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...