Inspirations for Classical Education (2025 Conference Panel) - The Sower Episode 58 (audio)

This special episode is a recording from our 2025 Conference in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The panel is "Inspirations for Classical Education," and the speakers are: Stephen McGinley (Mount St. Mary's University & Good Soil Farm) - "Festivity, Education, and Farming" Gerald Boersma (Ave Maria University) - "A Pagan Paideia and the Contested Ressourcement of the Fathers" Mary Clare Young (University of Virginia) - "The Virtuous Classroom: Lessons from a Roman Educator" Mandi Gerth (University of Dallas) - "The Poetic Discipline: Lousie Cowan and the Necessity of Literature in Liberal Education" If you like this panel, please consider attending our next conference, March 12-14, 2026, in Omaha, Nebraska. For details, go to https://ciceroniansociety.org/conference/2026-conference-registration/ 0:00 Episode Introduction 1:56 Panel Introduction 3:28 McGinley 28:25 Boersma 49:38 Young 1:09:41 Gerth Chapters (00:00:00) - Episode Introduction(00:01:56) - Panel Introduction(00:03:28) - McGinley(00:28:25) - Boersma(00:49:38) - Gerth(01:09:41) - Young