Podcast Episodes

RAR #269 – A Vacation for Your Homeschooling Heart

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Summer break . . . It’s often not much of a break, right?

Even if you find yourself with a little less on your plate, anxiety and second-guessing have a way of filling …

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

RAR #268 Advice to Young (And Young at Heart) Creatives

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Have you ever read a book and thought, “Wow, how did the author do that?!” 

Or maybe you’d love to sit down with your favorite author and pick their brain about their w…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

RAR #267: A Conversation About Belovedness with Emily Wilson Hussem

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If you’ve been around the Read-Aloud Revival for a minute, you might know that C. S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters is one of my all-time favorite books. 

It’s the book …

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

RAR #266 How to Do Shakespeare (and Actually Enjoy It)

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On the last episode of the Read-Aloud Revival, we talked about why Shakespeare is not a school subject. I hope we were able to convince you!

But if we know that Shakesp…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

RAR #265 Shakespeare Is Not a School Subject

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When most of us hear the name “Shakespeare,” we probably think back to a high school classroom, fluorescent lights buzzing overhead, while we struggled through Romeo a…

Published on 6 months ago

RAR #264: How to Read Classics (and Actually Enjoy Them)

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Why should we read the classics? 

So many of us want to read and enjoy them, but we don’t want to spend our precious free time feeling like we’re incompetent because we…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

RAR #263: Growing in Confidence as a Homeschool Mama with the RAR Team

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In this episode, RAR Community Manager Kelsey Murphy and I sat down to tackle some of your listener questions. 

We put our heads together to answer questions about love…

Published on 7 months ago

RAR #262: Every Question Is a Doorway, with Jonathan Auxier

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Today, one of my very favorite authors returns to Read-Aloud Revival. 

You know him as the author of Sweep, The Night Gardener, the Peter Nimble series, and The Fabled …

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

RAR #261: Why the Modern Myths of Tolkien & Lewis Feel So True

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One of my favorite reads of 2024 was The Myth Makers by John Hendrix.

This gorgeous graphic novel tells the story of the remarkable friendship of C. S. Lewis and J.R.R.…

Published on 8 months ago

RAR #260: The Woman Behind Narnia’s Iconic Illustrations

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What comes to mind when you think of C. S. Lewis’s Narnia and J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?

There’s a good chance a lot of us are seeing very similar pictures…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago