{"podcast":{"title":"Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success & Happiness","slug":"inspirational-living-life-lessons-for-success-happiness-620316","podcast_index_feed_id":620316,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/0e6e1ab5-84dc-4b80-8da1-c99012ccfbf2","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/inspirational-living","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2025/4/15/3/d38919f4-c652-45e4-a7ea-f2187bebda73_41e1-ab3c-c3c66e4123ba_inspirational_living_v2.jpg","author":"The Living Hour","episode_count":618,"summary":"With 25+ million downloads, the Inspirational Living has been offering motivational broadcasts for the mind, body, and spirit since 2016. If you want to find a free online life coach, look no further than the most motivational self-help authors of the past. Each self-development podcast is edited & adapted from the books and essays of classic inspirational writers, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Helen Keller, Booker T. Washington, James Allen, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Orison Swett Marden, Neville Goddard, and Frederick Douglass, as well as self-development authors who have largely been lost to history but deserve to be re-discovered again and enjoyed. Subscribe to our inspirational podcast to receive new free podcasts every week. Live up to the potential of your highest self. Buy our best-selling trilogy of books based on the readings heard on the podcast at: https://livinghour.org/books Or visit Amazon.com Support us on Patreon for full transcripts and access to the series Our Sunday Talks: https://www.patreon.com/inspirationalpodcasts","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspirational-living-life-lessons-for-success-happiness-620316"},"episode":{"title":"The Need for Education Reform","slug":"the-need-for-education-reform","published_at":"2026-03-19T05:28:23+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspirational-living-life-lessons-for-success-happiness-620316/the-need-for-education-reform","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspirational-living-life-lessons-for-success-happiness-620316","url":"http://livinghour.org/books","audio_url":"https://audio1.redcircle.com/episodes/9a377745-8d96-4042-9bb1-1e36a34f53ac/stream.mp3","summary":"Listen to episode 1105 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Need for Education Reform. Adapted from the essay “What’s the Matter with Education?” by William George Jordan. Inspirational Podcast Excerpt : Sometime in the years of the future, we shall look back on the education system of the 20th and early 21st century with the same feeling of revulsion as we now regard the superstitions of the Middle Ages. These are hard words, but they are calmly and deliberately chosen. Such words would be insanely foolish and wantonly unjust if not substantiated by proof. They would be incendiary, useless and dangerously unsettling were no better way provided. But there is a better way, there is a new model. --------------------- Get our popular 3 books of Life Lessons in paperback and e-book on Amazon. Go to: https://livinghour.org/books Get our podcast with full transcripts and without ads by visiting: https://livinghour.org/patron Transform your life in 30 days with our MAJESTY meditation program: https://livinghour.org/majesty . Get 30% off with the coupon code: INSPIRATION Our Sponsors: * Check out Shopify: https://shopify.com/inspirational Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/inspirational-living/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy","meta_description":"Listen to episode 1105 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Need for Education Reform. Adapted from the essay “What’s the Matter with Education?” by W…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1080,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/inspirational-living-life-lessons-for-success-happiness-620316/episodes/the-need-for-education-reform/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspirational-living-life-lessons-for-success-happiness-620316/the-need-for-education-reform.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}