Developing Classical Thinkers is a classical podcast for classical thinkers, created and supported by the teachers at Thales Academy, a classical school in Raleigh, North Carolina. A Thales Press podcast.
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Raphael and John Singer Sargent | Anthony Esolen & "To Read a Work of Art"
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In this webinar, Dr. Anthony Esolen examined three seminal works art: Raphael's "The School of Athens" and two paintings from John Singer Sargent's "The Triumph of Religion" with "The Israelites Oppressed" and "The Messianic Era." The beauty we see, hear, or touch has the power to enter our minds and memories more powerfully than do philosophical o…
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In this episode, Winston Brady speaks with Heather Bakogiannias, Brittney Massey, and Katherine Greco-Fortney about their recent trip to the National Symposium for Classical Education held in March of 2024 in Phoenix Arizona. The National Symposium for Classical Education is hosted by the Great Hearts Institute and this year, focused on the theme o…
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Artificial Intelligence: Yet Another Hurdle for Teachers & Students
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In November of 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a chatbot capable of answering simple questions from users to writing papers, essays, blogs, and other forms of longform communication–sometimes so well that people cannot tell that the difference between a paper written by a student and one written by a machine. Since then, educators have been divided …
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Freedom Maximalist | Interview with Leigh Bortins, Classical Conversations
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In this episode, Winston Brady speaks with Leigh Bortins, founder of Classical Conversations. During the conversation, they discuss her philosophy of education, homeschooling and its relationship to educational freedom, and how to nurture a community of parents and students and orient them to what is good, true, and beautiful. Leigh Bortins is a na…
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Tried and True | Interview with Dan Coupland, Hillsdale College
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In today's episode, Winston Brady speaks with Daniel Coupland, author of the new book "Tried & True: A Primer on Sound Pedagogy" published by Hillsdale College Press. During the conversation, they discuss the parameters of good teaching, the advantages of a seating chart, the need for a small number of fair, rational, and easy-to-enforce rules, and…
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Ken Pope & the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation
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In this episode, Winston Brady speaks with Ken Pope, Vice President for Academic Operations and Strategic Partnerships. In the episode, they discuss the history of Communist regimes and Mr. Pope's experience working in countries such as East Germany that suffered under Communist regimes. The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) is an educ…
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The Reality of Communism | Ken Pope, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation
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In this presentation, Ken Pope, Vice President for Academic Operations and Strategic Partnerships, addresses the deadly history of Communism. Mr. Pope begins with his own experience in the military serving in West Berlin, addresses the life and writing of Karl Marx, then examines the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century from the Soviet Uni…
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"Lessons from my Parents: Freedom and Questioning" | Adrian Bejan
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Professor Adrian Bejan traces his approach to science to growing up during a totalitarian Communist regime in Romania during the 1950s and 60s. Dr. Bejan witnessed the destruction of his parents, their generation, and the values they held dear. During this time, he learned to question in silence the difference between the truths spoken at home and …
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"On Entrepreneurship" with Robert Luddy | March 8, 2024
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Robert L. Luddy is the founder of CaptiveAire Systems, Thales Academy, and Thales College. He is a lifelong entrepreneur and philanthropist and in this lecture, Mr. Luddy examines skills such as alertness, personal integrity, and a willingness to serve the customers he considers essential to success in any entrepreneurial venture. Bob Luddy is the …
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Famously, our school’s spiritual founder, Thales of Miletus, made his reputation as a wise and noteworthy scientist predicting an eclipse. The event is recorded in Herodotus’ "The Histories" as the armies of the Lydians and the Medes were fighting for control of Anatolia. Thales predicted an eclipse would happen on May 28, 585 BC, and when the cele…
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Freedom and Physics | Adrian Bejan, Robert Luddy, and Winston Brady | March 8, 2024
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In this panel discussion, Winston Brady interviews Dr. Adrian Bejan of Duke University about his childhood growing up in Romania and the influence that life growing up under a Communist regime has had on his work in thermodynamics and physics. Dr. Bejan is a J. A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Duke University, a notable…
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To celebrate and explain St. Patrick’s Day, today’s episode features a brief biography of St. Patrick. Roman-British missionary St. Patrick lived from 385 to 461 and is famous for bringing Christianity to the people of Ireland. Learn the full story and how Patrick’s life shows the value of being classically educated. The quote from St. Patrick’s Co…
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"Culturing the Content" with Katie Flaherty
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In this webinar, Katie Flaherty presented strategies and classroom resources to bring together History, Art, Archaeology, and Culture into the Foreign Language classroom through a sample Latin curriculum ranging from grades 6-12. Flaherty also discussed additional pedagogical resources for increasing teacher confidence and knowledge on these topics…
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"Writing is Rewriting: Strategies to Help Students Become Writers" with Zachary Palmer
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In this webinar, humanities instructor Zach Palmer discussed strategies parents and teachers can implement to address and improve student writing. To help improve student outcomes, teachers can coordinate with one another to prioritize writing effectively rather than overload students with the sheer quantity of papers and compositions. Mr. Palmer a…
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Rhetoric is the art of public speaking, the ability to give a stirring and persuasive speech. Accordingly, the ancients looked at rhetoric as the one indispensable skill for leadership and public service. This webinar offered practical tips for successfully navigating public speaking opportunities, including how to get over nervousness, how to proj…
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Happy Valentine's Day! In this reposted episode, Winston Brady speaks with longtime DCT contributor Will Begley about the life of St. Valentine. St. Valentine is a holiday that many people celebrate but few people know why we do so. When did we start celebrating Valentine's Day? Who was St. Valentine? Why hearts? Was this holiday cooked up to sell …
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The apostle Paul, author of a series of letters in the New Testament, had a vocation by which he took care of himself through the day: tentmaking. Indeed, as a pharisee, Paul was required to learn such a trade so that he had a meaningful, marketable skill with which to earn his daily bread and bless others. The idea is so popular that individuals i…
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Three Hypotheticals for Classroom Teachers
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In this episode, Winston Brady and Keller Moore discuss classroom management tips and strategies, with Winston sharing three rulers or, better yet, "hypothetical scenarios" to help classroom teachers manage large classrooms between 25 and 35 students, at the Junior High level. Those scenarios are as follows: Hypothetical Scenario #1: If someone is …
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Entrepreneurship & a Free Society
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In this episode, Winston Brady speaks with Hunter Hastings, Vice President of the Kingman Institute. The Kingman Institute is dedicated to integrating the principles of entrepreneurial free-market capitalism into business and education. We teach the morality of merit-based reward and an applicable understanding of value-based entrepreneurship. Hunt…
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One Thales Rolesville staff member is leaving this quarter, taking a job at a local sandwich shop. While his departure is sad, we not only wish him the best but want to draw out from this new opportunity some valuable lessons for our students. Chief among those lessons are: the value of hard work, the joy of learning in and of itself, and the need …
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Virtue-Driven Leadership: An Interview with Rachael Bradley
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Key among her insights: the need for leaders to "connect" before they "correct", cultivate a sense of empathy and sympathy with their team, and be willing to endure the same sorts of challenges students and teachers go through each school day.In this episode, Winston Brady speaks with Rachael Bradley, administrator of the Thales Academy Franklin ca…
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The Essence of Christmas Films
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Merry Christmas! With Christmas coming up, it's time to revisit our favorite Christmas films and understand the elements that make up a Christmas film. In the episode, Winston Brady and Keller Moore discuss the criteria that make for an essential Christmas film. The criteria are as follows: (1) A Christmas film must have a happy ending (2) A Christ…
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Anthony Esolen and "Masterpiece Christmas: To Read a Work of Art"
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In this webinar, just in time for the 2023-Christmas season, Dr. Anthony Esolen walked viewers through four seminal pieces of art including: "The Nativity" by Giotto (1314-1315), "The Presentation of the Holy Family" by Mantegna (1455), "Christ among the Doctors" by Dirck van Baburen (1622), and "The Holy Family" by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1650)…
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On this date, at 7:55, December 7, 1941, Imperial Japan launched their surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Their goal was to keep the U.S. military from supporting American possessions like the Philippines and Guam or British outposts like Singapore and Hong Kong. Such territories Japan attacked within hours of striking Pearl Harbor, annexing …
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"Federal Policies & Higher Education" with George Leef
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In this talk, George Leef presented an overview of education policy in the United States, beginning with the Higher Education Act of 1965. Mr. Leef's examined the many unintended consequences that have resulted from federal meddling and government intrusion into higher education and academia, chief amongst these unintended consequences was the tran…
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The Covid-19 pandemic has radically reshaped our world and almost every level of society. Capitalizing on these changes, the World Economic Forum has been urging a “great reset” for civic and political leaders to reshape the world in light of the pandemic. But what changes are they proposing, and will any of these changes make our world a better pl…
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Thanksgiving is today, so it is an appropriate time to look back and reflect on all the things we should be thankful for. I was reminded of these things watching, then editing a recent webinar from Dr. Anthony Esolen, entitled To Read a Painting, to Enter Another World. While watching, I was reminded of how blessed I was to have gotten an education…
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Anthony Esoleon and "To Read a Painting, to Enter Another World"
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How can you learn about, or teach about, the Renaissance or any great period of human civilization, from dwelling upon the art that the masters produced? If the beauty we see or hear or touch enters our minds and memories more powerfully than do ideas expressed in words, isn't it advisable for the teacher to show how the ideas of a culture are embo…
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Andrew Zwerneman | How to Teach Literature: A Lively Kind of Learning | Fall Classical Summit 2023
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It is increasingly difficult to find students at the collegiate level who know how to engage in spirited, rigorous, but amiable debate about important matters. Grandstanding, emotive outbursts calculated to silence opposition, and the recitation of prefabricated talking points mark much of the environment. Rather than seeking to expose the truth, m…
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The Thales Way with Bob Luddy
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In August 2023, Thales Press published The Thales Way by Bob Luddy, founder of Thales Academy. The Thales Way explains the history and mission of Thales Academy, the rationale for our educational approaches, and standards and methods for teachers, students, and families. In this episode, host Winston Brady speaks with Bob Luddy about the book, his …
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Robert Luddy | Modern Monetary Theory vs. Reality: No More Free Money | Fall Classical Summit 2023
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Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), is an economic theory that allows unlimited government spending financed by deficits and debt. However, MMT leads to high taxes, high-interest rates and lower growth. High government debt crowds out private investment, which is critical to production and growth. MMT and related policies of the federal government have a…
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Peter Forrest | Classical Education and Philosophical Anthropology | Fall Classical Summit 2023
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Classical Education is concerned, as a matter of first importance, with the cultivation of the virtues in our students. But we cannot have a reliable grip on what the virtues of a human being are without an accurate philosophical account of the nature of the human person, i.e. without a solid understanding of what it means to be human, a concept kn…
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Thales Academy has been named a Semifinalist for the 2023 Yass Prize, which is considered the “Pulitzer of Education Innovation” and is designed "to find, reward, celebrate and expand best-in-class education organizations from every sector." The Yass Prize is a prestigious award of recognition and also grants a $1 million reward to the grand prize …
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Josh Herring | "Receiving the Given: Learning Gratitude from C.S. Lewis | Fall Classical Summit, 2023
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In the Ransom Trilogy, C.S. Lewis presents a theory of reality as a gift. Through the metaphors of fruit and waves, Lewis suggests that we rational creatures find our best flourishing when we receive reality and unfold its riches throughout our lives. Josh Herring, Professor of Classical Education at Thales College, presented this talk based on a c…
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Andrew Zwerneman | History: Seeing the Whole for the Whole School | Fall Classical Summit 2023
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At its best, teaching history helps our students recover their bearings in a world that increasingly makes it difficult to see and love the life we have together. Like being and nature, history is a concept of unity by which we get our minds around the whole of things: in this case, the whole of our existence as the past, the present, and the futur…
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The National Debt | Luddy Lecture with Paul Cwik
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On Thursday, August 29, Thales Academy Rolesville hosted a special with Dr. Paul Cwik of University of Mount Olive. In the lecture, Dr. Cwik examined the national debt, investigating the question, “how much debt is really too much” Dr. Paul Cwik is a Fellow of the Mises Institute and the BB&T Professor of Economics and Finance at the University of …
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The Lost Art of Writing Report Card Comments
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Dorothy Sayers presented a paper entitled The Lost Tools of Learning at a summer conference at Oxford in 1947. In the paper, she makes a rather astute observation about “end-of-term reports” which should “combine a deep veneration for truth with a tender respect for the feelings of all concerned.” Ms. Sayers’ description of comments is profound. Th…
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Thales Academy is unique among classical schools thanks to founder, Robert "Bob" Luddy. Thales incorporates many ideas and principles from Bob's experience in leading and founding new business ventures, chief, amongst them being the idea of "Kaizen." Kaizen is a Japanese business and engineering philosophy that emphasizes a process of continuous se…
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Interested in sending your student to a classical school? Want In this episode, we look at three factors that separate classical schools from other institutions: the curriculum, the teachers, and the students. This episode is based off an article written by host Winston Brady that appeared on the American Spectator on July 12, 2023. That article is…
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Economics, Education, and Opportunity: A Conversation with Marianna Davidovich
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On today's episode, Winston speaks with Marianna Davidovich, Chief External Affairs Officer at the Foundation for Economic Education. On the program, they discuss her backstory and how it shaped her understanding and love of liberty, as featured in articles published at FEE, as well as the important role that the rule of law and entrepreneurialism …
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Research & Writing | New Books from Thales Press
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In this special episode, Winston Brady sits down for an interview about Research & Writing, a new writing textbook with a unique primary source-driven focus. Written by senior members of the trivium faculty at Thales Academy, namely, Winston, Elizabeth Jetton, and Josh Herring, Research & Writing integrates grammar and writing lessons with primary …
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Matt Ogle, "Students of Excellence" | Conference of Miletus
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In this presentation, Matt Ogle encouraged students and students alike to take greater responsibility for their own learning. Taking a cue from "The Law of Diffusion of Innovation" and "the tipping point," Matt urged teachers to hold their students to high expectations and positively reinforce them each day. Students will rise or fall to the expect…
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Josh Herring, "Teachers of Excellence" | Conference of Miletus
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An excellent teacher inspires students to love learning, has high expectations for content and behavior, and invests in students beyond the classroom. Dr. Josh Herring of Thales College describes three excellent teachers from his own education as a way of encouraging teachers to pursue excellence in their craft as they consider the beginning of a n…
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Winston Brady, "Parents of Excellence" | Conference of Miletus
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Winston Brady explains how parents and teachers work together for the mutual upbuilding of students. This relationship is a unique, collaborative partnership between teachers and parents for the time teachers have these students in their classes. Winston presents three ways parents can join in the work of classical education: asking, challenging, a…
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Bob Luddy, "Leaders of Excellence" | Conference of Miletus
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In this presentation from the Conference of Miletus, Bob Luddy offers his vision for virtuous leadership. Bob argues that leaders, particularly in the field of education, have a responsibility to cultivate good character and personal integrity if they are to be effective leaders who educate students to their highest potential. Robert "Bob" Luddy is…
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Classical Education Down Under
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In this episode, Winston speaks with Kon Bouzikos, President of ACES ( Australian Classical Education Society) about the growing movement of classical education in Australia. ACES is a group of teachers and parents across Australia interested in promoting classical education through various means. The mission of ACES is to create classical schools,…
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Classical Education Up North
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In this episode, Winston Brady speaks with Crystal Joy Campbell, a classical education consultant based in Alberta, Canada. They speak about the educational landscape in Canada, as well as the growing number of classical schools and programs in Canada that are helping students to appreciate beauty, recognize truth, and live out the nature of the go…
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Congratulations, Class of 2023
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In this episode, Winston Brady speaks with a group of seniors from Thales Academy Rolesville about their time in high school. To these seniors and everyone graduating this year, especially those seniors who have been classically educated, congratulations! As evidenced by this episode, this group of seniors has accomplished many great things already…
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Memorial Day: Gratitude and Classical Wisdom
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This week, we have a special episode in honor of Memorial Day, a holiday that honors those who have given their lives in service to our country and in preserving our freedom. In this episode, we look at the beginnings of Memorial Day, why we celebrate the holiday and how long we have done so. Then, we draw out the significance of the day by looking…
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Thinking with a Pencil: The Art of Annotating (and How to Teach It)
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In this webinar, Mrs. Warfield presented practical tips for teaching students how to annotate texts and how annotating can help students develop better reading habits. Topics included the habits of active reading, good questioning, and annotating, as well as ways to encourage whole-group class discussions over texts that matter. A Knightdale native…
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