A few slightly more notable appearances
- Rolf Potts (2025)
- Town & Country Magazine (2024) [sans paywall]
- New York Times (2020)
- The Green Parent (2019)
- Chris Guillebeau (2016)
- Psychology Today (2016)
- Christian Science Monitor (2016)
- BBC Travel (2013)
- USA Today (2013)
- New York Times (2012)
- Wired.com (2012)
Podcast, video, and radio appearances
- Zero to Travel (June 16, 2026)
- Nature Junkie Radio (June 6, 2026)
- Four Corners Art Forum – Durango Public Radio (May 19, 2026)
- BackpackingLight (May 1, 2026)
- Hiker Trash Radio Part One / Part Two (April 27, 2026)
- Outspoken (from Outschool) (March 2026)
- Trail Days Online (March 5-7, 2026)
- The Key to Connection (Feb 2026)
- Becoming Bilingual (Nov 2025)
- Self Directed (Aug 2025)
- Reskillience (Nov 2024)
- Microcollege (Apr 2024)
- This Golden Hour (Dec 2023)
- Self Directed (Dec 2023)
- Homeschooling with Dyslexia (Nov 2023 / recorded Aug 2021)
- CSH German-American Business Community (Dec 2022)
- Rogue Learner (March 2022)
- Radical Learning Talks (Jan 2022)
- Bravewriter (Nov 2021)
- InspirEd with Galileo (Nov 2021)
- When School’s Not Working (Aug 16, 2021)
- Reinventing School (June 22, 2021)
- Emergency Home Learning Summit (Nov 19, 2020)
- PrepTalks (Nov 11, 2020)
- Authors Who Lead (Oct 1, 2020)
- Ready to Redo (Sep 30, 2020)
- High School Hamster Wheel (Sep 19, 2020)
- Growth Mindset University (Aug 17, 2020)
- Raising Lifelong Learners (Aug 5, 2020)
- Leading Learning (July 21, 2020)
- Homeschool Coffee Break (July 9, 2020)
- KSQD Santa Cruz (July 6, 2020)
- Homeschool Global Summit keynote (July 3, 2020)
- StartEdUp (July 1, 2020)
- Sage Family (June 2, 2020)
- WRUU “Women on Top” radio (May 27, 2020)
- Honey, I’m Homeschooling the Kids (May 27, 2020)
- Zero to Travel (May 26, 2020)
- Tuf Love (May 21, 2020)
- Tilt Parenting (May 19, 2020)
- The Luminous Mind (May 19, 2020)
- We Turned Out Okay (May 19, 2020)
- Worldschooling Education Live (May 14, 2020)
- A Neighbor’s Choice (May 13, 2020)
- Interview with Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang (May 8, 2020)
- Disrupt Education (April 28, 2020)
- Super Power U (Nov 14, 2019)
- College Essay Guy podcast (Oct 4, 2019)
- Lars og Pål podcast (Sep 19, 2019)
- Honey, I’m Homeschooling the Kids podcast (Mar 22, 2019)
- Tilt Parenting podcast (Feb 26, 2019)
- AEROx Virtual Gathering (Feb 23, 2019)
- We Turned Out Okay podcast (Feb 6, 2019)
- School Sucks podcast (March 20, 2018) / part two
- NatChat podcast (Oct 26, 2017)
- Successful Dropout podcast (May 29, 2017)
- The World Wanderers podcast (Dec 1, 2016)
- Driven 2 Educate podcast (Nov 24, 2016)
- Raising Rebellion podcast (Nov 13, 2016)
- Zero to Travel podcast (Oct 13, 2016)
- The Luminous Mind podcast (Mar 23, 2016)
- We Turned Out Okay podcast (Dec 14, 2015)
- Isaac Morehouse podcast (July 20, 2015) – a favorite of mine
- Unschooling webinar with The Optimist(June 24, 2015)
- Meet Education Project podcast (February 20, 2015)
- The Unschooling Life podcast (December 9, 2014)
- Interview with Carlos Miceli – Is Traditional Education for You? (Feb 25, 2014)
- Wall Street Journal “Digits” – How to Get Strangers to Pay for Your Travel (Dec 18, 2013)
- Ask Howie podcast interview: Does School Kill Entrepreneurship? (May 16, 2013)
- Minnesota Public Radio (Dec 28th, 2012)
- Future of Education podcast (Oct 11, 2012)
- Reason TV (Oct 7, 2012)
- Imus in the Morning (Sep 17, 2012)
- Moneywise Guys Radio Show – Bakersfield, CA (Sep 13, 2012)
- KPCC 89.3 (Southern California NPR) (July 5, 2012)
- WFAE “Charlotte Talks” radio program (audio) (May 10, 2012)
- Whatever Whatever Amen podcast (March 7, 2012)
- Ignite Asheville (1st place!) (February 21, 2012)
- Unschooler.com podcast interview (and follow-up) (April 18, 2011)
- TEDx (Nov 20, 2010 in Palo Alto, CA)
- Roy Green Show radio interview (October 25, 2009)
- Dave Rutherford Show radio interview — 750,000 listeners in Canada (October 22, 2009)
Conference presentations
- Keynote + parent workshops @ Davidson Institute Summit in Reno, NV (June 26-28, 2026)
- Gap Year Association Conference (May 22, 2023, in Missoula, MT)
- Home and Hybrid Education Conference (July 10, 2021, online)
- Central Valley Homeschool Convention keynote (July 11-13, 2019 in Fresno, CA)
- AERO Conference keynote (June 26-30, 2019 in Portland, OR)
- CHN Family Expo keynote (May 4, 2019 in Garden Grove, CA)
- Self-Directed Voices (June 9, 2018 in Barcelona, Spain)
- HSC Conference featured speaker (July 27-30, 2017 in San Francisco, CA)
- AltPath keynote in Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (April 29, 2017)
- Bay Area Homeschool Fair keynote (May 19, 2016)
- VaHomeschoolers Conference & Resource Fair keynote (March 20-21, 2015 in Richmond, VA)
- Hogwarts for Unschoolers at Homeschool+ Conference (August 7, 2014, online)
- HSC Conference (August 2-3, 2014 in Santa Clara, CA)
- CHN Family Expo commencement speaker (June 19-22, 2014 in Los Angeles, CA)
- InHome Conference (Mar 14-16, 2014 in Chicago, IL)
- HSC Conference (August 1-3, 2013 in Sacramento, CA)
- AERO Conference (May 23-26, 2013 in Long Island, NY)
- True Colors Conference (March 21-22, 2013 in Hartford, CT)
- Wide Sky Days Conference (Sept 5-9, 2012 in San Diego, CA)
- CHN Family Expo Graduation Host (July 19-22, 2012 in Los Angeles, CA)
- InHome Conference (March 15-17, 2012 in Chicago, IL)
- Good Vibrations Conference (Sept 8-12, 2011 in San Diego, CA)
- HSC Conference (August 6, 2011 in Sacramento, CA)
- InHome Conference Keynote (March 24-26, 2011 in Chicago, IL)
- HSC Conference (Aug 19-22, 2010 in Sacramento, CA)
- UHEA Convention Teen Keynote (June 12, 2010 in Salt Lake City, UT)
- Life is Good Conference (May 27-30, 2010 in Vancouver, WA)
- InHome Conference (March 18-20, 2010 in Chicago, IL)
- The Autodidact Symposium (March 12-14, 2010 in Columbia, SC)
- SHEA Conference (Sep 14-16, 2009 in Anaheim, CA)
- HSC Conference (Aug 6-9, 2009 in Sacramento, CA)
Group presentations
- Book talk @ South Lake Brewing in South Lake Tahoe, CA (June 20, 2026)
- Book talk @ Deep Creek Coffee in Springdale, UT (May 28, 2026)
- Book talk @ Dolores Public Library in Dolores, CO (May 21, 2026)
- Book talk @ Maria’s Bookshop in Durango, CO (May 19, 2026)
- Book talk @ Dera Deli in Silverton, CO (May 16, 2026)
- Book talk @ La Manzana Cyclery in Paonia, CO (May 7, 2026)
- Zena Democratic School in Hudson Valley, NY (April 28, 2026)
- Bay State Learning Center in Dedham, MA (April 16, 2026)
- Macomber Center in Framingham, MA (April 15, 2026)
- Skillforge Zurich (March 19, 2026)
- Skillforge Zurich (Jan 9, 2026)
- Skillforge Zurich (Nov 24, 2025)
- Democratische School Amsterdam (Feb 13, 2025)
- The Joy of Adventure – Davidson Institute (Jan 2025, online)
- Learnlife Barcelona (Apr 10, 2024)
- University of Freiburg (Dec 14, 2023)
- Urban Homeschoolers (May 12, 2023, online)
- Moab (Utah) Public High School (May 4, 2023)
- Liberated Learners (April 12, 2023, online)
- El Chaltén (Argentina) Public High School (March 27+30, 2023)
- Bloom Academy (Las Vegas, Jan 27, 2023)
- Macomber Center (Boston, Jan 23, 2023)
- Learnlife Barcelona (April 29, 2022)
- Urban Homeschoolers teen workshop + parent talk (July 14-16, 2021 in Los Angeles)
- MoL Academy (July 7, 2021, online)
- Carl Shurz Haus (Nov 17, 2020, online)
- Prisma (Nov 6, 2020, online)
- Home & Hybrid Education (Oct 24, 2020, online)
- Homeschool Alliance (May 12, 2020, online)
- Demokratische Schule X (September 28, 2019 in Berlin)
- Inspire Charter Schools (September 7, 2019 in Rocklin, CA)
- The Power and Peril of Self-Education (September 1, 2019 in Portland, OR)
- Dida Academy & Cottonwood NYC (May 2019 in Brooklyn, NY)
- Tahoe Mountain Lab (Aug 10 in South Lake Tahoe, CA)
- The Hive (Sept 5 in Eugene, OR)
- Gaia Democratic School (Sept 14 in Minneapolis, MN)
- Greenfields Academy (Sept 17 in Chicago, IL)
- Clonlara School (Sept 20 in Ann Arbor, MI)
- Beacon (Sept 25 in New Haven, CT)
- Big Fish Learning Community (Sept 27 in Dover, NH)
- Bay State Learning Center (Oct 1 in Watertown, MA)
- Macomber Center (Oct 3 in Framingham, MA)
- North Star (Oct 29 in Sunderland, MA)
- Kate Friedman’s Turn & Talk (Nov 6 in Brooklyn, NY)
- Princeton Learning Cooperative (Nov 8 in Princeton, NJ)
- Raw Learning (Nov 9 in Staunton, VA)
- ALC Mosaic (Nov 14 in Charlotte, NC)
- Embark Center (Nov 17 in Leesburg, VA)
- Urban Homeschoolers (April 9 & 10, 2018, in Los Angeles, CA)
- OC Gifted Group – event page (April 8, 2018 in Newport Beach, CA)
- QuantumCamp – event page (March 22, 2018 in Palo Alto, CA)
- Sunnyside Micro-School – event page (March 21, 2018 in Berkeley, CA)
- QuantumCamp – event page (March 20, 2018 in Berkeley, CA)
- Unschool – event page (March 19, 2018 in Sacramento, CA)
- NOMAD – event page (Mar 15, 2018 in San Francisco, CA)
- Wayfinding Academy – event page (Feb 24, 2018 in Portland, OR)
- Marrow PDX – event page (Feb 23, 2018 in Portland, OR)
- Education Outside School (May 5, 2017 in Peterborough, U.K.)
- The Future of Education (March 25, 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- Lucchesi Community Center (Dec 13, 2016 in Petaluma, CA)
- Philly Free School (Nov 28, 2016 in Philadelphia, PA)
- Bay State Learning Center (Nov 17, 2016 in Dedham, MA)
- Macomber Center (November 30, 2015 in Framingham, MA)
- Princeton Learning Cooperative (December 10, 2015 in Princeton, NJ)
- Open Road teen workshops (Aug 12-13, 2015 in Portland, OR)
- Urban Homeschoolers teen workshops (March 23-24, 2015 in Los Angeles)
- Private teen workshop series (March 16-18, 2015 in Chicago)
- Greenfields Academy (March 15, 2015 in Chicago)
- Beacon Self-Directed Learning (Dec 20, 2014 in New Haven, CT)
- Knowmads (Feb 14, 2014 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- Good Reasons to Quit School—And What to Do Instead (July 3, 2013 in Asheville, NC)
- Firestorm Cafe & Books (Dec 14, 2010 in Asheville, NC)
- Unschool Your Teen Seminar (Oct 2, 2010 in Palo Alto, CA)
- Teaching Parents Association (Sep 9, 2010 in Woodinville, WA)
- Jordan Lake Sudbury School (March 16, 2010 in Raleigh, NC)
- Trestle Homeschool Group (Oct 27, 2009 in Everett, WA)
- Nanaimo Public Library (Oct 26, 2009 in Nanaimo, BC, Canada)
- North Star: Self-Directed Learning for Teens (Oct 8, 2009 in Hadley, MA)
- Village Home Education Resource Center. (Feb 25, 2009 in Beaverton, OR
Appearances in print
My published articles are here.
Online publications in which I’m mentioned include:
- Town & Country Magazine (2024) [sans paywall]
- “Can We Take the Schooling Out of Home School?” – New York Times (September 25, 2020)
- “Why Unschool?” – The Green Parent (Oct/Nov 2019) – also in print
- “Getting rejected led to starting my own business”: One Man’s Journey to Year-Round Summer Camp (Aug 17, 2016)
- Psychology Today: The Golden Age of Autodidacts (July 6, 2016) – also in print
- Christian Science Monitor cover story on unschooling (Feb 14, 2016) – also in print
- Interview for Everyday Creative blog (May 7, 2015)
- Interview for Praxis blog (May 6, 2015)
- Patrick Farenga reviews The Art of Self-Directed Learning (April 16, 2015)
- Discovering New Paths with Unschool Adventures on Gifted Homeschoolers Forum (March 1, 2015)
- Interview with The Surf Office (December 9, 2014)
- Review of Better Than College on GoLocalProv (October 29, 2014)
- Sacramento Bee (July 25, 2013)
- Review of Better Than College on Uncollege.com (April 28, 2013)
- BBC Travel (April 25, 2013)
- USA Today (April 21, 2013)
- Interview with JobMonkey (February 15, 2013)
- Interview with Patrick Farenga part 1 / part 2 / part 3 (January 9, 2013)
- Life Learning Magazine (Nov/Dec 2012 issue)
- New York Times mention of Zero Tuition College (November 30, 2012)
- Daily Edventures (November 9, 2012)
- Wired.com GeekMom (July 3, 2012)
- Living the Unschooling Life interview (March 10, 2012)
- No Beaten Path (February 9, 2012)
- Unschool Examiner (April 7, 2010)
- MacLean’s (October 15, 2009) – also in print
- Converge Magazine (Sep 21, 2009)
- Everyday Learning Magazine (Sep 3, 2009)
- Self Made Scholar (Jul 20, 2009)