On this episode Patrick and Amanda interview Emily Finley. A mother of four, she also has a phD in politics, is a senior fellow of the Albertus Magnus Institute, and is the writer of The Christian Imagination on Substack. We talk about the romantic imagination of Rousseau and how that differs from the moral imagination we are aiming to cultivate in the classical tradition. We also discuss the competing imaginative visions of a historically-rooted classical versus neo-classical (Dorothy Sayers) approaches to education.

The Christian Imagination: https://efinley.substack.com/?utm_sou...

Albertus Magnus Institute: https://magnusinstitute.org/

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On this episode Patrick and Amanda interview Adam Taylor, son to James Taylor, and an inspiring educator in his own right at St. Martin's Academy. We talk about Adam's experience growing up in a household with poetic knowledge in the air, and then we discuss a concept called "connaturality" that reminds us that whatever we surround our children with will become apart of their soul's interior landscape.

St. Martin's Academy: https://saintmartinsacademy.org/

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On this episode Patrick and Amanda interview Dr. Zachary Porcu to discuss the differences between modern and ancient mans' conceptions of how we know what we know.

You can find Dr. Zac on Substack: https://substack.com/@zacharyporcu?ut...

The Roots of Everything Podcast: https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts...

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On this episode we talk about death, tragedies, and scares in the Good Books. From fairy tales and Shakespearean tales to Bible stories and the lives of saints, we discuss it all.

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On this episode Patrick discusses how the moral imagination is formed.

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On this episode Amanda expounds on why children need classical literature. #thousandgoodbooks #johnsenior #books #classicaleducation #classicbooks

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On this episode Patrick and Amanda invited Trae Bailey on to discuss the central role of fathers in their children's education and ideas for leading their family towards the true, the good, and the beautiful.

Trae is content editor at Fraternus. You can find out more about Fraternus here: https://fraternus.org/

He also can be found on Substack: https://substack.com/@traebailey

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Patrick and Amanda reflect on Charlie Kirk's legacy and the hope that it will inspire us all to live lives of courageous virtue.

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In this podcast Patrick introduces three foundational principles for fathers who are new to the poetic mode and gives some ways to orient the culture of your family towards the Good.

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In this episode Patrick expounds on some key principles that undergird The Children's Tradition curriculum.