I’m delighted to be welcoming Tom and Julie Meekins back to my show this afternoon.Julie and I first met in March of 2010 and right from the...

I am welcoming my friend and regular guest, Gretchen Roe, to my show this Friday.Gretchen and her family have now been landowners for a year and she...

This week, as I work on my manuscripts, I am delighted to bring you Dr. Collin Thomas for my encore show. Listen in anytime you want!Dr. Thomas was...

Listen to my encore show this week while I work on finishing my two manuscripts! Nicole O’Dell has a desire to bridge the gap between parents...

My guest this week, for my encore show, homeschooled three of her children through high school and has one left to go!You can listen here. Tricia...

While I am taking a break from live broadcasts to finish writing my books listen to my encore show this week.My guest this week is Brenda Nixon a...

Listen to my encore show this week while I put the finisheing touches on my homeschooling book! This week I am dog sitting which brings to mind the...

I am taking some time off to finish writing my two books so listen here to this week’s encore show. After four months in Florida we are living...

I am taking some time off to finish writing my two books so listen here to this week’s encore show. Hubs and I went to visit Buckingham Palace...

I am taking some time off to finish writing my two books so listen here to this week’s encore show. Summer has come still and heavy to London...

I am taking some time off to finish writing my two books so listen here to this week’s encore show. It is July in London and Hubs and I are a...

I am taking some time off to finish writing my two books so listen to my encore show this week. My blue eyed cowboy and I are in England and take a...

I am taking a break to finish writing two books so listen to my encore show this week.The newly weds have bought two blue and gold Macaws, they are 4...

I am taking a break to finish writing two book so this week here is my encore show.I talk about how I deal with stress and share my love of yoga....

I am taking a break to finish writing two books I've got on the go so this is my encore show this week. With the wedding over I turn my attention to...

I am writing two books at the moment so this is an encore show!It is also the big event of the year today! The marriage of my youngest son to his...

Listen to my encore show this week while I work on writing my books.I remember the time during homeschooling when I see clearly that my daughters may...

Listen to my encore show this week while I work on writing my books.I look back on my boarding school graduation and the colleges I applied to. My...

Listen to my encore show this week while I work on writing my books.My youngest daughter is close to graduating from her Performing Arts College in...

Listen to my encore show this Good Friday when I talk about Lent, from Shrove Tuesday to today with my guest Robert Velarde.Our homeschooling family...

Listen to my encore show this week where my oldest daughter, the child magnet, comes back to town from the boonies and decides to move into her own...

Listen to my encore show this week while I work on writing my books.I make observations on how England is very different to America now that...

I am delighted to bring you this encore show while I finish writing my books!Immersion is the best teacher, I talk this week about having our own...

Let’s celebrate Spring. I talk about co-oping. It's finals week at the community college and my blue-eyed cowboy and I go and sit through...

We get heavy snow in the night so my youngest and I went out and made the most of it. Snow Day!I will talk about the foundation of successful...

My preferred form of exercise is Jazzercise, my daughter dances at the college and my son rock climbs no wonder there is a never ending saga of...

We're in the middle of Lent and my youngest son has a birthday, I talk about his struggle with moving on while confronted with a problem. My book...

Today I'm on about snow, our delicious dinner club with Thai food and national dress. I explain where one of my daughter's got her name and go into...

On my show today I'm talking about squirrels in our chimney, stereotyping, turning 18 again with my youngest why I started homeschooling and more on...

This is my very first show and I talk about the McNenys in Garland and how well known we are. You’ll also find out about how I got my very own...

This week my son, Ian McNeny, joins me and asks all the questions! He visited us for Christmas and brought his podcasting equipment with him to...

Joining me this week is returning guest Shannah Godfrey, author of a successful phonics method, a scientist who has succeeded in a man’s world...

I am delighted to have on my show today, German Doctor Klaus-Dieter John to talk about Diospi Suyana, a hospital in the Peruvian Andes, that he and...

This week I will be bringing you the second part of my recent conversation with Marcia Washburn my very creative, musically gifted and artistic...

My returning guest, Gretchen Roe, is joining me this week for the second part of our conversation about another major change in her life. You will...

My guest this week has her own Radio Network so is no stranger to talking up a storm about her passions.Felice Gerwitz was homeschooling two teens...

I am delighted to have Carol Topp joining me again this afternoon to talk to us about a presentation she made at 3 homeschool conventions this year...

I am welcoming to my show this week my friend and regular guest, Gretchen Roe. Since it’s that time of year we are going to be talking about...

This week I am thrilled to be welcoming back my very creative and artistic friend, Marcia Washburn.Marcia holds a Master’s in Music Education...

My guest this week is no stranger to my show. I have known Polly Wright since she was a young girl, the daughter of a colleague of mine from the days...

Rejoining me on my show this week is Daniele Evans who describes herself as a woman on a journey towards intentional and meaningful living. Daniele...

With me on my show this week, where I believe homeschooling is a unique lifestyle, are frequent visitors Tom and Julie Meekins. This remarkable...

I am delighted to have as my guests this week, Lori Lane whom I chatted with on August 1st about her company, Artios Academy, and her son John Michael...

Laura Grace Weldon is a poet whose poems have been published, but not the ones she likes. In a collection called Tending.She is an author, her new...

I am welcoming Sherry Hayes back to my show this week.Sherry is the inspiring Christian mother of 15 wonderful children and has been homeschooling for...

Joining me this week is Nina Levin who is CEO of Mountcastle Company, an independent publishing company with offices in California and New York...

My guest this week is Rea Berg who founded Beautiful Feet Books in 1984 to provide quality literature to the homeschooling market.Rea holds a bachelor...

This week I have Sonya Shafer on my show to talk about a simple method of effectively schooling your children. Sonya is a popular homeschool speaker...

I am thrilled to be bringing a conversation I had with unschooler Peter Kowalke. a few weeks ago about how Unschooling encouraged him to questioning...

This Friday afternoon I’m delighted to have as my guest a homeschooling Dad who is probably the coolest father ever because he uses film,...

I am excited to be welcoming my school teacher daughter to my show this week. Paris McNeny is a graduate of Wildflower Academy and graduated top of...

This week my oldest and youngest children are joining me again this time to talk about their careers. They will look back on what they have achieved...

This week I am delighted to bring you a conversation I had with Simon and Lindsey McNeny who reflected with me on their past year and talked about the...

My guest this week is speaker and author Carol Barnier. You may have heard her on Focus on the Family where she’s spoken on a variety of...

I am delighted to be welcoming as my guest this week Lori Lane, a homeschool veteran of 20 years and a Mum after my own heart! Lori and her husband...

This week I’m talking to my blue eyed cowboy who has agreed to join us for a cuppa.His real name is Larry McNeny and he toured the world with...

My guest this week is Dr. Jay L. Wile best known in the homeschooling circles for his award-winning “Exploring Creation With…”...

With me today to help further dispel the stereotype of homeschoolers is Dr. Terri Fites who realized that she could not serve two masters, medicine...

This week my oldest and youngest children are joining me to talk about how they managed to live together and make it work…really well!They are...

My guest this week is renowned concert pianist, Calvin Jones. Calvin is also a homeschooling Dad, composer, orchestrator and producer. This is the...

Joining me this week is self described, lifelong unschooler Peter Kowalke.Peter has been on my show several times and we have talked about his passion...

I am welcoming Dawn Franks, to my show this week to talk about her unusual and very entrepreneurial career. I was introduced to Dawn through my...

This week my show is the second in a short series of careers advice where I bring on guests from interesting walks of life that may be of help to...

This week my guest Stephanie Langford is returning to tell us all about how her 54 weeks of world travel has impacted her family’s lifestyle,...

This week I am welcoming to my show Katharine Grubb. Katharine was born in northeastern Oklahoma. She was raised in the Tulsa suburbs, attended the...

This week I’m delighted to welcome back to my show, where I dispel many homeschooling stereotypes, Carol Topp who has joined me a couple of...

Mike Donnelly, from the Home School Legal Defense Association, returns to my show this week wearing his legal and dad hats. When he’s not...

This week on my show, where I seek to dispel the pre-conceived ideas about homeschooling, I’m thrilled to welcome back Barbara Frank. We spoke...

Jennifer Miller is back with me on The Sociable Homeschooler this week, to further support my philosophy that there is no stereotyping of this...

The last time I spoke to Brenda Nixon on my show she was a fellow host here on Toginet Radio with The Parents’ Plate. Today I am welcoming her...

I am thrilled to have Allison Bottke, bestselling inspirational author and speaker, join me on my show this Friday, where homeschooling is a unique...

This week on The Sociable Homeschooler, where homeschooling is a unique lifestyle, I will be talking once again to Suzanne Glover, author,...

I’m delighted to welcome back, Kim de Blecourt as my guest this week. Kim came on my show last year to talk about her heart wrenching...

With me on my show this week, where I believe homeschooling is a unique lifestyle, are frequent visitors Tom and Julie Meekins. This remarkable...

Greetings, I am Vivienne McNeny and I believe homeschooling to be a unique experience.This week I am bringing you Part 2 of my recorded conversation...

I’m thrilled to have Katie Sullivan join me on my show this week, where I believe homeschooling to be a unique lifestyle. Featured in both Hobby...

Happy Love Day! My guest this week was recommended to me by one of my regulars here on The Sociable Homeschooler where I believe homeschooling to...

Greetings, I am Vivienne McNeny and I believe homeschooling to be a unique experience.I am excited this week to be talking to Renee Tougas who lives...

Here on The Sociable Homeschooler I believe homeschooling to be a unique lifestyle.This week Leigh Attaway Wilcox, Children’s Book Author,...

Welcome to The Sociable Homeschooler, I'm Vivienne McNeny and I believe homeschooling is a unique lifestyle and invite you to join me this week with...

My guest this week on The Sociable Homeschooler is Suzanne Glover, author, motivational speaker, hypnotherapist, actress and personal development...

Joining me on The Sociable Homeschooler today are a couple of writers who live in Austin, Texas. Betsy and George Christian have written two Texas...

My first guest of the New Year is Stephanie Langford who describes herself as the blessed wife to Ryan. She is also Mum and homeschooler to her four...

Today is my 200th show and I have invited a few friends to join me and talk about Christmas, to offer some encouraging words for those who may be...

This week, what better than to wrap the year with a chat about church and corporate worship? My guest popped up on my Twitter as a follower so I...

I have another graduated un/homeschooler on my show today, Michael Patterson, who will be talking to me from Central America. Growing up Michael was...

Many years ago when my children were still too young to mind about homeschooling a colleague brought me a cassette and picture book from down under...

My guest today is Janie Scanlan who talked with me last week about homeschooling and the lead up to her daughter’s winning of The Miss America...

My guest today is Janie Scanlan homeschooling mother of six ranging in age from 13-26. Janie lives in Gehring, Nebraska. Janie's husband, Mark, is a...

I’m thrilled to welcome back my Blue Eyed Cowboy this week to chat about the events that have been going on our life. Making the transition...

This week my military homeschooling Mum, Aadel Bussinger, is returning as my guest. The last time we spoke Aadel was all set to pitch her temporary...

My guest this week is fellow Brit Theodora Sutcliffe who describes herself as nomad, meaning she and her twelve-year-old son Zac, live anywhere,...

I always like to have graduated homeschoolers on my show and my guest this week is returning to talk about how his life has taken a change in...

With me today are Tom and Julie Meekins who have a heart for parents, especially those who are raising challenging children. Julie has been a guest...

My guest today is a graduated unschooler with an innovative outlook on life. Jessica Barker is 23-years-old, an autodidact with a great love for...

One of my guests this week is a homeschooled homeschooler the other was impressed by a homeschooler she met at college. Leah Shingleton is the mother...

Amsterdam I have one of my favourite people to chat to on my show today, my youngest child and daughter, Malia McNeny. Malia has been sailing the...

I have a father on my show this week whose blog, The Way of the Passionate Warrior, tells it all from the male perspective! Hugh deBurgh writes about...

This week we’re going to take a break from extreme travel and welcome Jody Halsted to talk to us about how she inspires families to travel...

My guest this week is well known in the travelling homeschool circles, not to mention the bike riding community and as I was doing my research I...

This week I am bringing you the second half of my conversation with Lainie Liberti and her son Miro who are living in Peru at the moment on their way...

Continuing with my series of travelling homeschooling families it is my pleasure to welcome both Lainie Liberti and her son Miro to my show this week....

Twelve years ago my guest, Marina Villatoro, took a solo trip, overland, to Latin America from New York. She travelled through Mexico all the way...

Renee Tougas is my guest again this week, we are going to be talking about creativity and ideals as she and her husband homeschool their three...

As promised I\'m bringing you part 2 of the conversation I had with Behan Gifford, her husband Jamie and their three children aboard their sloop,...

Joining me today is Behan Gifford and family on board their sloop, Totem, in Malaysia. They school their three children on their sailing vessel and...

Are you into the full swing of long, hot summer days yet? How is reading fitting into your school’s out plans? Can well-written books be used...

Today my on air friend, Gretchen Roe, and I are going to be talking about addiction, Digital Addiction! Gretchen has joined me for many a Friday chat...

With me this week is Sue Patterson a self confessed, highly involved, Mum of three who loves her children as if today is the only day she’s...

This week I’m welcoming back Shannah Godfrey a scientist who has succeeded in a man’s world and still managed to raise and homeschool 14...

I am excited this week to be talking to Renee Tougas who lives on the side of a mountain in the Gaspe Peninsula of Quebec in Canada. She and her...

My guest this week is the oldest boy of three who were homeschooled ‘from the get go.’ Spencer Farris said his school books could follow...

My guest this week is a contributing writer for the Wall Street Journal’s Small Business Report. Barbara Haislip covers a range of topics...

This week I am thrilled to have my very creative and artistic friend, Marcia Washburn, back on my show. Marcia holds a Master’s in Music...

This week I am welcoming back Mariaemma Willis a Learning Success coach who oversees the home education of her grandchildren and works with...

My guest from a couple of weeks ago and I had so much fun together she decided to interview me for her Radio Show, Raising Playful Tots, and...

I am delighted to have my two young nephews from England on my show this week. Samuel and Nathaniel Baggarley came across the pond for the first time...

Mike Donnelly is back with me this week and we are going to be talking about the impact the Romeike vs Holder hearing, at the 6th Circuit Court of...

I discovered my guest this week through my faithful listener in California who thought putting the two of us together with our English accents would...

My guest this week is the daughter of a colleague of mine from the days when I worked in Corporate America, way before any self-respecting career...

Jennifer Miller is back with me this week to talk about the open-ended tour of the world she and her family are embarked upon. They have been nomads...

My guest this week is Matt Rothacher who has been ministering as a full-time youth pastor in Arkansas for the past eleven years, and until 2011 was...

My guest this week, Kristin Deal, has just returned from Goa, India where she was involved in international work with trafficking. India and other...

I am welcoming back a British home educator who keeps us updated on what is going on in my fair country. Steve Richards is one of the directors of...

I am delighted that my dear on air friend, Gretchen Roe, is joining me again this week for another lively discussion about...well, you’ll have...

The name of my guest’s blog attracted me and I in turn caught her attention by complimenting her on her funny musings and inviting her to come...

Norma Wilt was a public school teacher for seventeen years. As an individual she tried to change the system and came up against certain individuals...

My guest this week has a list of Performing Arts credits to his name. Steven David Horwich started early by winning an Emmy Award at the age of 17...

My guest this week describes herself as a reluctant homeschooler, which makes me laugh because the very nature of the beast surprises many of us in...

Finally I have a military homeschooling Mum as my guest this week. It has been three years and God’s timing is slow but perfect and not a...

Stacie Zellmer is joining me today to talk about the importance of clean water in the world, something we take for granted and waste without thinking!...

My daughter, Malia McNeny, is returning this week to talk to me about the dream job that is helping her to achieve her dream career! Malia has just...

My guest this week is Kim de Blecourt, author of, Until We All Come Home, published by Faith Words last November. Kim spent over 13 years in...

What does your twelfth grader need to know? It may be less than you think! Can you help your high schooler answer the questions, “Where are...

This is the last show of 2012 and in it you will be treated to some different ideas about preparations for the New Year from more of my friends whom...

Merry Christmas to you all!I invited a few of my friends from past shows to talk about what this Holy Season means to them and their comments ranged...

Joining me this week is a fellow blogger whom I met while popping over to a guest site one of my friends was writing for. Jules Rothacher has a heart...

Mike Donnelly, from the Home School Legal Defense Association, returns to my show this week after recently attending the Global Home Education...

I am excited to welcome Cara Putman to my show today. I love speaking with graduated homeschoolers who bear witness to the fact that educating our...

I met this week’s guest on Twitter and was intrigued by her story and you’ll have to join me to hear it from her own lips. Jessica Bowman...

I am delighted to be talking to Walter Lemons this week, who was technical director of the Garland Performing Arts Centre which became our home away...

I am welcoming Sherry Hayes to my show this week. Sherry is the inspiring Christian mother of 15 wonderful children and has been homeschooling for 24...

Dawn Prochovnic is my guest this week and we are going to be exploring the benefits of signing with every member of our family! Dawn is an expert in...

I am thrilled to welcome back Diane Flynn Keith this week as my guest. She is an alternative education specialist whose written and spoken words...

I am going to be talking briefly with Sarita Holzmann, the co-founder and president of Sonlight Curriculum for more than 20 years. Sarita is going to...

I am thrilled this week that my brave sons, Ian and Simon McNeny, who lived in our house while my blue eyed cowboy and I were away in England for a...

I have two guests this week, Tina Smith and her friend Beckie Tetrault both eclectic homeschoolers somewhere smack in the middle of the continuum...

WooHoo Radio is the brain child of my guest this week, Lisa Steadman, best selling relationship author and internationally acclaimed speaker who can...

My guest this week is Daniele Evans who writes about herself as a woman on a journey towards intentional and meaningful living. Daniele is a...

I am delighted to welcome Dr. Collin Thomas as my guest this week. Dr. Thomas was one of my Zoo Keeper son’s professors at the local community...

My guest this week is Sarah Robinson founder of the blog Sidetracked Sarah an informative and organised piece of work, packed with ideas and tips for...

Nicole O’Dell has a desire to bridge the gap between parents and teens and as a former teen herself and mother of six children she has first...

My guest this week is from Australia and is a director and educational consultant with Australian Home Education Advisory Service (AHEAS) a group that...

I have someone who shouted, “I’m Debt Free” on the Dave Ramsey show last year, as my guest this week. Stacey Lane is a wife,...

Joining me this week is returning guest, Dr. Marlene McMillan, a graduate of John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. She has a Master of...

Join me this week and learn how to take responsibility for your health. Dr Kevin Conners, a Doctor of Chiropractic with fellowships in integrative...

This week I am thrilled to welcome back Marcia Washburn who holds a Master’s in Music Education and taught public school music for eight years...

My guest this week is with me to talk about a very sensitive question, “When does protecting our children become snooping?” Jennifer...

My guest this week homeschooled three of her children through high school and has one left to go! She writes books, lots of them and won Historical...

Do you have a big picture of what education really is? How do you encourage your children to grow in their knowledge and compassion for the world? ...

My guest this week is Brenda Nixon a fellow host here on Toginet radio. Her show airs on Tuesdays at 10am ET and is called The Parent\'s Plate. ...

I’m talking to Ann Zeise this week who is returning, after a couple of years, with lots of news about her business, A 2 Z Home’s Cool. ...

Do you ever wonder why when things get tough you inevitably get sick? How many times have you heard someone chide you by saying, “it’s...

My guest this week is Katie Sullivan M.S., SLP-CCC, a speech language pathologist with 17 years experience teaching both typical and atypical learners...

Mike Donnelly, from the Home School Legal Defense Association, returns to my show this week wearing his dad hat. When he’s not talking to me...

Did you know that everything happens through conversations? Nothing exists that didn’t live once as a thought? Assuming is the biggest barrier...

My job is to bust stereotypes and referring to my guest this week as a diva could strike some sensitive chords! But let me clarify, a diva is a Prima...

This week my guest is Jane Dolby who has a public relations business called Delicious PR. She has a background in music and psychology and quips that...

Today I am welcoming back one of my first guests from March 2010! Julie Meekins and I talked about the diagnosis of her youngest child’s CHARGE...

Gretchen Roe from the Calvert School is my guest this week and we are going to be talking about the challenges faced by single homeschoolers who are...

This Good Friday Robert Velarde, from the Wisdom of Pixar and Sonlight Curriculum, is going to join me and together we are going to reflect on the...

I am excited to be welcoming my school teacher daughter to my show this week. Paris McNeny reminded me that although she has spoken with me on...

I am welcoming back a British homeschooler who had a few surprising facts about education here when we chatted last year. Steve Richards is one of...

My guest this week is Linda Pilkington who was a struggling reader destined to become an illiteracy statistic until her fourth grade teacher stepped...

My guest this week is my blue eyed son, Simon McNeny, who graduated from homeschool, the local Community College, and finally Texas A&M with a...

Mike Donnelly, from the Home School Legal Defense Association, returns to my show this week with more news and wisdom about homeschooling in America...

I have a fascinating guest this week, Robert Velarde, homeschooling father of four, curriculum creator with Sonlight and philosopher. Robert received...

This week I’m talking to my blue eyed cowboy who has agreed to join us for a cuppa. Larry McNeny shared the homescholing years with me whenever...

Come and meet Barbara Allisen a life long kindergartener who loves to play with puzzles and blocks, build with lego and make crafts, shape play-dough...

My guest this week first came to my attention as I was prowling around my biggest fan’s website. We have a mutual friend, thanks Tina for the...

Luke Holzmann is the son of John and Sarita Holzmann, founders of Sonlight Curriculum, and my guest this week! He was homeschooled through 8th grade,...

Laura Grace Weldon is a poet whose poems have been published, but not the ones she likes! She is an author, her new book, Free Range Learning: How...

My guest this week is a little different from the norm. I thought that the withdrawal of the U.S. troops from Iraq, just in time for Christmas, was a...

For my first show of the New Year I am delighted to be talking to my dear friend Gretchen Roe, community liaison for the Calvert School. We are going...

For the last show of the year I have invited three of my friends to help us navigate the New Year and the twelve months it holds without setting too...

How much of your traditional holiday activities will show up in your children’s homes when they move on? This week I am talking to my four...

Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages I bring you the greatest show on earth! My guest this week is Omar Abderrahman who will share a snippet of...

Northstar Worldwide offers support and resources to homeschooling families all over the world. I am happy to welcome one of their directors, Steve...

How do you go from being the head editor of the New York Times\' front page website, night edition, managing a team of editors and producers to being...

My series on graduated homeschoolers is almost at a close and this week I thought I’d bring you two nearly graduated students who are on the...

Jonathan & Linnea Lewis are my guests today. They are newly weds and on fire to talk about what happened to them after the work at the kitchen...

Ever wonder how homeschoolers feel about their lot in life once they get to college or join the workforce? Laura Lee Ellis and Joshua Williams, both...

Highland dancing and horse riding were two of the subjects Jenni Hodgman took at her Australian homeschool and after graduation, instead of going to...

My guest this week is a Pakistani born British resident who, with his Scottish wife, homeschools their two children. During this hour we will find...

Eli Gerzon returns as my guest this week having been one of the first visitors to my show back in 2010. He is a self motivated young man who left...

Are you on the Mama Bus? Do you want to be? Are you giving your children an uncommon childhood? Do you know what a third culture child is? Are...

I am delighted to welcome Shannah Godfrey back to my show this week. The last time we spoke we heard what she had to say about reading, articulation,...

My guest this week is the author of a new book, School is Where the Home Is: 180 Devotions for Parents. Her collection of anecdotal devotionals offers...

Debra Bell used to be a public school teacher until she discovered John Holt! She went on to homechool her four children for eighteen years and they...

This week I am extending a warm welcome back to a regular guest on my show, Mike Donnelly, from the Home School Legal Defense Association, where he...

This week my guest is a multi-tasking, ideas Mum who lets her creative juices flow and overflow onto her children and other people’s children...

I am going to be talking with world traveler, Lisa Shusterman, this week as she returns to the airwaves to continue a conversation we started at the...

My guests this week are Ian McNeny and Shelby Cook, lifelong friends, creative minds and both products of homeschooling throughout most of their...

Gretchen Roe, community liaison for Calvert School is returning as my guest this week. We are going to be talking about her ability to balance the...

Do you know what a Favicon is? If your child wanted to be an exogeologist would you be over the moon? Join me this Friday to hear the answers to...