Pano Kanelos is the founding president of the University of Austin. Prior to that, Pano was the president of St. John’s College.

In this episode you can expect to hear about the importance of the Great Books and reading the classics, whether the college system has a monopoly on people’s ability to prepare themselves for the real world, the definition of human flourishing and how one should think about that in designing an education, and the development of and vision for the University of Austin.

This episode is sponsored by John Galt Mortgage Company

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Chapters:

0:00 - Pano Kanelos

5:55 - The Value of the Great Books

16:06 - The Importance of "Real" Education

29:51 - Reimagining Education for a Modern World

41:20 - Traditional Education and Phases of Learning

46:21 - Sponsor: John Galt Mortgage Company

49:50 - Purpose of Higher Education and Alternatives

57:57 - The Value of Universities in Knowledge Production

1:00:44 - The Ideal University

1:08:10 - Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy in Education

1:17:31 - The Purpose of Education

1:24:55 - The University of Austin's Education Vision

1:26:50 - Founding the University of Austin

1:41:45 - The Vision for a New Kind of University

1:50:00 - Reimagining College Curriculum and Majors

2:00:45 - Why Austin was Chosen for the University

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