Poets & Philosophers
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Being Human, Rogers Misreads Kierkegaard | 021
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sam wrote a paper on Kierkegaard... of course he did. We discuss how the therapist Carl Rogers misreads Kierkegaard's phrase "becoming who you are." R...
Robert Hutchins on the Great Conversaton | 020
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
PDF of The Great Conversation We're talking about the Great Books of the Western World. It's a 50+ volume set created by Mortimer Adler and many othe...
Lord of the Rings with Dr. Hamilton | 019
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Hamilton is a professor in the Biblical Studies Department at Florida College. He has developed at habit of reading the Lord of the Rings every ye...
Disputation, A Medieval Form of Education | 018
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the medieval form of education called disputation where two students will argue over a point in the lesson to understand it better.
The Paideia Way, Interview with Dr. Robert Woods | 017
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Woods is the Headmaster at Veritas Christian Academy. He also founded the Great Books program at Faulkner University. We interview him about his b...
Beowulf, The Epic Hero | Book Review | 015
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The book on Amazon. Beowulf is a wonderful ancient story of a larger-than-life man named Beowulf. In the podcast we discuss our thoughts after readin...
On Owen Barfield: The Lost Inking - Guest Landon Loftin | 014
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You know of C.S. Lewis. You know of J.R.R. Tolkien. But do you know Owen Barfield? You may after this episode. Barfield was one of Lewis' key interloc...
Introduction to Politics - The 6 Political Regimes | 013
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Politics. Everyone has an opinion on politics, even Socrates. In this episode we cover the Republic's Book 8. We discuss: 3 Ordered and 3 disordere...
Three Perspectives on Human Nature (Classical, Rousseau, Bacon) | 012
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss Irving Babbit’s Essay Two Types of Humanitarians Bacon and Rousseau. We discuss Our understanding of human nature refl...
Four Genres of Story | 011
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The basis of the poets is story. A story is an imitation of life. Why do we love stories? Why is there Hollywood and Bollywood? What should Christian ...
Leisure, The Basis of Culture - Book Review | 010
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Leisure the Basis of Culture (1948) is a classic praising the liberal arts. Josef Pieper argues that to build a meaningful life, we must be willing to...
Silence For the Modern Ills: What Kierkegaard Can Teach Us About Living Well | 09
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why do so many philosophers and poets call for a slower life? Why would Kierkegaard prescribe silence for modern ills (in the late 1800’s !)? Listen...
What is God Like? Classical Theism with Shane Scott | 008
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How should we understand God? How should we begin to approach understanding God? Is the Bible literal when it describes God? This episode we sit down ...
Shoptalk, Abe and Sam's Study Habits | 007
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is about how we study and the habits we have to study. If you're someone whole likes to talk about productivity and habits, this is your ...
Does Your Soul Have Parts?: Plato's Tripartite Soul | 006
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is a soul? Can we name its parts? What does a soul have to do with a city? This episode covers Plato’s Tripartite Soul. A scintillating idea th...
Library as Armory: Book Review of Mind for God |005
13 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we discus James Emery White’s book A Mind for God. Dr. White has many insights on what it means to think Christianity and how to eng...
How to Read Hard Books (and get something out of them) | 004
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Creating a reading habit of difficult books is hard. We know there is a payoff after and even during reading those difficult books, but getting starte...
Why Socrates Was A Good Teaching And You Can Be Too (Education & Teasing) | 003
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss how Socratic dialog can help us be better teachers.
Poets and Philosophers: The Ancient Quarrel | 002
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Poets and Philosophers work with truth in two different ways. Are you more of a poet or philosopher? How do these different modes of thinking help us ...
Should Christians Read the Great Books? | 001
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is the great conversation? What does it have to do with Christians? Why does Abe and Sam care about it? Join our pilot episode to see why Christi...