Best Cindy Rollins Podcasts (2024)

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S6E86: Morning Time with the Aging with Tiffany Mai 45:53

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This week on The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn talk with homeschooling mom of 2 about using Morning Time in a local retirement home How Tiffany first came to know the Lord and also how she found out about Charlotte Mason How Tiffany started taking her children with her to do Morning Time at a local nursing home What are some of the fruits Tiffany h…

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Episode 230: “Best of” Series – “Why I Write” by George Orwell, Ep. 16 1:20:11

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For this week’s “Best of The Literary Life” series episode, we revisit a conversation about George Orwell’s essay “Why I Write.” Angelina and Cindy kick off the discussion about how much they each identify with Orwell’s description of his childhood. In his story of learning to write, we see many aspects of a good education, even his inclination to …

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Episode 229: “Best of” Series, “Araby” by James Joyce, Ep. 11 1:36:17

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This week on The Literary Life we return to the podcast vault for a re-airing of Episode 11, in which Cindy Rollins and Angelina Stanford enjoy a discussion of the short story “Araby” by James Joyce. Delving into “Araby,” Angelina talks about the history and development of the short story form. Cindy gives a little of her own background with readin…

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Episode 228: “Best of” Series, “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, Ep. 15 1:24:54

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This week on The Literary Life, we are dipping back into the archives for one of our “Best of” series of episodes. In this week’s remix from Season 1, Angelina Stanford and Cindy Rollins discuss Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace.” Before getting into the short story discussion, Cindy and Angelina chat about what a “commonplace book” is …

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S6E85: Morning Time for Moms, Part 4, with Christina Baehr 1:10:56

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Show Summary: In today’s episode of The New Mason Jar, Cindy shares a chat she had with Christina Baehr, a second generation homeschooling mom in Tasmania, Australia A little about Christina’s background and various creative pursuits, including music and writing What is Pilgrim Hill, and why did Christina and her husband start it? How Christina’s o…

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Episode 227: “Agnes Grey” by Anne Bronte, Ch. 19-25 1:31:37

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On The Literary Life Podcast this week, Angelina and Thomas wrap up their series on Anne Brontë’s Agnes Grey. In this final episode on this beautiful Victorian novel, our hosts begin with their commonplace quotes which lead into the book discussion and the Victorian ideas about the supernatural. They talk about the major plot points here at the end…

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Episode 226: “Agnes Grey” by Anne Brontë, Ch. 12-18 1:31:31

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Welcome back to The Literary Life Podcast and the continuation of our series on Anne Brontë’s Agnes Grey. Angelina and Thomas open with their commonplace quotes which lead into the book discussion. Angelina kicks it off with a comparison between the work of the Brontës and Jane Austen’s writing which will continue throughout the conversation. Thoma…

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S6E84: Morning Time for Moms Part 3 with Elissa Kroeger 55:02

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On The New Mason Jar this week, Cindy and Dawn sit down to talk with veteran homeschool mom Elissa Kroeger about her own journey of self-education How Elissa first heard about Charlotte Mason Elissa’s own history with reading and self-education through her school years How Elissa’s early homeschooling community grew organically How was a Charlotte …

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Episode 225: “Agnes Grey” by Anne Brontë, Ch. 6-11 1:28:37

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On this week’s episode of The Literary Life Podcast, Angelina and Thomas continue their series of discussions on Anne Brontë’s novel Agnes Grey. They open the conversation about this novel with some thoughts on the differences between Agnes Grey and Jane Eyre and Anne and Charlotte Brontë. Angelina poses the question as to whether this novel crosse…

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Episode 224: “Agnes Grey” by Anne Brontë, Introduction and Ch. 1-5 1:35:54

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Today on The Literary Life Podcast, Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks begin a new book discussion series covering Anne Brontë’s Victorian novel Agnes Grey. This week they are giving an introduction to the social and literary climate in which Anne was writing, as well as discussing chapters 1-5 of the book. Thomas shares a little information on Uti…

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S6E83: A Heart to Heart with the AmblesideOnline Advisory 1:11:01

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On The New Mason Jar today, we bring you a conversation Cindy and Dawn had with the AmblesideOnline Advisory members Anne White, Donna-Jean Breckenridge, Karen Glass and Leslie Laurio. How the friendship of the AO Advisory developed and has been a gift for each member throughout the years Did the Advisory members use the whole AO curriculum as writ…

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Episode 223: “Best of” The Literary Life – “The Machine Stops” by E. M. Forster, Ep. 99 1:23:43

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This week on The Literary Life, we bring you another episode in our “Best of” series with a throwback to one of our 2021 Summer of the Short Story shows. In this episode, Angelina, Cindy, and Thomas talk about E. M. Forster’s short story “The Machine Stops.” If you are interested in more E. M. Forster chat, you can go listen to our hosts discuss “T…

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Episode 222: “Tartuffe” by Moliere, Acts 3 - 5 1:22:41

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On today’s episode of The Literary Life Podcast, Angelina and Thomas wrap up their series on the satirical comedy Tartuffe by Jean-Baptiste Moliere. If you want to listen in to the read along of this play, you can view replays on the readings on the House of Humane Letters YouTube channel. Angelina and Thomas start off the conversation on the play …

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S6E82: Morning Time for Moms (and Dads!), Part 2, with Summer and Mike Smith 1:08:20

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Every plant bears fruit, ‘fruit and seed after his kind.’ All this is stale knowledge to older people, but one of the secrets of the educator is to present nothing as stale knowledge, but to put himself in the position of the child, and wonder and admire with him; for every common miracle which the child sees with his own eyes makes of him for the …

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Episode 221: “Tartuffe” by Moliere, Introduction and Acts 1 & 2 1:18:09

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This week on The Literary Life Podcast, Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks delve into a new literary series as we read the comedic play Tartuffe by Jean-Baptiste Moliere. If you want to listen in to the read along of this play, you can view replays on the readings on the House of Humane Letters YouTube channel. Thomas begins the conversation on thi…

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S6E81: “Joy in the Morning” Summer Discipleship 38:25

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If mankind had not been organized into families, it would never have had the organic power to be organized into commonwealths. Human culture is handed down in the customs of countless households. It is the only way in which human culture can remain human. G. K. Chesterton, Marriage and the Modern Mind Show Summary: For this week’s episode of The Ne…

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Episode 220: Fairy Tales and Children’s Literature with Dr. Vigen Guroian 1:25:33

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Welcome to a new episode of The Literary Life podcast and an interview with special guest Dr. Vigen Guroian, retired professor of Religious Studies and Orthodox Christianity at the University of Virginia and author of twelve book and numerous scholarly articles. Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks discuss with Dr. Guroian the new edition of his book…

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S6E80: Spring Nature Study with Jeannette Tulis 37:03

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They notice for themselves, and the teacher gives a name and other information as it is asked for… In this way they lay up that store of “common information”… and what is more important, they learn to know and delight in natural objects as in the familiar faces of friends. Charlotte Mason, School Education, p. 237 Show Summary: On The New Mason Jar…

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Episode 219: “Best of” Series – Why Read Old Books, Ep. 80 1:28:19

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Today on The Literary Life Podcast, we bring you another episode in our “Best of” series in which Angelina Stanford, Cindy Rollins, and Thomas Banks discuss the importance of reading old books. They begin the conversation by addressing head on the idea that old books are irrelevant. They touch on the fact that when we use the phrase “old books” we …

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Episode 218: “Best of” Series – Our Favorite Poems, Ep. 54 1:22:24

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This week on The Literary Life, our hosts talk about their favorite poems and poets. Cindy starts off by sharing the early influences on her developing a love of poetry. Thomas also shares about his mother reading poetry to him as a child and the poetry that made an impression on him as a child. Angelina talks about coming to poetry later in life a…

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S6E79: “A Bit of the World’s Work” with Anne White 41:42

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Ourselves, our Souls and Bodies is much used in the P.U.S., as I know of no other attempt to present such a ground plan of human nature as should enable the young student to know where he is in his efforts to ‘be good’ as the children say. The point of view taken in this volume is, that all beautiful and noble possibilities are present in every one…

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Episode 217: “Best of” Series – The Medieval Mind of C. S. Lewis: A Conversation with Jason M. Baxter, Ep. 145 1:16:23

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In anticipation of our upcoming sixth annual Literary Life Online Conference, “Dispelling the Myth of Modernity: A Recovery of the Medieval Imagination,” this week we are re-airing a previous episode with Jason Baxter, our conference’s special keynote speaker. Angelina Stanford, Cindy Rollins, and Thomas Banks sit down for a special conversation wi…

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Episode 216: E. M. Forster’s “Howards End” On Screen 1:38:19

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Today on The Literary Life Podcast, Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks are joined by Atlee Northmore to explore the various screen adaptations based on Howards End by E. M. Forster. They begin the discussion with the question of what is the good of translating one art form, in this case a book, into another art form, such as a screen play. They tal…

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S6E78: Morning Time for Moms, Part 1, with Jami Marstall 42:37

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The mind is a spiritual octopus, reaching out limbs in every direction to draw in enormous rations of that which under the actions of the mind itself becomes knowledge. Nothing can stale its infinite variety; the heavens and the earth, the past, the present, and future, things great and things minute, nations and men, the universe, all are within t…

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Episode 215: E. M. Forster’s “Howards End”, Ch. 35-End 1:34:35

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Welcome to The Literary Life Podcast and the final episode in our our series on Howards End by E. M. Forster. Today Angelina and Thomas seek to sum up the book and wrap up their thoughts on the way Forster weaves this story. The open with some comments on the almost allegorical nature of Howards End, then talk about the words “only connect” and the…

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Episode 214: E. M. Forster’s “Howards End,” Ch. 26-34 1:28:40

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Welcome back to The Literary Life Podcast and our series discussing Howards End by E. M. Forster. This week Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks cover chapters 26-34. Together they continue to talk about the ideas Forster is presenting in the book as seen in this section, including Howards End as a character, the echoes of Wind in the Willows (thanks…

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S6E77: Seeing the Big Picture with Heather Martin 53:43

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Three Questions for the Mother…She must ask herself Why must the children learn at all? What should they learn? And, How should they learn it? If she takes the trouble to find a definite and thoughtful answer to each of these three queries, she will be in a position to direct her children’s studies; and will, at the same time, be surprised to find …

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Episode 213: E. M. Forster’s “Howards End,” Ch. 17-25 1:21:21

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On The Literary Life Podcast, Angelina and Thomas continue our series on Howards End by E. M. Forster with a discussion of chapters 17-25. In opening the conversation on this chapter, they consider the various houses and ask the question of what role Howards End plays in this whole story. They also delve into the seemingly unlikely romance between …

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Episode 212: E. M. Forster’s “Howards End”, Ch. 8-16 1:30:55

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Welcome to The Literary Life Podcast and our second episode in our series on E. M. Forster’s book Howards End. This week, Angelina and Thomas cover chapters 8-16, continuing their discussion of the book and the overarching concept of “Story” along the way. In talking about different plot points and characters, Angelina and Thomas make some comparis…

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S6E76: “Beyond Mere Motherhood” with Cindy and Dawn 35:27

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No one knoweth the things of a man but the spirit of a man which is in him; therefore, there is no education but self-education… Charlotte Mason, Toward a Philosophy of Education, p. 26 Show Summary: On The New Mason Jar this week, Cindy and Dawn sit down to chat about Cindy’s newest book, Beyond Mere Motherhood How this book came to be What Cindy …

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Episode 211: E. M. Forster’s “Howards End”, Introduction and Ch. 1-7 1:23:37

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Welcome to a new series on The Literary Life Podcast with Angelina Stanford and husband Thomas Banks. This week they begin talking about E. M. Forster’s book Howards End, giving some introductory information about Forster and also cover the first seven chapters of the book. Thomas shares some background on the Bloomsbury Group authors in contrast t…

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S6E86: Morning Time with the Aging with Tiffany Mai 45:53

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Episode 230: “Best of” Series – “Why I Write” by George Orwell, Ep. 16 1:20:11

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Episode 229: “Best of” Series, “Araby” by James Joyce, Ep. 11 1:36:17

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Episode 228: “Best of” Series, “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, Ep. 15 1:24:54

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S6E85: Morning Time for Moms, Part 4, with Christina Baehr 1:10:56

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Episode 227: “Agnes Grey” by Anne Bronte, Ch. 19-25 1:31:37

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Episode 226: “Agnes Grey” by Anne Brontë, Ch. 12-18 1:31:31

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S6E84: Morning Time for Moms Part 3 with Elissa Kroeger 55:02

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Episode 225: “Agnes Grey” by Anne Brontë, Ch. 6-11 1:28:37

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Episode 224: “Agnes Grey” by Anne Brontë, Introduction and Ch. 1-5 1:35:54

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S6E83: A Heart to Heart with the AmblesideOnline Advisory 1:11:01

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Episode 223: “Best of” The Literary Life – “The Machine Stops” by E. M. Forster, Ep. 99 1:23:43

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Episode 222: “Tartuffe” by Moliere, Acts 3 - 5 1:22:41

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S6E82: Morning Time for Moms (and Dads!), Part 2, with Summer and Mike Smith 1:08:20

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Episode 221: “Tartuffe” by Moliere, Introduction and Acts 1 & 2 1:18:09

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S6E81: “Joy in the Morning” Summer Discipleship 38:25

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Episode 220: Fairy Tales and Children’s Literature with Dr. Vigen Guroian 1:25:33

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S6E80: Spring Nature Study with Jeannette Tulis 37:03

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Episode 219: “Best of” Series – Why Read Old Books, Ep. 80 1:28:19

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Episode 218: “Best of” Series – Our Favorite Poems, Ep. 54 1:22:24

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S6E79: “A Bit of the World’s Work” with Anne White 41:42

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Episode 217: “Best of” Series – The Medieval Mind of C. S. Lewis: A Conversation with Jason M. Baxter, Ep. 145 1:16:23

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Episode 216: E. M. Forster’s “Howards End” On Screen 1:38:19

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S6E78: Morning Time for Moms, Part 1, with Jami Marstall 42:37

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Episode 215: E. M. Forster’s “Howards End”, Ch. 35-End 1:34:35

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Episode 214: E. M. Forster’s “Howards End,” Ch. 26-34 1:28:40

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S6E77: Seeing the Big Picture with Heather Martin 53:43

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Episode 213: E. M. Forster’s “Howards End,” Ch. 17-25 1:21:21

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Episode 212: E. M. Forster’s “Howards End”, Ch. 8-16 1:30:55

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S6E76: “Beyond Mere Motherhood” with Cindy and Dawn 35:27

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Episode 211: E. M. Forster’s “Howards End”, Introduction and Ch. 1-7 1:23:37

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