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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 UPDATED FILE

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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