The Regents Podcast

Head of School Dan Peterson and his wife Brooke sit down to chat with Liz Benigno about how they met, how Dan got into the field of education, and the lessons they've learned over the years raising their own children.

NOTE: This episode is a re-release of a conversation that was previously recorded in November of 2020. As a perennially relevant topic at Regents, we are releasing it again for those of you who may have missed it the first time around.

Allison Jackson, a long-time Regents science teacher, discusses classical methods of teaching and how they are distinct from what may be found in other educational environments.

Liz Benigno talks with Dr. Daniel Eaton about what the Apologetics program looks like in the School of Rhetoric and how parents can help prepare their younger kids for this course of study. For parents who feel unprepared to start talking with their children about this subject, Dr. Eaton provides several short book recommendations.

Dr. Justin Dyer, Executive Director of the Civitas Institute at UT, and Dr. Will Inboden, Executive Director of the Clements Center for National Security and faculty member at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at UT, join Dan Peterson to discuss cultivating civil discourse in our community and being a faithful Christian in academia.

NOTE: This episode is a re-release of a conversation that was previously recorded in May of 2019. As a perennially relevant topic at Regents, we are releasing it again for those of you who may have missed it the first time around.

Dr. Leonard Sax, author of several books, including Boys Adrift, Girls on the Edge, and The Collapse of Parenting, stops by the Regents studio. In this extended interview, he and Dr. Dan Peterson discuss the cultural dangers for boys and girls and how parents and educators should think differently about cultivating curiosity in their kids both in the classroom and at home.

Ford Knippa, 2020 Regents graduate and junior at the Naval Academy, talks with Kirk Avery about what led him to join one of the United States' service academies and what they have to offer our graduating seniors.

Dan Peterson talks to the new Chief of Security, Collin Fallon. Officer Fallon enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2001 and served Regents as a uniformed police officer as part of the Austin Police Department for several years. He is also a Regents dad.

Kirk Avery visits with Momentum capital campaign co-chairs, Julie Thomas and Will Davis to discuss the history, planning, and hopes for bringing our campus to maturity.

Liz Benigno sits down with Josh Simmons (Head of the School of Rhetoric) to discuss the details of the upcoming Europe trip as well as how it functions as one of the capstone experiences for a classical education.