In this episode of The Mason Jar Q&A, Cindy with award-winning poet (and homeschooling mom) Sally Thomas about poetry. 

Topics include:

• What to do when you don't love poetry yourself
• How to make poetry a regular part of your home
• Sally's experiences as a working poet

You can learn more about Sally and her work here. 

On this episode of Close Reads, Tim, Angelina, and David discuss the final chapters  of Pride and Prejudice. 

Conversation touches on the ways the characters changed throughout the book, how Elizabeth's sense of humor returns in the final chapters, and whether the book is two chapters too long. 

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Welcome to episode 9 of A Perpetual Feast, where Andrew Kern and Wes Callihan discuss Homer, Homer, and all of the things that Homer makes them think about. 

In this episode, they discuss Wes's travels to Greece (and the site of Troy), hospitality in Homer (and our own world), and the honor that traditions can give. 

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In this episode of The Mason Jar Q&A, Cindy answers listener questions. 

Topics include:

• Grammar for the "grammar flunk" (6:00)
• Dealing with a distracting toddler (14:00)
• The difference between a narration and a book report (28:45)

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On this episode of Close Reads, Tim, Angelina, and David discuss chapters 47-54 of Pride and Prejudice. 

The question of today's episode: Who is to blame for the Wickham/Lydia debacle? 

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The Commons, hosted by Dr. Brian Phillips, contemplates the lives and times of people worth imitating, and the ideas they offer us. 

In this episode, Brian chats with author S.D. Smith. Conversation touches on his new book, his web project for parents called Story Warren, creating good children's literature for adults, and the relationship between the critic and the curator. 

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On this episode of Close Reads, Tim, Angelina, and David discuss  chapters 36-46 of Pride and Prejudice. 

Conversation focuses primarily on whether freedom and traditional relationship roles are mutually exclusive, especially in Jane Austen's work. 

In this episode of The Mason Jar Q&A, Cindy answers listener questions. 

Topics include:

• Exams Charlotte Mason style (5:30)
• Narration when students forget details (25:20)
• The new (free) Mere Motherhood e-newsletter, curated by Cindy (33:00)

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The Commons, hosted by Dr. Brian Phillips, contemplates the lives and times of people worth imitating, and the ideas they offer us. 

In this episode, Brian chats with our man Matt Bianco about which student is more complete: the jock or the nerd. Discussion centers on the role of music, gymnastics, and play in a classical education, with a hearty helping of Plato along the way. 

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In this episode of The Mason Jar Q&A, Cindy chats about the value of folk music in the home with Heather Bunting. 

Topics include:

• Favorite folk songs
• Singing when you don't feel competent 
• How folk music effectively teaches children to sing

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On this Halloween episode of Close Reads, Tim, Angelina, and David discuss Washington Irving's story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

Conversation touches on the "interesting" first sentence, Irving's role in American lit, whether the story is meant to be funny or scary, and much, much, much more. 

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On this episode of Quiddity, our flagship show, David Kern chats with Dr. George Grant, winner of the 2017 Russell Kirk Paideia Prize. 

Dr. Grant is the Pastor of Parish Presbyterian Church, Director of the King's Meadow Study Center, Founder of both Franklin Classical School and New College Franklin, and Coordinator of the Chalmers Fund.  He is the author of dozens of books in the areas of history, biography, politics, literature, and social criticism and he has written hundreds of essays, articles, and columns. He has pioneered efforts to establish Classical Christian Schools in the US around the world. He makes his home in Middle Tennessee near the historic town of Franklin with his wife and co-author Karen.  Together they have three grown children and four grandchildren.

Topics of conversation include: 

• How Dr. Grant Discovered classical education
• His astonishment at discovering how lacking his education really was (9:30)
• How he got into school start-up (14:40)
• The future of classical education in our country (18:50)
• His biggest fear for classical education (21:30)
• Rapid fire questions (24:50)

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On this bonus episode of Close Reads, Tim, Angelina, and David discuss the famous Darcy prposal scene in chapters 34 and 35 of Pride and Prejudice. 

Conversation touches on the similarities and differences between Darcy's proposal and Collins' proposal, why Elizabeth believes Darcy's letter, and more. 

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On this episode of Close Reads, Tim, Angelina, and David discuss (and revel in) chapters 24-37 Pride and Prejudice. 

Conversation touches on the constancy (or lack there-of) of Elizabeth and Darcy, how Elizabeth is like Darcy, and much more. 

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In this episode of The Mason Jar Q&A, Cindy answers listener questions. 

Please note: this episode originally had some tech issues, but the file has been updated. Sorry about the inconvenience!

Topics include:

• Written narration with children who don't spell well 
• Using Charlotte Mason's methods with students of varying ages if just starting out with CM (20:30)
• College transcripts (27:25)
• Where to start with the many Charlotte Mason-based books and resources (3)0:55)

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On this episode of Close Reads, Tim, Angelina, and David discuss (and revel in) chapters 9-23 of Pride and Prejudice. 

Conversation touches on whether Elisabeth is less interesting When Darcy isn't around, the absurdity of Collin's marriage proposal, and Charlotte Lucas's acceptance of him after Elisabeth turns him down. 

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In this episode of The Mason Jar Q&A, Cindy chats about books, books, and more books with Jan Bloom of traveling book store, Books Bloom, which you may have run across at various homeschool conventions. 

Topics include:

• Building a library
• Jan's books, Who Then Should We Read, Volumes I & II (11:00)
• The golden Age of children's books (20:00)
• Books for boys (25:50)
• Books for girls (29:15)
• Principles of book buying (33:20)
• Book journals (38:00)
• Current reads and books for moms (40:05)

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Welcome to episode 8 of A Perpetual Feast, where Andrew Kern and Wes Callihan discuss Homer, Homer, and all of the things that Homer makes them think about. 

In this episode they discuss how great poets come to be (and other stuff that just sort of comes up in a Wes and Andrew conversation). Buckle up, this is an interesting one. 

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On this episode of Close Reads, Tim, Angelina, and David discuss (and revel in) the first eight chapters of Pride and Prejudice. 

Conversation touches on first experiences with Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice vs. Much Ado About Nothing, and much more. 

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In this episode of The Mason Jar Q&A, Cindy answers listener questions about Narration, one of the key tenets of  Charlotte Mason's philosophy of education. 

Topics include:

• Setting expectations (4:40)
• Narration as part of the long haul (10:35)
• Starting narration with older kids (16:40)
• Starting narration with young kids (21:15)
• Narration and dyslexia (28:45)
• Assessing narrations (33:37)

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On this episode of Close Reads, Tim, Angelina, and David discuss (and revel in) the final two chapters of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. 

Conversations touches on the similarities between The Wind in the Willows and The Odyssey, whether Toad has changed, and much more.

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In this episode of our flagship podcast, Jeremy Tate of the Classic Learning Test joins David to discuss his companies attempts to recreate the college entrance exam and offer a less secular alternative to the SAT and ACT. 

Topics of conversation include the relationship between virtue and testing, the nature of standardized tests, how CLT came to be, and more. 

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In this episode of The Mason Jar, Amy Edwards of Blue Sky Daisies  joins Cindy Rollins to discuss the use of audio books in the homeschool.  Of course, as usual, a few other things come up too. 

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The Commons, hosted by Dr. Brian Phillips, contemplates the lives and times of people worth imitating. 

In this episode, Brian chats with our man Matt Bianco about Ray Bradbury's contemporary classic, Fahrenheit 451, and the connections the guys see between it and the Benedict Option: that is, what does it have to say about living in a culture that is falling apart? 

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In this episode of The Mason Jar Q&A, Cindy answers questions about kicking off the new school year well.   . 

Topics include:

• How Cindy planned for the school year
• What to do when plans don't work out (10:45)
• Using the beginning of the school year to effectively build momentum (17:00)
• Advice for new homeschoolers (22:00)
• When to let kids draw or play while reading, learning, etc. 

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It's also brought to you by The Harvey Center for Family Learning. Use code freeyearwithCirce at harveycenter.org to get two years for the price of one!

In this episode of our flagship podcast, our friend James Daniels joins David on the phone to discuss how to cultivate human-ness in our students and children. 

Topics of conversation include common places in the classroom, habits vs. subjects, how the seven liberal arts cultivate humans, how to avoid teaching gnostically, seeing the world as children, and much, much more. 

Money quote: "I'm not teaching content, I'm teaching students." 

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On this episode of Close Reads, Tim, Angelina, and David discuss and revel in chapters nine and ten of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. 

Conversations touches on the differences between how Toad and Water Rat interact and respond to nature, the role of the "call" in the book, and, of course, Tim's upcoming turn at Hamlet. And much more, as always. 

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On this episode of Close Reads, Tim, Angelina and David discuss and revel in chapters seven and eight of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. 

Conversations touches on why Toad manages to get people to help him out so often, the strange existence of Pan in the novel, and much more. 

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Welcome to episode 15 of the Ask Andrew Podcast, where Andrew Kern answers your questions about Christian classical education. 

In this episode, he is joined by special guest Karen Kern and together they offer some tips for teaching stories that are essentially "morality tales" (like fables, for example) with moralizing them. 

To submit a question for a future episode go here. https://www.circeinstitute.org/resources-web-features/ask-andrew

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In this episode of The Mason Jar Q&A, Cindy and David answer questions from a LIVE audience at the 2016 CiRCE Conference in Charleston, SC. During this live event, we launched Cindy's new book, Mere Motherhood: Morning Times, Nursery Rhymes, and My Journey Towards Sanctification (MereMotherhood.com). 

Topics include:

• Whether Charlotte Mason and Classical Education are compatible, featuring special guest, Karen Glass (8:00)
• What piece of advice Cindy would give to young moms (27:00)
• What it means to a mom that her children are "born persons" (32:30)
• What helped Cindy avoid the thought that all her homeschooling efforts are for naught (36:15)
• What she likes to read to her grandkids (39:20)
• Why Cindy doesn't like the term "child-centric" in relation to Charlotte Mason or classical education (43:00)
• And what Cindy hopes people will take away from her book

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On this episode of Close Reads, Tim, Angelina and David discuss and revel in chapters five and six of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. 

Conversations touches on whether this book should actually be referred to a "children's book", why it's such a good book about friendship, the role nostalgia plays in it, and much more. 

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Welcome to episode 13 of the Ask Andrew Podcast, where Andrew Kern answers your questions about Christian classical education. 

In this episode, he is joined by a special guest and together they contemplate a question about whether calculus and other subjects like it are lost on homemakers. 

To submit a question for a future episode go here. https://www.circeinstitute.org/resources-web-features/ask-andrew

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In this episode of The Mason Jar, Tammy Glaser joins Cindy Rollins to discuss her Charlotte Mason school in South Carolina, the ways a CM education has helped her autistic daughter, her advice for CM schoosl and teachers, and much more. 

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On this episode of Close Reads, Tim, Angelina and David discuss and revel in chapters three and four of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. 

Conversation touches on how the Wind in the Willows is so similar to The Hobbit, how it's comedy is reminiscent of P.G. Wodehouse, the difference between danger and darkness in literature, and the role of food in adventure stories. 

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In this episode of our flagship podcast, Sarah Mackenzie (from the Read Aloud Revival podcast) and Martin Cothran (of Memoria Press) join David to share some of their favorite children's' books from off the beaten path, the great books you might never have heard of. 

Authors they discuss include Sterling North, Thronton Burgess, William Steig, Farley Mallett, Billy C. Clark, Booth Tarkington, Jennifer Trafton, Kate Seredy, and others!

To learn more about Sarah, head over to readloudrevival.com, where you can subscribe to her podcast and find a ton of other awesome resources. And, of course, make sure you head over to memoriapress.com to find the many and varied resources of Martin and his Memoria Press cohorts. 

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In this episode, culture critic Alissa Wilkinson discusses her new book How to Survive the Apocalypse: Zombies, Cylons, Faith, and Politics at the End of the World, an exploration of the dystopian stories that are so prevalent in our pop culture: where they come from, why they are so popular, and what they mean. 

Alissa is assisstant professor of English and humanities at The King's College in New York City and critic-at-large for Christianity Today where she has also served as chief film critic. She is also a contributing writer at Pacific Standard and regularly publishes on film, TV, books, and culture in a number of other outlets, including Rolling Stone, Vulture, RogerEbert.com, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Books & Culture, and others.

You can learn more about Alissa at alissawilkinson.com

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Welcome to episode 7 of A Perpetual Feast, where Andrew Kern and Wes Callihan discuss Homer, Homer, and all of the things that Homer makes them think about. 

In this episode, they discuss the way the spiritual life effects our internal harmonies - and what that has to do with Homer. And some other stuff, obviously. 

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Welcome to episode 12 of the Ask Andrew Podcast, where Andrew Kern answers your questions about Christian classical education. 

In this episode, he discusses the why it can sometimes be difficult for modern people to connect with ancient mythology.

To submit a question for a future episode go here. https://www.circeinstitute.org/resources-web-features/ask-andrew

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In this episode of The Mason Jar, Dawn Duran, a physical therapist and member of Ambleside Online, joins Cindy to discuss the role physical education should play in a Charlotte Mason education. 

Topics include how Dawn discovered Charlotte Mason and Ambleside Online (5:30), Dawn's life and career in athletics and fitness (7:40), Charlotte Mason's vision for physical education (12:30) and emphasis on "Swedish drill" (24:30), the value of team sports (36:00), fear of injuries (46:00), and moms and exercise (49:30).

Click here to read Dawn's explanation of "Swedish drill" over at Afterthoughts Blog. 

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In this episode, S.D. Smith, author of the acclaimed children's adventure book, The Green Ember, joins David Kern to discuss the books and place that shaped his childhood imagination and inspired him to write (6:45); his new book, Ember Falls (21:30); the challenge of writing a sequel (27:30); what makes a good children's book (33:40); style in children's fiction (43:50); and how you can support his new Ember Falls Kickstarter (52:55). 

To learn more about Sam and his books, head over to sdsmith.net. 

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 Welcome to episode 11 of the Ask Andrew Podcast, where Andrew Kern answers your questions about Christian classical education. 

In this episode, he contemplates what it means to train a child's affections and what role emotion should play in education. 

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In this special episode of The Mason Jar, we present Cindy's plenary talk from our 2016 Rocky Mountain Regional Conference, presented May, 2016. 

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In this episode, Christine Perrin of Classical Academic Press and Messiah College joins Matt Bianco and David Kern to discuss Gerard Manley Hopkins difficult but fascinating poem, "Spring."

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Welcome to episode 10 of the Ask Andrew Podcast, where Andrew Kern answers your questions about Christian classical education. 

In this episode, he contemplates the kinds of questions that most help cultivate wisdom and virtue. 

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On this episode of Close Reads, Tim, Angelina, and David discuss and revel in the first two chapters of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. 

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Welcome to episode 9 of the Ask Andrew Podcast, where Andrew Kern answers your questions about Christian classical education. 

In this episode, he reflects on how to effectively teach fables to young children, and whether the moral of a story should be spelled out. 

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On this episode of Close Reads, Tim and David discuss and debate, Leo Tolstoy's short story, "How Much Land Does a Man Need."

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In this episode of The Mason Jar, Cindy Rollins interview about cultivating young artists, students as individuals, the relationship between art and nature studies, and much more. Brandy Vencel, of afterthhoughtsblog.net about the 20 principles of Charlotte Mason (and more). 

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Welcome to episode 6 of A Perpetual Feast, where Andrew Kern and Wes Callihan discuss Homer, Homer, and all of the things that Homer makes them think about. 

In this episode they discuss how to tell the difference between the voice of the muse and the voice of the siren. 

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Welcome to episode 8 of the Ask Andrew Podcast, where Andrew Kern answers your questions about Christian classical education. 

In this episode, he contemplates the varying definitions of the term "neo-classical". 

To submit a question for a future episode go here. https://www.circeinstitute.org/resources-web-features/ask-andrew

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Welcome to episode 7 of the Ask Andrew Podcast, where Andrew Kern answers your questions about Christian classical education. 

In this episode, he contemplates the tendency in parents and teacher to moralize stories and why it's probably not a good idea. 

To submit a question for a future episode go here. https://www.circeinstitute.org/resources-web-features/ask-andrew

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This episode of the CiRCE Institute Podcast Network is brought to you by New College Franklin and The College at the Saint Constantine School. 

he Mason Jar is a podcast from the CiRCE Institute Podcast Network in which acclaimed speaker/blogger Cindy Rollins joins host David Kern for a monthly exploration of the ideas, works, and influence of Charlotte Mason.

In this episode, Cindy answers more listener questions.

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This episode of the CiRCE Institute Podcast Network is brought to you by New College Franklin and The College at the Saint Constantine School. 

Welcome to episode 6 of the Ask Andrew Podcast, where Andrew Kern answers your questions about Christian classical education. 

In this episode, he contemplates the kind of magic that we find in the works of CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien and why it's different than the kind of magic found in the occult (with a rabbit trail about Homer, of course)

To submit a question for a future episode go here. https://www.circeinstitute.org/resources-web-features/ask-andrew

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Welcome to episode 5 of the Ask Andrew Podcast, where Andrew Kern answers your questions about Christian classical education. 

In this episode, he explains where the name "CiRCE Institute" comes from. 

To submit a question for a future episode go here. https://www.circeinstitute.org/resources-web-features/ask-andrew

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Welcome to episode 4 of A Perpetual Feast, where Andrew Kern and Wes Callihan 

Conversation touches on the relationship between the book of Hebrews, the greek language, and Homer's relationship to each... and much more, of course. 

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On this special episode of Close Reads, Tim, Angelina, and David discuss, debate, and bemoan the result in round 1 of our Great Novel Knockout, before looking ahead to round 2. 

Click here to vote in the competition and/or to see the current results. 

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Welcome to episode 3 of the Ask Andrew Podcast, where Andrew Kern answers your questions about Christian classical education. 

Today he reflects on the relationship between holiness and wisdom and virtue. 

To submit a question for a future episode go here. https://www.circeinstitute.org/resources-web-features/ask-andrew

The Mason Jar is a podcast from the CiRCE Institute Podcast Network in which acclaimed speaker/blogger Cindy Rollins joins host David Kern for a monthly exploration of the ideas, works, and influence of Charlotte Mason.

In this episode, Cindy answers more listener questions.

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And then we came to the end. Join Angelina, Tim, and David as they conclude their discussion of Wendell Berry's Jayber Crow. 

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Welcome to episode 3 of the Ask Andrew Podcast, where Andrew Kern answers your questions about Christian classical education. 

Today he reflects on why we should read the classics when even the good guys do bad things.  

To submit a question for a future episode go here. https://www.circeinstitute.org/resources-web-features/ask-andrew

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This episode of the CiRCE Institute Podcast Network is brought to you by New College Franklin and Roman Roads Media. 

Brian chats with Jonathan Rogers, author of Saint Patrick (among other biographies), about the remarkable faith - and fascinating legends - of St. Patrick. 

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This episode of the CiRCE Institute Podcast Network is brought to you by New College Franklin and Roman Roads Media. 

Welcome to A Perpetual Feast, where Andrew Kern and Wes Callihan talk about Homer (and whatever else comes up). 

In episode four they discuss the relationship between pagan literature and Christianity. 

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This episode of the CiRCE Institute Podcast Network is brought to you by New College Franklin and Roman Roads Media. 

Welcome to the first episode of the Ask Andrew Podcast, where Andrew Kern answers your questions about Christian classical education. 

Today he reflects on how to cultivate an appreciation of good music in students. 

To submit a question for a future episode go here. https://www.circeinstitute.org/resources-web-features/ask-andrew

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This episode of the CiRCE Institute Podcast Network is brought to you by New College Franklin and Roman Roads Media. 

Laura Dunn, director and producer of a new documentary on Wendell Berry, joisn the show to discuss what it was like to get Berry on board with the project, the way forward for communities like the one Berry lives in, and the role of Tanya Berry in Wendell's life and work. 

You can learn more about the film at theseerfilm.com. 

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This episode is brought to you by New College Franklin and Roman Roads Media. 

Welcome to the first episode of the Ask Andrew Podcast, where Andrew Kern will answer your questions about Christian classical education. 

Today he reflects on what makes a good television show, how much screen time is too much screen time, and more. 

To submit a question for a future episode go here: https://www.circeinstitute.org/resources-web-features/ask-andrew

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This episode is sponsored by Wyoming Catholic College. Learn more at wyomingcatholiccollege.com. 

In this episode of The Mason Jar, Cindy Rollins interview Naomi Goegan about nature studies. Topics include making nature studies a part of your everyday life, painting and nature studies, and more. This episode of full of Charlotte Mason quotations! 

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This episode is brought to you by The Harvey Center for Family where you can use save 20% on a family membership when you use code circe20. Go to harveycenter.org for more information. 

Close Reads is a book club podcast from the CiRCE Institute Podcast Network featuring Angelina Stanford and Tim McIntosh, who join host, David Kern, to discuss Great Books and the authors who create them. Here in episode 15 they discuss chapters 26-28 of Wendell Berry's novel, Jayber Crow. 

As always, press the arrow above to listen or subscribe to the CiRCE Institute Podcast Network via itunes here or on Stitcher here. 

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This podcast is presented by The Harvey Center for Family Learning. 

The Mason Jar is a podcast from the CiRCE Institute Podcast Network in which acclaimed speaker/blogger Cindy Rollins joins host David Kern for a monthly exploration of the ideas, works, and influence of Charlotte Mason.

In this episode, Cindy answers more listener questions.

To send in a question for a future episode please email David  or Cindy. 

As always, press the arrow above to listen or subscribe to the CiRCE Institute Podcast Network via itunes here or on Stitcher here. 

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This podcast is brought to you by The Harvey Center for Family Learning. 

Use code circe20 to save 20% on their two year family membership. 

Welcome to Quiddity, the original podcast from the CiRCE Institute, featuring interviews and ideas that are important to Christian classical education. 

In this episode David is joined by Martin Cothran and Jamie Cain to discuss the value of the traditional western story. 

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This podcast is brought to you by Romans Roads Media.

Use code CIRCE2016 to get any video series free when you buy their first series, The Epics, which features the teaching of Wes Callihan. 

This podcast is also presented by The Harvey Center for Family Learning. 

Welcome to A Perpetual Feast, where Andrew Kern and Wes Callihan talk about Homer (and whatever else comes up). 

In episode three they discuss books about Homer, poetic diction in Homer and beyond, and much more. 

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This podcast is brought to you by The Harvey Center for Family Learning. 

Use code circe20 to save 20% on their two year family membership. 

Close Reads is a book club podcast from the CiRCE Institute Podcast Network featuring Angelina Stanford and Tim McIntosh, who join host, David Kern, to discuss Great Books and the authors who create them. Here in episode 14 they discuss chapters 24-25 of Wendell Berry's novel, Jayber Crow. 

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This podcast is brought to you by:

This podcast is brought to you by Romans Roads Media.

Use code CIRCE2016 to get any video series free when you buy their first series, The Epics, which features the teaching of Wes Callihan. 

This podcast is also presented by The Harvey Center for Family Learning. 

In this episode of The Mason Jar, Cindy Rollins interview Jeannette Tulis about cultivating young artists, students as individuals, the relationship between art and nature studies, and much more. 

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This podcast is brought to you by Romans Roads Media.

Use code CIRCE2016 to get any video series free when you buy their first series, The Epics, which features the teaching of Wes Callihan. 

Close Reads is a book club podcast from the CiRCE Institute Podcast Network featuring Angelina Stanford and Tim McIntosh, who join host, David Kern, to discuss Great Books and the authors who create them. Here in episode 13 they discuss chapter 23 (the famous "The Way of Love" chapter) of Wendell Berry's novel, Jayber Crow. 

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This podcast is brought to you by:

This podcast is brought to you by Romans Roads Media.

Use code CIRCE2016 to get any video series free when you buy their first series, The Epics, which features the teaching of Wes Callihan. 

The Mason Jar is a podcast from the CiRCE Institute Podcast Network in which acclaimed speaker/blogger Cindy Rollins joins host David Kern for a monthly exploration of the ideas, works, and influence of Charlotte Mason.

In this episode, Cindy answers more listener questions.

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This podcast is brought to you by Romans Roads Media.

Use code CIRCE2016 to get any video series free when you buy their first series, The Epics, which features the teaching of Wes Callihan. 

Welcome to episode two of A Perpetual Feast, where Andrew Kern and Wes Callihan talk about Homer. That's it. Just Homer.

In episode two they discuss their favorite translations, reading Homer for the first time, and Homer's poetic dialect. 

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This podcast is brought to you by Romans Roads Media.

Use code CIRCE2016 to get any video series free when you buy their first series, The Epics, which features the teaching of Wes Callihan. 

The Mason Jar is a new podcast from the CiRCE Institute Podcast Network in which acclaimed speaker/blogger Cindy Rollins joins host David Kern for a monthly exploration of the ideas, works, and influence of Charlotte Mason.

In this episode Cindy talks to Katie Hudgins about self-education, books, narration, and more. 

To send in a question for a future episode please email David  or Cindy. 

To learn more about Charlotte Mason's biography please visit amblesideonline.org. 

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