Beste Liberal Education Podcasts (2024)

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Ep. 105 - Consecration of Self: Understanding the Order of Techne and Technology 40:44

17h ago40:44

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Are digital tools inherently bad? How should we respond to the problem of tech? How do we know if what we are building is good? Don't be a tool...just use one. Join John Johnson and Austin Klise, the founder of Klise Consulting as they discuss techne and technology and the implications therein. You can find Austin @ kliseconsulting.com Learn more a…

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Ep. 104 - The Dignity of a Liberal Artist 58:33

23d ago58:33

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Join John Johnson and Angel Adams Parham as they have a discussion about race befitting the dignity of a liberal artist. Angel Adams Parham is Associate Professor of Sociology, senior fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, and Associate Director for the major in Political and Social Thought at the University of Virginia. Through h…

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Ep. 103 - Relationship Without Remainder 51:02

1M ago51:02

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Dr. Ryan Messmore of the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education joins John to talk about the foundation of the Catholic Faith, the nature of God, and the doctrine of the Trinity. Listen and hear about the good work of ICLE, the pillars of the Catholic Faith, and Christ's relationship with His creation. Learn more about the Albertus Magnus Institu…

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Ep. 102 - From Tragedies to Comedies: The Journey of a Hero 57:13

3M ago57:13

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Dr. Tiffany Schubert of Wyoming Catholic College joins Larissa to discuss the idea of the hero. From Virgil’s company of heroes and heroines to Jane Austen’s many female heroines, Dr. Schubert guides us to understand them in light of tragedies and comedies, fate and providence, and epics and novels. Join the Magnus Fellowship today! Check out Dr. S…

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Season Two Episode 4: Mistakes and Values, Part II 34:17

3M ago34:17

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In this episode, I follow up on my thoughts from the previous episode, Mistakes and Values. I explore how to implement creative learning in the transformative classroom with the explicit use of mistakes analysis, sharing how I applied the insights of writers Neil Postman and Kathryn Schulz for the benefit of both teachers and learners. Edumeasure: …

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Ep. 101 - Refining the Renewal 51:59

4M ago51:59

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Alex Lessard of Adeodatus joins John Johnson to talk about the ongoing Classical education renewal. Join them in this lively conversation where they discuss issues facing the movement and explore unique solutions and ideas to refine the renewal even more. Learn more about Adeodatus here! Learn more about the Magnus Fellowship today!…

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Season Two Episode 3: Mistakes and Values, Part I 21:11

4M ago21:11

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In this episode we examine the obstacles to creative engagement with the learning potential of mistakes in the classroom, focusing on the challenges for teachers as professionals. We use the experiences of the host to illustrate some of these challenges. Part One of a two-part episode on Mistakes and Values. Edumeasure: Asssessing Liberal Arts Educ…

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Ep. 100 - The Nous and the Polis 1:29:30

5M ago1:29:30

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Grab a beer and celebrate our 100th episode with us! John Johnson discusses the soul, the city, and the citizen in this Three Beers Episode with Senior Fellow Palvos Papadopoulos and special guest Ryan Hammill of the Ancient Language Institute. Albertus Magnus Institute: https://magnusinstitute.org/ The Ancient Language Institute: https://ancientla…

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Ep. 099 - To Build and Behold: Recovering from Architectural Suicide 1:02:54

5M ago1:02:54

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Who is man, what is he building, and why does this matter? Alan Cornett of Cultural Debris joins John Johnson to discuss mans relationship with architecture and both the worldly and eternal implications therein. Listen as they explore the architecture behind majestic Italian Cathedrals, bold American Art Deco and oppressive modern urbanism. Follow …

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Ep. 098 - The Best and Most Noble Things 1:30:41

5M ago1:30:41

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The Magnus Podcast is BACK and better than ever. If you’re a returning listener, you’ll notice that this season premiere is a change of pace from previous episodes as we announce a tier of courses in the Magnus Fellowship: The Cohort: A Community of Learning for Liberal Education. This three-year program is at the heart and soul of the Albertus Mag…

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Edumeasure II: Episode 2--Teaching the Magic of Language 34:33

6M ago34:33

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We start off our new season with an interview -- a conversation with an emeritus professor of literature, Dr. Robert Seufert, who reflects on his decades of experience in the classroom teaching English. His experiments in the creation of transformational experiences for students are applicable to a wide variety of teaching environments and situatio…

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Introducing Season 2 of Edumeasure 6:29

7M ago6:29

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As we begin the second season of Edumeasure, we thought we would give our listeners some idea of what we learned from the first season, and where we plan to go now. Edumeasure: Asssessing Liberal Arts EducationVon Bernd Estabrook

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Ep. 097 - Victory Has Defeated You 36:30

12M ago36:30

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Today we bring you the 20th and final episode of season 3. This season we talked about all things liberal arts from music and monarchy to Plato and Socrates to freeing minds and humanizing humans. It only seemed right then, to finish this season with a return to our first guest, Professor Steven Cortright, who opened the show with an episode approp…

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Ep. 096 - Boethius and Business 1:00:21

12M ago1:00:21

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“You creatures of earth, don’t you stop to consider the people over which you think you exercise authority?” This conversation between two ‘non- serial’ entrepreneurs, Christof Meyer and AMI’s own John Johnson, will change the way you view entrepreneurship and management, and give you a vision of a rightly ordered, God honoring way to run a busines…

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Ep. 095 - A Harmonious Home 1:04:03

1y ago1:04:03

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Mother, grandmother, and author, Leila Lawler joins Larissa to talk about raising children faithfully. She explains how we can escape the traps of the modern world and provide something beautiful for our children to imitate, thus creating sacred spaces and harmonious homes. Read her blogs Like Mother Like Daughter and Happy Despite Them to learn mo…

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Ep. 094 - What is Man? 1:06:49

1y ago1:06:49

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Enjoy the first half of the first lecture in Senior Fellow, Dr. Arias' course, "Philosophy of Man." Building on Aristotle and St. Thomas's philosophical account of the human person, this class focused on St. Thomas's teachings on man's natural and supernatural ends and the means proportioned thereto. Find out how you can learn more about the final …

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Edumeasure Episode #13: A Presidential Vision 26:59

1y ago26:59

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What should an extraordinary education look like from the perspective of a college president? Dr Jeff Abernathy, President of Alma College, offers his vision of what a liberal arts education can and should do to to transform student learning, relying on his experience as a Professor, a Dean, a Provost. and a College President over a 40-year career …

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Ep. 093 - The Light of Fidelity 53:46

1y ago53:46

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Today, we are offering you another glimpse into the Magnus Fellowship; this time with Senior Fellow, Dr. Helen Freeh's course, "Friendship and Freedom in the Lord of the Rings." This is the first half of the first class of the final 8- week course on The Lord of the Rings, offered over three rounds of 8- week courses. This Fall, Fellows have been f…

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Ep. 092 - Freedom from the Shackle 33:47

1y ago33:47

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Blessed Feast of St. Albert the Great! On this special day, we spoke with Leigh Bortins of Classical Conversations who, like St. Albert the Great before us, shares our love for a liberating education. Education is never free, and, like all good things, the higher the quality of education, the higher the cost. She joins John and Larissa to discuss h…

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Episode Eleven: Voices of the Educated, Part One. 20:09

1y ago20:09

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In this episode's interview, we listen to three recent college graduates reflect on their educations -- about what was meaningful about the college experience itself, and what those experiences mean to them today. These students provide us with a fascinating perspective on our students' understanding of the goals and ideals of the liberal arts. Thi…

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Episode Twelve: Voices of the Educated, Part Two 31:43

1y ago31:43

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This episode is a continuation of Episode Eleven, Part Two of my interview with three recent college graduates reflecting on their college educations. Edumeasure: Asssessing Liberal Arts EducationVon Bernd Estabrook

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Ep.091 - Rousseau and the Imagination 57:21

1y ago57:21

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Once again, we are offering you a quick glimpse into the Magnus Fellowship; this time with Senior Fellow, Dr. Finley's class, “Rousseau and the Diabolical and Moral Imagination." This course explores the moral dimensions of the imagination through an examination of literature and philosophy. The aim of the course is to define and understand the con…

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Ep. 090 - Freeing Minds 1:01:41

1y ago1:01:41

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Dr. Amir Sabzevary has spent the last thirty years teaching philosophy and religion. Today, he joins John to talk about the journey of both teaching and studying philosophy– how to trek through complicated lives as students and how to reach the unreachable students as teachers. Discover ever so much more on his Youtube Channel. Don't forget! Free F…

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Ep. 089 - On Moral Conundrums 1:30:55

1y ago1:30:55

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This week on the Magnus Podcast, John and Larissa talk moral theology with high school teacher, Rocky Brittain and attempt to answer difficult moral questions according to Catholic Theology and Thomas Aquinas, such as when is it permissible to kill? How should a priest respond when he hears a life changing confession? How should we respond when we …

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Edumeasure Episode Ten: Interview with Dr. Larry Zettler -- The Biology of Transformation. 18:50

1+ y ago18:50

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In today's episode we interview Dr. Larry Zettler, a professor of Biology at Illinois College. We discuss how the transformational classroom explores the value of unmediated experiences in support of intensive learning and how this kind of educational experience can have a powerful impact on the students' relationships with the world around them. E…

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Edumeasure Episode Nine: Interview with Jim Chaffee -- Technology, Teaching, and Learning 24:45

1+ y ago24:45

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In this episode I interview Mr. Jim Chaffee, the Executive Director of Learning Innovation and Technology at the Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa. His credentials in education technology make him an ideal professional to speak about how education shapes, and is being shaped, by the rise of powerful new technologies in our school…

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Ep. 088 - On How to Communicate Rhetorically 36:51

1+ y ago36:51

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In this fast paced world full of echo chambers and outrage machines, we are fooled into believing a misguided view of justice and rhetoric. Dr. Joshua Phillips joins us to talk about how we can properly understand the connection between justice and humility and the distinction between thinking wonderfully and thinking critically. Joshua Phillips re…

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Edumeasure Episode Eight: Interview with Dr. Clayton Spencer -- The Chemistry of Teaching and Learning. 28:32

1+ y ago28:32

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Dr. Clayton Spencer looks at how transformational teaching and learning can be promoted in the sciences, offering insights from nearly three decades of teaching chemistry to undergraduates. He reflects on his experiences navigating a creative passage between the requirements of content knowledge and the practice of liberal arts values. Edumeasure: …

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Episode Seven: Interview-- Politics, Teaching, and Learning with Dr. Dane Wendell. 26:13

1+ y ago26:13

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In this episode, I discuss with Dr. Dane Wendell how transformational teaching and learning develop in his political science classrooms. Edumeasure: Asssessing Liberal Arts EducationVon Bernd Estabrook

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Episode Five: Interview -- Dr. Cynthia Cochran on Writing 26:43

1+ y ago26:43

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In this episode I'm interviewing a remarkable teacher of writing, Dr. Cynthia Cochran, who shares the insights of four decades as a writing teacher. Her reflections have relevance for anybody interested in how to transform a skill into a life lesson. Edumeasure: Asssessing Liberal Arts EducationVon Bernd Estabrook

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Episode Six: Perspectives -- Listening, or The Strange Case of the Goth Student. 20:33

1+ y ago20:33

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In this episode I reflect upon an important lesson about teaching and learning that was taught to me by a very unusual student. I look closely at the problem of student engagement, which seems to be an ever more stubborn problem for high schools and colleges across the country. Edumeasure: Asssessing Liberal Arts Education…

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Ep. 087 - On The Idea of a University 1:09:06

1+ y ago1:09:06

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AMI exists because we, like so many, see a problem with the current university system. What is the modern university providing to its students in comparison to what it ought to be providing? What is the purpose of a university? We just completed an 8 week summer course on John Henry Newman's, "The Idea of a University," to grapple with these questi…

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Ep. 086 - On Plato’s Republic 51:25

1+ y ago51:25

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"What is the best way of life for a human being?" The Republic is the most complete attempt by Plato to articulate and answer this question. It is characteristic of Plato that, in the Republic, questions about human happiness ultimately cannot be separated from questions of education, of the nature of the city, of the various forms of government, o…

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Ep. 085 - On Music & Ratio 52:24

1+ y ago52:24

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Musician and composer, Greg Wilbur of New College Franklin contemplates music within the quadrivium; he explains why music ought to be ordered rightly in education and how it rests in harmony with the other Liberal Arts. He even discusses a little bit of conspiracy theories. Gregory Wilbur is President and Dean of the College, permanent Trustee, an…

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Episode Four: Perspectives -- Academic Rigor or Rigor Mortis? 19:39

1+ y ago19:39

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High school and college courses with a great deal of content are facing increasing difficulties in sharing that content in the classroom. The flood of new information available in most fields, our students' inability to retain and integrate disciplinary content, and the increasing specialization and professionalization in many disciplines all combi…

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Episode Two: Interview with Dr. Edward Lenert on Teaching and Learning. 16:02

1+ y ago16:02

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In this episode Dr. Estabrook interviews a colleague, Dr. Edward Lenert, on his experiences teaching a course on law and media at the University of San Francisco. The discussion revolves around his efforts to develop transformative learning in the classroom– a review of aims, ideals, and pitfalls from his experiences with an innovative first year s…

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Episode Three: Perspectives -- Chat GPT as Threat or Challenge? 16:41

1+ y ago16:41

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The new developments in artificial intelligence (AI) technology have the potential to initiate tremendous changes in our society – not the least in how we educate our children. Many educators have expressed concern about AI programs like CHAT GPT, which allow students to have AI do their writing for them. What effect will programs of this kind have…

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Episode One: Introduction to the New Edumeasure Podcast. 13:37

1+ y ago13:37

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Edumeasure is a new podcast for teachers, students, parents, and others concerned with transforming teaching and learning; a podcast for exploring creative, unconventional responses to current issues in education. In this episode Dr. Estabrook outlines the key ideas and goals of the podcast for new listeners. Edumeasure: Asssessing Liberal Arts Edu…

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Ep. 084 - Opening the Eyes to See 54:42

1+ y ago54:42

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“Take courage daughter, the world is not as strong as it seems.” From the diary of Maria Faustina Brian Fink has returned to the Magnus Podcast to discuss what it means to see reality as it is: to see oneself in order to better understand the enemy, to see the hope in the midst of losing, to see the truth in a poisoned culture, and, ultimately, how…

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Ep. 083 - A Prudent Education 1:05:30

1+ y ago1:05:30

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This conversation with Dr. Gary Hartenburg looks at education from a bird’s-eye view before zooming into talk about virtue, specifically the virtue of prudence, according to Aristotle, and ends with little bit of theology. Dr. Gary Hartenburg is the Director of the Honors College and an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Houston Christian Univers…

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Ep. 082 - A Magnus Webinar: The Nun’s Priest’s Tale of Chanticleer and the Fox 1:24:23

1+ y ago1:24:23

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Earlier this spring, we hosted a lovely webinar on one of the most playful of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, The Nun's Priest's Tale of Chanticleer and the Fox. Now we're releasing it as a podcast so you too can enjoy it! Listen as Dr. Shannon Valenzuela of UD guides us through this delightful introduction to the poet's quirky (and sometimes shocking)…

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Ep.081 - How Does One Know? 1:07:13

1+ y ago1:07:13

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How does man know? What are the roles of signs in knowing? What does “meaning” mean? What does man want to know? What are the objects to knowing? In this episode, Dr. Brian Kemple of the Lyceum Institute discusses these questions and opens the door to many, many more. Come join us down this rabbit hole of discovery. Dr. Brian Kemple holds a PhD in …

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Ep. 080 - Humanizing Humans 44:35

1+ y ago44:35

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“We can’t teach the humanities unless the students have been humanized." In this episode, Dr. Jared Staudt discusses the text, Newman’s Idea of A University, and begs the question, ”What does it mean to explore reality?” He challenges educators and teachers to not become complacent, classical educators, but to seek the beautiful alongside their stu…

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Ep. 079 - Much Ado about a King 1:14:34

1+ y ago1:14:34

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Across the sea, Charles III has just been coronated King of England and much ado was made in his and his country’s honor. On our homeland, America is, as always, in the throes of her own democratic controversies. Now on the podcast, we asked Dr’s Pavlos Papadopoulos and Joseph Pearce to discuss this question: Democracy or Monarchy: Is one the bette…

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Ep. 078 - The Restless Soul 59:23

1+ y ago59:23

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In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Zena Hitz; tutor at St. John’s College, author of Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life, and Co-founder and President of the Catherine Project. Listen as she discusses what it means to live the good life. Learn more about St. John's College & check out their own podcast, Continuing the C…

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Ep. 077 - To View the Cheerful Skies 1:10:19

1+ y ago1:10:19

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“The gates of hell are open night and day; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way: But to return, and view the cheerful skies, In this the task and mighty labor lies.” - from The Aeneid of Virgil The Magnus Podcast returns with Dr. Matthew Bianco of the CiRCE Institute. Listen to this enlightening discussion on Plato and the allegory of the cave, …

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Ep. 076 - In the End Was the Word 1:28:52

1+ y ago1:28:52

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We now bring you Spy Wednesday Bonus Episode 2, continuing in the theme of Holy Week. This is an excerpt from our own John Johnson’s course in the Magnus Fellowship: In the end was the word: Eschatology, Mimesis, and the Beloved Disciple. Remember that all donors giving just $25/month have access to the recordings for the rest of this course, and a…

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Ep. 075 - Tradition and Betrayal: Responding to the Scandal 1:24:54

1+ y ago1:24:54

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In honor of Spy Wednesday, we are bringing you two back to back episodes today, both lectures by your favorite podcast host, the Founder and Executive Director of our own institute, John Johnson. The first comes from a talk John delivered at a recent convocation of Catholic leaders in New Jersey sponsored by the Diocese of Camden:Tradition and Betr…

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Ep. 074 - Descartes and the Search for Certainty 56:52

1+ y ago56:52

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"Wherever he can find any possibility of doubt, he is going to call it downright false." Up now: Descartes and The Search for Certainty with Fr. Owen Carroll. Enjoy these lectures given by Fr. Owen Carroll to a small group of retired religious in his private retirement home. Purchase Fr. Carroll’s book, The Sufferings and Glory of Christ: A Meditat…

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Ep. 073 - Omnes Gentes 57:14

1+ y ago57:14

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"We see that Abraham is chosen, Abraham this one man with his clan around him... it’s promised to him that in him all nations, that is, all the rest of humanity... will find their blessedness in him." We now bring you Omnes Gentes, with Fr. Owen Carroll. Enjoy these lectures given by Fr. Owen Carroll to a small group of retired religious in his pri…

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