What do the French Horn, Led Zepplin, and C.S. Lewis have in common? They are all part of the Great Conversation. Dr. Junius Johnson joins the Forgotten America podcast to discuss classical education and the literary life. Dr. Johnson grew up in Louisville, KY, and shares his story of discovering the Western Canon, classical music, and Latin. This episode is a great introduction to the classical education movement taking the country by storm. If you'd like to see a little more truth, goodness, and beauty reflected in the world around you, you'll want to listen to this episode and hear the wisdom Dr. Johnson has to share with us. And if you're looking for a new book to add to your booklist, make sure you take notes while listening.

Follow Dr. Junius Johnson's work: https://www.juniusjohnson.com/ OR https://academics.juniusjohnson.com/

Further Reference:

The Western Cannon by Harold Bloom https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Western-Canon-Book-School-Ages-BLOOM/31214804233/bd

C.S. Lewis https://www.christianbook.com/page/christian-authors/cs-lewis

Mimesis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimesis

Resource for scanning Latin poetry https://www.thoughtco.com/scan-a-line-of-latin-poetry-118819

John Dewey: https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Dewey

William James: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/james/

Children of Time

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Time_(novel)

Dune

https://www.thriftbooks.com/series/dune-chronicles/37695/

Garth Nix

https://garthnix.com/books/the-seventh-tower/

https://garthnix.com/books/the-keys-to-the-kingdom/

https://garthnix.com/books/the-old-kingdom/

Timothy Zahn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrail_series

Writing history textbooks for highschoolers with Classical Academic Press: Humanitas

https://classicalacademicpress.com/

https://classicalacademicpress.com/collections/humanitas

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