In this episode, Susan Wise Bauer and Susanna Jarrett respond to listener questions. We also asked listeners to send us their thoughts about things we should be talking about more in the home education community.

This episode has a video version! Check it out on YouTube!

Note: around 51:27, Susanna mentions this episode, about choosing the right online school.

In this episode, Susan Wise Bauer and Susanna Jarrett welcome Jose Vargas to the podcast to discuss the future of education in the wake of the AI revolution.

• (00:00) - Intro with Jose Vargas
• (02:42) - The onset of Generative AI
• (04:51) - Example uses of AI and the drawbacks
• (09:03) - The levels that Jose works with
• (10:56) - AI in animation
• (15:50) - The Student-Teacher dynamic (or lack thereof)
• (20:24) - What has changed for teachers and students
• (28:06) - Break
• (29:06) - Safeguards for final work
• (37:25) - What to know before kids hit freshman year of college
• (43:17) - Learning HOW it's happening
• (46:57) - Learning how to maintain your sovereignty over your work
• (51:09) - We could keep going!
• (53:18) - Outro

This week we're re-releasing one of our most popular episodes from last season - we'll be back to new episodes next week!

In this episode, Susan Wise Bauer and Susanna Jarrett interview Susan’s son, Chris Bauer, for the inside scoop on what it was like to be homeschooled by the author of The Well-Trained Mind.

• As promised, here is the "Daniel fingers!" blog post Chris mentions.
• At 50:53 Susan mentions her history growing up in a fundamentalist cult, for more on her story check out Season 1, Episode 1:
  Our Education Journeys, or Season 4, Episode 1: Honest Reflections on My Homeschool Experience w. Susan Wise Bauer

• (00:00) - Intro with Chris (Christopher) Bauer
• (01:25) - Chris was the test case
• (02:52) - Who is Chris?
• (09:45) - Chris' homeschool experience in 3 words | Consistent, flexible, and varied
• (10:30) - Earliest homeschool memories
• (16:23) - Typical homeschool days
• (23:51) - Susan invites negativity
• (27:07) - The rest of Chris' homeschool day
• (30:19) - Break
• (30:21) - Chris' biggest challenges
• (34:05) - How homeschooling shaped Chris' life
• (39:17) - Beta testing WTM
• (45:32) - What would Chris change?
• (47:00) - What Chris is passionate about
• (48:03) - Definite do and don't for Chris' hypothetical future children
• (52:04) - Outro