Martin Cothran

Tanya Charlton, Paul Schaeffer, and Martin Cothran, educators and advocates of classical Christian learning, explore what makes a book truly great. They discuss cultivated taste, stories that embody truth and beauty, open-ended moral questions, enduring classics, and the best ways to begin reading them. Recommendations range from shorter works to ambitious novels, including Dickens, Tolstoy, Austen, Shakespeare, and more.

Martin Cothran, veteran classical educator and author of the Traditional Logic series, shares his literary loves and the books that shaped him. He recalls discovering G.K. Chesterton and Dorothy Sayers, explains the trivium and classical liberal arts, and contrasts traditional logic with modern symbolic logic. He also tells the story of founding Highlands Latin and developing Memoria College for educators.

Martin Cothran, co-founder of a classical school in Kentucky and leader in the classical education movement, shares his insights into the rise of classical education in America. He discusses the journey of founding Memoria Press and the significance of homeschooling mothers in its growing popularity. Cothran also addresses the challenges faced in Catholic education, including the frustrations with material that mirrors public school content. The conversation highlights the revitalization of classical education in Protestant schools and the promising momentum for its future.