# see show notes (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover see show notes. Page: Feed: --- ## [#377 What Are Living Books? (And Why I Love Them)](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calledtohomeschool/episodes/377-What-Are-Living-Books--And-Why-I-Love-Them-e3n9mo3) _2026-08-12 · Meg Thomas · Called To Homeschool_ Have you ever wondered what homeschoolers mean when they talk about "living books"? In this episode, I'll explain what living books are, why Charlotte Mason believed they were so important, and how they've completely changed the way I think about education. I'll also share some of my favorite historical fiction and nonfiction living books to help you get started and hopefully inspire your own love… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/9c98e44/podcast/play/124098755/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-11%2F429671110-44100-2-466a75bee5269.mp3) ## [#376 My Homeschool Schedule for 2026-2027](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calledtohomeschool/episodes/376-My-Homeschool-Schedule-for-2026-2027-e3mm40s) _2026-08-05 · Meg Thomas · Called To Homeschool_ Curious what our homeschool year will look like? In this episode, I'm giving you a behind-the-scenes look at exactly how we're planning our 2026–2027 homeschool year. If you're looking for ideas, encouragement, or just want to see what works for our family, you won't want to miss this episode! [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/9c98e44/podcast/play/123456988/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-28%2F428800553-44100-2-2b59053a5b5b.mp3) ## [EP 147 - Understanding Gambling Disorder and How Social Workers Can Help](https://naswsocialworktalks.libsyn.com/ep-147-understanding-gambling-disorder-and-how-social-workers-can-help) _2026-08-03 · NASW Social Work Talks_ As sports betting, online gambling, and prediction market apps continue to grow, so does the risk of increased gambling addiction. In this episode of Social Work Talks, experts from the University of Maryland School of Social Work and its Center for Excellence on Problem Gambling discuss the warning signs of problem gambling, what drives gambling behavior, and how social workers can help through… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/naswsocialworktalks/SWT_E147.mp3?dest-id=642274) ## [#375 How to Stay Confident in Your Homeschool Decision (Even When Others Question It)](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calledtohomeschool/episodes/375-How-to-Stay-Confident-in-Your-Homeschool-Decision-Even-When-Others-Question-It-e3m3gns) _2026-07-29 · Meg Thomas · Called To Homeschool_ Have you ever found yourself second-guessing your homeschool because of someone else's opinion? Maybe a family member questions your decision, your child mentions wanting to go to school, or another homeschool family decides to enroll their kids in public school. Suddenly, you're wondering if you're doing the right thing. In this episode, I'm sharing how to build real confidence as a homeschool… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/9c98e44/podcast/play/122847420/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-14%2F427975228-44100-2-eadf751edef9e.mp3) ## [#374 Is It Too Late to Rebuild Your Relationship with Your Teen?](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calledtohomeschool/episodes/374-Is-It-Too-Late-to-Rebuild-Your-Relationship-with-Your-Teen-e3lpvo6) _2026-07-22 · Meg Thomas · Called To Homeschool_ Is it too late to rebuild your relationship with your teen? No. If your teen is pulling away, listening more to friends than family, or making choices that worry you, don't lose hope. In this week's podcast, we talk about: ❤️ Letting go of guilt. ❤️ The power of apologizing. ❤️ Why connection creates more influence than control. ❤️ Simple ways to rebuild trust and strengthen your relationship. You… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/9c98e44/podcast/play/122535110/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-8%2F427557061-44100-2-5b6ae26d0639e.mp3) ## [EP 146 - Anime and Adolescent Wellness: Using Modern Media to Build Rapport and Assess Sexual Risk](https://naswsocialworktalks.libsyn.com/ep-146-anime-and-adolescent-wellness-using-modern-media-to-build-rapport-and-assess-sexual-risk) _2026-07-15 · NASW Social Work Talks_ Anime is often viewed as harmless entertainment, but some content can include explicit sexual themes that influence adolescent development and mental health. In this episode, we explore with our guest Jermaine Wall, LCSW-S, owner of Crescent Counseling why social workers and mental health professionals should consider digital media use as part of assessment and treatment planning. Listen now and… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/naswsocialworktalks/SWT_E146.mp3?dest-id=642274) ## [#373 When Your Husband Isn't Supportive of Homeschooling](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calledtohomeschool/episodes/373-When-Your-Husband-Isnt-Supportive-of-Homeschooling-e3lpr7p) _2026-07-15 · Meg Thomas · Called To Homeschool_ Does it ever feel like you and your husband aren't on the same page about homeschooling? You're not alone. In this week's episode, we're talking about how to navigate those conversations without becoming defensive or creating more conflict. We'll cover: ✔️ Why many husbands suggest putting the kids back in school. ✔️ How to share your desires instead of complaining. ✔️ What to do when he wants a… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/9c98e44/podcast/play/122530489/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-7%2F427550633-44100-2-ed3d88b23d22e.mp3) ## [#372 Homeschooling a Toddler? Start Here.](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calledtohomeschool/episodes/372-Homeschooling-a-Toddler--Start-Here-e3lgcfi) _2026-07-08 · Meg Thomas · Called To Homeschool_ When should you start homeschooling a toddler?One of the biggest misconceptions about homeschooling is that it starts with curriculum.It doesn't.At 18 months old, your child doesn't need worksheets or a structured school day. They need you.Read together. Go on nature walks. Let them help you cook, clean, and do life alongside you. Build good habits. Foster curiosity. Fill their days with books,… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/9c98e44/podcast/play/122220466/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-30%2F427133096-44100-2-d98e11f6d8ee8.mp3) ## [#371 How to Declutter Your Homeschool Curriculum (Without Regret)](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calledtohomeschool/episodes/371-How-to-Declutter-Your-Homeschool-Curriculum-Without-Regret-e3l6s6r) _2026-07-01 · Meg Thomas · Called To Homeschool_ Is your homeschool room overflowing with books, curriculum, and supplies? In this episode, I answer a listener's question about how to declutter your homeschool curriculum without regret. We'll talk about what to keep, what to let go of, and why the goal isn't to collect curriculum—it's to educate your children. If your homeschool space is feeling overwhelming, this episode will help you create a… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/9c98e44/podcast/play/121908891/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-23%2F426715337-44100-2-92e6b624e91c8.mp3) ## [#370 Don't Make Homeschool Decisions Out of Fear](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calledtohomeschool/episodes/370-Dont-Make-Homeschool-Decisions-Out-of-Fear-e3ksthb) _2026-06-24 · Meg Thomas · Called To Homeschool_ A mom wrote in asking whether she should send her 4-year-old to preschool during a difficult season of life, even though she wants to homeschool. As we unpack her question, we discover that the real issue isn't preschool—it's fear. Fear of making the wrong decision. Fear of difficult seasons. Fear of what might happen in the future. In this episode, I share why fear is terrible at making… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/9c98e44/podcast/play/121582571/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-16%2F426280711-44100-2-58afc16a5815f.mp3) ## [AI News Summaries & Audio (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/0KPb1v6thluV) _2026-06-24 · **Sponsored**_ Tap an article for an AI summary and an audio briefing. ## [#369 Don't Build a Homeschool and Lose Your Marriage](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calledtohomeschool/episodes/369-Dont-Build-a-Homeschool-and-Lose-Your-Marriage-e3kivdq) _2026-06-17 · Meg Thomas · Called To Homeschool_ Let's talk about a relationship that often gets overlooked during the homeschool years—your marriage. In this episode, I'm sharing lessons from The Empowered Wife by Laura Doyle and discussing self-care, respect, gratitude, vulnerability, and why you only need one person to start creating positive change in a relationship. Because homeschooling is temporary. Your marriage is forever. [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/9c98e44/podcast/play/121256826/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-10%2F425846016-44100-2-a8872b5f18c89.mp3) ## [#368 How to Be More Consistent in Your Homeschool (Even When You Don't Feel Motivated)](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calledtohomeschool/episodes/368-How-to-Be-More-Consistent-in-Your-Homeschool-Even-When-You-Dont-Feel-Motivated-e3k8ok7) _2026-06-10 · Meg Thomas · Called To Homeschool_ Do you ever feel motivated one week and completely off track the next? In this episode, I answer a question from a homeschool mom of three (with baby #4 on the way!) who wants to create more consistency in her homeschool. We talk about time management, routines, motivation, building sustainable habits, and how to create a homeschool that works even during busy seasons of life. If you've ever… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/9c98e44/podcast/play/120922183/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-2%2F425397815-44100-2-d950a477d28b6.mp3) ## [EP 145 - Destigmatizing and Advocating for Communities Affected by Mental Illness](https://naswsocialworktalks.libsyn.com/ep-145-destigmatizing-and-advocating-for-communities-affected-by-mental-illness) _2026-06-05 · NASW Social Work Talks_ Social Work Talks sits down with NAMI New York State to discuss the growing need for stronger mental health advocacy, policy reform, and collaboration between social workers and individuals with lived experience. This episode explores efforts to address insurance prior authorizations, mental health care access, and the movement to recognize mental health as a constitutional right in New York… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/naswsocialworktalks/SWT_E145.mp3?dest-id=642274) ## [EP 144 - End False Confessions Amongst Youth](https://naswsocialworktalks.libsyn.com/ep-144-end-false-confessions-amongst-youth) _2026-05-29 · NASW Social Work Talks_ Representatives from the #Right2RemainSilent: Children's Early Access to Counsel campaign join Social Work Talks to discuss groundbreaking youth justice legislation aimed at protecting young people during police interrogations. The coalition, made up of more than 150 organizations across New York State, is advocating for passage of the Youth Interrogation Bill, which would require that anyone… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/naswsocialworktalks/EP144-SWT.mp3?dest-id=642274) ## [EP 143 - What Social Workers Need to Know About the Supreme Court's Decision in Chiles v. Salazar](https://naswsocialworktalks.libsyn.com/ep-143-what-social-workers-need-to-know-about-the-supreme-courts-decision-in-chiles-v-salazar) _2026-05-12 · NASW Social Work Talks_ In this episode of Social Work Talks, we break down the Supreme Court's ruling on conversion therapy bans, free speech, and the growing debate around "talk therapy." Our host NASW Member and Social Worker Lorrie Appleton sits down with our guest NASW Deputy General Counsel Ashlee Fox, JD, MSW, who leads the National Association of Social Workers Legal Defense Fund. Learn why many experts believe… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/naswsocialworktalks/SWT_E143.mp3?dest-id=642274) ## [EP 142 - Beyond Burnout: Understanding Moral Injury](https://naswsocialworktalks.libsyn.com/ep-142-beyond-burnout-understanding-moral-injury) _2026-04-14 · NASW Social Work Talks_ In this episode of Social Work Talks, we discuss Moral Injury and how it manifests in social work with Pari Thibodeau, PhD, LCSW. Pari is a licensed clinical social worker providing therapeutic interventions for adults coping with trauma at the Stress, Trauma, Adversity Research & Treatment Center at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Pari is also a doctorate-level social work… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/naswsocialworktalks/SWT_E142.mp3?dest-id=642274) ## 050 - Mickey Drexler. Creativity Is Everything, in Anything. _2026-04-09 · Business Artistry with Nir Hindie_ Millard "Mickey" S. Drexler built Gap into a cultural brand, launched Old Navy, led J.Crew, and now chairs Alex Mill. He also spent 16 years on Apple's board — and played a pivotal role in shaping the Apple Store as we know it today. But this conversation isn't about the résumé. It's about how Mickey thinks. He leads through taste, instinct, and an obsessive attention to what a customer actually… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1032724/episodes/18961810-050-mickey-drexler-creativity-is-everything-in-anything.mp3) ## [EP 141 - When a Therapist's Diagnosis is Not a Secret](https://naswsocialworktalks.libsyn.com/ep-141-when-a-therapists-diagnosis-is-not-a-secret) _2026-04-07 · NASW Social Work Talks_ In this powerful episode of Social Work Talks, host Elisabeth Joy LaMotte chats with psychotherapist, speaker, and author Rebecca Alexander for a deeply personal and inspiring conversation. Diagnosed in adolescence with retinitis pigmentosa—and later with Usher Syndrome, the leading genetic cause of combined blindness and deafness—Rebecca was told at a young age she would lose both her sight and… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/naswsocialworktalks/SWT_E141.mp3?dest-id=642274) ## [EP 140 - A Journey To Becoming a Social Worker and Social Justice Leader](https://naswsocialworktalks.libsyn.com/ep-140-a-journey-to-becoming-a-social-worker-and-social-justice-leader) _2026-03-31 · NASW Social Work Talks_ In the debut episode of the Power of Social Work Podcast , and as part of Social Work Talks Careers in Social Work Series, the NASW New York Chapter sits down with German Sanchez, MA, LCSW, RDT , Board President, alongside Policy Coordinators Amanda Rodriguez (Pressly), M.S. and Gideon Mosse . German shares his journey from military service in the Army National Guard to becoming a behavioral… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/naswsocialworktalks/SWT_E140.mp3?dest-id=642274) ## [EP 139 - What Every Social Worker Must Know About Motherhood, Stress, Alcohol Use and Practical Ways to Help](https://naswsocialworktalks.libsyn.com/ep-139-what-every-social-worker-must-know-about-motherhood-stress-alcohol-use-and-practical-ways-to-help) _2026-03-17 · NASW Social Work Talks_ Kelley Kitley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience. In this episode Kelley discusses, What Every Social Worker Must Know About Motherhood, Stress, Alcohol Use and Practical Ways to Help. She and our host, Makeeba Royal, NASW Senior Practice Associate for Behavioral Health, chat about the significance of viewing alcohol consumption and use from a different lens -- and… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/naswsocialworktalks/SWT_E139.mp3?dest-id=642274) ## [One OS for your AI workforce (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/9RhuoRzbqH5N) _2026-03-17 · **Sponsored**_ Build, direct, and supervise an AI workforce from a single operating workspace. ## 049 - Steve Hayden. Words That Move. _2026-03-12 · Business Artistry with Nir Hindie_ What does it take to create something that changes everything? In this episode, I sit down with Steve Hayden - the man who wrote the 1984 Apple commercial, still considered one of the greatest ads ever made. But this conversation goes far beyond that sixty seconds. We talk about where revolutionary ideas actually come from, what Steve Jobs was really like to work with, the disaster of 1985 that… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1032724/episodes/18768056-049-steve-hayden-words-that-move.mp3) ## [EP 138 - Social Workers, Investment Funds & Evictions](https://naswsocialworktalks.libsyn.com/ep-138-social-workers-investment-funds-evictions) _2026-03-10 · NASW Social Work Talks_ Joslyn Berndt founded the innovative CARES program in collaboration with the University of Texas Steve Hicks School of Social Work in 2017. In this new episode of Social Work Talks, we sit down with her to discuss the program, which houses social workers in an investment business and empowers them to foster productive and personalized landlord-resident communication, especially in times of crisis. [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/naswsocialworktalks/SWT_E138.mp3?dest-id=642274) ## 048 - Michael Naimark: What Artist-Explorers Know That Corporates Always Forget _2026-02-12 · Business Artistry with Nir Hindie_ What happens when an artist imagines the future decades before the rest of the world catches up? In this episode, Nir Hindie sits down with pioneering media artist and researcher Michael Naimark , whose work has shaped immersive and interactive media for more than forty years. If you’ve used Google Street View, you’ve seen the shadow of a project he helped create at MIT in the late 1970s: the… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1032724/episodes/18649365-048-michael-naimark-what-artist-explorers-know-that-corporates-always-forget.mp3) ## 047 - Julie Martin: Before Silicon Valley, There Was E.A.T. _2026-01-21 · Business Artistry with Nir Hindie_ This episode dives into one of the most overlooked turning points in modern innovation: the moment artists and engineers decided to build the future together. Julie Martin, co-director of E.A.T. (Experiments in Art and Technology), joins Nir Hindie for a deep exploration of the collaborations that shaped contemporary tech culture long before Silicon Valley existed. They unpack how the legendary… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1032724/episodes/18524189-047-julie-martin-before-silicon-valley-there-was-e-a-t.mp3)