{"podcast":{"title":"The Way Forward with Alec Zeck","slug":"the-way-forward-with-alec-zeck-1371183","podcast_index_feed_id":1371183,"rss_url":"https://feeds.cohostpodcasting.com/VNgCQdzv","website_url":"https://www.thewayfwrd.com","image_url":"https://files.cohostpodcasting.com/quill-file-prod/d9b0eb4d-eb67-4bbf-8b45-23c3053a575a/shows/f7b39f09-5b28-4c3b-9a79-ce086332900c/cover-art/original_c6cb12699bb1cb9d7169c2a66bd71b02.png","author":"Alec Zeck","episode_count":351,"summary":"Welcome to The Way Forward Podcast, hosted by Alec Zeck! Established in 2022, The Way Forward's mission is to educate, empower, and unite men and women from all walks of life on their journey to health, freedom, and coherence. On our podcast, Alec engages in cutting-edge conversations with visionaries and thought leaders on life-affirming topics, including terrain-based and metaphysical health, voluntaryism and common-law, panentheist concepts, spirituality, the nature of reality, permaculture and homesteading, hidden history and more. Driven by Alec's passion and leadership, our episodes empowers listeners to connect with their inherent divinity, natural healing capacity, and innate freedom, while dissolving societal conditioning and seeking truth, fostering a deeper sense of coherence within themselves and the world. Stay tuned for paradigm-shifting conversations and join The Way Forward community to connect with others on the journey of health, freedom, and coherence. https://thewayfwrd.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T00:18:09.678768+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-way-forward-with-alec-zeck-1371183"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 225: The Flaws of Public Schools & The New Education Model with Gillian Berard & Jenna Baggott","slug":"ep-225-the-flaws-of-public-schools-the-new-education-model-with-gillian-berard-jenna-baggott","published_at":"2026-03-13T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-way-forward-with-alec-zeck-1371183/ep-225-the-flaws-of-public-schools-the-new-education-model-with-gillian-berard-jenna-baggott","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-way-forward-with-alec-zeck-1371183","url":"https://www.thewayfwrd.com","audio_url":"https://audio-delivery.cohostpodcasting.com/audio/d9b0eb4d-eb67-4bbf-8b45-23c3053a575a/episodes/834c7289-25d2-44c8-8b51-b7924797ec78/episode.mp3?v=5d91ae71c7","summary":"This podcast is made possible by our listeners and viewers. If this show has brought you value, you can support it by becoming a member of The Way Forward , our platform designed to help you find the health and freedom community (people, practitioners, schools, farms, and more) near you. Your membership directly supports the podcast and the work we do. The public school system has been damaging our children… but it doesn’t have to be this way. In this conversation, I sit down with the founders of Infinity Academy, a project-based and nature-rooted school that was created after years of questioning the assumptions behind institutional education. Gillian, the school’s Curriculum and Instructional Lead, spent more than a decade teaching in public education and repeatedly felt that something about the system wasn’t working. Her work now focuses on project-based learning designed to nurture curiosity, critical thinking, and intrinsic motivation in children. Jenna, a Registered Nurse and wellness educator, co-founded the school after recognizing similar systemic problems in healthcare and education. Her work helps integrate nature, hands-on learning, and whole-person wellbeing into the educational experience. Together, they’re building a model where learning follows the child’s interests through questioning, research, creation, and reflection. Their goal is to help children develop agency, curiosity, and the confidence to keep learning long after the classroom. You’ll Learn: [00:00] Introduction [03:40] How public school was designed to crush curiosity [21:31] The grief, the infinity fountain, and the 30-day scramble to open Infinity Academy [41:12] What is project-based learning, and what does it look like? [43:11] Why community beats homeschooling, and what learning looks…","meta_description":"This podcast is made possible by our listeners and viewers. 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