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First Things Podcast

Liberal Literature

First Things Podcast

First Things

Religion & Spirituality

4.6699 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, Andrew Zwerneman joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, “The Life We Have Together: A Case for Humane Studies, A Vision for Renewal.”

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Located in the foothills of Wyoming's spectacular wind river range, Wyoming Catholic College, an accredited four-year Great Books Institution

0:22.3

is built on the ancient Western tradition of the liberal arts and the freedom of the American

0:26.3

West. The college offers its students an immersion in the primary sources of the classical

0:30.9

tradition, the grandeur of the mountain wilderness, and the spiritual heritage of the Catholic Church.

0:36.3

Students experience the illumination of imagination and intellect through the great books

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and traditional disciplines, literature and philosophy, mathematics and theology, science

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and Latin, and an outdoor program second to none.

0:48.0

The college celebrated an in-person graduation with its seniors last year and welcomed its

0:53.6

largest freshman class ever this year.

0:55.9

Learn more about the college's unique space in the world of American higher education at

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Wyoming Catholic.edu.

1:02.7

Andrews Wernaman joins us again.

1:05.1

He is president of Kana Academy, an author of History Forgotten and Remembered, a book we covered last year, I think.

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His new book is The Life We Have Together, a case for Humane Studies, a vision for renewal.

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That's our topic today. Welcome, Andrew.

1:22.0

Hey, thanks a lot, Mark. Great to be here.

1:24.1

You know, you're out in Arizona, and I hadn't planned this, but let me ask you about

1:29.0

the law that the governor signed last week that relates actually to schools in Arizona. What happened

1:38.9

there? It was a great bit of progress here. The law that was passed permits parents to have something like $6,500 or so per child to send their kid anywhere in the state to any school that they choose.

1:56.1

So it's universal school choice.

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It's groundbreaking.

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Arizona was the pioneer state for the charter school

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