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From the Center

Discussions about ideas, the arts, and culture, with Director John Hodges with friends and faculty of the Center for Western Studies.

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The Shape of the Odyssey

The Shape of the Odyssey

We discuss the Odyssey, Ella Fitzgerald, and Camus!

26 Sep 2017

1hr 3mins

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Nations and Cultures: A Second Look at the Paris Statement

Nations and Cultures: A Second Look at the Paris Statement

What the Paris Statement addresses:  A False Europe is being built that embraces a secularized pluralism that they claim... Read more

15 May 2018

1hr 8mins

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The Glory of the Lord: The Beauty of Truth and Goodness

The Glory of the Lord: The Beauty of Truth and Goodness

Is Beauty the way to reach today's generation with the Gospel?  Hodges and Vowell discuss what Beauty is, how it relates... Read more

24 Feb 2018

1hr 11mins

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Music in Worship: Styles, Orchestration, and Liturgy

Music in Worship: Styles, Orchestration, and Liturgy

Hodges and Vowell discuss the question of purpose of worship:  is it primarily for God, for believers, or for unbeliever... Read more

29 Nov 2017

1hr 17mins

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Thou SHALL Judge? Under what circumstances do we use categories?

Thou SHALL Judge? Under what circumstances do we use categories?

Hodges and Vowell use our culture's judgment of races as a jumping off point to discuss the place of and means by which ... Read more

4 Aug 2018

1hr 3mins

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Reason and Irrationality: An Interview with Ken Myers

Reason and Irrationality: An Interview with Ken Myers

Director Hodges chats with Ken Myers at the Circe National Conference in Charleston, SC where they both were speaking. ... Read more

20 Aug 2018

1hr 6mins

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On Socialism

On Socialism

What with several of the candidates for the US Presidency claiming to actually BE Socialists, we thought it would be goo... Read more

22 Feb 2020

1hr 10mins

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End of the Year Review of Books: Lewis, Homer, Dante, and Hugo.

End of the Year Review of Books: Lewis, Homer, Dante, and Hugo.

Hodges and Vowell celebrate the end of the Center year by reviewing some of the highlights from the study of books read ... Read more

21 Jun 2018

1hr 3mins

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Power of History and the Arts: How Do They Improve Life?

Power of History and the Arts: How Do They Improve Life?

It has been a while since we posted a podcast! Thanks for sticking with us as we traveled to Europe, sold and bought a ... Read more

20 Jun 2019

57mins

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How Nations Go Awry: Relating Faith and Politics

How Nations Go Awry: Relating Faith and Politics

Frustrations with both sides of the political spectrum lead to a discussion of how political solutions cannot address th... Read more

17 Nov 2017

1hr 19mins

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Losing our Ability to See Through the World: The Decline of the Liberal Arts

Losing our Ability to See Through the World: The Decline of the Liberal Arts

Hodges and Vowell discuss the liberal arts and their purpose. What happens to a civilization that loses its understandi... Read more

21 Jan 2019

1hr 5mins

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On the Revoice Conference 2

On the Revoice Conference 2

Hodges and Vowell discuss the Revoice Conference to be held in late July, a conference to address how the Church can min... Read more

31 Jul 2018

1hr 3mins

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On Advent and Christmas: How Can a Jello Salad Change the World?

On Advent and Christmas: How Can a Jello Salad Change the World?

What is the difference between Advent and Christmas?  First and Second Comings, and how the Good Samaritan parable speak... Read more

22 Dec 2017

1hr 1min

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Relating Reason and Emotions in Knowing

Relating Reason and Emotions in Knowing

Hodges and Vowell have a conversation with Dr. E. Calvin Beisner, in which they discuss the way truth is understood.  Do... Read more

3 Nov 2017

58mins

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Male, Female; Masculine, Feminine: What's the Diff?

Male, Female; Masculine, Feminine: What's the Diff?

Is sex the same as gender? If different, how? Hodges and Vowell start our third season of the From the Center Podcasts b... Read more

4 Oct 2019

1hr 9mins

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Suffer the Little Children: Can We Be Pro-life and Pro-choice Simultaneously?

Suffer the Little Children: Can We Be Pro-life and Pro-choice Simultaneously?

With various states presently and recently debating the abortion issue, an article came out arguing that a Christian can... Read more

1 Mar 2019

1hr 13mins

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The St. Louis REVOICE Conference Upcoming in July

The St. Louis REVOICE Conference Upcoming in July

One of our recent Sunday night discussions was centered on the debate surrounding the upcoming conference on how the Chu... Read more

1 Jul 2018

1hr 8mins

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Do the Humanities Describe Humanity?

Do the Humanities Describe Humanity?

How does the study of the Humanities help us become more human? Could it be that the loss of the Humanities has encoura... Read more

6 Jul 2019

1hr

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Barr Speaks at Notre Dame: Can We have Liberty Without Faith?

Barr Speaks at Notre Dame: Can We have Liberty Without Faith?

Attorney General William Barr recently gave a lecture at the law school at Notre Dame University about the necessity of ... Read more

16 Nov 2019

1hr 14mins

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The Radical Truth: Ok, So if We Are Against That, What are we For?

The Radical Truth: Ok, So if We Are Against That, What are we For?

The Truth is a Person. As long as we are trying to choose which system of thought is the right one, we are missing the ... Read more

19 Mar 2019

1hr 16mins

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