11 Best Democratic Education Podcasts

1. Kohn's Zone

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Over more than a third of a century, Alfie Kohn has offered a multifaceted defense of progressive education as well as research-based critiques of rewards and punishments, grades, standardized testing, homework, competition, and other aspects of traditional schooling (and parenting). Each episode of Kohn's Zone will offer 20-30 minutes of provocative reflections on a topic having to do with teaching and learning — or with human behavior more generally; occasional longer segments will feature conversations with leading experts in education...MORE Email ****@alfiekohn.org
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guest Susan Engel
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2. Radical Learning Talks

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Radical Learning Talks is a bi-weekly podcast where Sari González and Becka Koritz explore different unschooling/deschooling/conscious parenting topics with the focus of shifting the way we think about education, learning, parenting, relationships, community and much more. Sari and Becka are unschooling mamas, parent coaches and leaders in the self-directed education movement. They provide support at the intersection of unschooling, parenting, relationships and community building through various kinds of unschooling tools and resources for self-directed learning families and communities.MORE Hosts Sari Gonzalez, Rebecka Koritz
Producer/Network Radical Learning
Email ****@radical-learning.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 21Facebook 1.4KInstagram 22.9K Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. Human Restoration Project

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Since 2018, the Human Restoration Project Podcast has reimaged education through critical, progressive, human-centered learning! Across nearly 200 episodes, and counting, we've explored every topic in education: ungrading and alternative assessment, interdisciplinary play-based and project-based learning, SEL, education reforms and systemic school change in society with students, teachers, leaders, researchers, and advocates around the world. Join us on our mission to restore humanity to education, together!MORE Email ****@humanrestorationproject.org
Recent Guests Randi Weingarten, Yong Zhao +9 more
Avg Length 53 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. Democratic Education

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Democratic Education is an educational approach that empowers students by giving them a voice in decision-making processes, fostering autonomy, responsibility, and active participation. In this podcast, we explore the core elements of democratic education and how they shape learning environments worldwide. Join us as we dive into key components such as student choice, collaboration, and self-directed learning, and take virtual tours of pioneering democratic schools across the globe.MORE Get Email Contact

5. Get Schooled: Student Stories from Across KY

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Get Schooled amplifies and elevates the stories and voices of students so that they can have agency in our education system. Get Schooled is a youth-led podcast produced by the Kentucky Student Voice Team, a statewide organization of young people co-creating more just, democratic Kentucky schools and communities as research, policy and advocacy partners. Find more from us at ksvt.org.MORE Host Addison Lowry
Producer/Network Kentucky Student Voice Team
Email ****@ksvt.org
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guest Eddie Campbell
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 15Facebook 2.2KTwitter 3.1KInstagram 1.8K Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

6. New DEEL Podcast

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A podcast for today's educators and school leaders. The New DEEL team made up of school leaders, higher education faculty, school counselors and researchers uses Democratic Ethical Educational Leadership and ethical decision-to tackle some of today's toughest issues in education and schools. Please join our mailing list to find out the latest on podcasts, research and New DEEL events.www.newdeel.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.MORE Producer/Network New DEEL
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2Facebook 74 Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

7. Exploring Unschooling

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Explore unschooling with Pam Laricchia, Anna Brown, and Erika Ellis. We want to help parents figure out how to apply bigger picture unschooling ideas in their everyday lives.
Host Pam Laricchia
Email ****@livingjoyfully.ca
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Iris Chen, Lucy AitkenRead
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 256Facebook 8.2KTwitter 129Instagram 3.5K Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Since Jan 2016 Get Email Contact

8. LiberatED Podcast

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The LiberatED Podcast tells the stories of the entrepreneurial parents and teachers who are creating innovative K-12 learning options across the US and expanding education options for families. This twice-weekly podcast is hosted by Kerry McDonald, a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education and leader of the Education Entrepreneurship Lab...MORE Host Kerry McDonald
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests John Mackey, Julie Young +2 more
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 75 Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

9. Nothing Never Happens

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Nothing Never Happens is a journey into cutting-edge pedagogical theory and praxis, where co-hosts Tina Pippin and Lucia Hulsether connect with leading voices in radical teaching and learning. We engage a range of approaches — including but not limited to democratic, feminist, queer, decolonial, and abolitionist models.MORE Hosts Tina Pippin, Lucia Hulsether
Producer/Network Nothing Never Happens
Email ****@agnesscott.edu
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guest Emmaia Gelman
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 30 Avg Length 66 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

10. The Independent Learner Podcast by Mosaic

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The Independent Learner Podcast by Mosaic is a space for honest conversations about how learning actually happens when families step outside conventional school. Hosted by Mosaic's Executive Director, the show explores self-directed learning through lived experience, not theory.Each episode features parents, educators, and young people reflecting on curiosity, agency, and what changes when learning is shaped around real lives rather than systems. No scripts. No prescriptions. Just thoughtful conversations about building learning paths that fit.MORE Email ****@weareborntolearn.org
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 3 Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

11. Alt on Alt

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Alt on Alt is a podcast exploring self-directed education through real conversations with the teens and staff living it. Each episode I dive into their stories, experiences, and what makes these alternative learning spaces actually work. Read the accompanying blog at www.yehudah.me/stuffMORE Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 7 Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact