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Episode 13: Romeo and Juliet: The Wisdom of Young Love

Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh revisit Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, asking...

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Episode 22: Beyond the Concert: Global Worship Through Music

Dr. Brady McNeil shares the story of taking the Wheaton Symphonic Band on its first international tour—to Kenya and...

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Episode 12: The Divine Comedy: Disordered Eros

Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh dive into Dante Alighieri’s The Divine...

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Episode 11: The Phaedras: Love is a Madness

Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh explore Plato’s Phaedrus, a dialogue that...

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Episode 53: Teaching Toward Truth as a Living Reality

In this reflective episode, Christopher Perrin interviewed Andrew Kern, his long-time colleague and friend, President and CEO of The CiRCE...

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Episode 10: The Wind in the Willows: A Classic Tale of Friendship

Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh explore Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in...

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Episode 9: Huckleberry Finn: Can a Man and Child be Friends?

Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim and Emily explore Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, asking...

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Episode 8: Cicero, On Friendship: Virtue–The Basis of Friendship

Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh turn to Cicero’s On Friendship, a...

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