Educating Humans

Educating Humans

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Educating Humans episodes

  • 75: Fr. Stephen David - Lessons from Founding a Classical School

    In this episode, James sits down with Fr Stephen David, principal of St John of Kronstadt, to discuss how the school has grown and the wisdom he has learnt since our last episode with him in 2023.
    More information of the upcoming conference can be found here: https://www.stjohnacademy.qld.edu.au/orthodox-education-conference-2026 

    Please consider becoming a founding donor for St John Henry Newman College, a new independent classical school in South Brisbane.

    Music: 'Inspiring Dreams' by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon
    Creative Commons CC BY 4.0

    59 min
  • 74: Kevin Donnelly - Ways to fix the Australian Curriculum

    Join James in this episode as he sits down to discuss the Australian Curriculum with Kevin Donnelley. We discuss what is is, what is meant by a knowledge rich curriculum, where it falls short, and what can be done to improve the education of young Australians everywhere.

    Please consider becoming a founding donor for St John Henry Newman College, a new independent classical school in South Brisbane.

    Music: 'Inspiring Dreams' by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon
    Creative Commons CC BY 4.0

    46 min
  • 73: Prof. Simon Haines - What constitutes a great books education

    Join James as he sits down with Prof. Simon Haines, founding CEO of the Ramsay Centre, to discuss a great books education, its history and importance.

    Please consider becoming a founding donor for St John Henry Newman College, a new independent classical school in South Brisbane.

    Music: 'Inspiring Dreams' by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon
    Creative Commons CC BY 4.0

    1 hr 1 min
  • 72: Benjamin Lyda - How and why we teach students to love writing.

    Join James as he sits down with Benjamin Lyda from Scriptorium Writing to discuss writing within a classical and liberal arts framework. They discuss both the how and why of teaching writing and argue that writing is not just a technique, but an art that humanises the writer.

    Please consider becoming a founding donor for St John Henry Newman College, a new independent classical school in South Brisbane.

    Music: 'Inspiring Dreams' by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon
    Creative Commons CC BY 4.0

    41 min
  • 71: Saving Science from Scientism pt. 2 - Wisdom. Poetic Knowledge and Goethe

    Join James as he finishes the mini-series discussing why and how we should seek to save science from the self-desctructive clutches of scientism and reconstitute science within wisdom and recover poetic knowledge as an avenue to science. This episode draws from many key thinkers including Pope John Paul II and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

    Please consider becoming a founding donor for St John Henry Newman College, a new independent classical school in South Brisbane.

    Music: 'Inspiring Dreams' by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon
    Creative Commons CC BY 4.0

    20 min
  • 70: Kenneth Crowther - An Update from St John Henry Newman College

    Join James as he sits down with Kenneth Crowther to hear how the first couple months of a student populated Newman College with has gone.

    Please consider becoming a founding donor for St John Henry Newman College, a new independent classical school in South Brisbane.

    Music: 'Inspiring Dreams' by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon
    Creative Commons CC BY 4.0

    38 min
  • 69: Andrew Kern - On How Harmony Guides Education

    Join James as he sits down with Andrew Kern, the president of the CiRCE Institute, to discuss the place of harmony within the classroom.

    Please consider becoming a founding donor for St John Henry Newman College, a new independent classical school in South Brisbane.

    Music: 'Inspiring Dreams' by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon
    Creative Commons CC BY 4.0

    1 hr 2 min
  • 68. Saving Science from Scientism - part 1: 'Does Science need saving?'

    Does science need saving from scientism? What is science and what is scientism? How did we find ourselves with the materialist and technocratic vision of science of today? Join James as he discusses these questions in the first of two episodes on saving science from scientism

    Please consider becoming a founding donor for St John Henry Newman College, a new independent classical school in South Brisbane.

    Music: 'Inspiring Dreams' by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon
    Creative Commons CC BY 4.0

    30 min
  • 67. The Power of Reading in a Post-Literate World

    Why should we read? In this episode, Difff and James discuss the startling statistics on the decline of reading across the West, as well as the power that developing our reading capacity can hold.

    Please consider becoming a founding donor for St John Henry Newman College, a new independent classical school in South Brisbane.

    Music: 'Inspiring Dreams' by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon
    Creative Commons CC BY 4.0

    44 min

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Discussions about Classical and Liberal Arts education in Primary and Secondary schools in Australia. What is it, how it might be achieved, and most importantly, why it matters.