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KeyBARDThe REALM: Redesigning Education with Victoria Forsman and Jessica SlaybackSend us a textHost Thembi Duncan welcomes Victoria Forsman and Jessica Slayback, co-founders of The REALM (Redesigning Education and Living Meaningfully), a vibrant educational community in Santa Monica California that’s been changing the way kids learn for 15 years.They share their inspiration for creating REALM and describe what it takes to create a thriving student-centered learning model in today’s world. They also cover:Why traditional school models fail so many kids (and adults)How Vicky and Jessie’s different life paths led them to a shared visionWhat it mea...
2025-07-0943 min
What's Funk? by Warszawski FunkWhat’s Funk? 18.04.2025 - Can you feel it?Funk baby!
01- Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers - If It Ain't Funky
02- Cherrykim - Can you feel it?
03- Kurt Elling - Say You Love Me (feat. Huntertones & Victoria Victoria)
04- Liquid Spirits - Twice as nice
05- Readim - RiTS
06- Jay Mck - Home from Tour (feat. MonoNeon)
07- Pelle Holmberg Group - Nifty Mutt
08- Family Company - Here it Comes
09- Positive Force - Especially for You (Mix)
10- Tom McGuire & the Brassholes - The Tooth
11- Polyrhythmics - Smoke & Mirrors
12- Ina Forsman - Mama's Groove
13- Feel Good...
2025-04-1858 min
LiberatED PodcastUnbundling education at the REALM in Santa Monica, CAJessica Slayback and Victoria Forsman launched the REALM, Redesigning Education And Living Meaningfully, in 2010 as a microschool with one student and since then they have served 3,000 students with both full-time and part-time learning options. Located in Santa Monica, California, REALM currently enrolls 134 students ages 4 to 14 each semester, with a new high school program opening soon. *** Sign up for Kerry's free, weekly email newsletter on education trends at fee.org/liberated.
2024-06-1442 min
The #ANGELS PodcastMerci Grace, Advisor, Investor & Product BuilderToday’s episode is full of real talk with Merci Victoria Grace. Merci is an investor, advisor and product builder. She was previously a venture capitalist at Lightspeed, Director of Product at Slack, and started her career as a founder of a social gaming company after pursuing a degree in fiction writing from USC.
Jana, April and Merci talk about their family backgrounds and what it’s like to navigate Silicon Valley having no exposure to the business cultural norms of the industry growing up, what to look for in founders they back, and why understanding what they...
2021-05-3142 min