CiRCE Institute Podcast Network

In this episode of The Mason Jar Q&A, Cindy chats with Celeste Cruz of joyouslessons.blogspot.com about Charlotte Mason style exams and nature study. 

Topics include: 

  • Discovering Charlotte Mason and employing her ideas in a big family (5:00)
  • Why Charlotte Mason style exams in the frist place (10:30)
  • Practical application (19:00)
  • Example exam questions (25:40)
  • Getting started (29:30)
  • Watching kids improve (35:00)
  • Nature study outings (45:22)

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On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their conversation on Flannery O'Connor's collection of stories, Everything That Rises Must Converge,  with "Parker's Back".

Topics include:

  • The differences between "Parkers' Back" and her other work
  • The theatrical nature of the story
  • Parker's awe
  • The deeper meaning of the characters' actions
  • Reading Sarah Ruth
  • Parker's image (and its all-seeing eye)
  • Why O'Connor chose to use a Byzantine icon

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This episode is brought to by our friends at Roman Roads Media, purveyors of the Old Western Culture series, featuring Wes Callihan. 

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Direct download: Close_Reads_49_Parkers_Back.mp3
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In this episode of The Mason Jar Q&A, Cindy answers listener questions. 

Topics include:

  • Lots of questions about Narration and dictation
  • Getting started with Charlotte Mason and AO
  • How to use summer time properly (hint: take some time off)

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This episode is brought to by our friends at Roman Roads Media, purveyors of the Old Western Culture series, featuring Wes Callihan. 

Direct download: The_Mason_Jar_4_19.mp3
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On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their conversation on Flannery O'Connor's collection of stories, Everything That Rises Must Converge,  with "Revelation."

Topics include:

  • Whether this is a good story to use to introduce stuents to O'Connor
  • The racism of characters in the story
  • Mrs. Turpin's gradual openness
  • Mrs. Turpin's Christ-haunted-ness
  • Seeing ourselves in Mrs. Turpin
  • Judging Mrs. Turpin
  • Mrs. Turpin's avenging angel of judgment
  • Mrs. Turpin's mystical vision

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This episode is brought to by our friends at Roman Roads Media, purveyors of the Old Western Culture series, featuring Wes Callihan. 

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Direct download: Close_Reads_48.mp3
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In this episode of The Commons, Brian Phillips chats with special guest Angelina Stanford about why mystery stories matter as cultural artifacts.

Topics include: why mystery stories are so beloved, why it's right that we love them, how they respond to nihilistic modernism, and much more. 

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This episode is brought to by our friends at Roman Roads Media, purveyors of the Old Western Culture series, featuring Wes Callihan. 

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On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their conversation on Flannery O'Connor's collection of stories, Everything That Rises Must Converge,  with "The Lame Shall Enter First."

Topics include: whether this story is less grotesque, the clinical-ness of the prose, psychology vs spiritual in the story, whether Shepherd repents, O'Connor vs the enlightenment, Norton as Shepherd's mirror, Norton's loneliness, faith like a child, and O'Connor the smuggler

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On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their conversation on Flannery O'Connor's collection of stories, Everything That Rises Must Converge,  with "The Comforts of Home."

Topics include: the theatrical nature of O'Connor's work, this story vs. the others in this collection, whether the mother is right to take an interest in Sarah, common critical readings that emphasize sexual tension, the opening paragraphs, Thomas as pharisee, the absence of dark grace, and more. 

 

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In this episode of The Mason Jar Q&A, Cindy chats with Sheila Carroll of the Living Books Curriculum about nature study and her work bringing Charlotte Mason to Africa. 

Topics include: her experiences in Africa, when to begin narration, adjusting expectations, dictation and narration, oral expression and young kids, the value of story-telling, and more.

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Direct download: Mason_Jar_20.mp3
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Welcome to episode 11 of A Perpetual Feast, where Andrew Kern and Wes Callihan discuss Homer and all of the things that Homer makes them think about. 

In this episode, they contemplate the place of suffering and violence in Homer - and how reading Great Books can help us process the suffering each of us endure. 

 

Direct download: Perpetual_Feast_11.mp3
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On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their conversation on Flannery O'Connor's collection of stories, Everything That Rises Must Converge,  with "The Enduring Chill." 

Topics include: O'Connor's sense of humor, the autobiographical nature of the story, the meaning of the names, where Asbury's illness came from, the work of the Holy Spirit in the story, and much more. 

 

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On this episode of Close Reads, David chats with Dr. Ralph Wood, author of Flannery O'Connor and the Christ-Haunted South, about Flannery O'Connor's reputation for grimness. 

Topics include: When Dr. Wood heard O'Connor give a reading live in 1962, O'Connor's sense of humor, the scandalousness of the gospel in O'Connor's canon, Julian's mother in Everything That Rises Must Converge, A View of the Woods' lack of quality, and much, much more. 

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On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their conversation on Flannery O'Connor's collection of stories, Everything That Rises Must Converge,  with "A View of the Woods." 

Topics include: Whether Mary actually exists, Mary as mirror of her grandfather, O'Connor's mysterious use of pronouns, the battle between Fortune and Pitts, the story's comments on modernism, and the damnation of Fortune. 

Direct download: Close_Reads_43.mp3
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In this episode of The Mason Jar Q&A, Cindy answers listener questions. 

Topics include:

  • Cindy's response to the Children's Lit Challenge
  • Measuring Mason's ideals considering our own realities (9:20)
  • Prioritizing on busy days (15:30)
  • Geography in morning time (18:50)
  • Distractable and unmotivated kids (25:15)
Direct download: Mason_Jar_QA_March_2017.mp3
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On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their conversation on Flannery O'Connor's collection of stories, Everything That Rises Must Converge,  with "Greenleaf." 

Topics include: The romance of the bull, the bull as Christ-figure, O'Connor's commentary on Southern Christianity, sympathy for the Greenleafs, class differences in the story, Mrs. May's irreligion, Mrs. May's disdain for the bull, and the medieval theme of ecstasy in the story's ending. 

PLEASE NOTE: STARTING AT ABOUT 49 MINUTES SOME THEMES THAT MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN ARE DISCUSSED. PROCEED WITH CAUTION IF LISTENING WITH YOUR KIDS. 

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In this episode of The Commons, Brian Phillips chats with our very own Chuck Hicks (head of operations and resident music scholar here at CiRCE) about bluegrass music, the southern agrarians, and classical education.

Topics include:

  • How bluegrass came to be
  • How bluegrass music was a reaction to the modern age (7:30)
  • The evolution of the form (13:20) 
  • Bluegrass and the southern agrarians (19:00)
  • Bluegrass and modern pop culture (23:29)
  • Connections to classical education (31:05)

Musical selections discussed in today's episode:

Direct download: Commons_-_Hicks.mp3
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On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David begin their conversation on Flannery O'Connor's collection of stories, Everything That Rises Must Converge, beginning with the titular story. 

Topics include: The 2017 Close Reads literature bracket, first experiences with O'Connor (18:10), O'Connor's "metaphysical realism" (26:40), story summary (37:11), the real racist in the story (41:50), the effect of coming home in O'Connor's work (51:40), the coin (62:45), the ambiguity of the end (70:00). 

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

Topics include:

  • Math with young kids
  • Homeschooling teenage boys (10:10)
  • Narration vs. book report (18:10)
  • A Charlotte Mason Sunday school (27:45)
Direct download: Mason_Jar_QA_Feb_17.mp3
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On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David answer listener questions about Dorothy Sayers' classic mystery novel, Murder Must Advertise, one of the Lord Peter Wimsey stories. 

Topics include: More on how to say "Sayers", Wimsey vs Darcy (12:20), Miss Meteyard as representative of Sayers (19:25), Current states of mystery stories (21:55), Says on good Christian art (38:55), Wimsey's sorrow at the end of the book (51:40), and what Sayers to read next (57:00). 

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Direct download: Close_Reads_40.mp3
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Welcome to episode 10 of A Perpetual Feast, where Andrew Kern and Wes Callihan discuss Homer and all of the things that Homer makes them think about. 

In this episode, they discuss the ways literature becomes a part of our souls, the modern avoidance of memorization (5:30), our cultural rejection of natural law (19:00), why memorization is for more than just children (41:30), memory as contemplation (46:15), and more. 

Direct download: Perpetual_Feast_10.mp3
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In this episode of our flagship podcast, Greg Wilbur and Gene King from New College Franklin in Franklin, TN, join David to the challenges and benefits of operating a small college in the volatile world of modern higher education.  

Topics include: The story of NCF, the challenges of higher ed in 2017 (7:40), staying small (11:00), dropping the ACT and SAT in favor of the CLT (17:00), and what they hope to see change in higher ed and NCF's role in that change (31:30). 

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On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David conclude their ongoing discussion of Dorothy Sayers' classic mystery novel, Murder Must Advertise, one of the Lord Peter Wimsey stories. 

Topics include: Who else the murderer could have been (6:45), whether Justice was served in the end (14:00), whether Wimsey was actually a good detective in this book (36:30), Tallboy's possible redemption (45:00), and the book we'll read next on the show. 

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In this episode of The Mason Jar Q&A, Cindy chats with author Megan Hoyt about composer study and Charlotte Mason. Megan is the author of A Touch of the Infinite: Studies in Music Appreciation with Charlotte Mason  and the moderator of the music section at AmblesideOnline. 

Topics include:

  • Math and music (6:00)
  • The most surprising thing she learned about Mason's method for composer study (10:45)
  • A book that encapsulates what Mason was trying to do (18:25)
  • How composer study involves more than she originally thought (21:30)
  • Teaching music appreciation when you are not a gifted musician (24:40)
  • Where to start composer study (29:00)
  • How a little bit goes a long way (38:30)
  • What she's reading (43:30)

Books mentioned in this episode: 

You can learn more about Megan and her work here. 

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In this episode of The Commons, Brian Phillips chats with David Goodwin, President of the Association of Classical Christian Schools, and Kirk Vanderleest, headmaster at the Ambrose School in Boise, Idaho, about the challenges of school leadership.

Topics include:

  • the board/headmaster relationship
  •  the board/parent relationship
  • what a healthy transition in leadership looks like
  • filling staff vacancies
  • and things they learned while on the job. 

 

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On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their ongoing discussion of Dorothy Sayers' classic mystery novel, Murder Must Advertise, one of the Lord Peter Wimsey stories. 

Topics include: Comparisons between this book, Netflix's The Crown, and BBC's Downton Abbey; class issues between characters; the lack of appeal in the evil in the book; the slow burn tensions; and how Greek (the language) can help us pronounce "Death Bredon." 

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In this episode of our flagship podcast, Matt Bianco and Buck Holler, heads mentors in our apprenticeship program, join David to discuss the important (and challenges) of mentorship in education. 

Topics include: Beginning new mentorship relationships, why love is so important in mentorship, challenges of being a mentor and a mentee, and much more. 

 

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On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their ongoing discussion of Dorothy Sayers' classic mystery novel, Murder Must Advertise, one of the Lord Peter Wimsey stories. 

Topics include: Why Tim isn't overly excited about this book, what about it people most like, the modernism of the prose, the various jumping perspectives, and the theme of phantasms. 

Direct download: Close_Reads_37.mp3
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In this episode of The Mason Jar Q&A, Cindy and David chat with a much-loved speaker and a dear friend of CiRCE: Mr. Andrew Pudewa, founder of the Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW). 

Topics include:

  • His role in his home (4:00)
  • Reading dads (16:00)
  • Dad the discpliner (24:00)
  • Ideas for busy dads to help teach (28:00)
  • How wives should approach their uninvolved husbands (34:00)
  • What he wishes he could do over (44:30)

Learn more about Andrew over at iew.com. 

 

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On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their ongoing discussion of Dorothy Sayers' classic mystery novel, Murder Must Advertise, one of the Lord Peter Wimsey stories. 

Topics include: How to say "Death Bredon," how Sayers ups the stakes and tension in these chapters, the role of young Ginger Joe, Lord Peter as Bertie Wooster, and similarities with Brave New World.

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On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their ongoing discussion of Dorothy Sayer's classic mystery novel, Murder Must Advertise, one of the Lord Peter Wimsey stories. 

Topics include: the anxiety and cultural malaise of post-WWI Europe, the liturgy of the mystery story, why Angelina loves Lord Peter Wimsey more than Mr. Darcy, Sayers/Wodehouse comparisons, the in-media-res start of the book, and the nature of the advertising in the book. 

 

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On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David kick off their ongoing discussion of Dorothy Sayer's classic mystery novel, Murder Must Advertise, one of the Lord Peter Wimsey stories. 

Topics include: The value of mystery stories as literature, Lord Peter vs Sherlock Holmes, Dorothy Sayers biography, and Sayers' rules of mystery writing. 

Direct download: CR_MMA_1.mp3
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In this episode of The Commons, Brian Phillips chats with Dr. Keith McCurdy of Total Life Counseling about raising study kids. Topics include our culture's over-consideration of emotion, what it means to be sturdy, expectations and responsibilities, increased rates of anxiety in our children, dealing with teenagers, the influence of technology on kids, and how to help kids be contributing members of a family. 

 

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On this episode of Close Reads, Tim, Angelina, and David discuss some of the books that excited them most in 2016. 

Titles include a difficult Great Book, a fantastical novel about a runaway slave, and several books of culture criticism. 

Direct download: Close_Reads_33_-_Year_Recap.mp3
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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. 

Direct download: Mason_Jar_December_2016.mp3
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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. 

 

Direct download: Close_Reads_PP_thru_46.mp3
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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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Direct download: Mason_Jar_QA_-_Nov_16.mp3
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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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Direct download: Mason_Jar_Folk_Music.mp3
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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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 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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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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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 StoneVulture, 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.

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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. 

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

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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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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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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

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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.  

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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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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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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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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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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. 

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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. 

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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

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

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