Episode 3: Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War: Not a Modern Historian, but a Participatory Chronicler
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, hosts Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda explore Thucydides’ The Peloponnesian War, examining the legendary conflict between Athens and Sparta....
Episode 2: The Book of Judges: Where Are the Hittites?
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh dive into the often-overlooked Book of Judges, examining its powerful themes of faith, conflict,...
Episode 1: The Iliad: The Opposite of War is Not Peace; It’s Liturgy
Description In this debut episode of ‘Hot Takes from the Classics,’ hosts Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda delve into one of the greatest war epics ever written, Homer’s Iliad....
Introducing: Hot Takes on the Classics
Hot Takes on the Classics is no dusty, academic approach to great books. It’s a gossipy, exciting discussion about the best literature ever written. Hosted by Tim and Emily,...
Episode 21: Sarah Flynn on Classical Education in Australia and Indigenous Approaches to Knowledge
Jesse Hake chats with Sarah Flynn, a classical Christian education pioneer in Australia and founder of Logos Australis. Sarah is an educator with a background in ecology, environmental studies, and...
Episode 43: 20 Words You Must Know to Understand Education: What Education Really Is
In this episode, Dr. Perrin notes the ways we have forgotten the meaning of words that related to education and revives the meaning of about 20 key words we...
Episode 20: Liturgical Learning: A Conversation between Christine Perrin, Junius Johnson, and Chris Perrin
In this episode, Christopher Perrin engages with both Junius Johnson and Christine Perrin on the topics of contemplative, embodied, sacramental, and liturgical learning. Together they consider how these truths should inform our classroom practices in...
Episode 19: Lori McDaniel on the Great Commission
In this podcast, Karen Elliott interviews Lori McDaniel the author of the Mission of God and You. It’s an excellent resource for mission statistics, inspirational stories and practical strategies...
Episode 19: Interview with Jeffrey Bilbro about Wendell Berry’s Virtues of Renewal within the Classroom
Jesse Hake talks with author and Grove City College professor Jeffrey Bilbro about his forthcoming course on ClassicalU about how teachers can cultivate Wendell Berry’s virtues of renewal within...
Episode 42: Education as Hospitality and Healing
In this episode, Dr. Perrin describes the way that Christian classical education must offer hospitality to students seeking an intellectual home and healing to the sickness of their souls. While this...
Episode 18: What does Athens have to do with Jerusalem
Karen Elliott and Grant Horner discuss why Christians should read pagan texts and how this applies to classical Christian education in AFrica. For a full presentation on this refer...
Episode 17: Robyn Burlew on Classical Christian Education and African Learning Traditions
In this episode, Karen speaks with veteran educator, Robyn Burlew, about the distinctive features of classical Christian education (CCE) and its particular challenges and opportunities in African contexts.
