Episode 24: The Virtue of Prudence
In this episode, Dr. Perrin discusses the cardinal virtue of prudence. Subscribe to our episode release email list to be notified when a new episode is released!
Episode 23: The Virtue of Fortitude in Teaching
In this episode, Dr. Perrin continues exploring the virtue of fortitude and he discusses the fortitude that is necessary to be a teacher. Subscribe to our episode release email...
Episode 22: The Virtue of Fortitude in Classical Education
In this episode, Dr. Perrin discusses the virtue of fortitude in classical education and how it relates to teaching. Subscribe to our episode release email list to be notified...
Episode 06: Dr. Prather Discusses the Relevance of Chinua Achebe to Classical Education
In this new episode, Dr. Anika Prather explores the relevance of Chinua Achebe, the author of Things Fall Apart, to classical education. Subscribe to our episode release email list...
Episode 02: Interview with Christine Perrin
ClassicalU Director Jesse Hake speaks with Christine Perrin about her most recent lecture and her research interests, which include participatory reading and other practices in the literature classroom as...
Episode 08: The Growth of a New CCE School in Rwanda
In this episode Karen speaks with four members of Hope for Children Ministries, based in Rwanda where they have just opened their new school, Hope for Children International School....
Episode 21: The Importance of Shakespeare in Classical Education, Part II
In this episode, Dr. Perrin continues his discussion with Tim McIntosh, a former professor at Gutenberg College and a current creative director, actor, and playwright. They discuss the importance...
Episode 01: Interview with Dr. Nicole Koopman
ClassicalU Director Jesse Hake speaks with Dr. Nicole Koopman about the history of classical Christian education and her experience with it as a student and teacher at Cair Paravel...
Episode 20: The Importance of Shakespeare in Classical Education
In this episode, Dr. Perrin talks with Tim McIntosh, a former professor at Gutenberg College and a current creative director, actor, and playwright. They discuss the importance of Shakespeare...
Episode 19: The Importance of Temperance in Life and Education
In this episode, Dr. Perrin describes the importance of temperance in everyday life and in education. Subscribe to our episode release email list to be notified when a new...
Episode 18: The Importance of Friendship in Life and Education
In this episode, Dr. Perrin describes the importance of friendship in everyday life and in education. Subscribe to our episode release email list to be notified when a new...
Episode 07: What is the Most Essential Class in CCE?
In this episode Karen speaks with two other missionaries who have served as heads of schools in Africa. Together, these three classical Christian educators discuss what the most...
Episode 17: Metaphors in Classical Education
In this episode, Dr. Perrin describes how metaphors can be used to understand classical education. Subscribe to our episode release email list to be notified when a new episode...
Episode 16: Classical Education and Christian Nationalism
In this episode, Dr. Perrin explores the meaning of Christian nationalism and how it relates to classical education. Subscribe to our episode release email list to be notified when...
Episode 15: Remembering Augustine as Historian, Philosopher, & Teacher
In this episode, Dr. Perrin explores the many contributions Augustine made to the modern understanding of history, education, philosophy, and theology. Subscribe to our episode release email list to...
Episode 06: What Do African Parents Think of CCE?
In this episode Karen speaks with two fathers of children who attend the Rafiki school in Africa. Together, these three discuss the universal difficulties of parenthood and offer...
Episode 14: The Significance of Augustine and Kuyper in CCE
In this episode, Dr. Perrin describes the ongoing importance and relevance of both Augustine and Kuyper in classical Christian education. Subscribe to our episode release email list to be...
Episode 05: What Does a Kenyan Pastor Think of CCE?
In this episode Karen speaks with Reverend Ken Mbugua, a Reformed Baptist pastor in Kenya. Rev. Mbugua has written articles for Ligonier Ministries, an international Christian discipleship organization, and...
Episode 13: The Meaning of College
In this episode, Dr. Perrin explores the meaning of the word, “college” and its role in classical education. What does a college curriculum look like today and how does...
Episode 04: What do Kenyan Teachers Think of CCE?
In this episode Karen talks with Loise and Ann, who are Kenyan teachers at the Rafiki Classical Christian School in Kenya. Loise teaches kindergarten and Ann teaches logic,...
Episode 12: The Meaning of Education
In this episode, Dr. Perrin explores the true meaning of the word, “education”. What do we mean when we use it and how has this meaning changed over the...
Episode 03: Why Should We Be Working in Africa?
In this episode Karen will be answering the question of why missions like The Rafiki Foundation are necessary in Africa. Subscribe to our episode release email list to be...
Episode 07: Interview with Dr. Zena Hitz
In this episode, Dr. Williams interviews Dr. Zena Hitz, a tutor at St. John’s College and the author of Lost In Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life....
Episode 02: What Does Athens Have to Do with Africa?
In this episode Karen will be analyzing the importance of a Western civilization education in Africa. Subscribe to our episode release email list to be notified when a...
Episode 01: Why CCE is right for Africa
In this inaugural episode, Karen Elliott introduces herself and the organization she serves, The Rafiki Foundation, as she explains why a classical Christian education is needed in Africa. Subscribe...
Episode 06: Interview with Dr. David Diener
In this episode, Dr. Williams interviews Dr. David Diener, headmaster of Hillsdale Academy and a lecturing professor of education who has received a BA in philosophy and ancient languages...
Episode 11: Recovering the Word “Student” to Renew Classical Education
In this episode, Dr. Perrin builds upon Episode 10 by exploring the etymologies and histories behind words that are commonly used in education today. Subscribe to our episode release...
Episode 10: Recovering a Vocabulary for Classical Education
In this episode, Dr. Perrin discusses words and their importance in education. What words do we use in traditional liberal education? How have we lost the meanings of certain...
Episode 05: Dr. Prather Shares a Narrative of Hope
Dr. Anika Prather tells a new narrative of hope that will alter your perspective on classical learning, how to teach history, and on America. Subscribe to our episode release...
Episode 09: Starting a Classical College
In this episode, Dr. Perrin and Greg Wilbur of New College Franklin discuss the importance of the intersection between theology and classical education. This conversation was recorded at CiRCE...
Episode 05: Interview with Diana Batarseh
Conversation with guest Diana Batarseh, the founding Head of School at King’s Academy Nashville and the developer of “Ask Me WhoOo,” a 3-volume CD series of original 74 songs...
Episode 09: Secular Moral Categories
How does the cultural adoption of secular moral categories impact people’s qualities of life? How can classical teaching provide a solution to the modern loss of personhood? Subscribe to...
Episode 08: The Practice of Lamentation
How have we, as a modern society, forgotten how to lament? What could lamentation do for us on an individual level and as a whole? Subscribe to our episode...
Episode 08: Competing Moral Theories
What moral deformities exist in our K-12 education system? How does biological reductionism play into this confusion of morality? Subscribe to our episode release email list to be notified...
Episode 07: The Resurgence of Classical Education Among African Americans
What was the earliest classical school for African Americans and what effect did it have on the resurgence of the classical movement today? Subscribe to our episode release email...
Episode 07: The Theories of Ethics
What drives the error in our moral thinking today? How have the metaphysics of ethics changed over the course of history? Subscribe to our episode release email list to...
