In this episode, Jeremy Tate speaks with Mark Makin of the Torrey Honors College at Biola University and Tamara Tweel, the Senior Program Director of Civic Initiatives at The Teagle Foundation. They discuss the transformative effects of close reading and shared conversations around great texts and explore the Knowledge for Freedom initiative and Read Well, Live Well summer program at Biola, which bring rigorous humanities seminars and college support to underserved high school students.

References:

• Learn more about the Knowledge for Freedom Programs at The Teagle Foundation
• Learn more about the Torrey Honor College’s Read Well, Live Well summer program
• Plato’s Apology
• Augustine’s Confessions
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

In this episode, Soren Schwab speaks with Karen Moore and Grant Horner about their In Situ Studies course for ClassicalU and the tour they will be leading through Italy in partnership with the Vergilian Society. They discuss the significance of place and beholding art and cultural artifacts as a means of inspiring wonder in students.

Karen Moore is the Classical Languages Chair at Grace Academy in Texas and Adjunct Professor of Classics for Houston Christian University. She is the President of the Institute for Classical Languages, a Trustee with the Vergilian Society, and author of the Latin Alive! series with Classical Academic Press.

Grant Horner is Professor of English Renaissance and Reformation at The Master’s University in California, where he also serves as the Director of the Classical Liberal Arts Program and the Founder and Director of The Master’s University in Italy Program. He is also an Alcuin Fellow for the Society of Classical Learning.

Learn more about their upcoming tour through Italy at https://www.vergiliansociety.org/tours/2027-vergilian-society-study-tours.

In this episode, Jeremy Tate speaks with Gary Arnold, former Head of School at Little Rock Christian Academy and Partner and Co-Founder at NextEd. They talk about Gary’s journey in Christian education, why curiosity and thoughtful questions matter in the age of AI, and how schools can pursue excellence in academics, the arts, and athletics while engaging culture through a Christ-centered mission.

References:

• Flourishing Together: A Christian Vision for Students, Educators, and Schools by Lynne Swanner and Andy Wolfe
• Christ and Culture by H. Richard Niebuhr
• To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World by James Davison Hunter
• In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership by Henri Nouwen