Episodes: Masonry

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Episode 15: A Doll’s House — Henrik Ibsen: The Door Slam Heard Around the World

In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda explore Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, the 1879 play whose ending shocked European audiences and helped redefine modern...

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Episode 46: King Arthur, the Holy Grail, and the Divided Heart of Camelot

In this episode of the ClassicalU Podcast, Jesse Hake welcomes Junius Johnson from back for another conversation, this time exploring King Arthur, the Holy Grail, chivalry, and the enduring Christian significance of the...

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Episode 66: Rekindling the Flame: Jamie Burns and the Renewal of Classical Education in the UK

Description In this episode of The Christopher Perrin Show, Christopher Perrin welcomes Jamie Burns, founder and chief executive of the Fellowship for Classical Learning, a charity organization building a network of...

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Episode 14: Babette’s Feast: The Artist At Work – Isak Dinesen

In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda explore Isak Dinesen’s “Babette’s Feast,” a story about beauty, sacrifice, holiness, and the demanding vocation...

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Episode 33: Forming What Children Love: Education That Shapes the Soul

In this episode of The Rafiki Foundation Podcast, Karen Elliott interviews Dr. Davies Owens, founder of BaseCamp Live and ZipCast, about the power of classical Christian education to shape children’s hearts, habits, and loves....

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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....

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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