The Home Grown Podcast

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Welcome to The Home Grown Podcast — a place where providers come together to share the mess, the mayhem, and the magic of family child care. So grab your coffee, take a deep breath, and settle in.

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Permission (or just us complaining a bit) 07.05.2026 18:17

Bethany and Melinda are over snow . . . but are they ready for mud?

Guess Who’s Back? 23.04.2026 33:38

Whoops, someone forgot to upload the episodes! Sorry about that! To make up for it, here is another conversation with Kisa Marx, author of We are Who We’re Waiting For and co-host of the podcast, Liberated Learning . Want to support the Early Child Nerdwork? Join us on Patreon

Talking with Kisa 02.04.2026 27:19

Bethany and Melinda have a conversation with Kisa Marx about a lot of things. Did you know you can support the hosting costs of The Early Childhood Nerdwork on Patreon, and get Discord access to talk nerdy with like-minded folks too? Find us here.

Hot Topic 26.03.2026 27:54

No, not the store. Stay tuned until the end for the cutest boy you’ve ever heard not know the lyrics to a song

Chickens and Cake 19.03.2026 43:03

In this episode of The Home Grown Podcast, Bethany and Melinda talk about a lot of things, including chickens and cake.

MUD!!!!!! 12.03.2026 28:32

Bethany and Melinda talk about mud and ask you to come fight with us, or not, it’s up to you

In which Bethany puts Melinda on the spot . . . 26.02.2026 34:22

In this episode Bethany admits that she started this podcast to ask Melinda one question.

Oh Wait, Melinda had More to Say 12.02.2026 24:32

Melinda and Bethany kept yapping after the recording stopped so they picked up the conversation of policies but talked more about messy play policies, maybe other things

Policies 05.02.2026 22:13

Melinda and Bethany yap about policies, want to hear more? Send us your questions on Facebook

We talk A LOT with Kisa Marx 30.01.2026 43:25

In this episode of The Home Grown Podcast, Bethany and Melinda are joined by the amazing Kisa Marx to talk about . . . well, everything.

Free to Be 22.01.2026 29:18

In this episode of The Home Grown Podcast, Bethany and Melinda talk about giving children the space to be who they are at this moment.

Be True to You 15.01.2026 28:46

On this episode of the Home Grown Podcast, Bethany and Melinda talk about staying true to your values as a family child care provider and Bethany has a deep insight at the end (along with many lingering pauses).

Isolation 08.01.2026 21:12

In this episode of The Home Grown Podcast Bethany and Melinda talk about how isolating family child care can be, even when you have staff.

Welcome to The Home Grown Podcast 01.01.2026 26:26

Join hosts Bethany Corrie and Melinda Marshall as they figure out how to have a conversation about working as family child care providers.