Leigh! at Lunch 2011-2012 Season | Blog Talk Radio Feed
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Welcome back to Leigh! at Lunch for our 2011-2012 season of shows. We are looking forward to some great shows this year, and some great guests! We open with actress and author Janine Turner. September will also feature an interview with Stanley Fish. Keep an eye out for interviews with other popular authors, plus, and always a favorite, shows with product developers and tutors on the Classical Conversations team.
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Mandala Fellowship Conversation - May 10,2012 | Leigh Bortins sits down with Caleb Skogen and Matt Bianco to discuss Mandala Fellowship and the Quadrivium. | 5/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Wesley J. Callihan & Astronomy - Mar 28,2012 | Join Leigh!@Lunch this week as Matt interviews Wesley J. Callihan about astronomy and the Quadrivium. Wesley J. Callihan is the Founder and Tutor of Schola Classical Tutorials. He grew up on a farm in Idaho and graduated in History from the University of Idaho in 1983. He has taught at Logos School, the University of Idaho, and New St. Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho, and at Veritas Academy in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He has written curriculum for several ACCS and other Christian schools, such as Great Books study guides, and speaks regularly at Classical Christian education conferences for home educators and private schools, and teaches summer intensive Latin courses. He has written columns and short fiction for Credenda/Agenda and Antithesis, and contributed to the book Classical Education and the Home School, (published by Canon Press). We are excited to have Wesley J. Callihan on this weeks show and we hope you join the conversation to learn more about astronomy and its importance to classical education. *Join the conversation by signing up on blogtalkradio and chatting or calling in with your specific questions or comments. Please note you must be signed up to chat. | 3/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Summer Opportunities for Students - Mar 21,2012 | Join Leigh!@Lunch this week as Leigh interviews members from Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), Summit Ministries, PHC Teen Leadership, and Generation Joshua about summer camps and other opportunities for your children and students. We are excited to have these organizations separately share what they have to offer your students and family during the 2012 summer months. Do you have suggestions or ideas for your children or students in the summer? Join the chat this week and get your ideas and advice out to all our listeners and students. We hope you take the time to get to know some of these organizations and see what you can do to get your children and students involved. Join the conversation by signing up on blogtalkradio and chatting or calling in with your specific questions or comments. Please note you must be signed up to chat. | 3/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Patrick Henry College & Dr. Gene Edward Veith - Mar 14,2012 | Leigh!@Lunch is sponsored by Patrick Henry College for the month of March! On this weeks show, Tobin Duby will interview Dr. Gene Edward Veith from Patrick Henry College to talk about Patrick Henry College and classical education. Dr. Gene Edward Veith, Jr., is an Alliance Council member and Provost and Professor of Literature, at Patrick Henry College, a Christian classical liberal arts college in Purcellville, VA. Prior to coming to Patrick Henry College as Dean of Academic Affairs, Dr. Veith previously served as the Culture Editor of World Magazine and Executive Director of the Cranach Institute at Concordia Theological Seminary in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. In addition he also serves as the director of the Cranach Institute at Concordia Theological Seminary in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. He has been a Fellow at the Capital Research Center and Heritage Foundation. Dr. Veith is well-known in Christian conservative circles through his writing and speaking on various aspects of Christianity and culture. He is a columnist for Table Talk magazine. He also operates the Cranach blog (geneveith.com) featuring regular commentary on Christianity and Culture. His writings number more than 100 scholarly articles, reviews, papers, and books including Postmodern Times: A Christian Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture; God at Work: Your Christian Vocation in All of Life; A Place to Stand: The Word of God in the Life of Martin Luther; and Spirituality of the Cross: The Way of the First Evangelicals. We hope you take the time to join the conversation by signing up on blogtalkradio and chatting or calling in with your specific questions or comments. | 3/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Suzanne Underwood Rhodes | Poetry & Christianity - Mar 07,2012 | Join Leigh!@Lunch this week as Leigh interviews published poet, author, and teacher, Suzanne Underwood Rhodes. Her poetry collections include What a Light Thing, This Stone and Weather of the House (Sows Ear Press). She has also written a collection of prose meditations on everyday life, Sketches of Home, as well as a guide for student poets, The Roar on the Other Side (Canon Press). She serves full-time as the director of public affairs for Angel Flight, a nonprofit charitable organization. Suzanne lives with her husband Wayne in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Together, they have five grown children and three grandchildren. We hope you take the time to join the conversation by signing up on blogtalkradio and chatting or calling in with your specific questions or comments. *Leigh!@Lunch is sponsored by Patrick Henry College | 3/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh Interviews Becky Dunlop from The Heritage Foundation - Feb 29,2012 | Join Leigh!@Lunch this week as Leigh interviews Becky Dunlop, Vice President of External Relations at the Heritage Foundation. Over the years, Classical Conversations has established a strong relationship with the Heritage Foundation. "The Heritage Foundation is one of the nation’s largest public policy research organizations. More than 710,000 individual members make it the most broadly supported think tank in America." We are excited to have Vice President Dunlop on the show this week to help you learn more about the Heritage Foundation. We hope you take the time to join the conversation by signing up on blogtalkradio and chatting or calling in with your specific questions or comments. | 2/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2nd Generation Homeschoolers - Feb 22,2012 | Join Leigh!@Lunch this week as Leigh interviews 2nd generation homeschoolers, Alicia Glendenning, Jessica Herbert, and Nikki Wilcox. We are pleased to have these three guests on our show to talk about their own experiences as well as their challenges of being homeschooled and then homeschooling their own children. We hope you take advantage of this opportunity to gain some insight and encouragement as you take the reins in your childrens education. Having been classically home-educated, both Alicia Glendenning and her husband Luke saw the value in home education. Alicia is the Illinois State Manager for Classical Conversations. Jessica Herberts appreciation of her own homeschooling experience gave her the heart to offer the same blessing to her own children. Jessica was homeschooled through high school and is the incoming Foundations/Essentials director for CC Tampa. Nikki Wilcox is in her first year at CC but not in her first year of homeschooling. She is the mother of four, with two already enrolled in CC. We hope you take the time to join the conversation by signing up on blogtalkradio and chatting or calling in with your specific questions or comments. | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh Interviews Mitch Stokes - Feb 15,2012 | Join Leigh!@Lunch this week as Leigh interviews Mitch Stokes, speaker at the 2012 Toward the Quadrivium event in Ohio. Dr. Mitch Stokes is a Senior Fellow of Philosophy, responsible for teaching the junior-level Principia Mathematica Colloquium, lecturing in the upper-level Traditio Occidentis integrated humanities courses, and teaching electives in philosophy. Dr. Stokes received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida in 1992 and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Central Florida in 1994.While serving as an advanced and senior engineer in Florida in the 1990s, Dr. Stokes took theological courses at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando. He went on to complete an M.A. in Religion (Philosophy of Religion) at Yale University under Dr. Nick Wolterstorff in 2001 and an M.A. in Philosophy at University of Notre Dame in 2003. He completed his doctoral studies in Philosophy at Notre Dame under Dr. Alvin Plantinga and Dr. Peter van Inwagen in 2005, prior to joining the New Saint Andrews faculty. We hope you take the time to join the conversation by signing up on blogtalkradio and chatting or calling in with your specific questinos or comments. | 2/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CCMM Team & Product Updates - Feb 08,2012 | Join Matt Bianco and the CCMM Team today on Leigh!@Lunch as they discuss specific Classical Conversations products and updates. Jennifer Courtney and Denise Moore will be with us from Classical Conversations Multi Media team to explain and share new products from Classical Conversations. Some of these products include the new Foundations Guide, 4th edition, and our new History Cards. We hope you take the time to join the conversation by signing up on blogtalkradio and chatting or calling in with your specific questinos or comments. | 2/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh Interviews James D. Nickel - Feb 01,2012 | The Toward the Quadrivium event is fast approaching! This week on Leigh!@Lunch, Leigh will interview James D. Nickel, one of the speakers at the 2012 Toward the Quadrivium event. Please visit the link above to learn more about the TTQ event and register now! James D. Nickel holds degrees in mathematics (B.A., Fresno State University), theology (B.Th. and B.Miss. Bethany College of Missions), and education (M.A., Valley Christian University). He is the author of Mathematics: Is God Silent? (Ross House, [1990] 2001) and Lift Up Your Eyes on High: Understanding the Stars (Christian Liberty Press, 1999). Professor Nickel has worked in the fields of mathematics and computer science in a wide variety of contexts, including for the US Navy as a mathematical analyst designing code to analyze radar flight data of the F-14A Tomcat and the Tomahawk Cruise Missile. He is currently a full-time consultant and teaches a wide variety of mathematics courses as a member of the math faculty of The Potters School. Remember to sign up on blogtalkradio.com in order to chat and ask questions during the show. | 2/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Updates in Classical Education with Andrew Kern - Jan 25,2012 | Join Leigh!@Lunch this week as Leigh interviews Andrew Kern on classical education and how to be a better teacher. Andrew Kern, is president and founder of the CiRCE Institute. He graduated from Concordia University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he was mentored by Dr. Gene Edward Veith and was graduated with a BA in Liberal Arts. Shortly afterward, Dr. Veith and Andrew co-authored the best-selling book, Classical Education, The Movement Sweeping America, now in its second edition. Andrew has been directly involved in the establishment of three classical Christian schools, has trained teachers in over 50 states since 1996, and has been directing the CiRCE Institute full time since the summer of 2000. Andrew Kern is married to Karen. They are the parents of three boys and two girls: David, Matthew, Katerina, Larissa, and Andrew. Remember to sign up on blogtalkradio in order to chat and participate in this weeks show! | 1/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Latin with Denise Moore & Kathy Sheppard - Jan 18,2012 | Join Leigh!@Lunch this week as Matt interviews Latin experts, Denise Moore and Kathy Sheppard! The National Latin Exam is coming soon and registration is due in January! Kathy Sheppard will update you on all you need to know to get your kids registered and also answer any other questions you may have about the National Latin Exam. Denise Moore will join the conversation and give you her presentation method for Latin. We hope you take advantage of this opportunity to ask questions and learn more about Latin. Dont forget to sign up or register on blogtalkradio in order to participate in this weeks conversation. | 1/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2012 TESTING with Shannon Brown! - Jan 11,2012 | Please join Leigh!@Lunch this week as Leigh and Shannon Brown discuss the ins and outs of end of grade testing. Is your child ready? What are the legal requirements for YOUR state? What do you do if your child has struggled all year? Have questions about the testing booklets? These questions, and more, will be answered in this session of Leigh!@Lunch on BTR with Leigh and Shannon Brown! Remember to sign up on blogtalkradio.com in order to chat and ask questions during the show. | 1/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Matt Interviews David Mulroy, The War Against Grammar - Jan 04,2012 | Welcome to a new year of Leigh!@Lunch! Please join Leigh!@Lunch this week as Matt interviews author of The War Against Grammar, David Mulroy. David Mulroy earned his Ph.D. in Classics at Stanford University. After graduating, he taught at Princeton University and, since 1973, at the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Mulroy is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Scholars and Vice-President of the Wisconsin Association of Scholars. In 1996, he received the Barry M. Gross Memorial Award from the National Association of Scholars for “distinguished service to the cause of academic reform” as founder and Director of the Certificate Program in the Study of Liberal Arts through Great Books at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dr. Mulroy is the translator of Early Greek Lyric Poetry, Horace’s Odes and Epodes, and Catullus’ Poems. His works include Politics and Great Books, The War Against Grammar, and Alphabetic Literacy ands the Revitalization of the Liberal Arts. We are grateful to have David Mulroy on our show and hope that you take advantage of the opportunity to hear him talk about his book, The War Against Grammar. Remember to sign up on blogtalkradio.com in order to chat and ask questions during the show. | 1/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Advent, Christmas, and the Saints with Pastor Steve Wilkins - Dec 07,2011 | Join Leigh!@Lunch this week as Matt Bianco interviews Pastor Steve Wilkins about Advent, Christmas, and the Saints. Steve Wilkins holds a Bachelor of Science degree (in Pre-Law) from the University of Alabama and a Masters of Divinity from the Reformed Theological Seminary of Jackson, Mississippi. He has served as the pastor of Auburn Avenue Presbyterian Church of Monroe, Louisiana since 1989. Pastor Wilkins is the author of Face to Face: Meditations on Friendship & Hospitality , Call of Duty: The Sterling Nobility of Robert E. Lee, & most recently All Things for Good: The Steadfast Fidelity of Stonewall Jackson. We hope you take advantage of this unique opportunity to listen and participate in this great discussion about Church history and Christmas. Remember to sign up on blogtalkradio.com in order to chat and ask questions during the show. | 12/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh Interviews CEO of TeenPact, Peter Martin - Nov 30,2011 | Join Leigh!@Lunch! this week as Leigh interviews the CEO of TeenPact Leadership Schools, Peter Martin. TeenPact is a dynamic, hands-on leadership school for Christian students. The TeenPact mission is to train youth to understand the political process, value their liberty, defend their Christian faith and engage the culture at a time in their lives when, typically, they do not care about such things. From the first class in the Georgia state capitol in 1994 to nearly 50 classes in 2012, TeenPact continues to teach a hands on approach to government and leadership and encourages students to be involved at a time in their lives when, typically, they do not care about such things. TeenPact teaches students that the answer to the problems in America is spiritual revival – not politics. Tune in to this weeks show to learn more about TeenPact! Dont forget to sign up on blogtalkradio.com to participate in the conversation. | 11/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh Interviews Best-Selling Author, N.D. Wilson - Nov 16,2011 | Join Leigh!@Lunch! this week as Leigh interviews best-selling author, N.D. Wilson. Leigh will discuss N.D. Wilsons latest book for kids out from Random House, Ashtown Burials I: The Dragons Tooth and will also be talking about Wilsons latest C.S. Lewis movie project. We hope you can join this weeks conversation with N.D. Wilson as he talks about the importance of stories and how classical education can better prepare students in their writing skills. N. D. Wilson is the author of Leepike Ridge, a childrens adventure story, and 100 Cupboards, the first installment in a multi-world fantasy series. He received his Masters degree from Saint Johns College in Annapolis, Maryland, is the managing editor of Credenda/Agenda magazine and is also a Fellow of Literature at New Saint Andrews College. His writing has appeared in Books & Culture, The Chattahoochee Review, and Esquire. Remember to sign up/register on blogtalkradio.com in order to participate in this weeks episode. | 11/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Classical Conversations Changes for 2012 - Nov 09,2011 | Join Leigh!@Lunch! this week as Leigh discusses Classical Conversations changes for 2012. Leigh will be joined this week by a group of CC leaders from around the country to discuss upcoming changes in 2012. This team of leaders will share some of the product updates and changes ocurring in 2012 and also will be discussing tuition changes. We hope that this show will prove helpful to all of our CC families and friends. Please remember to sign up or register on blogtalkradio.com in order to participate in this weeks conversation. We are planning to take a lot of questions for this weeks show and we do hope you participate. | 11/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Matt Interviews David Hicks - Nov 02,2011 | Join Leigh!@Lunch! this week as Matt Bianco hosts this weeks show to interview author David Hicks about his book, Norms & Nobility: A Treatise on Education. "First published in 1981 when it won the American Library Associations Outstanding Book Award, Norms & Nobility has become a classic text in the education reform movement. Beginning with the premise that any vital system of education must maintain the link between thought and action, knowing and doing, David Hicks offers a compelling argument on behalf of the classical tradition and its ongoing relevance to contemporary pedagogy. The large and loyal following that htis argument has attracted among administrators and teachers over the years bears witness to the practical wisdom of Hicksideas." - back of Norms & Nobility Please take advantage of this unique opportunity to listen to David Hicks speak about education. Remember to sign up/register on blogtalkradio in order to participate in this weeks show! | 11/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh Interviews Jeff Baldwin from Worlview Academy - Oct 26,2011 | Join Leigh!@Lunch! this week as Leigh interviews Jeff Baldwin from Worlview Academy. Jeff Baldwin is the research director for Worldview Academy and the headmaster of Steadfast Christian Classical School. He served for four years as the humanities chair for Providence Classical School in Spring, Texas. He also served as the creative editor for Understanding the Times by David A. Noebel, and co-authored the Understanding the Times curriculum. Jeff recently published a worldview primer for students K-5. He has also published a collection of essays, poems and short stories entitled The Twelve Trademarks of Great Literature, and an introduction to worldviews based on the stories of Frankenstein and Jekyll and Hyde entitled The Deadliest Monster. Currently, Jeff is producing discussion guides for Worldview Academy’s website, TheGreatBooks.com. Each guide helps educators teach a classic work from the Christian perspective; works range from Homer’s Odyssey to John Milton’s Paradise Lost. Jeff’s articles have appeared in World, Teachers in Focus, and New Attitude, and have been broadcast on Charles Colson’s radio program, Breakpoint. Jeff teaches nation-wide at camps and conferences. Jeff’s wife, Linda, homeschools their youngest child and teaches Latin and Grammar at SCCS. Dont forget to sign up on blogtalkradio.com in order to participate in this weeks discussion on Leigh!@Lunch! | 10/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Teaching Latin - Oct 19,2011 | Join Leigh this week as she is joined by two other Challenge tutors from Classical Conversations to talk about teaching Latin. Latin expert Kathy Sheppard and Denise Moore will dive into this weeks discussion providing helpful tips and advice to teaching and understanding Latin more effectively. Please take advantage of this unique opportunity to listen to 3 Challenge tutors discuss the ins and outs of teaching Latin. Dont forget to join the conversation by signing up on blogtalkradio and chatting or calling in with your specific questions and comments. | 10/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Matt Interviews CCMM Team - Oct 12,2011 | Join Matt Bianco and the CCMM Team this Wednesday on Leigh!@Lunch as they discuss specific Classical Conversations products and resources. Jennifer Greenholt and Courtney Sanford will be with us from Classical Conversations Multi Media team to explain and share products from Classical Conversations. Some of these products include the Scribbler Program/Resources and WAS - American Documents. We hope you take the time to join the conversation by signing up on blogtalkradio and chatting or calling in with your specific questions and comments. | 10/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh Interviews Warren Daniel and Jamie Radtke - Oct 05,2011 | Please join Leigh!@Lunch this week as Leigh talks state Legislature with Warren Daniel. Warren Daniel is a Republican member of the North Carolina State Senate, representing District 44. Daniel joined the Senate in 2011 after winning election on November 2, 2010. After graduating from West Point with a B.S. in National Security and Public Affairs, Daniel was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Army Field Artillery. He later transitioned to reserve status and earned his J.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He began practicing in his familys firm in 2000. Daniel and his wife, Lydia, have three daughters. Later in the show Leigh will also be interviewing Jamie Radtke, candidate in the 2012 Senate race in Virginia. Jamie Radtke is a CC Mom and was a past CC director. In 2009, Jamie was swept up in the spontaneous grassroots movement reshaping the entire political landscape in America: the Tea Party. She became the President of Richmond Tea Party and Chairwoman of the Federation of Virginia Tea Party Patriots. As a result of her hard work in advancing the core principles of constitutionally limited government, fiscal responsibility, free markets, and virtue and accountability, her success has been recognized in a variety of ways. She received the National Sam Adams Alliance Award for the Tea Party; she was one of 20 conservative women highlighted in the recent Citizens United documentary Fire from the Heartland for her work to improve America; she was named by Style Weekly as one of Richmond’s Top 40 Under 40; and she has repeatedly interviewed with local and national media outlets, including FOX News, the Wall Street Journal, and the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Please join Leigh this week for a great show! **Dont forget to sign up on blogtalkradio.com to win prizes and enter the discussion on Leigh!@Lunch. | 10/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh & Directors - Sep 28,2011 | Join Leigh!@Lunch on Wednesday, September 28th, as she interviews Directors from Classical Conversations. Leigh will sit down with a few Directors from Classical Conversations to discuss how to integrate subjects for Classical Conversations tutors and parents. Please take advantage of this informational but interactive discussion on not just how to integrate the subjects but also why integrating the subjects is important. If you have questions or want to share something do not hesitate to call in or chat online and enter in on the disucssion. *Remember to sign up/register on blogtalkradio so that you can better participate in the chat and have a chance to win prizes from Classical Conversations. | 9/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh Interviews Stanley Fish - Sep 21,2011 | Join Leigh!@Lunch this week as Leigh interviews author, Stanley Fish as they discuss his most current book, How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One. In addition to being one of the countrys leading public intellectuals, Professor Fish is an extraordinarily prolific author whose works include over 200 scholarly publications and books. While his research covers a variety of fields, Professor Fish has written for many of the countrys leading law journals. including Stanford Law Review, Duke Law Journal, Yale Law Journal, University of Chicago Law Review, Columbia Law Review, and Texas Law Review. Stanley Fish is currently a professor of humanities and law at Florida International University, in Miami. In the Fall of 2011, he will be Oscar M. Ruebhausen Distinguished Senior Fellow and Visiting Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He has also taught at the University of California at Berkeley, Johns Hopkins, Duke University and the University of Illinois, Chicago. He is the author of 13 books, most recently “How to Write a Sentence,” a celebration of sentence craft and sentence pleasure; “Save the World On Your Own Time"; and “The Fugitive in Flight,” a study of the 1960s TV drama. His essays and articles have appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Harpers Magazine, Esquire, The Atlantic and The New York Times. | 9/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh & Politics - Sep 14,2011 | Join Leigh and enter into the discussion of politics. In this episode, Leigh will be talking politics and also be sharing who she is supporting in the 2012 presidential election. Want to know what Leigh is saying about who she is supporting? "Politics do not matter to him as much as the truth. He knows it is wrong to ask for money that just doesn’t exist and isn’t yours. Finally there is a presidential candidate who not only understands thoroughly that ideas have consequences, but I believe has a chance to win. I’ve supported him through supporting mutually shared ideas and associations for over thirty years. I’ve known about him for a long time, and I finally think he can win. I’d like to announce my support for __________ for President." Who is Leigh supporting in 2012? Tune in to find out! We are excited for this show as we hope you are too. Please join the conversation to discuss politics with Leigh!@Lunch. | 9/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Start of School Address & Leigh interviews Janine Turner! - Sep 07,2011 | Welcome back to the start of the new season of Leigh!@Lunch! Listen in as Leigh interviews actress, author, and Talk Radio Host, Janine Turner as she discusses her new foundation, "Constituting America". Leigh will then address the start of the school year and share some Clasical Conversations updates and growth throughout the summer. Janine is best known for her role as Maggie OConnell in the Emmy Award-winning CBS series, Northern Exposure, for which she earned three Golden Globe nominations and an Emmy nomination. Janine has also starred in the top rated, hit Lifetime series, Strong Medicine and NBC’s critically acclaimed, Friday Night Lights. She has starred in numerous films including Cliffhanger with Sylvester Stallone, Robert Altman’s Dr. T and the Women, and Steel Magnolias and as June Cleaver in the feature film version of, "Leave it to Beaver." She is the author of the Washington Post bestseller book, "Holding Her Head High: 12 Single Mothers Who Championed Their Children and Changed History." Janine is an avid reader and writer, with a passion for history and politics. Her op-ed commentary articles have been published in media outlets such as FoxNews.com, and she has appeared on numerous television and radio talk shows including Fox and Friends, Hannity, Glenn Beck, The O’Reilly Factor, Neil Cavuto, Megyn Kellys America Live, Larry King Live, Laura Ingraham, William Bennett, Lou Dobbs and the Steve Gill Show. Please tune in for a great opening show! | 9/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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THOMAS WOODS on Leigh! At Lunch - Apr 27,2011 | Thomas E. Woods, Jr., is the New York Times bestselling author of 11 books. A senior fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Woods holds a bachelors degree in history from Harvard and his masters, M.Phil., and Ph.D. from Columbia University. Woods has appeared on CNBC, MSNBC, FOX News Channel, FOX Business Network, C-SPAN, and Bloomberg Television, among other outlets. Woods lives in Topeka, Kansas, with his wife and four daughters. | 4/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh! at Lunch with Dr. Darrel Cox of Patrick Henry College - Apr 20,2011 | Before coming to Patrick Henry College, Dr. Cox was an Associate Professor of Bible and Theology at Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, GA. He has served as Chairman and Associate Dean of a School of Christian Ministries and as a faculty liaison for new academic programs with SACS (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools). He teaches core and upper level courses in Biblical Studies and writes curriculum for online classes. Dr. Cox lives near Winchester, Virginia, with his wife and seven children. | 4/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh! at Lunch with Bay Buchanan - Apr 13,2011 | Angela "Bay" Buchanan began her political career as the national Treasurer of Ronald Reagans presidential campaigns in 1980 and 1984. This position catapulted her into a distinguished career beginning in 1981 when President Reagan appointed her to be Treasurer of the United States. At the age of 32, she was the youngest person to hold that position since it was established in 1775. Currently Buchanan is a political analyst often seen on CBSs Morning Show, as well as on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News. She writes a regular column for Human Events Online; is the president of The American Cause, an educational foundation dedicated to advancing traditional conservative issues; and co-chairman of Team America, a PAC dedicated to opposing amnesty for illegal aliens. Her first book, The Extreme Makeover of Hillary Rodham Clinton was published in 2007. A native of Washington, DC, Buchanan has a Masters degree in mathematics from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and has further studies at several universities, including the University of New South Wales in Australia. In 1981, she received an Honorary Doctor of Law Degree from Samford University. She lives in Virginia and has three sons and two grandchildren. | 4/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh! at Lunch with Nancy Pearcey - Apr 06,2011 | Nancy R. Pearcey, editor-at-large of The Pearcey Report, is joining the faculty at Riven- dell Sanctuary and will begin leading classes in the Fall of 2011. She is also a columnist at Human Events and a fellow at the Discovery Institute. Previously she was the Francis A. Schaeffer Scholar at the World Journalism Institute, where she taught a worldview course based on her book Total Truth, winner of the 2005 ECPA Gold Medallion Award for best book on Christianity and Society. She has also served as professor of worldview studies at Philadelphia Biblical University, during which time she wrote her most recent book, Saving Leonardo: A Call to Resist the Secular Assault on Mind, Morals, and Meaning. Nancy has addressed staffers on Capitol Hill and at the White House; actors and screenwriters in Hollywood; scientists at labs such as Sandia and Los Alamos; students and faculty at Stanford, Dartmouth, Princeton, USC, Ohio State, and the University of Georgia; as well as educational and activist groups, including the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. She has appeared on NPR and C-SPAN. In addition to Saving Leonardo and Total Truth, Nancy is author of The Soul of Science and co-author of How Now Shall We Live? (with novelist Harold Fickett and former White House operative Charles W. Colson). She contributed the Foreword to The Right Questions, and chapters to Of Pandas and People, Mere Creation, Pro-Life Feminism, Genetic Ethics, Signs of Intelligence, Reading God's World, Uncommon Dissent, and the Phillip Johnson Festschrift titled Darwin's Nemesis. Nancy and Rick are homeschooling the second of their two sons. | 4/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Matt interviews Jonathan Bartlett !!! - Mar 30,2011 | Jonathan Bartlett is the director of The Blyth Institute (blythinstitute.org), a nonprofit organization dedicated to research and education in new paradigms of biology. He also wrote the book Programming from the Ground Up, which was required reading at Princeton for a few years. Jonathan’s interest in biology and genetics came from his family’s battles with genetic illnesses, which required him to stay on top of the current medical and biological literature. Last year Jonathan graduated with a Master of Theological Studies degree from Phillips Theological Seminary. Jonathan is married to his wife Christa, and they have had five children together - Daniel, Andrew, Nathan, David, and Isaac. Christa teaches in the Challenge program in Classical Conversations in Tulsa. | 3/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The NEW EEL GUIDE for 2011-2012 and other NEW products! - Mar 23,2011 | Join Classical Conversations MultiMedia team members Heather Shirley, Denise Moore, and Courtney Sanford as they discuss the upcoming Essentials of the English Language 4th edition. Heather and Denise will discuss the revisions and the updated and friendly format parents and tutors are sure to enjoy. Heather and Denise will also hit some FAQs that will help directors and parents in their decision to purchase the revised guide or to simply keep and mark up the old guide. Heather and Courtney will then discuss Classical Conversations newest resources, the first two in our Trivium Tables Series: English Grammar and Quid et Quo. These easy to use, quick reference and dialectic desktops will serve Essentials families and Challenge families in their family’s language education. | 3/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lawrence Reed on Leigh! At Lunch - Mar 16,2011 | Lawrence W. Reed became president of FEE in 2008. He was a founder and president for twenty years of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Midland, Michigan. A champion for liberty, Reed has authored over 1,000 newspaper columns and articles, 200 radio commentaries, dozens of articles in magazines and journals in the U. S. and abroad, as well as five books. His articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, Baltimore Sun, Detroit News and Detroit Free Press, among many others. His interests in political and economic affairs have taken him as a freelance journalist to 69 countries on six continents. Lawrence W. Reed holds a B.A. degree in Economics from Grove City College (1975) and an M.A. degree in History from Slippery Rock State University (1978), both in Pennsylvania. In his spare-time interests include reading, travel, fly-fishing, hiking, skydiving, and animals of just about any kind. | 3/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Parent Practicums on Leigh! At Lunch - Mar 09,2011 | Join the Classical Conversations MultiMedia Team while they discuss new and revised products for 2011 along with our 2011 Parent Practicum - "Improving Your Vision". Sit in and listen to Heather Shirley, Matt Bianco, and Tobin Duby share their excitement for all that's going on in 2011. New products like Trivium Tables, Classical Christian Education Made Approachable, and the new Compass of Classical Conversations double CD audio set, along with revised products like Essentials of the English Language and our Words Aptly Spoken series. Finally, the team will share a little about Classical Conversations signature training events, Parent Practicums. Designed for parents and educators our parent practicums are offered for free across the united states. Click here to find a parent practicum near you. | 3/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh! at Lunch with Bob and Geri Boyd - Mar 02,2011 | Please join Leigh this week as she interviews Bob and Geri Boyd this Wednesday, March 2nd, as they discuss the roles of government and freedom within education. We are very excited about having Bob and Geri Boyd on our show this week. Bob and Geri host a radio program called Issues in Education that focuses on Christian education and homeschooling in order to encourage families to see the importance of Christian education. Please feel free to call in and ask your questions to Leigh, Bob, and Geri! | 3/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TESTING with Shannon Brown - Feb 23,2011 | Please join Leigh and Shannon Brown as they discuss the ins and outs of year end testing. Is your child ready? What are the legal requirements for YOUR state? What do you do if your child has struggled all year? These questions, and more, will be answered in this session of 1 Smart Mama on BTR. Please feel free to call in and ask your questions of Leigh and Shannon. | 2/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CC GRADUATES - Feb 16,2011 | Join Leigh and some of her past students as they discuss their thoughts and feelings on their education. Where are these students today? In college? Married? Are they carrying on the tradition with their families and homeschooling through a Classical Christian curriculum? How well did they accept and do in college? Join in at 12:00 noon EST and CALL IN and ask questions of Leigh's past students. This should be a very lively show!! | 2/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh! At Lunch with National Day of Prayer - Feb 09,2011 | Please join Leigh as she chats with John Bornschein, Executive Director of the National Day of Prayer Task Force and an Executive Member of the National Prayer Committee. He and his team have been charged by Mrs. Shirley Dobson to mobilize the Christian community to intercede for America and its leadership in the seven centers of power: Government, Military, Media, Business, Education, Church and Family. | 2/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Adam Andrews with Leigh! At Lunch - Apr 07,2010 | Adam Andrews is the director of the Center for Literary Education and a home schooling father of six. Since 2003, he has traveled throughout the United States and Canada presenting an innovative method for teaching the crucial skills of literary analysis and interpretation. Adam’s dynamic presentations have enabled many students to enjoy great literature as never before, while his fresh insights have inspired parents and teachers with new vision for their task as educators. Adam earned his B.A. from Hillsdale College in southern Michigan and his M.A. from the University of Washington in Seattle, where he is currently a candidate for the Ph.D. He is a Henry Salvatori Fellow of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and a founding board member of Westover Academy in Colville Washington. He and his wife Missy, a Hillsdale graduate and accomplished educator in her own right, currently teach all six of their children at home in Rice, Washington. | 4/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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True Leigh! At Lunch - Q & A DAY!!! - Mar 31,2010 | This show is for all homeschool parents who want their questions answered by Leigh Bortins herself! Leigh started 13 years ago in her home - teaching her boys and their friends by the method that educated Thomas Jefferson and other great men and women: the classical, Christian method. Leigh believes that true education will prepare children to love learning and to see the world from God's side of the sky. Whether you are just beginning your homeschool journey or are at any point along the path, Leigh sincerely hopes you'll join her in the journey!! | 3/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Special Episode With Leigh! At Lunch - Mar 24,2010 | Colonel James P. Dutton, Jr, NASA Astronaut, is a homeschooling father of four boys who are enrolled in Classical Conversations. He was the top graduate of the United States Air Force Academy (1991), and received Distinguished Graduate from Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (1992), and top graduate from F-15C student training (1995) and the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School (2000). TIME magazine College Achievement Award recipient (1990). Bobby Bond award for top Air Force test pilot in 2003. Military decorations include a Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal, and 10 Aerial Achievement Medals. Col. Dutton's next NASA launch is scheduled for April 5, 2010. Please join Leigh on Blog Talk Radio as she talks with Col. Dutton before his next launch! They will discuss how a busy Dad can be active in his children's lives and help school them. Dutton has more than 3,300 flight hours in over 30 different aircraft. Prior to joining NASA, he tested the F-22 Raptor with the 411th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB), California. He logged more than 350 F-22 flight hours between August 2002 and June 2004 performing avionics testing and high-risk envelope expansion testing. His NASA experience includes being selected in May 2004 as one of 14 members of the 19th NASA astronaut class. In February 2006 he completed Astronaut Candidate Training that included scientific and technical briefings, intensive instruction in Shuttle and International Space Station systems, physiological training, T-38 flight training, and water and wilderness survival training. Dutton was initially assigned to the Exploration Branch working on the development of the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) cockpit and to the Capcom Branch as a shuttle capsule communicator. He was the Ascent/Entry Capcom for STS-122 in February 2008 and STS-123 in March 2008. Dutton is assigned as pilot on the crew of STS-131, targeted for launch in April 2010. | 3/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Andrew Pudewa with Leigh! At Lunch - Mar 17,2010 | Andrew Pudewa is the director of the Institute for Excellence in Writing and a homeschooling father of seven. Presenting throughout North America, he addresses issues relating to teaching, writing, thinking, spelling, and music with clarity, insight, practical experience, and humor. His seminars for parents, students and teachers have helped transform many a reluctant writer and have equipped educators with powerful tools to dramatically improve students’ skills. Although he is a graduate of the Talent Education Institute in Japan, and holds a Certificate of Child Brain Development from the Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, his best endorsement is from a young Alaskan boy who called him “the funny man with the wonderful words.” He and his beautiful, heroic wife Robin currently teach their three youngest at home. | 3/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ray Moore with Leigh! at Lunch - Mar 10,2010 | OK all of you smartmama's out there! You requested we have E. Ray Moore, Jr. return on BTR with Leigh and he is back!!! Ray is a Bible Teacher, Army Reserve Chaplain (Ret.), and Campaign Consultant, has served twenty-eight years in pastoral ministry as a campus pastor, pastor-teacher in the local church or as an Army Chaplain. He and his wife, Gail, were selected as SC Parents of the Year for 2000 by Parents' Day Council, Washington, DC. They have four children and three grandchildren. They were home-schoolers from 1977-1994. They have had a long-term involvement in private Christian Education. Mr. Moore serves as President of Frontline Ministries; a Columbia, SC based ministry, which focuses on prayer, revival and evangelism. Frontline Ministries also provides a chaplaincy service for small businesses, corporations, and institutions. He is Director of the Exodus Mandate Project. So - get your chat questions ready and we'll pick up where we left off a few weeks ago!! | 3/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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C3 questions answered with Leigh at Lunch! - Mar 03,2010 | Today Chris Sanford, Classical Conversations' technical expert will try to answer all your questions about the C3! If you are already joined in on the C3, then learn new ways the C3 will benefit your family's homeschool experience. If you are not a member of the C3 community, then listen to see all the great ways this connected community will help your job as a homeschool parent easier and connected you with other parents that have the same concerns and questions you may have! | 3/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh At Lunch! with Dr. Gene Edward Veith, Jr. - Feb 24,2010 | Dr. Gene Edward Veith, Jr., is an Alliance Council member and Provost and Professor of Literature, at Patrick Henry College, a Christian classical liberal arts college in Purcellville, VA. Prior to coming to Patrick Henry College as Dean of Academic Affairs, Dr. Veith previously served as the Culture Editor of World Magazine and Executive Director of the Cranach Institute at Concordia Theological Seminary in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Prior to his years at World Magazine, Dr. Veith was on the faculty for 19 years as Professor of English at Concordia University Wisconsin, where he also served for six years as the Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. He has also taught at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College and has been a visiting professor at the Estonian Institute of Humanities, Gordon-Conwell, Regent College (Vancouver), and Wheaton College. In addition he also serves as the director of the Cranach Institute at Concordia Theological Seminary in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. He has been a Fellow at the Capital Research Center and Heritage Foundation. Dr. Veith is well-known in Christian conservative circles through his writing and speaking on various aspects of Christianity and culture. He is a columnist for Table Talk magazine. He also operates the Cranach blog (geneveith.com) featuring regular commentary on Christianity and Culture. His writings number more than 100 scholarly articles, reviews, papers, and books including Postmodern Times: A Christian Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture; God at Work: Your Christian Vocation in All of Life; A Place to Stand: The Word of God in the Life of Martin Luther; and Spirituality of the Cross: The Way of the First Evangelicals. | 2/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh At Lunch! with Ray Moore, Jr. - Feb 17,2010 | E. Ray Moore, Jr., Bible Teacher, Army Reserve Chaplain (Ret.), and Campaign Consultant, has served twenty-eight years in pastoral ministry as a campus pastor, pastor-teacher in the local church or as an Army Chaplain. He has served as a speaker-lecturer in a university setting on public policy, church-state and theological subjects. He has worked as a campus pastor at both the University of South Carolina and Purdue University. He and his wife, Gail, were selected as SC Parents of the Year for 2000 by Parents' Day Council, Washington, DC. They have four children and three grandchildren. They were home-schoolers from 1977-1994. They have had a long-term involvement in private Christian Education. Mr. Moore serves as President of Frontline Ministries; a Columbia, SC based ministry, which focuses on prayer, revival and evangelism. Frontline Ministries also provides a chaplaincy service for small businesses, corporations, and institutions. He is Director of the Exodus Mandate Project. | 2/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh At Lunch! with James B. Jordan - Feb 10,2010 | James B. Jordan (born 1949) is a theologian and author. He is director of Biblical Horizons ministries, a think tank in Niceville, Florida that publishes books, essays and other media dealing with Bible commentary, Biblical Theology, and liturgy. From 1980 to 1990 Jordan was an associate pastor of a Presbyterian church in Tyler, Texas with Ray Sutton now a bishop in the Reformed Episcopal Church where the also served in Geneva Ministries. | 2/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh At Lunch! with ANDREW KERN - Feb 03,2010 | Andrew Kern is president and founder of the CiRCE Institute. He graduated from Concordia University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he was mentored by Dr. Gene Edward Veith and was graduated with a BA in Liberal Arts. Shortly afterward, Dr. Veith and Andrew co-authored the best-selling Classical Education, The Movement Sweeping America, now in its second edition. Andrew has been directly involved in the establishment of three classical Christian schools, has trained teachers in over 50 since 1996, has consulted with still more on institutional development and start-up, and has been directing the CiRCE Institute full time since the summer of 2000. Andrew is available year round for start-up consulting, leadership development, teacher development, writing workshops, and public presentations (e.g. commence addresses, banquet speeches, etc.) | 2/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh at Lunch! with Martin Cothran - Jan 27,2010 | Please join us as Leigh retuns to BTR with guest Martin Cothran!! Martin is the author of Traditional Logic, Books I and II, as well as Classical Rhetoric with Aristotle, both published by Memoria Press. He is also Latin, logic and rhetoric instructor at Highlands Latin School in Louisville, Kentucky and is Master Teacher at Mars Hill, Lexington. In addition to being editor-in-chief of Classical Teacher magazine, he serves as senior policy analyst for The Family Foundation of Kentucky, where he directs legislative and media relations and is a frequent guest on political and cultural issues on radio and television in his home state of Kentucky. He holds a B.A. in economics and philosophy from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an M.A. degree in Christian Apologetics from the Simon Greenleaf School (Now a part of Trinity University). He lives with his wife and four children in Danville, Kentucky. | 1/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh IS GOING ON TOUR! - Jan 20,2010 | Please join Leigh as she discusses her upcoming traveling schedule. 1SmartMama will be in TN, AL, MS, and GA..... if you can't make one of her events, please CALL IN TO BTR TODAY AND ASK LEIGH questions that would could ask if you were able to attend her tour! You may even hear about a new and exciting upcoming event in Leigh's life!! | 1/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh! at Lunch with Martin Cothran - Jan 15,2010 | Please join us as Leigh retuns to BTR with guest Martin Cothran!! Martin is the author of Traditional Logic, Books I and II, as well as Classical Rhetoric with Aristotle, both published by Memoria Press. He is also Latin, logic and rhetoric instructor at Highlands Latin School in Louisville, Kentucky and is Master Teacher at Mars Hill, Lexington. In addition to being editor-in-chief of Classical Teacher magazine, he serves as senior policy analyst for The Family Foundation of Kentucky, where he directs legislative and media relations and is a frequent guest on political and cultural issues on radio and television in his home state of Kentucky. He holds a B.A. in economics and philosophy from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an M.A. degree in Christian Apologetics from the Simon Greenleaf School (Now a part of Trinity University). He lives with his wife and four children in Danville, Kentucky. | 1/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh! At Lunch with R.C. Sproul, Jr. - Jan 13,2010 | Dr. R.C. Sproul Jr. planted Saint Peter Presbyterian Church in Southwest Virginia and is the founder, chairman, and teacher of the Highlands Study Center. He graduated from Grove City College in 1986 and Reformed Theological Seminary in 1991. He received his doctor of ministry degree in 2001. He is the author or editor of a dozen books, including When You Rise Up: A Covenantal Approach to Homeschooling. He is a regular columnist for Tabletalk and Homeschooling Today magazines. Dr. Sproul has ministered in Russia, Myanmar, New Zealand, and Israel. He is a husband to Denise and homeschooling father to Darby, Campbell, Shannon, Delaney, Erin Claire, Maili and Reilly. | 1/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh! for Lunch with Andrew Kern - Apr 22,2009 | Andrew Kern, is president and founder of the CiRCE Institute. He graduated from Concordia University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he was mentored by Dr. Gene Edward Veith and was graduated with a BA in Liberal Arts. Shortly afterward, Dr. Veith and Andrew co-authored the best-selling Classical Education, The Movement Sweeping America, now in its second edition. Andrew has been directly involved in the establishment of three classical Christian schools, has trained teachers in over 50 since 1996, has consulted with still more on institutional development and start-up, and has been directing the CiRCE Institute full time since the summer of 2000. Andrew Kern is married to Karen. They are the parents of three boys and two girls: David, Matthew, Katerina, Larissa, and Andrew. | 4/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh! for Lunch with Art Reed - Apr 08,2009 | Art Reed has more than twelve years of Saxon teaching experience at a rural high school in Enid, Oklahoma. Using John Saxon's math books, he taught high school mathematics from Algebra ½ through Calculus . He was instrumental in raising the school's average math ACT scores from 13.4 to 21.9 in just four years. The school's scores were above the national average of 20.2 – and this was more than fifteen years ago! Besides exceeding the national averages in math ACT scores, the high school also had more than ninety percent of their seniors taking math courses that were above algebra one. Additionally, the actual number of high school students taking the ACT tests had tripled! During the past nine years, Art Reed has become well known for his sound curriculum advice to homeschool parents. He has come to be known as an experienced curriculum advisor for John Saxon's math textbooks from Math 76 through Calculus and Physics . Homeschool parents using Saxon math textbooks have come to ask for him by name to seek his valued advice and assistance. He has established the same professional reputation among school administrators and teachers for his assistance in helping them establish a quality Saxon math program within their school districts. Art Reed was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1936. He attended private Lutheran schools in Chicago through high school, graduating in 1954. In the fall of that same year, he enlisted in the United States Army. He spent more than twenty-seven years in the U.S. Army. Art and his wife Judy have been married for more than forty years. They reside in Enid, Oklahoma, as do their two daughters and their families, which include five grandchildren. | 4/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh! for Lunch with Pam Lopes - Apr 01,2009 | Pam Lopes lives in Fredericksburg, VA with her husband, Chris, and their three children. Pam was raised in Hersey Pennsylvania, She graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in Broadcast Journalism. After a year in television, she enjoyed a career in Christian radio as an Announcer and Program Director for 8 years before she married. Pam joined CC in 2003 with two other families in Fredericksburg to establish the FIRST Virginia CC community. She is part of the CC Audio Team and has voice recorded and produced the Memory Work CD's for Cycles 1-3. Pam has been a Foundation's Tutor and Director, an Essential's tutor, and a Challenge A Director. Last year, Pam became part of the Program Manager Team as the PM for Challenge A. Passionate about home-based education, Pam looks forward to teaching her children through high school as a member of a CC community. One day she hopes to achieve a degree in Biblical Counseling. Last summer, Pam was diagnosed with breast cancer and has been on a journey of recovery and healing. She has been through months of chemotherapy and is now having radiation treatments. Her prognosis is good and she looks forward to Celebrating God's goodness with her family and friends once her treatments are completed. She desires to give glory to God for His faithful provision during this trial. Pam sees this journey as ordained by the Lord to teach adn discipline her, but also to show her the immeasurable depths of God's love and forgiveness. | 4/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh! for Lunch with Mike Smith, President of HSLDA - Mar 25,2009 | Attorney Mike Smith is the President of Home School Legal Defense Association, an organization that he helped found in 1983. Established to protect the right of parents to teach their children at home, HSLDA now represents over 80,000 member families. Mike and his wife Elizabeth began homeschooling their children in 1981. He has been defending families for 24 years. Mike has been speaking to homeschool audiences for 23 years. His columns on home education appear regularly in the Washington Times, and he has been a guest on numerous television and radio programs, including Focus on the Family with Jim Dobson and Hannity and Colmes on Fox News. He believes that there is a revival taking place in America through the homeschool movement and that, through the second and third generation of homeschoolers, there is great potential to return America to its moral and religious foundation | 3/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh! for Lunch with Kate Dedden - Mar 18,2009 | Homeschooling parents DO NOT WANT to miss Leigh's talk with Kate Deddens! She is an outstanding mom and wife. Kate has been 'officially teaching' in her family's Classical Christian Homeschool for a decade, but she knows that all homeschooling truly begins at birth (and all parents homeschool in some fashion whether they recognize it or not). She homeschools at the rhetoric level with her high school junior daughter, at the grammar-going-on-logic stage with her fifth grade daughter, and at the grammar stage with her second grade son and one year old son. Kate has been enormously blessed during this academic year as Director of a Classical Conversations' Foundations program in Owensboro, Kentucky. In addition to her husband and children, Kate helps care for her 84 year old mother-in-law (diagnosed with dementia and bedridden) who lives in the home with Kate's family. Kate is active in her Missouri Synod Lutheran Church congregation, and has a passion for her faith, Classical Christian education, homeschooling, good literature, music, and fellowship, writing, traveling, and being a Mom. Kate and her husband Ted celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary last summer. Ted designs, sculpts and manufactures his own handmade line of military miniatures (www.tedtoy.com). They also operate a military miniatures, toys, and books shop in downtown Owensboro, Kentucky. Ted and Kate relocated to Kentucky fifteen years ago from Annapolis, Maryland, where they had both graduated with BAs from the St. John's College Great Books Program. Before committing to homeschooling her children when her eldest was six, Kate worked in a variety of fields (a librarian, a freelance writer and editor, in financial consulting, in management for an international building products corporation, and in counseling) and earned an MA in Mental Health Counseling from Western Kentucky University. Kate was born in Tehran, Iran, the sixth child in an American Presbyterian missionary famil | 3/18/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh! for Lunch with Focus on the Family's Dr. George Wiedmaier - Mar 11,2009 | PLEASE join Leigh! as she talks with Dr. George Wiedmaier on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. EST. Dr. George Wiedmaier is the new Parenting Outreach Director for Focus on the Family. In addition to bringing a passion for the centrality and importance of parenting in our culture, he brings a unique, rich and intimate knowledge of parenting. He and his wife served as surrogate parents to 42 children and youth of poverty from urban NYC, Philadelphia, rural Pennsylvania, California, Washington and other regions of the U.S. Some of the daily activities included teaching academic enrichment programs, social skills curriculums, character education modules, daily devotions and personal health programs while modeling and living with school age youth as their surrogate parents. Dr. Wiedmaier received his master’s in Counseling from Alfred University and received his doctoral degree from the NOVA Southeastern University. His dissertation and research interest have surrounded parental education programs. His doctoral work delivered an extensive qualitative description of parents increasing personal awareness of their parenting style’s efficacy in motivating individual youth. As the work concentrated on surrogate parents, an emphasis and passion of his work resides in the topic of breaking the cycle of poverty and disadvantage through the medium of surrogate parenting. Dr. Wiedmaier lives in Colorado Springs with his wife Allysia and two daughters. This is an episode of blogtalkradio with 1SmartMama that you WILL NOT WANT TO MISS! | 3/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh! for Lunch with Rea Berg of Beautiful Feet Books - Mar 04,2009 | Rea Berg founded Beautiful Feet Books in 1984 to encourage the use of classic and historic literature in the home schooling community. She has written numerous guides for teaching history through literature that have been popular with parents and students alike. She and her husband Russ have brought back into print many notable children's works. Rea has a BA in English from Simmons College and recently earned a Master's Degree in Children’s Literature at the Center for the Study of Children's Literature in Boston where she was named a Virginia Haviland Scholar. She can be emailed at rea@bfbooks.com. The Beautiful Feet website is: www.bfbooks.com | 3/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh! for Lunch with Alan Schaeffer - Feb 25,2009 | Alan Schaeffer works for the Alliance for Separation of School and State. Alan majored in philosophy at Gordon College. Being both a mechanic and philosopher, he has a passion to understand how things work, or don't work and why. Alan found that just selecting an educational alternative is not enough. Without understanding the causes of the school mess, people are still victims of it. His questions led him to the first Alliance conference in 1984. He, his wife, and their five home-educated children now live in California. He has put his passion to work by helping parents understand their vocation as parents. He has re-designed the approach the Alliance takes to help more people come to know what they can do about the school mess. | 2/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh! for Lunch with Mark Bauerlein - Feb 18,2009 | Mark Bauerlein earned his doctorate in English at UCLA in 1988. He has taught at Emory since 1989. His latest book, The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future; Or, Don’t Trust Anyone Under 30 (www.dumbestgeneration.com), was published in May 2008. Bauerlein tells us that Young American have more schooling, more money, more leisure time, more news and information and they spend their time downloading, uploading, IMing, posting, chatting, networking, watching TV and playing video games. Do you know what they DON'T DO? Young America doesn't read, follow politics, maintain a brisk work ethic, or vote regularly!! Please join Leigh and Mark Bauerlein as they discuss what is jeopardizing OUR CHILDREN'S future!! | 2/18/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Art Auction for Christian Schools in India - Feb 13,2009 | Join us live or chat with us as we encourage the world to purchase art created by families of young children and then donate the proceeds to Christian schools in northern India. | 2/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Art Auction for India PREVIEW - Feb 12,2009 | Join us as families describe their art and why they are participating in a worldwide art auction on Ebay to raise funds for Christian schools in India. | 2/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh! for Lunch Discusses Testing - Feb 11,2009 | Leigh! will be discussing testing with Keith Denton, Executive Director of Business Operations for Classical Conversation. Keith has been working for CC for two years. His wife, Julie, is the South Carolina State Manager for CC. He and Julie have three beautiful children and have been participating in Classical Conversations for six years now. We are sorry that Nedra Pickler could not be on the show today. However, we are trying to reschedule this show. | 2/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh! for Lunch with Andrew Pudewa - Feb 04,2009 | Mr. Pudewa is the director of the Institute for Excellence in Writing and a homeschooling father of seven. Presenting throughout North America, he addresses issues relating to teaching, writing, thinking, spelling, and music with clarity, insight, practical experience, and humor. | 2/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh at Lunch! discusses Student Practicums - Jan 28,2009 | If you are a director, tutor, or CC Parent, Student Practicums are an easy, fun way to equip and encourage students ages 9-18 in their writing skills. Topics include Essentials of the English Language, IEW Student Writing, SAT Prep and College Essay. Please join Leigh as she talks with Shelly Stockton, Director of Student Practicums about these wonderful events. | 1/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leigh for Lunch! A conversation with Doug Wilson of Christ Church - Jan 21,2009 | On Wednesday, January 21st, at 12:00 noon EST Leigh will discuss Classical Christian Education with Douglas Wilson, Pastor of Christ Church in Moscow, ID. Mr. Wilson is a strong supporter of the Classical Christian model and wrote the books Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning and The Case for Classical Christian Education. Please join Leigh at Lunch! and call in or email Leigh with your questions. | 1/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Celebration Tour - Jan 14,2009 | Amidst the gloom and doom of the economy, our country seems to have forgotten that God is still on the throne. Not a single resource has been diminished. Be encouraged to join CC for a big Celebration in January as we remember whose we are in this broadcast. | 1/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Governor Mike Huckabee and Leigh! - Jan 07,2009 | Note time change form 12pm to 1pm. Join me as I interview one of my favorite politcal leaders, Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee. Please do not call in until you can hear his voice on the phone. We want to keep a line open for our important guest. | 1/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Retreats and Advances - Dec 31,2008 | Parents who intentionally educate their children are concerned about what to teach and how to keep the task enjoyable. I keep up my enthusiam as a mom and a life-long learner by taking classes and meeting with my friends to discuss certain topics in-depth. This may seem obvious, but busy moms often forget to develop their own brain and reinvigorate their souls. We receive so much energy while engaging the minds of kindred spirits in lively discussions. Learn about opportunities to learn with other classical home schoolers. | 12/31/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Logic - Truth Tables and Truth Trees - Dec 27,2008 | Get a quick run down on memorizing tables for Logic seminars. | 12/27/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Relational Giving - Dec 24,2008 | Create art work as a family (spending time nurturing your family's relationships)and then send me a picture with some details. I'll use the 1st 50 entries as a fundraiser for Christian house schools in India on Ebay on (Friday) February 13, 2009. Tell grandma and your rich friends to type in Classical Conversations in the search window to find all the entries to bid on! | 12/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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