# Magnus Podcast: Conversations from the Catacombs of Liberal Education

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Author: Albertus Magnus Institute, Inc.
Episodes: 100

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Welcome to Magnus Podcast - a production of the Albertus Magnus Institute, Inc. Imagine an academy deeply rooted and committed to the classical liberal arts, stocked to the brim with well-known, world-class faculty, and universally accessible. Now imagine it being completely affordable, even free. This was the vision of St. Albert the Great, father of classical education: an education that is at once freeing and free. A true and human liberation has always been the promise of an education in the liberal arts. Indeed, for the better part of the last 3,000 years, it was no mystery where one could learn how to cast off the shackles of the world and what to study to achieve that liberated state. In no uncertain terms, the classical liberal arts undoubtedly served as the intellectual foundation of Western Civilization. However, we are no longer a society of free men. The tradition of the liberal arts was left behind in favor of a more “practical” alternative. Many were promised a “liberating” education, and ironically received a soft enslavement. Graduates today are unemployable and inextricably saddled with debt, for an education they were told was “necessary for employment.” Worse st…

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## Episodes
- [Ep. 125 – Christopher Nolan's Odysseus and the Attack on Western Literature](https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308/ep-125-christopher-nolan-s-odysseus-and-the-attack-on-western-literature) — 2026-07-24T20:25:16+00:00
- [Ep. 124 – G.K. Chesterton's "The Everlasting Man"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308/ep-124-g-k-chesterton-s-the-everlasting-man) — 2026-07-09T16:38:58+00:00
- [Ep. 123 – Enthymemes in the Gospel of John with John True Johnson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308/ep-123-enthymemes-in-the-gospel-of-john-with-john-true-johnson) — 2026-06-04T14:52:33+00:00
- [Ep. 122 – Mythology Makes the Best Metal Songs: Mythology, the Classics, and Progressive Metal with Mike LePond of Symphony X](https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308/ep-122-mythology-makes-the-best-metal-songs-mythology-the-classics-and-progressive-metal-with-mike-lepond-of-symphony-x) — 2026-05-11T13:00:00+00:00
- [Ep. 121 – AI and the Amputation of Human Expression with John Johnson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308/ep-121-ai-and-the-amputation-of-human-expression-with-john-johnson) — 2026-05-04T13:00:00+00:00
- [Ep. 120 - The Household Academy: Raising Your Children in the Liberal Arts with David Arias](https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308/ep-120-the-household-academy-raising-your-children-in-the-liberal-arts-with-david-arias) — 2026-04-20T13:00:00+00:00
- [Ep. 119 - Liberal Arts, What Are They Good For? with Steven Cortright](https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308/ep-119-liberal-arts-what-are-they-good-for-with-steven-cortright) — 2026-04-09T13:00:00+00:00
- [Ep. 118 - Philosophy is More Valuable in Business than an MBA](https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308/ep-118-philosophy-is-more-valuable-in-business-than-an-mba) — 2026-03-30T17:24:05+00:00
- [Ep. 117 - Purgatorio and Love? with Dr. Anthony Esolen](https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308/ep-117-purgatorio-and-love-with-dr-anthony-esolen) — 2026-03-17T18:17:43+00:00
- [Ep. 116 - An Introduction](https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308/ep-116-an-introduction) — 2025-12-29T21:24:35+00:00
- [Ep. 115 - Where Did We Go Wrong?: A Mediocre and Sentimental Education](https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308/ep-115-where-did-we-go-wrong-a-mediocre-and-sentimental-education) — 2025-12-10T20:55:25+00:00
- [Ep.114 - On René Girard and Mimetic Desire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308/ep-114-on-ren-girard-and-mimetic-desire) — 2025-09-18T15:07:53+00:00
- [Ep. 113 - Introductory Seminar: The Iliad and the Odyssey](https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308/ep-113-introductory-seminar-the-iliad-and-the-odyssey) — 2025-08-25T21:57:01+00:00
- [Ep. 112 - On A Midsummer Night's Dream](https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308/ep-112-on-a-midsummer-night-s-dream) — 2025-08-15T17:12:28+00:00
- [Ep. 111 - Ad Fontes: Latin, Tradition & Faith](https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308/ep-111-ad-fontes-latin-tradition-faith) — 2025-08-06T14:25:30+00:00
- [Ep. 110 - History: The Liberal Art](https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308/ep-110-history-the-liberal-art) — 2025-07-04T19:38:42+00:00
- [Ep. 109 - AI and the Free Mind Part II](https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308/ep-109-ai-and-the-free-mind-part-ii) — 2025-06-30T19:37:40+00:00
- [Ep. 108 - AI and the Free Mind Part I](https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308/ep-108-ai-and-the-free-mind-part-i) — 2025-05-24T19:10:38+00:00
- [Ep. 107 - A Community of Learning for Liberal Education](https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308/ep-107-a-community-of-learning-for-liberal-education) — 2025-05-13T17:24:48+00:00
- [Ep. 106 - What is Knowing?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308/ep-106-what-is-knowing) — 2024-12-20T15:57:31+00:00
- [Ep. 105 - Consecration of Self: Understanding the Order of Techne and Technology](https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308/ep-105-consecration-of-self-understanding-the-order-of-techne-and-technology) — 2024-12-17T17:53:54+00:00
- [Ep. 104 - The Dignity of a Liberal Artist](https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308/ep-104-the-dignity-of-a-liberal-artist) — 2024-11-25T16:45:08+00:00
- [Ep. 103 - Relationship Without Remainder](https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308/ep-103-relationship-without-remainder) — 2024-11-14T17:23:18+00:00
- [Ep. 102 - From Tragedies to Comedies: The Journey of a Hero](https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308/ep-102-from-tragedies-to-comedies-the-journey-of-a-hero) — 2024-09-20T20:41:47+00:00
- [Ep. 101 - Refining the Renewal](https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308/ep-101-refining-the-renewal) — 2024-08-22T19:54:07+00:00

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