The Regents Podcast

The Regents Podcast

Welcome to The Regents Podcast--a weekly podcast for K-12 classical Christian educators and parents.

Episodes

November 20, 2025 29 mins

To commemorate Tim Phillips' last year as the Head Football Coach at Regents, Kirk Avery sits down with Coach Phillips to reflect on his time at Regents and his passion for mentoring students through football.

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Kirk Avery chats with Learning Specialist Jane-Ann Myers and Play Therapist Mary Bennett in the third of a several episode series about what excecutive functions look like across the grade levels at Regents.

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November 10, 2025 42 mins

Kirk Avery chats with Learning Specialist Jane-Ann Myers and Play Therapist Mary Bennett in the second of a several episode series about what excecutive functions look like across the grade levels at Regents.

 

Timestamps

00:03:20 - Introduction

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November 2, 2025 32 mins

Kirk Avery chats with Learning Specialist Jane-Ann Myers in the first of a several episode series about what excecutive functions look like across the grade levels at Regents.

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October 26, 2025 44 mins

Kari Kampakis, author of 10 Ultimate Truths Young Girls Should Know, talks with Kirk Avery and Dan Peterson about her own life journey, her time on campus speaking to Regents moms, and what it means to find your identity in Christ rather than worldy things.

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October 19, 2025 22 mins

Stuart Shaw has been involved with Regents for many years and has left lasting imprint on the school.  Though his kids graduated long ago, he actively participates in the life of the school by continuing to host Regents events at his house and help organize and run the Dad's curbside service.  Kirk Avery and Dan Peterson talk to Stuart about his faith journey at Regents and what this community means to him.

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October 5, 2025 25 mins

Note: This is the second of a two-part interview.

Dr. Leonard Sax talks with Kirk Avery and Dan Peterson about recognizing the innate differences between boys and girls when making educational and parenting choices.

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September 29, 2025 20 mins

Dr. Leonard Sax talks with Kirk Avery and Dan Peterson about recognizing the innate differences between boys and girls when making educational and parenting choices.

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September 21, 2025 27 mins

Families Helping Families, the Regents biennial fundraising event, is happening on November 1st at Star Hill Ranch.  Part of the team that helps makes this event possible chats with Kirk Avery about what families can expect this year, and how they can get involved.

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September 15, 2025 28 mins

Megan Jackson introduces herself and her role as the 5th/6th Associate Head in the School of Grammar.

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September 7, 2025 29 mins

The new Regents Director of Community, Hannah Gamble, sits down with Dan Peterson and Kirk Avery to introduce herself and her vision for the Regents community.

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August 24, 2025 27 mins

Dan Peterson talks with Kirk Avery about the vision and theme for the upcoming school year as Regents partners with parents to disciple students in their Christian education.

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August 17, 2025 27 mins

Chase Laguarta and David Whitley talk to Kirk Avery about this weekends upcoming Dad's Bootcamp 2025 -- a memorable and formative experience for many Regents dads.

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May 11, 2025 32 mins

To celebrate the 200th episode of the Regents podcast, Dan Peterson, Kirk Avery, and Brandon Shufflebarger discuss their top 3 favorite episodes of all time.

 

The link to the episode archives going back to the very first one is: https://regentspodcast.libsyn.com

 

Dan's top 3:

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NOTE: This episode is a re-release of a conversation that was previously recorded in February of 2024.  As a perennially relevant topic at Regents, we are releasing it again for those of you who may have missed it the first time around.

David Thomas and Sissy Goff join Dr. Dan Peterson in the studio again to talk about techniques to handle the rising anxiety in our kids and in ourselves.

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April 27, 2025 27 mins

Regents alumni Kyle Choy and Lucy Taylor talk with Kirk Avery about their experiences as students in the innagural class at the University of Austin (UATX), a new university with a focus on inquiry, curiosity, and intellectual freedom.

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April 15, 2025 26 mins

The admissions team at Regents talks to Kirk Avery about the true, good, and beautiful of the admissions process at the school and dispels some myths along the way.

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April 6, 2025 33 mins

New Chief Operations Officer, Joseph McElmurry talks to Kirk avery about his eclectic career experience and his journey to Regents.

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March 30, 2025 41 mins

NOTE: This episode is a re-release of a conversation that was previously recorded in November of 2023.  As a perennially relevant topic at Regents, we are releasing it again for those of you who may have missed it the first time around.

Dr. Ed Welch, faculty member at the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation (CCEF), talks with Dr. Dan Peterson and Dr. Ryan Lister about a biblical approach to dealing with anxiety.

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March 24, 2025 24 mins

Robert Henneke, Executive Director at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, talks with Kirk Avery about the work TPPF does defending liberty in Texas. They also discuss opportunities for Regents juniors/seniors through the Texas Scholars Program that aim to give students hands-on experience in a think-tank environment over the course of a semester.

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