The Principia Podcast

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Dr. Brian Williams is the dean of the Templeton Honors College at Eastern University and the editor of the Principia journal on classical education. This podcast is geared toward academics and professors wishing to explore and discuss the renewal of liber

Dr. Brian Williams (TrueNorth.fm)


    • Oct 25, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 36m AVG DURATION
    • 7 EPISODES


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    Episode 07: Interview with Dr. Zena Hitz

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022 53:20


    In this episode, Dr. Williams interviews Dr. Zena Hitz, a tutor at St. John's College and the author of Lost In Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life. Her book has been reviewed by Jesse Hake in the newest issue of The Principia Journal and it is the subject of this episode's discussion.

    Episode 06: Interview with Dr. David Diener

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2022 37:27


    In this episode, Dr. Williams interviews Dr. David Diener, headmaster of Hillsdale Academy and a lecturing professor of education who has received a BA in philosophy and ancient languages from Wheaton College, as well as an MA in philosophy, MS in history and philosophy of education, and dual PhD in philosophy and philosophy of education from Indiana University. They discuss Dr. Diener's background in classical education and focus on his recently published article examining Augustine's dialogue "The Teacher".

    Episode 05: Interview with Dr. Phillip Donnelly

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2022 35:54


    In this episode, Dr. Williams interviews Dr. Phillip Donnelly, professor of literature and Director of the Great Texts Program at Baylor University. They discuss the article Dr. Donnelly has written for the Principia journal entitled “A Grammar for Human Making in Digital Age: Bonaventure on the Mechanical and Liberal Arts”

    Episode 04: Interview with Dr. Julia Hejduk of Baylor University

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2022 41:00


    In this episode, Dr. Williams interviews Dr. Julia Baylor, professor of classics and Associate Dean of the Honors College at Baylor University. Baylor University is the university that hosts the Principia Journal.

    Episode 03: The True Aims of Classical Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2022 28:27


    In this episode, Brian Williams reflects on what aim or end of education has been been in the classical tradition–not merely earning one's bread learning to live well, “for the final product of our education…. is a man” (from W.B. DeBoise, The Souls of Black Folk)

    Episode 02: First Things and Tradition in Classical Education

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2022 26:31


    In this episode, Brian Williams continues to reflect on tradition, starting with the metaphor of fire: “tradition is not the worship of ashes but the preservation of fire.”

    Episode 01: Welcome to the Principia Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2022 29:58


    In this inaugural episode, Dr. Brian Williams muse on the relationship of “first things” (or principia in Latin) and tradition. Do classical educators want to emulate the Greeks and...

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