The Nicki Truesdell Podcast

My guest is Dan Kleinman of Safe Libraries and World Library Association, an expert on the inner workings of the American Library Association and the tactics used to silence concerned Americans. He’s here to shed light on how the system works and what we can do about it.

Guide for Parents and Legislators on Obscenity, Drag Queen Story Hour, 1619 Project, Etc https://safelibraries.blogspot.com/2023/01/details-on-stopping-indoctrination.html
 
There Is No Such Thing as a Banned Book: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PZ2pDhKhRAtlNgR7gek_1kcdGFoskHpa/view?pli=1
 MLIS Degrees Are Woke https://safelibraries.blogspot.com/2024/03/mlis-degrees-are-woke.html

Groomer Schools and Drag Queen Story Hour https://newdiscourses.com/2022/06/groomer-schools-4-drag-queen-story-hour/
 
ALA is grooming kids https://www.c-span.org/video/standalone/?c5085234/user-clip-sen-lee-comments
 
The “Right to Read Act” https://worldlibraryassociation.org/right-to-read-act/

 Library Boards Trained to Lie by ALA https://safelibraries.blogspot.com/2023/06/library-boards-trained-to-lie-by-ala.html
  
Donate to legal funds for parents fighting the ALA https://www.givesendgo.com/legalfundforparents
 
Current lawsuits: https://randazza.com/lawsuits/jones-v-kleinman/
 
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Dr. Brian Ray of National Home Education Research Institute is back on the podcast with the most recent data on homeschooling outcomes, and they're better than ever!

Related links:
 
National Home Education Research Institute: https://nheri.org/
 
A Systematic Review of the Empirical Research on Selected Aspects of Homeschooling: Updated 2017–2026: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0161956X.2025.2605900
 
Duvall, Steven F., Delquadri, Joseph C., & Ward, D. Lawrence. (2004). A preliminary investigation of the effectiveness of homeschool instructional environments for students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder [ADHD]. School Psychology Review, 33(1), 140-158. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02796015.2004.12086238 
 
Duvall, Steven F., Ward, D. Lawrence, Delquadri, Joseph C., & Greenwood, Charles R. (1997). An exploratory study of home school instructional environments and their effects on the basic skills of students with learning disabilities. Education and Treatment of Children, 20(2), 150-172. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ553895
 
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Nicki tackles the questions "Am I doing this right," or "will I mess up my kids?" that homeschool parents worry about every day.

Related Links:
The Marxification of Education (book) by James Lindsay https://amzn.to/4gxQCkC
Interview with James Lindsay https://youtu.be/uZPRbJEMWD8?si=7-CdJCZt1ld_YheV
The Queering of the American Child (book) by James Lindsay https://amzn.to/4qjajA7
Nation’s scorecard education statistics
Interview with Chris Papst on graduating kids who can’t read https://youtu.be/jnpyeAwgIK8?si=mRwUO3L_OjCQ5Ndf
Blog post: It does not take 12 years to educate a child https://nickitruesdell.com/it-does-not-take-twelve-years-to-educate-a-child/
Blog post: I can tell you how to fix education https://nickitruesdell.com/can-tell-fix-education/
McGuffey lesson sample https://nickitruesdell.com/mcguffey-1848-high-school-lesson/
Homeschool 101 https://nickitruesdell.com/homeschool-101/
When Mother Reads Aloud https://nickitruesdell.com/mother-reads-aloud/
Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons https://amzn.to/4xPmBml
Math-U-See curriculum https://www.christianbook.com/page/homeschool/math/math-u-see?cat=Math-U-See&catid=2280087&event=AFF&p=1187914
Copywork https://nickitruesdell.com/copywork-and-language-arts/
Grammar https://nickitruesdell.com/iew-fix-it-grammar-curriculum-review/
Writing https://nickitruesdell.com/institute-for-excellence-in-writing-iew-curriculum-review/
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Brook Wayne, second-generation homeschooler and mother of 11, joins Nicki to share her advice for homeschooling moms in every stage of the journey. Brook and Israel Wayne are the faces of the Family Renewal ministry and the Raising Them Up podcast.

Family Renewal: https://familyrenewal.org/
Raising Them Up Podcast: https://generations.org/tabs/media/pages/raising-them-up
Nicki's interview with Israel Wayne: https://youtu.be/eich-_nbHcg

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The Smithsonian came under fire in congressional hearings recently due to the displays that the Trump administration has labeled racist and incorrect history. What’s happening in the Smithsonian and in American history museums in general is not just random liberals changing diplays to suit their politics. You’ve heard of critical race theory, which is just one subset of critical theory. What we’re witnessing here is another subset known as Critical America Theory. It’s an attempt to label all of American history as problematic, and it's not just the museums.

--> The Report: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Smithsonian-Report-Saving-Americas-Story.pdf <--

James Lindsay/Critical America Theory https://newdiscourses.com/2026/03/critical-america-theory-left-and-right/
James Lindsay/Long March https://newdiscourses.com/2026/03/explaining-the-long-march-through-the-institutions/

Podcast: Mary Grabar/Debunking Howard Zinn and 1619 https://youtu.be/kan4GtFUBxQ?si=tqIwyS8MH6md6jet
Podcast: Julie Behling/Beneath Sheep's Clothing https://youtu.be/uVtS7CwKYiQ?si=lpLQ-ejEMgig2GL_
Podcast: Xi Van Fleet/Mao's America https://youtu.be/kwTcBXRon0g?si=ogsieRcgFPXoJyn2
Podcast: James Lindsay/The Marxification of Education https://youtu.be/uZPRbJEMWD8?si=RvDeFCoKubTteuvX

Kimberle Crenshaw/Guardian Article https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/27/why-trumps-attack-on-the-smithsonian-matters

Podcast: Ken Ham/One Race One Blood https://youtu.be/ee4KL10KFdc?si=w1BkKJ7_6qCHWudx

Link: National Archives/AI https://x.com/sparklingruby/status/1637550235978199040?s=20

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