Miles Smith on The Destruction of Statues, Civic Friendship, and Classic Texts for Kids
01/16/24 • 51 min
In this episode:
- Miles Smith joins the podcast to discuss the destruction of American statues and the political endgame that motivates it
- a lesson against civic contempt for average people and a story about the wisdom and erudition of country folk
- a listener question about good books to introduce kids to the “great tradition”
Texts Mentioned:
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- The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
- The Great Tradition by Richard Gamble
- The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
- The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
- Aesop’s Fables by Aesop
- Blessed Charles of Austria by Charles Coulombe
- The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer
- The Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon
- Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene
- The Beginner’s Bible
- The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
- Lee: A Biography by Clifford Dowdey
- King James Bible
- Book of Common Prayer
- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
- Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz
- “What Happens When a Poor State Guts Its Public University” by Michael Powell
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In this episode:
- Miles Smith joins the podcast to discuss the destruction of American statues and the political endgame that motivates it
- a lesson against civic contempt for average people and a story about the wisdom and erudition of country folk
- a listener question about good books to introduce kids to the “great tradition”
Texts Mentioned:
- Apply for the ISI Honors Conference!
- The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
- The Great Tradition by Richard Gamble
- The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
- The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
- Aesop’s Fables by Aesop
- Blessed Charles of Austria by Charles Coulombe
- The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer
- The Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon
- Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene
- The Beginner’s Bible
- The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
- Lee: A Biography by Clifford Dowdey
- King James Bible
- Book of Common Prayer
- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
- Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz
- “What Happens When a Poor State Guts Its Public University” by Michael Powell
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