SS #14: Reading Pagan Literature with Highly Resistant Children (with Wes Callihan)
Brandy’s guest today is the one and only Wes Callihan and she is thrilled! If you can believe it, she got through the entire interview without acting like a total fan girl. Wes and Brandy discuss why some children (the hypothetical Boy A and Girl B) are resistant to pagan literature and what to do about it. Two types of resistance prove we need two types of responses! We also get to find out what Wes is reading in his free time, and what advice he’d give to parents whose children are signing up for online classes.
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Show Notes:
- Scholé RDA:
- Wes:
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (also mentioned)
- Rod Drehrer
- Eric Metaxes
Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin
- Brandy:
- Wes:
- Topical Discussion: Reading Pagan Literature with Highly Resistant Children
John Milton: Classical Learning and the Progress of Virtue by Grant Horner
Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
Shop Craft as Soul Craft by Matthew Crawford
The Shallows by Nicholas Carr
Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff
Eusebius
Augustine’s Confessions
Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis
Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Fairy Tales
The Little Red Hen
Mother Goose
Beatrix Potter
- Nitty Gritty Homeschool Question
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Get out!!! It must be early podcast Christmas! I love listening to Wes Callihan (love Perpetual Feast) and finally splurged on my copy of Kristin Lavransdatter last month after having it on my to-read list for over a year and a half! I also just got back from visiting my brother in beautiful Moscow, Idaho (the palette is very subdued but gorgeous this time of year) and he was teasing me that Moscow is like Hollywood for me because there are so many people and places in classical learning and speaking that connect there. Thanks for making my Friday delightful. I will go actually finish the episode now;)
I love it when someone else gets as excited as I did about a guest!! 🙂 ♥
Love Wes Callahan! Great episode! I loved what he said about Common Grace and I see that as an important idea to apply not only in our reading of secular literature, but also in our daily interactions with people of different faiths. Thanks for having him on the podcast! It was a treat!
Ooh! Good point, Glenna. I like that!
I really loved this. It was helpful for me as I’ve struggled with some of these same questions. I’m off to find more Wes Callahan talks!
Sharron, Wes has done a number of podcasts with Andrew Kern on the CiRCE podcast network — you might want to check him out there! 🙂