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The Ad Navseam podcast, where Classical gourmands everywhere can finally get their fill. Join hosts Dr. David Noe and Dr. Jeff Winkle for a lively discussion of Greco-Roman civilization stretching from the Minoans and Mycenaeans, through the Renaissance, and right down to the present.
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Ad Navseam Episode 28: The Well-Trained Mind: A Conversation with Susan Wise Bauer
This week Jeff and Dave welcome author, teacher, musician, farm guru, and mini-Aristotle Susan Wise Bauer via Zoom from her home in Virginia. Jeff and Dave enjoy a lively back-and-forth with Susan on her many talents and accomplishments. Tune in as Dr. Bauer discusses her experience being homeschooled, her love of Hebrew and history, and her best-selling books that serve as guides to anyone who wants a "Classical education". Along the way we discuss what different people mean by the term "classical", the rigours of writing a "universal history", as well as Susan's latest interest—Hippocrates and history through the lens of medicine and disease. And if you've been unsure about when to do your "lambing", listen to the end for the shear joy.
A Conversation with Ross King (Ad Navseam, Episode 45)
This week Dave and Jeff sit down with New York Times Bestselling author Ross King whose works such as *Brunelleschi's Dome* and *Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling* have set the gold standard for erudite, popular history over the last twenty years. We cover Ross' career from academia, to novel writer, to his latest book, *The Bookseller of Florence* (2021). Come along as we walk the streets of Renaissance and contemporary Florence where one might have a life-altering epiphany atop a red-tiled dome or discover a long lost copy of Quintilian moldering in the dusty corner of some far-flung scriptorium. Can Jeff and Dave keep it together long enough to refrain from geeking out and going all "fan boy" on Mr. King? Just barely.
Gary Schmidt: Newberry Medal Winner - Ad Navseam Episode 25: Schmidt-en with the Classics
This week we welcome our first in-studio guest (and it's a big one)—Newberry Award winning young adult author (and Calvin University English Professor) Dr. Gary D. Schmidt. Tune in for a wide-ranging discussion about the influence of the Classics on Gary's life and writing, including his love for Odysseus, his loathing of Achilles, and a sneak peek at his next novel, based on the labours of Heracles. Along the way watch out for those liminal spaces, whether they are middle school or entrances to the Underworld, and wait…is that the Piano Man himself, Billy Joel? Listen to the end to hear Dave and Jeff riff their way through some viewer mail.
The Roman Mysteries: A Conversation with Bestselling Children's Author Caroline Lawrence (Ad Navseam, Episode 138)
This week we welcome our first in-studio guest (and it's a big one)—Newberry Award winning young adult author (and Calvin University English Professor) Dr. Gary D. Schmidt. Tune in for a wide-ranging discussion about the influence of the Classics on Gary's life and writing, including his love for Odysseus, his loathing of Achilles, and a sneak peek at his next novel, based on the labours of Heracles. Along the way watch out for those liminal spaces, whether they are middle school or entrances to the Underworld, and wait…is that the Piano Man himself, Billy Joel? Listen to the end to hear Dave and Jeff riff their way through some viewer mail.
The Abiding Value of the Liberal Arts - A Conversation with Heather Mac Donald (Ad Navseam, Episode 57)
This week Dave and Jeff sit down with intellectual powerhouse and controversialist Heather Mac Donald. Known primarily for her incisive social commentary on policing, Heather is the Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a contributing editor of *City Journal*, and a *New York Times* bestselling author. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including higher education, immigration, policing, homelessness and homeless advocacy, criminal-justice reform, and race relations. The guys enjoy a wide-ranging and an in-depth discussion with Heather about the different intellectual currents of the humanities that have shaped her as a thinker, and why the arts need no instrumental justification.
Clever Jokes for Clever Folks: Robert Mac and Aristotle's Lost Treatise on Comedy (Ad Navseam, Episode 78)
Dave and Jeff were searching in vain for Aristotle's lost treatise on comedy when they stumbled across veteran stand-up comedian Robert Mac (from robertmac.com); and, frankly, who needs Aristotle when you have this guy? Come along as we listen to several clips from Robert's killer set interspersed with a lively discussion regarding how he builds his bits, what makes a joke work, what just might get him cancelled these days! Did the Greeks anticipate a lot of this stuff? Is there a kind of universal formula for humor? Stay sharp, listener, or you just might find yourself baffled by the barrage of *antanaklasis* and *paraprosdokian*. Plato's *Republic* would probably have banished Mr. Mac but we'd like to think that Plato himself -- ye old stick in the mud -- would at least have cracked a wry smile at this episode.
LATINPERDIEM
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We begin ab initio with the brilliant textbook by Hans Ørberg. This inductive, ground-up model gets you reading expert, connected Latin prose from the very first sentence: Roma in Italia est. It then gradually introduces more vocabulary and ever more sophisticated forms in a natural and delightful way.