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Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas

Brandy Vencel, Mystie Winckler, and Abby Wahl

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

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SS #180: Pusillanimity: The Unpronounceable Vice...

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2026/10/02

In today's episode, Mystie, Abby, and Brandy discuss the vice of pusillanimity (and remind each other how you say it). Are we being held back (or holding our children back) due to a false humility or fear? Let's talk about it! You're going to love this conversation! *** Registration is still open for our annual fall retreat! Come and join us for the first installment of our new virtue series. We will be talking all about the virtue of PRUDENCE. Register now at scholesisters.com/prudence . *** Go

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01:01:25

SS #179: Scrappy Adulthood (with Hans Winckler!!)

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2026/09/21

Our guest today is Mystie's eldest son, Hans Winckler! Hans is a father of two, has been married to his wife Faith for 3 years, and works in real estate sales ... all in spite of being a college dropout. In today's episode, Mystie and Brandy talk with Hans about adult life without a bachelor's degree. Is it possible to be successful in life without one? You're going to love this conversation! *** Registration is still open for our annual fall retreat! Come and join us for the first installment of

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01:11:16

SS #178: Diversity is Not Your Co-op Strength

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2026/09/04

In today's episode, Mystie, Abby, and Brandy talk straight about diversity. We are told again and again that diversity is our strength, but what if diversity is actually undermining the success of your co-op? You're going to love this conversation! *** Registration is still open for our annual fall retreat! Come and join us for the first installment of our new virtue series. We will be talking all about the virtue of PRUDENCE. Register now at scholesisters.com/prudence . *** Go here to access

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38:15

SS #177: Build Real-Life Community (with Hayley Beck!!)

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2026/07/31

Our special guest today is someone whose name you may know: Hayley Beck. Hayley was born and raised in Australia, and has been married to her husband, Randy, for 28 years. They lived in California for the first 23 years of their marriage. She and Brandy became real life friends back in 2012 when Hayley attended Brandy's Charlotte Mason book club. These days, the Becks live in Montana with their 7 children. Hayley has been the administrative assistant for Scholé Sisters for, well, we don't know how

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SS #176: Prudence: Queen of the Virtues

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2026/07/17

In today's episode, Abby, Mystie, and Brandy introduce the new virtue series of retreats, why we're doing it, and why we're beginning with the virtue of prudence. We also explain why the annual retreat is so awesome! You're going to love this conversation! *** Registration is now open for our annual fall retreat at Early Bird prices! Come and join us for the first installment of our new virtue series. We will be talking all about the virtue of PRUDENCE. Early bird pricing ends of August 17 so

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01:09:16

SS #175: Real Human Wisdom in an AI World (with Cindy...

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2026/05/22

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

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01:11:55

SS #174: Machine Culture

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2026/05/08

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! *** 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

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01:17:04

SS #173: Think for Yourself

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2026/04/24

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! *** 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

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54:29

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

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2026/04/10

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

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01:14:00

The Vice of Envy

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2026/03/20

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! *** 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

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01:09:04

SS #170: Saturation Love

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2026/03/06

Today, Mystie, Abby, and Brandy discuss the essay "Saturation Love" by Jim Wilson. And yes! They remembered to discuss the tough questions that naturally arise when reading the essay. You're going to love this conversation! *** 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

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01:23:22

SS #169: Our 10th Anniversary Extravaganza (with...

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2026/02/20

Our guests today are our dear friends Sarah Mackenzie and Pam Barnhill! Sarah is the author of Teaching from Rest and The Read-Aloud Family. She's the host of the Read-Aloud Revival podcast, which has been downloaded 16 million times in more than 167 countries. She makes her home in the Northwest with her family, where she reads, homeschools, and runs Waxwing Books, a boutique publishing house dedicated to making timeless read-alouds. Pam is an award-winning educator and homeschooling mom who has

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01:09:33

SS #168: Your Child is Behind?

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2026/02/06

Welcome back! Today is the beginning of our spring season and we're kicking off with a discussion on being behind – how do we know if our child is behind? Some say being behind isn't even a thing! And is it important to have standards? Can't my child just develop at his own pace? You're going to love this conversation! *** It's our birthday and we're giving you presents! Come join us in the Scholé Sistership ASAP because we have a giveaway every day of the week leading up to our 10th anniversary

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01:03:40

SS #167: The Causes of Christmas

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2025/12/12

Today's episode is what you've been waiting for. That's right! It's our annual Christmas episode. This time, we used a different approach, talking through aspects of Christmas and celebration using Aristotle's Four Causes. You're going to love this conversation! *** Our new book — Scholé Every Day — is now out and available! If you want to help us promote it, head on over to Amazon and buy it ASAP — early sales are important on Amazon! Also, leaving a positive review is always appreciated. If you

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01:22:06

SS #166: Artificial Intelligence (with Jami Marstall!!)

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2025/11/21

Our guest today is Jami Marstall. Jami has been homeschooling for almost 20 years with Charlotte Mason's rich, living methods. She and her husband John have four children, three of whom have graduated. Jami is not particularly looking forward to homeschool retirement when her youngest graduates. She firmly believes that mothers are born persons and have minds which hunger for ideas too! Her personal reading stack usually includes works of educational philosophy, history, biography, literary

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58:30

SS #165: Book Club Joy

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2025/11/07

This is the fall episode recorded each year at the retreat. As usual, the Scholé Sisters apologize for the decline in sound quality. They feel like it is worth it that they get to record all togheter in the same room! Today they're talking about all the nitty gritty details of book club. You're going to love this conversation! *** The Scholé Sisters fall mentorship — Feminism Detox — kicked off on Monday October 27th. It's not too late to join! Participants are reading three books together and

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01:05:28

SS #164: Teaching Courage

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2025/10/24

Today’s episode is a continuation of our ongoing discussion of virtues and vices. Brandy, Mystie, and Abby contend that if classical education is supposed to form virtue, courage and fortitude have to be covered. What does THAT look like? Listen up because they talk all about it! You’re going to love this conversation! *** Are you ready for the Scholé Sisters fall mentorship? The new mentorship — Feminism Detox — kicks off on Monday October 27th. We’re reading three books together and discussing

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01:04:17

SS #163: You Should Have an Opinion on These Things

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2025/10/03

Charlotte Mason says our young adult daughters ought to develop their opinions rather than being tossed around by circumstance or culture. Ought a well-raised young lady have an opinion? Brandy, Abby, and Mystie are here to discuss it! You're going to love this conversation! *** Don't forget to register for our annual retreat! There are many possibilities: watch live in the comfort of your home and get access to our zoom room discussion groups for fruitful interaction, or host or attend an in-person

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01:09:01

SS #162: Classical Preschool: Gymnastic

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2025/09/18

Is classical preschool even a thing?? In today’s episode, Abby, Mystie and Brandy talk about gymnastic and explain how you can start training the body in the preschool years. You’re going to love this conversation! *** Don’t forget to register for our annual retreat! There are many possibilities: watch live in the comfort of your home and get access to our zoom room discussion groups for fruitful interaction, or host or attend an in-person local retreat and enjoy discussion in real life with women

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01:01:18

SS #161: Feminism Detox (Announcing the Fall...

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2025/09/05

In today’s episode, Abby, Mystie, and Brandy are discussing feminism and the view of women found in Herman Bavinck’s book The Christian Family. You’re going to love this conversation! *** Don’t forget to register for our annual online local retreat! There are many possibilities: watch live in the comfort of your home and get access to our zoom room discussion groups for fruitful interaction, or host an in-person local group and enjoy discussion in real life with women from your local community

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