Educating Humans
Discussions about Classical and Liberal Arts education in Primary and Secondary schools in Australia. What is it, how it might be achieved, and most importantly, why it matters.
Podcasting since 2022 • 70 episodes
Educating Humans
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69: Andrew Kern - On How Harmony Guides Education
Join James as he sits down with Andrew Kern, the president of the CiRCE Institute, to discuss the place of harmony within the classroom.
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Season 5
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Episode 69
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68. Saving Science from Scientism - part 1: 'Does Science need saving?'
Does science need saving from scientism? What is science and what is scientism? How did we find ourselves with the materialist and technocratic vision of science of today? Join James as he discusses these questions in the first of two episodes ...
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Season 5
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Episode 68
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29:39
67. The Power of Reading in a Post-Literate World
Why should we read? In this episode, Difff and James discuss the startling statistics on the decline of reading across the West, as well as the power that developing our reading capacity can hold.
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Season 4
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Episode 67
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43:40
66. Medieval Enchantment, Difff's PhD
Difff explains his PhD, The Paradox of Enchantment: Syncretising Meteorology, Humoralism, and Demonology on the Early Modern English Stage. The discussion covers questions of enchantment and the 'discarded image' of the medieval m...
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Season 4
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Episode 66
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45:18
65. Brian Williams and Peter Crawford on the Poetic Mode
This episode was recorded live at the 2025 Education for Human Flourishing Conference. James was joined by Dr Brian Williams (Templeton Honors College) and Peter Crawford (Institute for Catholic Liberal Education) to discuss poetry and the poet...
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Season 4
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Episode 65
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46:31