The Sower

Chris Anadale interviews Caleb Galloway, an Anglican woodworker and stained glass artist in Marietta, Georgia. We discuss how he got started, prospects for GenZ young men, and his upcoming project building roadside shrines. To follow Caleb: https://x.com/Gallo_Woodworks Orthodox Masonry:  https://x.com/orthodoxmason To learn more about the Ciceronian Society, sign up for our newsletter, or make yo...

Josh Bowman chats with Commander William Spears, who serves as a submarine warfare officer in the U.S. Navy. He is also a scholar, writing on topics of leadership and military ethics. He is the author of the recently released book, Stoicism as a Warrior Philosophy (Casemate, 2025), which examines the morality of war and military service through the lens of Stoic philosophy. And that book is our to...

Josh Bowman chats with Rev. Michael Langer, founder and president of Faithful Presence. As explained on its website, “Faithful Presence is a ministry in our nation's capital, equipping servants and leaders to flourish as they participate in Christ’s mission of making all things new through offering intentional spiritual, emotional, relational, vocational, ideological, cultural, and evangelical dis...

Josh Bowman chats with Paul Gutacker, Executive Director of Brazos Fellows, based in Waco, Texas. Brazos Fellows is an annual program that welcomes a small cohort of emerging adults to commit to a common Rule of Life, embrace a rhythm of prayer, study, work, Sabbath, and community, all rooted in the life and worship of a local parish, Christ Church Waco (ACNA). To learn more and apply to be a fell...

Josh Bowman chats with Dr. Alex Fogleman, Associate Dean for Special Programs and Assistant Professor of Theology at Trinity Anglican Seminary, where he oversees the Robert E. Webber Center and the Doctor of Ministry program. He also directs the Catechesis Task Force for the Anglican Church of North America. He is the author of Knowledge, Faith, and Early Christian Initiation (Cambridge University...

Josh Bowman is joined by John D. Wilsey, James Patterson, Claire Baker, and Annie Crawford for an entertaining reflection on the seasons of Advent and Christmas. We discuss holiday favorites and how the Ciceronian themes of Tradition, Place, and ‘Things Divine’ come alive this time of year. If you enjoy conversations like this, please consider registering for our upcoming conference, March 12-14 a...

Josh Bowman reflects on where the Ciceronian Society has been in 2025 and where we’re going in 2026. He also offers some commentary on where we as Christians find ourselves socially and culturally, and what that means for institutions like ours.  If you’re grateful for this Podcast and for the work of the Ciceronian Society, please prayerfully consider a year-end gift. There are several ways to gi...

Chris Anadale and Bill Batchelder interview Madeleine Austin, winner of the 2025 Batchelder Award for the Study of Place. Her winning paper was titled "An Everyman's Environmentalism: Love of Place as a Virtue." Madeleine lives in Pittsboro, North Carolina with her husband, Joshua. She is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, where she co...

Josh Bowman chats with the Acton Institute’s Dylan Pahman about his new book, The Kingdom of God and the Common Good: Orthodox Christian Social Thought (Ancient Faith Press). We discuss the history of, and possibilities for, Orthodox Christianity in its engagement with questions of social and economic thought.   Buy the book here: https://store.ancientfaith.com/the-kingdom-of-god-and-the-common-go...

This special episode is a recording from our 2025 Conference in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The panel is "Inspirations for Classical Education," and the speakers are: Stephen McGinley (Mount St. Mary's University & Good Soil Farm) - "Festivity, Education, and Farming" Gerald Boersma (Ave Maria University) - "A Pagan Paideia and the Contested Ressourcement of the Fathers" Mary Clare Young (Universi...

Josh Bowman chats with Winston Brady of Thales Press and Thales Academy about his evocative and moving novel, The Inferno  (Fidelis Press, 2023). We discuss the nature of sin and repentance, as well as themes of vice, evil, greed, American History, suicide, depression, and Hell. Winston’s story, creatively described in his novel, is a testimony of God’s redeeming love and forgiveness.  ** This epi...

This special episode is a recording from our 2025 Conference in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The panel is "Theological Perspectives on the Market," and the speakers are: John Robinson (James Madison University) - "Scarcity, Isolation, and Dependence: Economic Insight in CS Lewis's The Great Divorce " Erik Matson (Mercatus Center) - "Economics and Evil" Paul Radich (Catholic University of America) - "Fr...

Josh Bowman leads a discussion on the recently republished 1973 book The Social Philosophers: Community and Conflict in Western Thought  (American Philosophical Society Press, 2025) by the American sociologist Robert Nisbet (1913-1996). Joining him are Luke Sheahan of Duquesne University, author of the foreword to this edition, and Paul Mueller of the American Institute for Economic Research.  Nis...

This special episode is a recording of a panel at the June 2025 meeting of the Academy of Philosophy and Letters in College Park, Maryland. We are grateful to the APL for their permission to publish this recording. The panel is titled "Book Roundtable –  Aristocratic Voices: Forgotten Arguments about Virtue, Authority, and Inequality " and the panelists are: Ethan Alexander-Davey,  Campbell Univer...

Josh Bowman talks with Kevin DeJuan Lewis Jr., the state of Michigan’s director for an organization called TakeCharge. “TakeCharge is committed to supporting the notion that the promise of America is available to everyone regardless of race or social station.” The organization focuses primarily on renewing families, marriages, and faith among Black Americans.   To learn more, visit https://takecha...

This special episode is a recording from our 2025 Conference in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The panel is "The Gifts of Christian Humanism," and the speakers are: Chris Armstrong (Anselm House) - "Twentieth Century Christian Humanism and the Retrieval of the Premodern Real" Darrell Falconburg (Russell Kirk Center) - "Christian Humanism and the Renewal of Education" Jason Jewell (State University System...

Josh Bowman speaks with Joy Moore, a Nebraska native, mother, and writer now living in South Dakota. She is also an adjunct law professor at the Univ. of South Dakota. This episode focuses on her newest project concerning the topic of friendship. The 2026 Ciceronian Society Conference will be held March 12-14 at Creighton University in Omaha, NE.  We hope you’ll join us! Register here: https://cic...

Josh Bowman interviews Nate Roberts, founder of the Michigan Academy of Folk Music (MAFM). (This 2025 episode combines 2 episodes previously published in 2023.) In the first half of this episode, we talk through Nate and MAFM’s approach to music education and its overlap with classical education, homeschooling, and more. In the second half, we talk about the role of music in discipleship and moral...

Ethan Alexander-Davey and Glenn Cronin discuss the penetrating insights of the 19th century Russian Orthodox writer Konstantin Leontiev, an aristocratic voice who has become an important figure in Russian intellectual and political life since 1991, but remains unknown in the West. The conversation focuses on Dr. Cronin’s recent book, Disenchanted Wanderer: The Apocalyptic Vision of Konstantin Leon...

Josh Bowman talks with his longtime friend and former professor, Paul R. Dehart on his new book, The Social Contract in the Ruins: Natural Law and Government by Consent  (Univ. of Missouri, 2024). DeHart is Professor of Political Science at Texas State University. DeHart argues that modern attempts to root political obligation and morality in contractarian thought on voluntarist terms are self-ref...

Josh Bowman leads a discussion of Aristocratic Voices: Forgotten Arguments about Virtue, Authority, and Inequality  (Lexington Books, 2025) co-edited by Richard Avramenko and Ethan Alexander-Davey. Ethan joins us for the talk along with two chapter authors, Luke Sheahan and Michael Harding.  Our conversation covers a lot of ground, considering the thought of W.H. Riehl, Robert Nisbet, and Nietzsch...

This special episode is a recording from our 2025 Conference in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The round table title is "Building Places of Intellectual Community," and the speakers are: Paul Mueller (American Institute for Economic Research) Jeff Nelson (The Russell Kirk Center) Zach Howard (Bethlehem College) After Q&A, there are remarks by Josh Bowman, Bill Batchelder, and James Patterson (Ciceron...

Josh Bowman talks with Michael Maibach about his former teacher, Herbert J. Storing, and the book prize now offered in honor of professor Storing. We also discuss Michael’s work overall, and his particular interest in the electoral college.   Mr. Maibach is a native of Illinois where, in 1972, he became the first American elected to public office under 21-years of age in US history while a college...

Josh Bowman shares some information on the upcoming 2026 conference in Omaha, NE before turning to the Menard Family Center for Economic Inquiry at Creighton University. He’s joined by economic scholars Dr. Colin O’Reilly and Dr. Michael D. Thomas. The 2026 Ciceronian Society Conference will be held March 12-14 at Creighton University in Omaha, NE. Panel and paper proposals are due September 1, 20...

Josh Bowman chats with Winston Brady of Thales Press and Thales Academy, along with Josh Herring of Thales College in North Carolina. We discuss the definition, style, future, purpose, and beauty of classical education, along with its relationship to place and the Ciceronian Society generally. Thales Academy: https://www.thalesacademy.org/ Thales Press: https://www.thalespress.org/ Thales College:...