In this Conversation Starter, Andrew reflects on the sounds of an ongoing school year and asks how the ways we keep time might affect each of us more than we usually stop to consider. 

The ninth annual Lyceum Project presents a lecture by Leah Libresco Sargeant: "The Demands of Human Dependence."

In this episode, Andrew speaks with this year's Lyceum Project guest, author and policy analyst Leah Libresco Sargeant. They talk about her conversion from Atheism to Catholicism, about her love of math, about her two books, about feminism, abo...

In this Lyceum Conversation Starter, Andrew reflects a bit on J-Term at Midtown, looks forward to an upcoming Lyceum Conversation, and tries to start a conversation about memory. He explores the role of memory in the life of learning and the li...

In this Lyceum Conversation Starter, Andrew describes the Academy's annual preparations for a Christmas Feast and some of our thinking about why to celebrate so regularly and so formally. Then, Andrew reveals the three ancient points of connect...

In this inaugural episode of Lyceum Conversation Starters, Andrew first explains the idea behind the series, and then explores the inaugural topic: Advent. This is the first of a series called "Lyceum Conversation Starters" wherein...

In this episode, Andrew talks with Alex Burdge, teacher of humanities at the Rhetoric School, about teaching Homer's Iliad, the ancient poem of war, as a veteran of war himself. We also talk about T. S. Eliot, the University of Kansas,...

In this episode, Andrew speaks with Josh Spears, Chair of Theology and principal of the Academy's South Campus, about theology, about prayer, about the ground of all learning, and about cabinetry. This is the second in a series of conversations...

Welcome to season 6 of Lyceum Conversations! In this episode, Andrew gives an overview of episodes you can expect to hear over the course of 2023-24. We're very excited about what we have lined up, and we certainly hope you will find it informa...

Eric, Nathan and Josh. Special Guests. Nonsense. Pretentious Accessibility. It’s all back. We promise. More episodes. We’ll give the clamoring crowds what they want. Stay tuned.

In this episode, Andrew speaks with Jeff Bilbro, associate professor of English at Grove City College and the editor-in-chief of Frontporch Republic, about one of his books, Reading the Times: A Literary and Theological Inquiry Into the New...

In this episode, Andrew speaks with Anne Bradford, Chair of Languages at the Academy and a Latin teacher at North Campus Dialectic, about Latin at the Academy, about memory, about song, and about knitting circles. This is the second in a series...

In this episode of Lyceum Conversations, Andrew Black, Lyceum Director and teacher at the Academy's Midtown Campus and the new Lyceum Director, tells you about himself. We'd love to hear what you think. Do you want to hear more con...

In this episode, Andrew speaks with Colin Creech, chair of Science and teacher at the Academy's Midtown Campus, about Natural Philosophy, the study of science, and cooking on a train. This is the first in a series of conversations about Classic...

It's Auction Week at The Academy! Jamie Howell takes over the podcast to host a special episode dedicated to all things auction and what to expect this Friday. If you're on the fence about going, get off and come to the auction and have the gre...

Aaaaaaaaaaand…..we’re back. Eric, Nathan and Josh are live on the mic with your somewhat consistently mediocre accessibly pretentious nonsense.  The triad bounce seamlessly between a deep dive into kombucha, butterfly knives and Conair bef...

"From Mystic Rituals to Christian Liturgy: A History of Ascent, its Influence on Dante's Paradise and our own Lives."Our common Christian goal is unity with God. This is also the goal of ascent. This pr...

"'Attending to the Otherness of the Other': How Study Abroad Experiences Can Lead to a Deeper Love for our Neighbors."Our graduates graciously love their neighbor, especially the most broken and marginalized. 

“Blurring the Lines: Reality, The Road, and the Importance of Fictional Storytelling.”In a world steeped in modernist ideals and practicality, fictional storytelling is often undervalued or regarded with suspicion, a medium...

“Legalism and Relationships: Man, World, and God.” Legalism is a pervasive problem in American Churches. This project uses a Kuyperian analysis to argue that, though doubtless also a theological error, legalism is a problem with...

“The Pressures of Being a Person: How Nutrition, Athletics and Mental Health Connect.”Athletes are universally admired and upheld. At the same time, athletes are derided for both their moral and their athletics failures. This projec...

“Fun in Education- Its Effects on Learning, Retention, and School Performance.”Throughout our early years at school, it is common for teachers to incorporate fun activities into the classroom to help students learn better. But how m...

"A Liturgy for Suffering: The Power of Music and the Problem of Evil."Music is a universal language and suffering is a universal human experience. How can music help us in our suffering? This project explores the work of Joseph Ratz...

“Shakespearean Division: Questioning Racism and Genre in The Merchant of Venice and Othello.”William Shakespeare is the most famous Western playwright. His plays are still read, discussed, performed, and analyzed e...

“Using the Past for the Present: How HistoricalKnowledge can Better Ourselves and our Community.”The academic study of history is sometimes wrongly viewed as the study of mildlyinteresting facts. This causes people to overlook the im...