The Regents Podcast

On this week's podcast, Liz Benigno, Head of School of Rhetoric, interviews Dr. Dan Peterson.  This wide-ranging discussion covers everything from what it's like raising four children to the challenges of leading a cross denominational school.  

Mat and Beth Hames are Regents parents and own Alpheus Media, an award-winning production company based in Austin, TX.  They join Dr. Dan Peterson to discuss their experience working on the recent Regents short film: "Classical. Christian. Community." 

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Episode Links:

Classical. Christian. Community.

Alpheus Media

Guest John Stonestreet, President of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, discusses the characteristics of "thinking Christianly", looming cultural challenges for the Church, and how Christians should communicate what they stand for and against.

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Episode Links:

Colson Center

John Stonestreet on Twitter

Jen Bryce, Associate Head of 3rd and 4th grades, discusses how Regents School of Austin approaches curriculum integration across multiple subjects.  This includes how to integrate faith into the learning process.

Dr. Josh Wilkerson, author of the God & Math blog, explains what it means to "think Christianly" about math. Along the way, he discusses how to pursue the true, good, and beautiful in a math education and how to deal with the phrase: "I am just not a math person."

Episode links:

www.godandmath.com

Kirk Avery, Director of Advancement at Regents School of Austin, discusses what "advancement" means at Regents and what excites him about his new role.

Special guests David Thomas and Sissy Goff, both counselors at Daystar Counseling Ministries in Nashville, join Dr. Dan Peterson in the studio.  They discuss the current trends and issues they see kids struggle with and what it looks like to be an intentional parent.

Rob Williams, author of the Thinkwave books and history teacher at Regents for 24 years, talks to Dr. Dan Peterson about exciting curiosity in students, the writing process, and his trilogy book series.

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Episode links:

• You can listen to the first two chapters of the first Thinkwave book here

Stacey Moore, alumni mom and advisor to the 2019 Gala Chairs, shares a bit of Regents Gala history as well as details on the upcoming Gala 2019 at Pecan Grove at The Salt Lick on November 2nd.

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Episode links:

Gala website

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.

Episode links:

Boys Adrift

Girls on the Edge

The Collapse of Parenting