CiRCE Institute Podcast Network
by CiRCE Institute
The CiRCE Institute Podcast Network is made up of three regular shows: Dwell features conversations about motherhood, home education, homemaking, and more. Proverbial features author and educator Joshua Gibbs exploring proverbs from the ages. The Play’s The Thing is the ultimate resource for Shakespeare lovers hosted by actor, playwright, and educator Tim McIntosh. Plus we produce various seasonal shows like The Weight of Fatherhood with Brian Phillips, Ask Andrew with CIRCE President Andrew Kern, and Café Scholé with Dr. Christopher Perrin.”
Episodes
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Proverbial #103: Grace Kelly
People often say that Jackson Pollock's work is "actually quite good." No one ever says this about Rembrandt, though. No "actually" is necessary. Wonder why? Joshua Gibbs looks into it.
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Proverbial #102: My Sparkling Personality
Do you know what you bring to the table? You've got to. Joshua Gibbs explains.
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Proverbial #100: Gravity Always Wins
The 100th episode of Proverbial is devoted to the greatest proverb of all time. No big deal.
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Proverbial #99: Problems
Who would send a boy to do a man's job? Joshua Gibbs investigates.
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Proverbial #98: Giving the Devil His Due
You may have actually figured out a few things that your parents didn't understand. Don't get cocky. Joshua Gibbs explains.
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Proverbial #97: Self Help
Is it better to find yourself, to lose yourself, or to be yourself? What if none of these really works? Joshua Gibbs explores.
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Proverbial #96: Sick Fascination
"Don't shoot the messenger" seems like obvious advice, so why are we even tempted to shoot poor, helpless messengers? We have our reasons, though. Joshua Gibbs explores.
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Proverbial #94: The Hours
"An apple a day keeps the doctor away," although this episode is about an entirely different (every day) proverb.
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Proverbial #92: Family of Trees
"You can't teach an old dog new tricks," but it's better this way. Joshua Gibbs explains why.
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Proverbial #89: So Complicated
Every human judgement is based on incomplete data. A proverb from psychologist William James helps us sort out this vexing truth.
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Proverbial #88: The Real World
Young men should move out when they hit 18 or 19 even though it's cheaper to live at home. Why? This week's proverb from the Comtesse De Lafayette explores the answer.
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Proverbial #87: What Could Go Wrong?
"Don't put all your eggs in one basket," they say, but why? This basket is different. It can't be dropped. Or can it? Joshua Gibbs wants to know more.
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Proverbial 86: The Merciless Clandestine Society that Rules the World
This week's proverb is unattributed and goes like this: "you know what they say." Joshua Gibbs contemplates what it has to say for modern men and women.
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Proverbial #83: Fondest, Blindest, Weakest
"The squeaky wheel gets the grease" isn't just good career advice, it's a helpful perspective on humility. Joshua Gibbs explores.
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Proverbial #81: Losing Weight
"It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves," said La Rochefoucauld, thus referencing the troubled relationship between pleasure and wisdom. Joshua Gibbs investigates on this week's edition of Proverbial.
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Dad's and Health (Weight of Fatherhood 2.6)
Dr. Geoff Rose joins Brian Phillips to discuss the importance of health and wellness, particularly for dads. They discuss nutrition, exercise, and overall wellness, emphasizing how fathers can serve as models for their families in these areas.
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Proverbial #78: Homework
"Big book, big bore," said Callimachus. Everyone loves a shorty, though. Joshua Gibbs tells all in the latest episode of Proverbial.
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Proverbial #77: Losing Sleep
"The best revenge is a life well lived," said George Herbert. Why do other sorts of revenge fall short of good old-fashioned happiness and contentment? Joshua Gibbs investigates.
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Books on Fathering Daughters (Weight of Fatherhood 2.5)
In this brief reflection episode of The Weight of Fatherhood, Dr. Brian Phillips discusses some of the best books on fathering daughters.
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Proverbial #75: How to Ruin a Decent Christoper Nolan Movie
“The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things," claimed Jean de La Bruyere. Joshua Gibbs investigates.
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Proverbial #74: Michael Bay
"No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible," said Stanislaw Lec. This isn't just a proverb about riots and mobs, though. It's about our guilty pleasures. Joshua Gibbs examines.
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Proverbial #73: Lenny Belardo
"Don't smile before Christmas" is a common proverb traded by veteran teachers. It is a saying which is particularly offensive to an egalitarian age. Joshua Gibbs explores.
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Proverbial #72: I Care
"You can't make everybody happy all the time," but why would any sane person try? Join Joshua Gibbs as he considers the paradoxes of human happiness.
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Cafe Schole #15: Education as Beatitude
In this episode, Dr. Perrin sits down with author Danielle Bennett Dukes to discuss the notion of education as beatitude. They discuss the ways that the beatitudes serve as an educator's Telos and the way they prepare students to live in a world of paradox and suffering. Cafe Schole is produced…
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Proverbial #71: Drench to the Bone
"May you live in interesting times" is a Chinese curse. Why? What's so bad about interesting things? Tolstoy is interesting, right? Joshua Gibbs investigates.
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Proverbial #70: On Occasion
"The art of living is to know how to enjoy a little and endure very much," claimed William Hazlitt. Join Joshua Gibbs as he mulls over this proverb.
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Weight of Fatherhood 2.2: Christine Cohen
Here in season 2, Dr. Phillips is focusing on ways of being better dads to our daughters and husbands to our wives, and here in episode two he is joined by author Christine Cohen, author of The Winter King, to discuss the power of stories to inspire and instruct us in that effort. Christine Cohen...
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Dwell #12: Learning from Nature
Join Emily, Renee, and Karen as they discuss mankind's place in the created world. Why do we go into nature to find refreshment? Plus they discuss how being outside (on adventures, in beautiful places) has helped shape them and how it particularly helps shape the habit of paying attention.
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The Weight of Fatherhood: Season 2 Premier
Welcome back to The Weight of Fatherhood, a podcast for dads who take their vocation as a father seriously. Here in the premier episode of season two, host Brian Phillips introduces the theme of the second season (the women in our lives: wives and daughters) and is joined by some of his friends…
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Proverbial #68: Marvin
Jane Austen wrote, "The memory is sometimes so retentive, so serviceable, so obedient - at others, so bewildered and so weak - and at others again, so tyrannic, so beyond control! - We are to be sure a miracle every way - but our powers of recollecting and of forgetting, do seem peculiarly past...
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Proverbial #67: My Girls
"Birds of a feather flock together." This is a hard saying for social engineers of all sorts, especially teachers and party hosts. Join Joshua Gibbs as he unpacks this surprisingly confrontational saying.
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Proverbial #66: The Traveler
"The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see," said Chesterton. Over the last ten years, travel has become mixed up with the self-care and wellness movement. In the latest episode of Proverbial, Joshua Gibbs attempts to save travel from modern cliches.
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Dwell #11: Making the Most of Summer
Join Emily, Renee, and Karen astray discuss ways to find rest from routine, using summer to prepare for fall, big picture planning and reorganizing, working on particularly habits with particular children, and more.
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Dwell #10: The Art of Narration
In this episode of Dwell Emily, Renee, and Karen discuss how narration develops the ability to pay attention, cultivates the faculty of memory, and is a natural way to assess comprehension.
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Proverbial #65: Praying for Brad Pitt
"No man is so completely happy that something somewhere does not clash with his condition," taught Boethius. How do we live at peace with this truth? Can we? Joshua Gibbs talks himself through these questions on the latest episode of Proverbial.
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Proverbial 64: Stay Humble, Stay Low
"He who has much, wants much," said Boethius. In this episode, Joshua Gibbs explains suffering and want with a story about his acquisition of an iPod in 2004.
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Proverbial #63: I'm On a Roll Now
"Bad fortune is of more use to men than good fortune," teaches Boethius, but he doesn't mean we should learn from our mistakes. Join Joshua Gibbs as he explores this vexing saying from the great Roman philosopher. Proverbial is produced by Goldberry Studios for the CiRCE Podcast Network.
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Dwell #9: What to Do When Our Stories Are Hard
Join Emily, Karen, and Renee as they continue their discussion about the importance of family stories: how they connect us and tell us who we are -- and what to do when our stories are hard.
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Proverbial 62: Ten Years from Now
"Don't burn your bridges" began as a saying of military generals on war campaigns, but is now primarily understood advice pertaining to professional relationships. Join Joshua Gibbs as he explores this timeless saying.
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Dwell #7: Habits (Part 2)
Join Emily, Renee, and Karen as they discuss how training our children in habits results in the development of virtue and can help our households run more smoothly. Also, they discuss when to let a teenager choose which habits to work on or not. Dwell is produced for the CiRCE Podcast Network by...
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Proverbial #59: Four Star Daydream
This week's proverb comes from Sir Thomas Gresham: "Bad money drives out good money." Join Joshua Gibbs as he talks about "bad money" and what it has to do with bad students, bad teachers, and bad love. Proverbial is produced for the CiRCE Podcast Network by Goldberry Studios.
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Proverbial #58: Drugs Sell Themselves
This week's proverb is anonymous but you know it: "seek of the devil and he doth appear." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Proverbial is produced by Goldberry Studios for the CiRCE Podcast Network.
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Dwell #6: On the Habits of Our Home
Ann Voskamp wrote that "a habit is the way we wear our days" and in this episode Emily, Renee, and Karen discuss the importance of developing habits in ourselves that will enable us to carry out the good work before us--as educators and parents and wives. Be sure to subscribe to Dwell's feed...
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Proverbial #57: Fortunes on a String
This week's proverb comes to us via Solomon, who said, "Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Proverbial is produced by Goldberry Studios for the CiRCE Podcast Network.
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Dwell #5: Family Fun
Dwell is a new podcast from the CiRCE Podcast Network for homeschool moms. Be sure to subscribe to the Dwell feed wherever you get podcasts! Join Emily, Renee, and Karen as they discuss ways of having fun as a family: favorite movies, favorite games, and much more. Plus they discuss combining fun...
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Proverbial #56: The Best Policy
This week's proverb come from Socrates, who said that "the unexamined life is not worth living." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to teach modern men and women.
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Proverbial #55: Horace the Bear
This week's proverb is in unattributed, but goes like this: "Money can't buy you happiness." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women.
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Proverbial #54: Death and Wellness
This week's proverb comes to us from Nicholas Gomez Davila, who said that "dying societies accumulate laws like dying men accumulate remedies." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Proverbial is produced by Goldberry Studios for the CiRCE...
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Ask Andrew: On Grammar and the Interpretation of Signs
In this episode, Andrew Kern explains what he means when he says that grammar is the art of interpreting signs -- plus he answers some other listener questions.
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Proverbial #53: Little by Little
This week's proverb comes from Benjamin Franklin who once said that, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Proverbial is proceed by Goldberry Studios for the CiRCE Podcast Network.
About this show
The CiRCE Institute Podcast Network is made up of three regular shows:
Dwell features conversations about motherhood, home education, homemaking, and more. Proverbial features author and educator Joshua Gibbs exploring proverbs from the ages. The Play’s The Thing is the ultimate resource for Shakespeare lovers hosted by actor, playwright, and educator Tim McIntosh.
Plus we produce various seasonal shows like The Weight of Fatherhood with Brian Phillips, Ask Andrew with CIRCE President Andrew Kern, and Café Scholé with Dr. Christopher Perrin.”
Hosted by
CiRCE Institute