The Sower

The Ciceronian Society

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 74 - Brooke Barbier on Hancock, Beer, and the Revolution

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    EPISODE 74 - Brooke Barbier on Hancock, Beer, and the Revolution

    Josh Bowman welcomes 2026 Herbert J. Storing Prize Nominee Dr. Brooke Barbier. Brooke is a public historian who received her PhD in American history from Boston College, researching Boston’s social and cultural life during and after the American Revolution. In 2013 she founded Ye Olde Tavern Tours, which offers tours of Boston’s historic sites and taverns (beer is included!). She is the author of King Hancock: The Radical Influence of a Moderate Founding Father and Boston in the American Revolution: A Town Versus an Empire. Her newest book, Cocked and Boozy: An Intoxicating History of the American Revolution, will be released in June 2026 and is now available for pre-order.  She is originally from San Diego, CA and has lived in Boston for many years. Herbert J. Storing Prize: https://ciceroniansociety.org/conference/storing-award/ Nominations for 2027 Prize due by September 1, 2026 Cocked and Boozy: An Intoxicating History of the American Revolution (pre-order): https://www.amazon.com/Cocked-Boozy-Intoxicating-American-Revolution/dp/1641606991 King Hancock: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674271777 Ye Olde Tavern Tours: https://www.yeoldetaverntours.com/ Brooke’s personal website: https://www.brooke-barbier.com/ ====== The 2026 Ciceronian Society Conference will be held March 12-14 at Creighton University in Omaha, NE.   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/

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  2. EPISODE 73 - The Church and Therapeutic Culture with Albert Norton

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    EPISODE 73 - The Church and Therapeutic Culture with Albert Norton

    Josh Bowman welcomes Albert Norton back to the show. Bert is a practicing attorney and author of several books on the tension between religion and postmodernism. Today, we specifically consider how understanding this tension might inform the life of modern churches and intellectual discipleship.  His most recent book is The Discovered Self, concerning what he regards as a dangerous inward turn to the therapeutic worldview. We previously discussed his 2023 book, The Mountain and the River: Genesis, Postmodernism, and the Machine, in Episode 40. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXdva8y7ghs&list=PL1B7f66VCvfZnkwh_UjXjhXEg5P8dUq0q&index=32    Our conversation addresses themes of postmodernism, universals and particulars, ideology, totalitarianism, fascism, epistemology, Christian intellectuals in the church, and much more. Bert’s substack, “Sir Toast” - https://albertnorton.substack.com/  The Mountain and the River - https://www.amazon.com/Mountain-River-Genesis-Postmodernism-Machine/dp/1943003815?ref_=ast_author_dp  The Discovered Self - https://www.amazon.com/Discovered-Self-Identity-Therapeutic-Age-ebook/dp/B0F1V4LL7B?ref_=ast_author_dp  Check out Bert’s reflections on the 2025 Ciceronian Society conference here: https://albertnorton.substack.com/p/the-ciceronian-society  ====== The 2026 Ciceronian Society Conference will be held March 12-14 at Creighton University in Omaha, NE.   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/

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  3. EPISODE 72 - Philip Rieff: Cultural Conflict, Religion & the Self (2025 Conference Panel)

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    EPISODE 72 - Philip Rieff: Cultural Conflict, Religion & the Self (2025 Conference Panel)

    This special episode is an excerpt from a panel at our 2025 annual conference in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The panel title was "Philip Rieff: Cultural Conflict, Religion and the Self." After a prayer and brief introduction, we hear the following speakers. First, Michael Harding of Montgomery College, with "Rieff’s Use of Nietzsche in Deathworks." Second, William Batchelder of Waynesburg University, on "The Impossibility of Charisma in the Modern Context." Third, Ethan Alexander-Davey of Campbell University, with "The Role of Elites in Formation and Deformation." Fourth, Albert Norton, independent scholar, on "Identity in the Therapeutic Age." Following the fourth speaker is a 13 minute question and answer period. Mr. Norton was interviewed in Episode 40 of The Sower, and Drs. Harding and Batchelder most recently appeared in Episode 69, an introduction to the work of Philip Rieff. Dr. Alexander-Davey is an occasional host of The Sower. Dr. Anadale's YouTube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/@ChristopherAnadale If you enjoyed this episode, please consider attending our March 2026 annual conference, in Omaha, Nebraska. For details, go to https://ciceroniansociety.org/. 0:00 Episode Introduction (Anadale) 2:17 Panel Introduction (Batchelder) 5:38 Nietzsche (Harding) 31:52 Charisma (Batchelder) 50:34 Elites (Alexander-Davey) 1:05:02 Identity (Norton) 1:19:01 Q&A Chapters (00:00:00) - Episode Introduction (Anadale)(00:02:17) - Panel Introduction (Batchelder)(00:05:38) - Nietzsche (Harding)(00:31:52) - Charisma (Batchelder)(00:50:34) - Elites (Alexander-Davey)(01:05:02) - Identity (Norton)(01:19:01) - Q&A

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  4. EPISODE 71 - Lev Tikhomirov: From Revolutionary to Monarchist

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    EPISODE 71 - Lev Tikhomirov: From Revolutionary to Monarchist

    Еthan Alexander-Davey and Glenn Cronin discuss the life and work of Lev Tikhomirov, who, in his mid thirties, abandoned revolutionary terrorism to become one of the most prominent defenders of the Russian Monarchy and Orthodox Christianity. The conversation focuses on Dr. Cronin’s recent book The Enduring Enigma of Lev Tikhomirov, which surveys the writer’s major works on revolutionary ideology, monarchical government, and the theological roots of the horrors of the 20th century. Books (in English) mentioned in the podcast: Works by Glenn Cronin The Enduring Enigma of Lev Tikhomirov, https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501783449/the-enduring-enigma-of-lev-tikhomirov/#bookTabs=1 Disenchanted Wanderer:The Apocalyptic Vision of Konstantin Leontiev, https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501760181/disenchanted-wanderer/ Works (in English translation) by Lev Tikhomirov Why I Ceased to be a Revolutionary | Beginnings and Ends, trans. by K. Benois, https://www.amazon.com/Why-Ceased-Revolutionary-Beginnings-Ends/dp/B08LNJKZ96/ That’s it so far. If anyone would like to pay Dr. Cronin or Dr. Alexander-Davey a lot of money to translate Tikhomirov’s major works on monarchy and history, please reach out. Other books mentioned: Fatal Purity: Robespierre and the French Revolution, https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781466805781/fatalpurity/ Thomas Hobbes, Behemoth: Or the Long Parliament, https://archive.org/details/cu31924028063893/page/n156/mode/2up Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon: A brief view and survey of the dangerous and pernicious errors to church and state, in Mr. Hobbes's book, entitled Leviathan, https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A33236.0001.001/1:5?rgn=div1&view=fulltext History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, https://archive.org/details/historyofrebelli01clar/page/n19/mode/2up  Herbert Spencer, Man versus the State, chapter 2, “The Coming Slavery”, https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/spencer-the-man-versus-the-state-1885-ed

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  5. EPISODE 69 - Introduction to Philip Rieff

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    EPISODE 69 - Introduction to Philip Rieff

    An introduction to the life and work of Philip Rieff (1922-2006), with Bill Batchelder, Michael Harding, and Chris Anadale, contributors to the 2005 volume The Philosophy of Phillip Rieff (Bloomsbury Academic). Dr. William Batchelder is professor of history and honors program director at Waynesburg University, in southwest Pennsylvania. Dr. Michael Harding is professor of philosophy and chair of humanities at Montgomery College, in Maryland. Dr. Christopher Anadale is associate professor of philosophy at Mount St. Mary's University, in Maryland. The 2026 Ciceronian Society Conference will be held March 12-14 at Creighton University in Omaha, NE. 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/ Links: Freud: The Mind of the Moralist - Philip Rieff, Third Edition with Epilogue "One Step Further" https://www.amazon.com/Freud-Mind-Moralist-Philip-Rieff/dp/0226716392?s=books Susan Sontag Was Not the Sole Author of Freud: The Mind of the Moralist, by Kevin Slack and William Batchelder https://voegelinview.com/susan-sontag-was-not-the-sole-author-of-freud-the-mind-of-the-moralist/ The Triumph of the Therapeutic - Philip Rieff, with an introduction by Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn https://www.amazon.com/Triumph-Therapeutic-Background-Essential-Conservative/dp/1932236805?s=books The Feeling Intellect - Philip Rieff, Edited and with an Introduction by Jonathan Imber https://www.amazon.com/Feeling-Intellect-Selected-Writings/dp/0226716422?s=books My Life Among the Deathworks - Philip Rieff, Edited and with an Introduction by James Davison Hunter https://www.amazon.com/Life-Among-Deathworks-Illustrations-Aesthetics/dp/0813925169?s=books Crisis of the Officer Class - Philip Rieff, Edited by with an Introduction by Alan Woolfolk https://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Order-Social-Officer-Sensibility/dp/0813926769/134-9327847-2012820 Charisma: The Gift of Grace and How It Has Been Taken from Us - Philip Rieff, with a Forward by Daniel Frank and Aaron Manson https://www.amazon.com/Charisma-Gift-Grace-Been-Taken/dp/0375424520?s=books Ars Vitae - Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn https://www.amazon.com/Ars-Vitae-Inwardness-Return-Ancient/dp/0268108900?s=books Sociology and the Sacred - Ton Zondervan https://www.amazon.com/Sociology-Sacred-Introduction-Philip-Culture/dp/0802080189?s=books The Anthem Companion to Philip Rieff - Edited by Jonathan Imber https://www.amazon.com/Anthem-Companion-Phillip-Companions-Sociology/dp/178308152X?s=books The Philosophy of Philip Rieff - Edited by Michael Harding and William Batchelder https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/philosophy-of-philip-rieff-9781350424586...

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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/