E3: PLAY SCHOOL
Two LARPers participating in The Settlers of Skull Island (Courtesy: EPOS)
What if your school week involved colonizing planets, fleeing Nazis, or negotiating with fantasy kingdoms—all while studying history and science?
In this episode, we meet Mathias Granum, the founder of EPOS, a groundbreaking Danish boarding school where students learn through live-action role-play (LARP).
Granum explains how EPOS transforms traditional subjects into immersive experiences that teach not just academic knowledge, but critical life skills like empathy, public speaking, and conflict resolution.
He also shares the school’s journey from idealism to realism, the importance of structure in creative education, and the surprising things he learned from Britain’s strictest school.
It’s a story of costumes, creativity, and the courage to reimagine what learning can be.
Visit epos.dk for more information.
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