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Paideia Academy Podcast

Paideia Academy Podcast

By: The Paideia Academy Faculty Staff Students Parents Board and Friends
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Welcome to the Paideia Academy Podcast, a resource for the entire Paideia Academy community created to highlight how our school practically implements the classical, Christ-centered model in order to help our students become lifelong learners and disciples of Christ who are prepared to defend their faith and live as citizens of the kingdom of God on this side of eternity.

Paideia Academy (located in Knoxville, TN) is an instrument to assist Christian parents in carrying out the biblical mandate to bring up their children in the paideia (training and admonition) of the Lord. We employ the Western classical tradition of learning, rooted in a distinctly Christian worldview, to cultivate godly affections and wisdom in our students in order to graduate virtuous men and women, whose love for Christ advances the kingdom of God.

New episodes drop on Friday mornings at 7AM. Expect to hear conversations with faculty, staff, students, parents, board members, and more!

May we all remember the school verse as we seek to "glorify God and enjoy Him forever." Psalm 115:1 says, “Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory.”

Paideia Academy (Knoxville) 2026
Christianity Spirituality
Episodes
  • Learning Through Liturgy: How Structure Cultivates Clarity and Wisdom
    Mar 27 2026

    In this episode, Lower School Writing/Upper School Chemistry and Omnibus Teacher (as well as Academic Dean) Janet Carr shares her expertise on the value of liturgy and structured rhythms within the classroom in order to build helpful student habits and deepen understanding.

    We invite you to hear her thoughts on the lower school student transition to upper school (from 6th to 7th grade), specific activities and liturgies she has found to be effective, and what she hopes all her students will remember not so much regarding WHAT they learned in her classroom but HOW they learned it.

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    27 mins
  • At the Hearth and in the Hall: Forming Students Together in the Paideia of the Lord
    Mar 20 2026

    In this episode, Paideia parent Brian Morgan shares his experience as a father who is deeply involved in the life of the school and has a strong desire to raise His children as the Bible teaches him to do so.

    We invite you to hear the story of how his family found Paideia, what it means to bring his children up in the Paideia (nurture/admonition) of the Lord, and how the school's in loco parentis model has come alongside his family to assist him and his wife as the primary educators of their family.

    We hope this episode will prove to be both practical AND encouraging to all of our parents who are doing the hard work of raising godly sons and daughters!

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    24 mins
  • The Drama of Redemption: Why Theatre Belongs in Classical Christian Education
    Mar 13 2026

    In this episode, our Upper School Theater (Theatre) Director Taylor Phillips shares her love for the stage on a personal and spiritual level.

    We invite you to hear her insights on the unique challenges theatre poses, the skills it develops in students, and how a classical Christian school operates differently when thinking about theatre through the lens of the greatest story ever told: the Christian story of redemption.

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    20 mins
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