CiRCE Institute Podcast Network
331 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 320 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 #53: Little by Little
March 10, 2021 15:30 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBThis week's proverb comes from Benjamin Franklin who once said that, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Proverbial is proceed by Goldberry Studios for the CiRCE Podcast Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #52: Preaching to the Choir
March 03, 2021 15:22 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBThis week's proverb is unattributed and it quite famous. It goes, "the Grass is always greener on the other side." 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.
Proverbial #51: Time Will Tell
February 24, 2021 20:43 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MBThis week's proverb comes from Jean-Baptise Alphonse Karr, who said that, "The more things change, the more they stay the same." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say for 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.
Proverbial #50: Who Are You Trying to Convince?
February 17, 2021 15:19 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBThis week's proverb comes via William Hazlitt, a British essayist and philosopher who wrote that, "violent antipathies are always suspicious and betray a secret affinity." 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: How Does Rhetoric Teach Us to Read (Part 2)
February 15, 2021 16:43 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBIn this episode, Andrew Kern offers some practical applications regarding the ways rhetoric teaches students to read well, then he answers some listener questions (including about children's literature.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #49: 18 to 34
February 11, 2021 15:09 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBThis week's proverb is unattributed (thought it is English). It goes, "children should be seen and not heard." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this poem 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: How Does Rhetoric Teach Us to Read?
February 08, 2021 19:42 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBIn this episode, Andrew Kern spends the bulk of the episodes contemplating the questions, "how does rhetoric teach us to read?" before diving into some more rapid-fire questons/answers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #48: Again and Again
February 03, 2021 18:10 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBThis week's proverb comes to us from Thomas Aquinas who wrote, "I fear the man of one book." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Proverbial is produced for the CiRCE Podcast Network by Goldberry Studios. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #47: Fathers & Sons
January 27, 2021 10:08 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBThis week's proverb comes from German philosopher and writer, Goethe: "We can't form our children on our own concepts. We must take them and love them as God gives them to us." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Proverbial, part of the CiRCE Podcast Network, is produced by Goldberry Studios. Please be sure to subscribe to the show on its own feed! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial 45: Bully for You
December 14, 2020 17:06 - 28 minutes - 39 MBThis week's proverb comes from Dante: "Fame, without which man's life wastes out of mind leaving on earth no more memorial than foam in water or smoke upon the wind." 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 #44: We May Be Through with the Past but the Past Is Not Through With Us
December 07, 2020 18:52 - 28 minutes - 32.1 MBThis week's proverb is anonymous (but very well known): The apple does not fall far from the tree. Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say for modern men and women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #43: No Easy Way Out
November 24, 2020 22:29 - 29 minutes - 40.4 MBThis week's proverb, which is unattributed, is: "No good deed goes unpunished." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ask Andrew: Thoughts on the Relationship between the Arts, Sciences, and Reason
November 03, 2020 21:41 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBJoin Andrew Kern for another recording of his Ask Andrew webinar series. In this episode he contemplates the relationship between the arts, sciences, and reason -- and much more, as usual. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #41: The Long Farewell
October 12, 2020 16:18 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBThis week's proverb is from Jonathan Swift: "life is a tragedy wherein we sit as spectators for a while and then act our part in it." 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.
Ask Andrew #64: Furthers Thoughts on the Definition of Rhetoric
October 08, 2020 14:39 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBIn this episode, Andrew Kern continues to explain how he defines rhetoric and how he came to that definition, as well as why he prioritizes decision-making over persuasion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #40: Silence is Golden
September 30, 2020 14:00 - 24 minutes - 28.3 MBThis week's proverb, which is unattributed, is "let sleeping dogs lie." 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 #39: Heaven Can Wait
September 23, 2020 18:23 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBThis week's proverb is unattributed: "Youth is wasted on the young." 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 #38: Made in Italy
September 15, 2020 14:59 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBThis week's proverb is unattributed: "the clothes make the man." 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.
Ask Andrew 62: How to adapt to the needs of individual students
September 11, 2020 17:42 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBIn this week's episode, Andrew Kern contemplates ways of adapting to the various needs of individual students, while also avoiding decision fatigue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #37: The Best Part of the Trip
September 08, 2020 14:12 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBThis week's proverb comes from Dante, that great Italian writer, who wrote, "if the will won't will, nothing can force it." 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.
Ask Andrew #61: How do I adapt a classical education to the modern system?
August 27, 2020 16:37 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBIn this episode of the Ask Andrew podcast, Andrew Kern contemplates ways of adapting a truly classical education to the modern educational system in which we are required to participate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial 36: Like a Wolf
August 26, 2020 15:13 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBThis week's proverb is unattributed: "hunger is the best sauce." 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 35: A Full Life
August 18, 2020 17:45 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBIn this week's episode Joshua Gibbs contemplates Solomon's famous "there is a time" proverb from Scripture. Join him as he contemplates what this passage has to say for modern men and women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ask Andrew 60: How do I teach history classically?
August 12, 2020 13:19 - 47 minutes - 43 MBIn this week's episode of Ask Andrew, Andrew Kern contemplates the best modes of teaching history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ask Andrew 59: How God Taught Adam
August 05, 2020 12:37 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBOriginally recorded as a Good Friday webinar, this episode of Ask Andrew contemplates the way God taught Adam in the garden and what we can learn from it as parents and educators. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
FORMA: Talking about the new "30 Poems to Memorize" book
August 03, 2020 18:01 - 46 minutes - 42.1 MBIn this episode David Kern joins Heidi White to discuss a new CiRCE publication, 30 Poems to Memorize (Before Its Too Late), which David edited. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ask Andrew 58: How should I respond to my reluctant learner?
July 28, 2020 21:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MBIn this week's episode, Andrew Kern contemplates two questions about students who don't generally like school: a) Should I force my reluctant reader to read? and b) How do you entice a child to learn who doesn't seem to want to? If you like this episode, please be sure to rate and review wherever you get podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ask Andrew #57: The Fundamental Literary Skills (and more)
July 21, 2020 16:29 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBIn this episode, Andrew Kern contemplates some of the most essential, fundamental literary skills (with a literary help from the book of Proverbs). Then he takes some rapid-fire questions, including one about this issues with "subjects." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Cafe Schole #10: Study as Prayer and Love for God
July 21, 2020 13:11 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBIn this episode, Dr. Perrin discusses an essay by Simone Weil that reveals the relationship between attentive study and prayer that should lead us to love both God and neighbor. Can study be rightfully understood as prayer or leading to prayer? If you like this episode please be sure to subscribe to the Cafe Schole feed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ask Andrew #56: How should we use the "should question?"
July 14, 2020 13:53 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBIn this episode of Ask Andrew, Andrew Kern explains how he thinks about matters of pedagogy, answer this week's primary question (How should we use "the should question"?), and then hits some rapid-fire questions at the end. If you like this episode please be sure to subscribe to the feed for this show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
FORMA: Dale Grote + Wes Callihan on Latin and the book of Acts
July 10, 2020 17:41 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBDale Grote is the author of a new Latin reader of the Acts of the Apostles which includes a foreword by historian and teacher Wes Callihan and in this episode they join Heidi White for a conversation about the process of translation, the relationship between Latin and the New Testament, and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ask Andrew #55: On Tools for Making Connections
July 07, 2020 18:03 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBThe Ask Andrew podcast is back with a new format, some new guests, and even a new graphic! In this first episode Andrew Kern contemplates tools that we can utilize to help our students make connections across subjects. Plus he answers some rapid-fire questions at the end of the episode. If you like this episode please be sure to search for The Ask Andrew Podcast direct feed wherever you get podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #33: Candy Canes
July 02, 2020 14:29 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBThis week's proverb comes from composer Gustav Mahler, who said that "tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. And if you like the show please leave a rating or a review wherever you get podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Commons 4.5: Understanding Hollywood's War on the Family
July 02, 2020 14:24 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBIn this episode of The Commons, Brian Phillips and Matt Bianco discuss how parents are portrayed in film and the media. Is the apparent “war on the family” intentionally destructive, or are parent portrayals rooted in something else entirely? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Cafe Schole #9: Schole and Ecstasy
July 01, 2020 15:58 - 19 minutes - 18 MBJoin Dr. Perrin as he explores the ways in which an ecstatic encounter with truth is the way that an intellectual life begins. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Commons 4.4: Loving the Natural Sciences: An Interview with Gordon Wilson
June 25, 2020 13:47 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBIn the episode, Brian Phillips talks with Dr. Gordon Wilson (Senior Fellow of Natural History at New St. Andrews College) about his recent works: A Different Shade of Green: A Biblical Approach to Environmentalism & the Dominion Mandate and The Riot & the Dance (which includes a biology text and two stunning feature-length documentary films). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Play's the Thing: Coriolanus, Act I
June 23, 2020 13:14 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBJoin Tim McIntosh and Sarah-Jane Bentley for a spirited discussion about one of Shakespeare's underrated (but most interesting) plays, Coriolanus. In this episode they chat about Act I, introducing the play, the characters, the themes, and much more. They also discuss how Coriolanus is almost an anti-type to a play like As You Like It. Be sure to subscribe to the dedicated feed for The Play's the Thing wherever you get podcasts! Please note: this episode was originally recorded back in Apr...
Cafe Schole #8: Order and Solitude
June 17, 2020 14:10 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBIn this episode Dr. Perrin engages the thought of A.G. Sertillanges who insists that the life of the student and teacher should be characterized by an ordered, regular solitude. Over against the scattering and distracting crowd, Perrin and Sertillanges call us back to retirement, recollection, silence, consecration, and concentration that dispose us to engage truth and deeply…learn. If you like this episode please be sure to rate and review wherever you listen to podcasts. Hosted on Acas...
Proverbial #32: Anthology
June 16, 2020 18:45 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBThis week's proverb is unattributed and says: "if all men were angels no government would be necessary." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say for modern men and women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #31: The Witching Hour
June 12, 2020 12:36 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBThis week's proverb is unattributed, but it goes like this: "Idle hands are the devil's workshop." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say for modern men and women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Commons 4.2: A Spirit of Inquiry
June 09, 2020 14:17 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBIn this episode of The Commons, Brian Phillips interviews Dr. Pano Kanelos (President of St. John’s College), to discuss life at St. John’s, classical education at the college level, and the spirit of inquiry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #30: Stuck in the Middle
June 05, 2020 13:52 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBThis week's proverb is from Jules Renard, who said: "To have a horror of the bourgeoisie is bourgeoisie." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say for modern men and women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Commons 4.1: Classical Educators & the Church: An Interview with Dana Gage
June 01, 2020 20:49 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBWelcome back to season four of The Commons with Dr. Brian Phillips! In episode 4.1 classical educator and pastor’s wife Dana Gage joins Brian Phillips for a talk about how classical education and church life intersect. Gage tells her story of what it’s like to serve as both a teacher and pastor’s wife in NYC, and further discusses her article, “Neglecting the House of God?” If you like this episode please be sure to subscribe to The Commons own feed wherever you get podcasts! Hosted on Ac...
Cafe Schole #7: Order and Rest
May 30, 2020 13:32 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBJoin Christopher Perrin as he explores the relationship between order, rest, and love. Noting biblical teaching and the insights of St. Augustine, he shows how a restful, peaceful life is the result of wisely-ordered love. And if you like the episode please be sure to rate and review wherever you get podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #29: A Retraction
May 27, 2020 14:15 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBThis week's proverb comes to us via Solomon who wrote: "The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth the brilliant or favor to the learned, but time and chance happen to them all." 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 #28: Stars
May 13, 2020 15:50 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBThis week's proverb comes to us by way of Dr. Samuel Johnson and it goes like this: "He that considers how little he dwells upon the condition of others will learn how little the attention of others is attracted by himself." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplaltes what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Proverbial #27: The Real You
May 06, 2020 16:38 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBThis week's (very famous) proverb comes from William Shakespeare and his play, As You Like It. It says, "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. If you like this show be sure to rate and review wherever you get podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Cafe Schole #6: Christ, The Teacher
May 02, 2020 13:39 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBBe sure to subscribe to the Cafe Schole feed if you like this episode! Join Christopher Perrin as he contemplates a small (but essential) work by Clement of Alexandria. It's called Christ the Teacher or Christ the Pedagogue (available on the web here: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/02091.htm) and it's remarkably helpful for contemporary, restful teaching. And if you like this episode be sure to rate and review wherever you listen to podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...
Proverbial #26: I Didn't Get You Anthing
April 28, 2020 14:49 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBThis week's proverb comes from the Roman writer, Seneca, who said that "to repay a favor too quickly is ingratitude." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates with this proverb has to say to modern men and women. And if you like this episode be sure to subscribe to Proverbial's own feed, wherever you get podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
FORMA: Robert Bortins on a new Masters Degree for Homeschoolers
April 14, 2020 14:42 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBIn this episode of FORMA managing editor, Heidi White, talks to Classical Conversations CEO Robert Bortins about an exciting new opportunity for homeschooling parents to earn a Master’s Degree just by homeschooling their children. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.