Today we’re confronting one of the most destructive lies in modern education: the myth of “neutral” schooling.

My guest is Robert Bortins, CEO of Classical Conversations, lifelong homeschooler, and co-author of *Woke and Weaponized: How Karl Marx Won the Battle for American Education*.

This episode goes straight to the foundation beneath the education crisis: formation, authority, worldview, and fatherly responsibility.

In this conversation, we expose why public school didn’t fail — it succeeded at doing exactly what it was designed to do. We trace the ideological roots of modern education, explain why reform is a dead end, and show how education always forms belief, loyalty, and moral imagination. We also discuss social-emotional learning, AI-driven education, homeschooling, classical education, college, and why fathers cannot outsource formation without consequences.

If you’re a father, husband, or Christian man trying to think clearly about education, authority, and the future your children are being prepared for, this conversation will challenge assumptions you may not even realize you’re making.

In this episode

• Why “neutral education” is a myth the church accepted

• How public school forms belief and allegiance

• Why reforming the system is impossible

• The real purpose behind social-emotional learning

• How AI will intensify educational control

• Why fathers cannot outsource formation

• What classical education actually trains children to become

• How to think wisely about college in a hostile culture