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The Thomistic Institute
Seeing God | Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P.

The Thomistic Institute

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2020 33:20


This talk was given on September 25, 2020 as part of the Thomistic Institute's East Coast Intellectual Retreat. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P., was born in Harrisburg, PA. He received a B.A. from St. John's College in Annapolis, MD in 2010, and was confirmed in the Catholic Church around the same time. He entered the Order of Preachers in the summer of 2013. In the spring of 2020 he was ordained a priest, and received an S.T.L. from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC.

EconTalk
Zena Hitz on Lost in Thought

EconTalk

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 89:50


Philosopher and author Zena Hitz of St. John's College talks about her book, Lost in Thought, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Hitz defends learning for its own sake--learning that has nothing to do with passing an exam or preparing for a career. For Hitz, learning is a refuge and an essential part of what makes us human.

The Thomistic Institute
Divinization and the Gradation Of Freedom | Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P.

The Thomistic Institute

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2020 59:02


This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's intellectual retreat, "Virtuous Autonomy: Freedom and Independence in a Technological Age," August 7 - 10, 2020. Speaker bio: Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P., was born in Harrisburg, PA. He received a B.A. from St. John's College in Annapolis, MD in 2010, and was confirmed in the Catholic Church around the same time. He entered the Order of Preachers in the summer of 2013. In the spring of 2020 he was ordained a priest, and received an S.T.L. from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC.

Eye On Annapolis Daily News Brief
Legacy Business Spotlight: Mitchell Gallery (Encore Presentation)

Eye On Annapolis Daily News Brief

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2020 40:38


The Elizabeth Myers Mitchell Gallery is celebrating 30 years of art in Annapolis. But this is not just any art! Mitchell Gallery is a hidden gem in Annapolis and a true world-class art museum. It is tucked away on the St. John's College campus adjacent to the Francis Scott Key Auditorium. Have a listen as we speak with museum Director, Hydee Schaller; and Art Educator, Lucinda Edinberg. You will find out what is coming up, their favorite exhibits, and a bunch of facts you never knew. Here's one-- Mitchell Gallery is THE ONLY accredited (American Alliance of Museums) museum on a college campus in Maryland. And is one of only six accredited museums in the entire State! Have a listen, visit the gallery and the website to learn more and find out how you can help art grow in Annapolis. Want to hear some of our past spotlights? Here's your link to them all! http://bit.ly/EOALBS CONNECT WITH US!   THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS:  http://bit.ly/EOAConnect

The Thomistic Institute
The Image of God in Modernity | Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P.

The Thomistic Institute

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2020 49:17


This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's intellectual retreat, "Virtuous Autonomy: Freedom and Independence in a Technological Age," August 7 - 10, 2020. The hand out for this talk can be accessed here: https://tinyurl.com/yxfsqkk3 Speaker bio: Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P., was born in Harrisburg, PA. He received a B.A. from St. John's College in Annapolis, MD in 2010, and was confirmed in the Catholic Church around the same time. He entered the Order of Preachers in the summer of 2013. In the spring of 2020 he was ordained a priest, and received an S.T.L. from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC.

Canadian Church Leader's Podcast
Glenn Packiam on Drawing From Different Church Expressions & Becoming Brokers of Hope in the World

Canadian Church Leader's Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2020 55:13


Glenn is the Associate Senior Pastor of New Life Church, and Lead Pastor of New Life Downtown, which is one of seven New Life congregations in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He has earned a Doctorate of Theology and Ministry from Durham University (UK) and is a visiting Fellow at St. John's College at Durham. He is the author of 6 books, including "Blessed Broken Given" and "Worship and the World to Come" as well as the worship songwriter of 65+ songs including "Your Name" (co-written with Paul Baloche). www.ccln.ca/season2/episode25

Eye On Annapolis Daily News Brief
August 25, 2020 | Daily News Brief | (MIDS TO ST JOHNS, SUNSET TO CLOSE, NO FANS AT RAVENS)

Eye On Annapolis Daily News Brief

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2020 9:35


Give us about ten minutes a day and we will give you all the local news, local sports, local weather, and local events you can handle.   SPONSOR: Many thanks to Solar Energy Services for sponsoring this podcast. If you think solar is in your future, please give Rick Peters and his team a call at 410-923-6090.  Today...The Naval Academy will be housing some Midshipmen on the shuttered campus of St. John's College this fall. The Ravens have announced there will not be fans in the stadium to start the 2020 season. Glen Burnie's Sunset Restaurant will be closing after 60 years. Maryland is outpacing many in recovering from COVID-19. And many schools will come up short on technology for students due to manufacturers unable to keep up with demand for laptops and chromebooks.  Today,  Sing Second Sports is back to give us the lowdown on what's happening with Navy sports and what to expect on this weeks episode of Sing Second Sports! And of course, George  from DMV Weather  is here with your local weather forecast! Please download their APP so you can keep on top of the local weather scene! The Eye On Annapolis Daily News Brief is produced every Monday through Friday and available wherever you get your podcasts and also on our  YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter feeds, and of course at Eye On Annapolis.  

It Was A Dark and Stormy Book Club
Michael Elias - YOU CAN GO HOME NOW

It Was A Dark and Stormy Book Club

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2020 25:33


MICHAEL ELIAS was born and raised in upstate New York. He has worked in motion pictures, television and stage as an actor, writer, producer, and director in New York, Los Angeles, and London.He was a member of The Living Theatre and acted in The Brig by Kenneth Brown in New York and London.At WarnerBros he and Rich Eustis created and produced the award-winning series "Head of the Class" that ran for five seasons on ABC starring Howard Hesseman and Billy Connolly.Elias wrote and directed the acclaimed jazz drama "Lush Life" starring Forest Whitaker, Jeff Goldblum, Don Cheadle, and Cathy Baker. Mr. Elias was nominated as Best Director in the Cable Ace Awards.His produced screenplays include "The Jerk", "The Frisco Kid", "Serial", "Envoyez les Violons", and "Young Doctors in Love".His play "The Catskill Sonata" about blacklisted artists premiered in Los Angeles directed by Paul Mazursky. The LA Weekly named it number one in its list of ten best plays of the year.His new novel YOU CAN GO HOME NOW will be published by HarperCollins on June 23, 2020.Elias is a member of Writer's Branch of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and serves on its Foreign Language Committee. He is also a member of the WGA, the DGA, and PEN.He graduated from St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland with a degree in mathematics and philosophy.Michael Elias lives in Los Angeles and Paris.YOU CAN GO HOME NOW - Nina is a tough Queens detective with a series of cold case homicides on her desk – men whose widows had the same alibi: they were living in Artemis, a battered women’s shelter, when their husbands were killed.Nina goes undercover into Artemis. Though she is playing the victim, she’s anything but. Nina knows about violence and the bullies who rely on it because she’s experienced it in her own life.In this heart-pounding thriller Nina confronts the violence of her own past in Artemis where she finds solidarity with a community of women who deal with abusive and lethal men in their own way.For the women living in Artemis there is no absolute moral compass, there is the law and there is survival. And, for Nina, who became a cop so she could find the man who murdered her father, there is only revenge.

Eye On Annapolis Daily News Brief
August 10, 2020 | Daily News Brief | (CHURCH FIRE, SHOOTINGS, USNA AND ST JOHN'S PLANS, COVID 19 UPDATE)

Eye On Annapolis Daily News Brief

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2020 16:38


Give us about ten minutes a day and we will give you all the local news, local sports, local weather, and local events you can handle.   SPONSOR: Many thanks to Solar Energy Services for sponsoring this podcast. If you think solar is in your future, please give Rick Peters and his team a call at 410-923-6090.  Today...A South County Church may be the target of arson. The Anne Arundel County Police are seeking help with information surrounding to separate shootings. Both the USNA and St. John's College have announced how they are handling the fall semester. And Governor Hogan lauds the State's low positivity rate--a record low! Ann Alsina from CovingtonAlsina is here with us today for the Money Monday Report! Good to hear she was not eaten by a bear! And of course, George  from DMV Weather  is here with your local weather forecast! Please download their APP so you can keep on top of the local weather scene! The Eye On Annapolis Daily News Brief is produced every Monday through Friday and available wherever you get your podcasts and also on our  YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter feeds, and of course at Eye On Annapolis.  

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Ep. 249: Dewey on Education and Thought (Part Two)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2020 72:13


Continuing on John Dewey's Democracy and Education (1916) ch. 1, 2, 4, and 24 with guest Jonathan Haber. How is education different than mere conditioning, and how does it relate to habits and growth? We discuss how much of what Dewey recommends lines up with liberal education and multiculturalism. Also, can education change taste? Start with part one, or get the full, ad-free Citizen Edition, which will also get you our PEL Nightcaps. End song: "Too Far to Turn Around" by The Ides of March; Jim Peterik appears on Nakedly Examined Music #126. Sponsors: Get 15% off game-changing wireless earbuds at BuyRaycon.com/pel. Visit SJC.edu to learn about St. John's College. Visit TheGreatCoursesPlus.com/PEL for a free trial of unlimited learning from the world's greatest professors.

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Ep. 249: Dewey on Education and Thought (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2020 52:02


On John Dewey's How We Think (1910) ch. 1 and Democracy and Education (1916) ch. 1, 2, 4, and 24. What model of human nature should serve as the basis for education policy? Dewey sees learning as growth, and the point of education as to enable indefinite growth. With guest Jonathan Haber. Don't wait for part two; get the full, ad-free Citizen Edition now. Please support PEL! Sponsors: Visit SJC.edu to learn about St. John's College. Check out the Being Reasonable podcast.

SCM Podcast
Black Lives Matter with Augustine Tanner-Ihm

SCM Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2020 63:39


Join us as we chat with Augustine Tanner-Ihm! Augustine grew up in Chicago, Illinois and has worked in Education, Human and Family Services, missions and Churches. He is currently a postgraduate theology student and ordinand at Cranmer Hall, St. John's College, Durham. He is also a 2020 Theology Slam finalist. Rob and Augustine chat about Black Lives Matter, systemic racism in the US and UK, and how preparation is going for the Theology Slam 2020 finals. *Please note that this episode was recorded online during the COVID-19 lockdown, so the sound quality is reduced slightly*

The Thomistic Institute
The Intellectual Life of the Mother of God | Prof. Zena Hitz

The Thomistic Institute

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2020 54:30


This lecture was given at the University of Toronto on March 3, 2020. About the speaker: Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John's College where she teaches across the liberal arts. She is interested in defending intellectual activity for its own sake, as against its use for economic or political goals. Her forthcoming book, Intellectual Life, is rooted in essays that have appeared in First Things, Modern Age, and The Washington Post. Her scholarly work has focused on the political thought of Plato and Aristotle, especially the question of how law cultivates or fails to cultivate human excellence. She received an MPhil in Classics from Cambridge and studied Social Thought and Philosophy at the University of Chicago before finishing her PhD in Philosophy at Princeton. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1

Eye On Annapolis Daily News Brief
March 19, 2020 | Daily News Brief | (COVID-19 DEATH IN MD, STRANGE STABBING, USNA MIDS NOT RETURNING)

Eye On Annapolis Daily News Brief

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2020 12:21


Give us about ten minutes a day and we will give you all the local news, local sports, local weather, and local events you can handle.   SPONSOR: Many thanks to Solar Energy Services for sponsoring this podcast. If you think solar is in your future, please give Rick Peters and his team a call at 410-923-6090.  Today...A strange stabbing in Tracy's Landing. Door to door coronavirus checking is not legitimate. Governor Hogan announced Maryland's first death from the coronavirus. Comptroller Franchot waived some regulations to help breweries and distilleries. Pittman locks down County buildings. AAMC restricts visitors. The Naval Academy and St. John's College students will not be returning to campus this semester. The library has upped the game for those at home. And Giant Food gives seniors their own hour!  Support our struggling local businesses and wash your hands! It's Thursday, which means the Annapolis Makerspace Minutes with Trevor, but it is not--most all is cancelled; so just check out the link! And of course, George  from DMV Weather  is here with your local weather forecast! Please download their APP so you can keep on top of the local weather scene! The Eye On Annapolis Daily News Brief is produced every Monday through Friday and available wherever you get your podcasts and also on our  YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter feeds, and of course at Eye On Annapolis.  

The Thomistic Institute
The Intellectual Life of the Mother of God | Dr. Zena Hitz

The Thomistic Institute

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2020 54:56


This lecture was given at Georgetown University on February 12, 2020. For more events and info visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John's College where she teaches across the liberal arts. She is interested in defending intellectual activity for its own sake, as against its use for economic or political goals. Her forthcoming book, Intellectual Life, is rooted in essays that have appeared in First Things, Modern Age, and The Washington Post. Her scholarly work has focused on the political thought of Plato and Aristotle, especially the question of how law cultivates or fails to cultivate human excellence. She received an MPhil in Classics from Cambridge and studied Social Thought and Philosophy at the University of Chicago before finishing her PhD in Philosophy at Princeton.

All Things College and Career
#37 | Learn the Amazing Benefits of a Liberal Arts Education

All Things College and Career

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2020 51:55


Today we interview Charlie Bergman to learn about the benefits of a liberal arts education. Charlie is the Director of Personal and Professional Development at St. John's College, which is a private liberal arts college with two campuses in Annapolis, MD and Santa Fe, NM and is the third oldest college in the country. If you are considering a liberal arts education, then this is the podcast for you! There is so much to gain from this interview....not to mention that we think you'll really enjoy our guest, Charlie Bergman. It was amazing to learn how this sort of education will benefit you not only throughout your career, but also throughout your life. We hope you'll enjoy this conversation as much as we did! Charlie has a great radio voice and is passionate about the benefits of a liberal arts education. Join Our Podcast Email List! Follow Our Podcast:Website: Listen To Our Podcast HereYouTube Channel Twitter LinkedIn Facebook InstagramAll Things College and CareerMeg's LinkedIn Bobbie's LinkedIn ACADEMIC & CAREER ADVISING SERVICES:Visit Website: Academic and Career Advising ServicesSchedule an Appointment with Academic & Career Advising ServicesMusic Production by Lena Keller: lena.m.keller@gmail.comTechnical Production: Richard BarnettSHOW NOTES:St. John's CollegeNew York Times Article | The Most Contrarian College in AmericaMeow WolfAward Winning WinemakersGreat Books

The Thomistic Institute
Growing In Faith And Intellect Through The Liberal Arts | Prof. Zena Hitz

The Thomistic Institute

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2019 45:12


This talk was given at the United States Naval Academy on 5 November 2019. Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John's College where she teaches across the liberal arts. She is interested in defending intellectual activity for its own sake, as against its use for economic or political goals. Her forthcoming book, Intellectual Life, is rooted in essays that have appeared in First Things, Modern Age, and The Washington Post. Her scholarly work has focused on the political thought of Plato and Aristotle, especially the question of how law cultivates or fails to cultivate human excellence. She received an MPhil in Classics from Cambridge and studied Social Thought and Philosophy at the University of Chicago before finishing her PhD in Philosophy at Princeton. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1

All the Books!
E238: Our Favorite Nonfiction of 2019

All the Books!

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2019 43:00


This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss Dapper Dan, Beeline, Good Talk, and more great nonfiction books from 2019. This episode was sponsored the St. John's College, Ritual, and With a Little Help From My Friends.  Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Books discussed on the show: Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style by Benjamin Dreyer Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino The Yellow House: A Memoir by Sarah M. Broom Zoo Nebraska: The Dismantling of an American Dream by Carson Vaughn Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty and Dianné Ruz | Burnout: The Secrets To Unlocking The Stress Cycle by Emily and Amelia Nagoski Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem: A Memoir by Daniel R. Day Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe Beeline: What Spelling Bees Reveal About Generation Z' New Path to Success by Shalini Shankar Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was a Girl: A Memoir by Jeannie Vanasco Out Of The Shadows: A Memoir by Timea Nagy and Shannon Moroney Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir by T Kira Madden Maybe You Should Talk To Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb Solitary by Albert Woodfox Duped: Double Lives, False Identities, and the Con Man I Almost Married by Abby Ellis What we're reading: Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orisha) by Tomi Adeyemi More books out this week: The Glittering Hour by Iona Grey  The Road to Delano by John DeSimone A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution by Jeremy Popkin  The Wonderful by Saskia Sarginson The Dead Girls Club: A Novel by Damien Angelica Walters  Regretting You by Colleen Hoover  The Story of a Goat by Perumal Murugan, N Kalyan Raman (translator) The Hills Reply by Tarjei Vesaas, Elizabeth Rokkan (translator) Africaville by Jeffrey Colvin The Wicked Redhead: A Wicked City Novel by Beatriz Williams  All That's Bright and Gone: A Novel by Eliza Nellums  Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition by Buddy Levy Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke, Christiane Marks (translator) Gatekeeper: Poems by Patrick Johnson The German House by Annette Hess, Elisabeth Lauffer (translator) A Faithful but Melancholy Account of Several Barbarities Lately Committed by Jason Brown  

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Ep. 231: Descartes's "Discourse" on Wisdom and Certainty (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2019 45:19


On René Descartes’s Discourse on Method (1637), an overview of his work that distills his method, outlines his famous Meditations, presents a provisional (Stoic) ethics, and considers whether he wants to be a public intellectual. This is all meant as a preface to scientific publications on geometry, optics, and meteors. Don't wait for part two; get the unbroken, ad-free Citizen Edition now. Please support PEL! Sponsors: $10 off at skylightframe.com (code PEL), get a free trial of unlimited learning at thegreatcoursesplus.com/PEL , learn about St. John's College at sjc.edu, and give effectively through givewell.org/PEL.

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Ep. 230: Bruno Latour on Science, Culture, and Modernity (Part Two)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2019 61:19


Continuing on Latour's We Have Never Been Modern (1993) with guest Lynda Olman. Latour rejects the idea of objective truth totally apart from perceivers, so is he an idealist? We lay out the "Constitution" of modernity that keeps science and politics separate, how it makes it difficult for us to address issues like climate change, and what Latour thinks should replace it. Start with part 1 or get the full, ad-free Citizen Edition. Please support PEL! End song: "Mono No Aware" by Guy Sigsworth, as discussed on Nakedly Examined Music #109. Sponsors: $10 off at skylightframe.com (code PEL), 20% off at hempfusion.com (code PEL), learn about St. John's College at sjc.edu, and give effectively through givewell.org/PEL.

The Thomistic Institute
Why Leisure Is Necessary For Human Beings | Prof. Zena Hitz

The Thomistic Institute

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2019 66:34


This lecture was given at the University of South Carolina on 23 October 2019. Dr. Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John's College where she teaches across the liberal arts. She is interested in defending intellectual activity for its own sake, as against its use for economic or political goals. Her forthcoming book, Intellectual Life, is rooted in essays that have appeared in First Things, Modern Age, and The Washington Post. Her scholarly work has focused on the political thought of Plato and Aristotle, especially the question of how law cultivates or fails to cultivate human excellence. She received an MPhil in Classics from Cambridge and studied Social Thought and Philosophy at the University of Chicago before finishing her PhD in Philosophy at Princeton. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1

All the Books!
E235: New Releases and More for November 19, 2019

All the Books!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2019 39:46


This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss Mary Toft; or the Rabbit Queen, Wyoming, Wake, Siren, and more great books. This episode was sponsored St. John's College, Bombas, and Book Riot Insiders. Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Books discussed on the show: Mary Toft; or, The Rabbit Queen: A Novel by Dexter Palmer Wake, Siren by Nina MacLaughlin Wyoming by JP Gritton  Escaping Exodus by Nicky Drayden Snow: A Scientific and Cultural Exploration by Giles Whittell Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall Realm of Ash (The Books of Ambha Book 2) by Tasha Suri What we're reading: If the Fates Allow: A Holiday Anthology from the Authors at interlude Press, an LGBTQ Publisher by Annie Harper American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI by Kate Winkler Dawson More books out this week: Crying Laughing by Lance Rubin A Warning by Anonymous  Crushing the Red Flowers by Jennifer Voigt Kaplan Catfishing on CatNet: A Novel by Naomi Kritzer Dead Heat by Benedek Totth, Ildikó Noémi Nagy (Translator) The Ship of Dreams: The Sinking of the Titanic and the End of the Edwardian Era by Gareth Russell Knight of the Silver Circle (The Dragonslayer Book 2) by Duncan M. Hamilton The Season: A Social History of the Debutante by Kristen Richardson Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter by Kerri K. Greenidge Going All City: Struggle and Survival in LA's Graffiti Subculture by Stefano Bloch  Carbon by Andrew Vachss The Martyrdom of Collins Catch the Bear by Gerry Spence The Captain and the Glory: An Entertainment by Dave Eggers Serotonin by Michel Houellebecq, Shaun Whiteside (translator) The Lights Go Out in Lychford (Witches of Lychford) by Paul Cornell The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air) by Holly Black Twenty-one Truths About Love: A Novel by Matthew Dicks  Gwendy's Magic Feather by Richard Chizmar Sabbath by Nick Mamatas  Impossible Causes by Julie Mayhew You Can't Kill Me Twice (So Please Treat Me Right) by Charlyne Yi Incidental Inventions by Elena Ferrante, Andrea Ucini (Illustrator), Ann Goldstein (Translator) User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play by Cliff Kuang and Robert Fabricant Broke: Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promises by Jodie Adams Kirshner  The Second Sleep: A novel by Robert Harris  Labyrinth: A Novel by Burhan Sönmez and Umit Hussein Upon the Flight of the Queen (The Ring-Sworn Trilogy Book 2) by Howard Andrew Jones Family Papers: A Sephardic Journey Through the Twentieth Century by Sarah Abrevaya Stein 

The Thomistic Institute
Why Leisure Is Necessary For Human Beings | Zena Hitz

The Thomistic Institute

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2019 62:33


This lecture was given by Dr. Zena Hitz (St. John's College (Annapolis) at Tulane University on 3 October 2019. Dr. Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John's College where she teaches across the liberal arts. She is interested in defending intellectual activity for its own sake, as against its use for economic or political goals. Her forthcoming book, Intellectual Life, is rooted in essays that have appeared in First Things, Modern Age, and The Washington Post. Her scholarly work has focused on the political thought of Plato and Aristotle, especially the question of how law cultivates or fails to cultivate human excellence. She received an MPhil in Classics from Cambridge and studied Social Thought and Philosophy at the University of Chicago before finishing her PhD in Philosophy at Princeton. For more information on this and other events go to https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Ep. 229: Descartes's Rules for Thinking (Part Three)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2019 57:44


Concluding René Descartes's Rules for Direction of the Mind (1628). We finish rule 12 through the end, talking about simples, the faculties of intuition and judgment, perception and imagination, necessary vs. contingent truths, and how to do Cartesian science, including what constitutes a "perfectly understood problem." Start with part one, or get the full, ad-free Citizen Edition. Please support PEL! End song: "Perfect Design" by Ian Moore, as interviewed on Nakedly Examined Music #94. Sponsors: Get 20% off at nativedeodorant.com (code PEL), $10 off at skylightframe.com (code PEL), 20% off at hempfusion.com (code PEL), and learn about St. John's College at sjc.edu. Boston-area listeners can see Wes live talking Joker on 11/22; see partiallyexaminedlife.com/joker.

All the Books!
E234: New Releases and More for November 12, 2019

All the Books!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2019 27:04


This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss All-American Muslim Girl, Secondhand, Wild Life, and more great books. This episode was sponsored St. John's College, ThirdLove, and Book Riot Insiders. Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Books discussed on the show: Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale by Adam Minter Wild Life: Dispatches from a Childhood of Baboons and Button-Downs by Keena Roberts  The Book of Lost Saints by Daniel José Older The Forgotten Girl by India Hill On Swift Horses by Shannon Pufahl All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney Some of Us Are Very Hungry Now by A.F. Perry The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West What we're reading: The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave More books out this week: Not the Girl You Marry by Andie J. Christopher Crown of Oblivion by Julie Eshbaugh Agent Jack: The True Story of MI5's Secret Nazi Hunter by Robert Hutton Realm of Ash (The Books of Ambha) by Tasha Suri   Queen of the Conquered (Islands of Blood and Storm) by Kacen Callender  Manhunters: How We Took Down Pablo Escobar by Steve Murphy, Javier F. Peña Busted in New York and Other Essays by Darryl Pinckney Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference, and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls by Jessica McDiarmid Dictionary of the Undoing by John Freeman and Valeria Luiselli A Song for You: My Life with Whitney Houston by Robyn Crawford   A is for Audra: Broadway's Leading Ladies from A to Z by John Robert Allman, Peter Emmerich (Illustrator) When You Kant Figure It Out, Ask a Philosopher: Timeless Wisdom for Modern Dilemmas by Marie Robert  The Intangibles: Poems by Elaine Equi Nothing More Dangerous by Allen Eskens  The Ghost in Apartment 2R by Denis Markell Bowie's Bookshelf: The Hundred Books that Changed David Bowie's Life by John O'Connell Queen of Bones (A Havana Mystery) by Teresa Dovalpage  Color Outside the Lines: Stories about Love edited by Sangu Mandanna  Peter Watts Is An Angry Sentient Tumor: Revenge Fantasies and Essays by Peter Watts Destroy Your Safe and Happy Lives by Jack Carneal Are Men Animals?: How Modern Masculinity Sells Men Short by Matthew Gutmann The Mutations: A Novel by Jorge Comensal, Charlotte Whittle (translator) The Andromeda Evolution by Michael Crichton, Daniel H. Wilson   The Innocents: A Novel by Michael Crummey The Pursuit of William Abbey by Claire North  The Sky Weaver (Iskari) by Kristen Ciccarelli   The Bad Side of Books: Selected Essays by D. H. Lawrence, ed. Geoff Dyer Long Live Latin: The Pleasures of a Useless Language by Nicola Gardini and Todd Portnowitz Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages by Jack Hartnell  Mama Hissa's Mice by Saud Alsanousi and Sawad Hussain The Menace from Farside by Ian McDonald Essays: One by Lydia Davis The Dreamed Part by Rodrigo Fresán and Will Vanderhyden White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue … and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation by Lauren Michele Jackson Think, Write, Speak: Uncollected Essays, Reviews, Interviews, and Letters to the Editor by Vladimir Nabokov Carrie Fisher: A Life on the Edge by Sheila Weller  Camgirl by Isa Mazzei What It Is: Race, Family, and One Thinking Black Man's Blues by Clifford Thompson  The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History by Kassia St Clair  Charlie Hernandez & the Castle of Bones by Ryan Calejo Raven Lane by Amber Cowie

St Nics Durham
Outgrowing Dawkins: A Beginner's Guide – Theology for All

St Nics Durham

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2019 53:53


Theology For All: A Conversation with David WilkinsonRichard Dawkins, the best-selling author of the God Delusion and one of the preeminent 'new atheist' philosophers, has recently written a new book entitled, "Outgrowing God: A Beginner's Guide". In this book, Dawkins challenges his readers to accept that we don't need God to explain how the world works and how it came to be. In this month's Theology for All, Revd Prof David Wilkinson, Principal of St. John's College and a professor of Theology & Religion at Durham University, will be presenting his response: "Outgrowing Dawkins: A Beginner's Guide". Wilkinson will discuss the interaction between Faith and Science, and how they might be more closely aligned than Dawkins could have imagined.

Spirit Matters Talk
Richard G Geldard Interview

Spirit Matters Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2019 30:30


Richard Geldard is a writer and lecturer living in New York City and the Hudson Valley. He is married to the artist and writer Astrid Fitzgerald. Before turning to writing he was an administrator and teacher at the secondary, undergraduate, and graduate levels. Prior to his retirement, his graduate appointments were to the faculties of the Holmes Institute for the Study of Consciousness, the Pacifica Graduate Institute, and the University of Philosophical Research. He earned his doctorate from Stanford University in Dramatic Literature and Classics, and also studied at St. John's College, Oxford. Richard’s twelve books include studies of Ralph Waldo Emerson and the American Transcendentalists as well as Greek philosophy and culture. His most recent book is a novella, The Magdalene Gates. We spoke first about Emerson then segued to his research on Mary Magdalen and his decision to render his findings in fiction. Learn more about Richard Geldard here: https://www.rgbooks.com/abouttheauthor.htm

Soul Searching
Episode 11: Experimentalism in Poetry, Maggie McGuinness

Soul Searching

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2019 28:42


Rabbi Neil Amswych of Temple Beth Shalom in Santa Fe, NM, interviews Maggie McGuinness, poetry tutor at St. John's College. They discuss experimentalism, and what makes poetry different. They also read and dissect the poems, “The Archaic Torso of Apollo” by Rainer Maria Rilke, and, “God’s Grandeur” by Gerard Manley Hopkins.

Auckland Libraries
Picart's Ceremonies

Auckland Libraries

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2019 8:34


Sue Berman talks with Andrew Henry about the 18th century publication popularly known as Picart's Ceremonies. Picart’s Ceremonies is a beautifully illustrated seven volume work with over 260 plates of engravings by Bernard Picart who was one of the most famous engravers and book-illustrators of the time. Much of the text that accompanies these images was written by Jean Frederic Bernard, a successful book publisher, although his name never appeared on any of the editions. What made this such a revolutionary work was that Bernard & Picart try to present as positive a version of other beliefs to their European readers who were largely Christians. To achieve this, they focus on ritual rather than discussions of doctrine. The illustrations depict events familiar to all humanity, rituals for births, deaths, marriages and processions. The ceremonies and religious customs... was initially written in French and published in Amsterdam by Jean Frederic Bernard between 1723 and 1737. Dutch (1726-1738), English (1733-1739), and German (1746) editions followed. The Auckland Libraries' copies were donated by Henry Shaw and Norman Spencer. You can view the English edition at Auckland Libraries Heritage Collection reading room Level 2 of the Central City Library. Read more at our Heritage et AL blog http://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2016/07/bernard-picarts-ceremonies-book-that.html Catalogue Record: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1963838 The ceremonies and religious customs of the various nations of the known world: together with historical annotations, and several curious discourses are equally instructive and entertaining .Written originally in French, and illustrated with a large Number of folio copper plates, all beautifully designed by Mr. Bernard Picart, And curiously Engraved by most of the best hands in Europe. Faithfully translated into English, by a gentleman, some time since of St. John's College in Oxford. Printed by William Jackson, for Claude du Bosc, Engraver at the Golden Head in Charles-Street, Covent Garden| MDCCXXXIII. [1733]

Soul Searching
Episode 5: Is God Dead?, Ned Walpin

Soul Searching

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2019 28:19


Rabbi Neil Amswych of Temple Beth Shalom in Santa Fe, NM, interviews Ned Walpin of St. John's College. They discuss whether or not God is dead, Nietzsche, and more.

The Thomistic Institute
Why Leisure is Necessary for Human Beings | Zena Hitz

The Thomistic Institute

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2019 69:23


This lecture was offered at the University of Oklahoma on November 13th, 2018. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: Dr. Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John's College where she teaches across the liberal arts. She is interested in defending intellectual activity for its own sake, as against its use for economic or political goals. Her forthcoming book, Intellectual Life, is rooted in essays that have appeared in First Things, Modern Age, and The Washington Post. Her scholarly work has focused on the political thought of Plato and Aristotle, especially the question of how law cultivates or fails to cultivate human excellence. She received an MPhil in Classics from Cambridge and studied Social Thought and Philosophy at the University of Chicago before finishing her PhD in Philosophy at Princeton.

Therefore, what?
Courtesy across our differences - Mark Roosevelt

Therefore, what?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2018 25:13


Many Americans have become intellectually soft, floating about in their own echo chambers of self-selected news and social media channels. Critical thinking seems to be vanishing and civility and civil dialogue have all but disappeared. Could the solution be found at a college that doesn't even allow current politics in the classroom? The answer may surprise you. Mark Roosevelt, president of St. John's College, joins the conversation on this week's episode of Therefore, What?

Close Reads
Crossover Post: Much Ado Nothing Act I | The Play's the Thing

Close Reads

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2018 65:52


In this special crossover post from The Play's the Thing, a podcast dedicated to an ongoing examination and celebration of Shakespeare's entire canon, David, Angelina, and Andrew Kern discuss Act I of Much Ado About Nothing. PLEASE NOTE: To access the rest of the shows in this series make sure you have subscribed to The Play's the Thing's feed. Topics of conversation include the multiple meanings of the titles, Renaissance cosmology, order and chaos, music and harmony, triangles, and Love and War. And a lot more. This episode is brought to you our friends at St. John's College - the perfect place for lovers of Shakespeare to take their next academic steps. If you like this podcast, subscribe, rate, review, and click here to sign up for the Close Reads email newsletter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Agency on Record
MBA and Marketing Degrees are Overrated: Our Enlightenment via the St. John's Great Books Program

Agency on Record

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2018 56:00


We come (mostly) clean about our past to discuss our education in the classics from the Great Books program of St. John's College of Annapolis and how we think that equips us to be better agency executives than if we'd gone conventional business education routes. Mike and Jason just want to discuss this 1,500-year-old book with you.

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Episode 193: The Theory and Practice of Liberal Education (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2018 50:34


Pano Kanelos, the president of St. John's College, Annapolis joins us to discuss Jacob Klein's “The Idea of a Liberal Education” (1960) and “On Liberal Education” (1965), plus Sidney Hook’s “A Critical Appraisal of the St. John’s College Curriculum” (1946) and Martha Nussbaum’s “Undemocratic Vistas” (1987). What constitutes a liberal education? Should we all read the Western canon? Klein (and our guest) think that we need to wonder at the familiar, to explore the ancestry of our current concepts in order to avoid their sedimentation. Don't wait for part two; get the full, unbroken Citizen Edition now; you'll also get (soon) a bonus discussion. Please support PEL! Sponsored by Molekule, the only air purifier that actually destroys pollutants. Visit molekule.com and use offer code PEL for $75 off.

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Episode 192: "The Closing of the American Mind": Allan Bloom on Education (Part Two)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2018 70:36


Continuing on Allan Bloom's 1987 book critiquing the current fragmented structure of the university that promotes technical and professional education over the ability to think philosophically. Does Bloom's vision require aristocracy, or can a Great Books education be available for all? Listen to part 1 first, or get the unbroken, ad-free Citizen Edition. Your Citizenship will also get you access to an exclusive follow-up discussion. Please support PEL! End song: "Greatness (The Aspiration Song)" by Colin Moulding's TC&I, explored on Nakedly Examined Music #74. Sponsors: Visit thegreatcoursesplus.com/PEL, the Outside the Box podcast, St. John's College at partiallyexaminedlife.com/sjc, and lightstream.com/PEL for a loan.

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Episode 191: Conceptual Schemes: Donald Davidson & Rudolf Carnap (Part Two)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2018 69:32


Finishing Davidson's "On the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme" (1974) and moving on to Carnap's "Empiricism, Semantics, and Ontology" (1950). Carnap claims that we talk about mathematical objects or subatomic particles or whatever, we're not really (contra Quine) making metaphysical claims. Ontological questions like "Are there really numbers?" are just pretentious nonsense. With guest Dusty Dallman. Listen to part 1 first, or get the unbroken, ad-free Citizen Edition. Please support PEL! End Song: "Shut Up" by Chandler Travis, as heard on Nakedly Examined Music #46. Sponsors: Listen to the Outside the Box podcast. Learn about St. John's College at partiallyexaminedlife.com/sjc.

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Episode 190: Film Analysis: "mother!"

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2018 88:31


On Darren Aronofsky's philosophical 2017 film about humanity's relationship to nature. We discuss the philosophical content of the film (Gnosticism, anyone?) and explore the relation between meaning and the sensuous aspects of an artwork. Can a work be both allegorical and yet have fully fleshed out characters and the other elements that make a film feel real? This was a very polarizing film; how do the circumstances of viewing affect reception? With guest Tim Nicholas. End song: “The Day of Wrath, That Day,” by Sarah McQuaid, as interviewed on Nakedly Examined Music #72. Please support PEL! Citizens and $5 Patreon supporters will get access to a bonus discussion on identity politics this week. Sponsors: Free month trial of The Great Courses +: thegreatcoursesplus.com/PEL. St. John's College: partiallyexaminedlife.com/sjc.

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Episode 189: Authorial Intent (Barthes, Foucault, Beardsley, et al) (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2018 57:12


On four essays about how to interpret artworks: “The Intentional Fallacy” by W. K. Wimsatt and Monroe Beardsley (1946), "The Death of the Author" by Roland Barthes (1967), "What is an Author?" by Michel Foucault (1969), and “Against Theory” by Steven Knapp and Walter Benn Michaels (1982). When you're trying to figure out what, say, a poem means, isn't the best way to do that to just ask the author? Most of these guys say no, and that's supposed to reveal something about the nature of meaning. No need to wait for part 2. Support us for access to the ad-free, unbroken Citizen Edition plus a one-hour follow-up conversation. Sponsors: Rover.com/partiallyexamined, code "partiallyexamined" = $25 off pet care, storyworth.com/pel for $20 off. partiallyexaminedlife.com/sjc to learn about St. John's College.

SCI PHI Podcast
Episode 39 - Rachel Ankeny

SCI PHI Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2018 69:22


On Episode 39, Nick chats with Rachel Ankeny, Professor at the University of Adelaide in South Australia, about her experience with the Great Books Program at St. John's College in Santa Fe, the formation of the Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP), the roles of models and cased-based reasoning in science, the importance of studying non-model organisms, her integrated work on "Hostel Stories," a research project aimed at finding out more about migrant hostels, reception centers, and camps in South Australia, and the greatest challenge facing philosophy of science today.Timestamps: :15 Introduction 2:06: Rachel

Creative + Cultural
070 - Ken Baumann

Creative + Cultural

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2018 33:58


Today we're connected with Ken Baumann, Founder of Sator Press, series cover designer at Boss Fight Books, author of Say, Cut, Map (Blue Square Press) and Solip (Tyrant Books), editor of the literary journal No Colony, co-founder of Sweetspot for iPhone, investor in Memrise, student at St. John's College, and actor in The Secret Life of the American Teenager (ABC Family). Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Manager: Sarah Becker Host: Jon-Barrett Ingels Guest: Ken Baumann

Consultancy Podcast
Ep. 88 - Failure is not an option

Consultancy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2017 8:13


The responsibility is yours. Mentions: St. John's College, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Team Episode 2017-09-12 of Unregrettable Podcast by Johann Lilly in Annapolis, Maryland. Image by Chris Lawton In Bristol, UK on Unsplash [CC0. ]Track Joke from 4 naked songs 4 autumn’s rainy days by @Jahzzar in Gijón, Spain on Betterwithmusic.com [CC]. Audio Engineer, Project Manager, Social Media Manager, Motion Graphics Artist and Video Editor: Juan Celemin in Bogota, Colombia, Graphic Designer and Graphics Consultant: Luke Balbirnie in Dublin, Ireland. Watch:
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Consultancy Podcast
Ep. 87 - Intensity after the battle

Consultancy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2017 10:39


Do you give your all when not necessitated Mentions: CouchSurfing, Maruchan, United States Navy, United States Army, St. John's College, United States Naval Academy, MeetUp, Starbucks

 Team: Episode 2017-09-11 of Unregrettable Podcast by Johann Lilly in Annapolis, Maryland. Image by Augusto Navarro In Miami, FL on Unsplash [CC0. ]Track Bankrupt from Onus by @Jahzzar in Gijón, Spain on Betterwithmusic.com [CC]. Audio Engineer, Project Manager, Social Media Manager, Motion Graphics Artist and Video Editor: Juan Celemin in Bogota, Colombia, Graphic Designer and Graphics Consultant: Luke Balbirnie in Dublin, Ireland. Watch:
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Common Ground
#50: Christopher Nelson on St. John's College

Common Ground

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2017 70:21


In this special episode, guest interviewer Winston Elliott talks with Christopher Nelson, president of St. John's College, about his work at St John’s, and about the unique kind of liberal arts education offered there.

4 Color Flashback: The Superhero Re-watch

All are welcome here! John gives the complaint email address. Conversations tapped!  Spawn Trivia! And somehow, someone this weeks Spawn trivia involves: McFarlane Claremont. Erik Larson Jim Lee. Rob Leifeld. Feud. Neil Gaiman! Garth Ennis is Irish! How many issue's of Spawn #1 were sold? Detective Comics and Action Comics. Mile High Comics! Double Dragon! Mortal Kombat! Street Fighter! Kontra! John Leguizamo! Ice Age! Sid The Sloth! Martin Sheen! And Aliens from the 90s! The West Wing! Cainim rephrases the Question Alf Facts with Karen! Inside Edition A Current Affair! John's College extra credit! Cainim sings! Copies Sold! Spider-Man! Amazing Spider-Man! President Obama! President Trump! X-Force! Deathmate! Cainim doesn't like things! Star Wars! Fantastic Four! X-Men! Why they formed Image! And in two days: Spawn the Pre Watch! music: www.bensound.com

Divinity School (video)
John Cottingham : Transcending science: humane models of religious understanding

Divinity School (video)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2016 86:14


John Cottingham delivers a public lecture, entitled "Transcending science: humane models of religious understanding." John Cottingham is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at University of Reading, Professorial Research Fellow, Heythrop College, University of London, and Honorary Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford and former editor of Ratio: the International Journal of Analytic Philosophy (1993-2013). Prof. Cottingham is a world-renowned Descartes scholar who has has published extensively on issues in Early Modern Philosophy and Moral Philosophy. In recent years Cottingham has focused on the Philosophy of Religions with celebrated monographs on the nature, justification, and transformative power of religious devotion, including “Why Believe?” (Continuum, 2009) and “How to Believe” (Bloomsbury Continuum, 2016). His books also include “Philosophy and the Good Life: Reason and the Passions in Greek, Cartesian and Psychoanalytic Ethics” (Cambridge, 1998); On the Meaning of Life (Routledge, 2003); “The Spiritual Dimension” (Cambridge, 2005); “Cartesian Reflections” (Oxford, 2008), and “Philosophy of Religion: Towards a More Humane Approach”(Cambridge, 2014). Abstract: In many contemporary debates religion and science are cast as rivals, supposedly offering competing explanations of the origins and nature of the cosmos. Religion often appears at a disadvantage here: given the magnificent achievements of science in uncovering the workings of nature, theistic speculations about the activities of a supposed immaterial divine agent are apt to seem radically impoverished by comparison. This paper will argue that we need a more ‘humane’ model of religious understanding, one that is responsive to the actual role played by religion in the life of the believer. Understanding the world religiously is less about subscribing to explanatory hypotheses than about a certain mode of engagement with reality, requiring a moral and spiritual transformation of the subject. This has crucial implications for the appropriate way to philosophize about religion. Instead of an ‘epistemology of control’, based on the detached evaluation of evidence, we may need to substitute an ‘epistemology of receptivity’. In religion, as in many areas of human life, authentic understanding may require a process of attunement in order for the relevant evidence to become manifest. This lecture is cosponsored by the Office of the Dean and the Philosophy of Religions Workshop.

Common Ground
#10: Back to School with Eva Brann

Common Ground

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2016 57:33


This interview, recorded on May 16, 2016, features Eva Brann, tutor and former dean at St. John's College. We look at the model of St. John's College as a possible alternative to address issues in higher education today, and we also hear details of Ms. Brann's personal philosophy and history.

Webcasts from the Library of Congress II
James Madison's Sagacious, Powerful & Combining Mind

Webcasts from the Library of Congress II

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2016 49:28


March 16, 2001. Robert Goldwin discusses the extraordinary intellect of James Madison at this symposium celebrating the 250th anniversary of Madison's birth. The story of Madison's leading role in the Constitutional Convention is well known, but the speaker tells the less well-known story of his exploits on behalf of the Constitution subsequent to the Constitutional Convention. Madison was the consummate constitution-maker, outstanding primarily because of his extraordinary combination of theoretical powers and practical political skills. His ability to combine the philosophical and practical aspects of constitution-making and to join seemingly opposing tendencies into a coherent whole, is what made him ultimately so successful, unsurpassed by any of the hundreds of constitution-makers in other nations who have followed in his path in the centuries since. But his unusual powers of analysis did not necessarily smooth the way for him. He often saw problems that he felt compelled to consider but that his fellow politicians could not see. They therefore could not agree with his efforts to resolve what they considered phantom issues. Speaker Biography: Robert A. Goldwin has been a resident scholar of constitutional studies at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research in Washington, D.C. for the past 25 years. He served in the White House as special consultant to the president and in the Pentagon as advisor to the Secretary of Defense during the administration of Gerald Ford. He has taught political science at the University of Chicago and at Kenyon College and was dean of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland. He is the author of "Why Blacks, Women, and Jews Are Not Mentioned in the Constitution" (1990) and "From Parchment to Power: How James Madison Used the Bill of Rights to Save the Constitution" (1997). He is the editor or senior editor of more than a score of books on American politics and foreign policy, including especially the AEI series of volumes on the constitution of the United States. For transcript and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=7337

Forschergeist
FG017 Forschen und Lehren in Cambridge

Forschergeist

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2015 77:21 Transcription Available


Das akademische System in Deutschland unterscheidet sich in Anspruch und Umfang teilweise deutlich von der universitären Realität in Großbritannien. An den Eliteuniversitäten in Cambridge und Oxford herrschen deutlich andere Kulturen. Doch was lässt sich aus einem Vergleich lernen? Während das auf ein breites Bildungsangebot ausgelegte deutsche System auch Empfehlungen für Großbritannien bereithält, lassen sich auch einige interessante Aspekte aus Cambridge auf Deutschland übertragen. Wir sprechen mit Ulinka Rublack, Professorin für frühneuzeitliche Geschichte Europas im St. John's College an der Universität Cambridge. Sie hat früh in ihrem Studium bereits einen Blick nach England gewagt und ist nach Abschluss des Studiums komplett nach Cambdrige gewechselt.

Emory Williams Lectures in the Liberal Arts - Video
Toward an American Liberal Education

Emory Williams Lectures in the Liberal Arts - Video

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2013 73:46


As part of the Emory Williams Lecture Series, John Agresto, former president of St. John's College, gives a talk entitled "Toward an American Liberal Education" (October 23, 2013). Dr. Agresto holds a Ph.D. in political science from Cornell University. He has published in the areas of politics, law, and education, and has taught at the University of Toronto, Kenyon College, Duke University and the New School University. From 1989 to 2000, he served as president of St. John's College in Santa Fe. In 2008-2009 he was a visiting fellow at Princeton University's James Madison Program. The Emory Williams Lectures in the Liberal Arts have been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures

Emory Williams Lectures in the Liberal Arts
Toward an American Liberal Education

Emory Williams Lectures in the Liberal Arts

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2013 73:46


As part of the Emory Williams Lecture Series, John Agresto, former president of St. John's College, gives a talk entitled "Toward an American Liberal Education" (October 23, 2013). Dr. Agresto holds a Ph.D. in political science from Cornell University. He has published in the areas of politics, law, and education, and has taught at the University of Toronto, Kenyon College, Duke University and the New School University. From 1989 to 2000, he served as president of St. John's College in Santa Fe. In 2008-2009 he was a visiting fellow at Princeton University's James Madison Program. The Emory Williams Lectures in the Liberal Arts have been made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Emory Williams (Emory College '32 and Trustee Emeritus, Emory University). http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/voluntary-core-program/lectures

Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
Debate: The Value of Life

Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2013 61:00


John Broome, the White's Professor of Moral Philosophy, debates the value of life with Jeff McMahan, focussing on McMahan's time-relative account of the value of life, which Broome has criticised. This public event was held as part of Professor McMahan's Astor Visiting Lectureship 2013. The debate was well attended, and provided a rare opportunity to bring together McMahan and Broome in to discuss a topic of enormous and wide ranging practical significance. Jeff McMahan is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He did his graduate work at Oxford and Cambridge and was a research fellow at St. John's College, Cambridge. He is the author of 'The Ethics of Killing: Problems at the Margins of Life' (2002) and 'Killing in War' (2009). He has several other books forthcoming from OUP, including a collection of essays called 'The Values of Lives', a book on war intended for both academic and nonacademic readers called 'The Right Way to Fight', and a sequel to his 2002 book called 'The Ethics of Killing: Self-Defense, War, and Punishment'. John Broome is currently the White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Broome was educated at the University of Cambridge, at the University of London and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received a PhD in economics. Before arriving at Oxford he was Professor of Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews and, prior to that, Professor of Economics and Philosophy at the University of Bristol. He has held visiting posts at the University of Virginia, the Australian National University, Princeton University, the University of Washington, the University of British Columbia, the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences, and the University of Canterbury. In 2007 Broome was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. His book 'Weighing Goods' (1991) explores the way in which goods "located" in each of the three "dimensions" - time, people, states of nature - make up overall goodness. Broome argues that these dimensions are linked by what he calls the interpersonal addition theorem, which supports the utilitarian principle of distribution. In his book Weighing Lives (2004), Broome rejects the presumed intuition that adding people to the population is ethically neutral. In his collection of papers, titled 'Ethics out of Economics' (1999), he discusses topics such as value, equality, fairness, and utility.

Humanities Lectures
De Carle Lectures 2010: Melanesian Success and Survival - Surviving on root crops

Humanities Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2011 63:00


Tim Bayliss-Smith, De Carle fellow 2010, University of Otago; Reader in Pacific Geography, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge and Fellow of St. John's College presents the 2010 De Carle lectures. Given on September 28, 2010.

Humanities Lectures
De Carle Lectures 2010: Melanesian Success and Survival - Surviving endemic disease

Humanities Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2011 54:50


Tim Bayliss-Smith, De Carle fellow 2010, University of Otago; Reader in Pacific Geography, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge and Fellow of St. John's College presents the 2010 De Carle lectures. Given on October 5, 2010.

Humanities Lectures
De Carle Lectures 2010: Melanesian Success and Survival - Surviving guns, germs and steel

Humanities Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2011 51:40


Tim Bayliss-Smith, De Carle fellow 2010, University of Otago; Reader in Pacific Geography, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge and Fellow of St. John's College presents the 2010 De Carle lectures. Given on October 12, 2010.

Humanities Lectures
De Carle Lectures 2010: Melanesian Success and Survival - Surviving logging

Humanities Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2011 53:49


Tim Bayliss-Smith, De Carle fellow 2010, University of Otago; Reader in Pacific Geography, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge and Fellow of St. John's College presents the 2010 De Carle lectures. Given on October 19, 2010.

Frederica Here and Now
Campus Ministry

Frederica Here and Now

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2008 15:44


A sweaty subdeacon comes in from the hot sun and working in the garden for a glass of iced tea and a conversation with Frederica about Orthodox campus ministry at the Naval Academy and St. John's College.