HSHSP Ep 187: Lessons from a Homeschooler, Interview with Noah Tetzner

This week on HSHSP Ep 187: Lessons from a Homeschooler, Interview with Noah Tetzner. HSHSP Ep 187: Lessons from a Homeschooler, Interview with Noah Tetzner Vicki is excited to interview our friend (and one of our podcast editors), Noah Tetzner of History of Vikings Podcast and Lessons from a Homeschooler Podcast. Noah is a recent homeschool graduate and is already busy in a career, not only as a podcaster but as a podcast editor. He learned to podcast while homeschooling high school and is thankful for homeschooling because it has allowed him time to invest in his interests. photo used with permisson Noah's first podcast, The History of Vikings, was started over a year ago because he wanted to explore his interest in Vikings. His early episodes concentrated on narratives but he wanted more expertise, so he decided to interview experts on the podcast! Check out this Homeschool Highschool Podcast interview with Noah. This homeschool high schooler had the courage to contact internationally-recognized Viking scholars. This is what he did: * He checked university websites, * He emailed professors who are experts in the field and explained to them the mission of The History of Vikings Podcast * He asked them for an interview * Many said "Yes!" * He has interviewed scholars from: * Cambridge * Oxford * Yale * Other European universities (You really need to check out The History of Vikings Podcast. Your homeschool high schoolers can log history hours learning about the Viking Age.) One of the perks of hosting a podcast about Vikings was the invitation he (and his dad) received to travel to York, United Kingdom (expenses paid). A Viking museum was hosting its annual Yorvic Viking Festival. The museum is built on top of Coppertop Dig, an excavation of thousands of Viking artifacts. That excavation was led by Dr. Peter Addyman, who Noah was able to meet, have lunch and be given a three-hour private tour of Viking York. Noah has started a new podcast now: Lessons from a Homeschooler. It is an interview podcast that explores the interests of homeschool students, parents and families. In each episode he interviews a homeschool expert or influencer, such as Dr. Christopher Perrin of Classical Academic Press, Andrew Pedua of IEW, Steve Demme of Math-U-See and others. Noah started the new podcast because he loved his homeschooling experiences and wanted to continue to invest back in the homeschool community, so that other homeschoolers can be blessed. Lessons from Homeschooler: Noah's Advice to Homeschool High Schoolers on How to Start a Podcast Noah and the 7Sisters have found that podcasting is not difficult! Here is how to start: * Watch how-to's: YouTube tutorals are available so start there (as well as inexpensive courses that can be purchased) * Get some kind of microphone that attaches to computer Heil PR 40 that connects to an audio mixer that connects to his computer. (Vicki, Sabrina and Kym use a Yeti.) * Choose recording software (Noah and Vicki both use Zencastr). Zencastr's software is located on its website, Zencastr.com. When you are registered as a Zencastr user, all you need to record an episode is to click a link to open a *new episode* dashboard, hit the *invite* button if you have an interview guest, then hit *record*. Zencastr does the recording for you and downloads the episode (onto your computer or Dropbox).