The Folk School Radio Hour

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Tune in the Fourth Wednesday of every month at 5pm for The Folk School Radio Hour, hosted by familiar voices from Viroqua's own Driftless Folk School. We'll be having thoughtful conversation around craft, traditional ways, nutrition, wild spaces and the simple abundance of the this beautiful Earth.

Episodes

  1. Jun 24

    A Year (or two) In The Life

    Julie sits down with Thoreau College Fellows, Annie Kelly and Will Young, to talk about their experiences being Fellows at Thoreau and the Driftless Folk School.

  2. May 27

    Nutrition for the Whole Human

    Julie sits down with Laura Mathis to talk about nutrition from the perspective of traditional communities and co-evolution of our complex biomes.

  3. Apr 22

    Forest Schooling in the Driftless

    Julie sits down with two of the educators behind the Kickapoo Valley Forest School. Now in its fifth year, the school is seeing great success and modeling a unique kind of education in the upper mid-west.

  4. Feb 25

    Human Fitness

    Julie sits down with Rock Hancock and talks about natural fitness for all human bodies. Rock is a certified MovNat instructor with nearly two decades of experience in movement and body mechanics. http://movenat.com/from-fullsterkur-to-followers-how-social-mediadistorted-the-purpose-of-strength/

  5. Jan 28

    The Heart of a Crafter

    Julie talks with Clint Grabhorn about what it means to be a crafter and the benefits of living a crafty lifestyle.

  6. 12/24/2025

    Twenty Years!!

    Julie chats with some of the early founders of the folk school as well as the current registrar about where the folk school is going.

  7. 10/22/2025

    Let’s Start A Folk School

    Julie talks to Kristina Schnapf from the Green Door Folk School in Cedar, Micigan. At only 8 months old Green Door Folk School is one of the newest in the growing cohort of folk schools in the uppoer mid-west.

  8. 09/24/2025

    Jacob Goes to Denmark

    Julie chats with Jacob Hundt, Executive Director of the Driftless Folk School, about a recent trip to Denmak to visit the International Peoples College for the International Folkemode for Educators conference.

  9. 08/27/2025

    Driftless Spoon Gathering

    Julie chats with Tom Wheeler, Terry Beck and Jarrod Torkelson about the upcoming spoon carving get together as well as green wood working, craft and the religion of tool sharpening.

  10. 07/23/2025

    Doing the Folk School Thing

    Julie chats with Lucy Soderstrom, Executive Director, and Anna Heil, Program Director at Ely Folk School in Ely, Minnesota, as well as Driftless Folk School Fellow Lauren Proffitt. Conversation ranges from the variety of classes offed at regional folk schools, to the future of the folk school movement in light of AI and the changing world.

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Tune in the Fourth Wednesday of every month at 5pm for The Folk School Radio Hour, hosted by familiar voices from Viroqua's own Driftless Folk School. We'll be having thoughtful conversation around craft, traditional ways, nutrition, wild spaces and the simple abundance of the this beautiful Earth.

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