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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Episodes
The Commons: Marcus Aurelius on Difficult People
January 16, 2019 16:21 - 12 minutes - 29.1 MBIn this episode, Brian offers some thoughts about school life and leadership based on the following quote from Marcus Aurelius: “First thing every morning tell yourself: today I am going to meet a busybody, an ingrate, a bully, a liar, a schemer, and a boor. Ignorance of good and evil has made them what they are. But I know that the good is by nature beautiful and the bad ugly, and I know that these wrong-doers are by nature my brothers, not by blood or breeding, but by being similarly endo...
The Commons: Understsanding Homeschool Co-ops, with Jennifer Dow
January 10, 2019 16:53 - 40 minutes - 64.1 MBIn this episode, Brian interviews Jennifer Dow (Founder of Paideia Fellowship) about homeschool co-ops: how to start one, how to evaluate one, and how to decide which kind of co-op is right for your family. Help us spread the word: subscribe, rate, review! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ask Andrew: What are the top 5 ideals any classical school should embody?
January 10, 2019 16:16 - 22 minutes - 52.1 MBWelcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode Andrew discusses the ideals that all really good classical school (and/or other academic programs) embody - and what to look for in a school for you k...
Ask Andrew: What is an "ideal type" and does it necessarily lead to moralizing?
January 03, 2019 15:58 - 17 minutes - 39.5 MBWelcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode Andrew discusses the concept of the "ideal type," it's role in teaching/reading, and whether it leads to moralizing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...
The Commons: The State of Standardized Testing, with Jeremy Tate
December 28, 2018 16:17 - 32 minutes - 52.7 MBWelcome back to The Commons, a podcast featuring conversations and contemplation about the challenges of school life and leadership, hosted by Dr. Brian Phillips. In this episode, Brian is joined by Jeremy Tate, the President of Classic Learning Initiatives, an organization which created the Classic Learning Test, an alternative to the SAT and ACT, that values tradition more than progressivism. Conversation touches on the history of standardized testing, the current state of testing, why he...
The Commons: Facing the Plague of Decision Fatigue
December 19, 2018 15:28 - 14 minutes - 23.8 MBWelcome back to The Commons, a podcast featuring conversations and contemplation about the challenges of school life and leadership, hosted by Dr. Brian Phillips. Here in the first episode of this new season, Brian reflects on the difficulty of decision fatigue, a trial that most leaders know well, and offers some strategies for defeating it. Remember: subscribe, rate, review to the Commons own feed! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
FORMA: Jeffrey Overstreet on Madeleine L'Engle
December 06, 2018 21:01 - 49 minutes - 79.1 MBWelcome to FORMA, a podcast featuring conversations with authors, teachers, creators, and leaders who are carefully contemplating the intersection of classical thought and contemporary culture. In this episode David chats with Jeffrey Overstreet, an award-winning novelist, arts critic, and writing professor about the work and legacy of Madeleine L'Engle, whose birthday was November 29th. They chat about L'Engle's book, Walking on Water, teaching writing with L'Engle in mind, and much more. ...
The Mason Jar: Karen Kern talks Advent and Christmas Traditions
December 06, 2018 13:11 - 47 minutes - 76.7 MBIn this Advent-themed episode of The Mason Jar, Cindy and David chat with Karen Kern about their favorite traditions for Advent and Christmas. Remember: subscribe, rate, review! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
FORMA: Editor of the Loeb Classics Library, Dr. Jeffrey Henderson
November 22, 2018 17:23 - 53 minutes - 86.4 MBWelcome to FORMA, a podcast featuring conversations with authors, teachers, creators, and leaders who are carefully contemplating the intersection of classical thought and contemporary culture. In this episode David chats with Dr. Jeffrey Henderson, general editor of the Loeb Classics. Dr. Henderson is the William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of Greek Language and Literature, and former Dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, at Boston University. This conversation touch...
The Mason Jar: Jodi Mockabee
November 21, 2018 15:29 - 37 minutes - 60.1 MBIn this episode, Cindy chats with Charlotte Mason blogger and photographer, Jodi Mockabee. They chat about her journey to homeschooling and Charlotte Mason, how she applies Mason's ideas in her own home, adapting her homeschooling to a student with sensory issues, delaying certain subjects (strategically), and much, much more. Don't forget to join the Mere Motherhood Facebook group and to subscribe to the Mason Jar feed wherever you get your podcasts! If you like this show - and would like...
The Mason Jar: Lynn Bruce on the Coming Advent Season
November 16, 2018 20:57 - 49 minutes - 113 MBIn this episode, Cindy chats with her old friend Lynn Bruce (of the Ambleside Advisory board) to kick off a series of conversations about advent: how they celebrate, their favorite traditions, things that have changed over the years, movies, books, recipes, and more. *** Don't forget to join the Mere Motherhood Facebook group and to subscribe to the Mason Jar feed wherever you get your podcasts! If you like this show - and would like to gain access to some great bonus content - please co...
FORMA: Jeremy Begbie, author of "A Peculiar Orthodoxy"
November 08, 2018 02:45 - 48 minutes - 77.8 MBWelcome to FORMA, a podcast featuring conversations with authors, teachers, creators, and leaders who are carefully contemplating the intersection of classical thought and contemporary culture. In this episode David chats with Dr. Jeremy Begbie about his new book A Peculiar Orthodoxy: Reflections on Theology and the Arts, which emphasizes "the role of a biblically grounded creedal orthodox as he shows how Christian theology and the arts can enrich each other." Topics of conversation includ...
The Mason Jar: On Remaining Cheerful during Difficult Times
November 06, 2018 15:21 - 36 minutes - 49.4 MBIn this episode of The Mason Jar, Cindy and David answer a listener question about maintain cheerfulness and positivity during difficult times. Conversation touches on the necessity for honesty, the importance of seeing our children as human beings, keeping things balanced, the danger of being too goals-oriented, and more. *** Don't forget to join the Mere Motherhood Facebook group and to subscribe to the Mason Jar feed wherever you get your podcasts! If you like this show - and would li...
The Mason Jar: On reading with little ones, "fun" books, and finding time to cook
November 01, 2018 21:26 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MBIn this episode of The Mason Jar, Cindy and David answer some listener questions about reading with younger children, the amount of time spent on "fun" books, and strategies for finding time to cook in the busy homeschooling day. *** Don't forget to join the Mere Motherhood Facebook group and to subscribe to the Mason Jar feed wherever you get your podcasts! If you like this show - and would like to gain access to some great bonus content - please consider supporting it on Patreon. *** ...
Jennifer Pepito of The Peaceful Press
October 26, 2018 21:37 - 46 minutes - 63.5 MBIn this episode of The Mason Jar, Cindy chats with Jennifer Pepito of The Peaceful Press and Wild+Free about creating a healthy environment in the homeschool, the simplicity of rightly ordered learning, learning alongside our kids, and much more. *** Don't forget to join the Mere Motherhood Facebook group and to subscribe to the Mason Jar feed wherever you get your podcasts! If you like this show - and would like to gain access to some great bonus content - please consider supporting it ...
FORMA: Churchill Biographer Andrew Roberts
October 25, 2018 16:52 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBWelcome to FORMA, a podcast featuring conversations with authors, teachers, creators, and leaders who are carefully contemplating the intersection of classical thought and contemporary culture. In this episode David chats with historian Andrew Robert about his new biography of Sir. Winston Churchill. Based on new archival material, including letters, diaries, and political documents never before accessible to historians, Churchill: Walking with Destiny is a landmark that offers readers the...
Ask Andrew: Why did we name the Paideia Prize after Russell Kirk?
October 19, 2018 19:14 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBWelcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode, Andrew discusses why CiRCE named the annual Paideia Prize after Russell Kirk. For more on Russell Kirk checkout Russell Kirk Week at formajournal.c...
FORMA: Brad Birzer on the Life and Legacy of Russell Kirk
October 18, 2018 19:25 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBWelcome to FORMA, a podcast featuring conversations with authors, teachers, creators, and leaders who are carefully contemplating the intersection of classical thought and contemporary culture. In this episode David chats with Brad Brizer, author of Russell Kirk: American Conservative, about the life and legacy of Russell Kirk. They chat about his childhood, his mysterious family heritage, his eccentricities, his outsized influence, how he would feel about our current moment, and much mor...
The Mason Jar: Cara Williams and Dawn Duran on the new Common Place Quarterly
October 17, 2018 00:59 - 46 minutes - 85.2 MBIn this episode of The Mason Jar, Cindy chats with her friend and frequent Mason Jar guest, Dawn Duran, and Cara Williams, editor of the new Common Place Quarterly, a Charlotte Mason-themed journal. Cara is the creator of the Quarterly and so they chat about the goals of the publication, some of the topics it will cover, and much more. *** Don't forget to join the Mere Motherhood Facebook group and to subscribe to the Mason Jar feed wherever you get your podcasts! If you like this show -...
Ask Andrew: Some Final Thoughts on Getting a Classical Education As an Adult
October 10, 2018 20:22 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBWelcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode, Andrew continues his refections on the challenges of acquiring a classical education as an adult, focusing in particular in this episode on how to ta...
Renee Mathis on Friendship |
October 09, 2018 21:06 - 41 minutes - 38 MBIn this episode of The Mason Jar, Cindy chats with her old friend Renee Mathis about the value of friendship for the homeschooling mom. *** Don't forget to join the Mere Motherhood Facebook group and to subscribe to the Mason Jar feed wherever you get your podcasts! If you like this show - and would like to gain access to some great bonus content - please consider supporting it on Patreon. *** This episode is brought to you by our friends at The Homegrown Preschooler. Hosted on Acast...
Ken Myers on his career, his calling, and interviewing Johnny Cash
October 04, 2018 00:48 - 1 hour - 73.4 MBWelcome to FORMA, a podcast featuring conversations with authors, teachers, creators, and community leaders who are carefully contemplating the nature and practice of classical education and the arts. In this episode, David chats with the inimitable Ken Myers about the evolution of his career, how he sees his vocation, the creation of Mars Hill Audio, interviewing Johnny Cash (for his first ever interview!), writing his book, and much more. *** This episode is brought to you by our friend...
On Reading (and Persevering with) Difficult Books
October 03, 2018 15:00 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBIn this episode of The Mason Jar, Cindy and David chat about reading hard books, especially with late-readers. Conversation touches on topics like how to know which books to persevere with, which books to set aside, using audio books with late readers, and much more (including Cindy's comments on her time at the Wild + Free conference last weekend). *** Don't forget to join the Mere Motherhood Facebook group and to subscribe to the Mason Jar feed wherever you get your podcasts! If you li...
on Pursuing a Deeper Understanding of Classical Education | Ask Andrew
October 02, 2018 19:05 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MBWelcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode, Andrew continues his refections on the challenges of acquiring a classical education as an adult, focusing in particular in this episode on how to pu...
On Building the Habit of Bible-reading in the Homeschool
September 27, 2018 18:26 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBIn this episode of The Mason Jar, Cindy and David chat about building a habit of Bible-reading in the homeschool. Topics of conversation include the value of letting your kids see you reading the Bible, the necessity to have faith in the Bible's power, reading plans and translations, and much more. *** Don't forget to join the Mere Motherhood Facebook group and to subscribe to the Mason Jar feed wherever you get your podcasts! If you like this show - and would like to gain access to som...
How to Pursue Your Goals of Self-Education | Ask Andrew
September 26, 2018 03:25 - 29 minutes - 27 MBWelcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode, Andrew continues his refections on the challenges of acquiring a classical education as an adult, focusing in particular in this episode on how to pu...
Christine Perrin on Teaching Poetry | FORMA
September 20, 2018 15:26 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBWelcome to FORMA, a podcast featuring conversations with authors, teachers, and creators who are carefully contemplating the nature and practice of classical education and the arts. This episode features an interview that David conducted a few years back with Christine Perrin (a professor at Messiah College and author of a poetry collection called Bright Mirror) about the challenges of teaching poetry. It's one of our most popular episodes ever and is appropriate given the fact that our upc...
Setting Goals to Get a Classical Education As an Adult | Ask Andrew
September 20, 2018 01:39 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MBWelcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode, Andrew continues his refections on the challenges of acquiring a classical education as an adult, with a particular emphasis on setting goals for tha...
Where Should I Start If I Want to Get a Classical Education As an Adult? | Ask Andrew
September 12, 2018 19:38 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBWelcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. Back after a summer hiatus, in this episode Andrew discusses some ideas for acquiring the classical education you didn't receive as a young person. Hosted on Acast...
Jake Mentzel of the Bookening Podcast | FORMA
September 12, 2018 14:58 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBWelcome to FORMA, a podcast featuring conversations with authors, teachers, creators, and community leaders who are carefully contemplating the nature and practice of classical education and the arts. In this episode, David chats with Jake Mentzel, one of the co-hosts of the Bookening Podcast from Warhorn Media, where they discuss great books from a Christian perspective. Conversation touches on the role of books in Jake's childhood, the proper place of books in the rightly ordered spiritua...
Homeschooling during the High School Years | The Mason Jar
September 11, 2018 14:29 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBIn this episode of The Mason Jar, Cindy and David chat about the challenges of homeschooling during the high school years. Topics of conversation include the value of reading widely, how to empower kids to take ownership of their day, lessons she learned along the way, preparing young children for those upcoming years, the challenge of letting go, and more. Show notes: As promised, here is Cindy's plan for the tenth grade year *** Don't forget to join the Mere Motherhood Facebook group...
What Do Feelings Have to Do with Good Reading? | FORMA
September 07, 2018 02:40 - 49 minutes - 45 MBWelcome to FORMA, a podcast featuring conversations with authors, teachers, creators, and community leaders who are carefully contemplating the nature and practice of classical education and the arts. In this episode Andrew Kern, Matt Bianco, and Brian Phillips (of the CiRCE Institute), chat about the role feelings should play in reading (and teaching reading). Many would say that feelings have nothing to do with good reading, but the guys propose a different perspective, relying on sources...
Dawn Duran on Swedish Drill and the Goings-On in the Charlotte Mason World | The Mason Jar
September 05, 2018 19:29 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBIn this episode of The Mason Jar, Cindy chats with her old friend, Dawn Duran, about the value of Swedish Drill, a new Charlotte Mason magazine, the various things going on (and the ideas being discussed) in the world of Charlotte Mason, and much more. Show notes: During the show Dawn discussed Swedish Drill Revisited. You can learn more about that here. And here is the magazine she mentions *** Don't forget to join the Mere Motherhood Facebook group and to subscribe to the Mason Jar ...
A Walk through Cindy's Plans for the School Year | The Mason Jar
August 28, 2018 15:09 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBIn this episode of The Mason Jar, Cindy and David chat about how Cindy structures her plans for this school year. Topics include: composter study, artist study, spelling, history, using third-party curricula, and much more. Show notes: http://shakespeare.mit.edu To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome Spelling http://www.draardsmasdrills.com http://amblesideonline.org *** Don't forget to join the Mere Motherhood Facebook group and to subs...
On the Small Liberal Arts College, with Greg Wilbur | FORMA
August 23, 2018 14:08 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBWelcome to FORMA, a podcast featuring conversations with authors, teachers, creators, and community leaders who are carefully contemplating the nature and practice of classical education and the arts. In this episode, David chats with Greg Wilbur, founder and President of New College Franklin in Franklin, TN, about the state of higher education, the ideal student for a small liberal arts college, preparing for college, and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...
On Grammar during Morning Time | The Mason Jar
August 21, 2018 14:51 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBIn this episode of The Mason Jar, Cindy and David chat about including grammar-study in Morning Time. Topics include how Cindy learned to love grammar, why grammar is love-able, when to start with grammar with your kids, the nature of sentence diagramming, grammar resources to use, and much more. Resources mentioned in this episode: Michael Clay Thompson's practice books The Mother Tongue Books from Blue Sky Daisies Sentence Sense from Cottage Press Know and Tell by Karen Glass Drawin...
King Lear: Act 1, Scene 1 (The Play's the Thing preview))
August 20, 2018 14:48 - 1 hour - 85.2 MBThis episode is a preview of our new show, The Play's the Thing, where we examine the entire canon of Shakespeare one act at a time. To hear the rest of the episodes, please subscribe to the show's feed. Welcome to the premier episode of The Play's the Thing, a podcast dedicated to an ongoing examination and celebration of Shakespeare's entire canon. In this episode, David Kern, Matt Bianco, and Tim McIntosh dive into act I of King Lear, focusing primarily on scene I. Topics of conversatio...
Wendell Berry and Higher Education with Jack Baker and Jeffrey Bilbro | FORMA
August 17, 2018 21:26 - 1 hour - 77.2 MBWelcome to FORMA, a podcast featuring conversations with authors, teachers, creators, and community leaders who are carefully contemplating the nature and practice of classical education and the arts. In this episode, David chats with Jack Baker and Jeffrey Bilbro, authors of the book, Wendell Berry and Higher Education: Cultivating Virtues of Place. Discussion touches on why Berry is so widely loved among people of so many persuasions and walks of life, his cynicism about modern higher edu...
On Self-Assessment and Anxiety | The Mason Jar
August 16, 2018 01:54 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBIn this episode of The Mason Jar, Cindy and David chat about the frustrations and anxieties that can arise when self-assessment factors into our teaching. They chat about the universality of this struggle, the ways that planning can actually cause problems in creating a positive educational atmosphere, the relationship between fear and franticness, and more. *** Don't forget to join the Mere Motherhood Facebook group and to subscribe to the Mason Jar feed wherever you get your podcasts! ...
Karen Swallow Prior, author of "On Reading Well" | FORMA
August 08, 2018 13:54 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBWelcome to FORMA, a podcast featuring conversations with authors, teachers, creators, and community leaders who are carefully contemplating the nature and practice of classical education and the arts. In this episode, David chats with Karen Swallow Prior, author of the forthcoming book On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through great Books. They discuss Karen's approach to teaching literature, the origins of her love of reading and books, finding the virtues in Great Books, and much mor...
Moms: Learn and Grow! (Part I): A Mason Jar Collaboration with the Schole Sisters
August 07, 2018 04:01 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBIn this very special episode of The Mason Jar, Cindy chats with Mystie Winckler, Pam Barnhill, and Brandy Vencel, her friends from the Schole Sisters, for part one of a two-part conversation about self-education for moms. And once you've listened to this part of the conversation head over to the Schole Sisters podcast for part 2! In part one, discussion touches on Charlotte Mason's views on self-education and how that applies to moms. In part two, the ladies take it all a step further with ...
The Ongoing Feast of the Iliad | A Perpetual Feast Season 2 Finale)
August 06, 2018 15:01 - 34 minutes - 31.1 MBPerpetual Feast is back for season 2! Join Wes Callihan and Andrew Kern as they continue to work through the incredible beauty and wonderful challenges that Homer's work offers. Here in the final episode of season 2, Wes and Andrew consider the ongoing feast that the Iliad offers, focusing in particular on Homer's use of time in the poem, as well as the larger arc of the story. *** This season of A Perpetual Feast is presented by Roman Roads Media, purveyors of fine classical education ...
Why Poetry Is the Most Important Thing You Can Teach Other Than Scripture | The Mason Jar
August 01, 2018 14:02 - 36 minutes - 32.9 MBIn this episode of The Mason Jar, Cindy and David chat about the essential nature of poetry and why it's the most important part of any child's education other than Scripture. They discuss the best anthologies to keep in your home's library, how to use those anthologies, how poetry can change the lives of our students, and more. Anthologies mentioned: The Oxford Book of English Verse, edited by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch The Classic Hundred Poems, edited by William Harmon The Harp and Lau...
The Iliad's Final Section (A Perpetual Feast 2.7)
July 31, 2018 18:02 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBA Perpetual Feast is back for season 2! Join Wes Callihan and Andrew Kern as they continue to work through the incredible beauty and wonderful challenges that Homer's work offers. In episode 2.7, Wes and Andrew chat about the final books of the Iliad. They discuss the tragedy of the ancient worldview, how much credit Hector deserves, Zeus's meddling, and more. *** This season of A Perpetual Feast is presented by Roman Roads Media, purveyors of fine classical education curricula, includ...
Joshua Gibbs on "How to Be Unlucky"
July 30, 2018 16:38 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBWelcome to FORMA, a podcast featuring conversations with authors, teachers, creators, and community leaders who are carefully contemplating the nature and practice of classical education and the arts. In this episode, David chats with Joshua Gibbs, author of the new book How to Be Unlucky: Reflections on the Pursuit of Virtue, out now from CiRCE. In this wide-ranging discussion they chat about Gibbs' journey from bad student to good teacher, how good teachers should talk about their student...
On Agamemnon's Inadequacy (A Perpetual Feast 2.6)
July 24, 2018 01:30 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBPerpetual Feast is back for season 2! Join Wes Callihan and Andrew Kern as they continue to work through the incredible beauty and wonderful challenges that Homer's work offers. In episode 2.6, Wes and Andrew chat about the result's of Agamemnon's leadership (or lack thereof). *** This season of A Perpetual Feast is presented by Roman Roads Media, purveyors of fine classical education curricula, including the Old Western Culture series, featuring Wes Callihan. Hosted on Acast. See aca...
Alan Noble on our distracted age and his new book "Disruptive Witness" (FORMA)
July 16, 2018 15:36 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBWelcome to FORMA, a podcast featuring conversations with authors, teachers, creators, and community leaders who are carefully contemplating the nature and practice of classical education and the arts. In this episode, David chats with Alan Noble, author of Disruptive Witness: Speaking Truth in a Distracted Age. Conversation touches on Alan's experiences in the homeschooling world, the reasons he wrote the book, the challenges of teaching and raising kids in an age like ours, and much, much ...
On "Adequacy" (Ask Andrew)
July 11, 2018 21:37 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBWelcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode, Andrew talks some more about the idea of "adequacy" - sometimes described as sufficiency - in education. In particular he contemplates the idea that ...
On the Evolution of Achilles' Anger (A Perpetual Feast 2.5)
July 09, 2018 15:50 - 42 minutes - 39 MBA Perpetual Feast is back for season 2! Join Wes Callihan and Andrew Kern as they continue to work through the incredible beauty and wonderful challenges that Homer's work offers. In episode 2.5, Wes and Andrew chat about Achilles' ongoing rage, and how it evolves in the middle portion of the book, especially in Book 16. *** This season of A Perpetual Feast is presented by Roman Roads Media, purveyors of fine classical education curricula, including the Old Western Culture series, featu...
What are the Tools of Truth Perception? (Ask Andrew)
July 03, 2018 18:26 - 23 minutes - 21 MBWelcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode, Andrew further contemplates the idea of "truth-fishing" - this time focusing on the tools for Truth perception and how they can be passed on to our ...