CiRCE Institute Podcast Network
331 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 319 ratingsThe CiRCE Institute Podcast Network is made up of three regular shows:
Dwell features conversations about motherhood, home education, homemaking, and more. Proverbial features author and educator Joshua Gibbs exploring proverbs from the ages. The Play’s The Thing is the ultimate resource for Shakespeare lovers hosted by actor, playwright, and educator Tim McIntosh.
Plus we produce various seasonal shows like The Weight of Fatherhood with Brian Phillips, Ask Andrew with CIRCE President Andrew Kern, and Café Scholé with Dr. Christopher Perrin.”
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Proverbial #103: Grace Kelly
July 28, 2022 16:56 - 22 minutes - 18.1 MBPeople often say that Jackson Pollock's work is "actually quite good." No one ever says this about Rembrandt, though. No "actually" is necessary. Wonder why? Joshua Gibbs looks into it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #102: My Sparkling Personality
July 20, 2022 14:54 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBDo you know what you bring to the table? You've got to. Joshua Gibbs explains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #100: Gravity Always Wins
June 16, 2022 15:36 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBThe 100th episode of Proverbial is devoted to the greatest proverb of all time. No big deal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #99: Problems
May 31, 2022 16:41 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBWho would send a boy to do a man's job? Joshua Gibbs investigates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #98: Giving the Devil His Due
May 19, 2022 14:47 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBYou may have actually figured out a few things that your parents didn't understand. Don't get cocky. Joshua Gibbs explains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Edward Lear's "The Table and the Chair"
May 13, 2022 02:18 - 5 minutes - 5.06 MBEdward Lear (12 May 1812[1][2] – 29 January 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, now known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised.[3] His principal areas of work as an artist were threefold: as a draughtsman employed to make illustrations of birds and animals; making coloured drawings during his journeys, which he reworked later, sometimes as plates for his travel books; and as a (minor) illustr...
Proverbial #97: Self Help
May 12, 2022 02:41 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBIs it better to find yourself, to lose yourself, or to be yourself? What if none of these really works? Joshua Gibbs explores. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #96: Sick Fascination
April 27, 2022 14:19 - 25 minutes - 17.2 MB"Don't shoot the messenger" seems like obvious advice, so why are we even tempted to shoot poor, helpless messengers? We have our reasons, though. Joshua Gibbs explores. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #94: The Hours
April 08, 2022 22:29 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MB"An apple a day keeps the doctor away," although this episode is about an entirely different (every day) proverb. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #92: Family of Trees
March 24, 2022 13:30 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MB"You can't teach an old dog new tricks," but it's better this way. Joshua Gibbs explains why. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #89: So Complicated
February 18, 2022 16:52 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MBEvery human judgement is based on incomplete data. A proverb from psychologist William James helps us sort out this vexing truth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #88: The Real World
February 09, 2022 21:07 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBYoung men should move out when they hit 18 or 19 even though it's cheaper to live at home. Why? This week's proverb from the Comtesse De Lafayette explores the answer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #87: What Could Go Wrong?
January 28, 2022 21:57 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MB"Don't put all your eggs in one basket," they say, but why? This basket is different. It can't be dropped. Or can it? Joshua Gibbs wants to know more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial 86: The Merciless Clandestine Society that Rules the World
January 22, 2022 00:49 - 19 minutes - 17.4 MBThis week's proverb is unattributed and goes like this: "you know what they say." Joshua Gibbs contemplates what it has to say for modern men and women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #83: Fondest, Blindest, Weakest
December 03, 2021 14:45 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MB"The squeaky wheel gets the grease" isn't just good career advice, it's a helpful perspective on humility. Joshua Gibbs explores. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #81: Losing Weight
November 11, 2021 02:14 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MB"It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves," said La Rochefoucauld, thus referencing the troubled relationship between pleasure and wisdom. Joshua Gibbs investigates on this week's edition of Proverbial. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dad's and Health (Weight of Fatherhood 2.6)
October 15, 2021 18:28 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBDr. Geoff Rose joins Brian Phillips to discuss the importance of health and wellness, particularly for dads. They discuss nutrition, exercise, and overall wellness, emphasizing how fathers can serve as models for their families in these areas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #78: Homework
October 15, 2021 18:26 - 26 minutes - 24 MB"Big book, big bore," said Callimachus. Everyone loves a shorty, though. Joshua Gibbs tells all in the latest episode of Proverbial. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #77: Losing Sleep
October 06, 2021 15:57 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MB"The best revenge is a life well lived," said George Herbert. Why do other sorts of revenge fall short of good old-fashioned happiness and contentment? Joshua Gibbs investigates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Books on Fathering Daughters (Weight of Fatherhood 2.5)
October 05, 2021 16:00 - 10 minutes - 9.27 MBIn this brief reflection episode of The Weight of Fatherhood, Dr. Brian Phillips discusses some of the best books on fathering daughters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #75: How to Ruin a Decent Christoper Nolan Movie
September 15, 2021 20:40 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MB“The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things," claimed Jean de La Bruyere. Joshua Gibbs investigates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #74: Michael Bay
September 10, 2021 14:33 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MB"No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible," said Stanislaw Lec. This isn't just a proverb about riots and mobs, though. It's about our guilty pleasures. Joshua Gibbs examines. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #73: Lenny Belardo
September 01, 2021 17:11 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MB"Don't smile before Christmas" is a common proverb traded by veteran teachers. It is a saying which is particularly offensive to an egalitarian age. Joshua Gibbs explores. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #72: I Care
August 25, 2021 19:42 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MB"You can't make everybody happy all the time," but why would any sane person try? Join Joshua Gibbs as he considers the paradoxes of human happiness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Cafe Schole #15: Education as Beatitude
August 20, 2021 16:42 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBIn this episode, Dr. Perrin sits down with author Danielle Bennett Dukes to discuss the notion of education as beatitude. They discuss the ways that the beatitudes serve as an educator's Telos and the way they prepare students to live in a world of paradox and suffering. Cafe Schole is produced for the CiRCE Podcast Network by Goldberry Studios. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #71: Drench to the Bone
August 18, 2021 16:22 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MB"May you live in interesting times" is a Chinese curse. Why? What's so bad about interesting things? Tolstoy is interesting, right? Joshua Gibbs investigates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #70: On Occasion
August 11, 2021 16:24 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MB"The art of living is to know how to enjoy a little and endure very much," claimed William Hazlitt. Join Joshua Gibbs as he mulls over this proverb. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Weight of Fatherhood 2.2: Christine Cohen
July 16, 2021 03:29 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBHere in season 2, Dr. Phillips is focusing on ways of being better dads to our daughters and husbands to our wives, and here in episode two he is joined by author Christine Cohen, author of The Winter King, to discuss the power of stories to inspire and instruct us in that effort. Christine Cohen was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. She spent most of her formative years roaming evergreen forests with her sister and a stalwart yellow lab, feeding her love of adventure a steady diet ...
Dwell #12: Learning from Nature
July 09, 2021 19:10 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBJoin Emily, Renee, and Karen as they discuss mankind's place in the created world. Why do we go into nature to find refreshment? Plus they discuss how being outside (on adventures, in beautiful places) has helped shape them and how it particularly helps shape the habit of paying attention. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Weight of Fatherhood: Season 2 Premier
July 09, 2021 01:34 - 50 minutes - 45.7 MBWelcome back to The Weight of Fatherhood, a podcast for dads who take their vocation as a father seriously. Here in the premier episode of season two, host Brian Phillips introduces the theme of the second season (the women in our lives: wives and daughters) and is joined by some of his friends and colleagues for a conversation about the challenges that come with being a girl dad and a husband. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #68: Marvin
July 07, 2021 17:42 - 29 minutes - 26.5 MBJane Austen wrote, "The memory is sometimes so retentive, so serviceable, so obedient - at others, so bewildered and so weak - and at others again, so tyrannic, so beyond control! - We are to be sure a miracle every way - but our powers of recollecting and of forgetting, do seem peculiarly past finding out." In this episode, Joshua Gibbs tells a single story from a difficult summer when he believed his life was ending. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #67: My Girls
July 01, 2021 21:08 - 19 minutes - 18 MB"Birds of a feather flock together." This is a hard saying for social engineers of all sorts, especially teachers and party hosts. Join Joshua Gibbs as he unpacks this surprisingly confrontational saying. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #66: The Traveler
June 24, 2021 00:52 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MB"The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see," said Chesterton. Over the last ten years, travel has become mixed up with the self-care and wellness movement. In the latest episode of Proverbial, Joshua Gibbs attempts to save travel from modern cliches. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dwell #11: Making the Most of Summer
June 18, 2021 14:54 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBJoin Emily, Renee, and Karen astray discuss ways to find rest from routine, using summer to prepare for fall, big picture planning and reorganizing, working on particularly habits with particular children, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dwell #10: The Art of Narration
June 15, 2021 16:19 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBIn this episode of Dwell Emily, Renee, and Karen discuss how narration develops the ability to pay attention, cultivates the faculty of memory, and is a natural way to assess comprehension. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #65: Praying for Brad Pitt
June 09, 2021 20:29 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MB"No man is so completely happy that something somewhere does not clash with his condition," taught Boethius. How do we live at peace with this truth? Can we? Joshua Gibbs talks himself through these questions on the latest episode of Proverbial. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial 64: Stay Humble, Stay Low
June 05, 2021 15:46 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MB"He who has much, wants much," said Boethius. In this episode, Joshua Gibbs explains suffering and want with a story about his acquisition of an iPod in 2004. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #63: I'm On a Roll Now
May 27, 2021 17:33 - 27 minutes - 25 MB"Bad fortune is of more use to men than good fortune," teaches Boethius, but he doesn't mean we should learn from our mistakes. Join Joshua Gibbs as he explores this vexing saying from the great Roman philosopher. Proverbial is produced by Goldberry Studios for the CiRCE Podcast Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dwell #9: What to Do When Our Stories Are Hard
May 19, 2021 16:01 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBJoin Emily, Karen, and Renee as they continue their discussion about the importance of family stories: how they connect us and tell us who we are -- and what to do when our stories are hard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial 62: Ten Years from Now
May 19, 2021 01:27 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MB"Don't burn your bridges" began as a saying of military generals on war campaigns, but is now primarily understood advice pertaining to professional relationships. Join Joshua Gibbs as he explores this timeless saying. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dwell #7: Habits (Part 2)
April 24, 2021 14:12 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBJoin Emily, Renee, and Karen as they discuss how training our children in habits results in the development of virtue and can help our households run more smoothly. Also, they discuss when to let a teenager choose which habits to work on or not. Dwell is produced for the CiRCE Podcast Network by Goldberry Studios. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #59: Four Star Daydream
April 22, 2021 17:00 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week's proverb comes from Sir Thomas Gresham: "Bad money drives out good money." Join Joshua Gibbs as he talks about "bad money" and what it has to do with bad students, bad teachers, and bad love. Proverbial is produced for the CiRCE Podcast Network by Goldberry Studios. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #58: Drugs Sell Themselves
April 14, 2021 14:42 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBThis week's proverb is anonymous but you know it: "seek of the devil and he doth appear." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Proverbial is produced by Goldberry Studios for the CiRCE Podcast Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dwell #6: On the Habits of Our Home
April 10, 2021 01:03 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBAnn Voskamp wrote that "a habit is the way we wear our days" and in this episode Emily, Renee, and Karen discuss the importance of developing habits in ourselves that will enable us to carry out the good work before us--as educators and parents and wives. Be sure to subscribe to Dwell's feed wherever you get podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #57: Fortunes on a String
April 08, 2021 14:11 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week's proverb comes to us via Solomon, who said, "Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Proverbial is produced by Goldberry Studios for the CiRCE Podcast Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dwell #5: Family Fun
April 02, 2021 21:48 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBDwell is a new podcast from the CiRCE Podcast Network for homeschool moms. Be sure to subscribe to the Dwell feed wherever you get podcasts! Join Emily, Renee, and Karen as they discuss ways of having fun as a family: favorite movies, favorite games, and much more. Plus they discuss combining fun with the favorite foods to create family culture, foster affection, and create unity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #56: The Best Policy
April 01, 2021 18:42 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBThis week's proverb come from Socrates, who said that "the unexamined life is not worth living." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to teach modern men and women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #55: Horace the Bear
March 24, 2021 22:05 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBThis week's proverb is in unattributed, but goes like this: "Money can't buy you happiness." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #54: Death and Wellness
March 18, 2021 15:42 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBThis week's proverb comes to us from Nicholas Gomez Davila, who said that "dying societies accumulate laws like dying men accumulate remedies." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Proverbial is produced by Goldberry Studios for the CiRCE Podcast Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ask Andrew: On Grammar and the Interpretation of Signs
March 15, 2021 16:52 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBIn this episode, Andrew Kern explains what he means when he says that grammar is the art of interpreting signs -- plus he answers some other listener questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.