The Hannah Frankman Podcast

In this episode I’m speaking with Isaac Morehouse, the founder of Praxis. Praxis is a year-long startup apprenticeship program that helps young people land jobs to give them real-world business experience. Isaac is a rebellious advocate for bucking the system in all areas of live. In this episode, we talk about Isaac’s personal homeschooling experience, the way he chooses to educate his own childr...

This week we have Ste Lane on the podcast. Ste is a holistic health coach and the host of Radical Health Radio . Ste reached out to have me on his podcast about the relationship between the intersection of alternative education and alternative health, and I knew he needed to be a guest on my show. In this episode, we discuss how to raise whole humans who can thrive rather than just survive in the...

Tim Chermak is a marketing consultant, author, and speaker. He is the CEO of ⁠Platform , a digital marketing agency and software company that specializes in working with ambitious real estate agents. In today’s episode, we talk about Tim’s education, his experience hiring unconventionally educated people, and what he’s actually looking for when hiring talent. We also talk about entrepreneurship, T...

Michael Ellsberg is the author of The Education of Millionaires and The Last Safe Investment . As a writer, Michael is in a field that is quickly being subsumed by Artificial Intelligence and Michael has devoted a lot of his time thinking and writing about the implications of AI in the career and education landscapes. In this episode, we dive into some of the pressing questions around the future o...

Today I’m talking to Audrey Wisch. Audrey was a traditionally educated, classic straight-A student who eventually got into Stanford for her undergrad education. During covid, she started Curious Cardinals, a “side-hustle” that quickly turned into a full fledged education business that led her to dropping out of college. In this episode we talk about how she has built her business, how she thinks a...

This week, I am speaking with Matt Bateman, a philosopher in residence and co-founder of Higher Ground Montessori, one of the largest networks of Montessori schools in the world. Matt was a former philosophy professor at universities, an expert in early childhood development, and has been working in the Montessori world for years. In this episode, we discuss the Montessori approach, its origins, a...

Today I’m speaking with Henrik Karlsson. Henrik is an essayist and the author of the popular Substack Escaping Flatland. In this episode, we talk about a couple of his essays surrounding education; about the phenomenon of popular education in Sweden, why it has worked, and what similar structures we have in the US. We also discuss his piece on the childhoods of exceptional people; the common trait...

Jennifer Sey is an American author, filmmaker, business executive and retired artistic gymnast. She was the 1986 USA Gymnastics National Champion, and a 7-time member of the U.S. Women’s National Team. Sey’s first memoir, "Chalked Up," was released in 2008 and detailed the coaching cruelty inflicted on children in the sport of gymnastics. She also produced the 2020 Emmy award-winning documentary f...

Michael Strong is one of the most experienced veterans of the alternative education movement. Michael has been building alternative schools for over 30 years. His projects include a public school program in which minority female students gained four years’ worth of critical thinking gains in four months (on the Watson-Glaser). He later went into Montessori secondary school program design at The Ju...

Jonny Anomaly was previously a lecturer at Duke University and the head of the Politics, Philosophy, and Economics Department at the University of Pennsylvania before leaving academia for good. He is currently the Academic Director of the Center for Philosophy, Politics, & Economics in Quito, Ecuador. Most of his recent writing focuses on exploring the social implications of emerging reproduct...

Michael Gibson is the cofounder of the venture capital fund 1517, which is devoted to backing dropouts and people who never stepped foot on a college campus. Before his academic apostasy, he was working towards a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Oxford. He has written on innovation and technology for MIT’s Technology Review, National Review, the Atlantic, and City Journal. In this epis...

Welcome to the Hannah Frankman Podcast! This week we have my friend Razib Khan on the podcast. Razib is a geneticist, writer, and currently works at the biotech firm,  ⁠Genrait⁠  as CXO. He has written for publications that include  ⁠The New York Times⁠ ,  ⁠City Journal⁠ ,  ⁠India Today⁠ ,  ⁠National Review⁠ ,  ⁠Slate⁠ ,  ⁠Unheard⁠ ,  ⁠Quillette⁠ ,  ⁠Nautilus⁠  &  ⁠The Guardian⁠ , on a broad r...

Connor Boyack is an author, speaker, and advocate for educational freedom. He is the founder and president of Libertas Institute , a public policy think tank in Utah, and is also the author of 40 books, including his new book Mediocrity and the popular Tuttle Twins series for children. Connor has been a leading voice in the homeschooling movement, working to reform laws and regulations to expand e...

David Perell is an educator, writer, and entrepreneur. He is the founder of the online writing school Write of Passage, where he teaches students to think, write, and communicate with clarity and impact. David is also the host of the North Star Podcast, where he interviews fascinating people and explores innovative ideas. Through his work, David has become a leading thinker on topics such as educa...

Ed Latimore is a retired professional heavyweight boxer, writer, and speaker. Ed has written several books, including "Not Caring What Other People Think Is a Superpower," and “Sober Letters to My Drunken Self”. Ed is prolific on Twitter, has a degree in physics, and is a competitive chess player... a true Renaissance Man. In this episode, we talk about Ed’s recent journey into fatherhoo...

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