In a world full of good things competing for our attention, Keith McCurdy helps families rethink the order of their loves, so kids learn to value what matters most. This conversation gets practical fast, with simple, doable habits that rebuild connection and calm the chaos.

Many listeners have asked for more alumni interviews, and Davies Owens delivers with a conversation featuring Ashton Lawrence, an Ambrose School graduate and current member of the ZipCast team. Ashton shares what it was like to enter classical Christian education in fifth grade, wrestle through the middle school and high school years, and later recognize how logic, Latin, and great books shaped his thinking, faith, and vocational direction.

In a world full of distractions and content overload, wisdom is the real missing ingredient. Davies Owens sits down with Marissa Streit, CEO of PragerU, to talk about “small, atomic habits” that help families form kids who can discern well, love what is good, and grow into maturity. From tech and attention spans to edutainment, rituals, and rebuilding meaning at home, this conversation is a practical call to start small and stay intentional.

In this Best of BaseCamp Live episode, Davies Owens speaks with Dr. Louis Markos about how ancient wisdom shaped virtue and human flourishing. The conversation explores why classical education continues to draw from Greek and Roman thought to form students who are prepared for the modern world.

As artificial intelligence rapidly reshapes how work is done, parents and educators are left asking how to best prepare students for an uncertain future. In this episode of BaseCamp Live, Davies Owens is joined by Tami Peterson, founder and CEO of Life Architects Coaching, to explore how AI is changing college admissions, career pathways, and workforce expectations. Together, they discuss why human formation, discernment, and adaptability matter more than ever in an age of accelerating technology.

What makes a teacher truly good? In this BaseCamp Live conversation, Davies Owens sits down with classical educator and mentor Carrie Eben, co-author of The Good Teacher, to explore the often-missed piece of classical education: how we teach, not just what we teach. Carrie explains why pedagogy matters, why great teachers slow things down and go deep, and how assessment can become something relational and formative, not just a score.

AI is reshaping education faster than most schools can track. In this episode of BaseCamp Live, Davies Owens welcomes back digital media consultant Emily Harrison to explore how classical Christian students can thrive in an AI world without becoming dependent on it. They discuss academic integrity, why AI can help experts but harm amateurs, what colleges are changing in response, and the practical skills students still need, like typing and basic productivity tools. Emily also raises urgent concerns about student digital privacy and how schools use student images online. A clear-eyed, hopeful conversation for parents and school leaders who want wise, biblical discernment in a rapidly changing tech landscape.

What actually forms a child in a classroom? In this episode, author and classical educator Mandi Gerth joins host Davies Owens to explain why formation in a classical Christian classroom is often more caught than taught. She unpacks the role of culture, liturgy, and rightful authority in the classroom, and she offers simple, realistic ways parents can support those same habits at home so that what happens between 8 and 3 is not undone after 3:01.

Smartphones are everywhere, but do our kids really need them? Davies Owens talks with Techless founder Chris Kaspar about why families feel stuck between giving kids full access or going fully offline. Chris shares a healthier third option that protects childhood, safeguards identity, and helps families reclaim deep, meaningful life beyond the screen.

Senior thesis is the capstone moment of a classical Christian education. It is where students pull together years of grammar, dialectic, and rhetoric training into one demanding, meaningful project. In this episode, Davies Owens talks with Dr. Tom Vierra, Senior Thesis Coordinator at Wilson Hill Academy, about what senior thesis is, why it is more than a long paper, and how it forms students who can think clearly, research carefully, and speak truth with conviction and grace in a culture of shallow soundbites. They also dig into the six-part classical structure, the value of refutatio and antithesis, and how schools can uphold academic integrity in the age of AI.