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Kolbecast — 319 episodes

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319 Tapestry in the Making

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318 Matthew Mehan, an Aesop for America

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317 Saints in the Making with Lisa Hendey

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316 Fatherly Advice

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315 Rebecca Dougherty on Practicing the Presence of God

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314 Evangelizing Brick by Brick with Kevin & Mary O'Neill

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313 Preparing for a Stellar School Year

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312 Educating for Liberty with Dr. Tom Harmon

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311 Serving Christ and Discovering Truth at Belmont Abbey College

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310 Dr. Greg Bottaro on Holy Curiosity in the School of Love

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309 Keeper of the King with Emily Stimpson Chapman

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308 Understand, Live, and Share the Faith with the Augustine Institute

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307 In Tune with Capital B Beauty

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306 Offering Redemptive Suffering with Megan Hjelmstad

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305 Laura Kelly Fanucci - Living Easter and Singing Praise Every Day

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304 Rooted in Words

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303 Hallow and the Road Home

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302 Standardized Tests as Snapshots

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301 Dr. John Bergsma Brings Catholic Faith Alive

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300 The Gift of the Sacraments with Nicholas Senz & Brendan Murphy

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299 Lent with Crux Ambassadors Pat & Kenna Millea

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298 Educating for Freedom with Brett Salkeld

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297 A Dose of Encouragement from Dr. Ray Guarendi

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296 Tips for Testing Success

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295 Office Hours with Clara Davison of Holy Heroes

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294 Physics and the Formed Mind

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293 Joan Watson on the Pilgrimage of Daily Living

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292 Dale Ahlquist on G.K. Chesterton, the Complete Thinker

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291 Good Saint Joseph - Mystery Keeper with Fr. Serafino Lanzetta

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290 There Is No Neutral with Brett Salkeld

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289 The Homeschool Compass Part 2

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288 The Homeschool Compass Part 1

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287 Emily Stimpson Chapman Sees the World with Catholic Eyes

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286 True Depictions - Iconography with Joseph Bremer

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285 Joy, Light, Sorrow, and Glory - The Way of the Rosary with Shannon Wendt

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284 Flexibility + Structure for the Early Years

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283 Dr. Ryan Hanning on Temperament, Will, Grace, and Virtue

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282 The Shock of Holiness with Dr. Michael Pakaluk

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281 Beauty through Words - Classical Reflections on Poetry

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280 St. Maximilian Kolbe & Marian Consecration with Dave VanVickle

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279 God's Forgotten Friends with Author Susan Peek

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278 Daniel Kuebler on the Compatibility of Catholicism and Evolution

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277 The One and Only Shakespeare

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276 New Voice, Handy Catalog

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275 4H with a Kolbe Twist

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274 Hope & Joy in the Truth at Catholic International University

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273 Inspiration for Every Homeschool Journey - Kolbecast Conference 2025

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272 Healthy Mom, Healthy Family with Dr. Chris Stroud

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271 Building a Literary Foundation

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270 Dr. Peter Kreeft on Joy, Suffering, Conversion, and Truth

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269 Resources & Road Maps - Student Support Services

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268 Pilgrimage & Jubilee with Our Lady of Champion

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267 Time Travel through History - Bringing the Past to Life for Young Learners

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266 Viriditas - Leila Lawler on St. Hildegard's Garden

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265 Chosen to Be a Saint - Commencement 2025

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264 Spiritual Friendship featuring Fr. Wayne Sattler

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263 Exploring God's Cosmos - Astronomy for Everyday People

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262 Childlike Joy for Our New Pope with Katie Bogner

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261 Lisa Popcak - Make It about Relationship

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260 Lisa Popcak on Flow & Connection through Learning

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259 Seeing the Story - Classical Reflections on Art

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258 Seeking, Finding, and Building Community -- Groups & Extracurriculars

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257 Integrated Catholic, Classical Education in Middle & High School

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256 An Education That Reflects God's Beauty

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255 Family Life as Liturgy with Dr. Greg Popcak

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254 Art & Laraine Bennett Offer Freedom from Anxiety

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253 Joseph Pearce's Classic Literature Appetizers

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252 The Timeliness of Fulton Sheen with Dr. Cheryl Hughes

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251 A Year of the Lord's Favor - Joan Watson on the Jubilee Year of Hope

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250 Made for Relationship featuring Kenna Millea

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249 Stories Crafted with Care from Kolbe Academy Press

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248 Intentionality & Purpose for Lent & Holy Week with Katie Bogner & Shari Van Vranken

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247 Lightbulb Moments for Young Readers

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246 Orientation toward the Eternal

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245 The Odyssey's Allegorical Outlook

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244 Summer School Memories

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243 Drawing Distinctions - Classical Education, Liberal Arts, and Liberal Education

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242 Finish Line in Sight

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241 Renew, Resolve, Reengage

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240 Entry Points for Evangelization -- Jimmy Mitchell's Let Beauty Speak

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239 Divine Plot Twist

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238 Pat Millea on Accompaniment, Hope, Integration, and Resilience

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237 Unearthing a Broader Worldview

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236 Next Steps & New Chapters

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235 The Disposition of Pilgrimage with Joan Watson

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234 Adding Color to What Is Black & White

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233 Incarnational Education at Wyoming Catholic College

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232 Part of the Family - Parents & Advisors as Partners

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231 Centures Old Yet Never Timelier with Amb. Eduard Habsburg

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230 A Multi-Pronged Approach to College Prep

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229 Take a Note from Homer

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228 No Holding Back

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227 Sensory Awareness & Problem Solving

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226 Cultivating Habits of Excellence with Andrew Abela

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225 On the Same (Greco-Roman) Page

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224 Msgr. James Shea: Forming Apostolic Hearts

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223 Pick Up the Pen and Write featuring Master Penman Jake Weidmann

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222 Something No One Has Understood Before with Dr. Daniel Kuebler

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221 A Survey and a Starting Point

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220 Decoding Mythology to Reveal Christianity

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219 The Upside of Anxiety with Dr. Kevin Majeres

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218 The Questions behind the Questions

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217 Spoilers of a Sort

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216 Searching for Something We've Forgotten with Trae Bailey

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215 New School Year Starter Kit

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214 A Long View

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213 This Is a Beginning - Commencement 2024

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212 Portable Treasure with Abigail Palmer

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211 Continuity & Community · Homeschooling on Base

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210 Firm Grounding

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209 Kolbe Kids Give Gems of Information

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208 A Mosaic of Experience

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207 A Privilege of a Lifetime

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206 Loaves & Fishes

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205 Gratuitous Love with Kaiser Johnson

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204 Habits of Ownership with Jacob Imam

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203 Guided Freedom

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202 A Great Conversation

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201 The Soundtrack of Life

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200 Transition Years

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199 Jason Craig: Do Good Work and Read Good Work

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198 The Sign of Our Salvation: Dr. Gilbert Lavoie on the Shroud of Turin

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197 Tools in a Toolbox: Kolbe Academy's Student Support Services

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196 Adaptable Asynchronous & Dynamic Digital Homeschool Options

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195 Greatness Awaits featuring Bobby & Dan Angel

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194 Visual Literacy with Amanda Shepard

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193 STEM, State Schools, and Sibling Dynamics

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192 Kitchen Doings

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191 A Window into the Ancient World with Mike Aquilina

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190 The School of Patience

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189 Fit Mind, Fit Body

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188 Dr. Kevin Majeres Sees Challenges As Opportunities

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187 The Impact of the Incarnation

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186 Full Circle (of Fifths)

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185 Developmentally Appropriate Independence

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184 Hope & Wonder with Katie Bogner & Shari Van Vranken

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183 Gratuitous Gifts: Sherry Weddell on Charisms

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182 Festive Holidays Ahead: Preparing, Adapting, Delighting

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181 Chef Dad

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180 Grace & Accompaniment in Times of Crisis featuring Anne DeSantis

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179 Translation Tug of War with Dr. Matthew Minerd

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178 Cultivating Kitchen Stewards with Katie Kimball and Kids Cook Real Food

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177 Tabletop Theology with Alexi Sargeant

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176 The Agenda Is to Grow - Art & Laraine Bennett and the Temperaments

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175 A Both-And Approach at The University of Dallas featuring Dr. Jonathan Sanford

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174 Kolbe’s Chiaroscuro with Anthony D’Ambrosio

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173 A Deeper & Greater Joy

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172 A Gift-Laden Voyage with Philip Kosloski of Voyage Comics

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171 Forming Financial Disciples with Jonathan & Amanda Teixeira of WalletWin

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170 A Spiraled Art

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169 No Made-Up Answers

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168 The Adventure of a Lifetime featuring Melissa Dee of Saints Alive

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167 Sanity & Sanctity with Johanna Seagren of Interior Kingdom

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166 Dr. John Cuddeback on Dwelling Together Richly

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165 Now I Know God

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164 This Is Not a Kolbe Infomercial

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163 Postcards from France

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162 Let Latin Conquer You

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161 Fostering a Linguistic Consciousness

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160 A Legendary Occasion

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159 Now We See in Part

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158 The Gift of a Mind

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157 Renewal, Revival, Variety, and Unity with Patrick Reilly

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156 Mission Intent: Formed to Serve

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155 Mission Intent: Pathways to Serve

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154 Passport: Argentina

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153 How Diversity Relates to Humanity with Adam Seagrave

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152 Join the Conversation

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151 Joyful Discoveries for Preschoolers

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150 A Family Apostolate: Liturgical Living with Kendra Tierney

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149 Faith-based Play with Chantal Baros of Shining Light Dolls

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148 Engage & Apply

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147 Building Blocks for Reading Success

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146 Stepping into the Arena: Bobby Angel on Our Call to Holiness

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145 Subsidiarity, Support, and Resources

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144 The Word Made Known with Mark Brumley of Ignatius Press

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143 Partners in a Liberal Arts Renewal with CLT’s Soren Schwab

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142 Kolbe Kiwis

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141 From Homeschooling to The Night Train with Peter Atkinson of The Merry Beggars

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140 Burnout Happens

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139 Glorifying God through Film with Daniel Bielinski

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138 Stories to Treasure Together with Kathryn Swegart

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137 Remember Your Whys

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136 Cura Personalis - The Sequel

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135 Hidden Holiness Made Known

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134 For Tinkerers of All Ages

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133 An Audience of One

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132 Monday Morning Assembly

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131 It’s All about Relationship featuring Danielle Bean

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130 The Gifts We Have with Emily Stimpson Chapman

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129 Windshield Time (replay)

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128 Living in Community

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127 Forging a Path

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126 Digital Citizens

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125 Call the Advisor

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124 In This Together

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123 A Change of the Ages with Msgr. James Shea

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122 Bridge Year

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121 Roots & Wings

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120 Substance Matters with CLT’s Jeremy Tate (replay)

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119 The Hope Throughout with Tom & Noëlle Crowe

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118 Odysseys in Catholicism

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117 Figureoutable with Dr. Andrew Mullally

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116 Things I Would Tell My Students

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115 The Kolbe Chimera

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114 Kolbe Past, Present, and Future

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113 At the Kolbe Table * Convention Day 5

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112 Cura Personalis - The Intro * Convention Day 4

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111 What Treasures Remain * Convention Day 3

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110 Choosing the Greatest Good with Matt & Erin Ingold * Convention Day 2

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109 A Lifetime Venture with Dr. George Harne * Convention Day 1

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108 Time Stood Still

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107 Wander & Wonder

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106 Goals in Mind

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105 Not Just for Special Occasions

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104 World Tour of Homeschooling

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103 Above & Beyond

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102 A Great Commission

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101 Turn of the Century

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100 In the Beginning with Mrs. Dianne Muth

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99 Gifted, Graced, and Formed

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98 Stewards of the Mission

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97 Advocates & Bridge Builders

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96 Adults in Training

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95 Conversation Starters

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94 A Boy, a Book, and a Library Mouse

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93 Good Thinking

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92 Protect, Guide, Prepare, Empower

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91 Kernels of Truth

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90 Vocations Here, Now, and Eventually

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89 The Master Blueprint

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88 Built for Battle with Jonathan Conrad, the Catholic Woodworker

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87 Home Base

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86 Magdalen College, the Rivendell of the Newman Guide

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85 Vibrant Campus Ministries

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84 The Essence of Catholic Education with Patrick Reilly

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83 This Is Only a Test

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82 Move and Groove

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81 The When and the How of Online Elementary

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80 The Journey That Is

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79 Doors to Your Memories

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78 The Kolbe Man Show

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77 The Road Less Traveled

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76 Study Buddies

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75 Minor Victories

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74 Special Teams–Kolbe Dads

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73 Through Beauty and Technology

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72 Participatory Citizens

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71 A Sight for Sore Eyes

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70 First Draft – A Parent In-Service

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69 Temperature Check

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68 Grace for the Nitty-Gritty

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67 Mission Driven

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66 Bonhomie à la Kolbe

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65 Working Breakfast

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64 Stricken by Ideas

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63 The Saints Speak for Themselves

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62 Due Diligence

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61 Middle Ground

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60 Mission: Possible

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59 The Secret Whiteboard

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58 Mystery Machines

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57 Seeking the Kingdom

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56 Home but Not Alone

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55 Humor & Humility

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54 Pro Omnibus Contendit

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53 Q, A, and Encouragement

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52 Through a Catholic Lens

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51 Made for Adventure

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50 Backstage (Cast Party)

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49 Revealed Through Story with Joseph Pearce

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48 Because It Rings True

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47 Among the Pots and Pans

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46 Language Lab with Mme. Jenni Mammola

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45 Grace Perfects Nature

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44 Student Spotlight–Newsletter Team

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43 The Grade Examen

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42 Let Them Tinker

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41 Backstage (Social Media)

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40: Windshield Time

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39: Reclaiming the Territory

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38: Substance Matters

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37: Take a Moment

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36: Embrace the Fifth Day

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35 - An Atmosphere of Opportunity

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34: A Beauty-Linked Life

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33: Show Your Work

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32: Reflections of His Light

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31: Veteran Homeschoolers

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30: Guiding the Ship

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29: The February Staredown

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28: Pessimist with Hope: A Conversation with Anthony Esolen

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27: An Appreciation of Wonder

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26: Truth in Person

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25: Backstage

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24: Rise and Shine

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23: Family is the Center

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22: Imagine Being Homeschooled

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21: To Live Fully Alive

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20: Head, Heart, and Hands

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19: Wherever He Wants You to Go

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18: Homer and The Hunger Games

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17: Secure to Explore

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16: It’s All Greek to Me

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15: Asparagus Moments

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14: We Don’t Think Those Words Mean What You Think They Mean

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13: The Next Generation

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12: Phone a Friend

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11: Truth, Wisdom, Virtue

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10: In the Driver’s Seat

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9: Interview with Kolbe Grad Monnica Prudlo

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8: Great Expectations with Colleen Carroll Campbell

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7: Et Tu, Iordane?

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6: Off and Running

315

5: Planning on Paper and Online

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4: Homeschool Workspaces

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3: Dramatic Arts with Dolores Mihaliak

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2: Patron Saints

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