Podcast Episodes

Ep 229 - Save Ringsfield Hall with Mell Harrison of Kinda Education

Season 2 Episode 229

A heartfelt conversation with Mell Harrison about Kinda Education’s plan to become the new custodians of Ringsfield Hall and bring a living school to life. We explore the vision, the sociocratic way …

Published on 10 hours ago

228 - Creating Play Taxonomies with Max Alexander

Season 2 Episode 228

In this calm, reflective conversation, Lewis and Wem sit down with play worker and artist Max Alexander of Play Radical to explore autistic play as a joyful, valid, and richly varied landscape. Max s…

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

Ep 227 - Inconvenient Resilience

Season 2 Episode 227

In this warm, idea-packed episode of The Forest School Podcast, Lewis and Wem move from personal updates to a deep dive on resilience. Using Looby McNamara’s Cultural Emergence and Chris Johnstone’s …

Published on 1 month ago

Ep 226 - Bog Fashion at Forest School with Nicole DeRushie

Season 2 Episode 226

In this warm and curious episode of The Forest School Podcast, Lewis and Gemma sit down with historian and fibre artist Nicole DeRushie to explore her new book, Bog Fashion: Recreating Bronze and Iro…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Ep 225 - What defines 'Ready for School'? w/ Dr Alistair Bryce-Clegg

Season 2 Episode 225

In this lively and wide-ranging episode of The Forest School Podcast, Lewis and Wem are joined by Dr Alistair Bryce-Clegg for a passionate conversation about early years education, authentic child de…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Ep 224 - Green Burials and Forest School Farewells w/ The Modern Mortician

Season 2 Episode 224

In this thought-provoking episode of The Forest School Podcast, Lewis speaks with Melissa, widely known as The Modern Mortician, to explore the deep intersections between death care, nature connectio…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ep 223 - Combating Ash Dieback w/Dr Richard Buggs from Kew Gardens

In this wonder-filled episode of The Forest School Podcast, Lewis and Wem speak with Dr Richard Buggs—geneticist at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and Queen Mary University London—about ash dieback, DNA…

Published on 2 months ago

Ep 222 - The Joys and Shapes of Autistic Play by Max Alexander

Season 2 Episode 222

In this warm and wonderfully meandering episode of The Forest School Podcast, Lewis and Wem dive into The Joys and Shapes of Autistic Play by Max Alexander. Nestled among tangents about shouting spar…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Ep 221 - Post-Humanism in the Woods: With Dr Jo Hume

Season 2 Episode 221

In this deep-dive episode of The Forest School Podcast, Lewis and Wem are joined by Dr Jo Hume to explore the rich and expanding world of Forest School research. Starting with nettle seeds and caffei…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Ep 220 - Is 'Leave No Trace' denying us a place in nature? with Danny English

Season 2 Episode 220

In this deep and meandering episode of The Forest School Podcast, Lewis, Wem, and storyteller Danny English explore the layered meanings behind the phrase “Leave No Trace.” What begins as a discussio…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago