Quiddity

With football heading into the home stretch, basketball and hockey heating up, and the special gift of a holiday World Cup upon us, we revisit a conversation from the archives about the place of sports in education: That episode was called "Quit Being So Gnostic and Care About Sports" and featured old friends, David Kern, Brian Philips, and Chuck Hicks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Brandon sits down with Buck Holler and Monique Neal to talk about how we learn languages, in particular, via the direct method. Monique and Buck have advice for where to start at home or in the classroom and the goals to keep in mid as you go.Links mentioned: https://www.savvas.com/index.cfm?locator=PS31Nhhttps://www.na.cambridgescp.com/https://www.bolchazy.com/Latin-for-the-New-Millennium-C1114.aspxhttps://pictadicta.com/https://k12classical.udallas.edu/k-12-curriculum/k-5-latin-curriculum/https://www.youtube.com/c/SaturaLanxhttps://www.youtube.com/c/Thelinguisthttps://www.amazon.com/Athenaze-Book-Introduction-Ancient-2015-12-18/dp/B01FJ0VX7E Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we dig deep into the Quiddity archive for a conversation between David Kern and Christine Perrin about reading and teaching poetry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's episode, Brandon visits with Vigen Guroian to discuss his recent address on Grammar and Fairytales in a world rejecting meaning. They also discuss Vigen's book Tending the Heart of Virtue and its soon-to-be-released expanded new edition.Hear the talks:https://www.patreon.com/circeconferencehttps://tinyurl.com/CIRCEAudioGet the Book:https://global.oup.com/academic/product/tending-the-heart-of-virtue-9780195384314?cc=us&lang=en&30% discount promo code: AAFLYG6Vigen's recommendations:Michael Patrick Hearn, The Victorian Fairy Tale BookIona and Peter Opie, The Classic Fairy TalesJack Zipes, The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers GrimmErik Christian Haugaard, Hans Christian Andersen: The Complete Fairy Tales and StoriesTina Nunnally, Hans Christian Andersen Fairy TalesMaria Tatar, The Classic Fairy Tatar: A Norton Critical EditionAn Illustrated Treasury of the Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Illustrated by Daniel A DrescherThe following list of illustrated versions I have found to be largely faithful to the original fairy tale.John Ruskin, illustrator, Krystyna Turska “The King of the Golden River,” (Greenwillow Books)Paul O Zelinksy, trans and illustrations, Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin (Dutton Children’s Books)Charles Santore, illustrator, Snow White (Sterling New York/London)Jacob Grimm, The Frog Prince (North-South Books)Jacob Grimm, illustrator Susan Jeffers, (Dial Books for Young Readers or Puffin Pied Piper in paperback)Hans Christian Andersen, illustrator, Georges Lemoine The Steadfast Tin Soldier (Creative Editions)Hans Christian Andersen, illustrator, John Howie, The Fisherman and his Wife (Creative Editions)Hans Christian Andersen, trans Eva Le Gallienne, The Nightingale (Harper and Row, Pub., 1965)George MacDonald, The Light Princess (Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, Pub.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the first of what we hope will become a series of periodic conversations with friends of CIRCE working in colleges and college programs that value a classical education. In this episode, Brandon chats with Matthew Smith of Hildegard College in Costa Mesa, CA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Drop in on Dr. Matthew Bianco and Katerina Kern for no-holds-barred free-for-all on the most important stories to give your children. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew Kern, Matt Bianco, and David Kern discuss getting good questions from reluctant students. Topics include the significance of the human face in relation to God and nurturing students, allowing students to explore and deviate, understanding mistaken conclusions, teaching approach, and the power of questions.

In this episode, Dr. Matthew Bianco and Katerina Kern debate the merits of museums as curators of beauty. They discuss context versus access, democratizing or neutering transcendence, preserving or petrifying the past, and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode of Quiddity is part two of an interview between Katerina Kern and Jonathan Pageau about symbols, stories, and the patterns that lead us to God. Portions of this interview were originally published in the FORMA Journal, Issue 17. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode of Quiddity is part one of an interview between Katerina Kern and Jonathan Pageau about symbols, stories, and the patterns that lead us to God. Portions of this interview were originally published in the FORMA Journal, Issue 17. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.