CiRCE Institute Podcast Network

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What Do Feelings Have to Do with Good Reading? | FORMA Sep 07, 2018

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Welcome to FORMA, a podcast featuring conversations with authors, teachers, creators, and community leaders who are carefully contemplating the nature and practice of classical education and the arts.

In this episode Andrew Kern, Matt Bianco, and Brian Phillips (of the CiRCE Institute), chat about the role feelings should play in reading (and teaching reading). Many would say that feelings have nothing to do with good reading, but the guys propose a different perspective, relying on sources like Aristotle, C.S. Lewis, and David Hicks' book Norms and Nobility.

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Dawn Duran on Swedish Drill and the Goings-On in the Charlotte Mason World | The Mason Jar Sep 05, 2018

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In this episode of The Mason Jar, Cindy chats with her old friend, Dawn Duran, about the value of Swedish Drill, a new Charlotte Mason magazine, the various things going on (and the ideas being discussed) in the world of Charlotte Mason, and much more.

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During the show Dawn discussed Swedish Drill Revisited. You can learn more about that here.
And here is the magazine she mentions

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A Walk through Cindy's Plans for the School Year | The Mason Jar Aug 28, 2018

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In this episode of The Mason Jar, Cindy and David chat about how Cindy structures her plans for this school year. Topics include: composter study, artist study, spelling, history, using third-party curricula, and much more.

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http://shakespeare.mit.edu
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome

Spelling

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On the Small Liberal Arts College, with Greg Wilbur | FORMA Aug 23, 2018

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In this episode, David chats with Greg Wilbur, founder and President of New College Franklin in Franklin, TN, about the state of higher education, the ideal student for a small liberal arts college, preparing for college, and much more.

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On Grammar during Morning Time | The Mason Jar Aug 21, 2018

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In this episode of The Mason Jar, Cindy and David chat about including grammar-study in Morning Time. Topics include how Cindy learned to love grammar, why grammar is love-able, when to start with grammar with your kids, the nature of sentence diagramming, grammar resources to use, and much more.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Michael Clay Thompson's practice books

The Mother Tongue Books from Blue Sky Daisies

Sentence Sense from Cottage Press

Know and Tell by Karen Glass

Drawing Sentences by Eugen Moutoux

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King Lear: Act 1, Scene 1 (The Play's the Thing preview)) Aug 20, 2018

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This episode is a preview of our new show, The Play's the Thing, where we examine the entire canon of Shakespeare one act at a time. To hear the rest of the episodes, please subscribe to the show's feed.

Welcome to the premier episode of The Play's the Thing, a podcast dedicated to an ongoing examination and celebration of Shakespeare's entire canon. In this episode, David Kern, Matt Bianco, and Tim McIntosh dive into act I of King Lear, focusing primarily on scene I. Topics of conversation include: the Mount Rushmore of Shakespeare's plays, what makes a good Shakespearean tragedy so good, whether Lear should have divided his kingdom the way he did, how to read Cordelia's response, and much, much more.

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Wendell Berry and Higher Education with Jack Baker and Jeffrey Bilbro | FORMA Aug 17, 2018

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In this episode, David chats with Jack Baker and Jeffrey Bilbro, authors of the book, Wendell Berry and Higher Education: Cultivating Virtues of Place. Discussion touches on why Berry is so widely loved among people of so many persuasions and walks of life, his cynicism about modern higher education, the future of higher education in America, what a Wendell Berry College might look like, and more.

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On Self-Assessment and Anxiety | The Mason Jar Aug 16, 2018

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In this episode of The Mason Jar, Cindy and David chat about the frustrations and anxieties that can arise when self-assessment factors into our teaching. They chat about the universality of this struggle, the ways that planning can actually cause problems in creating a positive educational atmosphere, the relationship between fear and franticness, and more.

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Karen Swallow Prior, author of "On Reading Well" | FORMA Aug 08, 2018

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In this episode, David chats with Karen Swallow Prior, author of the forthcoming book On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through great Books. They discuss Karen's approach to teaching literature, the origins of her love of reading and books, finding the virtues in Great Books, and much more.

You can learn more about Karen - and find the book - at her website.

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Moms: Learn and Grow! (Part I): A Mason Jar Collaboration with the Schole Sisters Aug 07, 2018

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In this very special episode of The Mason Jar, Cindy chats with Mystie Winckler, Pam Barnhill, and Brandy Vencel, her friends from the Schole Sisters, for part one of a two-part conversation about self-education for moms. And once you've listened to this part of the conversation head over to the Schole Sisters podcast for part 2!

In part one, discussion touches on Charlotte Mason's views on self-education and how that applies to moms. In part two, the ladies take it all a step further with discussion of why reading is important, where hobbies fit in, and MORE!

And while you're at it, make sure to check out their upcoming online retreat, Learning Well, featuring Cindy. It's set to take place on September 15th and you can learn more about it here.

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