building

45:22 - How To Get Involved in Hunter's School

47:52 - Working With Kids in the Wilderness

55:26 - The Most Important Nature-Based Skills For Kid's to Learn

59:02 - How to Connect with Hunter

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Connect with Hunter Dane:

Website | https://www.madeuntamed.com

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/hunter.dane

Connect with Hannah Frankman:

Twitter | https://twitter.com/HannahFrankman

RebelEducator | https://twitter.com/rebelEducator

Website | http://hannahfrankman.com

Follow along for conversations on education, lifestyle, personal development, and freedom. All in ardent pursuit of a life well lived.

Robert Pondiscio is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and author of How the Other Half Learns He has spent the past few decades researching and writing about education reform.

In this episode, expect to learn why Robert left a successful journalism career to become a public school teacher in New York City's lowest performing school system, Robert's insights on education reform, particularly in inner-city schools, and what the real root of the public education problem really is. We explore why education reform is such a complex issue and why he believes the method of education is far more crucial than the school's structural parameters.

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

2:44 - Why Robert Left Journalism to Become a Teacher in New York City

5:48 - The Training Program Robert Went Through to Become a Teacher

14:01 - Prerequisites for Teaching

20:51 - What is the Root of the Problem in Public Education

33:12 - The Work of E.D. Hirsch Jr.

37:26 - Repercussions of Lacking Cultural Knowledge

42:11 - Robert's Experience as a Public School Teacher in Lowest Performing Schools 

51:32 - Alternative Education Models that Robert is Excited About

58:22 - Robert's Thoughts on App Based Learning

1:02:39 - Misreading the Signals

1:10:39 - Education as a Free Market

1:15:18 - Does School Choice Harm Lower Income Students?

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Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

Hard Words - Emily Hanford

Sold a Story - Emily Hanford

Teaching Content is Teaching Reading - Dan Willingham

The Knowledge Deficit - E.D. Hirsch

Cultural Literacy - E.D. Hirsch

Connect with Robert Pondiscio :

American Enterprise Institute | https://www.aei.org/profile/robert-pondiscio/

Book | https://www.amazon.com/How-Other-Half-Learns-Excellence/

Children’s Book | https://www.amazon.com/Get-Net-Everything-Including-Addresses/

Connect with Hannah Frankman:

Twitter | https://twitter.com/HannahFrankman

RebelEducator | https://twitter.com/rebelEducator

Website | http://hannahfrankman.com

Follow along for conversations on education, lifestyle, personal development, and freedom. All in ardent pursuit of a life well lived.

Claire Honeycutt is a former academic spending 20 years working inside of academia. She was a professor at Arizona St. University from 2015-2024 when she resigned to become a full time homeschooling mom.

Expect to learn about Claire's insights on how we learn and why she became so interested in intrinsic motivation and self-directed learning. She'll discuss taking a mastery-based learning approach in classrooms of 50–100 students, why many kids in her classes struggled to love learning, and why she feels strongly about fostering a love of learning in her own children. Claire bridges the philosophies of classical education and unschooling to create a coaching-centric approach to learning and education.

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

3:07 - Claire's History in Academia

5:45 - Developing a Love for Teaching

9:42 - Making Education Entertaining

11:01 - Intrinsic Motivation and Mental Health of University of Students

21:03 - Trying Things Before Committing to a Degree

28:24 - Claire's Journey to Becoming a Homeschooling Mom 

34:35 - Developing a Love of Learning

39:34 - The Relationship Between Classical Education and Unschooling

42:39 - What is the Objective of Claire's Homeschooling Style

54:49 - Prioritizing a Love of Learning 

1:00:44 - Self Paced and Mastery Based Learning

1:06:51 - Quitting Academia to Start Homeschooling

1:13:43 - Advice for Homeschooling Parents

1:17:34 - Working While Homeschooling

1:21:33 - Resources for Parents in Alternative Education

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Connect with Claire Honeycutt:

Website: ClarifiED.life

Twitter: https://x.com/hippymomphd

Connect with Hannah Frankman:

Twitter | https://twitter.com/HannahFrankman

RebelEducator | https://twitter.com/rebelEducator

Website | http://hannahfrankman.com

Follow along for conversations on education, lifestyle, personal development, and freedom. All in ardent pursuit of a life well lived.

Eric Daniels is the Assistant Director of Clemson University’s Institute for the Study of Capitalism. Eric has worked in multiple levels of education; from middle school science teacher to head of a Montessori school to working at multiple universities.

Expect to learn Eric's insights from his diverse educational experiences and how they've shaped his teaching philosophy. He discusses the development of thought, critical thinking, and reasoning, emphasizing the crucial role of early years in building a foundation for lifelong learning. Eric shares valuable lessons from Montessori and university-level education, and offers advice for parents on raising independent adults with a strong sense of direction and purpose.

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

6:20 - Eric's Background in Education

12:42 - A Holistic Understanding of Education

29:16 - The Most Important Books

38:36 - Selecting Applicants for the Program at Clemson

44:51 - Should Young Americans Go to College?

49:37 - Trends in Academic Capacity of Students

1:02:50 - Deviations in Human Development

1:22:22 - Knowledge vs. Facts

1:29:02 - The Importance of the Developmental Years

1:53:21 - How to Connect with Eric

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Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

The Intellectual Lives of Children - Susan Engle

The Republic - Plato

Leviathan - Thomas Hobbes

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations - Adam Smith

The Nicomachean Ethics - Aristotle

How to Raise an Adult - Julie Lythcott-Haims

Connect with Eric Daniels:

https://www.clemson.edu/centers-institutes/capitalism/

Connect with Hannah Frankman:

Twitter | https://twitter.com/HannahFrankman

RebelEducator | https://twitter.com/rebelEducator

Website | http://hannahfrankman.com

Follow along for conversations on education, lifestyle, personal development, and freedom. All in ardent pursuit of a life well lived.

Joe Connor is the founder and CEO of Odyssey, a platform that helps parents access and utilize their ESA money.

Expect to learn about the history of ESA programs, what Odyssey does to help parents access funds, and the patterns and trends in ESA rollouts across the country. We explore why Joe is so optimistic about the future of school choice and how ESAs can empower parents to select the best education for their children.

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

2:49 - What is Odyssey?

4:38 - What Should School Choice Look Like

8:24 - How Certain Platforms are Restricting School Choice

11:58 - Patterns of Adoption in School Choice

15:31 - The History of ESAs

19:55 - Trends in Adoption of ESAs

25:10 - Customizing Education

28:54 - Predicting the Future of Education

32:21 - The Scale of the School Choice Movement

39:53 - Rolling Out ESAs on a State Level

43:04 - Areas of Pushback Towards ESAs

46:11 - Conflicting Opinions About School Choice

54:12 - Schooling Models Joe is Excited About

56:14 - How Joe Found Himself in Education

58:37 - Is Universal School Choice Possible?

1:01:28 - How to Connect with Joe

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Connect with Joe Connor:

Twitter | https://x.com/josephjconnor

Website | https://withodyssey.com

Email | [email protected]

Connect with Hannah Frankman:

Twitter | https://twitter.com/HannahFrankman

RebelEducator | https://twitter.com/rebelEducator

Website | http://hannahfrankman.com

Follow along for conversations on education, lifestyle, personal development, and freedom. All in ardent pursuit of a life well lived.

Ryan Delk is the founder and CEO of Primer, a network of microschools expanding across the country. Primer is structured in a way that supports teachers that allows them to focus on what they love most.

Expect to learn about the systems Primer has built across their network to allow teachers to focus on what they love and streamline the process for getting a school off the ground. You’ll learn about the work Ryan has done to manage regulations and laws to make it easier for people to launch schools. The educational philosophy that underpins the resources that Primer is building and the new leader cohort that primer is launching to help educators launch the microschools.

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

3:20 - Current State of Primer

3:43 - The First Day of School

5:37 - Primer Leadership Cohort

8:56 - Who is a Good fit for the Primer Leadership Cohort

15:52 - Incentivizing Forward Thinking Teachers

18:42 - How Does the Infrastructure of Primer Work?

24:03 - The Relationship Between the Teacher and the Software

26:55 - What Does Primer Curriculum Look Like?

33:53 - Regulations in Microschools

41:06 - Changing Education Laws

54:55 - Why Start in Florida and Arizona?

59:36 - The Original Inspiration for Primer

1:01:24 - The Operations of Primer

1:05:43 - Requirements for Teachers at Primer

1:07:57 - What Does the Primer Leadership Cohort Actually Look Like?

1:10:10 - How to Learn More About Primer

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Connect with Ryan Delk:

Website | https://primer.com

Twitter | https://x.com/delk

Email | [email protected]

Connect with Hannah Frankman:

Twitter | https://twitter.com/HannahFrankman

RebelEducator | https://twitter.com/rebelEducator

Website | http://hannahfrankman.com

Follow along for conversations on education, lifestyle, personal development, and freedom. All in ardent pursuit of a life well lived.

Steve Patterson is an author and freelance philosopher working outside of traditional academia. He specializes in uncovering foundational errors in “mainstream consensus” and orthodox opinions.

Expect to learn about the research Steve has done throughout his career, what it means to be a philosopher, and why he believes we are in a dark age of philosophy, ideas, and information. You’ll discover how he found that much of what academic institutions have produced over the last century is riddled with errors, why our institutions are corrupt and flawed, and what he is doing to advance the efforts of Independent Philosophy.

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

2:31 - Shower Notes

6:11 - What is Philosophy

11:21 - What is Independent Philosophy?

22:07 - The Fallacy of Prestige

25:38 - When Prestige Fails Us

33:03 - Have We Been Teaching Reading Incorrectly?

35:59 - The Replication Crisis

41:08 - Intellectual Paradigms

48:25 - What are the “Dark Ages”

53:43 - The True Source of Revolutions and Advancements

1:06:04 - Does Theory Get in the Way of Practice?

1:08:56 - Where Do We Go to Find Evidence?

1:12:40 - How to Measure Intelligence

1:19:07 - Measuring Progress Outside of Academia

1:21:38 - The Natural Philosophy Institute

1:26:07 - How to Connect with Steve’s Work

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Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

My Bachelor’s Degree Means Nothing: https://steve-patterson.com/a-bachelors-education/

Connect with Steve Patterson :

Website | https://steve-patterson.com

Books | https://steve-patterson.com/books/

Podcast | https://stevepatterson.substack.com/podcast

Connect with Hannah Frankman:

Twitter | https://twitter.com/HannahFrankman

RebelEducator | https://twitter.com/rebelEducator

Website | http://hannahfrankman.com

Follow along for conversations on education, lifestyle, personal development, and freedom. All in ardent pursuit of a life well lived.

Jon England is the Education Policy Analyst at Libertas Institute. He works to support micro school founders and school choice legislation, and is currently building an association that will allow micro school founders to tap into the economies of scales that public schools are able to leverage.

In this episode, expect to learn about John’s experience as a public school teacher and principal, the difficulties of innovation within the public education landscape, and why he was investigated and asked to step down for speaking about his values around gender and Covid policy. You’ll also learn about the work Jon is doing now at Libertas and why he’s so excited about the future of education.

This episode is sponsored by Primer Micro Schools

https://primer.com

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

1:19 - How John Got into Education

7:23 - The Covid School Policy

10:25 - A Gender Policy Comment that Started an Investigation

15:41 - Life as a Public School Principal

19:16 - The Roadblock to Change in the Public Education System

26:02 - Sponsor: Primer

27:03 - Micromanaging in the Public Education System (Medium)

32:02 - Rate of Change in Public Education

36:43 - Culture Wars Beginning in 2020

42:04 - How Jon Transitioned out of Public Education

47:01 - What Jon’s new Association is Aiming to do

50:03 - Making Profit as an Educator

53:34 - Biggest Challenges of Running a Micro School

59:04 - Jon’s Plan for Expansion

1:00:41 - How to Connect with Jon

1:01:40 - School Choice in Utah

1:07:29 - Lean More About the Association and Jon’s Work

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Connect with Jon England:

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://x.com/Principal_Jon

edinnovators.org

Libertas: https://libertas.org

Connect with Hannah Frankman:

Twitter | https://twitter.com/HannahFrankman

RebelEducator | https://twitter.com/rebelEducator

Website | http://hannahfrankman.com

Follow along for conversations on education, lifestyle, personal development, and freedom. All in ardent pursuit of a life well lived.

Dan Sanchez is a writer and Senior Fellow at FEE where he is the Director of Content and Editor. Dan and Hannah worked together at Praxis and ran the Cole Summers Fellowship together.

In this episode, expect to learn Dan’s journey becoming an intellectual outside of academia through his own studying and learning, his approach to developing fellowships and coaching programs inside of FEE and why he feels like writing is such an important mechanism to teach young people as a tool for thinking.

This episode is sponsored by John Galt Mortgage Company

https://www.johngaltmortgage.com

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

2:24 - How Dan Came to Be a Writer in the Liberty Movement

7:38 - Dan’s Time Working at a Science Museum

10:54 - Dan’s Time at UC Berkeley

14:07 - Cultivating a Love for Learning

16:55 - How Dan Found Himself Working at FEE

23:06 - Sponsor: John Galt Mortgage Company

24:04 - Dan And Hannah’s Work Together

25:49 - Designing Educational Programs

34:14 - Refining the Program

41:44 - Active Minds Program

49:44 - The Cole Summer’s Fellowship

57:13 - Why Did Dan Choose His Life Path?

1:04:05 - Why the Philosophy of Liberty?

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Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

Unschooled - Kerry McDonald

Don’t Tell Me I Can’t - Cole Summers

Connect with Dan Sanchez:

Twitter | https://x.com/dansanchezv

Connect with Hannah Frankman:

Twitter | https://twitter.com/HannahFrankman

RebelEducator | https://twitter.com/rebelEducator

Website | http://hannahfrankman.com

Follow along for conversations on education, lifestyle, personal development, and freedom. All in ardent pursuit of a life well lived.

Katelyn Donnelly is the founder and general partner of Avalanche VC, a venture capitalist firm that invests primarily in Ed Tech Companies.

Expect to learn what Ed Tech is and how it’s changing the education landscape, how Austin, TX has become a hub for education innovation, and Katelyn’s predictions about the future of the education market. You’ll also learn about Katelyn’s work with the government of Pakistan helping them roll out a voucher program that allow students to attend public and private schools.

This episode is sponsored by John Galt Mortgage Company

https://www.johngaltmortgage.com

Chapters:

0:00 - Katelyn Donnelly

3:18 - What is Venture Capital?

5:53 - When Does VC Make Sense?

9:06 - Why Katelyn Chose to Focus on Education

16:48 - Career Progression

22:06 - How Katelyn Became a VC

26:48 - The Genesis of Avalanche

29:35 - How Katelyn Chooses what to Invest In

34:07 - Sponsor: John Galt Mortgage Company

35:05 - Predictions About the Future of Education

39:22 - How to Make Education Work

44:51 - Education Technology

55:46 - The Importance of Early Childhood Education

1:02:10 - Katelyn’s Work in Pakistan

1:09:59 - How We Value Education

1:16:12 - Austin’s Place in Ed Tech

1:18:10 - Katelyn’s Advice for Start Ups

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Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

Zero to One - Peter Thiel

The Earlier the Better - Guidepost Montessori

Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson

Connect with Katelyn Donnelly:

Website | https://www.avalanche.vc

Email | [email protected]

Website | https://katelyndonnelly.com

Twitter | https://x.com/krdonnelly

Newsletter | https://obviouslythefuture.com

Connect with Hannah Frankman:

Twitter | https://twitter.com/HannahFrankman

RebelEducator | https://twitter.com/rebelEducator

Website | http://hannahfrankman.com

Follow along for conversations on education, lifestyle, personal development, and freedom. All in ardent pursuit of a life well lived.