

New Humanists
Ancient Language Institute
Join the hosts of New Humanists and founders of the Ancient Language Institute, Jonathan Roberts and Ryan Hammill, on their quest to discover what a renewed humanism looks like for the modern world. The Ancient Language Institute is an online language school and think tank, dedicated to changing the way ancient languages are taught.
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Jun 15, 2021 • 39min
Transhumanism in the Year of Our Lord 2021, Pt. 1 | Episode II
Send us a textJonathan and Ryan dive into Alan Jacobs’s book The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis. This book stars C.S. Lewis, Simone Weil, W.H. Auden, Jacques Maritain, and T.S. Eliot, and on this episode of New Humanists, your hosts tease out the implications for our current transhumanist moment, hitting on technology, education, the family, and power. This is the first part of a two-part look into the Jacobs book.Alan Jacobs’s The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780190864651Cicero’s Pro Archia Poeta: https://amzn.to/3phQwS1Free in Latin: https://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Pro_A._Licinio_Archia_poetaFree in English: https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0019%3Atext%3DArch.W.H. Auden’s “Under Which Lyre: A Reactionary Tract for the Times” recited: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZE_bhSUgG8W.H. Auden’s “Under Which Lyre: A Reactionary Tract for the Times” text: https://archive.harpers.org/1947/06/pdf/HarpersMagazine-1947-06-0032956.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJUM7PFZHQ4PMJ4LA&Expires=1553827144&Signature=Dsmaq0Xss%2BBFcR24N4Kx%2FnpjYng%3DC.S. Lewis’s “Learning in War-Time”: https://bradleyggreen.com/attachments/Lewis.Learning%20in%20War-Time.pdfLinks may have referral codes, which earn us a commission at no additional cost to you. We encourage you to use Bookshop.org for your book purchases, which supports local bookstores.Music: Save Us Now by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Jun 1, 2021 • 49min
Humanist After All | Episode I
Send us a textThis is the inaugural episode of New Humanists, the podcast of the Ancient Language Institute, found at ancientlanguage.com. ALI founders Jonathan Roberts and Ryan Hammill dive into what ALI is all about, how and why to learn Latin, what’s wrong with classical education, and ask the question, “Who are the new humanists?”Jonathan’s essay on classical education: https://ancientlanguage.com/classical-schools-not-classical/Plato’s Symposium (Greek with facing-page English translation): https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780674991842C.S. Lewis’s Surprised by Joy: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780062565433ALI’s Latin program: https://ancientlanguage.com/learn-latin/Links may have referral codes, which earn us a commission at no additional cost to you.Music: Save Us Now by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com