Magnus Podcast: Conversations from the Catacombs of Liberal Education (Albertus Magnus Institute, Inc.)

While taping with Faculty of Thomas Aquinas College, our host was invited to present to the students. In this discussion we cover the power of memes, why the beloved disciple is so beloved, how to respond to Judas when we see him in action even today, and more.

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We're up to great things at the Albertus Magnus Institute. Mark your calendar for something BIG happening on the feast of St. Albert the Great, November 15 at MagnusInstitute.org.

In this first installment of our series highlighting the great work being done at Thomas Aquinas College, we sit down with Dr. Travis Cooper who discusses the anthropology at work in the Homeric Epic, themes in the Iliad and the Odyssey, Christian prefigurements, the confluence of epic literature throughout the Tradition, and the epic-ness of Dante and Beowulf. He also provides some helpful starting points for someone looking to read Homer for the first time. Be sure to subscribe as we'll be releasing more interviews with TAC faculty in the coming weeks. Share it if you like it. November 15, on the Feast of St. Albert the Great, we take the next step in our mission to liberate the liberal arts at MagnusInstitute.org.

Fr. Bernhard Blankenhorn is a professor of theology at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome (also known as the Angelicum). This live presentation will clarify much of the murkiness surrounding the upcoming Synod on the Amazon, as well as give a survey of different criteria by which pastors, theologians and the lay faithful seek to determine the possibilities and limits of doctrinal development. A proper understanding of the nature of revelation and tradition and of the authentic function of the Magisterium will help the person in the pew to better navigate some of the debates in the Church today.

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What is the role of the novel in a liberal education? Jane Austin vs. Flannery O'Connor. Geoffrey Chaucer's Miller's Tale, Dave Chappelle, the scandal of the body, and the Incarnational character of lurid prose. Newman on knowledge as a good before it's a power and the totally useless, totally generative liberal arts. Techne and the arts, Christ the Technician. Why screens make us so unhappy and some gems on Wyoming Catholic College.

We have announced our inaugural body of Senior Fellows. Dr. Tiffany Schubert is one of them. Check out the rest here: https://magnusinstitute.org/senior-fellows/

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Listen in on Senior Fellow, Joseph Pearce's inaugural class in the Magnus Fellowship. William Shakespeare, his life, times, and faith. Was Shakespeare a closet Catholic? How can we read him and enjoy it? To apply for the Magnus Fellowship or donate, visit MagnusInstitute.org

Please enjoy this introductory lecture on Dante’s Paradiso by author, professor, translator, and AMI Senior Fellow, Dr. Anthony Esolen. This is an excerpt from Dr. Esolen’s course in the Magnus Fellowship, “Into the World Beyond with Dante.” To become a Fellow yourself, and join us for these courses live, visit MagnusInstitute.org today.

Prof. Patrick Downey, AMI Senior Fellow and Author of "Desperately Wicked", joins us for three beers to discuss his upcoming course for the Magnus Fellowship. Follow us through the weeds into the heart of the Christian Mysteries as we dive into the mimetic theory of René Girard. Registration for Dr. Downey's upcoming course on Girard opens soon.  Become a Fellow today at MagnusInstitute.org.

In a day when science is heralded as an authority among all things, we pause to ask: what is it? This deep dive into natural science through Aristotle's physics is from Senior Fellow, David Arias who teaches Philosophy of Nature in the Magnus Fellowship. What is nature and what makes a thing natural? Nature vs. art. Science as knowledge through causes. What's a cause? Understanding the four causes (material, formal, efficient, final). Mobile being as the subject matter of natural science. Enroll in the Magnus Fellowship today at MagnusInstitute.org Support our work by becoming a monthly donor at https://magnusinstitute.org/give/

Who is man, what is he building, and why does this matter?

Alan Cornett of Cultural Debris joins John Johnson to discuss mans relationship with architecture and both the worldly and eternal implications therein. Listen as they explore the architecture behind majestic Italian Cathedrals, bold American Art Deco and oppressive modern urbanism. 

Follow Alan @ @culturaldebris or @alancornett

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What is metaphysics? Is it philosophy or science? Is it witchcraft or wizardry? Is it inalterable or constantly changing? Why has it been reinterpreted and misunderstood in today’s culture? How do we return metaphysics to its proper place in the order of knowing and learning?

Dr. David Arias is a professor of philosophy at Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Denton, NE. Prior to coming to Nebraska, Dr. Arias taught philosophy, theology, natural science, mathematics, literature, and various other subjects for eleven years at Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, CA. Dr. Arias has published in both scholarly and popular venues. His main areas of scholarly interest are natural philosophy and metaphysics.He is happily married to Jennaya Arias and together they are the blessed parents of fourteen children.

Dr. Arias will be teaching his fourth course for the Magnus Fellowship this coming spring! You can find snippets of his past courses, Metaphysics I, Metaphysics II, and Philosophy of Nature, on earlier episodes of the Magnus Podcast. Donors giving just $25/month have access to ALL archived courses.

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In this episode of the Magnus Podcast join AMI Senior Fellow, Dr. Timothy Furlan and Magnus Fellows in the Bioethics and Aquinas course as they discuss the topic of abortion, where the debate was, where it is today, and how to dissect arguments on either side at their best.

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An interview not to be missed with living legend and president of Wyoming Catholic College, Dr. Glen Arbery on the place of poiesis and gymnastic in authentic liberal learning, liberal vs. liberal, the inhumanity of the student debt model, how to spark wonder in the soul, Flannery O'Connor as an antidote to pharisaism, the role of the liturgy in education, the monastic character of Wyoming Catholic, growing a student with "range," "useful" education vs. education as an end in itself, the hire-ability of a liberally educated human, the educational models of Ronald McArthur and John Senior.

For more on Wyoming Catholic College visit WyomingCatholic.edu

To apply for the Magnus Fellowship or to learn more visit MagnusInstitute.org/fellowship

Musician and composer, Greg Wilbur of New College Franklin contemplates music within the quadrivium; he explains why music ought to be ordered rightly in education and how it rests in harmony with the other Liberal Arts. He even discusses a little bit of conspiracy theories. 

Gregory Wilbur is President and Dean of the College, permanent Trustee, and Senior Fellow at New College Franklin. Over the past years at New College, he has taught courses or sections of Music, Geometry, Cosmology, Moral Philosophy, Poetics, and numerous preceptorials such as The Art of Film, 20th-Century Literature, Hospitality and Cooking, and the Quadrivium. Mr. Wilbur has composed award-winning works for choir, orchestra, film, and corporate worship as well as various commissions. He recently released his fifth CD of congregational hymns called Praise Your Maker.

We now bring you Spy Wednesday Bonus Episode 2, continuing in the theme of Holy Week. This is an excerpt from our own John Johnson’s course in the Magnus Fellowship: In the end was the word: Eschatology, Mimesis, and the Beloved Disciple. 

Remember that all donors giving just $25/month have access to the recordings for the rest of this course, and all the rest of the courses in the Magnus Fellowship.

Join the Magnus Fellowship today; it's free and always will be. 

Alexander the Great once said, “I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.”

Ali Ghaffari has dedicated his life to this type of leadership, beginning with playing sports as child to becoming a career Naval Officer as an adult, and most recently, to founding a K-8 Classical school in Pasadena MD. Find out how he now runs a thriving school that focuses on the good and the beautiful and a leadership consulting firm that gives organizations the leadership skills to perform exceptionally. 

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Grab a beer and celebrate our 100th episode with us! John Johnson discusses the soul, the city, and the citizen in this Three Beers Episode with Senior Fellow Palvos Papadopoulos and special guest Ryan Hammill of the Ancient Language Institute.

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     The modern understanding of mathematics is disenchanting and fragmented. Dr. Andrew Seeley is here to talk about mathematics within the ancient understanding of the quadrivium and the greater context of the human person. 

    Dr. Andrew Seeley is a Tutor at Thomas Aquinas College in California, Director of the Arts of Liberty Project at University of Dallas, Executive Director of the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education, and on the Board of Directors for the Albertus Magnus Institute. A 1987 graduate of Thomas Aquinas, Dr. Seeley received his Licentiate from the Pontifical Institute in Medieval Studies (Toronto) and a Ph.D. in Medieval Studies from the University of Toronto (1995). His dissertation was a study in St. Thomas’s teaching about the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. He is also on the National Policy Advisory Board for the Catholic High School Honor Roll, Wyoming Catholic College’s Catholic Scholars Advisory Board, and a number of Catholic liberal arts schools around the country. 

https://artsofliberty.udallas.edu

https://catholicliberaleducation.org

Find out how you can watch his Euclid course in the Magnus Fellowship https://magnusinstitute.org/courses/a-tour-of-euclids-elements/

In honor of Spy Wednesday, we are bringing you two back to back episodes today, both lectures by your favorite podcast host, the Founder and  Executive Director of our own institute, John Johnson.

The first comes from a talk John delivered at a recent convocation of Catholic leaders in New Jersey sponsored by the Diocese of Camden:Tradition and Betrayal: Responding to the Scandal 

Enjoy, share, and stay tuned for the second lecture!

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Join AMI Fellows beginning a course on René Girard’s Theatre of Envy. Professors Downey and Schubert set the groundwork for exploring the realm of mimetic rivalry, triangulation, scapegoating, and how Rene Girard uses these theories in interpreting some of Shakespeare’s greatest plays.

To become a Fellow today and join us in live and interactive courses, visit MagnusInstitute.org. Support the work of the Albertus Magnus Institute with a tax-deductible donation here. https://magnusinstitute.org/give/

Join John and Nicole for a conversation with Drs. John and Helen Freeh, AMI Senior Fellows and pioneers in liberal learning. We discuss the founding of Kateri College of the Liberal and Practical Arts (https://katericollege.org) and Helen’s course in the Magnus Fellowship on Tolkien and Friendship in Lord of the Rings. To become a Fellow today and join courses live, visit MagnusInstitute.org

As the season of Great Lent is upon us, we are offering you a gift that we hope will edify you in this time of preparation.

Lecturer Fr. Owen Carroll is one of the foremost experts on Thomas Aquinas and one of the greatest living teachers on the life of Christ. As St. Bernard of Clairvaux is the last of the patristics, Fr. Carroll is said to be the last medieval schoolman. After praying to remain hidden his whole life, he has now entrusted his unpublished work and lectures with us.

We are pleased to bring you these lectures given to a small group of retired religious (many, like Fr. Carroll, in their 90s)!

We hope you will enjoy and share these lessons that are as charming as they are profound. Look for them throughout this season.

The first is called, “The Foundations of the Five Ways.”

Purchase Fr. Carroll’s book, The Sufferings and Glory of Christ: A Meditation on Holy Week to Ascension today and get 20% off now through Ascension!

Head to the website for more!

Times are tough? Good. Discover how a boy who lost both parents at a young age and fought the bloodiest war in history found a place in the canon of literary greatness. In this lecture for the Magnus Fellowship, Dr. Freeh tells the story of Tolkien that you have never heard. To support AMI, visit https://magnusinstitute.org/give/. Your donation is liberating the liberal arts and ransoming the captive of a broken college system.

If beauty awakens the Divine, what does it mean for a culture when it is deficient in beauty? How do we return beauty to its proper place in the quadrivium? How do we restore beauty to a culture void of wonder?

In this episode, John and Larissa discuss beauty (and the lack) in education with Dr. Shannon Valenzuela.

Shannon K. Valenzuela, Ph.D., is an Affiliate Assistant Professor of Humanities and English at the University of Dallas. She received her B.A. in English and Classics from the University of Dallas, and her Ph.D. in literature from the University of Notre Dame, where she specialized in the medieval period. She is an award-winning screenwriter and a novelist, and she is the writer, director, and narrator of the limited television series The Quest, which is produced by the University of Dallas and distributed by EWTN. 

Learn more about The Quest 

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"Humankind, full of all creative possibilities, is God's work. Humankind alone is called to assist God. Humankind is called to co-create."

-Hildegard Von Bingen

This week's episode features Dr. Matthew Smith - the founder and president of the new Hildegard College. Named for Hildegard Von Bingen, Hildegard College was founded to create both exceptional thinkers and extraordinary creators; at Hildegard College the desire is that all students become polymaths. Learn now how they're setting out to accomplish this goal.

The college is currently accepting applications for its inaugural freshman class. Learn more @ Hildegard.college 

“The gates of hell are open night and day; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way: But to return, and view the cheerful skies, In this the task and mighty labor lies.”

- from The Aeneid of Virgil

The Magnus Podcast returns with Dr. Matthew Bianco of the CiRCE Institute. Listen to this enlightening discussion on Plato and the allegory of the cave, and wonder and the demise of a vacuous society. 

Dr. Matthew Bianco is the Chief Operations Officer for the CiRCE Institute, where he also serves as a head mentor in the CiRCE apprenticeship program. He is married to his altogether lovely high school sweetheart, Patricia. Dr. Matt Bianco has a PhD in Humanities from Faulkner University's Great Books Honors College. He is the author of Letters to My Sons: A Humane Vision for Human Relationships.

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Revisit The Waste Land with us.

Once again, we are offering you a glimpse into the Magnus Fellowship; this time with Senior Fellow, Dr. Freeh’s class, “The Waste Land Revisited: T.S. Eliot’s Diagnosis of Modernity.”

Find out how you can catch the rest of this course AND access all archived courses- over 40 hours of exceptional classes with some of the top educators in liberal learning. 

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Join Senior Fellow Deal Hudson and the Magnus Fellowship for a lively class discussion of Flannery O’Connor’s introduction to A Memoir of Mary Ann and her short story “A Late Encounter with the Enemy.”  Behold the suffering, grotesque, and happy Saints.

To join courses live and become a Fellow today, visit MagnusInstitute.org .

"We were born not to sue but to command." - William Shakespeare

Dr.Joe Wysocki of the Belmont Abbey College is here to discuss the making of monarchies, kings, statesmen and families through the lens of Shakespeare's Henriad.

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Dr. Joseph Wysocki is Dean of the Honors College at Belmont Abbey College where he has also served as Assistant Academic Dean, and Chair and Associate Professor of the Politics Department since 2010. He is interested in all of the great books in the Honors College curriculum but has a particular focus on classical political philosophy and American political thought, especially the thought of Alexis de Tocqueville. Dr. Wysocki received his B.A. in Political Science and Economics from Belmont Abbey College and his M.A. and Ph.D in Political Science at Baylor University. He serves on the Council of Scholars for the American Academy for Liberal Education and CLT’s Board of Academic Advisors. He lives in Gastonia, NC with his wife Jeanne and his six children.

Today's guest, Oscar Ortiz, is both a brilliant thinker and incredible achiever who has transformed crumbling schools into sanctuaries for students.

Listen as he tells John and Larissa how he plans to continue to bring wonder to students all over America.

Oscar has devoted his career to classical education and over the course of ten years has gone from the classroom, to head of school, to Superintendent. He is known for being a passionate advocate for various classical charter organizations, lending his assistance and expertise to all. With an undergraduate degree in Philosophy and a master’s in the Liberal Arts. Oscar is well-versed in classical themes bringing his knowledge into every new endeavor. Originally from Honduras, Oscar’s vocation has always been creating access to classical education to diverse and disadvantaged populations believing that the true, the good, and the beautiful paves the way for all to lead flourishing lives.

To join courses live and become a Fellow today, visit MagnusInstitute.org .

“The Amaryllis has been doing many living acts within itself. Nourishing, growing, flowering itself, in the same way that when I take a sip of water,  am I not very much like the plant nourishing itself?” 

We now bring you episode 3, The Amaryllis with Fr. Owen Carroll. 

Lecturer Fr. Owen Carroll is one of the foremost experts on Thomas Aquinas and one of the greatest living teachers on the life of Christ. After praying to remain hidden his whole life, he has now entrusted his unpublished work and lectures with us.

We are pleased to bring you these lectures given to a small group of retired religious (many, like Fr. Carroll, in their 90s)!

We hope you will enjoy and share these lessons that are as charming as they are profound. Subscribe to get them throughout the season. 

Purchase Fr. Carroll’s book, The Sufferings and Glory of Christ: A Meditation on Holy Week to Ascension today and get 20% off now through Ascension!

Head to the website for more!

Alex Lessard of Adeodatus joins John Johnson to talk about the ongoing Classical education renewal. Join them in this lively conversation where they discuss issues facing the movement and explore unique solutions and ideas to refine the renewal even more. 

Learn more about Adeodatus here!

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In this final episode of season two, meet Eric, a Student Fellow, friend of the Institute, and successful business man who is here to discuss the value of a "useless" degree and the importance of a Liberal Arts education in any endeavor.

Stay tuned for season three, and in the meantime, use this break to catch up on any episodes you may have missed. 

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Today, we are offering you another glimpse into the Magnus Fellowship; this time with Senior Fellow, Dr. Helen Freeh's course, "Friendship and Freedom in the Lord of the Rings."

This is the first half of the first class of the final 8- week course on The Lord of the Rings, offered over three rounds of 8- week courses. This Fall, Fellows have been finishing the seminar with The Return of the King. They have discussed closely how the power of friendship achieves the Ring’s destruction; they have looked at the extreme limitations of the individual acting alone against superior physical and spiritual force, the unseen hand of Providence coordinating the consequences of many characters’ choices, and the despair that results from the modernist claim to autonomy.

Find out how you can catch the rest of this course AND access all archived courses- over 40 hours of exceptional classes with some of the top educators in liberal learning. 

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Across the sea, Charles III has just been coronated King of England and much ado was made in his and his country’s honor. 

On our homeland, America is, as always, in the throes of her own democratic controversies. 

Now on the podcast, we asked Dr’s Pavlos Papadopoulos and Joseph Pearce to discuss this question: Democracy or Monarchy: Is one the better form of government? You will want to listen to this conversation. 

Just announced: Dr. Papadopoulos will be teaching a course for us this summer on Plato’s Republic! Learn more!

More from Dr. Pearce here.

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Today we bring you the 20th and final episode of season 3. This season we talked about all things liberal arts from music and monarchy to Plato and Socrates to freeing minds and humanizing humans. It only seemed right then, to finish this season with a return to our first guest, Professor Steven Cortright, who opened the show with an episode appropriately titled, “The Liberal Arts".

He returns now to discuss the current state of higher education and a sneak peak into coming things for AMI.

Thank you to those of you have come back week after week and given us your support.

 Please consider giving a donation to the Great Campaign today!

Dr. Ryan Messmore of the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education joins John to talk about the foundation of the Catholic Faith, the nature of God, and the doctrine of the Trinity. Listen and hear about the good work of ICLE, the pillars of the Catholic Faith, and Christ's relationship with His creation. 

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Dr. Amir Sabzevary has spent the last thirty years teaching philosophy and religion. Today, he joins John to talk about the journey of both teaching and studying philosophy– how to trek through complicated lives as students and how to reach the unreachable students as teachers.

Discover ever so much more on his Youtube Channel.

Don't forget! Free Fall courses in the Magnus Fellowship start next week.

You might not know of him, but you know of his students. Rev. Dr. Owen Carroll taught for decades at DePaul, St. Mary's College of CA, and the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology. Praying to remain hidden, his work as teacher and spiritual father of many has born much fruit. Today, he teaches us.

Through the lens of St. Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologiae, discover the first principle of sacred doctrine. This first episode in a series with Fr. Carroll will plumb the depths. Grab your Summa and a notebook!

To become a Fellow with the Albertus Magnus Institute today, visit MagnusInstitute.org 

Join Dr. Hellen Freeh in her Magnus Fellowship course Friendship and Freedom in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings as she unpacks the meaning of language, love, and friendship. Give to AMI’s Great Campaign now to keep our work going strong. MagnusInstitute.org/give

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Zena Hitz; tutor at St. John’s College, author of Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life, and Co-founder and President of the Catherine Project. Listen as she discusses what it means to live the good life.

Learn more about St. John's College & check out their own podcast, Continuing the Conversation

Mother, grandmother, and author, Leila Lawler joins Larissa to talk about raising children faithfully. She explains how we can escape the traps of the modern world and provide something beautiful for our children to imitate, thus creating sacred spaces and harmonious homes.

Read her blogs Like Mother Like Daughter and Happy Despite Them to learn more.

Interested in her books, Summa Domestica and The Little Oratory? Learn more here.

Will you consider giving to our annual fundraiser, the Great Campaign? It is through the support of our generous donors that we are able to make a liberal arts education both free and freeing. 

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“Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is; the people is never corrupted, but it is often deceived.” Jean Jacques Rousseau

True…or false? 

Listen to John interview Dr. Emily B. Finley, author of the newly released book, “The Ideology of Democratism," in which Finley posits that the west has been deceived into a false understanding of democracy that is far removed the true meaning of the word. This enchanting, imaginative “democracy,” has its roots in Enlightenment thinkers, specifically Rousseau and The Social Contract.

So what does this mean for America? What does this mean for democracy?  Listen now and learn more.

Check out the book here!

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“Once again

Do I behold these steep and lofty cliffs,

That on a wild secluded scene impress

Thoughts of more deep seclusion; and connect

The landscape with the quiet of the sky.”

Excerpt from “Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey,” by Williams Wordsworth

This past summer, we offered our first round of Summer Symposiums in the Magnus Fellowship; enjoy this excerpt from Helen Freeh’s course comparing the views of the early and late romantic poets William Wordsworth and Percy Bysshe Shelley. 

You can catch the rest of this symposium, and all other course recordings,  by donating just $25/ month. https://magnusinstitute.org/give/

Dr. Tiffany Schubert of Wyoming Catholic College joins Larissa to discuss the idea of the hero. From Virgil’s company of heroes and heroines to Jane Austen’s many female heroines, Dr. Schubert guides us to understand them in light of tragedies and comedies, fate and providence, and epics and novels. 

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Check out Dr. Schubert's book Jane Austen's Romantic Medievalism: Courtly Love and Happy Endings

Proving the Existence of God. Being, truth, and the desire to know more fully. Voluntas. Responding to the "But who moved God?" argument. Bertrand Russell and Kant. Motus in Aquinas vs Aristotle, and breaking through the infinite regress objection. Have you heard this before? Dying and the glory of beauty. Christ, giver of life. Love as the intellectual desire. Countering the modern desire to oppose the intellect and the will. Love and the first act of the will. NB: at 24:17 Fr. Owen says "Motus for Aristotle is this movement from non-being to being." He seems to have meant "Motus for Aquinas..." Fr. Owen Carroll taught philosophy and theology for over fifty years (DePaul, St. Mary's College of California, and the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology). His teaching has informed students in all walks of life, some of whom are now prominent scholars, authors, clergy. He is a priest ordained under the medieval title of Patrimony (possibly the last living today). After praying his whole professional life to remain hidden, now in his ninetieth year, he has granted the Albertus Magnus Institute permission to begin releasing his archived work to the public. To learn more or to make a donation in support of our work, please visit MagnusInstitute.org

"Wherever he can find any possibility of doubt, he is going to call it downright false."

Up now: Descartes and The Search for Certainty with Fr. Owen Carroll. 

Enjoy these lectures given by Fr. Owen Carroll to a small group of retired religious in his private retirement home. 

Purchase Fr. Carroll’s book, The Sufferings and Glory of Christ: A Meditation on Holy Week to Ascension today and get 20% off now through Ascension!

Head to the website to learn more!

Enjoy this sneak peak into the Fellowship - week one of Senior Fellow, Dr. Esolen’s course, In the Beginning Was the Word: Poetry and Christology in the Gospel of John.

Find out how you can catch the rest of this course AND access all archived courses- over 40 hours of exceptional discussions and lectures with some of the top educators in liberal learning.

Join the Magnus Fellowship for an education that is as free as it is freeing. 

Earlier this spring, we hosted a lovely webinar on one of the most playful of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, The Nun's Priest's Tale of Chanticleer and the Fox. Now we're releasing it as a podcast so you too can enjoy it!

Listen as Dr. Shannon Valenzuela of UD guides us through this delightful introduction to the poet's quirky (and sometimes shocking) combination of the modes of "ernest and game." Combining barnyard antics with a serious exploration of the purpose of storytelling and approaches to reading, this animal fable is a perfect springtime medley of high spirits and seriousness.

Shannon K. Valenzuela, Ph.D., is an Affiliate Assistant Professor of Humanities and English at the University of Dallas. She received her B.A. in English and Classics from the University of Dallas, and her Ph.D. in literature from the University of Notre Dame, where she specialized in the medieval period. She is also an award-winning screenwriter and a novelist, and she is the writer, director, and narrator of the limited television series The Quest, which is produced by the University of Dallas and distributed by EWTN. 

Season 2 of Magnus Podcast kicks off with a visit from renowned scholar, translator, author, and AMI Senior Fellow, Dr. Anthony Esolen. Listen in on his inaugural lecture for the Albertus Magnus Institute’s Fellowship as we dive deep into the life, times, and work of Dante Alighieri and read the first ten cantos of Dante’s Inferno. Visit MagnusInstitute.org today to become a Fellow and register for our next round of courses soon to be announced. Support AMI’s work with a tax-deductible donation at https://magnusinstitute.org/give/. Anthony Esolen’s translation of Dante’s Inferno: https://www.amazon.com/Inferno-Divine-Comedy-Dante/dp/0812970063/ref=sr_1_3?crid=LD0[…]y+esolen&qid=1615234556&sprefix=anthony+es%2Caps%2C216&sr=8-3 Anthony Esolen’s latest book, Sex and the Unreal City: The Demolition of the Western Mind: https://www.amazon.com/Sex-Unreal-City-Demolition-Western/dp/1621643069/ref=sr_1_2?c[…]y+esolen&qid=1615234556&sprefix=anthony+es%2Caps%2C216&sr=8-2

No really! Just go read Plato's Symposium. And enjoy this labor inducing discussion led by AMI Senior Fellow, Dr. Matthew Walz. You can become a Fellow today, and be a part of these life-changing courses. MagnusInstitute.org

Please take a listen to this 3 minute announcement from the host of the Magnus Podcast and Executive Director of the Institute, John Johnson. 

Merry Christmas to our followers, fellows, and donors alike.

Stay tuned for a Christmas episode. 

In this fast paced world full of echo chambers and outrage machines, we are fooled into believing a misguided view of justice and rhetoric. Dr. Joshua Phillips joins us to talk about how we can properly understand the connection between justice and humility and the distinction between thinking wonderfully and thinking critically.

Joshua Phillips received a Ph.D. in Speech Communication from Southern Illinois University in 2014. His academic focus is rhetoric and intercultural communication with particular interests in civil rights, free speech, media, and poverty. As a Ph.D. student, Dr. Phillips published 15 academic manuscripts, received 4 top paper awards from academic conferences, and presented over 50 keynotes at colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada. His book, Homeless: Narratives from the Streets derives from his dissertation research and was published by McFarland in 2016. 

You can follow him on twitter @Joshphillipsphd

You are invited to eavesdrop on a conversation over the tasting of fine wine with renowned author, television host, and President of the Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Dale Ahlquist. Here we discuss the scandal of the uneducated college graduate, the problem with modern education - and the solutions.What Chesterton called the "commodification of the student" meets its unhappy death at the Albertus Magnus Institute and the Magnus Fellowship.

Apply today at MagnusInstitute.org/Fellowship. It is completely free.

And you can be too. No catch.And for the kids, learn more about the Chesterton Academy here. https://chestertonschoolsnetwork.org/

We continue our series with Fr. Owen Carroll as we sound the depths of the first question of the Summa Theologiae of St. Thomas Aquinas. Is Sacred Doctrine a science? If so, a science of what? We find in St. Thomas a vision of 'sacra doctrina' as the science of God and the Blessed—a deeply societal, intensely personal, and supremely joyous way of knowing.

Follow along with this excellent translation of the text:

https://www3.nd.edu/~afreddos/summa-translation/Part%201/st1-ques01.pdf

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It’s Metaphysics week on the Magnus Podcast. Join Senior Fellow David Arias for the opening lecture of his course in the Fellowship on Metaphysics. Explore the first two books of Aristotle’s Metaphysics and groundwork for the study of being. Want to hear the whole course? Of course you do. AMI Felllows giving at least $25 per month get ALL ACCESS to an ever-growing vault of recorded courses. Become a Fellow today and support the mission of liberating the liberal arts at MagnusInstitute.org

This is the final lecture from Senior Fellow Anthony Esolen’s course for the Magnus Fellowship: Into the World Beyond with Dante. Complete course recordings from this and every course in the Magnus Fellowship are now available to all AMI Fellows. Become one today at MagnusInstitute.org. New Summer and Fall courses in the Magnus Fellowship just announced. Jump on in. https://magnusinstitute.org/magnus-courses/ Buy Dr. Anthony Esolen’s translation of the Divine Comedy here if you can’t find it in your local brick and mortar bookstore: https://www.amazon.com/Inferno-Divine-Comedy-Dante/dp/0812970063/ref=sr_1_3?crid=LD0[…]y+esolen&qid=1615234556&sprefix=anthony+es%2Caps%2C216&sr=8-3 Support the work of the Albertus Magnus Institute with a tax-deductible donation here. https://magnusinstitute.org/give/

“Take courage daughter, the world is not as strong as it seems.”  From the diary of Maria Faustina

Brian Fink has returned to the Magnus Podcast to discuss what it means to see reality as it is: to see oneself in order to better understand the enemy, to see the hope in the midst of losing, to see the truth in a poisoned culture, and, ultimately, how to actualize a vision for oneself that is more clear than the illusions of the world.

Find Brian on Twitter @b_fink Find Brian on Substack @ bfink.substack.com

The Magnus Fellowship continues!

Enjoy this glimpse into week one of Senior Fellow, Dr. Hudson's course, “George Bernanos: The Man and His Work.” This is much more than a sneak peak; it’s our longest glimpse yet as Dr. Hudson goes deep into the life of one of the most prominent French novelists of the 20th century. 

Find out here how you can watch the rest of this course and access all archived courses- over 40 hours of  exceptional classes with some of the top educators in liberal learning. 

Join the Magnus Fellowship for an education that is as free as it is freeing. 

Don't forget that we are in the thick of our annual fundraiser- The Great Campaign. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support the Magnus Fellowship and the Fellows and courses therein. 

Happy third day of Christmas!

Continue this joyous feast by listening to the first half of our recent webinar on On the Incarnation by St. Athanasius. 

Dr. David Arias, Dr. Matthew Walz and Mr. Dale Ahlquist joined us for an informative and beautiful conversation on the great text. 

You can watch the entire webinar on our YoutubeChannel here!

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 As Great Lent continues… so do podcasts with Fr. Owen Carroll. 

Today’s being “Liturgy, Authority, and Living Scripture.”

Lecturer Fr. Owen Carroll is one of the foremost experts on Thomas Aquinas and one of the greatest living teachers on the life of Christ. As St. Bernard of Clairvaux is the last of the patristics, Fr. Carroll is said to be the last medieval schoolman. After praying to remain hidden his whole life, he has now entrusted his unpublished work and lectures with us.

We are pleased to bring you these lectures given to a small group of retired religious (many, like Fr. Carroll, in their 90s)!

We hope you will enjoy and share these lessons that are as charming as they are profound. Subscribe to get them throughout the season. 

Purchase Fr. Carroll’s book, The Sufferings and Glory of Christ: A Meditation on Holy Week to Ascension today and get 20% off now through Ascension!

Head to the website for more!

Sitting down to discuss the Wild Western Tradition alive and well at Wyoming Catholic College with Dean Kyle Washut. Visit WyomingCatholic.edu for more.

To donate, or to enroll in the Magnus Fellowship, visit https://magnusinstitute.org.

We made it to 50 episodes thanks to you and have some huge announcements to make. Join us for a special sit down over 3 Beers with AMI CFO Brian Long who breaks the news - taped on the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas no less! MagnusInstitute.org/Press

Does modern physics fail to develop beyond the pre-Socratics in its use of philosophical monism and pluralism? Sit in on Magnus Fellowship course Philosophy of Nature with Dr. David Arias who addresses the problem of becoming and the questions of universal matter, primary substance, mobile being, and substantial becoming. Enroll in the Magnus Fellowship today at MagnusInstitute.org Support our work by becoming a monthly donor at https://magnusinstitute.org/give/

Senior Fellow David Arias is a professor of philosophy at Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Denton, NE, father of 13, and (if we may say so) a pedagogical wonder. Drop in on his second Philosophy of Nature class where , David Arias introduces our Magnus Fellows to the fundamentals of Aristotle's epistemology. Matter, form, privation. Accidents and Substance. Aristotle on the pre-socratics. Aristotle's influence on Aquinas and other theological implications. Want to make a substantial change? Enroll in the Magnus Fellowship today at MagnusInstitute.org Support our work by becoming a monthly donor at https://magnusinstitute.org/give/

What does it mean to be an integrated human? How do we live well-ordered lives? How does this lead to peace and harmony in both the home and the soul?

Brian Fink is husband, father, farmer, and teacher creating an integrated life for himself and his family. In this discussion, he talks about farming goats, homeschooling kids, raising boys, and instilling virtue while demonstrating how can find peace in the ordinary and live a sacramental life.

Find Brian on Twitter @b_fink Find Brian on Substack @ bfink.substack.com

November 15 is the feast of St. Albert the Great. To celebrate - and make this huge announcement - we enjoyed conversation and drinks with some of your favorite AMI staff members and a very special guest from AMI Senior Fellow: Dr. Deal Hudson. Give now at MagnusInstitute.org/give

Enjoy the first half of the first lecture in Senior Fellow, Dr. Arias' course, "Philosophy of Man."

Building on Aristotle and St. Thomas's philosophical account of the human person, this class focused on St. Thomas's teachings on man's natural and supernatural ends and the means proportioned thereto.

Find out how you can learn more about the final cause of man AND access all archived courses- over 40 hours of exceptional classes with some of the top educators in liberal learning. 

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Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) holds the Catholic Church's title of Doctor Communis (Common Doctor) meaning that after Christ and the Apostles who were blessed by Christ, Thomas is her greatest teacher. What does the Common Doctor’s work have to do with that of Dante? More than you might think. Join us for AMI President Steven Cortright’s first class in the Magnus Fellowship.

Our next round of courses will be announced soon. Become a Fellow today and register at MagnusInstitute.org

Support AMI’s work with a tax-deductible donation at https://magnusinstitute.org/give/

This week on the Magnus Podcast, John and Larissa talk moral theology with high school teacher, Rocky Brittain and attempt to answer difficult moral questions according to Catholic Theology and Thomas Aquinas, such as when is it permissible to kill? How should a priest respond when he hears a life changing confession? How should we respond when we disagree with authority?

Do you have thoughts that you’d like to share after listening to this discussion? Post your answers on twitter to @amifellowship

P.S. Enrollment is open for Fall courses in the Magnus Fellowship! Register today!

"What is the best way of life for a human being?" The Republic is the most complete attempt by Plato to articulate and answer this question. It is characteristic of Plato that, in the Republic, questions about human happiness ultimately cannot be separated from questions of education, of the nature of the city, of the various forms of government, of the structure of the human soul, and of the character of the gods and being itself. . This week, we wrapped up an 8 week summer course on this very topic with Sr. Fellow Dr. Pavlos Papadopoulos.  We now present you with the first lecture from this excellent course. 

Become a fellow and learn how you can watch the rest of the course and attend more for free!

"Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus’ son Achilleus and its devastation,…” Enjoy this taste of the Magnus Fellowship with Senior Fellow Joseph Pearce and Magnus Fellows as they dive into the world of Homer and explore the first three books of his Iliad. Give to AMI’s Great Campaign now to keep our work going strong. MagnusInstitute.org/give

The Magnus Podcast is BACK and better than ever.  If you’re a returning listener, you’ll notice that this season premiere is a change of pace from previous episodes as we announce a tier of courses in the Magnus Fellowship: The Cohort: A Community of Learning for Liberal Education. 

This three-year program is at the heart and soul of the Albertus Magnus Institute; it’s an attempt to make concrete what we have been aiming to do since the beginning — to give our Fellows the principle parts of liberal education and unite them as they seek to discover the truth together. 

This episode is the recording of our recent Q & A webinar where we answered questions from participating Fellows and shared our vision for liberal learning. Now we’re sharing it with you. Whether you’re a returning or new listener, we hope you enjoy, and we hope to see you in the Cohort!

Learn more about the Cohort

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Wrapping the live mini-course with an exploration of Sören Kierkegaard's "Philosophical Fragments," this lecture and discussion plums the depths of what it is to be lover and beloved.

An online version of the text discussed can be found here: https://www.religion-online.org/book/philosophical-fragments/

Dr. Patrick Downey's latest book can be purchased here: https://www.amazon.com/Desperately-Wicked-Philosophy-Christianity-Human-ebook/dp/B002VLZ4KC/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=Patrick+Downey&qid=1584753386&sr=8-7

Donate to the Albertus Magnus Institute or apply for the fellowship here: https://magnusinstitute.org/

What is the difference between a wanderer and a wayfarer? What does it mean to have hope? How do we live the proper journey of wayfarer?

In this episode, John and Larissa talk with Chelsea Niemiec about the virtue of hope and the journey of a wayfarer. 

Chelsea is the Director of College Partnerships at The Classic Learning Test and a University of Dallas graduate student studying Classical Education. She recently founded the Catholic Education Invitation. 

Follow her on instagram @ classicallychels

Learn more about the The Catholic Education Invitation.

To learn more about The Classic Learning Test email her @ cniemiec@cltexam.com  

You can read her essay "The Hope in Being a Wayfarer" by joining the Fellowship Courtyard (It's like a facebook page for fellows). Apply to the fellowship, join the courtyard, and read her paper- it's quick, easy, and free!

Courses begin this week in the Magnus Fellowship and its not too late to enroll!  Apply today!

“You creatures of earth, don’t you stop to consider the people over which you think you exercise authority?” 

This conversation between two ‘non- serial’ entrepreneurs, Christof Meyer and AMI’s own John Johnson, will change the way you view entrepreneurship and management, and give you a vision of a rightly ordered, God honoring way to run a business that finds it’s roots in the Liberal Arts tradition. 

Learn more about Hildegard College

Will you consider giving to our annual fundraiser, the Great Campaign? It is through the support of our generous donors that we are able to make a liberal arts education both free and freeing. 

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AMI exists because we, like so many, see a problem with the current university system. What is the modern university providing to its students in comparison to what it ought to be providing?  What is the purpose of a university?

We just completed an 8 week summer course on John Henry Newman's, "The Idea of a University," to grapple with these questions and come to understand what a university ought to look like. 

As promised, here is a sneak peek into the first of 8 classes from this course. 

Become a fellow and learn how you can access the entire course and attend more for free!

Season 2 of the Magnus Podcast begins with this very special Three Beers episode with Pavlos Papadopoulos. Listen as John, Larissa, and Pavlos discuss Alexis De Tocqueville's great work, Democracy in America. Pavlos Papadopoulos is Assistant Professor of Humanities at Wyoming Catholic College. He holds a B.A. in Liberal Arts from St. John’s College, Annapolis, as well as an M.A. and Ph.D. in Politics from the Institute of Philosophic Studies at the University of Dallas. At Wyoming Catholic, his teaching focuses on courses in the great works of literature, history, rhetoric, and political philosophy. He is currently teaching a course on Democracy in America in the Magnus Fellowship. To join courses live and become a Fellow today, visit MagnusInstitute.org .

Peek in on the Fellowship at its best as Magnus Fellows engage Aristotle with the pedagogic wonder, Dr. David Arias. Want to view the whole course? Fellows giving at least $25 / month receive unlimited access to all course video recordings. Plus, you support the noble cause of liberal learning. MagnusInstitute.org.

Fellowship Q&A with AMI Senior Fellow, Dr. Anthony Esolen on the first book of Milton’s Paradise Lost. Is Milton showing off or alining himself with the great epics of the past? Does Milton characterize the will of the angels as perfect and unchanging? Is Satan’s will his own? Was Milton influenced by Descartes? What about Dante? Why does Milton have the devils use gold to build? Listen and benefit.

Why not join the Fellowship today? It’s free. It’s freeing. And you’ll meet great people. MagnusInstitute.org

Blessed Feast of St. Albert the Great!

On this special day, we spoke with Leigh Bortins of Classical Conversations who, like St. Albert the Great before us, shares our love for a liberating education.

Education is never free, and, like all good things, the higher the quality of education, the higher the cost. She joins John and Larissa to discuss how to give our students a high quality education that is a better kind of free-  free from the shackles and snares of our world. 

Learn more about Classical Conversations, educational independence  and Leigh Bortins

Educator, mother, grandmother, and daughter of the King, Leigh Bortins is best known for creating lifelong learners through her educational support program, Classical Conversations, which organizes classical academic communities for homeschooling families. Leigh founded Classical Conversations (or CC) in 1997 to know God and to make Him known through the power of community. After receiving a bachelor of science in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan, Leigh went on to write her Doctor of Ministry thesis on church-based global education for Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. 

Join us as we attempt to make quality education accessible to all, despite the cost. 

AMI Senior Fellow, Dr. Deal Hudson leads a masterclass on the short stories of Flannery O’Connor. Fellows discuss “A Temple of The Holy Ghost” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” In which, a little girl is lead to contemplate the possibility of one’s being a freak and still a temple of God, and a grandmother’s encounter with The Misfit, a notorious murderer, who could represent evil incarnate or a saving angel. Some themes discussed may not be suitable for small children. Join the Fellowship. MagnusInstiute.org

"The wise man has knowledge as far as possible of all things." - Aristotle In this episode of the Magnus Podcast, Dr. David Arias explores Aristotle’s understanding of being-as-being and axioms and their connection to the study of Metaphysics. The soul grows the body. So join the Fellowship today and become wiser and better looking. MagnusInstitute.org

This week we turn three years old! 

This episode of the Magnus Podcast honors the Feast Day of our namesake, St. Albert the Great, celebrates our third birthday, and launches the Great Campaign.

Please consider joining the Magnus Fellowship and/or giving to the Great Campaign today! With your help, we can continue to liberate the Liberate Arts.  

This conversation with Dr. Gary Hartenburg looks at education from a bird’s-eye view before zooming into talk about virtue, specifically the virtue of prudence, according to Aristotle, and ends with little bit of theology. 

Dr. Gary Hartenburg is the Director of the Honors College and an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Houston Christian University. His primary research interests are in ancient philosophy, especially Plato and his student, Aristotle. He enjoys thinking about the history and philosophy of education and recently completed a book on Aristotle’s philosophy of education, Aristotle: Education for Virtue and Leisure. 

Check out the Honor's College at Houston Christian University. 

Sit in for a few cold beers at Garman's Irish Pub in Santa Paula, CA with John Johnson and Dr. Andrew Seeley, member of the board of directors at the Albertus Magnus Institute. Part 1: Should the educated person find fulfillment in the civic life or the contemplative life? A brief history of liberal education in America and Thomas Aquinas College. What is the seminar method? How learning to learn gets you any job. Part 2: (THE FOURTH BEER): America: liberal or liberal? To what extent is the American experiment compatible with authentic human freedom? We have announced our inaugural body of Senior Fellows. Andrew Seeley is one of them. Check out the rest here: https://magnusinstitute.org/senior-fellows/ You too can sign up for the Magnus Fellowship or give us some of your hard earned money so we can keep doing good things at https://magnusinstitute.org/.

"We see that Abraham is chosen, Abraham this one man with his clan around him... it’s promised to him that in him all nations, that is, all the rest of humanity... will find their blessedness in him."

We now bring you Omnes Gentes, with Fr. Owen Carroll. 

Enjoy these lectures given by Fr. Owen Carroll to a small group of retired religious in his private retirement home. 

Purchase Fr. Carroll’s book, The Sufferings and Glory of Christ: A Meditation on Holy Week to Ascension today and get 20% off now through Ascension!

Head to the website to learn more!

Join John Johnson and Angel Adams Parham as they have a discussion about race befitting the dignity of a liberal artist. 

Angel Adams Parham is Associate Professor of Sociology, senior fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, and Associate Director for the major in Political and Social Thought at the University of Virginia. Through her research in historical sociology, she engages in inquiry that examines the past in order to better understand how to live well in the present and envision wisely for the future.

Learn more about the Albertus Magnus Institute!

Learn more about Father Owen Carroll

Listen in as we preview AMI Senior Fellow Dr. Timothy Furlan’s upcoming course in the Magnus Fellowship, Bioethics and Aquinas. We dive into some timely themes such as trans-humanism, singularity, utilitarianism, and the human condition. Is there hope for the future? From Plato’s Republic to Libido Dominandi, Aristotle to Peter Theil and Elon Musk, this discussion is not to be missed. Become a Fellow today and enroll in Dr. Furlan’s course at MagnusInstitute.org.

How does man know? What are the roles of signs in knowing? What does “meaning” mean? What does man want to know? What are the objects to knowing?

In this episode, Dr. Brian Kemple of the Lyceum Institute discusses these questions and opens the door to many, many more. Come join us down this rabbit hole of discovery.

Dr. Brian Kemple holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of St. Thomas, in Houston TX.  He has written two scholarly books (Ens Primum Cognitum in Thomas Aquinas and the Tradition and The Intersection of Semiotics and Phenomenology: Peirce and Heidegger in Dialogue), two public-oriented books (an Introduction to Philosophical Principles and Linguistic Signification: A Classical and Semiotic Course in Grammar & Composition), a number of scholarly articles and a few public-oriented ones, as well.

Check out the Lyceum Institute. 

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Once again, we are offering you a quick glimpse into the Magnus Fellowship; this time with Senior Fellow, Dr. Finley's class, “Rousseau and the Diabolical and Moral Imagination."

This course explores the moral dimensions of the imagination through an examination of literature and philosophy. The aim of the course is to define and understand the concept of “imagination” and to be able to assess its role—for good or ill—in thought, action, and politics. Eighteenth-century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a pioneer of the Romantic movement and helped to shape the heart and mind of the West, both politically and in more subtle, but no less profound, ways. This course seeks to uncover some of the ways in which Rousseau’s imagination serves as a touchstone for what has perhaps been the dominant moral sensibility in the West for the past two centuries.

Find out how you can catch the rest of this course AND access all archived courses- over 40 hours of exceptional classes with some of the top educators in liberal learning. 

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Steven Cortright, President of the Albertus Magnus Institute, and Professor at Saint Mary's College of California, discusses each of these seven arts that can make a man free.

For more, visit MagnusInstitute.org.

Continuing our series highlighting the great minds of Thomas Aquinas College, we sit down with Dr. Joseph Hattrup who provides a lucid and in-depth introduction to a foundation text of the Western tradition: Aristotle's Categories.Thank you for sharing this podcast.

Big things in store on the feast of St. Albert the Great, our Patron. Mark you calendars for November 15 when we unveil the road ahead at MagnusInstitute.org.

On the feast of St. Albert the Great, the Magnus Fellowship was officially launched to the public.

In this discussion with Brian Long, we give you a sneak preview of the work ahead with Magnus Institute Press and unpack the Magnus Fellowship in which you are now invited to enroll: https://magnusinstitute.org/fellowship/

What would G.K. Chesterton have to say about the state of American political affairs? How about Trump, Brexit, Globalism? Find out as we sit down with renowned scholar, author, and Chesterton impersonator, Chuck Chalberg.

Connect with Chuck here: http://historyonstage.net/ or find his essays on Intellectual Takeout, The Imaginative Conservative, and the University Bookman.

For more, to donate, or to enroll in the Magnus Fellowship, visit https://magnusinstitute.org.

“We can’t teach the humanities unless the students have been humanized."

In this episode, Dr. Jared Staudt discusses the text, Newman’s Idea of A University, and begs the question, ”What does it mean to explore reality?” He challenges educators and teachers to not become complacent, classical educators, but to seek the beautiful alongside their students and provide them with an education that grounds them in both tradition and reality. 

Dr. Jared Staudt is teaching a course in the Magnus Fellowship this summer on Newman's Idea of a University, the book that is the fruit of Newman's difficult venture as an Englishman creating a University in Ireland. Learn more, join the Fellowship, and register for the free 8 week course. 

Check out his recently published book.

Jump into a philosophical and theological survey of love and dominion with author, professor, and senior fellow of the Albertus Magnus Institute, Dr. Patrick Downey. From Plato and Aristotle, to the Bible, you're going to appreciate this lecture that will serve as a foretaste of things to come at the Albertus Magnus Institute.

We are gearing up to revolutionize higher education. Are you in?

Learn more, join the Magnus Fellowship, and donate today at MagnusInstitute.org .

If you could give your children perfect pitch or a high I.Q., if you could pick their hair color or height, would you? Is this science fiction or the inevitability of technological progress? Listen as Dr. Timothy Furlan and AMI Fellows discuss genetic engineering and what this could mean for the future of the human race.

To access the full course and every archived course recording in the Magnus Fellowship, become an ALL ACCESS FELLOW today. https://magnusinstitute.org/give/

Grab your copy of the Divine Comedy and listen into a full class in the Magnus Fellowship taught by Dr. Anthony Esolen. Visit MagnusInstitute.org today to become a Fellow and register for our next round of courses soon to be announced. Support AMI’s work with a tax-deductible donation at https://magnusinstitute.org/give/

Master technology or be mastered by it - there is no middle ground. Discover COR as we sit down in Lander, Wyoming with Dr. Tom Zimmer to discuss digital detox and the power of the great outdoor classroom to spark the intellect. No matter your state in life, you can cut ties with the front country for good. Break free now at corexpeditions.org.

This wraps our initial three-part series highlighting the great work being done at Wyoming Catholic College, but there is plenty more coming down the pike from Lander in future episodes of the Magnus Podcast. Be sure to subscribe and share it with your friends.

If the Magnus Podcast is your new favorite podcast, let us know by leaving a review and a comment. Great things are happening at the Albertus Magnus Institute.

Nothing happens without your support. Join us at MagnusInstitute.org.

Continue a philosophical and theological survey of love and dominion with author, professor, and Senior Fellow of the Albertus Magnus Institute, Dr. Patrick Downey. From Plato and Aristotle, to the Bible, you're going to appreciate this lecture that will serve as a foretaste of things to come at the Albertus Magnus Institute. We are gearing up to revolutionize higher education.

Like giving alms to good causes? Become a monthly benefactor today at MagnusInstitute.org/give.