Quiddity

This week, Brandon and Matt sit down with Andrew Case, co-creator of Aleph with Beth and Free Hebrew Online. They discuss the impetus and goals of Andrew and Bethany's ministry and the benefits of the direct method for text reading and translation. LINKS: Free Hebrew Online:  https://freehebrew.online/   Aleph by Beth:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLq1vmb-z7PpQt2PDNUr7XOzB...

John Hodges joins Brandon again for a new feature on music literacy. In this installment, he walks us through part of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro". He takes into Mozart'sunique contributions to Opera. Glyndebourne 1973 performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IugFH6PxeMQ 1994 Performance with English subtitles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy-DTtJ5q-A Shawshank Redemption Scene: https:/...

As we close out the Christmas season with Epiphany in the West and Theophany in the East, I wanted to revisit a conversation between Christine Perrin, Matthew Bianco, and David Kern. Their discussion of T.S. Eliot's The Journey of the Magi helped me instantly fall in love with this poem. I hope you enjoy it as much as me. - Brandon Leblanc. Important Links: Nativity Troparion:  https://www.yo...

CiRCE has several of our most popular talks available free to to stream from our website in our Free Audio Library. In this episode we present one of those talks, Further Up and Further In: An Exploration of the Classical Quadrivium by Andrew Kern. Find more audio at the links below. Free Audio Library: https://circeinstitute.org/free-audio-library/ CiRCE Audio Resources: https://circeinstitute.or...

In this installment of our periodic conversations with friends of CIRCE working in higher education Brandon chats with Erik Ellis of Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, MI. Their conversation ranges over what is classical education, the place of language, and in particular Latin and Greek, as well as the opportunities at Hillsdale. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With football heading into the home stretch, basketball and hockey heating up, and the special gift of a holiday World Cup upon us, we revisit a conversation from the archives about the place of sports in education: That episode was called "Quit Being So Gnostic and Care About Sports" and featured old friends, David Kern, Brian Philips, and Chuck Hicks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

In this episode, Brandon sits down with Buck Holler and Monique Neal to talk about how we learn languages, in particular, via the direct method. Monique and Buck have advice for where to start at home or in the classroom and the goals to keep in mid as you go. Links mentioned: https://www.savvas.com/index.cfm?locator=PS31Nh https://www.na.cambridgescp.com/ https://www.bolchazy.com/Latin-for-the-Ne...

This week we dig deep into the Quiddity archive for a conversation between David Kern and Christine Perrin about reading and teaching poetry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's episode, Brandon visits with Vigen Guroian to discuss his recent address on Grammar and Fairytales in a world rejecting meaning. They also discuss Vigen's book Tending the Heart of Virtue and its soon-to-be-released expanded new edition. Hear the talks: https://www.patreon.com/circeconference https://tinyurl.com/CIRCEAudio Get the Book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/tending-th...

This is the first of what we hope will become a series of periodic conversations with friends of CIRCE working in colleges and college programs that value a classical education. In this episode, Brandon chats with Matthew Smith of Hildegard College in Costa Mesa, CA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Drop in on Dr. Matthew Bianco and Katerina Kern for no-holds-barred free-for-all on the most important stories to give your children. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we dig deep into the Quiddity archive for a conversation between Andrew Kern, Matt Bianco, and David Kern on how to get good questions from a reluctant student. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Dr. Matthew Bianco and Katerina Kern debate the merits of museums as curators of beauty. They discuss context versus access, democratizing or neutering transcendence, preserving or petrifying the past, and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode of Quiddity is part two of an interview between Katerina Kern and Jonathan Pageau about symbols, stories, and the patterns that lead us to God. Portions of this interview were originally published in the FORMA Journal, Issue 17. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode of Quiddity is part one of an interview between Katerina Kern and Jonathan Pageau about symbols, stories, and the patterns that lead us to God. Portions of this interview were originally published in the FORMA Journal, Issue 17. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Brandon LeBlanc sits down with Dr. Justin Jackson for a follow-up conversation from the 2022 National Conference about atonement in medieval poetry. They cover The Great Chain of Being, choices in translation, Vernacular Theology, and much more. You can find Dr. Jackson's conference talk here:  https://www.circeinstitute.org/store/audio-resources/cosmic-mystery-christ-imagini...

Welcome back to Quiddity! This week, we are sharing part two of a discussion on the Ideal School between Dr. Matthew Bianco and Katerina Kern. In this episode, they flip the script and Matthew presents his vision and answers questions from Katerina. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Katerina Kern and Dr. Matthew Bianco as they discuss the complex notion of an "ideal" school. Here in part one, Katerina offers her own definition of an ideal school and fields questions from Matthew in return. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In his National Conference Plenary, "There Are Worlds and There Are Worlds," John Hodges brought us into the interplay between the seen and the unseen. The topic was too rich for a single session, so Brandon sat down with him to dive deeper into the waters. You can find John’s talk in which he takes the audience through the music of The Firebird as well as other conference audio at  https://w...

Join Katerina Kern and Matthew Bianco as they discuss the importance and role of the gods of Greek mythology, especially the pantheon gods of Homer's work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this first episode of the rebooted Quiddity , Andrew Kern, Heidi White, Matthew Bianco, and Katerina Kern discuss the nature of beauty in a prelude to their day-long pre-conference, "Beauty Will Save the Child." Join them, then check out additional resources and opportunities at the links below.   Virtual National Conference:  https://www.circeinstitute.org/worlds2 Beauty Will Save th...

The CiRCE Podcast Network is getting back to our roots. The original podcast, "Quiddity", is returning! Join us for new conversations in the classical spirit of inquiry and old favorites from the Quiddity vault. Look for our first new episode the week of July 4 wherever you listen to The CIRCE Podcast Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.