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Classics
by Cana Academy
Join us for conversations with the experts. Every episode will focus on a classic: an imaginative or expository text that was a standout in its time and one that exhibits enduring worth.
Episodes
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Episode 23 - The Brothers Karamazov
Following the recent publication of her new guide to teaching Fyodor Dostoevsky's masterpiece, The Brothers Karamazov, Jeannette DeCelles-Zwerneman talks to Andrew Zwerneman about her new guide, what issues the novel raises, and how to teach this classic to high-schoolers.
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Episode 24 - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
In honor of the bicentennial of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s birth, Andrew Zwerneman and Professor Gary Morson of Northwestern University discuss all things concerning the great author of Russian literature. The conversation covers Dostoevsky’s biography, his great literary feats, and how to teach his…
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Episode 22 - Plato's Republic
The perfect accompaniment to Jeannette DeCelles-Zwerneman’s latest guide, Leading a Seminar on Plato’s Republic, this episode features an interview with the author herself. She and Cana Academy President, Andrew Zwerneman, cover some of the background to the writing of the Republic and discuss…
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Episode 21 - A Tale of Two Cities
Cana Academy Director of Writing and Master Teacher, Mary Frances Loughran, has recently written an insightful and useful guide to leading a seminar on Charles Dickens' classic of the French Revolution, A Tale of Two Cities. In this episode, hear who her favorite characters are, including her...
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Episode 20 - 11 Benefits of the Seminar Method
Andrew Zwerneman strongly believes that the seminar method is the best way to conduct an education in the humanities. In this episode, he discusses 11 reasons why this is true.
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Episode 19 - Locke's Second Treatise of Government
In this episode, Andrew Zwerneman sits down with Cana Academy master teacher Jeannette DeCelles-Zwerneman to discuss the subject of her most recent teaching guide, Leading a Seminar on Locke’s Second Treatise of Government. To purchase the guide, please visit our online shop here.
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Episode 18 - Plato's Phaedo
Andrew Zwerneman talks to Cana Academy master teacher Mary Frances Loughran about Plato's dialogues, with a special focus on Plato's Phaedo, the subject of Mary Frances' most recent teaching guide. To purchase the guide, please visit our online shop here.
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Episode 17 - The Great Gatsby
Cana Academy’s Jeannette DeCelles-Zwerneman has an interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby that is fresh and insightful. Here is Andrew Zwerneman’s conversation with her about this widely loved classic.
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Episode 16 - Dante's Inferno
In preparation for the release of Cana Academy's upcoming guide, Leading a Seminar on Dante's Inferno, Andrew Zwerneman sits down with the author of that guide and Cana Academy's Director of Instruction, Jeannette DeCelles-Zwerneman. They discuss what makes the Inferno such a worthwhile classic…
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Episode 13 - Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, Part 2/2
Listen to the conclusion of Andrew Zwerneman’s conversation with Hunter Rawlings as they continue to discuss Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War.
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Episode 12 - Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, Part 1
Recently, Andrew Zwerneman had the privilege to visit the Washington, DC, home of Hunter Rawlings, President Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Classics at Cornell University, and discuss with him that timeless classic, Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War.
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Episode 11 - For the Love of Homer
In this second part of his conversation with Professor Gregory Nagy, Director of Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies, Andrew Zwerneman discusses Homer’s great epic, the Iliad.
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Episode 10 - For the Love of Language
This episode features Professor Gregory Nagy, Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Comparative Literature at Harvard University and Director of Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies. In this first of two parts, Cana Academy's Andrew Zwerneman talks with Prof. Nagy about how…
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Episode 9 - Teaching Great Books
In this episode, Andrew Zwerneman shares his conversation with Dr. Matthew Post, director of the graduate program in humanities with a classical education concentration at University of Dallas. They talk about UD’s masters program for humanities teachers; discuss some of their favorite classic...
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Episode 8 - A Christmas Carol, Part 2/2
Andrew Zwerneman continues the conversation with his friend Tom Werge, Professor Emeritus at Notre Dame, as they discuss Charles Dickens’ seasonal classic, A Christmas Carol.
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Episode 7 - A Christmas Carol, Part 1/2
Andrew Zwerneman sits down again with his friend Tom Werge, Professor Emeritus at Notre Dame. They discuss Charles Dickens’ seasonal classic, A Christmas Carol.
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Episode 6 - The U.S. Constitution
In this episode, Andrew Zwerneman and Dr. Christopher Wolfe, Professor of Politics at University of Dallas, discuss the U.S. Constitution, one of the most important legal documents in history and crucial to the founding of the United States.
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Episode 5 - Plato's Apology
Andrew Zwerneman sits down with Jonathan Sanford, Provost and Professor of Philosophy at University of Dallas, to discuss one of Plato's most important dialogues, The Apology.
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Episode 4 - A Death in the Family, Part 2/2
Join us in this episode of Classics as Andrew Zwerneman finishes his conversation with Tom Werge, discussing one of their favorite novels, James Agee's A Death in the Family.
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Episode 3 - A Death in the Family, Part 1
In this third episode of Classics, Andrew Zwerneman and Tom Werge begin their discussion of the great, American classic, A Death in the Family, and its author, James Agee.
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Episode 2 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Part 2
In this second episode, Andrew Zwerneman and Tom Werge conclude their conversation about Mark Twain's classic novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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Episode 1 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Part 1
In this first episode of our brand new podcast, Classics, Cana Academy President Andrew Zwerneman discusses one of the team's favorite novels, Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, with Notre Dame Professor Emeritus of English, Tom Werge.
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Join us for conversations with the experts. Every episode will focus on a classic: an imaginative or expository text that was a standout in its time and one that exhibits enduring worth.
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