The Classical Academy Podcast

Today's technologies flood us with an endless stream of information—and it's making our minds and hearts sick. How can we find health and seek wisdom in our digital age?

Brett McCracken, author and senior editor at the Gospel Coalition website, shares the strategy from his book, The Wisdom Pyramid, in this friendly guide to Classical Christian Education.

A foolish king, an unjust law, a young woman grieving a family tragedy: it's the recipe for gut-wrenching, nail-biting drama in Sophocles' Antigone. This timeless play—written by ancient Greece's greatest playwright—dives into the depths of the human condition and asks, "is there hope in a tragic world?" Learn more about this masterpiece in our friendly guide to Classical Christian Education.

Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter: movies move our hearts and form our minds. How does classical Christian education equip students to see the deeper meanings of movies, and even start making their own?

Feature film director and Trinity film teacher Mark Gould shows us how, in this friendly guide to classical Christian education.

A bride who dies to live. A groom deceived by comrades. An unexpected romance. A buffoon constable who actually uncovers the truth. Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing has all this and more. But does this comedy about "nothing" contain hidden depths? Find out in this friendly guide to classical Christian education.

Legendary swords, mead halls, and gory monsters fill the Old English tale of Beowulf. But what can the story teach us about heroism and faith during dark times?

Find out in this friendly guide to Classical Christian Education.

The great hero Odysseus sits on the seashore of an island paradise next to a stunning goddess—and weeps. Why is honor, skill, beauty and treasure not enough? Find out in this friendly guide to classical Christian education.

The Constitution is a true national treasure. What happens when classical Christian students study it, debate it, memorize it? And on the senior trip to DC, did Mrs. Caddow try to steal it?

Find out more in this friendly guide to Classical Christian Education.

Latin: isn't it too difficult, too grammar-focussed, too ... useless? Not at all! Find out why Latin is so rewarding to study—and how you might already speak Latin without knowing it—in this friendly guide to Classical Christian education.

Bonus:

Youtube Link to Lucy Banduk's TrinityU lecture, "I came, I saw, I spoke Latin"

Youtube Link to Ricky pronounces "ough" words on I Love Lucy

Science and religion at war… is a myth! But it's a powerful one. Where did it come from? And how should Classical Christian schools teach the proper relationship between faith and science? Find out in this friendly guide to Classical Christian Education.

What if the citizens of Hell visited Heaven? The visitors will be surprised, challenged, and potentially transformed—as will modern readers of CS Lewis's visionary novel, The Great Divorce.

Find out more in this friendly guide to Classical Christian Education.

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