Episode 32: Recovering the Liberal Arts: Forming Teachers Through Great Books and Great Conversations
In this episode of The Rafiki Foundation Podcast, Karen Elliott interviews Dr. Josh Herring about forming classical Christian teachers through great books, thoughtful discussion, and the recovery of the liberal arts tradition....
Episode 45: Putting Feet Where the Romans Walked: Teaching Through Italy
In this episode of the ClassicalU Podcast, Jesse Hake talks with Karen T. Moore and Grant Horner, PhD about their CU course: Teaching Through Italy: A Guide to In Situ Studies and the transformative power of...
Episode 65: From Wonder to Wisdom: The Classical Journey of Education
Description In this episode of The Christopher Perrin Show, Christopher Perrin reflects on wisdom as one of the chief aims of classical and liberal education. Beginning with practical wisdom,...
Episode 13: Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin: Music as Life
In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda explore James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues,” a story about two brothers trying to understand one another across...
Episode 12: Hills Like White Elephants — Ernest Hemingway
In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda explore Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants,” a story in which the most important subject is...
Episode 11: Everything That Rises Must Converge: Coming Together May be Harder than it Seems – Flannery O’Connor
In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda explore Flannery O’Connor’s “Everything That Rises Must Converge,” a story of young adulthood, race, pride, dependence, and painful...
Episode 10: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”: Anxiety, Modernism, and a Life Deferred — T. S. Eliot
In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda explore T. S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” a poem that captures the uncertainty and...
Episode 44: Zach Howard: Augustine, the Affections, and Renewing Classical Education in the Midwest
In this episode of the ClassicalU Podcast, Jesse Hake welcomes Zach Howard, professor at Bethlehem College and Seminary, to explore the formation of teachers and the continuing renewal of classical Christian education....
Episode 9: Trilogy: Three Stories of One Love – Jon Fosse
In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda explore Jon Fosse’s Trilogy, the work of a Norwegian novelist and playwright whose spare, musical prose gives...
Episode 31: Gospel Education: Why Education Belongs to the Church
In this episode, Karen Elliott interviews Pastor Nate Walker about Gospel Education and why he believes education is an essential part of Christian discipleship. Drawing on his experience founding Trinity Classical School, Walker explains...
Episode 64: Passing the Torch: Louis Markos on the Classical Christian Inheritance
Description In this episode of The Christopher Perrin Show, Christopher Perrin welcomes Dr. Louis Markos for a wide-ranging conversation about the Greco-Roman, Judeo-Christian legacy and the renewal of classical Christian education....
Episode 8: “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”: Questions Can Lead You Astray by Joyce Carol Oates
In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda enter the teen years with Joyce Carol Oates’s “Where Are You Going? Where Have You...
Episode 7: The Little Prince: Philosophy and Foxes – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda close their exploration of childhood with Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince. Part children’s story, part...
Episode 6: Araby: by James Joyce
In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh begin their exploration of adolescence with James Joyce’s “Araby”, a story of youthful longing set...
Episode 43: Wonder, Freedom, and the Art of Paying Attention
In this episode of the ClassicalU Podcast, Jesse Hake welcomes Classical Academic Press video producer Cody Wanner for an illuminating conversation about storytelling, wonder, and his growing encounter with classical Christian education....
Episode 5: The Turn of the Screw: Horror Stories for Children – Henry James
In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh explore Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw, a psychologically complex ghost story that challenges...
Episode 63: From Wonder to Mastery: The Story of Novare Science
Description In this episode of The Christopher Perrin Show, Christopher Perrin welcomes John Mays to tell the story of his vocation as a teacher, writer, and founder of Novare Science. Mays traces...
Episode 4: Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Anderson: They’re not Just for Children
In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh explore Hans Christian Andersen’s life and two of his best-known stories: “The Emperor’s New Clothes” and...
Episode 3: Barn Burning: Of Fire and Fathers – William Faulkner
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh discuss William Faulkner’s celebrated short story “Barn Burning.” Along the way they explore Faulkner’s life,...
Episode 2: Intimations of Immortality: Childhood’s Remembering
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh begin their season on the stages of life with William Wordsworth’s “Ode: Intimations of Immortality...
Episode 1: The Selection Show: Choosing the Great Stories for a Season on Life
Description In this opening episode of Season 3, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh unveil a last-minute change of plans, shifting from a season on politics to an exploration of...
Episode 42: Durable Hospitality: Restoring Wonder for Every Learner
In this episode, Jesse Hake talks with Sarah Kwilinski about her new ClassicalU course, Restoring Wonder for Every Learner: Universal Design in the Classical Tradition, and how classical education can faithfully serve...
Episode 62: Raising Sturdy Kids: Why Children Need Struggle, Courage, and Truth
Description In this episode of The Christopher Perrin Show, Christopher Perrin welcomes Keith McCurdy and Davies Owens for a conversation about Raising Sturdy Kids, Keith’s new book on forming strong families and capable children. McCurdy...
Episode 30: Building a Classical Christian Teachers College in Uganda: Training Teachers, Transforming Nations
In this episode of The Rafiki Foundation Podcast, Karen Elliott interviews David and Michelle Graves. The Graves share how Rafiki’s Classical Christian Teachers College in Uganda is preparing a...
Episode 41: The Teacher as Matchmaker: Awakening Students to Wisdom
Recorded on site at True North Classical Academy, Jesse Hake speaks with Patricio Mendez, philosophy teacher and the Director of EdTech & Analytics, about recovering teaching as a vocation of love...
Episode 61: Hildegard College: Restoring Polymathy and Redemptive Entrepreneurship
Description Christopher Perrin welcomes Dr. Matthew J. Smith, founder of Hildegard College, to discuss why he left a tenure-track literature career to build a deliberately small, relationship-centered “micro college” in Southern...
Episode 29: Cultivating Classical Christian Education in a Cross-Cultural Setting
In this episode of The Rafiki Foundation Podcast, Karen Elliott sits down with Shakiyla Solomon, Kelly Fore, and Erica Robertson to discuss the unique challenges and opportunities of cultivating faculty for classical Christian education...
Episode 40: Motherhood, Vocation, and the Life of the Mind
In this episode of the ClassicalU Podcast, Jesse Hake speaks with Jessica Hooten-Wilson about her forthcoming book on Christian women whose lives and work have often been neglected because they are “too...
Episode 28: Teaching Truth in a Digital Age: Why Parents Need Classical Education
In this episode, Karen Elliott interviews Dr. Robert Littlejohn about his co-authored book Wisdom and Eloquence for Parents and explores why classical Christian education remains a proven model in an age of rapid...
Episode 60: A Living Tradition: Classical Education Without Nostalgia
Description Christopher Perrin welcomes Dr. John Mark Reynolds for a extensive conversation about the renewal of classical education—and why the term classical often confuses more than it clarifies. Reynolds shares how...
Episode 59: American Education: What It Was and Can Be Again
Description Recorded at the 2026 Great Hearts National Symposium on February 25, 2026, this edited episode features Christopher Perrin’s keynote speech exploring the history, meaning, and renewal of classical education,...
Episode 39: AI and the Loss of Human Formation with Dr. Brian Williams and Jake Tawney
In this episode of the ClassicalU Podcast, Jesse Hake—joined by guests Dr. Brian Williams and Jake Tawney—explores the pressing question of AI and human formation in the classroom. Framed by the classical vision...
Episode 27: More Than a Mission Trip: Discovering Classical Christian Education at Rafiki
In this episode, Karen Elliott interviews Veritas Scholars Academy teacher Corey Piper as he shares his experience leading students on a mission trip to the Rafiki Village in Kenya. Through classroom...
Episode 58: The Divided Soul and the Prodigal Pattern: Duty, Desire, and the Way Home
Description Christopher Perrin welcomes author and speaker Heidi White to discuss her book The Divided Soul and the inner conflict so many people experience between duty and desire. Along the way,...
Episode 38: Be Still and Know: Reclaiming Attention, Time, and Wonder in Christian Education
In this episode of the ClassicalU Podcast, Jesse Hake speaks with Dr. Patrick R. Manning about his book Be Still and Know: Contemplative Practice for Christian Schools and Educators. Drawing from...
Episode 57: Remembering Well: Restoring History Through Sympathy, Story, and Place
Description Andrew Zwerneman, writer and narrator for HISTORY250® and co-founder and president of Cana Academy, joins Christopher Perrin to argue that America’s cultural crisis is, at root, a crisis of memory—and that...
