Episodios

  • How Music Trains the Senses to Delight in Beauty

    How Music Trains the Senses to Delight in Beauty
    Nov 11 2025
    Listen as Renee and Karen chat with guest John Hodges, teacher, musician, composer, and director of The Center for Western Studies. John explains, as Plato said, that the purpose of music is to cause us to delight in beauty and the harmonious things. We discuss learning to play instruments, and John offers musical selections that you can find to enjoy with your children. To find out more about his gap year program, go to centerws.com

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    38 m
  • The Power of Music to Impact Your Children and Your Homeschool

    The Power of Music to Impact Your Children and Your Homeschool
    Nov 4 2025
    Join us as we chat with Laura Councell about the effects that music, instrumental and vocal, can have on your children's souls, minds, and bodies. Laura holds a doctorate in music and is a homeschooling mother to three children ages 2,5, and 8. Her son, Harry, is a special needs child, and Laura describes how song has been life-giving for him. Listen and be inspired and encouraged by Laura's story.

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    33 m
  • Bethany Kern on her beautiful art curriculum, Lumen!

    Bethany Kern on her beautiful art curriculum, Lumen!
    Oct 21 2025

    In this episode, Renee and Karen chat with Bethany Kern about her new art history and appreciation books called Lumen, A Guide to the Elements of Art through Time. The first volume (of seven) on line was published last year, and the second, on space, is hot off the presses. Listen as Bethany describes the process of choosing artists and their work, how the volumes are structured, and how you can use them in your homeschool. Get these beautiful books now!


    Lumen, A Guide to the Elements of Art through Time


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    28 m
  • Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child

    Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child
    Oct 14 2025

    Listen as Renee and Karen discuss Anthony Esolen's book Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child, which aims to show how our culture constricts the imaginations of the young. Written in the style of C.S. Lewis' Screwtape Letters, it is witty and clever. If you haven't read this book, you should get a copy wherever you buy your books!


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    37 m
  • So what do we do now?

    So what do we do now?
    Oct 7 2025

    This episode is a further conversation with Dr. Jeanne Schindler. She offers us wisdom for navigating the digital age within our families and some practical advice on how to limit online exposure and encourage social engagement.


    Here is Jeanne's interview with Front Porch Republic, with the Postman Pledge at the bottom.


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    39 m
  • Recovering the Building Blocks of Experience

    Recovering the Building Blocks of Experience
    Oct 1 2025
    Listen to this lively conversation with Dr. Jeanne Schindler as she explains how the digital world has mediated our experience and awareness of the real world and has impacted our ability and desire to commune with God and with each other.

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    38 m
  • Here's to Snail Mail!

    Here's to Snail Mail!
    Sep 16 2025
    Letter writing might be a lost art, but our guest, Reagan Dregge, will encourage you to grab some paper and a favorite pen and surprise a friend with a card or a note in the mail. Reagan explains how letter writing has become a creative hobby, encouraged her as a writer, and established dear and lasting friendships.

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    36 m
  • A New Book about Navigating Literature with Your Children

    A New Book about Navigating Literature with Your Children
    Sep 2 2025
    In this episode, Renee and Karen talk with their guest, Megan Saben, about her new book Redeemed Reader: Cultivating a Child's Discernment and Imagination Through Truth and Story, which she co-authored with three friends. She explains how the best books contain Truth with a capital T and tell stories that contain the form and themes of the best Story. She also relates how her five boys have become readers, even those who were reluctant at first. Redeemed Reader will be available on September 2, so check it out!

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    36 m