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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.

To learn more about Jeffrey's work, visit LookingCloser.org.

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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 touches on the history of the Loeb Classics library, how they determine what to publish, when to publish a new edition of a great work, the distinctive design of the books, and much more.

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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 include the origin of Dr. Begbie's love of music, his path to the Christian faith, his misgivings with contemporary Christian arts scholarship, music education, the value of the arts in worship, and much more.

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In this episode David chats with literature professor and crime fiction enthusiast, Dorian Stuber, about some of the best books, characters, and authors available in the world of crime/mystery fiction.



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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 full and definitive Winston Churchill, from birth to lasting legacy, as personally revealing as it is compulsively readable.

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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 more.

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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.

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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 upcoming issue is The Poetry Issue.

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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 spiritual life, podcasts from Christians about books, and more.

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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 like Aristotle, C.S. Lewis, and David Hicks' book Norms and Nobility.

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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.

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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 education, the future of higher education in America, what a Wendell Berry College might look like, and more.

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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 more.

You can learn more about Karen - and find the book - at her website.

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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 students problems, discovering the life-changing nature of books, and much, much more. 

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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 more.

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In this episode, David chats with John Hodges, the director of The Center for Western Studies, about how to approach the challenge of pop music in our homes and classrooms. Topics include: the prerequisites for cultivating discernment, the subjective vs. the objective in music appreciation, how much we should let worry guide the listening freedoms we give our children, and much more.

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In this episode, Andrew Kern and old friend Buck Holler, a head mentor in the CiRCE Institute Apprenticeship program, discuss what we mean when we talk about "types" - and why they matter so much in education.

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In this episode, Andrew Kern and CiRCE friend, the inimitable Tim McIntosh, regular contributor to our Close Reads podcast, continue their ongoing conversation about the history and biography of reason. This is part 3 of 3.

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In this episode, David Kern chats with Jason Baxter, a professor and writer from Wyoming Catholic College, about his new books, A Beginner's Guide to Dante's Divine Comedy. This seeks to help "readers better appreciate and understand the complexity and layers of meaning of Dante's spiritual masterpiece." Topics of conversation include the challenges of teaching Dante today, Dante's modern moment, why the Divine Comedy is worth loving, and much more.

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About Jason Baxter: Dr. Baxter (PhD, University of Notre Dame) is associate professor of fine arts and humanities at Wyoming Catholic College in Lander, Wyoming, where he worked with the Distance Learning Program to produce an eighteen-part introduction to the Divine Comedy. Baxter also codirected the college's Rome Immersion Experience, designed to introduce students to the highlights of Roman art, architecture, history, and culture. He has been invited to speak at universities across the country on the modern relevance of the liberal arts and on topics pertaining to Dante.

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In this episode, Andrew Kern and CiRCE friend, the inimitable Tim McIntosh, regular contributor to our Close Reads podcast, continue their ongoing conversation about the history and biography of reason. This is part 2 of 3.

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In this episode, we're bringing you a conversation between Andrew Kern and CiRCE friend, the inimitable Tim McIntosh, regular contributor to our Close Reads podcast, about the history and biography of reason.

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In this episode, David chats with author Jonathan Rogers about his "middle-grade" books, the Wilderking Trilogy. Topics include the genesis of the series, his various influences, American literature, and much more.

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In this episode, Andrew Kern and Matt Bianco chat some more about how to choose what books to read. Topics include how to choose books for yourself, how to choose books for your children, and how to recommend books to others.

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In this episode Sarah Mackenzie, host of the Read Aloud Revival podcast, joins David to discuss her new book, The Read Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids, which is due out on March 27th. Topics of conversation include the challenges of curating books for her audience, teaching discernment, whether she would write a children's book herself, and much more.

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In this episode, Andrew Kern and Matt Bianco chat about the challenges of teaching reading. Topics include how easy it is to corrupt reading for kids, why some people hate reading, universal questions that can help anyone read well, and much more. 

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In this episode, David chats with John Hodges, our friend from the Center for Western Studies, about ways of cultivating a love of music. Topics include teaching music when you are "musically limited," self-education in music, composer study, musical pieces that children love, pop music, and much more. 

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In this episode, we are re-running a conversation David had on the old Quiddity podcast with our friend James Daniels, in which they discussed how to cultivate human-ness in our students and children.

Topics of conversation include common places in the classroom, habits vs. subjects, how the seven liberal arts cultivate humans, how to avoid teaching gnostically, seeing the world as children, and much, much more.  We think it's the perfect conversation for this time of year when the school year is feeling long and the winter months are lingering. 

Money quote: "I'm not teaching content, I'm teaching students." 

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In this episode Andrew Kern continues his conversation with Susan Wise Bauer (author of The Well Trained Mind) about her new book, Rethinking School: How to Take Charge of Your Child's Education, which is now from Norton. 

Topics include the reasons she wrote the book, kids who don't have a place in the system, schooling towards vocation, and much more. 

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In this episode Andrew Kern chats with Susan Wise Bauer (author of The Well Trained Mind) about her new book, Rethinking School: How to Take Charge of Your Child's Education, which is due out in January from Norton. 

Topics include the way we do school today and why it doesn't work, how parents are looking for ways to adapt, what to do for kids for whom there is no place in the current system, and much more. 

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In episode 8, David chats with Christopher Perrin, founder of Classical Academic Press, about the role the early and medieval monastics played in preserving Western culture, Christian and secular alike. Topics include the evolution of Dr. Perrin's interest in the subject, ways the monastics made the Western canon possible, and how the monastics can instruct us as teachers in 2017. 

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In episode 7, David chats with Emily Wilson, translator of a brand new and much-lauded edition of the Odyssey. Dr. Wilson, the first woman to translate Homer's epic, is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Conversation touches on her childhood love of the poem, the myriad challenges of translation, and tips for teaching Homer. 

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In episode 5, David chats with film critic, Josh Larsen, about his new book,  Movies Are Prayers: How Films Voice Our Deepest Longings. 

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Josh Larsen is the co-host of the radio show and podcast Filmspotting, as well as editor and film critic at Think Christian, a faith and culture website. He’s been writing and speaking about movies professionally for more than two decades.

Josh’s career began in the mainstream newspaper business, where he started out as a beat reporter for a weekly community newspaper and went on to become the film critic for the Chicago-based Sun-Times Media for more than ten years. In 2011, he joined the Christian media landscape as editor of Think Christian, and in 2012 he joined the long-running weekly podcast Filmspotting, aired on WBEZ in Chicago.

A veteran of the Sundance, Toronto, and Chicago International Film Festivals, Josh has given talks on film and faith at various Christian colleges. He also led the “Ebert Interruptus,” a tradition established by Roger Ebert that analyzes a single film scene by scene over several days, at the University of Colorado’s Conference on World Affairs. Josh lives in the Chicago area with his wife and two daughters. 

Read Josh's movie reviews at his website, larsenonfilm.com.

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In episode 4, David chats with culture critic, Brett McCracken, about his new book,  Uncomfortable: The Awkward and Essential Challenge of Christian Community. Topics include: why we need to be less concerned with finding a church that makes us feel comfortable, Brett's journey to this book, and much more. 

Brett is a senior editor for the Gospel Coalition and the author of Hipster Christianity and Gray Matters. He has written for The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Huffington Post, CNN.com, The Princeton Theological Review, The Gospel Coalition, Mediascape, Books & Culture, Christianity Today, Relevant, IMAGE Journal, Converge, Mere Orthodoxy, ERLC, Canon & Culture and Q Ideas. He speaks and lectures frequently at universities, churches, & conferences. He blogs at brettmccracken.com.

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Here, in episode three David chats with Adam Andrews, director of the Center for Lit and a highly sought-after speaker on all things literature, about the value of the Great Gatsby. Topics include questionable content in literature, why Gatsby says some of the same things that the ancient epics said, how Jay Gatsby is similar to King Lear, and much more. 

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Here, in episode two, David chats with author and speaker Leigh Bortins who founded Classical Conversations 20 years ago. Topics included the C.C. origin story, the growth of classical education in recent decades, and advice for homeschooling parents. 

Join CC to celebrate their 20th anniversary on October 18th at their nationwide birthday party! learn more at eventbrite.com/classicalconversations. 

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Here in episode one, David chats with Angelina Stanford about her recent article on the ways that mystery stories are the cure for what ails our modern times. 

Topics include why mystery stories became popular when they did, why their traditional form of is freeing and not constricting, and much more. 

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