Ascend - The Great Books Podcast

Harrison Garlick and Adam Minihan

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Welcome to Ascend!We are a weekly Great Books podcast hosted by Deacon Harrison Garlick and Adam Minihan.What are the Great Books?The Great Books are the most impactful texts that have shaped Western civilization. They include ancients like Homer, Plato, St. Augustine, Dante, and St. Thomas Aquinas, and also moderns like Machiavelli, Locke, and Nietzsche. We will explore the Great Books with the light of the Catholic intellectual tradition.Why should we read the Great Books?Everyone is a discipl...

Notable Guests

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Episodes (167)

Red Shadows: A Savage Tale of Solomon Kane with Alberto Fernandez

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Enduring Chill by Flannery O'Connor with Dr. Joseph Boyne

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Plato's Ion with Erik Rostad, Dr. Grabowski, and More

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Hippias Minor (On the Lie) with Dr. Grabowski and Friends

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Plato's Lovers with Dr. Larson and Dr. Grabowski

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Plato's Hipparchus with Dr. Frank Grabowski

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Rediscovering Holy Eros

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A Cantankerous Review of the Odyssey Movie

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NEW BOOK: The American Odyssey with Dr. Patrick Deneen

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The Odyssey Books 23-24 with Dr. Justin Jackson and Dr. Benedict Whalen

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The Odyssey Book 22 with Dr. Alex Priou

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The Odyssey Books 20-21 with Thomas Lackey and Dr. Grabowski

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The Odyssey Books 17-19 with Dr. Frank Grabowski

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The Odyssey Books 15-16 with Jack Drury and Dr. Grabowski

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The Odyssey Books 13-14 with Dr. Alex Petkas and Dr. Grabowski

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The Odyssey Books 11-12 with Luke Heintschel and Dr. Grabowski

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The Odyssey Books 9-10 with Dr. Gregory McBrayer

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The Odyssey Books 6-8 with Dr. Frank Grabowski

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The Odyssey Book 5 with Dr. Glenn Arbery and Dr. Frank Grabowski

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The Odyssey Books 2-4 with Dr. Frank Grabowski

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The Odyssey Book 1 with Dr. Papadopoulos and Dr. Grabowski

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Intro to the Odyssey with Dr. Patrick Deneen and Dr. Chad Pecknold (2024)

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The Spiritual Harm of Lying

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Discover the Hidden Meaning of Narnia's Endless Winter

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Purgatorio: Beatrice (Cantos 32-33) with Joshua Charles and Dr. Frank Grabowski

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Purgatorio: The Earthly Paradise (Cantos 28-31) with Dr. Michael West

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Purgatorio: Gluttony and Lust (Cantos 23-27) with Fr. Patrick Briscoe, OP

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Purgatorio: Acedia and Avarice (Cantos 18-22) with Dr. Sarah Berry

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Purgatorio: Envy and Wrath (Cantos 13-17) with Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson

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Purgatorio: Ante-Purgatory and the Terrace on Pride (Cantos 6-12) with Mr. Luke...

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Purgatorio: Ante-Purgatory Cantos 1-5 with Dr. Donald Prudlo

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Introduction to Dante's Purgatorio with Dr. Jason Baxter

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Q&A on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight with Dr. Justin Jackson

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Platonic Thought in St. Thomas Aquinas with Dr. Donald Prudlo

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Plato's Influence on St. Boethius with Dr. Thomas Ward

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Plato and St. Augustine with Dr. Chad Pecknold

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Why Christians Should Read the Pagans with Alec Bianco and Sean Berube

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Fitt 4 with Chivalry Guild and Banished Kent

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Fitts 2 and 3 with Dr. Tiffany Schubert

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Fitt 1 with Dr. Justin Jackson

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Plato and Education: The Teacher as a Lover of the Soul

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Grace and the Grotesque: The Lame Shall Enter First by Flannery O'Connor with Dr...

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Law of Nature: Part Three of Plato's Gorgias with Dr. Gregory McBrayer

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Tyranny v Philosophy: Part Two of Plato's Gorgias with Dr. Matthew Bianco

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Rhetoric and Philosophy: Part One of the Gorgias with Athenian Stranger and John...

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Plato's Meno and Education with Dr. Daniel Wagner

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Halloween Short Story: The Chief Mourner of Marne by GK Chesterton

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Plato's Phaedo Explained with Dr. Christopher Frey Part II

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Plato's Phaedo Explained with Dr. Christopher Frey Part I

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On the Death of Socrates: Introducing Plato's Phaedo

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