{"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. 122 – Mythology Makes the Best Metal Songs: Mythology, the Classics, and Progressive Metal with Mike LePond of Symphony X","slug":"ep-122-mythology-makes-the-best-metal-songs-mythology-the-classics-and-progressive-metal-with-mike-lepond-of-symphony-x","published_at":"2026-05-11T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"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","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs-of-liberal-education-251308","url":"https://magnuspodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-122-%e2%80%93-mythology-makes-the-best-metal-songs-mythology-the-classics-and-progressive-metal-with-mike-lepond-of-symphony-x/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/eqpgspubgi7yvhh2/Mike_Lepond_Symphony_X_Podcast_audio8awh0.mp3","summary":"Explore the intersection of classical music, mythology, the Great Books, and progressive metal with Symphony X's bassist Mike LePond. Discover how complex musical structures and timeless stories like the Odyssey and Paradise Lost inspire artistic expression and intellectual curiosity. Listen to how heavy metal music has gotten people to read classic literature and led to spiritual conversions. Key topics: Storytelling through music: The Odyssey and Paradise Lost The role of mythology and classic literature in inspiring art Music as an educational tool and intellectual journey The influence of classical music on progressive metal Join the FREE Magnus Fellowship: https://magnusinstitute.org/fellowship/ Support AMI: https://magnusinstitute.org/give/ SUBSCRIBE where Podcasts are available: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/magnus-podcast-conversations-from-the-catacombs/id1475793300 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3SuJ0ZDVLrh19Vq1rg6nKK? si=d6ffd631e49b46b3 PodBean: https://magnuspodcast.podbean.com/ Fio: https://www.play.fio.fm/show/MagnusPodcast Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV00wegjCFjw49tc0y_AMQA","meta_description":"Explore the intersection of classical music, mythology, the Great Books, and progressive metal with Symphony X's bassist Mike LePond. 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