Episode 28: Spreading the Feast of a Classical Education: A Conversation with Russ Gregg
In this episode, Jesse Hake speaks with ClassicalU presenter Russ Gregg, who co-founded Hope Academy and the Spreading Hope Network. Drawing on decades of work bringing classical Christian education to under-resourced...
Episode 50: Sing to Learn: Recovering the Ancient Art of Musical Education
In this episode, Dr. Perrin gives a foretaste from his forthcoming book with Carrie Eben, The Good Teacher, as he advocates for singing as a powerful and now neglected pedagogical...
Episode 27: Teaching from Rest, Wonder and Wisdom with Christopher Perrin and Carrie Eben
In this ClassicalU podcast episode, Jesse Hake speaks with Dr. Christopher Perrin and Carrie Eben about their new book The Good Teacher, which expands into ten principles from ClassicalU’s original...
Episode 23: What We Learned About War: The Hard Truths of Battle
Description In this final episode of Hot Takes on the Classics’ season on war, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh reflect on the biggest lessons they’ve learned from reading and...
Episode 49: What Is Virtue? Recovering a Lost Vocabulary of Education
In this episode, Dr. Christopher Perrin draws upon his forthcoming book with Carrie Eben, The Good Teacher and invites listeners to reconsider the meaning of virtue. It once stood at the heart...
Episode 22: Modern Music & the Art of War: From Stravinsky to Picasso—20th Century’s Rule Change
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh explore how war shaped modern music and art, breaking traditional forms and redefining artistic...
Episode 21: Mein Kampf: The Blueprint for War & Genocide
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh tackle one of the most infamous books ever written: Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf. Though...
Episode 48: Embodied Learning: Cultivating Beauty in Classical Education
In this episode, Dr. Christopher Perrin explores the often-neglected role of beauty in classical education, emphasizing the importance of engaging all five senses in the learning experience. He challenges...
Episode 20: All Quiet on The Western Front by Erich Marie Remarque: The Anti-War Protest Novel
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh explore All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque’s searing anti-war novel that...
Episode 26: Teaching the Epic in Ordinary Life: Marilynne Robinson, Virtue, and Classical Education with Christine Perrin
In this episode of the ClassicalU Podcast, we welcome back Christine Perrin to talk about the deeply Christian engagement with the epic tradition found in Marilynne Robinson’s novels. Christine...
Episode 47: Balancing Rigor and Rest: A Classical Approach to Education
In this episode, Dr. Christopher Perrin explores the tension between rigor and rest in classical education, drawing on Aristotle’s concept of virtue as a balance between extremes. He examines...
Episode 19: Killer Angels by Michael Shaara: The Last Humane War?
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh explore Michael Shaara’s The Killer Angels, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historical novel that brings the...
Episode 18: Joan of Arc: Don’t Send a Man to Do a Woman’s Job
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh delve into Mark Twain’s Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, an unexpected and deeply...
Episode 46: The Good Teacher: Principles Over Techniques
Great teaching isn’t about mastering techniques—it’s about embodying principles. In this episode, Dr. Christopher Perrin explores how classical education prioritizes the formation of virtue in both teachers and students...
Episode 17: On War by Clausewitz: The Years That War Changed
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh unpack Carl von Clausewitz’s On War, a foundational text in military theory. They explore...
Episode 16: War and Peace: How to Defeat Napoleon? Do Nothing
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh tackle Leo Tolstoy’s monumental War and Peace. They explore how Tolstoy weaves the lives...
Episode 25: Ties that Bind, Scholé, and Classical Education with Dr. Joylynn Blake
The respective directors of Scholé Academy and ClassicalU, Joylynn Blake and Jesse Hake, mix work and pleasure in this unscripted conversation about the essence and inspiration of classical education. Jesse inquires about...
Episode 15: Depicting War in Art and Music: Of Fallen Heroes and Epic Battles
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh shift their focus to the depiction of war in art and music. They explore...
Episode 14: Paradise Lost: The Cosmic Battle of Good and Evil
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh delve into John Milton’s Paradise Lost, a towering epic of English literature that grapples...
Episode 13: Henry V – Shakespeare: A Young Prince Delivers the Greatest Speech on War
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh delve into Shakespeare’s Henry V, a play that captures the remarkable transformation of Prince...
Episode 45: Going Home with Odysseus
In this episode, Christopher Perrin explores the profound theme of the hero’s arduous journey home—as depicted in Homer’s The Odyssey. He discusses how Odysseus’s return to Ithaca not only signifies...
Episode 12: Song of Roland/Pope Urban/Life of Charlemagne: Battles that Become Legends
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh explore The Song of Roland, a medieval French epic that epitomizes bravery, loyalty, and...
Episode 11: Beowulf: Three Monsters and An Aging Hero
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh dive into Beowulf, the Anglo-Saxon epic poem about a legendary hero who battles monsters...
Episode 24: Chatting About Reading, Raising Children, and More with New Team Member Rebecca Richard
Get to know ClassicalU’s new full time team member Rebecca Richard as she and director Jesse Hake talk about the love of learning, late blooming, Charlotte Mason, scholé, and...
Episode 10: The City of God: A User’s Guide for the End of Civilization
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda explore St. Augustine’s monumental work, City of God. Written in response to the Visigoth...
Episode 9: Plutarch: Alcibiades and Coriolanus: Great Men to Love and Hate
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh delve into Plutarch’s Parallel Lives, exploring the contrasting characters of Alcibiades, the charming yet...
Episode 23: Considering Mary in Conversation with Professor Matthew Milliner (a Nativity Bonus Episode)
In this bonus Nativity episode, Jesse Hake chats with Wheaton College Professor of Art History, Matthew Milliner about Mary and his book Mother of the Lamb: The Story of a Global Icon....
Episode 8: The Art of War by Sun Tzu: Victory without Battle
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda analyze Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, a foundational text in strategic thought. Written...
Episode 22: Fr. Wesley Walker of “The Classical Mind” on Hugh of Saint Victor
Jesse Hake interviews Fr. Wesley Walker on a wide range of topics related to classical Christian education, including the work and influence of Hugh of St. Victor, the importance...
Episode 44: What We Can Learn from Odysseus, the Man of Many Twists and Turns: The Pros and Cons of Being Curious and Clever
In this episode, Dr. Perrin who teaches the Odyssey to a college class every year, traces the life and quest of Odysseus noting the ways in which his life turns and...
Episode 7: Julius Caesar’s Gallic Wars: Genocidal Maniac or Great Hero?
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh examine Julius Caesar’s Gallic Wars, an essential work of Latin literature that chronicles Caesar’s...
Episode 6: The Psychomachia: Was C.S. Lewis Wrong About Prudentius?
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda explore Prudentius’ Psychomachia (“The Battle of the Soul”). This groundbreaking Christian allegorical poem reimagines...
Episode 5: Virgil, The Aeneid: Can Peace Be Built on War?
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda delve into Virgil’s Aeneid, a cornerstone of Roman literature. They discuss Aeneas as the...
Episode 4: Thucydides, Pericles’ Funeral Oration: The Greatest Speech to Read
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda dive into Pericles’ Funeral Oration as recorded by Thucydides in The Peloponnesian War. They...
Episode 3: Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War: Not a Modern Historian, but a Participatory Chronicler
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, hosts Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda explore Thucydides’ The Peloponnesian War, examining the legendary conflict between Athens and Sparta....
Episode 2: The Book of Judges: Where Are the Hittites?
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh dive into the often-overlooked Book of Judges, examining its powerful themes of faith, conflict,...
