Remember when your child loved school? They were excited to learn, happy to see their friends, and maybe even proud to wear that school uniform. Then middle school arrived, and suddenly everything changed. The homework is too hard. The rules are too strict. Other schools seem so much easier. And now your once-happy student is…
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What comes after high school? For many families, college seems like the natural next step. But what if a young adult isn’t quite sure where God is calling them? Sarah Northup, co-founder and Executive Director of Worldview Institute, joins Davies Owens to explore how families can approach this important transition with greater intentionality. From the…
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AI can write essays, solve problems, and produce polished work in seconds. But does that mean our children no longer need to learn how to do those things themselves? Andrew Pudewa, founder of the Institute for Excellence in Writing, joins Davies Owens to explore a question that goes far beyond classroom technology: What is education…
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What if becoming better educated isn’t always about learning more, but about unlearning some of what we already believe? Most parents today did not grow up with classical Christian education. We bring our own experiences of school with us, along with assumptions about grades, success, learning, authority, and what education is supposed to accomplish. Often,…
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Four hundred episodes. Nearly ten years. And a world that looks very different from the one in which BaseCamp Live began. For this milestone episode, Davies Owens steps to the other side of the microphone as his daughter, Hannah Brusven, takes over as host. Together they look back at the unlikely beginnings of BaseCamp Live,…
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Music is everywhere. We stream it in our cars, hear it in stores, and carry thousands of songs in our pockets. But in gaining nearly unlimited access to music, have we lost sight of what music is actually for? Dr. Eliot Grasso, musician, scholar, educator, and one of America’s leading performers of the Irish uilleann…
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Every story is shaping us. Movies, television, books, music, and digital media do more than entertain. They work on our imaginations, stir our affections, and quietly influence what we love, admire, fear, and desire. So how can Christian parents help their children engage culture thoughtfully without falling into either fearful rejection or uncritical consumption? Brett…
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Classical Christian education often talks about forming students to love what is true, good, and beautiful. But how does that formation actually happen? In this episode of BaseCamp Live, Davies Owens is joined by author, educator, and podcaster Heidi White to explore the formative power of stories. Heidi shares how literature shaped her own life…
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Modern education often trains students to absorb information, reproduce it on a test, and move on. But is that really learning? In this episode of BaseCamp Live, Davies Owens talks with Charley Dewberry, co-founder, Academic Dean, and tutor at Gutenberg College, about what it means to teach students to truly think. Drawing from his unusual…
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Young people today are surrounded by voices telling them to discover their own truth, define their own identity, and create their own purpose. But what happens when the foundation underneath those ideas keeps shifting? In this episode of BaseCamp Live, Davies Owens sits down with Joshua Weir, author of In Not Of: Firm Foundations for Life,…
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