Episode 6: Sentimental Love vs. Cruel Truth in East of Eden
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh dive into John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, exploring how the novel wrestles with the tension...
Episode 4: Odyssey: Affection (Storge): Beyond Sentimentality – The Odyssey’s Vision of Wholeness
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh explore Homer’s Odyssey as a foundational story of familial love and longing. They examine Odysseus...
Episode 52: Memory and the Music of Language: A Conversation with Grant Horner and Karen Moore
In this memorable episode of The Christopher Perrin Show, Christopher welcomes Dr. Grant Horner and Karen Moore—two veteran classical educators and authors—for a spirited conversation about the power of language,...
Episode 20: Bryan and Alexis McDaniel from Suburbs to Service: A Missionary Family’s Journey to Rafiki
In this episode, Karen Elliott speaks with Bryan and Alexis McDaniel about their unexpected journey to the Rafiki Village in Mzuzu, Malawi. The McDaniels share how God led them—from...
Episode 3: Antigone, Affection (Storge): Antigone’s Stand: Love, Loyalty, and Loss
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh tackle Sophocles’ Antigone as part of their series on love—specifically, storge or familial affection. They explore how Antigone’s fierce...
E32: Revisiting the Classics for All: A Conversation with Angel Adams Parham
In this wide-ranging conversation, sociologist, educator and ClassicalU course presenter Angel Adams Parham joins Jesse Hake to explore the idea of an “American classical education.” Drawing, in part, upon her...
Episode 2: The Selection Show: Building the Love-Reading Season
Description In this special episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh unveil the reading lineup for Season 2, themed around love. Drawing from C.S. Lewis’s...
Episode 1: The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis: Exploring the Types—and Limits—of Human Love
Description In this opening episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh kick off Season 2 on the theme of love by diving into C.S....
Episode 31: Walking with Dante: Louis Markos on the Poet’s Cosmic Imagination
In this rich and wide-ranging conversation, scholar Louis Markos joins host Jesse Hake to discuss his upcoming ClassicalU course, and forthcoming companion book on Dante’s Divine Comedy. Markos explores Dante’s visionary...
Episode 30: John Mays Share about Moving from Lifeless Teaching to Holy Moments
In this episode of the ClassicalU Podcast, host Jesse Hake interviews John Mays, the founder of the Novare Science curriculum. The discussion centers around Mays’ new course, “Cultivating Wonder Throughout...
Episode 51: Common Humanity at the Crossroads: A Conversation with Dr. Angel Parham
In this special episode of The Christopher Perrin Show, Christopher welcomes Dr. Angel Parham, professor of sociology at the University of Virginia and co-author of The Black Intellectual Tradition. Together, they...
Episode 29: From Chaos to Clarity: Practical Support for New Classical Educators
Kim Warman, lower school dean and teacher at Coram Deo Academy in Carmel, Indiana, shares insights from her new ClassicalU course, Launching Your Classical Classroom, which provides practical support for...
