Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
Episodes
SS #72: The Grammar of Grammar (with Kevin Clark!)
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest on the show this time is Dr. Kevin Clark. Kevin is the founder of The Ecclesial Schools Initiative, an organization that's partnering with l...
SS #71: Homeschoolers Militant (with Andrew Pudewa!!)
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode was recorded BEFORE the demise of 2020, before quaratines, lockdowns, and economic tragedies. We cut a couple things that no longer ma...
SS #70: Arguing About Words (The Episode Formerly Known as the Bonus Episode)
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We've been promising you a bonus episode for a while and today is the day! The only thing is, Abby made us do a Scholé Everyday, and then we talked t...
SS #69: Socratic Trialogue (with Renee Shepard!)
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our special guest today is Renee Shepard. Renee has been married for 14 years. She and her husband, who were both homeschooled, are now homeschooling ...
SS #68: Make Classical Education Scholé Again
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Mystie, Abby, and Brandy take on the trials and tribulations of classical homeschooling. The three of them talk solutions to rescu...
SS #67 Death by Sticker Chart (with Karen Glass!)
06 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our special guest today is one of our favorite people, Karen Glass! Karen Glass has been homeschooling her children for 25 years, and she's not quite ...
SS #66: A Faculty of Friends
21 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Brandy, Mystie, Pam, and Abby discuss the "faculty of friends" concept presented by Ravi Jain and Kevin Clark in the new revised e...
SS #65: Falling in Love with Shakespeare (with Kelly Cumbee!)
07 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest on the show today is Kelly Cumbee. Brandy and Mystie have known Kelly for over a decade because she was a participant in the old online book...
SS #64: How Christmas is Like a Funeral
06 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we present our annual Christmas episode! We're using Josef Pieper's book In Tune with the World to discuss festivity, Christmas, and, of course...
SS #63: Who's Your Daddy?
22 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Mystie and Brandy dig deeply into the four types of reading explained by AG Sertillanges in his wonderful book The Intellectual L...
SS #62: The Scholé Sisters Go Liberal (with Ravi Jain!)
08 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We're thrilled to have Ravi Jain back on the show today. Obviously, Ravi is co-author of the fabulous book, The Liberal Arts Tradition, but here's a ...
SS #61: Have Your Humble Pie ... and Eat It, Too!
25 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode was recorded live at the beach house while Brandy, Mystie, and Pam were at the fall retreat! The sound quality is a little less than u...
SS #60: History as a Center Cannot Hold (with Angelina Stanford!)
11 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest today is the lovely and delightfully controversial Angelina Stanford. Angelina has an Honors Baccalaureate Degree and a Master's Degree in E...
SS #59: Scholé Sisters Group Therapy
27 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Brandy, Pam, and Mystie get real about Scholé Sisters groups. First, they talk about Pam's Scholé Salon, specifically what they'...
SS #58: Scholé is Diffuse (with Ashley Woleben)
13 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Brandy and Mystie discuss so many good things with special guest Ashley Woleben — what scholé is and how it relates to what the...
SS #57: Heroes First! (with Wendi Capehart)
30 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It was something Wendi Capehart said at AmblesideOnline Camp during her talk that inspired this conversation. Mystie and Brandy are discussing why sta...
SS #56: A Time to Laugh
26 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We are pleased to have Cindy Rollins back on the show today. Cindy homeschooled her nine children for over 30 years. She is co-host with Angelina Stan...
SS #55: Make Your Retreat a Treat!
12 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Mystie and Brandy are talking all things Scholé Sisters fall retreat planning with Jenn Discher and Danielle Cyrus. Jenn and Dani...
SS #54: Gainsaying Sayers
24 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Mystie, Pam, and Brandy finish up their conversation about Dorothy Sayers' essay, The Lost Tools of Learning, which began in Episo...
SS #53: You've Got a Friend in Me
10 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Mystie and Brandy use part of CS Lewis' book The Four Loves to discuss friendship – how Lewis defines it, if we womenfolk are ca...
SS #52: Philosophy for Mommies (with Eric Hall!)
26 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Hall is back on the show with us today. We had rave reviews when he appeared in Episode 29 called I'm Not the Holy Spirit. So many of you wanted ...
SS #51: Unschool to ClassiCOOL (with Amanda Gauthier-Parker!)
12 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest on the show is Amanda Gauthier-Parker. Amanda is as a Christian, a wife, a mother, and a homeschooler. Her journey from John Holt unschoolin...
SS #50: A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action (with Abby Wahl!)
29 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a fantastic conversation we had with Abby Wahl in which we jump off of Neil Postman's thoughts on the need to not just take in informa...
SS #49: The Sisters on Sayers — Not the Podcast You Expected
15 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first of two episodes in which the Sisters say things about Dorothy Sayers -- specifically, they say things about her famous essay, The Lo...
SS #48: Someone Stole My Socrates!
01 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, Brandy and Mystie discuss the Socratic Method. Is it really classical? Is it progressive? Does it have anything to do with Socrates? Has...
SS #47: Rightly Dividing (with Karen Glass!!)
15 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mystie and Brandy are glad to have Karen Glass back on the show to help us kick off Season 8. Karen is the author of Consider This: Charlotte Mason an...
SS #46: What the Dickens?
07 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode features a discussion of Charles Dickens' famous story A Christmas Carol, which is Brandy's FAVORITE Christmas story. Naturally, Mysti...
SS #45: Need Scholé? Just Add Joy!
16 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
If you have ever smelled smoke at your house and wondered if you were starting to burn out at this homeschooling thing, this episode is for you. Brand...
SS #44: Prioritizing Words (with Angelina Stanford!)
02 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest today is Angelina Stanford! Angelina Stanford has a Master's degree in English literature and has been teaching, writing, speaking, and trai...
SS #43: Forgotten Classics (with Martin Cothran!)
19 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mystie and Brandy talk with Martin Cothran from Memoria Press. Martin is known for (among other things) his knowledge of forgotten cl...
SS #42: Carpe Librum (Seize the Booklist)
21 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
If you were bummed that you were unable to attend the Scholé Sisters session at GHC in Cincinatti, and then extra disappointed we were unable to offe...
SS #41: Living Books Are Books for Life
07 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Brandy, Mystie, and Pam kick off Season 7 of Scholé Sisters with a discussion about living books. What are they, what is their signi...
SS #40: Moms: Learn and Grow! (Part II -- with Cindy Rollins!)
07 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this special bonus summer season episode, the Scholé Sisters meet up with Cindy Rollins for a special, 2-part podcast. Catch the first part over o...
SS #39: Plan an Amazing Local Retreat (with Brittany Lindvall)
20 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our special 2-episode summer season of Scholé Sisters!! (Try saying that three times fast!) Today, we're chatting with Brittany Lindvall,...
SS #38: An Education by Any Other Name...
25 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Mystie, Pam, and Brandy discuss the power of educational metaphors – are we using the right images to picture our homeschools? M...
SS #37: Livin' La Vida Latin (with Angela Reed!)
11 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Brandy is talking at length about Latin today with Angela Reed. Angela is a homeschooling mother of 5 in the Sunshine State of Florida. A former clas...
SS #36: Is Scholé for Everyone?
27 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Brandy, Pam, and Mystie raise the question of whether scholé is for everyone. Or is it just for the bookish and more academic? T...
SS #EP 35: Twaddlicious!
13 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, Mystie, Pam, and Brandy have a rousing discussion on the subject of twaddle. What is it? What isn't it? Is it ever acceptable? So...
SS #34: Bling Your Pre-Reading with a Notebook Makeover (with Celeste Cruz)
27 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest today is Celeste Cruz. Celeste is the Catholic homeschooling mother of nine children ages 11 and under, blogger at Joyous Lessons, and one o...
SS #33: Narration: The Act of Knowing (with Karen Glass!)
09 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Brandy is pleased to have Karen Glass back on the show today. Karen is the author of Consider This: Charlotte Mason and the Classical Tradition, she's...
SS #32: Paideia Is All Greek to Me
23 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Mystie Winckler and Brandy Vencel discuss Werner Jaeger's introduction to his three-volume series, what Paideia: The Ideals of Gre...
SS #31: Being Impervious: Now it's [Not] Personal (with Cindy Rollins!)
09 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to SEASON FIVE of Scholé Sisters! Mystie and Brandy are kicking this season off right with the one and only Cindy Rollins. Today's discussion...
SS #30: Putting the Merry Back in Christmas
08 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today, the Scholé Sisters get real about Christmas. Mystie says we can be classical not just in our approach to education, but also in our approach t...
SP #02: Leading Well (You Had Questions, We Had Answers)
17 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a something of a bonus for those of you who attended our Leading Well retreat this past summer. If you DIDN'T attend the retreat, we t...
SS #29: Educating for Virtue: I'm Not the Holy Spirit (with Eric Hall!)
03 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever tried to sort out the tension between God's grace and our pursuit of virtue? Is virtue ultimately a free gift of grace? And, if so, how ...
SS #28: Education is a Life
20 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The third and final episode in our series on education as an atmosphere, a discipline, and a life, today's discussion is all about LIFE. What is meant...
SS #27: Education is a Discipline
06 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, and a life." Today, in the second of our three-part series, we're discussing education as a discipline. Wha...
SS #26: Education is an Atmosphere
22 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we kick off a series of three episodes that were recorded live online with some of our Forum members. This series is organized around Charlotte...
SS #25: To Pre-Read or Not to Pre-Read (Why Is It Even a Question?)
08 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode was recorded when we had the joy of all being together in the same room (along with our friend, Dawn Garrett) for the Scholé Sisters ...
SS #24: The Late Great Memory Debate
25 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This summer, we shared an article from The Atlantic on memorization, and WOW did the discussion explode on Facebook! We couldn't help chatting about i...
Special SP 01: Leveraging Summer for Success
07 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Mystie, Pam, and Brandy are chatting about summer. Instead of letting summer slowly slip through our fingers, we can leverage summer and set ou...
SS #23: The Nitty-Gritty Guide to Homeschooling High School Boys (with Cindy Rollins!)
19 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In her book Mere Motherhood, Cindy Rollins made the passing comment that she was not as big of a fan of homeschooling high school boys as she had been...
SS #22: Don't Lose That Lovin' Feelin'
28 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For today's episode, Pam, Mystie, and Brandy had quite the discussion surrounding the idea of interest and being interested – what does it mean, are...
SS #21: Amusing Ourselves to Leisure
31 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Mystie and Brandy discuss amusement and entertainment. Does our commitment to scholé mean that there's no room in life for thing...
SS #20: Mothers, Don't Let Your Methods Grow up to Be Systems (with Karen Glass!)
17 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We are thrilled to have our friend Karen Glass on the show today. Karen is the author of Consider This: Charlotte Mason and the Classical Tradition, a...
SS #19: The Intersection of Effortlessness and Hard Work (with Dr. Christopher Perrin!)
03 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest on today's show is none other than Dr. Christopher Perrin from Classical Academic Press! Dr. Perrin is an author, consultant and speaker, wh...
SS #18: The Low-Down on Narration
17 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Brandy, Mystie, and Pam have a conversation that gives you the low-down on narration. It's not so much about the how as it is abou...
SS #17: Give Your Homeschool a Personality Check
03 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We're back!!!! That's right! Today we're kicking off Season 3. Make sure you go to the show notes at scholesisters.com/ss17 and download the 1-page r...
SS #16: Don't Be the White Witch
02 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In spite of empty platitudes and trite sayings, we get -- philosophically speaking -- to the bottom of Christmas, after all. How does all the work of ...
SS #15: Thankfully Classical
18 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's show is all about thankfulness and Brandy is extremely thankful for Mystie. You see, we had recorded a different episode, but the recording ha...
SS #14: Reading Pagan Literature with Highly Resistant Children (with Wes Callihan!)
04 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Brandy's guest today is the one and only Wes Callihan and she is thrilled! If you can believe it, she got through the entire interview without actin...
SS #13: Learning Styles Are Bunk
21 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On today's show, Pam and Brandy discuss learning styles and the fact that there is no scientific evidence whatsoever to back them up. (Obviously, Pam...
SS #12: Close Encounters of the Other Kind
07 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest today is Kathy Wickward, former homeschool mom (she's graduated, folks!), one of the founders of CM West, and one of the masterminds behind ...
SS #11: Will the REAL Multum Non Multa Please Stand Up?
23 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On today's show, Mystie and Brandy discuss the ancient Latin motto multum non multa – meaning, much not many. Applied to education, and somehow mis...
SS #10: Which Comes First? The Principles or the Practical?
09 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's show is our version of the which-came-first-the-chicken-or-the-egg dilemma. In this case, though, it's which comes first – the principles or...
SS #09: Find the Right Scholé for Your Type
26 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back! We are so excited to have you with us today for our first episode of Season 2! In this episode, Mystie and Brandy explore the relations...
SS #08: Making the Most of Summer with Habits and Virtue
13 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Mystie and Brandy use Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics to discuss the connection between habits and virtue, and then proceed to con...
SS #07: Virtual Scholé Sisters Groups and Technology Tools
22 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Brandy discusses virtual Scholé Sisters groups and technology tools with Amber Vanderpol. What happens when you live in an isola...
SS #05: Balancing Work and Wonder
25 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Pam and Brandy have a great conversation with Ravi Jain, co-author of The Liberal Arts Tradition, on the subject of balancing work...
SS #04: We Dare You to Read the Classics
11 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Mystie and Brandy are daring you to be brave and read a classic, even if you don't feel like you're qualified. We tackle questions like why we ...
SS #03: The Wonder-Based Classical Co-op
26 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Pam is not only Brandy's co-host, she's also the guest this time around. That's because Brandy really wanted to hear more about her classical co-op an...
SS #02: What's Love Got to Do with It?
12 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is a conversation about the connection between love and learning. Is it important that our students love their subjects? Is it importa...
SS #01: Preventing Burnout Through Levity
05 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
February is often called Homeschool Mom Burnout Month, which is only sort of a joke. The main thing we're discussing today is the idea that levity –...
SS #00: Welcome to Scholé Sisters!
24 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
An introductory episode, naturally, needs to cover all the basics. In this episode, we start by introducing ourselves. Then, we discuss the word scho...