Strictly Education
- Episodes
- 13
- Released
- weekly
- Latest episode
- Nov 12, 2026
About the podcast
Katharine Birbalsingh, Britain’s strictest headmistress, talks about what matters for our culture both at school and in the home. Gentle parenting and progressive schooling have replaced the values our grandparents understood instinctively. Whether you’re a parent, a teacher, or anyone interested in how politics impacts children, Strictly Education is your source for the traditional advice you can't find anywhere else.
New episodes released every Thursday.
Episodes 13
We’ve Done Multiculturalism All Wrong. I Have a Solution.
British multiculturalism is failing, and all sides share part of the blame. Left identitarians teach children to hate their country. Ethno-nationalists say ancestry is everything, excluding citizens whose …
Show notes
British multiculturalism is failing, and all sides share part of the blame. Left identitarians teach children to hate their country. Ethno-nationalists say ancestry is everything, excluding citizens whose families have been here for generations. Liberal multiculturalists insist all cultures are equal, while civic nationalists champion “British values” they can’t actually define. In my new book, “Diversity Is Not Our Strength,” I make the case for multicultural patriotism: there is room for difference, but the country always comes first.
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Order my new book, “Diversity Is Not Our Strength”: https://geni.us/DiversityNotStrength
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Katharine Birbalsingh, Britain’s strictest headmistress, talks about what matters for our culture both at school and in the home. Gentle parenting and progressive schooling have replaced the values our grandparents understood instinctively. Whether you’re a parent, a teacher, or anyone interested in how politics impacts children, Strictly Education is your source for the traditional advice you can't find anywhere else.
New episodes released every Thursday.
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StrictlyEdPod
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strictlyedpod/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StrictlyEdPod/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@strictlyedpod
X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/Miss_Snuffy
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Produced by Emergent Order Foundation and CEO John Papola
Learn more about EO.F: https://www.eo.foundation/
Riots Are Sweeping Across Europe. Is Britain Next?
What began as student protests in Paris has spread to Belgium, Italy, Spain, Germany and beyond. The left blames school funding and the cost of living. The right blames mass migration. Neither side is focusing …
Show notes
What began as student protests in Paris has spread to Belgium, Italy, Spain, Germany and beyond. The left blames school funding and the cost of living. The right blames mass migration. Neither side is focusing on the bigger problem: a generation of young people, of every race, taught in school and on social media that the West is the root of all evil. The question is, will Britain and America be the next dominoes to fall?
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Pre-order Katharine’s new book, “Diversity Is Not Our Strength”: https://geni.us/DiversityNotStrength
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Katharine Birbalsingh, Britain’s strictest headmistress, talks about what matters for our culture both at school and in the home. Gentle parenting and progressive schooling have replaced the values our grandparents understood instinctively. Whether you’re a parent, a teacher, or anyone interested in how politics impacts children, Strictly Education is your source for the traditional advice you can't find anywhere else.
New episodes released every Thursday.
_____________________________________
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StrictlyEdPod
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strictlyedpod/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StrictlyEdPod/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@strictlyedpod
X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/Miss_Snuffy
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Produced by Emergent Order Foundation and CEO John Papola
Learn more about EO.F: https://www.eo.foundation/
Schools Stamped Out Masculinity. Andrew Tate Is the Result.
Andrew Tate is vile, but boys aren’t following him by accident. For years, schools and the wider culture have told boys that masculinity itself is the problem. Gillette recast roughhousing boys as predators in …
Show notes
Andrew Tate is vile, but boys aren’t following him by accident. For years, schools and the wider culture have told boys that masculinity itself is the problem. Gillette recast roughhousing boys as predators in the making, and classroom resources hold up boys interested in cheerleading as role models while saying nothing good about the rest. Toughness, competitiveness, and courage get lumped in with violence and misogyny, so Tate has stepped into the masculinity vacuum. Leave boys without good men to follow, and they will find bad ones.
Follow the podcast so you don’t miss a single episode!
Pre-order Katharine’s new book, “Diversity Is Not Our Strength”: https://geni.us/DiversityNotStrength
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Katharine Birbalsingh, Britain’s strictest headmistress, talks about what matters for our culture both at school and in the home. Gentle parenting and progressive schooling have replaced the values our grandparents understood instinctively. Whether you’re a parent, a teacher, or anyone interested in how politics impacts children, Strictly Education is your source for the traditional advice you can't find anywhere else.
New episodes released every Thursday.
_____________________________________
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StrictlyEdPod
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strictlyedpod/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StrictlyEdPod/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@strictlyedpod
X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/Miss_Snuffy
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Produced by Emergent Order Foundation and CEO John Papola
Learn more about EO.F: https://www.eo.foundation/
Diversity Is Not Our Strength: How the Left and Right Broke Multiculturalism
Diversity is not our strength. Shared values are. A football team doesn’t win because its players are different. It wins because they share a shirt, a manager and a goal. My parents, like most immigrants of …
Show notes
Diversity is not our strength. Shared values are. A football team doesn’t win because its players are different. It wins because they share a shirt, a manager and a goal. My parents, like most immigrants of their generation, came to Britain with a sense of deference towards the country. Somewhere along the way, ordinary patriotism was replaced with white guilt, victimhood, and a left that calls everything racist while the right grows angrier in return.
Follow the podcast so you don’t miss a single episode!
Pre-order Katharine’s new book, “Diversity Is Not Our Strength”: https://geni.us/DiversityNotStrength
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Katharine Birbalsingh, Britain’s strictest headmistress, talks about what matters for our culture both at school and in the home. Gentle parenting and progressive schooling have replaced the values our grandparents understood instinctively. Whether you’re a parent, a teacher, or anyone interested in how politics impacts children, Strictly Education is your source for the traditional advice you can't find anywhere else.
New episodes released every Thursday.
_____________________________________
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StrictlyEdPod
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strictlyedpod/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StrictlyEdPod/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@strictlyedpod
X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/Miss_Snuffy
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Produced by Emergent Order Foundation and CEO John Papola
Learn more about EO.F: https://www.eo.foundation/
French Kids Are Destroying Their Schools. I Blame the Adults.
The left says French students are rioting over underfunded schools and racism. The right says the riots are the inevitable result of mass migration and far-left agitation. Both are missing something: French …
Show notes
The left says French students are rioting over underfunded schools and racism. The right says the riots are the inevitable result of mass migration and far-left agitation. Both are missing something: French children of all backgrounds have been taught to see their own country as the oppressor. A distant school bureaucracy, a national mythology of rebellion, and a culture of white guilt across the West have produced young people who want to tear it all down. As always, our political problems are rooted in what we do to our children.
Follow the podcast so you don’t miss a single episode!
Pre-order Katharine’s new book, “Diversity Is Not Our Strength”: https://geni.us/DiversityNotStrength
_____________________________________
Katharine Birbalsingh, Britain’s strictest headmistress, talks about what matters for our culture both at school and in the home. Gentle parenting and progressive schooling have replaced the values our grandparents understood instinctively. Whether you’re a parent, a teacher, or anyone interested in how politics impacts children, Strictly Education is your source for the traditional advice you can't find anywhere else.
New episodes released every Thursday.
_____________________________________
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StrictlyEdPod
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strictlyedpod/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StrictlyEdPod/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@strictlyedpod
X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/Miss_Snuffy
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Produced by Emergent Order Foundation and CEO John Papola
Learn more about EO.F: https://www.eo.foundation/
The English VS British Identity Crisis Is Burying the Real Problem
Is Rishi Sunak English? Konstantin Kisin says he’s British, but not English, and was accused of racism for saying so. Suella Braverman agrees she will never truly be English, while Shabana Mahmood says it never …
Show notes
Is Rishi Sunak English? Konstantin Kisin says he’s British, but not English, and was accused of racism for saying so. Suella Braverman agrees she will never truly be English, while Shabana Mahmood says it never occurred to her that she isn’t. The media can’t stop arguing about who’s English and who’s British. However, the real crisis is happening in our classrooms, where children are taught to see belonging through ancestry and to feel ashamed of both English and British identity.
Follow the podcast so you don’t miss a single episode!
Pre-order Katharine’s new book, “Diversity Is Not Our Strength”: https://geni.us/DiversityNotStrength
_____________________________________
Katharine Birbalsingh, Britain’s strictest headmistress, talks about what matters for our culture both at school and in the home. Gentle parenting and progressive schooling have replaced the values our grandparents understood instinctively. Whether you’re a parent, a teacher, or anyone interested in how politics impacts children, Strictly Education is your source for the traditional advice you can't find anywhere else.
New episodes released every Thursday.
_____________________________________
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StrictlyEdPod
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strictlyedpod/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StrictlyEdPod/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@strictlyedpod
X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/Miss_Snuffy
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Produced by Emergent Order Foundation and CEO John Papola
Learn more about EO.F: https://www.eo.foundation/
Test Scores Are Plummeting Across Europe. England Held the Line.
Education Secretary Michael Gove was hated for his school reforms in the early 2010s. He worked to bring back classical texts, rigorous exams, and real authority for teachers. Years later, the very countries …
Show notes
Education Secretary Michael Gove was hated for his school reforms in the early 2010s. He worked to bring back classical texts, rigorous exams, and real authority for teachers. Years later, the very countries his critics wanted us to emulate have gone from the gold standard to underperforming, while England has held the line. But that doesn't mean that all is well in English schools.
Follow the podcast so you don’t miss a single episode!
Pre-order Katharine’s new book, “Diversity Is Not Our Strength”: https://geni.us/DiversityNotStrength
Previous episode on the EdTech lie: https://youtu.be/i9UztXWlS6U?si=E2JJDeMPQsjxZxei
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Katharine Birbalsingh, Britain’s strictest headmistress, talks about what matters for our culture both at school and in the home. Gentle parenting and progressive schooling have replaced the values our grandparents understood instinctively. Whether you’re a parent, a teacher, or anyone interested in how politics impacts children, Strictly Education is your source for the traditional advice you can't find anywhere else.
New episodes released every Thursday.
_____________________________________
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StrictlyEdPod
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strictlyedpod/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StrictlyEdPod/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@strictlyedpod
X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/Miss_Snuffy
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Produced by Emergent Order Foundation and CEO John Papola
Learn more about EO.F: https://www.eo.foundation/
Nikole Hannah-Jones Ruins Black Kids’ Lives… Even Her Own Daughter’s
Nikole Hannah-Jones, the New York Times journalist behind the 1619 Project, just admitted something remarkable: her own daughter thinks she was cheated out of a good education by her mother's politics.Ten …
Show notes
Nikole Hannah-Jones, the New York Times journalist behind the 1619 Project, just admitted something remarkable: her own daughter thinks she was cheated out of a good education by her mother's politics.
Ten years ago, Hannah-Jones wrote about sending her daughter to a poor, majority-black public school as a stand against segregation, believing that her wealth and status could single-handedly lift up the school. That experiment failed.
Today, her daughter is left catching up from years of sub-standard education in a chaotic, undisciplined classroom environment. Is Hannah-Jones really an anti-racist crusader, or has she just revealed the elite snobbery behind her worldview?
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Katharine Birbalsingh, Britain’s strictest headmistress, talks about what matters for our culture both at school and in the home. Gentle parenting and progressive schooling have replaced the values our grandparents understood instinctively. Whether you’re a parent, a teacher, or anyone interested in how politics impacts children, Strictly Education is your source for the traditional advice you can't find anywhere else.
New episodes released every Thursday.
_____________________________________
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StrictlyEdPod
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strictlyedpod/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StrictlyEdPod/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@strictlyedpod
X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/Miss_Snuffy
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Produced by Emergent Order Foundation and CEO John Papola
Learn more about EO.F: https://www.eo.foundation/
Why I Don’t Let My Students Play the Victim
Victimhood is not virtue. Modern culture has taught children and adults alike that suffering confers merit, and now claiming victim status is a faster route to power than actually overcoming hardship. This …
Show notes
Victimhood is not virtue. Modern culture has taught children and adults alike that suffering confers merit, and now claiming victim status is a faster route to power than actually overcoming hardship. This logic plays out everywhere from courtrooms to classrooms. The people we should be raising up are not the ones who claim the most suffering, but the ones who refused to let suffering define them. Tell children the world is against them, and they will believe you. Tell them they are capable, and they might actually become so.
Follow the podcast so you don’t miss a single episode!
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Katharine Birbalsingh, Britain’s strictest headmistress, talks about what matters for our culture both at school and in the home. Gentle parenting and progressive schooling have replaced the values our grandparents understood instinctively. Whether you’re a parent, a teacher, or anyone interested in how politics impacts children, Strictly Education is your source for the traditional advice you can't find anywhere else.
New episodes released every Thursday.
_____________________________________
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StrictlyEdPod
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strictlyedpod/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StrictlyEdPod/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@strictlyedpod
X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/Miss_Snuffy
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Produced by Emergent Order Foundation and CEO John Papola
Learn more about EO.F: https://www.eo.foundation/
Why Nathan Cofnas Is Wrong About Race Science and IQ
Nathan Cofnas made his name exposing Jason Arday's plagiarism, but he’s also controversial in his own right. Cofnas believes that racial disparities in education and income can be explained by IQ and …
Show notes
Nathan Cofnas made his name exposing Jason Arday's plagiarism, but he’s also controversial in his own right. Cofnas believes that racial disparities in education and income can be explained by IQ and genetics. He also argues that avoiding these taboo conversations fuels the woke obsession with racism. Rather than embracing the culture-first perspective of figures like Thomas Sowell, he’s in full agreement with the left about the relevance of race. Cofnas just disagrees about what should be done, and a growing part of the far right is on his side.
Follow the podcast so you don’t miss a single episode!
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Katharine Birbalsingh, Britain’s strictest headmistress, talks about what matters for our culture both at school and in the home. Gentle parenting and progressive schooling have replaced the values our grandparents understood instinctively. Whether you’re a parent, a teacher, or anyone interested in how politics impacts children, Strictly Education is your source for the traditional advice you can't find anywhere else.
New episodes released every Thursday.
_____________________________________
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StrictlyEdPod
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strictlyedpod/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StrictlyEdPod/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@strictlyedpod
X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/Miss_Snuffy
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Produced by Emergent Order Foundation and CEO John Papola
Learn more about EO.F: https://www.eo.foundation/
White Guilt Politics Hung Jason Arday Out to Dry
Cambridge University professor Jason Arday, celebrated in the press for his unbelievable life story, resigned amid plagiarism accusations and was found dead days later. The real scandal is not academic …
Show notes
Cambridge University professor Jason Arday, celebrated in the press for his unbelievable life story, resigned amid plagiarism accusations and was found dead days later. The real scandal is not academic integrity, but rather institutional failure. They were so desperate to relieve their white guilt that they never bothered to question his story. Instead of treating a black man as a person, they used him as a symbol to prove they weren't racist.
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Katharine Birbalsingh, Britain’s strictest headmistress, talks about what matters for our culture both at school and in the home. Gentle parenting and progressive schooling have replaced the values our grandparents understood instinctively. Whether you’re a parent, a teacher, or anyone interested in how politics impacts children, Strictly Education is your source for the traditional advice you can't find anywhere else.
New episodes released every Thursday.
_____________________________________
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StrictlyEdPod
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strictlyedpod/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StrictlyEdPod/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@strictlyedpod
X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/Miss_Snuffy
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Produced by Emergent Order Foundation and CEO John Papola
Learn more about EO.F: https://www.eo.foundation/
Elon Musk Thinks AI Can Replace Teachers. He's Wrong.
Elon Musk thinks education should feel like a video game. Sam Altman wants every child to have an AI tutor. When someone says a great new piece of technology will transform how kids are taught, be very …
Show notes
Elon Musk thinks education should feel like a video game. Sam Altman wants every child to have an AI tutor. When someone says a great new piece of technology will transform how kids are taught, be very suspicious. “Innovations” in education technology always come with bold promises and almost always fail to deliver. Schools don't need better tech. They need better teachers.
Follow the podcast so you don’t miss a single episode!
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Katharine Birbalsingh, Britain’s strictest headmistress, talks about what matters for our culture both at school and in the home. Gentle parenting and progressive schooling have replaced the values our grandparents understood instinctively. Whether you’re a parent, a teacher, or anyone interested in how politics impacts children, Strictly Education is your source for the traditional advice you can't find anywhere else.
New episodes released every Thursday.
_____________________________________
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StrictlyEdPod
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strictlyedpod/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StrictlyEdPod/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@strictlyedpod
X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/Miss_Snuffy
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Produced by Emergent Order Foundation and CEO John Papola
Learn more about EO.F: https://www.eo.foundation/
If We Don’t Start Taking Kids Seriously, the West Is Done For
Values, not privilege, determine whether a child thrives. In this episode, Katharine Birbalsingh traces her journey from left-leaning Oxford graduate who blamed racism and poverty for school failure, to founder …
Show notes
Values, not privilege, determine whether a child thrives. In this episode, Katharine Birbalsingh traces her journey from left-leaning Oxford graduate who blamed racism and poverty for school failure, to founder and headmistress of Michaela Community School who believes the opposite. Small-c conservative values, personal responsibility, and high expectations matter more than circumstance ever could.
Follow the podcast so you don’t miss a single episode!
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Katharine Birbalsingh, Britain’s strictest headmistress, talks about what matters for our culture both at school and in the home. Gentle parenting and progressive schooling have replaced the values our grandparents understood instinctively. Whether you’re a parent, a teacher, or anyone interested in how politics impacts children, Strictly Education is your source for the traditional advice you can't find anywhere else.
New episodes released every Thursday.
_____________________________________
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StrictlyEdPod
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strictlyedpod/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StrictlyEdPod/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@strictlyedpod
X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/Miss_Snuffy
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Produced by Emergent Order Foundation and CEO John Papola
Learn more about EO.F: https://www.eo.foundation/
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