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#161- Aquinas's Commentary On The Metaphysics (2 of 2)
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#160- Aquinas’s Commentary on the Metaphysics (1 of 2)
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Scott and Karl test out an alternative format, and enjoy huge success! Also, enrollment is open, now through this weekend. Visit OnlineGreatBooks.com to learn more.
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Mark Bauerlein: "The Dumbest Generation Grows Up"
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Author and Emory University professor emeritus Mark Bauerlein sat down with ACTA's Michael Poliakoff to talk about his new book, "The Dumbest Generation Grows Up: From Stupefied Youth to Dangerous Adults." Bauerlein has publicly argued that the lack of general civics knowledge by millennials poses a threat to America's political and social institut…
Richard Paige sits down with this year’s Commencement speakers from the class of 2022, Adam Philip Berg and Johnathan Kennyth Coleman. They discuss the progress of the speeches, practicing their delivery, the beauty of soccer and the classroom of football and track and field (Episode 320).By Wabash College
This week features the Senior Chapel of the Class of 2022: Dane Smith ’22 Davionne Garrett ’22 Kody Witham ’22 Andrew Boyer ’22 Episode 163 – Original Speech Date: April 28, 2022By Wabash College
This week, Scott and Karl are off, so we'll flashback to July 2019, for a very relevant conversation from a very different world. Scott and OGB producer Brett discuss pedagogy and dominant learning theories, as Scott aspires to be a better Starting Strength coach and a more effective interlocutor at Online Great Books. We begin our discussion with …
Speaking in Pioneer Chapel is a founding faculty member of the Malcolm X Institute Rev. Dr. Finley Campbell, with his talk titled: “Malcolm X and the Spirit of 1975 – the Unity of Gen. Lew Wallace of the 11th Indiana Volunteers (1863) and Director Horace Turner of the Malcolm X Institute (1971)” Episode 162 – Original Speech Date: April 21, 2022…
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Dorian Abbot: Merit, Fairness, and Equality
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Higher Ed Now delves into issues of merit, fairness and equality, academic freedom, and more with Dorian Abbot, associate professor in the department of Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago. It’s now well known that Dr. Abbot was invited last year to give the prestigious Carlson Lecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology—and then…
Richard Paige sits down with Alex Koers, Wabash class of 2023 and winner of the Howell Chemistry Award, discussing playing Euchre in a biergarten while studying abroad and taking ownership of the professor’s work as a undergraduate researcher (Episode 319).By Wabash College
Speaking in Pioneer Chapel is CIBE Fellow for Professional Development Anthony Mendez, Wabash class of 2020, with his talk titled: “10 Rules for a Young Professional” Episode 161 – Original Speech Date: April 14, 2022By Wabash College
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#158- Tolkien's The Silmarillion Part 2
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This week, Scott and Karl finish their discussion of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion, a heavy fandom collection of mythopoeic stories that form a complete history of Middle Earth. The duo agrees— don't read this unless you’ve read the big trilogy first. Karl adds, “I think it’s very good. If Tolkien is as big of a part of your life as it is in …
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Nadine Strossen: Free Speech in the Crosshairs
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Nadine Strossen is one of the nation's leading champions of free expression, a renowned author and educator, and a long-time close friend of ACTA. From 1991 to 2008, she served as the first woman and youngest person to lead the American Civil Liberties Union. Today she is a professor at New York Law School, and in 2018 she authored the book Hate – …
Speaking in Pioneer Chapel is Mayor of Crawfordsville Todd Barton, Wabash class of 2000, with his talk titled: "Leadership Lessons – From the Emergency Scene to Engineering Change." Episode 160 – Original Speech Date: April 7, 2022By Wabash College
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#157- Tolkien's The Silmarillion Part 1
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This week, Scott and Karl begin their discussion of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion, a collection of mythopoeic stories that form a complete history of Middle Earth. Until 1977, these manuscripts were unpublished until his son, Christopher Tolkien, edited them posthumously. Producer Brett warns, "If you don't know what The Silmarillion is, you …
Richard Paige sits down with this year’s Brigance Forum Lecturer, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the College of Media, Communications, and Information at the University of Colorado Dr. Lisa Flores. They discuss how to have conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion on an all-male campus, redefining rigor, and the m…
Speaking in Pioneer Chapel is Brady Quackenbush, Wabash class of 2018, with his talk titled: “Good Days and How to Have Them” Episode 159 – Original Speech Date: March 31, 2022By Wabash College
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#156- Dewey's "Challenge to Liberal Thought" Part 2
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This week, Scott and Karl finish their discussion of John Dewey's essay, "Challenge to Liberal Thought." Written in his later life, Dewey expands on his criticisms of the Great Books of Western Civilization enterprise and a liberal arts education. The duo agrees— this is shoddy work to say the least. At the end of their conversation, Scott says, “T…
Speaking in Pioneer Chapel is Professor of Spanish and Asian Studies Department Chair Dr. Dan Rogers, with his talk titled: “Conjugating Verbs in Paris” Episode 158 – Original Speech Date: March 24, 2022By Wabash College
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#155- Dewey's "Challenge to Liberal Thought" Part 1
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In the tradition of intellectual fairness, Scott and Karl read from someone they don’t agree with this week. Toted as the 'King of Progressive Philosophers', John Dewey was an educational reformer active throughout the first half of the 20th century. He left a very significant, progressive mark on the public school system. His essay "Challenge to L…
Richard Paige sits down with students Clarke Criddell ’22 and Davionne Garrett ’22 upon their return from immersion learning in Nairobi, Kenya. In this episode, they reflect on surprising commonalities, unexpected differences, and on learning more in their conversations with people in Kenya than from the book (Episode 317).…
Speaking in Pioneer Chapel is Henry Swift, class of 2018, with his talk titled: “My Wabash Family” Episode 157 – Original Speech Date: March 17, 2022By Wabash College
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#154- Hutchins' "The Great Conversation" Part 2
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Scott and Karl finish their two-part discussion of Robert Maynard Hutchins' 1952 essay "The Great Conversation: Substance of a Liberal Education." The Great Conversation is the ongoing process of the best writers and thinkers of Western Civilization referencing, building on, and refining the work of their predecessors. According to Hutchins, "The t…
Speaking at a special Tuesday talk in Pioneer Chapel are seniors of the Little Giant Basketball Team and Head Coach Kyle Brumett, ahead of a trip to the Final Four. Episode 156 – Original Speech Date: March 15, 2022By Wabash College
Speaking in Pioneer Chapel are officers of La Alianza, Vice-President Benjamin Sampsell ’24 and President Jonathan Silva-Melendez ’24, with their talk titled: “Construyendo un Hogar (Building a Home)” Episode 155 – Original Speech Date: March 3, 2022By Wabash College
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In 1943, two University of Chicago educators, Robert Maynard Hutchins and Mortimer Adler, launched a series of Great Books seminars with prominent Chicagoans. By 1952, Hutchins had penned "The Great Conversation," an essay promoting the Great Books of the Western World published by Encyclopædia Britannica and intended for the masses. The Great Conv…
Richard Paige sits down with Beth Swift near the conclusion of her storied tenure as the college’s Archivist, discussing some of the most consequential finds in her career at Wabash (Episode 316).By Wabash College
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#152- Salatin's Polyface Micro: Success with Livestock on a Homestead Scale Part 2
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Scott and Karl finish their discussion of Joel Salatin's book Polyface Micro: Success with Livestock on a Homestead Scale. Success with domestic livestock does not require large land bases. Salatin's goal is to raise animals that yield integrity edible food as evidence of his family's Polyface Farm in Virginia. Scott says, "He's an efficiency exper…
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Paul Carrese: Shaping Students into Citizens and Leaders
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ACTA's Doug Sprei interviews Paul Carrese, Founding Director of the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University. Professor Carrese shares the underpinnings of this influential program, which aims to prepare the next generation of young leaders through the study of great works of civic, economic, political, and mo…
Speaking in Pioneer Chapel are members of the Malcolm X Institute of Black Studies Chase Breaux ’24, Malik Barnes ’23, K’tren Wilson ’24, and James Love III ’22, with their talk titled: “Erasing and Distorting History” Episode 154 – Original Speech Date: February 24, 2022By Wabash College
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This week and next, Scott and Karl explore Joel Salatin's book Polyface Micro: Success with Livestock on a Homestead Scale. Joel Salatin and his family own and operate Polyface Farm in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. The farm produces pastured beef, pork, chicken, eggs, turkeys, rabbits, lamb, and ducks, servicing roughly 6,000 families and 50 restau…
