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The Catholic Culture PodcastShould mothers work outside the home? w/ Margaret H. McCarthyShould mothers work outside the home? If you want an answer more solid than groundless internet opinion or conveniently vague appeals to personal discernment, this is the podcast for you. Margaret McCarthy joins the Catholic Culture Podcast to discuss her essay on why anti-sex-discrimination law's treatment of the sexes as abstract interchangeable units hurts real women, real men, and real children (and real workplaces!). Then we dive into the neglected teachings of John Paul II and earlier popes on the objectively different relationships that men and women have to the home and to work outside the home.
2025-11-141h 51The Catholic Culture PodcastShould mothers work outside the home? w/ Margaret H. McCarthyShould mothers work outside the home? If you want an answer more solid than groundless internet opinion or conveniently vague appeals to personal discernment, this is the podcast for you. Margaret McCarthy joins the Catholic Culture Podcast to discuss her essay on why anti-sex-discrimination law's treatment of the sexes as abstract interchangeable units hurts real women, real men, and real children (and real workplaces!). Then we dive into the neglected teachings of John Paul II and earlier popes on the objectively different relationships that men and women have to the home and to work outside the home.
2025-11-121h 51The Catholic Culture PodcastShould mothers work outside the home? w/ Margaret H. McCarthyShould mothers work outside the home? If you want an answer more solid than groundless internet opinion or conveniently vague appeals to personal discernment, this is the podcast for you. Margaret McCarthy joins the Catholic Culture Podcast to discuss her essay on why anti-sex-discrimination law's treatment of the sexes as abstract interchangeable units hurts real women, real men, and real children (and real workplaces!). Then we dive into the neglected teachings of John Paul II and earlier popes on the objectively different relationships that men and women have to the home and to work outside the home.
2025-11-111h 51
HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully AliveDr. Matthew Mehan on Imagination: The Raw Material for Thinking Properly understood, the imagination is not something you escape to; it's something you draw upon every day to make decisions, understand events, and communicate. This week on HeightsCast, Dr. Matthew Mehan explores the purposes of the imagination and the habits of wit and wisdom that help us insightfully process our world. We may think of the imagination at odds with reality. But, he says, cultivating the imagination actually makes us more capable, "wittier" thinkers about reality. Chapters: 00:03:05 Defining the imagination 00:05:31 "Good mother wit" 00:08:25 How LLMs undermine the wit 00:11:05 Beyond the "...
2025-08-211h 07
Your American HeritageYour American Heritage 3 15 2025 Matthew MehanI spoke with Dr. Matt Mehan, an Associate Dean and Assistant Professor of Government for the Van Andel Graduate School of Government with Hillsdale College in DC.We talked about the weaponization of the legal system, "Lawfare" and how it might be remedied.You can get the transcript here: Matt Mehan Transcript
2025-03-1648 min
Blaze News TonightHow MAGA & Trump ENDED Mitch McConnell’s Career | The Mandate | 2/13/25BlazeTV Host Jill Savage and Blaze News Editor-in-Chief MatthewPeterson discuss the Senate’s confirmation of RFK Jr. and Senator MitchMcConnell’s “no” vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s vote to advance KashPatel’s nomination, Education Secretary Nominee Linda McMahon’ confirmationhearing, President Trump’s announcement of reciprocal tariffs, a planned probeby the FCC into DEI policies at Comcast and NBC Universal, and PresidentTrump’s decision to fire the inspector general responsible for monitoringspending habits at USAID. Blaze Senior Politics Editor Chris Bedfo...
2025-02-1450 min
AACS TodayThe Higher Purpose of Children with Dr. Matthew MehanDr. Matthew Mehan, Associate Dean and Assistant Professor of Government in the Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale College Washington, D.C. campus, joins Jamison to discuss why children matter in our society. Dr. Mehan hopes to turn the hearts and minds of men back to their children.Dr. Mehan is the author of the report, The Higher Purpose of Children in American Society, which was published by The Heritage Foundation. He is also the author of two children's books, Mr. Mehan's Mildly Amusing Mythical Mammals and The Handsome Little Cygnet.
2025-02-0437 min
HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully AliveJimmy Callahan on the Man Your History Class Is MissingIn this episode, our guest (an AP U.S. History teacher) and our host (an AP Government teacher) delve into the worthy American most likely missing from your U.S. history or government class. Orestes Brownson was a nineteenth-century political thinker who wrote about the American project through his unique lens as a post-Civil War American-Catholic. He was well known in his time but is often only featured in the footnotes for the Election of 1840, the Transcendental Movement, and the Emancipation Proclamation. Brownson's essays, though, belong in the classroom. They seek to answer with optimism and insightful...
2025-01-2358 min
The Mandy Connell Podcast01-21-25 Interview - Matthew Mehan - Let's Talk About Revenge vs. ReformLET'S TALK ABOUT REVENGE VS. REFORM there was a lot of talk during Pam Bondi's Senate hearings asking whether or not she would weaponize the Department of Justice against political foes. This was especially rich because it required a lot of Democrats to pretend that the DoJ wasn't hopelessly corrupted against Republicans until now. I'm talking with Hillsdale College professor Dr. Matthew Mehan about it today at 1pm.
2025-01-2115 min
Federalist Radio HourAccountability In An Age Of LawfareOn this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Matthew Mehan, associate dean and assistant professor of government, Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale College's Washington, D.C. campus, joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to outline the steps the Trump administration should take, including enforcing perjury laws, to bring accountability and justice to lawfare without risking the integrity of the Republic via retaliation.If you care about combatting the corrupt media that continue to inflict devastating damage, please give a gift to help The Federalist do the real journalism America needs.
2025-01-2145 min
UndercurrentsMatthew Mehan: Will Democrats face retribution under Trump?Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/Matthew Mehan joins Emily to dive deep on the philosophical underpinnings of retribution. Mehan argues that while Trump must prove ‘there is a cost’ for corruption, he must also prove those efforts aren’t merely ‘payback’ to avoid descending into a banana republic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-01-0736 min
The Radio Free Hillsdale HourSean McMeekin Traces the Evolution of CommunismGuests: Matthew Mehan & Sean McMeekin Host Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Mehan, associate dean and assistant professor of government at Hillsdale’s Washington, D.C. campus, about how the ancients viewed virtuous leadership. And Sean McMeekin, the Francis Flournoy Professor of European History and Culture at Bard College, explains the violence inherent in communism and discusses his latest book, To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2024-12-0650 minHillsdale College Podcast Network SuperfeedSean McMeekin Traces the Evolution of CommunismGuests: Matthew Mehan & Sean McMeekin Host Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Mehan, associate dean and assistant professor of government at Hillsdale’s Washington, D.C. campus, about how the ancients viewed virtuous leadership. And Sean McMeekin, the Francis Flournoy Professor of European History and Culture at Bard College, explains the violence inherent in communism and discusses his latest book, To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2024-12-0650 min
HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully AliveDr. George Harne on Receiving BeautyWhat is beauty? Is it definable? What is it for, how are we drawn to it—and why do we sometimes resist it? This week we welcome Dr. George Harne, president of Christendom College and an accomplished medieval and music history scholar. Drawing on his perspective as head of a vibrant Catholic liberal arts college, he speaks to us about the liberal arts as a path of study driven by beauty and contemplation, in pursuit of a true vision of reality. Chapters: 2:02 Liberal arts: what free people study 5:51 Versus "humanities" or "cl...
2024-10-3142 min
The American Compass PodcastConservatism in a Secular Age with Matthew MehanIn this episode, Oren Cass is joined by Dr. Matthew Mehan, associate dean of Hillsdale College’s Graduate School of Government, to discuss conservatism in our secular age, based on Oren’s First Things lecture earlier this year.The two go long on conservative morality, from the role of religion in conservatism to the wisdom of the Roman philosopher Cicero and the “most pernicious doctrine” of advancing an immoral argument for its political utility. And they unpack how it all intersects with America’s declining religiosity and modern politics, from economics, to tech, and more.F...
2024-09-1342 min
Faith and LawWhy Law Requires Love: A Reflection on Genesis and CiceroHow do we, as a people, hand down love, one generation to another? Is that the role of the law? What did previous generations know about this tradition of love and law that we, today, may have forgotten? Dr. Matthew Mehan, Associate Dean and Assistant Professor of Government at Hillsdale College joined us for a reflection on possible answers to these and related questions, drawn from revered foundational texts of the Americans who came before us. Such reflections may, perhaps, change the way we make, uphold, and, in a special way, love the law.Support the show
2024-05-1449 min
The Thomistic InstitutePolitics, Augustine and the City of God | Prof. Matthew Mehan & Prof. Chad Pecknold
2024-04-251h 00
The Radio Free Hillsdale HourMiranda Devine Follows Up on "The Laptop from Hell"Guests: Matthew Mehan & Miranda Devine Host Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Mehan, associate dean and assistant professor of government at Hillsdale College’s Washington, D.C. campus, about the battle over parental rights and his article “More Schools Playing the Parental Role, But Not for the Good of Students.” Miranda Devine, columnist at the New York Post and Fox News contributor, dives into recent developments in the now-infamous “laptop from hell” and her book Laptop from Hell: Hunter Biden, Big Tech, and the Dirty Secrets the President Tried to Hide.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor
2023-11-1743 minHillsdale College Podcast Network SuperfeedMiranda Devine Follows Up on "The Laptop from Hell"Guests: Matthew Mehan & Miranda Devine Host Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Mehan, associate dean and assistant professor of government at Hillsdale College’s Washington, D.C. campus, about the battle over parental rights and his article “More Schools Playing the Parental Role, But Not for the Good of Students.” Miranda Devine, columnist at the New York Post and Fox News contributor, dives into recent developments in the now-infamous “laptop from hell” and her book Laptop from Hell: Hunter Biden, Big Tech, and the Dirty Secrets the President Tried to Hide.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor
2023-11-1743 min
Ordain and EstablishCicero, Natural Law, and Constitutionalism Featuring: – Jed W. Atkins, E. Blake Byrne Associate Professor, Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Duke University – Michael C. Hawley, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Houston – Matthew Mehan, Associate Dean and Assistant Professor of Government, Steve and Amy Van Andel Graduate School of Government, Hillsdale College
2023-11-051h 32
HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully AliveAI and the Take-Home EssayAccording to Aristotle (and Aquinas and others), the human person is essentially rational and social; man thinks, and he thinks best in the context of friendship. As such, at the very heart of man's education ought to be learning to write effectively, for good writing is thought clarified and beautified which can be shared with others. Recent developments in Artificial Intelligence, however, seem to pose a formidable challenge to teachers who wish to help their students grow in this most human of crafts. To help us think through how we as teachers should approach this challenge, this...
2023-09-281h 00
Hillsdale College Podcast Network SuperfeedMatthew Mehan Shares the Magic of Children's LiteratureGuests: Arthur Milikh & Matthew Mehan Host Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Mehan, Associate Dean & Assistant Professor of Government at Hillsdale's Van Andel Graduate School of Government, to discuss the current state of children's literature and his recent book The Handsome Little Cygnet. And Arthur Milikh, Executive Director of the Claremont Institute's Center for the American Way Of Life, outlines the arguments inside Up From Conservatism, a collection of essays that seek to reframe the ideological and policy direction of the American Right.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2023-07-1442 minThe Radio Free Hillsdale HourMatthew Mehan Shares the Magic of Children's LiteratureGuests: Arthur Milikh & Matthew Mehan Host Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Mehan, Associate Dean & Assistant Professor of Government at Hillsdale's Van Andel Graduate School of Government, to discuss the current state of children's literature and his recent book The Handsome Little Cygnet. And Arthur Milikh, Executive Director of the Claremont Institute's Center for the American Way Of Life, outlines the arguments inside Up From Conservatism, a collection of essays that seek to reframe the ideological and policy direction of the American Right.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2023-07-1442 min
Hacking State2 - Matthew Mehan: Classical Education & the Moral Training of Self-GovernmentMatthew Mehan is Associate Dean and Assistant Professor of Government for Hillsdale College’s Steve and Amy Van Andel Graduate School of Government in Washington D.C.We spoke about the relationship of poetry to philosophy, the value of a classical liberal arts education, technology and the Tyranny of Velocity, raising children with social media, politicization of education, the moral training of self-government, and how to create leaders of tomorrow.Hillsdale profile: https://dc.hillsdale.edu/Profiles/Matthew-Mehan/Matthew Mehan is also the author of popular children's books:Mr. Mehan's Mildly Am...
2023-05-311h 01
Hacking State2 - Matthew Mehan: Classical Education & the Moral Training of Self-GovernmentMatthew Mehan is Associate Dean and Assistant Professor of Government for Hillsdale College’s Steve and Amy Van Andel Graduate School of Government in Washington D.C.
We spoke about the relationship of poetry to philosophy, the value of a classical liberal arts education, technology and the Tyranny of Velocity, raising children with social media, politicization of education, the moral training of self-government, and how to create leaders of tomorrow.
Hillsdale profile: https://dc.hillsdale.edu/Profiles/Matthew-Mehan/
Matthew Mehan is also the author of popular children's books:
Mr. Meh...
2023-05-311h 01Hacking State2 - Matthew Mehan: Classical Education & the Moral Training of Self-GovernmentMatthew Mehan is Associate Dean and Assistant Professor of Government for Hillsdale College’s Steve and Amy Van Andel Graduate School of Government in Washington D.C.
We spoke about the relationship of poetry to philosophy, the value of a classical liberal arts education, technology and the Tyranny of Velocity, raising children with social media, politicization of education, the moral training of self-government, and how to create leaders of tomorrow.
Hillsdale profile: https://dc.hillsdale.edu/Profiles/Matthew-Mehan/
Matthew Mehan is also the author of popular children's books:
Mr. Meh...
2023-05-311h 01
HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully AliveDefining the Liberal ArtsTo learn more about the Summer Workshops, click here. Dr. Matthew Mehan unpacks the liberal arts. We can throw the term around to describe our school, but do we really understand what we mean? Is it more than a list of good books? Dr. Mehan explores what it means to be a student of the "arts of liberty"–a life long pursuit. For all of us. Show Notes TheGuardian.com, Our Minds can be Hijacked St. Basil the Great, Address to Young Men on the Right Use of Greek Literature De Doctrina Christiana Seneca's Let...
2023-05-1943 min
HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully AliveWit and Wisdom: Dr. Matthew Mehan on Teaching ShakespeareIn schools today, Shakespeare is often taught superficially. Students attempt to grasp the plot with the aid of their teacher, who helps them through the difficult Elizabethan English. At best they learn something about the beautification of language and the cultural significance of the Bard. But his work is not taught as it was written to be understood, that is, sapientially, for growth in practical wisdom and the ability to see more clearly the nature of man and the man's relationship with both fellow man and God. This week on HeightsCast, we welcome back Dr. Matthew Mehan...
2023-04-1144 min
DiscoursesWhy Storytelling Matters with Dr. Matthew MehanEmily Dickenson wrote, “Tell all the truth but tell it slant—Success in Circuit lies.” In other words, truths, especially moral truths, are often best communicated through allegories, symbols, myths—in a word, through storytelling. Stories shape our conceptions of right and wrong, our past and future, and our identity. They are the reservoirs of memory we draw upon to interpret life, the fertile fields of meaning to which we can always return to find a new harvest in any season. And they accomplish this by capturing our imagination to teach us things in ways indirect...
2023-04-011h 04
High NoonMatthew Mehan – On Reviving Education That Teaches Us How To Be FreeDr. Matthew Mehan is the Director of Academic Programs for Washington D.C., and Assistant Professor of Government for the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale College. He has been teaching and designing humanities curricula for twenty years, and has published not only academic and popular articles, but also two children’s books that prepare children to understand the intellectual heritage of the West.Matt and Inez discuss how children’s literature can rise above the ugliness and confusion of much of the genre, as well as how an embarrassing version of childishness has spre...
2022-12-1447 minFederalist Radio HourThe Dystopic Power Grab Nobody Is Talking AboutOn this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Dr. Matthew Mehan, director of academic programs for Hillsdale in Washington D.C. and assistant professor of government for the Van Andel Graduate School of Government, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss what happens when governments use their "kill switch" emergency powers to control their citizens.
2022-02-2148 min
Hillsdale College Podcast Network SuperfeedMatt Mehan, Holly Ordway, Lorraine Murphy, & Mike PompeoTOPICS: Patriotism as a virtue, Tolkien and the Christian Imagination, Gustav Flobert, & Mike Pmpeo at HillsdaleHost Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Mehan, Director of Academic Programs for Washington D.C. and Assistant Professor of Government for the Van Andel Graduate School of Government, about the concept of patriotism as a virtue. Holly Ordway, Cardinal Francis George Fellow of Faith and Culture for the Word on Fire Institute, speaks on Tolkien and the Christian imagination. Lorraine Murphy, Associate Professor of English at Hillsdale, returns for her occasional series on Realism to discuss Gustave Flaubert. And we hear excerpts...
2022-02-1154 minThe Radio Free Hillsdale HourMatt Mehan, Holly Ordway, Lorraine Murphy, & Mike PompeoTOPICS: Patriotism as a virtue, Tolkien and the Christian Imagination, Gustav Flobert, & Mike Pmpeo at HillsdaleHost Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Mehan, Director of Academic Programs for Washington D.C. and Assistant Professor of Government for the Van Andel Graduate School of Government, about the concept of patriotism as a virtue. Holly Ordway, Cardinal Francis George Fellow of Faith and Culture for the Word on Fire Institute, speaks on Tolkien and the Christian imagination. Lorraine Murphy, Associate Professor of English at Hillsdale, returns for her occasional series on Realism to discuss Gustave Flaubert. And we hear excerpts...
2022-02-1154 min
First Things PodcastA Children's Book for Our TimeOn this episode, Matthew Mehan joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new children's book, "The Handsome Little Cygnet."
2022-01-0333 min
The Remnant with Jonah GoldbergPrivilege and PrinciplesToday’s Ruminant is all about privilege, and Jonah has many nerdy thoughts on the subject. He also offers plenty of anecdotes about day drinking, a few meditations on Build Back Better hitting a brick wall, and a disquisition on the nature of consumerism. How many varieties of privilege are there in America today? Why do certain people tend toward conservatism? And why has Jonah finally decided to open up about Fox News? Brace your bingo cards, too, because Jonah still can’t stop complaining about Theodor Adorno and his mythical authoritarian personality.Show Notes:- Th...
2021-12-181h 15
Hillsdale College Podcast Network SuperfeedMatthew Mehan, Kevin Hassett, Tom Conner, & Jeffery RogersTOPICS: Enforcement of Texas' new abortion law, stopping the slide to socialism, a tour of Meuse–Argonne America Cemetery, and liberal arts students in the militaryHost Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Mehan, Director of Academic Programs and Assistant Professor of Government at Hillsdale in D.C., about the enforcement mechanism in the recently signed Texas abortion law and what question the Supreme Court currently is considering. Kevin Hassett, former Senior Economic Advisor to President Trump, joins us to discuss his new book THE DRIFT: STOPPING AMERICA'S SLIDE TO SOCIALISM. On this Veterans Day week, Tom Conner, Professor Em...
2021-11-1255 minThe Radio Free Hillsdale HourMatthew Mehan, Kevin Hassett, Tom Conner, & Jeffery RogersTOPICS: Enforcement of Texas' new abortion law, stopping the slide to socialism, a tour of Meuse–Argonne America Cemetery, and liberal arts students in the militaryHost Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Mehan, Director of Academic Programs and Assistant Professor of Government at Hillsdale in D.C., about the enforcement mechanism in the recently signed Texas abortion law and what question the Supreme Court currently is considering. Kevin Hassett, former Senior Economic Advisor to President Trump, joins us to discuss his new book THE DRIFT: STOPPING AMERICA'S SLIDE TO SOCIALISM. On this Veterans Day week, Tom Conner, Professor Em...
2021-11-1255 min
The UnCommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud MarrChildren's Literature and Moral Formation - 10/13/21Guest: Dr. Matthew Mehan, Director of Academic Programs for Hillsdale in D.C., Assistant Professor of Government, Graduate School of Government
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2021-10-1327 minThe Catholic Culture PodcastA Children's Book About Accepting Your Nature - Matthew MehanWriter Matthew Mehan returns to the show to discuss his new children's book co-authored with painter John Folley, The Handsome Little Cygnet. This lovely tale about a family of swans in Central Park is a much simpler book than their previous outing, but introduces children to the idea of accepting one's God-given nature. That is no small matter in a world which tantalizes the young with offers of a more exciting new identity just around the corner. But we need to know what we are in order to properly shape who we will become. Watch discussion on Y...
2021-09-2042 min
Conversations with ConsequencesEp. 126 Archbishop Cordileone on Slandering St. Serra & Dr. Matt Mehan on the 1776 Curriculum!Dr. Grazie Christie & Ashley McGuire speak with Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone about his recent op-ed challenging Catholic politicians who openly support abortion. The shepherd of San Francisco also discusses St. Junipero Serra as the state of California looks to erase his legacy, slandering his name in new legislation. Maureen Ferguson also joins with professor and children's book author Dr. Matthew Mehan with a look at Hillsdale's 1776 Curriculum, an 'antidote to America’s ailing civics miseducation'. Father Roger Landry also offers an inspiring homily on this Sunday's Gospel. Catch the show every Saturday at 7amET/5pmET on EWTN radio!
2021-09-1654 min
Sacred and Profane LoveBonus Episode: Matthew Mehan on Children's LiteratureSometimes, you just need to do something fun, and this episode reflects one of those times. I was in DC this summer for a week teaching, so I popped into the Hillsdale College recording studio (where I've been before to chat Walker Percy) to talk with one of my favorite children's lit authors, Matthew Mehan. We discuss children's lit generally and also discuss his own books (which I highly recommend!): The Handsome Little Cygnet and Mr. Mehan's Mildly Amusing Mythical Mammals.
2021-08-1640 min
Sacred and Profane LoveBonus Episode: Matthew Mehan on Children's LiteratureBonus Episode: Matthew Mehan on Children's Literature by Sacred and Profane Love
2021-08-1640 min
HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully AliveThe Handsome Little CygnetDr. Matt Mehan introduces us to The Handsome Little Cygnet, a delightful book about a Cygnet growing up in the heart of the big apple. Our fluffy hero introduces his human counterparts to concepts of nature, mercy, and regaining the way after it's been lost. Parents, too, can see here an example of patience and optimism while guiding our cygnets towards flourishing, naturally. The Handsome Little Cygnet (https://www.amazon.com/Handsome-Little-Cygnet-Matthew-Mehan/dp/1505120608/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=handsome+little+cygnet&qid=1627673893&sr=8-1)
2021-08-0431 min
The Radio Free Hillsdale HourMatthew Mehan, Myron Magnet, & Lorraine MurphyTOPICS: A new children's book written by a Hillsdale professor, the erosion of American freedoms, & realism as a literary movement.Host Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Mehan, Director of Academic Programs for Hillsdale in D.C. and Assistant Professor of Government, about his new children's book, THE HANDSOME LITTLE CYGNET. Myron Magnet, Editor-at-Large of City Journal, discusses his recent essay at THE NEW CRITERION on the erosion of American freedoms, "Defounding America". And Lorraine Murphy, Associate Professor of English at Hillsdale, begins a new series of interviews by outlining realism as a literary movement.See omnystudio.com...
2021-07-2351 min
The Radio Free Hillsdale HourMatthew Mehan, Hans von Spakovsky, & Dwight LindleyTOPICS: Good poetics and good politics, the details of HR1, and Robert BrowningHost Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Mehan, Director of Academic Programs for Hillsdale in D.C. and Assistant Professor of Government, about the importance of good poetics to good politics. Hans von Spakovsky, senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation, describes the dangerous details inside HR1, the election reform bill now being discussed in the U.S. Senate. And Dwight Lindley, Associate Professor of English at Hillsdale, returns for his occasional series on Victorian poetry, this time profiling Robert Browning.See omnystudio.com/listener...
2021-05-1445 min
Little Fictions On AirProgenyIn this episode, our host Ella Watson-Russell brings you stories of births, deaths and marriages. The stories featured in this show are published by Spineless Wonders and are narrated by actors Felix Johnson, Joel Horwood and Eleni Schumacher. The stories include Matthew Bulman’s ‘The Incredible Exploding Baby’, Jon Steiner’s ‘Rights of Man’, Melissa Beit’s ‘A Hospital Birth’, Susan McCreery’s ‘Mexican Stand-off’ and Julie Chevalier’s ‘The Youngest Lecturer’s Wife’.
Little Fictions is produced by Spineless Wonders’ publisher, Bronwyn Mehan.
The show’s theme song is ‘Attune’ written and performed by Annie Vidler.
Sound design is by Lachlan Perry
Warning...
2020-04-0200 min
Little Fictions On AirLittle Fictions On Air Ep 15 ProgenyIn this episode, your host Ella Watson-Russell brings you stories of births, deaths and marriages. The stories featured in this show are published by Spineless Wonders and are narrated by actors Felix Johnson, Joel Horwood and Eleni Schumacher. The stories include Matthew Bulman’s ‘The Incredible Exploding Baby’, Jon Steiner’s ‘Rights of Man’, Melissa Beit’s ‘A Hospital Birth’, Susan McCreery’s ‘Mexican Stand-off’ and Julie Chevalier’s ‘The Youngest Lecturer’s Wife’.
Little Fictions is produced by Spineless Wonders’ publisher, Bronwyn Mehan.
The show’s theme song is ‘Attune’ written and performed by Annie Vidler.
Sound design is by Lachlan Perry
Warning: this episode c
2020-04-0129 minLittle Fictions On AirLittle Fictions On Air Ep 15 ProgenyIn this episode, your host Ella Watson-Russell brings you stories of births, deaths and marriages. The stories featured in this show are published by Spineless Wonders and are narrated by actors Felix Johnson, Joel Horwood and Eleni Schumacher. The stories include Matthew Bulman’s ‘The Incredible Exploding Baby’, Jon Steiner’s ‘Rights of Man’, Melissa Beit’s ‘A Hospital Birth’, Susan McCreery’s ‘Mexican Stand-off’ and Julie Chevalier’s ‘The Youngest Lecturer’s Wife’.
Little Fictions is produced by Spineless Wonders’ publisher, Bronwyn Mehan.
The show’s theme song is ‘Attune’ written and performed by Annie Vidler.
Sound design is by Lachlan Perry
Warning: this episode c
2020-04-0129 minLittle Fictions On AirLittle Fictions On Air Ep 15 ProgenyIn this episode, your host Ella Watson-Russell brings you stories of births, deaths and marriages. The stories featured in this show are published by Spineless Wonders and are narrated by actors Felix Johnson, Joel Horwood and Eleni Schumacher. The stories include Matthew Bulman’s ‘The Incredible Exploding Baby’, Jon Steiner’s ‘Rights of Man’, Melissa Beit’s ‘A Hospital Birth’, Susan McCreery’s ‘Mexican Stand-off’ and Julie Chevalier’s ‘The Youngest Lecturer’s Wife’.
Little Fictions is produced by Spineless Wonders’ publisher, Bronwyn Mehan.
The show’s theme song is ‘Attune’ written and performed by Annie Vidler.
Sound design is by Lachlan Perry
Warning: this episode co
2020-04-0129 min
The Radio Free Hillsdale HourMatthew Mehan, Tyler O'Neil, Fred Yaniga, and Brita StonemanTOPICS: Patriotism as a virtue, MAKING HATE PAY and the SPLC, learning a foreign language, and the rhetoric of George SatayanaHost Scot Bertram talks with Matt Mehan of Hillsdale in D.C. about the idea of patriotism as a virtue. Hillsdale alum Tyler O'Neil tells us about his new book MAKING HATE PAY: THE CORRUPTION OF THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER. Fred Yaniga, from Hillsdale's German department, explains why young students should learn a foreign language. And Brita Stoneman, from Hillsdale's Rhetoric & Public Address department, introduces us to George Santayana.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...
2020-03-2050 min
Hillsdale College K-12 Classical Education PodcastMatthew Mehan: How To Appreciate PoetryDr. Matthew Mehan, director of academic programs and Worsham Teaching Fellow at Hillsdale in D.C., talks with host Scot Bertram about ways to appreciate poetry, his recent book, Mr. Mehan's Mildly Amusing Mythical Mammals, and the connection between poetry and music.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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American View - Radio Free HillsdaleAmerican View: February 3, 2020
Featuring Matthew Mehan on Mr. Mehan's Mildly Amusing Mythical Mammals.
2020-02-0300 minAmerican View - Radio Free HillsdaleAmerican View: Matthew Mehan on Lost Ideals and Darkness
Hillsdale in DC Director of Academic Programs, Matthew Mehan, joins Ben for a Literature Speaks hour. In this episode, they break down a poem by Charles Baudelaire and connect its dark words to those troubled in our culture today. From pop-fiction such as the new Joker film to the very real Antifa movement, twisted ends have become a justification for sensational violence. In this episode, Mehan explains how.
2019-11-0500 minThe Catholic Culture PodcastTeaching Children Self-Knowledge Through the Liberal Arts - Matthew MehanMr. Mehan's Mildly Amusing Mythical Mammals (M5) is a book of poems intended as an introduction to the liberal arts for children, helping them to grow in self-knowledge, virtue, and the art of charitable rhetoric. It is written in the ancient form of the beast fable, with each of Matthew Mehan's twenty-six alphabetical poems accompanied by a beautiful oil painting by John Folley. In this interview Matthew discusses the book, the role of poetry in aesthetic, moral and spiritual education, and related topics such as the lost social art of memorizing and reciting poems. Links ...
2019-07-061h 02
The UnCommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud MarrTeaching through Poetry -- Matthew Mehan -- 11/21/18Matthew Mehan began teaching at The Heights School in 2000 and is the director of the Jackson Scholars senior thesis program. Matthew is also a fellow of the Center for Thomas More Studies, and he has been named The Worsham Teaching Fellow of Hillsdale College’s Washington DC Allan P. Kirby, Jr., Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship.
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2018-12-0556 min
University of DallasThink UD - Dr. Matthew Mehan - "Christian Humanism for the 21st Century: The Poetic Arts of Liberty"Three-time UD alumnus, Dr. Matthew Mehan, explains why “a healthy politics requires a healthy poetics.” His commentary on this topic was recently published in the Wall Street Journal, and he relates this topic to his new, fully illustrated book of children's poetry.Support the show
2018-11-0246 min
Ethics and Culture CastEpisode 22: Matthew MehanMatthew Mehan is a teacher at The Heights School in Washington, D.C. and The Worsham Teaching Fellow of Hillsdale College’s Washington DC Allan P. Kirby, Jr., Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and a reader at the Folger Library. Matthew has been awarded the Claremont Institute’s Publius Fellowship as well as two fellowships from the Earhart Foundation. His first book is Mr. Mehan's Mildly Amusing Mythical Mammals from TAN Books.Special Guest: Matthew Mehan.Links:Matthew Mehan's Faculty Profile — Matthew Mehan began teaching at The...
2018-09-2023 min
HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully AliveDefining the Liberal ArtsDr. Matthew Mehan unpacks the liberal arts. We can throw the term around to describe our school, but do we really understand what we mean? Is it more than a list of good books? Dr. Mehan explores what it means to be a student of the "arts of liberty"–a life long pursuit. For all of us.
2017-11-1048 min
HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully AliveThe Arts of Liberty with Dr. Matthew Mehan - Part IIThis episode of HeightsCast continues last episode's interview with Jackson Scholars' head, Dr. Matthew Mehan, on the Liberal Arts. We use the term almost daily, but what does it mean? And what does it mean for us? Also, we hear two of Gerard Manley Hopkins' poems, one recited and explained by lower school teacher Mr. Tom Longano, and another sung as an arrangement composed by music teacher Mr. Patrick Love.
2016-01-0441 minHeightsCast: Forming Men Fully AliveThe Arts of Liberty with Dr. Matthew Mehan - Part IThis episode of HeightsCast features the first half of an interview with Jackson Scholars' head, Dr. Matthew Mehan, on the Liberal Arts. We use the term almost daily, but what does it mean? And what does it mean for us? Also, Mr. Chris Breslin makes a guest appearance sharing a poem with our listening audience.
2015-12-2240 min