# Training Life Skills for the Next Generation with Mitchell Slater Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/basecamp-live-869454/training-life-skills-for-the-next-generation-with-mitchell-slater Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/basecamp-live-869454/training-life-skills-for-the-next-generation-with-mitchell-slater.md Podcast: [BaseCamp Live](https://stenobird.com/podcast/basecamp-live-869454) Published: 2026-02-18T00:40:15+00:00 Episode link: http://basecamplive.com Audio file: https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/1b13f89c-3788-45e0-a184-2eb727f3e6e8/episodes/53b5f769-5039-4d65-a1f0-602070b41cc1/audio/adefc53c-ceb8-44c7-95e0-e4607128448a/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=2Fn5nG61 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/basecamp-live-869454/episodes/training-life-skills-for-the-next-generation-with-mitchell-slater Duration seconds: 2425 ## Resource Students need more than academic strength. They need real-life confidence, practical skills, and the freedom to try things early. In this episode, Davies Owens talks with Mitchell Slater, founder and CEO of Slater Strategies, about growing up homeschooled in Alaska, starting a business at 17, and why schools should create real-world opportunities for students, including Mitchell’s School Marketing Team (SMT) program. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/basecamp-live-869454/episodes/training-life-skills-for-the-next-generation-with-mitchell-slater/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/basecamp-live-869454/training-life-skills-for-the-next-generation-with-mitchell-slater.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.