Freedom and Virtue -The Podcast

Freedom and Virtue Tradition, episode 14: Passages from St. John Chrysostom's Four Discourses, Chiefly on the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus.

Discourse Two at Christian Classics Ethereal Library

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In this third episode of the Free and Virtuous People series, Kevin presents the story of Lisa, a banking executive who overcame a difficult childhood background. Previously published in digital print at the Freedom and Virtue Review.

The Free and Virtuous People series tells the stories of “ordinary” people who have flourished and contributed to their communities through the practice of everyday virtues such as courage, perseverance, compassion, thoughtfulness, and generosity. In the face of diverse and sometimes challenging environments or circumstances, they have demonstrated true freedom—the capacity to choose the good and strive toward the end for which they were created.

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Freedom and Virtue Tradition, episode 13: Passages from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass.

Frederick Douglass Papers Project

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Freedom and Virtue Tradition, episode 12: Passages from "The History of Freedom in Antiquity" by Lord Acton.

"The History of Freedom" at Online Library of Liberty

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Freedom and Virtue Tradition, episode 11: Passages from A Treatise on Political Economy by French economist Jean-Baptiste Say.

Say's Treatise at the Online Library of Liberty

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Freedom and Virtue Tradition, episode 10: Passages from Reflections on the Revolution in France by British political thinker Edmund Burke.

Burke's Reflections at Project Gutenberg. 

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Freedom and Virtue Tradition, episode 9: Passages from "Sphere Sovereignty," by Dutch Reformed statesman and public intellectual Abraham Kuyper. 

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Freedom and Virtue Tradition, episode 8: Passages from The Federalist Papers, no. 39 by James Madison, on federalism and republicanism. 

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In this second episode of the Free and Virtuous People series, Kevin summarizes his interview with Liz Cunningham, who, with husband Sean, raises a family on and sells meat from their ranch in Oregon.

The Free and Virtuous People series will tell the stories of “ordinary” people who have flourished and contributed to their communities through the practice of everyday virtues such as courage, perseverance, compassion, thoughtfulness, and generosity. In the face of diverse and sometimes challenging environments or circumstances, they have demonstrated true freedom—the capacity to choose the good and strive toward the end for which they were created.

Previously published in digital print at the Freedom and Virtue Review. 

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Freedom and Virtue Tradition, episode 7: Excerpts from Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics on  the virtue of justice.

Episode 6: Aristotle on virtue

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