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The Sower is a Podcast of the Ciceronian Society. The Ciceronian Society exists to equip and encourage Christian scholars to serve the church as a center of cultural and civic renewal. Through our events, publications, and podcasts we provide the space and opportunities that Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox scholars need for professional growth and intellectual discipleship. Since 2012, we have been building a network of friends with a love for our core themes - tradition, place, and ‘things divine’ - and with a genuine commitment to the church and the life of the mind. To learn more about our society, our conferences, and the peer-reviewed journal, Pietas, visit https://ciceroniansociety.org/

  1. EPISODE 86 - The Herbert J. Storing Prize (2026 Conference Panel)

    1D AGO

    EPISODE 86 - The Herbert J. Storing Prize (2026 Conference Panel)

    We honor Jane Calvert for her book Penman of the Founding: A Biography of John Dickinson. Plenary panel from the 2026 Ciceronian Society Conference in Omaha, Nebraska, March 12, 2026. Featuring speakers Joshua Bowman, Michael Maibach, James Patterson, and Jane Calvert. Book: https://www.amazon.com/Penman-Founding-Biography-John-Dickinson/dp/0197541690 Joshua Bowman, Introduction Michael Maibach, About Prof. Storing James Patterson, Prize Award Jane Calvert & James Patterson, Conversation Question & Answer 0:00 Episode 86 Introduction 2:18 Welcome to Omaha! (Bowman) 14:17 About Professor Herbert Storing (Maibach) 20:03 The 2026 Herbert J. Storing Prize Award (Patterson) 23:47 Interview with Jane Calvert about John Dickinson 1:09:39 Audience Questions about John Dickinson To learn more about the Ciceronian Society, our events, this podcast, our journal, Pietas, to sign up for our newsletter, and to make your tax deductible gift, please go to https://ciceroniansociety.org/ Check out our other podcast, Cicero On Duties, publishing weekly throughout 2026: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1B7f66VCvfaF3PYETBIJG4AGMpanUNE3 Chapters (00:00:00) - Episode 86 Introduction(00:02:18) - Welcome to Omaha! (Bowman)(00:14:17) - About Professor Herbert Storing (Maibach)(00:20:03) - The 2026 Herbert J. Storing Prize Award (Patterson)(00:23:47) - Interview with Jane Calvert about John Dickinson(01:09:39) - Audience Questions about John Dickinson

    1h 20m
  2. EPISODE 85 - Local Flourishing & Formation with Christian Halls International

    MAY 17

    EPISODE 85 - Local Flourishing & Formation with Christian Halls International

    Working to make it normative to stay in your local place for higher education. Josh Bowman interviews Dr. Nick Ellis, Founder and CEO of Christian Halls International (CHI), which is “reimagining collegiate education through local learning communities that form virtuous people who contribute to flourishing places.” We revisit the unique model (unique at least in America) of CHI and how this quickly-growing network of educators and tutors is transforming the way we think about education and flourishing in our local communities. To learn more about this exciting example of educational entrepreneurship, visit https://christianhalls.org/ Dr. Nicholas Ellis of Christian Halls International at TPUSA Faith's The Believers Summit - https://youtu.be/e2gHWgX3-jw?si=yFLIvHN_JWjvmY9v 0:00 What Christian Halls Is 10:22 Subsidiarity and Sphere Sovereignty 18:41 What Local Flourishing Means 34:29 Humanities Education in Local Context 40:50 Remedial Education & the Two Guilds 48:49 Distinctive Multigenerational Formation 58:34 How to Get Involved with Christian Halls International ====== The 2026 Fall Symposium: “Scholars and Educators in a Brave New World”, Oct 22-24 in Holland, MI Proposals due June 1, 2026: https://ciceroniansociety.org/fall-symposium/fa26cfp/ 2027 Spring Conference in Virginia Beach, VA, March 11-13 Proposals due Sept 1, 2026: https://ciceroniansociety.org/conference-spring/call-for-conference-papers/ To learn more about us, our events, this Podcast, our journal, Pietas, to sign up for our newsletter, and to make your tax deductible gift, please go to https://ciceroniansociety.org/ Chapters (00:00:00) - What Christian Halls Is(00:10:22) - Subsidiarity and Sphere Sovereignty(00:18:41) - What Local Flourishing Means(00:34:29) - Humanities Education in Local Context(00:40:50) - Remedial Education & the Two Guilds(00:48:49) - Distinctive Multigenerational Formation(00:58:34) - How to Get Involved with Christian Halls International

    1h 6m
  3. EPISODE 84 - CS Lewis on the Gender Question, with Josh Herring

    MAY 10

    EPISODE 84 - CS Lewis on the Gender Question, with Josh Herring

    Josh Bowman interviews Dr. Josh Herring on his new book, Sons of Adam, Daughters of Eve: C.S. Lewis's Images of Gender. We discuss Lewis’s fiction and non-fiction, and how the great Christian apologist, scholar, and author gives us ways to think through masculinity and femininity.  Josh Herring is the Curriculum Program Manager for the Rafiki Foundation and Director of the Logres Institute for Classical Liberal Studies. To purchase the book, visit our friends at the Davenant Institute: https://davenantinstitute.org/sons-of-adam-daughters-of-eve Logres Institute for Classical Liberal Studies: https://www.logresinstitute.org/ Rafiki Foundation: https://rafikifoundation.org/ 0:00 Upcoming Ciceronian Society Events & Projects 3:02 Why Write About the Radioactive Topic of CS Lewis on Gender? 6:20 What Does it Mean to Grow Up into a Man or Woman? 10:46 Overcoming Opposition from the Lewis Estate 15:45 Why Listen to CS Lewis on Femininity? 22:33 Why Gender Theory is So Dangerous 30:45 CS Lewis's Essay "Priestesses in the Church" 36:15 CS Lewis's Use of Spencer & Faerie Queen 46:26 CS Lewis's Use of Milton & Paradise Lost 49:32 Positive & Negative Masculinity & Femininity 1:01:45 Other Images of Masculine & Feminine in Literature 1:09:59 4 Books (for Christians) on Images of Gender in Literature ====== The 2026 Fall Symposium: “Scholars and Educators in a Brave New World”, Oct 22-24 in Holland, MI Proposals due June 1, 2026: https://ciceroniansociety.org/fall-symposium/fa26cfp/ 2027 Spring Conference in Virginia Beach, VA, March 11-13 Proposals due Sept 1, 2026: https://ciceroniansociety.org/conference-spring/call-for-conference-papers/ To learn more about us, our events, this Podcast, our journal, Pietas, to sign up for our newsletter, and to make your tax deductible gift, please go to https://ciceroniansociety.org/

    1h 17m
  4. EPISODE 83 - Humanomics (2026 Conference Panel)

    MAY 3

    EPISODE 83 - Humanomics (2026 Conference Panel)

    How do we humanize economics? Are formal & final causes necessary for economics? Plenary panel from the 2026 Ciceronian Society Conference in Omaha, Nebraska, March 12, 2026. Featuring presentations by Michael Thomas, Steven Miller, Paul Mueller, and Diana Thomas. Panel sponsored by the Menard Family Center for Economic Inquiry at Creighton University, https://www.creighton.edu/menard-center-for-economic-inquiry Michael Thomas, Introduction Steven Miller, Catholic Social Teaching and Comparative Economic Systems: On Free Enterprise and the Common Good Paul Mueller, Philosophical Versus Technical Economies Diana Thomas, Dignity Relies on Providence Michael Thomas, Closing Remarks, Humanomics: Is it a Complement or Substitute? 0:00 Episode Intro 1:16 Michael Thomas, Panel Intro 6:47 Steven Miller 23:36 Paul Mueller 39:23 Diana Thomas 53:39 Michael Thomas, Closing Remarks 1:03:58 Q & A To learn more about us, our events, this Podcast, our journal, Pietas, to sign up for our newsletter, and to make your tax deductible gift, please go to https://ciceroniansociety.org/ Check out our other podcast, Cicero On Duties, publishing weekly throughout 2026: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1B7f66VCvfaF3PYETBIJG4AGMpanUNE3 Chapters (00:00:00) - Episode Intro(00:01:16) - Michael Thomas, Panel Intro(00:06:47) - Steven Miller(00:23:36) - Paul Mueller(00:39:23) - Diana Thomas(00:53:39) - Michael Thomas, Closing Remarks(01:03:58) - Q & A

    1h 27m
  5. EPISODE 82 - Pittsboro NC, with Madeleine Austin & Matthew Young

    APR 26

    EPISODE 82 - Pittsboro NC, with Madeleine Austin & Matthew Young

    Chris Anadale interviews Madeleine Austin and Matthew Young about the value of place and their home of Pittsboro, North Carolina. Madeleine Austin lives in Pittsboro, North Carolina. She is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. When Madeleine is not playing her banjo, she works as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Army Reserves. She also received the Ciceronian Society's 2025 Batchelder Award for the Study of Place, for which she was interviewed on Episode 60 of The Sower. Matthew Young lives on a small farm in Chatham County, North Carolina, with his wife Camille and their four children. He is an assistant professor of political theory at Elon University, where he teaches courses spanning the history of political thought and constitutional law. His writing focuses on the difficulties of toleration and civil discourse. His book manuscript draws on seventeenth century sources to show that toleration is dependent on hope. He holds degrees in political science from Berea College and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Christopher Anadale is podcast editor for the Ciceronian Society and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland. His runs a philosophy YouTube channel. Mentioned in this Episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsboro,_North_Carolina To learn more about us, our events, this Podcast, our journal, Pietas, to sign up for our newsletter, and to make your tax deductible gift, please go to https://ciceroniansociety.org/ Check out our other podcast, Cicero On Duties, publishing weekly throughout 2026: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1B7f66VCvfaF3PYETBIJG4AGMpanUNE3

    48 min
  6. EPISODE 81 - Marco Andreacchio on Shakespeare and Dante

    APR 19

    EPISODE 81 - Marco Andreacchio on Shakespeare and Dante

    Chris Anadale interviews scholar Marco Andreacchio about Shakespeare as a philosophical poet. Marco Antonio Andreacchio was awarded a doctorate from the University of IIlinois for his interpretation of Sino-Japanese philosophical classics in dialogue with Western counterparts and a doctorate from Cambridge University for his work on Dante’s Platonic interpretation of religious authority. He has taught at various higher education institutions and published systematically on problems of a political-philosophical nature.  His monographs include Medieval Teachers of Freedom and two recent works on Shakespeare—The Passion of Reason (focusing on Hamlet and Midsummer Night's Dream), and Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in Dante's Spirit. He is currently completing studies of various other Shakespearean plays rediscovered as Platonic Dialogues articulated in light of the rise of a modern world. Christopher Anadale is podcast editor for the Ciceronian Society and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland. His philosophy YouTube channel is https://www.youtube.com/christopheranadale  Romeo and Juliet Book: https://www.amazon.com/Shakespeares-Juliet-Anglo-Italian-Renaissance-Studies/dp/104124617X To learn more about us, our events, this Podcast, our journal, Pietas, to sign up for our newsletter, and to make your tax deductible gift, please go to https://ciceroniansociety.org/ Check out our other podcast, Cicero On Duties, publishing weekly throughout 2026: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1B7f66VCvfaF3PYETBIJG4AGMpanUNE3

    51 min
  7. EPISODE 80 - C.S. Lewis's Ransom Trilogy (2026 Conference Panel)

    APR 12

    EPISODE 80 - C.S. Lewis's Ransom Trilogy (2026 Conference Panel)

    Responses to modernism in the three Ransom novels (Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hideous Strength). Plenary panel from the 2026 Ciceronian Society Conference in Omaha, Nebraska, March 12, 2026. Featuring presentations by Joshua Bowman, Joshua Herring, Sean Hadley, Madeleine Austin, and Scott Postma. 0:00 Episode Intro 1:40 Bowman 9:25 Herring 29:28 Hadley 43:45 Austin 59:30 Postma 1:22:20 Q & A To learn more about us, our events, this Podcast, our journal, Pietas, to sign up for our newsletter, and to make your tax deductible gift, please go to https://ciceroniansociety.org/ Check out our other podcast, Cicero On Duties, publishing weekly throughout 2026: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1B7f66VCvfaF3PYETBIJG4AGMpanUNE3 Chapters (00:00:00) - Episode Intro(00:01:40) - Bowman(00:09:25) - Herring(00:29:28) - Hadley(00:43:45) - Austin(00:59:30) - Postma(01:22:20) - Q & A

    1h 45m
  8. EPISODE 79 - Coming Soon: Fall 2026 Symposium in Holland, Michigan

    APR 5

    EPISODE 79 - Coming Soon: Fall 2026 Symposium in Holland, Michigan

    Josh Bowman shares information about the Ciceronian Society's inaugural Fall Symposium, October 11-13, 2026 in Holland, Michigan. He also looks back at our Omaha Conference (March 2026) and forward to our March 2027 Conference in Virginia Beach. Josh Bowman is Executive Director of the Ciceronian Society. Chris Anadale is podcast editor for the Ciceronian Society, and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Mentioned in this Episode: Josh on the coming apostolic age, https://youtu.be/_9CDayRazTU To learn more about us, our events, this Podcast, our journal, Pietas, to sign up for our newsletter, and to make your tax deductible gift, please go to https://ciceroniansociety.org/ Check out our other podcast, Cicero On Duties, publishing weekly throughout 2026: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1B7f66VCvfaF3PYETBIJG4AGMpanUNE3

    48 min
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The Sower is a Podcast of the Ciceronian Society. The Ciceronian Society exists to equip and encourage Christian scholars to serve the church as a center of cultural and civic renewal. Through our events, publications, and podcasts we provide the space and opportunities that Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox scholars need for professional growth and intellectual discipleship. Since 2012, we have been building a network of friends with a love for our core themes - tradition, place, and ‘things divine’ - and with a genuine commitment to the church and the life of the mind. To learn more about our society, our conferences, and the peer-reviewed journal, Pietas, visit https://ciceroniansociety.org/

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    The Ciceronian Society
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    92
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