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Is School Good? #7: Dan Walden

Episode Summary

Pete and Sparky welcome Dan Walden (@dwaldenwrites), freelance writer, educator, and Ph.D candidate in classical philology at the University of Michigan, to discuss his experience as a student at educationally-progressive private primary schools and universities, the positives and negatives of educational canons, and what features his ideal school has in common with a monastery.

Episode Notes

Pete and Sparky welcome Dan Walden (@dwaldenwrites), freelance writer, educator, and Ph.D candidate in classical philology at the University of Michigan, to discuss his experience as a student at educationally-progressive private primary schools and universities, the positives and negatives of educational canons, and what features his ideal school has in common with a monastery.


You can support Dan by buying him a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/danwalden.
 

Music in the Catholicism drop is "GREGORIAN CHANT DUBSTEP REMIX" by Andrea Falaschi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgHclJGCOPY

Music in the Roberto Unger drop is “Ex/DNBD” by techtheist; the song was released under a Creative Commons attribution license.


This episode was edited by Dan Thorn (@danieljtvthorn) of Pink Noise Studios in Somerville, MA, and it features theme music by Danny Bradley. If you liked the podcast, please consider supporting our investigations on our Patreon.