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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It's also brought to you by The Harvey Center for Family Learning. Use code freeyearwithCirce at harveycenter.org to get two years for the price of one!

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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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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This episode of the CiRCE Institute Podcast Network is brought to you by Professor Carol. Head to professorcarol.com/circe to save 25% on all music and art history resources and classes. 

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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