Thoreau College Podcast

Episode 17 - Lene Rachel Andersen - The Nordic Secret and Global Bildung Lene Rachel Andersen expresses the importance of Bildung philosophy, describing its origins in 18th-century Denmark and impact on Scandinavian societies through to the present day. Lene Rachel...

Thoreau College Podcast

Episode 16 - Frank Eccher, Emily Drukman - Outer Coast College Jacob is joined by Frank and Emily of Outer Coast College to talk their story in Sitka, microcolleges, place-based education, and more.  Frank Eccher is the College Launch Lead at Outer Coast in...

Danielle Boerson

Danielle and her husband, Mat, own and operate Boerson Farm in Green Lake, WI. Danielle is on the podcast today to talk about her journey to becoming a regenerative farmer when she originally went into theater after high school. Danielle and Mat ended up traveling...

Smoke-Part 1- November 17, 2022

The essay "Smoke" by Catherine Young is a reaction to and experience of the wildfire ash that began to cover our Midwestern skies in the fall of 2020 against the background of having frown up in the smoke of the largest coal mining valley in the world.