What do the French Horn, Led Zepplin, and C.S. Lewis have in common? They are all part of the Great Conversation. Dr. Junius Johnson joins the Forgotten America podcast to discuss classical education and the literary life. Dr. Johnson grew up in Louisville, KY, and shares his story of discovering the Western Canon, classical music, and Latin. This episode is a great introduction to the classical education movement taking the country by storm. If you’d like to see a little more truth, goodness, and beauty reflected in the world around you, you’ll want to listen to this episode and hear the wisdom Dr. Johnson has to share with us. And if you’re looking for a new book to add to your booklist, make sure you take notes while listening.
Follow Dr. Junius Johnson’s work: https://www.juniusjohnson.com/ OR https://academics.juniusjohnson.com/
Further Reference:
The Western Cannon by Harold Bloom https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Western-Canon-Book-School-Ages-BLOOM/31214804233/bd
C.S. Lewis https://www.christianbook.com/page/christian-authors/cs-lewis
Mimesis – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimesis
Resource for scanning Latin poetry https://www.thoughtco.com/scan-a-line-of-latin-poetry-118819
John Dewey: https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Dewey
William James: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/james/
Children of Time
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Time_(novel)
Dune
https://www.thriftbooks.com/series/dune-chronicles/37695/
Garth Nix
https://garthnix.com/books/the-seventh-tower/
https://garthnix.com/books/the-keys-to-the-kingdom/
https://garthnix.com/books/the-old-kingdom/
Timothy Zahn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrail_series
Writing history textbooks for highschoolers with Classical Academic Press: Humanitas
https://classicalacademicpress.com/
https://classicalacademicpress.com/collections/humanitas