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The Saint Constantine School - Classical Christian Education in Houston


    • Nov 15, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
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    Poetry Corner: Aurora Leigh by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2019 15:57


    "The Merchant of Venice" Courtroom Scene: Justice and Mercy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2019 38:13


    Poetry Corner: Foreboding by Jeanne Murray Walker

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2019 20:18


    Constantinople: Why do a discussion marathon?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2019 34:40


    Constantinople: Revival

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2019 37:44


    Poetry Corner: Saint Kassia's Epigrams

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2019 20:17


    Poetry Corner: A. E. Stallings - Alice Bewildered

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2019 18:35


    Poetry Corner: Sappho Check

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2019 21:05


    Poetry Corner: Julia Ward Howe - My Last Dance

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2019 24:58


    Poetry Corner: "Gentilesse" - Chaucer

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2019 20:20


    Poetry Corner: Ann Lauterbach

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2019


    Poetry Corner: Chaucer's Prologue To Parliament of Fowls

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2019 14:15


    Poetry Corner: Tracy K. Smith's "Wade In The Water"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2019 27:45


    Poetry Corner: Terrance Hayes' American Sonnets

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2019 34:25


    Poetry Corner: Arena

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2018 15:06


    Poetry Corner: What Is Poetry?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2018 21:08


    Poetry Corner: Gwendolyn Brooks II

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2018 26:54


    Poetry Corner: Poet's Corner

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2018 11:36


    In this episode of Poetry Corner, Dr. Timothy Bartel steps back from poetry to discuss the origin of the phrase "Poet's Corner."

    Gwendolyn Brooks - I

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2018 13:48


    Poetry Corner: Early Christian Poets - V

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2018 28:46


    Poetry Corner: Early Christian Poets - IV

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2018 35:23


    Poetry Corner: Early Christian Poets - III

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2018 18:25


    Poetry Corner: Early Christian Poets - II

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2018 17:31


    Poetry Corner: Early Christian Poets - I

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2018 29:56


    Poetry Corner: Longfellow's "The Light of Stars"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2018 30:20


    From The Hallway: Memorization of Facts

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2018 27:54


    Constantinople: Manners II

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2018 14:37


    Poetry Corner: Philip Larkin

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2018 23:13


    Consantinople: Manners

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2018 28:57


    Megan and Jonathan Mueller, Cate Gilbert, and Kris Yee discuss manners in the context of their use today and Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility.

    Poetry Corner: T. S. Eliot (La Figlia Che Piange)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2018 24:42


    T. S. Eliot's La Figlia Che Piange is read and discussed in a third look at T. S. Eliot's collection Prufrock And Other Observations.

    Poetry Corner: T. S. Eliot (Preludes)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2018 18:53


    Preludes is read and discussed by Dr. Timothy E. G. Bartel in Poetry Corner's second look at the works of T. S. Eliot.

    Poetry Corner: T. S. Eliot (The Love song of J. Alfred Prufrock)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2018 32:52


    In this first look at the works of T. S. Eliot in this series, Dr. Timothy Bartel reads and discusses The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.

    Poetry Corner: Illegal Voices In Poetry - III

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2017 26:53


    In the third and final installment of the Illegal Voices in Poetry mini-series, Dr. Timothy Bartel takes a look at the polish poet Czesław Miłosz.

    Constantinople: "The Coming" (R. S. Thomas) - Forum

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2017 34:06


    The Saint Constantine Forum podcast returns with a reading of "The Coming," a poem by R. S. Thomas.

    Poetry Corner: Illegal Voices In Poetry - II

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2017 29:45


    In the much anticipated second installment in a three part series entitled Illegal Voices in Poetry, Dr. Timothy Bartel takes a look at Alexander Pope and his "Brutus" fragment.

    Poetry Corner: Illegal Voices In Poetry - I

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2017 26:35


    The first in a three part series, Dr. Timothy E. G. Bartel explores some of the "Illegal Voices in Poetry", beginning in part one with Phillis Wheatley.

    Poetry Corner: Marianne Moore

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2017 27:56


    Poetry Corner: Saint Gregory of Nazianzus - Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2017 18:04


    Poetry Corner: Saint Gregory of Nazianzus - Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2017 16:28


    Dr. Bartel continues a look at St. Gregory's understanding how how and why to write poetry.

    Constantinople: Breadth And Depth in Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2017 39:13


    Dr. John Mark Reynolds, Cate Gilbert, Megan Mueller, and David Gilbert discuss the varying approaches to classical education at different stages of schooling.

    Constantinople: The Structure of Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2017 34:47


    Dr. John Mark Reynolds, Dr. Robert Stacey, Megan Mueller, and Cate Gilbert discuss both the effects of large class structure, and the benefits of smaller class size, in the context of classical education and one on one Oxford-style tutorials at The Saint Constantine School.

    Poetry Corner: Saint Gregory of Nazianzus - Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2017 17:39


    In the first of a mini-series on Saint Gregory of Nazianzus and the purpose of poetry, Dr. Timothy Bartel begins with a look at the use and virtue of form in both ancient traditions and present day poetry.

    Poetry Corner: "Life On Mars" - Tracy Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2017 19:53


    Dr. Timothy Bartel reads and discusses a recent poem, "Life On Mars," by current United States Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith.

    Poetry Corner: "The Beautiful Changes" - Richard Wilbur

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2017 21:31


    Dr. Timothy E. G. Bartel reads and discusses "The Beautiful Changes," a poem by Richard Wilbur.

    Constantinople: Anne Bradstreet - Forum

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2017 43:24


    In this 'forum' edition of Constantinople, a panel of faculty discuss a poem by Anne Bradstreet entitled, "Verses upon the Burning of our House, July 10th, 1666."

    Poetry Corner: Sylvia Plath's "Nick And The Candlestick"

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2017 27:13


    Dr. Timothy Bartel reads and discusses Sylvia Plath's "Nick And The Candlestick", exity of the exploring both the complexity of the poem's narrative as well as its jarring Christian imagery.

    Poetry Corner: Longfellow's "Mezzo Cammin"

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2017 22:45


    In this episode of Poetry Corner, Dr. Timothy Bartel reads and discusses Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Mezzo Cammin".

    Constantinople: The New Colossus - Forum

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2017 44:21


    In this special Forum edition of Constantinople, a panel of faculty talks through "The New Colossus," a poem by Emma Lazarus visible on the base of the Statue of Liberty.

    From the Hallway: Who Is The Last Jedi?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2017 20:58


    In this episode of From The Hallway, Kris and Tim, in anticipation of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, discuss who could be the last Jedi, and who the Jedi really are.

    Poetry Corner: "Every Riven Thing"

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2017 24:20


     In this episode of Poetry Corner. Dr. Timothy E. G. Bartel discusses "Every Riven Thing", the title poem from the collection by Christian Wiman.

    Constantinople: Healthy Tension in Academia

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2017 23:53


    In this episode of Constantinople, Cate Gilbert, Megan Mueller, Dr. Robert Stacey, and Dr. John Mark Reynolds return to discuss the balance of arts and sciences in academics, as well as how one can best spend their free time and develop their pursuits and interests for the world in which we live.

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