Synopsis
The CiRCE Institute Podcast Network is made up four regular shows: FORMA, featuring interviews and conversations with educators, writers, and thinkers.The Mason Jar featuring Cindy Rollins, all Charlotte Mason all the time. Close Reads, a book club podcast, featuring Angelina Stanford and Tim McIntosh.Ask Andrew, in which Andrew Kern answers listener questions about Christian classical education.As well as various seasonal shows like The Commons with Brian Phillips, The Divided Line with Matt Bianco, and A Perpetual Feast with Andrew Kern and Wes Callihan.
Episodes
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Ask Andrew #55: On Tools for Making Connections
07/07/2020 Duration: 29minThe Ask Andrew podcast is back with a new format, some new guests, and even a new graphic! In this first episode Andrew Kern contemplates tools that we can utilize to help our students make connections across subjects. Plus he answers some rapid-fire questions at the end of the episode.If you like this episode please be sure to search for The Ask Andrew Podcast direct feed wherever you get podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Proverbial #33: Candy Canes
02/07/2020 Duration: 23minThis week's proverb comes from composer Gustav Mahler, who said that "tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. And if you like the show please leave a rating or a review wherever you get podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The Commons 4.5: Understanding Hollywood's War on the Family
02/07/2020 Duration: 47minIn this episode of The Commons, Brian Phillips and Matt Bianco discuss how parents are portrayed in film and the media. Is the apparent “war on the family” intentionally destructive, or are parent portrayals rooted in something else entirely? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Cafe Schole #9: Schole and Ecstasy
01/07/2020 Duration: 19minJoin Dr. Perrin as he explores the ways in which an ecstatic encounter with truth is the way that an intellectual life begins. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The Commons 4.4: Loving the Natural Sciences: An Interview with Gordon Wilson
25/06/2020 Duration: 45minIn the episode, Brian Phillips talks with Dr. Gordon Wilson (Senior Fellow of Natural History at New St. Andrews College) about his recent works: A Different Shade of Green: A Biblical Approach to Environmentalism & the Dominion Mandate and The Riot & the Dance (which includes a biology text and two stunning feature-length documentary films). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The Play's the Thing: Coriolanus, Act I
23/06/2020 Duration: 01h05minJoin Tim McIntosh and Sarah-Jane Bentley for a spirited discussion about one of Shakespeare's underrated (but most interesting) plays, Coriolanus. In this episode they chat about Act I, introducing the play, the characters, the themes, and much more. They also discuss how Coriolanus is almost an anti-type to a play like As You Like It. Be sure to subscribe to the dedicated feed for The Play's the Thing wherever you get podcasts! Please note: this episode was originally recorded back in April 2020. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Cafe Schole #8: Order and Solitude
17/06/2020 Duration: 34minIn this episode Dr. Perrin engages the thought of A.G. Sertillanges who insists that the life of the student and teacher should be characterized by an ordered, regular solitude. Over against the scattering and distracting crowd, Perrin and Sertillanges call us back to retirement, recollection, silence, consecration, and concentration that dispose us to engage truth and deeply…learn.If you like this episode please be sure to rate and review wherever you listen to podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Proverbial #32: Anthology
16/06/2020 Duration: 17minThis week's proverb is unattributed and says: "if all men were angels no government would be necessary." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say for modern men and women. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Proverbial #31: The Witching Hour
12/06/2020 Duration: 31minThis week's proverb is unattributed, but it goes like this: "Idle hands are the devil's workshop." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say for modern men and women. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The Commons 4.2: A Spirit of Inquiry
09/06/2020 Duration: 45minIn this episode of The Commons, Brian Phillips interviews Dr. Pano Kanelos (President of St. John’s College), to discuss life at St. John’s, classical education at the college level, and the spirit of inquiry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Proverbial #30: Stuck in the Middle
05/06/2020 Duration: 29minThis week's proverb is from Jules Renard, who said: "To have a horror of the bourgeoisie is bourgeoisie." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say for modern men and women. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The Commons 4.1: Classical Educators & the Church: An Interview with Dana Gage
01/06/2020 Duration: 40minWelcome back to season four of The Commons with Dr. Brian Phillips! In episode 4.1 classical educator and pastor’s wife Dana Gage joins Brian Phillips for a talk about how classical education and church life intersect. Gage tells her story of what it’s like to serve as both a teacher and pastor’s wife in NYC, and further discusses her article, “Neglecting the House of God?”If you like this episode please be sure to subscribe to The Commons own feed wherever you get podcasts! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Cafe Schole #7: Order and Rest
30/05/2020 Duration: 19minJoin Christopher Perrin as he explores the relationship between order, rest, and love. Noting biblical teaching and the insights of St. Augustine, he shows how a restful, peaceful life is the result of wisely-ordered love. And if you like the episode please be sure to rate and review wherever you get podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Proverbial #29: A Retraction
27/05/2020 Duration: 28minThis week's proverb comes to us via Solomon who wrote: "The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth the brilliant or favor to the learned, but time and chance happen to them all." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Proverbial #28: Stars
13/05/2020 Duration: 28minThis week's proverb comes to us by way of Dr. Samuel Johnson and it goes like this: "He that considers how little he dwells upon the condition of others will learn how little the attention of others is attracted by himself." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplaltes what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Proverbial #27: The Real You
06/05/2020 Duration: 29minThis week's (very famous) proverb comes from William Shakespeare and his play, As You Like It. It says, "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women.If you like this show be sure to rate and review wherever you get podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Cafe Schole #6: Christ, The Teacher
02/05/2020 Duration: 24minBe sure to subscribe to the Cafe Schole feed if you like this episode! Join Christopher Perrin as he contemplates a small (but essential) work by Clement of Alexandria. It's called Christ the Teacher or Christ the Pedagogue (available on the web here: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/02091.htm) and it's remarkably helpful for contemporary, restful teaching. And if you like this episode be sure to rate and review wherever you listen to podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Proverbial #26: I Didn't Get You Anthing
28/04/2020 Duration: 27minThis week's proverb comes from the Roman writer, Seneca, who said that "to repay a favor too quickly is ingratitude." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates with this proverb has to say to modern men and women. And if you like this episode be sure to subscribe to Proverbial's own feed, wherever you get podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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FORMA: Robert Bortins on a new Masters Degree for Homeschoolers
14/04/2020 Duration: 28minIn this episode of FORMA managing editor, Heidi White, talks to Classical Conversations CEO Robert Bortins about an exciting new opportunity for homeschooling parents to earn a Master’s Degree just by homeschooling their children. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Proverbial #25: Mr. James Duffy
13/04/2020 Duration: 34minThis week's proverb is an old Jewish saying: "Whoever saves one life, saves the world entirely." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say for modern men and women. And if you like this episode, please be sure to rate and review it wherever you get podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.