Self Directed
Self Directed - A guest based podcast on Life, Learning, and Raising Free Thinkers. Hosted by Cecilie and Jesper Conrad, full-time travellers since 2018 and parents to four.
Podcasting since 2023 • 154 episodes
Self Directed
Latest Episodes
Hannah Beach | The Importance of True Play in Children’s Development
Hannah Beach explains why true play and “void moments” are essential for healthy child development. She describes void moments as unstructured, unstimulated time where children are not directed, entertained, or managed, and shows how these mome...
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Episode 149
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1:01:59
Jeppe Trolle Linnet | Men, Vulnerability, and Masculinity in Transition
Anthropologist Jeppe Trolle Linnet explains how men’s fear of vulnerability is shaped by dominance, shame, and competition, drawing on years of work with men’s groups and recent field research in Greenland. He describes why men struggle to shar...
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Episode 148
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51:42
Victoria Lenormand | From Detective To Unschooling Advocate
Ex-detective turned homeschooler Victoria Lenormand describes leaving a policing career as it shifted from service to force and recognizing the same pattern in her son’s early schooling. In this conversation, she explains how grading, la...
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Episode 147
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52:56
Nicklas Bergman | How to Stay Sceptical in an Algorithmic World
Nicklas Bergman is a deep-tech investor and technology explorer who focuses on how new tools shape everyday life rather than predicting distant futures. The episode examines AI, social media, and regulation through concrete examples from work, ...
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Episode 146
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Susan Yao | From Teacher to Unschooler
Susan Yao is an educator, school founder, and advocate of self-directed learning. She previously served as Middle School Head at Friends Academy in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, following more than a decade of teaching. She co-founded the Vermont V...
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Season 1
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Episode 145
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