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Thoroughness and Charm, with Mandi Gerth
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode Andrew Kern sits down with Mandi Gerth, an upper school teacher, speaker, and author of the forthcoming book about classroom c...
What is the Moral Imagination and How is it Formed?
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Andrew answers the question, "What is the Moral Imagination and how is it formed?"Support the work of The CiRCE Institute here: https...
What is the Goal of Teaching Classic Literature?
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Andrew answers the question, "What is the goal of teaching classic literature?"Support the work of The CiRCE Institute here: https://...
Developing Habits—Cosmos and Chaos
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Developing Habits - Cosmos and Chaos • Conforming to the Order• Finding the Meaning• Find Communion• Seek Harmony• Accept Reality...
The Two Dreams
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
• Cosmic and Post-Cosmic• Stewardship and Order• Common Callings• Fragmented Glory To learn more about The CiRCE Institute please visit: ...
What difference does glory make in the way we think about the world?
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
• Beauty and Pain. Life and Death.• Omaha Beach• Ultimate Reality• Cosmos and Chaos To learn more about The CiRCE Institute please v...
What Did You Learn from Writing Your Book? (Pt. 2)
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Ask Andrew podcast Andrew continues his answer to the question, “What Did You Learn from Writing Your Book?” FreedomMa...
What Did You Learn from Writing Your Book?
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Ask Andrew podcast Andrew answers the question, “What Did You Learn from Writing Your Book?” • &nbs...
How Do We See the Glory?
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Back to the Ask Andrew Podcast! In this episode Andrew addresses the question, “How do we see the Glory?” - Attend- Receive- Enjoy- N...
What Is the Glory of a Thing?
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Back to the Ask Andrew Podcast!In this episode Andrew addresses the question, “What is the glory of a thing?" Learn more about the CiRC...
How Do We Teach the Glory of a Thing?
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Andrew addresses the question, “How do we teach the glory of a thing?” - Nothing in the Camp Matters without the Glory- Inacc...
How Can I be Sure My Student Encounters the Reality?
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Back to the Ask Andrew Podcast!In this episode Andrew addresses the question, “How can I be sure my student encounters the reality of someth...
How Will the Temple Pattern Help My Child Love Learning?
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Back to the Ask Andrew Podcast! In this episode Andrew addresses the question, “How will the temple pattern help my child love learning?”&...
The Temple: An Example from Education
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Ask Andrew Podcast! In this episode Andrew addresses the question, “Can you give an example of how the temple is a pa...
The Temple: An Example of the Pattern of Revelation
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Ask Andrew Podcast! In this episode Andrew addresses the question, “Can you give an example of how the temple is a pattern ...
The Temple: How is it a Pattern of Revelation?
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Ask Andrew Podcast! In this episode Andrew addresses the question, “How is the temple a pattern of revelation?” - Majesti...
The Temple: What is its pattern?
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Ask Andrew Podcast! In this episode Andrew addresses the question, “What is the temple pattern?” - Inaccessible Mystery ...
The Temple: Why Does it Matter?
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Ask Andrew Podcast! In this episode Andrew addresses the question, “Why do you make such a big deal about the temple?” -...
On Grammar and Interpreting Signs
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Andrew Kern explains what he means when he says that grammar is the art of interpreting signs, plus he answers some of other listener...
How Does Rhetoric Teach Students to Read? (Part 2)
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Andrew Kern offers some practical applications regarding the ways rhetoric teaches students to read well, then he answers some listen...
How Does Rhetoric Teach Students To Read?
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Andrew Kern spends the bulk of the episodes contemplating the questions, "how does rhetoric teach us to read?" before diving into som...
Ways of coping for the physical, the psychological, and the spiritual realms
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Andrew Kern contemplates ways of helping us cope with troubled times in each of physical, psychological, and spiritual realms. Hoste...
More thoughts on living through crisis, plus audience Q&A
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded back in the spring of 2020, this episode wa part of the ongoing Ask Andrews live webinar series. In this episode, Andrew expresses his thanks...
Further Thoughts on Living within Crisis
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Andrew Kern returns to the topic of living in a world of crisis, especially as parents and teachers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...
Further Thoughts on Rhetoric plus some thoughts on living in the world of Covid-19
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Andrew Kern offers some further thoughts on Rhetoric, plus offers some thoughts on living in the world of Covid-19 a a teacher and pa...
Thoughts on the Relationship Between the Arts, Sciences, and Reason
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join Andrew Kern for another recording of his Ask Andrew webinar series. In this episode he contemplates the relationship between the arts, sciences, ...
Further Thoughts on the Definition of Rhetoric
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Andrew Kern continues to explain how he defines rhetoric and how he came to that definition, as well as why he prioritizes decision-m...
On Definitions of Rhetoric
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Andrew Kern explains how he defines rhetoric and how he came to that definition, as well as why he prioritizes decision-making over p...
How should I structure the day when students have multiple needs?
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, Andrew Kern contemplates ways of adapting to the various needs of individual students, while also avoiding decision fatigue. ...
How do I adapt classical education to the modern system?
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Ask Andrew podcast, Andrew Kern contemplates ways of adapting a truly classical education to the modern educational system in w...
How do I teach history classically?
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode of Ask Andrew, Andrew Kern contemplates the best modes of teaching history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...
How God Taught Adam in the Garden
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Originally recorded as a Good Friday webinar, this episode contemplates the way God taught Adam in the garden and what we can learn from it as parents...
How should I respond to my reluctant learner?
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, Andrew Kern contemplates two questions about students who don't generally like school: a) Should I force my reluctant reader t...
What Are the Basic Fundamental Literary Skills?
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Andrew Kern contemplates some of the most essential, fundamental literary skills (with a literary help from the book of Proverbs). Th...
How should we use "the should question"?
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Ask Andrew, Andrew Kern explains how he thinks about matters of pedagogy, answer this week's primary question (How should we use "t...
On Tools for Making Connections
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Ask Andrew podcast is back with a new format, some new guests, and even a new graphic! In this first episode Andrew Kern contemplates tools that w...
On Catechism in Education (part 4)
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education...
On Catechism in Education (Part 3)
03 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education...
On Catechism in Education (Part 2)
01 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education...
On Catechism in Education (Part 1)
22 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education...
What is the purpose of the k-12 education?
14 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education...
Why are the common topics so important?
01 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education...
Why do you claim that the "Iliad" is the best handbook for rhetoric?
01 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education...
Why do we need a cosmology other than the one provided by current science?
18 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Moveme...
What are the top 5 ideals any classical school should embody?
10 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Moveme...
What is an "ideal type" and does it necessarily lead to moralizing?
03 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Moveme...
Why did we name our annual Paideia Prize after Russell Kirk?
19 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Moveme...
Some Final Thoughts on Getting a Classical Education As an Adult
10 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Moveme...
On Pursuing a Deeper Understanding of Classical Education
02 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Moveme...
How to Pursue Your Goals of Self-Education
26 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Moveme...
More on Getting a Classical Education As an Adult: Setting Goals
20 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Moveme...
Where Should I Start If I Want to Get a Classical Education As An Adult
12 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Moveme...
On the Importance of "Adequacy" in teaching
11 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Moveme...
What Are the Tools for Truth Perception?
03 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Moveme...
What is the "Art of Truth-fishing"?
29 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Moveme...
Why Is Astronomy Concerned an Important Part of the Quadrivium?
16 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Moveme...
Ask Andrew: What Joy and Harmony Have to Do with Assessment
01 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Moveme...
How Do I Assess an Idea?
23 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Moveme...
How Do I Assess a Skill?
16 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Moveme...
Do you need to love a subject to teach it effectively?
12 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The M...
What does a good assessment look like? Part 2
03 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The M...
What does a good assessment look like?
28 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The M...
What does it mean to assess classically?
18 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The M...
What is the "great dance" and why does it matter?
13 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The M...
Is There a Universal Curriculum That Is Good for All People?
22 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The M...
Does Classical Education Value African Culture Or Want to Replace It (and other non-western cultures)?
14 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The M...
Can a classical curriculum include more than Western culture?
07 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The M...
What should classical education look like in other parts of the world?
28 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The M...
What is the classical pedagogy?
14 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The M...
What is the Classical Curriculum?
08 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movem...
Why did Dorothy Sayers' interpretation of the trivium become so popular?
31 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movem...
What is Wisdom (and how is it cultivated)?
24 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movem...
What is Virtue (and how is it cultivated)?
18 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Moveme...
What does classical education have to do with "knowing, glorifying, and enjoying God"?
03 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical educatio...
Why Are the Liberal Arts So Important?
20 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the brand new Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in clas...
What does it mean to say that our children are imitations?
14 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the brand new Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in clas...
What is the Quadrivium?
06 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the brand new Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in clas...
What are the 7 Liberal Arts?
29 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the brand new Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in clas...
So What is Christian Classical Education?
22 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the brand new Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in clas...
Welcome to the new Ask Andrew Podcast
09 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the new Ask Andrew podcast! Each week Andrew Kern will be answering questions about key ideas, themes, and terms in classical education. He...
How do you avoid moralizing a "morality tale"?
26 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 15 of the Ask Andrew Podcast, where Andrew Kern answers your questions about Christian classical education. In ...
How to Avoid Moralizing Stories (and Why It's Important)
13 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
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Is Calculus Lost on the Homemaker?
06 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 13 of the Ask Andrew Podcast, where Andrew Kern answers your questions about Christian classical education. In ...
Why does my daughter find it difficult to connect with mythology?
31 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 12 of the Ask Andrew Podcast, where Andrew Kern answers your questions about Christian classical education. In ...
How does one train a child's affections
24 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 11 of the Ask Andrew Podcast, where Andrew Kern answers your questions about Christian classical education. In ...
How do I know what questions my students should be asking?
17 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 10 of the Ask Andrew Podcast, where Andrew Kern answers your questions about Christian classical education. In ...
How do I teach fables?
10 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 9 of the Ask Andrew Podcast, where Andrew Kern answers your questions about Christian classical education. In t...
What does "neo-classical" mean?
23 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 8 of the Ask Andrew Podcast, where Andrew Kern answers your questions about Christian classical education. In t...
On Moralizing Stories
16 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 7 of the Ask Andrew Podcast, where Andrew Kern answers your questions about Christian classical education. In t...
Why is the magic in Lewis and Tolkien ok?
08 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 6 of the Ask Andrew Podcast, where Andrew Kern answers your questions about Christian classical education. In t...
Why "CiRCE"?
02 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 5 of the Ask Andrew Podcast, where Andrew Kern answers your questions about Christian classical education. In t...
What do wisdom and virtue have to do with holiness?
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 3 of the Ask Andrew Podcast, where Andrew Kern answers your questions about Christian classical education. Toda...
Why Read the Classics (when even the good guys do bad things)?
17 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 3 of the Ask Andrew Podcast, where Andrew Kern answers your questions about Christian classical education. Toda...
Cultivating an Appreciation of Good Music
08 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode of the Ask Andrew Podcast, where Andrew Kern answers your questions about Christian classical education. T...
What should we do about screen time and our kids?
01 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode of the Ask Andrew Podcast, where Andrew Kern will answer your questions about Christian classical education. Today h...
On Books for Personal and Professional Development
13 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Question: Can you recommend any books that will help me teach my students to complete tasks in such a that reflects God's order and elegance?This epis...
How do I introduce my middle school child to classical education?
06 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Question: How do I introduce my middle school child to classical education?This episode is from the original Ask Andrew video series on CiRCE TV.Video...
Is classical education a method, or is it about materials? (Part 2)
09 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Question: Is classical education a method, or is it about materials?This episode is from the original Ask Andrew video series on CiRCE TV.Video: Is cl...
Is classical education a method, or is it about materials? (Part 1)
02 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Question: Is classical education a method, or is it about materials?This episode is from the original Ask Andrew video series on CiRCE TV.Video: Is cl...
I teach in a modern school, but I want to affect change and educate myself. Advice?
03 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
While his name may not be Andrew, Dr. Christopher Perrin is a very good friend of CiRCE and a wise man too and so while in Cincinnati recently for a h...