{"podcast":{"title":"Magnus Podcast: Conversations from the Catacombs of Liberal Education","slug":"magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308","podcast_index_feed_id":251308,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/magnuspodcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://magnuspodcast.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/6237155/Episode_066-2_yxzdkm.png","author":"Albertus Magnus Institute, Inc.","episode_count":100,"summary":"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…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T20:17:32.696672+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 118 - Philosophy is More Valuable in Business than an MBA","slug":"ep-118-philosophy-is-more-valuable-in-business-than-an-mba","published_at":"2026-03-30T17:24:05+00:00","page_url":"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","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308","url":"https://magnuspodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-118-philosophy-is-more-valuable-in-business-than-an-mba/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/fzgupgtwt58m9yid/Podcast_with_eric_black_march_2026bggft.mp3","summary":"Join Joshua and Eric Black as they discuss how each of their spiritual conversions came in a time in their lives when exploration of classical texts opened their minds to truth in deeper ways. They further their discussion sharing their experience in the private sector and how an education in the liberal arts with an understanding of philosophy and theology is more beneficial for successful business than any business degree could be.","meta_description":"Join Joshua and Eric Black as they discuss how each of their spiritual conversions came in a time in their lives when exploration of classical texts opene…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2237,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308/episodes/ep-118-philosophy-is-more-valuable-in-business-than-an-mba/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"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.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}