The Classical Ideas Podcast

Simply stated, religion matters. Religion matters not only for personal reasons, but also for social, economic, political, and military purposes. Unfortunately, studies suggest that religious knowledge and cultural literacy for any religious tradition is either in decline or is non-existent in the United States, despite being one of the most religiously diverse nation on earth. Today, religion is implicated in nearly every major national and international issue. The public arena is awash in religious explanations and arguments for nearly every issue. The goal of The Classical Ideas Podcast is to empower students with the core knowledge of major world religions to improve citizenship and agency in a diverse society. Welcome to the show!
He used to be my English teacher!
09/27/2023
I’m so glad I thought about looking up this podcast. Mr. Soden was my sophomore English teacher and seriously changed my life! I remember him telling us about his podcast in class a couple different times not long after he made it. He would regularly suggest to take his Classical ideas and world religions class to really further our education and go into it with an open mind. He was absolutely my favorite teacher and was what I really needed in a role model at that point of my life. Being 15 I had so much to really learn about the world and how he taught our class was engaging and challenging. I learned things I still utilize to this day. I always had so much fun in his class and was so excited to take the class about religions. I signed up for the class and he told us close to the end of the school year he would no longer be teaching at our school as his family was moving away. I was so upset and even told him I would drop the class since the whole reason I wanted to take it was specifically because his teaching style resonated with me the most. He told me to still take it and not to rob myself of that experience simply because he wouldn’t be teaching the class. Although the teacher who took his place wasn’t as energetic and engaging as Mr. Soden was, as well as never getting to talk to any guest speakers or go to any places of religious significance like he had intended. I don’t regret listening to him and remaining in the class. People always ask me about the hoodie I got with the logo and I get to tell them about it t what I learned and how it changed my life for the better. I’m super excited to catch up with all the missing bits of the class I didn’t get to experience years ago though this podcast. I’m only on episode two but I’ll probably be caught up by the end of the week 😁
Educational Inspiring and irresistible...
05/06/2020
Consistently educational, rich in content, the purpose to make the world more peaceful and compassionate through promoting religious literary around the world, Greg Soden’s inspiring series the Classical Ideas Podcast is an amazing piece of work that you don’t want to miss! 1000 thumbs up!
Education Al fair and balance
06/27/2023
If you are like me who love to learn about other perspective this great resource for. My only issue podcaster need have better sound.
27 mins in, still don’t know what I’d learn from author’s book
09/22/2022
I’m twenty seven minutes into “EP 189: The Lives of Objects w/Maia Kotrosits,” author of _ The Lives of Objects: Material Culture, Experience, and the Real in the History of Early Christianity_ and it's still unclear exactly what one would learn by reading the book. They talk about the author’s background for eleven minutes, then why she wrote the book, then about material culture in general. Twenty seven minutes in and still not the slightest hint what if anything the book has to say about how any of it relates to early Christianity. I give up.
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- CreatorGregory Soden
- Years Active2017 - 2024
- Episodes319
- RatingClean
- Copyright© Classical Ideas Podcast 2017-2020
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