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Thales PressCast

The Thales Press Podcast offers lectures and seminars on the Great Books of a Classical education to help edify, encourage, and empower students to take on the challenges of the modern world.

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    Socratic Practice in Art, Music, and Physical Fitness

    Michael Strong conducted a series of professional development workshops on how to set up, conduct, and meaningfully assess Socratic seminars across all academic disciplines at Thales Academy. In this session, Michael Strong focuses on how to conduct Socratic seminars in art, music, and physical fitness classrooms. If you are interested in learning more about Michael Strong, an educational entrepreneur and a passionate supporter of Socratic practice, you can check out his website here or watch his TED Talk on Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology here. Michael Strong's Website: https://thepurposeofeducation.wordpress.com/Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCu5EgK5TdY

  2. 31

    Socratic Practice in Math

    Michael Strong conducted a series of professional development workshops on how to set up, conduct, and meaningfully assess Socratic seminars across all academic disciplines at Thales Academy. In this session, Michael Strong focuses on how to conduct Socratic seminars in math classrooms. If you are interested in learning more about Michael Strong, an educational entrepreneur and a passionate supporter of Socratic practice, you can check out his website here or watch his TED Talk on Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology here. Michael Strong's Website: https://thepurposeofeducation.wordpress.com/Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCu5EgK5TdY

  3. 30

    Socratic Practice in Trivium

    Michael Strong conducted a series of professional development workshops on how to set up, conduct, and meaningfully assess Socratic seminars across all academic disciplines at Thales Academy. In this session, Michael Strong focuses on how to conduct Socratic seminars in trivium classrooms. If you are interested in learning more about Michael Strong, an educational entrepreneur and a passionate supporter of Socratic practice, you can check out his website here or watch his TED Talk on Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology here. Michael Strong's Website: https://thepurposeofeducation.wordpress.com/Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCu5EgK5TdY

  4. 29

    Socratic Practice in Science

    Michael Strong conducted a series of professional development workshops on how to set up, conduct, and meaningfully assess Socratic seminars across all academic disciplines at Thales Academy. In this session, Michael Strong focuses on how to conduct Socratic seminars in science classrooms. If you are interested in learning more about Michael Strong, an educational entrepreneur and a passionate supporter of Socratic practice, you can check out his website here or watch his TED Talk on Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology here. Michael Strong's Website: https://thepurposeofeducation.wordpress.com/Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCu5EgK5TdY

  5. 28

    Socratic Practice in Foreign Language

    Michael Strong conducted a series of professional development workshops on how to set up, conduct, and meaningfully assess Socratic seminars across all academic disciplines at Thales Academy. In this session, Michael Strong focuses on how to conduct Socratic seminars in foreign languages with a particular focus on Latin and Spanish. If you are interested in learning more about Michael Strong, an educational entrepreneur and a passionate supporter of Socratic practice, you can check out his website here or watch his TED Talk on Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology here. Michael Strong's Website: https://thepurposeofeducation.wordpress.com/Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCu5EgK5TdY

  6. 27

    Socratic Practice in History and English

    Michael Strong conducted a series of professional development workshops on how to set up, conduct, and meaningfully assess Socratic seminars across all academic disciplines at Thales Academy. In this session, Michael Strong focuses on how to conduct Socratic seminars in history and literature by examining a text written by Marie Curie. If you are interested in learning more about Michael Strong, an educational entrepreneur and a passionate supporter of Socratic practice, you can check out his website here or watch his TED Talk on Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology here. Michael Strong's Website: https://thepurposeofeducation.wordpress.com/Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCu5EgK5TdY

  7. 26

    Socratic Praxis

    A training session from Winston Brady, Dean of Academics at Thales Academy, how to set up and conduct a Socratic seminar.

  8. 25

    C.S. Lewis

    Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, examines "The Abolition of Man" by C.S. Lewis.

  9. 24

    John Dewey

    Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, examines the writings and the impact of John Dewey.

  10. 23

    Sigmund Freud

    Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, examines the writings and the impact of Sigmund Freud.

  11. 22

    Friedrich Nietzsche

    Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, examines the writings and the impact of Friedrich Nietzsche.

  12. 21

    Darwin and Darwinism

    Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, examines the writings and the impact of the British naturalist Charles Darwin.

  13. 20

    Marx and Marxism

    Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, examines the writings and political philosophy of Karl Marx.

  14. 19

    Enlightenment Political Theory

    Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, examines the writings of John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and other significant writers during the European Enlightenment.

  15. 18

    Enlightenment Philosophy

    Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, examines the major philosophers of the Enlightenment.

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    British Empiricism

    Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, examines the writings of the Scottish philosopher David Hume.

  17. 16

    The Scientific Revolution

    Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, provides a background of the Scientific Revolution and the writings of Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes.

  18. 15

    The Reformation

    Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, provides a background of the Reformation and the writings of Martin Luther, Erasmus, and John Calvin.

  19. 14

    The Renaissance

    Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, provides a background of the Renaissance and the writings of Niccolò Machiavelli and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola.

  20. 13

    The Middle Ages

    Winston Brady, Curriculum Adviser at Thales Academy, provides an overview of the Middle Ages and an analysis of the works of Thomas Aquinas and Dante Alighieri.

  21. 12

    The Early Church

    Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, provides an overview of the Church Fathers, the history of the early church, and the contributions of Christian thinkers to a Classical education.

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    The New Testament

    Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, provides the historical background of the New Testament and its importance of the NT to a Classical education.

  23. 10

    Roman Literature

    Dr. Jon Stewart of the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences provides a lecture on Virgil's great epic, "The Aeneid."

  24. 9

    The Works of Aristotle

    Dr. Jon Stewart of the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences provides a lecture on the life and philosophical works of Aristotle.

  25. 8

    The Dialogues of Plato

    Dr. Jon Stewart of the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences provides a lecture on everything you need to know about the dialogues of Plato.

  26. 7

    Thucydides

    Dr. Jon Stewart of the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences provides a lecture on the historical background and the major episodes of Thucydides' "History of the Peloponnesian War."

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    Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex"

    Dr. Jon Stewart of the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences provides a lecture on the historical background and the important literary features of Sophocles' classic play "Oedipus Rex."

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    Herodotus' "Histories"

    Dr. Jon Stewart of the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences provides a lecture on the historical background and the important literary features of Herodotus' "Histories."

  29. 4

    Jon Stewart, "The Works of Homer"

    Dr. Jon Stewart of the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences provides an overview of the historical and literary background of "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey."

  30. 3

    Ivan Spencer, "The Works of Homer"

    Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, provides a historical and literary analysis on "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey."

  31. 2

    The Old Testament

    Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, provides a historical and literary analysis on the Old Testament.

  32. 1

    Gilgamesh

    Dr. Jon Stewart of the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences provides a lecture on the ancient Sumerian poem, "The Epic of Gilgamesh."

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The Thales Press Podcast offers lectures and seminars on the Great Books of a Classical education to help edify, encourage, and empower students to take on the challenges of the modern world.

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