Episode Details

River and Terran Greenfield are my twin 12 year old sons. They are unschooled, they are hyper-creative, they can survive in the wilderness with a knife, backpack and wool blanket, they know more kitchen and cooking tricks than most adults (and have an amazing cooking podcast), and they are generally crushing life.

So in this very special episode, I put my twin boys in the podcasting hot seat to discuss life, creativity, cooking and healthy eating for kids, fitness, and much more.

During our discussion, you'll discover: -Best breakfast to crush the day.. 4:40

• Fresh-baked sourdough bread w/ jam and butter
• Eggs and bacon
• Smoothies made w/ Organifi
• Florida Cells French restaurant in N. Idaho

-How to tell River and Terran apart, especially on audio...6:50 -Books River and Terran like to read.. 8:15

• Graphic novels (novel illustrated in comic book style)
  • Wings of Fire
  • Asterisk
  • Graveyard by Neil Gaiman
• The Hero's Journey by
• The Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler
• Graphic novels always contain a distinct style in the artwork
• The Lost Language of Plants (television destroyed dreaming)
• Almanac of Naval Ravikant

-Unschooling and becoming self-directed learners.. 19:04

• Essay by Naval Ravikant Ben mentions on the 5 core skills needed for life
  • Reading
  • Writing (long form)
  • Logic and/or computer programming
  • Arithmetic
  • Rhetoric/persuasion
• The Almanac of Charlie Munger
• Mathnasium program River and Terran use for their schooling
• Unschooling allows learning how the world works alongside the subjects being learned (math, logic, etc.)
• Advantages of AI and robots outweigh the negatives (skills becoming obsolete)
• Rhetoric game
• Tell 'em what you're gonna tell 'em; then tell 'em; then tell 'em what you told 'em

-A typical evening in the Greenfield home.. 35:00

• Board/card games
  • Quibbler
  • Web of Spies
  • Telestrations
  • Boggle
  • Scattergories
  • Scrabble
• BGF podcast w/ James Altucher on game theory

-An average day for River and Terran.. 37:35

• Feed rabbits, play a game, play piano, workout, shoot bow
• More scheduled or structured play/learning til 3-5 pm
• Is life school, or is school life?
• BGF podcast on unschooling
• Journal on daily activities
• St. Andrews College in Moscow, ID
• Liberal arts studies is a good way to get a well-rounded education

-Favorites things River and Terran do for their fitness.. 44:30

• Make up own workouts; workouts w/ dad give more motivation
• Animal Movements by Darrell Edwards
• Irwin Lecour movement fitness
• Sandbags, kettlebells
• Exercise is more than workouts, gyms; movement throughout the day
• Breathwork:
  • 4 in, 8 out promotes parasympathetic nervous system
  • SOMA breathwork course
  • BGF article on the SOMA course
  • Far better for stress control than pill popping
• BGF podcast w/ Niraj Naik, the Renegade Pharmacist
• Fish oil supplement
• Restore for gut health
• Glutathione supplement
• Limit screen time

-River and Terran's diet tips.. 50:45

• Breakfast: natural eggs and meat
• Lunch: Sandwiches w/ mom's sourdough bread
• Wild Planet fish
• Pickles, lettuce, arugula in the sandwiches
• Walnuts, raisins for snacks
• Sesame seed rice cr