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Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas

Brandy Vencel, Mystie Winckler, and Abby Wahl
Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
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  • Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas

    SS #175: Real Human Wisdom in an AI World (with Cindy Rollins!!)

    22/05/2026 | 1h 9 mins.
    Our special guest today is the one and only Cindy Rollins! Cindy homeschooled her nine children for over 30 years using Charlotte Mason's timeless ideas from the beginning. She is the author of Mere Motherhood: Morning Time, Nursery Rhymes, and My Journey Toward Sanctification and others, including Morning Time: A Liturgy of Love and her latest Beyond Mere Motherhood: Moms Are People Too.  She hosts The New Mason Jar Podcast and runs an active discipleship group at patreon.com/cindyrollins. Her heart's desire is to encourage moms. She lives in her mostly empty nest in the Lexington, Ky area with her husband Tim. She loves interacting with her 18 grandchildren.
    In addition to a social media presence on both Facebook and Instagram, you can find Cindy and her newsletter, Over the Back Fence, at her website: https://morningtimeformoms.com/
    In today's episode, the Scholé Sisters talk with Cindy Rollins about artificial intelligence, its dangers and how to avoid them, and also how to interact with it prudently.  You're going to love this conversation!
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    It's just about time for our annual Scholé Sisters Summer Swag!!! This year is an especially good year. If you are a Sophie-level member of the Sistership continuously throughout all the summer months, you will receive a Scholé Sisters book bag! Make sure you get yours by becoming a member at scholesisters.com/join.
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    Go here to access today's show notes: https://www.scholesisters.com/ss175
    Go here to join the FREE area of the Sistership: https://www.scholesisters.com/sistership/
  • Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas

    SS #174: Machine Culture

    08/05/2026 | 1h 11 mins.
    Today's episode is a conversation about machine culture a la Paul Kingsnorth's book Against the Machine, but we managed to tie it to government funded homeschooling and online learning. It was a wild ride. You're going to love this conversation!
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    John Muir Laws — artist, author, and nature enthusiast — is teaching our Spring Training Sessions this year. Come join us and embrace the practice of nature notebooks for every age. The first session was this week and it was AMAZING. You can get the replay and then join us live for Session 2 on May 12th. Come and develop some skills that will help you forge a deeper connection with creation. Go register now at scholesisters.com/nature 
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    Go here to access today's show notes: https://www.scholesisters.com/ss174
    Go here to join the FREE area of the Sistership: https://www.scholesisters.com/sistership/
  • Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas

    SS #173: Think for Yourself

    24/04/2026 | 1h 17 mins.
    In today's episode, Mystie, Abby, and Brandy discuss the importance of independent thought (versus depending on gurus, for example). You're going to love this conversation!
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    John Muir Laws — artist, author, and nature enthusiast — is teaching the Scholé Sisters Spring Training Sessions this year. Come join us and embrace the practice of nature notebooks for every age. Session 1 is on May 5th at 12:30 pm Pacific and will cover nature notebooks with children. Session 2 is the next week on May 12th at the same time and will cover nature notebooks for teens and adults. Come and develop some skills that will help you forge a deeper connection with creation. Go register now: scholesisters.com/nature
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    Go here to access today's show notes: https://www.scholesisters.com/ss173
    Go here to join the FREE area of the Sistership: https://www.scholesisters.com/sistership/
  • Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas

    SS #172: Maximize Motivation (with Dr. Ben Merkle!!)

    10/04/2026 | 54 mins.
    Today's guest is Dr. Ben Merkle! Dr. Merkle is the President of New Saint Andrew's College. He has served as a minister at Christ Church, Moscow and also a part-time campus minister with Collegiate Reformed Fellowship, a campus ministry of Christ Church. Dr. Merkle is the author of The White Horse King: The Life of Alfred the Great.
    Mystie and Brandy decided they need to ask Dr. Merkle whether New Saint Andrew's College is hard on purpose and whether that counterintuitively provides a lot of motivation for young men (and develops initiative). You're going to love this conversation!
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    The Sistership's annual Spring Training Sessions are coming up soon, which means now is the time to upgrade your membership from the free level to the Sophie level. This year's coach is none other than John Muir Laws who will be talking with us about all things nature study and nature journalling. It's going to be amazing. Spring Training can be bought separately, but more importantly (and more affordably!) it is included as part of our Sophie membership level. Just go to scholesisters.com/join and sign up!
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    Go here to access today's show notes: https://www.scholesisters.com/ss172
    Go here to join the FREE area of the Sistership: https://www.scholesisters.com/sistership/
  • Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas

    SS #171: The Vice of Envy

    20/03/2026 | 1h 14 mins.
    Today's episode is a continuation of our ongoing conversation about vices – about the seven deadly sins. We're using the chapter of Rebecca Deyoung's book Glittering Vices to discuss ENVY. You're going to love this conversation!
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    Have you bought the Scholé Sisters' new book, Scholé Every Day yet? It is getting great reviews. If you are trying to get a book club off the ground, make this book your first reading assignment because convincing moms that it's okay to read — that they should be reading and thinking — is a large part of what the book does. Scholé Every Day will help cultivate the passion for reading that you want to see in your book club members. Go here to purchase: https://www.amazon.com/Scholé-Every-Day-How-Thinking/dp/B0FRHPS3R5/
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    Go here to access today's show notes: https://www.scholesisters.com/ss171
    Go here to join the FREE area of the Sistership: https://www.scholesisters.com/sistership/
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About Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
Scholé Sisters is the podcast for the classical homeschooling mama who seeks to learn and grow while she's helping her children learn and grow. Scholé Sisters is a casual conversation about topics that matter to those of us in the trenches of classical homeschooling who yearn for something more than just checking boxes and getting it all done. In each episode, we cover our Scholé Everyday (suggestions for inspiration and growth), and a topical discussion relying on principles we find in books by people like David Hicks, James Taylor, and Charlotte Mason. Come and join the Sisterhood of the Podcast!
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