Digressio: Inherit the Humanities

Nov 16 2024 16 ep. 45 mins 26
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Come inherit the humanities with Digressio Podcast, of Roman Roads Press.

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Ep 16 - How to Read an Epic Poem

Nov 16 2024 58 mins  
In episode 16 (episode 4 of Season 2), Joe Carlson and Daniel Foucachon read some epic poetry together, beginning with a BAD reading of epic poetry, followed by a tutorial covering four basic principles for reading epic poetry: First, allow the natural stresses of the words to dictate the flow of the sentence. Different words have different stress lengths, depending on the placemen

Ep 15 - What To Do with an Epic Poem?

Oct 31 2024 42 mins  
This is the Digressio podcast, helping families inherit the humanities in their home. Welcome to Season 2, where we are, among some "Digressios," discussing Epic Poetry. I’m your host Daniel Foucachon, and I’m joined by our co-host Joe Carlson, translator of Dantes Divine comedy, and author of The Dante Curriculum. The topic today is “What to do with an epic poem?”

Ep 14 - What is an Epic Poem?

Sep 12 2024 49 mins  
In episode 14 (episode 2 of Season 2), Daniel Foucachon and Joe Carlson continue the discussion of epic poetry by defining an epic poem. They begin by discussing the four genres of literature based on Dr. Louise Cowan's genre theory (Epic, Tragedy, Comedy, and Lyric), and then the four elements that make up an Epic, which functions as Cosmopoesis through: Expansion of SpaceExpansio

Ep 13 - The Need for Epic Poetry

Sep 06 2024 41 mins  
Welcome to Season 2 of The Digressio Podcast! In this season Daniel Foucachon and co-host Joe Carlson will discuss Epic Poetry, starting with the topic of this first episode: The Need for Epic Poetry.

Ep 12 - Nostra Vita (Joe Carlson on Dante's Opening Lines)

Mar 28 2023 19 mins  
The following was a portion of a Dante panel, focusing on the Inferno, presented at the University of Dallas, March 27, 2023, by Joe Carlson. Read the full article. Learn more about Dante's Divine Comedy at DantePoem.com

Ep 11 - Four Reasons to Read Dante in 2023

Jan 06 2023 6 mins  
This special edition of the podcast is a reading of an article by Joe Carlson entitled “Four Reasons to Read Dante in 2023." You can also read this article: https://romanroadspress.com/2023/01/four-reasons-to-read-dante/ Joe Carlson is a translator of Dante's Divine Comedy, and the author of a reader guide for each of the the three canticles, published by Roman Roads Press. You c

Ep 10 - What Does Jesus have to do with STEM? by Dr. Mitch Stokes

Feb 03 2022 14 mins  
This special edition of the Digressio Podcast features an article by Dr. Mitch Stokes, senior fellow of Philosophy at New Saint Andrews College, entitled, "What Does Jesus have to do with STEM." STEM refers to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. In this article Dr. Stokes explores the need to integrate STEM fields with the Liberal Arts, and addresses the current cris

Ep 9 - How to Speak Latin, with Tim Griffith and Reuben Jansen

Aug 30 2021 44 mins  
In this episode, Daniel Foucachon sits down with Tim Griffith (the creator of Picta Dicta) and Reuben Jansen (the author of Picta Dicta Latin Primer) to discuss the art of learning Latin the right way, which means speaking and using Latin. Reuben tells us the story of how Latin Primer came about, and we discuss what speaking and using Latin as a living language looks like, as well

Ep 8 - Latin Acquisition with Tim Griffith

Apr 13 2021 65 mins  
Timothy Griffith joins us to answer the question "Why Latin?" and why we need to integrate the three pathways of Use, Grammar, and Reading. We also bash the SAT a little bit, and talk about the CLT. INTRO: Tim Griffith, Fellow of Classical Languages, New Saint Andrews College Picta Dicta OUTLINE: 1. Why learn latin? 2. Why latin over another language? 3. Being familiar with the anc

Ep 7 - The Hidden Assumptions of the 5-Day School with Rusty Olps

Apr 12 2021 87 mins  
Rusty Olps tells us about the lesser-known roots of the modern school system, and the affects of incidentals like age-based placement and 5-day a week attendance. INTRO: The Jubilee School Lewis Clark Christian School Kepler Education OUTLINE: 1. The Prussian Model of Education 2. Horace Mann's Report of an Educational Tour, 1844 3. Incidentals of the Modern School 4. Diversity of