HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully Alive

HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully Alive

97 episodes

Welcome to HeightsCast, the official podcast of The Heights School. Every week, we feature interviews with teachers, educators, and experts in a variety of fields, both here at The Heights School and beyond our school's walls. Our conversations concern the education and formation of men fully alive in the liberal arts tradition. In other words, we talk about the education of the kind of man you’d want your daughter to marry. We hope that these conversations may be both delightful and insightful; and that through them, your vocation as educators may be ever renewed. Join us!

Podcasts

Technology and Trust: On Building the Relationship

Published: Nov. 16, 2023, 7:28 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 28 seconds

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Teaching Logic: On Forming the Reasonable Person

Published: Nov. 6, 2023, 4:08 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 16 seconds

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The Mission and Vision of The Heights

Published: Oct. 27, 2023, 4:05 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 51 seconds

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Friendship and the 21st Century Boy

Published: Oct. 20, 2023, 3:54 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 51 seconds

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Movement as Foundation of Fitness

Published: Oct. 10, 2023, 12:31 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 40 seconds

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AI and the Take-Home Essay

Published: Sept. 28, 2023, 7:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 53 seconds

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Intergenerational Human Flourishing - Featuring Fr. Bob Gahl

Published: Sept. 22, 2023, 4:30 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 59 seconds

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On Grades: The Parents' Perspective

Published: Sept. 15, 2023, 3:12 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 4 seconds

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Teaching: A Professional Vocation

Published: Sept. 7, 2023, 7:14 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 1 second

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On Dress Codes and Decorum with Tom Royals

Published: Aug. 29, 2023, 7:08 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 3 seconds

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Tom Steenson on Classroom Tone and Culture

Published: Aug. 4, 2023, 5:45 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 43 seconds

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Teaching Sovereign Knowers: Michael Moynihan on Fostering Agency in Students

Published: July 7, 2023, 1:07 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 11 seconds

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Stewards of the Universe: Alvaro de Vicente on "Men Fully Alive"

Published: June 30, 2023, 2:44 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 44 seconds

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Epic and the Ordinary: Tom Cox on Why We Teach Epic Poetry

Published: June 2, 2023, 9:39 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 19 seconds

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Three Components of a "Great" Summer: Colin Gleason on Journals, Schedules, and Service

Published: May 30, 2023, 2:26 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 43 seconds

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"I totally lost it": Colin Gleason on Paternal Patience

Published: May 5, 2023, 1:52 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 30 seconds

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Mentoring without a Program: Joe Cardenas on Teaching the Whole Person

Published: April 28, 2023, 4:03 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 32 seconds

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George Weigel on John Paul II's "Culture-First" Approach: The Pope-Saint's Lessons for Parents, Teachers, and Leaders

Published: April 19, 2023, 12:53 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 16 seconds

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Wit and Wisdom: Dr. Matthew Mehan on Teaching Shakespeare

Published: April 11, 2023, 2:09 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 42 seconds

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Paternal Presence: Alvaro de Vicente on "Being There"

Published: April 4, 2023, 8:21 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 8 seconds

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Friends in the World: Nate Gadiano on Engaging with Those Who Disagree

Published: March 27, 2023, 12:56 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 49 seconds

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Parenting from Fear: Alvaro de Vicente on Reasons for Confidence

Published: March 13, 2023, 12:46 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 17 seconds

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Parental Authority: Dr. Leonard Sax on Our Role

Published: March 6, 2023, 2:35 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 55 seconds

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Pope Benedict XVI and Catholic Education: Dr. Joe Lanzilotti on the Adventure of Truth

Published: Feb. 24, 2023, 3:27 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 57 seconds

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A Better Approach to History: Cox and Dardis on their New Book

Published: Feb. 17, 2023, 8:28 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 44 seconds

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Discipline in the Classroom: Colin Gleason on the Art of Order

Published: Feb. 7, 2023, 1:17 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 57 seconds

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Carpool: Kyle Blackmer on Making Commute Time Good Time

Published: Jan. 27, 2023, 6:12 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 40 seconds

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Friendship for Fathers: John Cuddeback on Living and Teaching the Art

Published: Jan. 18, 2023, 2:50 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 11 seconds

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A Time and Place for Silence: Greving and Ortiz on Time and Solitude

Published: Jan. 5, 2023, 8:50 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 seconds

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Artwork in Schools: Joe Cardenas on the Buildings that Build Us

Published: Dec. 15, 2022, 9:19 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 3 seconds

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Anton Vorozhko on the Education of the Human Heart

Published: Dec. 5, 2022, 2:03 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 55 seconds

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The Art of Teaching: On Forming Contemplative Souls

Published: Nov. 14, 2022, 3:24 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 54 seconds

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Plutarch's Lives Teach: Tom Cox on Character Education through Story

Published: Nov. 3, 2022, 7:15 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 40 seconds

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The Culture of The Heights: Alvaro de Vicente on Our Mission

Published: Oct. 27, 2022, 3:13 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 57 seconds

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The Man Fully Alive

Published: Oct. 20, 2022, 8:20 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 seconds

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The Man Fully Alive: Alvaro de Vicente on our Vision

Published: Oct. 20, 2022, 8:20 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 seconds

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Science Fiction: Joe Breslin on the Beauty and Value of Strange Worlds

Published: Oct. 14, 2022, 6:47 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 41 seconds

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Why Sing: Pat Love on Brotherhood and Song

Published: Oct. 6, 2022, 7:57 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 14 seconds

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Science Education: Michael Moynihan on the Need for a New Synthesis

Published: Sept. 30, 2022, 2:03 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 46 seconds

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Self-Mastery: Alvaro de Vicente on Fostering Interior Freedom in Schools

Published: Sept. 23, 2022, 1:07 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 36 seconds

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When to Fight: Kyle Blackmer on Fisticuffs and the Peacemaking Protector

Published: Sept. 16, 2022, 12:12 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 22 seconds

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Leisure and Acedia: R.J. Snell on Contemplative Homes in a Frenetic Age

Published: Sept. 9, 2022, 8:21 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 55 seconds

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Work and Acedia: R.J. Snell on Our Original Vocation

Published: Sept. 1, 2022, 8 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 1 second

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Seeing Our Boys with Loving Eyes with Tom Royals: Not Projects, but Persons

Published: Aug. 11, 2022, 8:27 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 34 seconds

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Order and Surprise: Lionel Yaceczko on Beauty and the Western Tradition

Published: Aug. 5, 2022, 6:05 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 29 seconds

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Endless Growth: Kevin Majeres on Addictions and Setting Challenges

Published: July 29, 2022, 1:17 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 31 seconds

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The Freedom to Form Bonds: Kevin Majeres on Mindfulness and Attention

Published: July 21, 2022, 6:35 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 11 seconds

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From Anxiety to Adventure: Kevin Majeres on Reframing Challenges

Published: July 14, 2022, 9:03 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 41 seconds

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A Study for All Seasons: Lionel Yaceczko on the Western Tradition

Published: July 5, 2022, 4:32 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 35 seconds

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Teaching Hemingway and Fitzgerald with Michael Ortiz: Into the Writer's Workshop

Published: June 24, 2022, 8:01 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 4 seconds

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His Anxiety and Ours: Confessions of an Anxious Parent who Happens to Be a Therapist

Published: May 20, 2022, 4:08 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 16 seconds

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The Talk and Beyond

Published: May 6, 2022, 10:22 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 31 seconds

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The Talk and Beyond with Michael Moynihan

Published: May 6, 2022, 10:22 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 31 seconds

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Welcome to the Web: John Beatty on Introducing our Sons to the Internet

Published: April 28, 2022, 6:57 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 43 seconds

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Duties of Parents in the Conspiracy for the Good of the Boy

Published: April 8, 2022, 7:06 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 17 seconds

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Mantras, Mottos, and Slogans: On Parenting in an Era of Powerful Phrases

Published: March 31, 2022, 3:02 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 41 seconds

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On Preparation for Teaching: Six Attributes of Great Teachers

Published: March 25, 2022, 6:28 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 10 seconds

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Humility and Teaching: On Leading While Walking Backward

Published: March 16, 2022, 3:55 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 44 seconds

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"Learn to Turn": Tom Royals on Parental Prudence

Published: Feb. 25, 2022, 10 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 20 seconds

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Our Little Protectors: How do WE See our Boys?

Published: Jan. 19, 2022, 8:53 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 33 seconds

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Why Teach? An Introduction to the Teaching Vocation

Published: Jan. 13, 2022, 6:50 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 24 seconds

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On Christianity and the Classical Education: Lionel Yaceczko on Ausonius Grammaticus

Published: Dec. 17, 2021, 9:09 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 42 seconds

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Foundations for Mentoring Struggling Students: On Fighting the Right Fires

Published: Dec. 1, 2021, 11:04 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 43 seconds

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Respectful Dominion: Colin Gleason on Discipline

Published: Nov. 17, 2021, 5:41 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 18 seconds

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Finding Mentors After Graduation: Pat Kilner on Find Your Six

Published: Nov. 10, 2021, 8:46 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 2 seconds

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The Mission, Vision, and Philosophy of The Heights

Published: Nov. 8, 2021, 3:55 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 40 seconds

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Foundations of Hope: Raising Optimistic Men Fully Alive

Published: Oct. 27, 2021, 2:21 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 3 seconds

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Dr. Mehan on Preparing for Bad News: Raising Men Who Can Handle It

Published: Oct. 21, 2021, 5:36 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 38 seconds

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When Is Your Son Ready for a Smart Phone? Mr. de Vicente on Self-Mastery, Technology, and Parental Discernment

Published: Oct. 15, 2021, 12:28 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 35 seconds

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Is The Heights a Classical School?

Published: Oct. 5, 2021, 5:20 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 43 seconds

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An Introduction to Natural History with Eric Heil: On the Study of Our World Fully Alive

Published: Sept. 29, 2021, 8:05 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 41 seconds

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What is literacy? Lionel Yaceczko on "How to Read a Book"

Published: Aug. 17, 2021, 8:52 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 31 seconds

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Dr. Mehan on Children's Literature and Human Flourishing: Introducing the Handsome Little Cygnet

Published: Aug. 4, 2021, noon
Duration: 31 minutes 53 seconds

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Rethinking College: Why go? How? When?

Published: July 7, 2021, 2:19 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 29 seconds

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Freedom in Quarantine: Daniel Bernardus on Leonardo Polo

Published: June 29, 2021, 5:29 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 25 seconds

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Cal Newport on Digital Minimalism: Creating a Philosophy of Personal Technology Use

Published: June 15, 2021, 4:50 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 58 seconds

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Mentoring Sons to a Successful Summer

Published: June 3, 2021, 4:12 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 24 seconds

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On Friendship after Senior Year: Higher Stakes and Beautiful Opportunities

Published: May 25, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 49 seconds

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Forming iGen: Strategies and Considerations for "Parents Fully Aware" (Part 3)

Published: May 11, 2021, 6:18 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 15 seconds

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Forming iGen: The Impact on our Sons (Part 2)

Published: May 4, 2021, 8:02 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 4 seconds

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Forming iGen: On the Forces that Shaped Them (Part 1)

Published: April 26, 2021, 7:16 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 59 seconds

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Fact or Opinion: On Preventing (or Unwinding) Moral Relativism

Published: April 14, 2021, 5:17 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 55 seconds

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On Home as Social Hub: The Importance of Hosting our Sons and their Friends

Published: March 23, 2021, 6:25 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 8 seconds

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On Home Schooling the Future Heights Boy

Published: March 3, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 34 seconds

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Forming Wise, Courageous, Risk-Takers

Published: Dec. 11, 2020, 2:06 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 17 seconds

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Inferno or Paradiso? On Introducing Students to the Divine Comedy

Published: Nov. 25, 2020, 2:01 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 38 seconds

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Performing Books Aloud: Don't Just Read Aloud... Perform!

Published: Nov. 12, 2020, 2:28 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 34 seconds

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The Middle School Years

Published: Oct. 30, 2020, 2:16 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 29 seconds

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The Costs of Closing: Accompanying our Sons through Covid

Published: Oct. 13, 2020, 1:11 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 54 seconds

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Friendship for the 21st Century Boy

Published: Sept. 18, 2020, 2:11 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 18 seconds

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Forming Free Spirits in Close Quarters

Published: May 22, 2020, 1:24 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 47 seconds

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"Will he be happy?": Fostering Gratitude in a Fast-Paced World

Published: May 13, 2020, 8:29 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 16 seconds

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Student-Schedules During Corona: On Ordered Living While Learning from a Distance

Published: April 15, 2020, 7:13 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 18 seconds

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Forming your Young Son's Conscience

Published: Jan. 31, 2020, 2:49 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 36 seconds

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On "Bullying": Guiding Future Protectors through Social Difficulties

Published: Jan. 18, 2020, 2:14 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 49 seconds

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Fr. Carter Griffin on Fostering Vocations in a Digital Age

Published: Dec. 26, 2019, 9:28 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 32 seconds

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Building a Relationship of Trust with Your Son

Published: Nov. 25, 2019, 9:03 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 12 seconds

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Character Formation in Elite Athletics: UVA Assistant Basketball Coach Brad Soderberg

Published: Nov. 15, 2019, 8:32 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 7 seconds

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The Education of "Men Fully Alive": The Mission and Vision of The Heights

Published: Oct. 30, 2019, 6:58 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 22 seconds

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Smart Phones: Why Wait When He's "The Only One."

Published: Oct. 25, 2019, 8:07 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes

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Material Order and the Middle School Boy

Published: Oct. 11, 2019, 7:31 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 53 seconds

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On Manners: The "ABC's" of Virtue

Published: Sept. 19, 2019, 7:53 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 15 seconds

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Guidance for Aspiring Teachers

Published: Aug. 29, 2019, 7:54 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 33 seconds

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Educating “Practically Wise Governors”: On Prudence and the Liberal Arts

Published: Aug. 23, 2019, 7:47 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 42 seconds

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Leading our Sons Towards Integrity

Published: Aug. 12, 2019, 5:08 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 29 seconds

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On Hiring Teachers: Drafting a Faculty of Friends

Published: July 30, 2019, 6:35 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 7 seconds

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U. of Dallas President, Dr. Thomas Hibbs

Published: July 19, 2019, 7:45 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 47 seconds

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Patriotism and Piety: Honoring Founders and Fathers

Published: July 8, 2019, 2:06 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 7 seconds

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"The Talk": On the Role of Schools and Fathers

Published: June 26, 2019, 6:06 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 44 seconds

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Emotions Fully Alive: Forming Boys' Affectivity Part II

Published: June 18, 2019, 4:17 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 21 seconds

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The Grindstone Skills: On Latin in Education, Part I

Published: June 7, 2019, 6 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 18 seconds

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Rekindling the Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Published: May 17, 2019, 8:53 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 26 seconds

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Emotions Fully Alive: Forming Boys' Affectivity

Published: May 9, 2019, 1:39 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 30 seconds

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Lying to Dumbledore: On Moral Consequentialism in Children's Literature

Published: May 3, 2019, 7:48 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 15 seconds

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Decisive Parenting

Published: March 29, 2019, 9:30 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 13 seconds

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Praise and Affirmation without Flattery

Published: March 13, 2019, 7:59 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 38 seconds

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Forming Men of Faith

Published: Feb. 28, 2019, 2:08 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 29 seconds

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Mathematics: The Lost Liberal Art

Published: Feb. 14, 2019, 11:21 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 42 seconds

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"Who am I?": The Question of Persona, Part 2

Published: Nov. 26, 2018, 7:48 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 7 seconds

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"Who am I?": The Question of Persona

Published: Nov. 20, 2018, 7:56 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 9 seconds

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On the Healing Powers of Tragedy

Published: Nov. 13, 2018, 7:28 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 24 seconds

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On Addressing Character Defects: Thoughts on Tough Love

Published: Nov. 2, 2018, 5:08 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 37 seconds

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Parenting: Patience or Optimism

Published: Oct. 26, 2018, 7:49 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 42 seconds

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On Recess: The Benefits of Free Play

Published: Oct. 18, 2018, 11:34 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 47 seconds

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Think Bigger

Published: Oct. 12, 2018, 6:11 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 21 seconds

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Preparing for Bad News: Raising Men Who Can Handle It

Published: Sept. 24, 2018, 8:57 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 7 seconds

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Sarah Mackenzie on the Read Aloud Family

Published: Sept. 17, 2018, 2:55 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 10 seconds

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Teaching Magnanimous Dress: On the Virtue of Polish

Published: Sept. 10, 2018, 10 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 41 seconds

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On Freedom and Phones

Published: Aug. 27, 2018, 10 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 1 second

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On Nature Journals and Observant Souls with Eric Heil

Published: Aug. 20, 2018, 7:38 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 9 seconds

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"Can I catch it?": Eric Heil on Handling Wildlife

Published: Aug. 6, 2018, 10 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 26 seconds

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Mike Ortiz on Modern Literature: On Curating the Contemporary

Published: Aug. 3, 2018, 10 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 1 second

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Arthur Brooks on Rethinking College: Why go? How? When?

Published: July 23, 2018, 8:15 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 50 seconds

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School Tone, the Most Powerful Teacher

Published: July 2, 2018, 9:30 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 30 seconds

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Summer Reading with a Purpose

Published: June 25, 2018, 9:45 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 58 seconds

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The Bedrock Principle of Fatherhood

Published: June 15, 2018, 7:03 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 21 seconds

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The Math Problem: Tackling the "I'm Terrible at Math" Mentality

Published: May 9, 2018, 3:24 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 12 seconds

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Teaching the Craft of Writing from the Sentence Up

Published: May 4, 2018, 10:25 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 59 seconds

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On Pieper's Prudence, Part II

Published: April 23, 2018, 8:21 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 49 seconds

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Why Our Politics Needs Poetry: Dr. Mehan on his New Book

Published: April 16, 2018, 2:34 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 3 seconds

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On Pieper's Prudence: A Virtue for the Great Souled

Published: April 10, 2018, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 25 seconds

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More than Cute: Drama's Power for the Young

Published: March 7, 2018, 9:22 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 45 seconds

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The Stressed Son: The Causes of Adolescent Anxiety

Published: Feb. 23, 2018, 6:19 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 51 seconds

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Shakespeare's Full Effect: Teaching through Drama

Published: Jan. 22, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 7 seconds

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Boys, Education, and The Heights

Published: Jan. 8, 2018, 10:09 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 14 seconds

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Smart Giving: On Stocks, Savvy Donors, and the New Year

Published: Dec. 27, 2017, 6:19 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 20 seconds

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SAT and the Common Core: A Solution to the New Alliance

Published: Dec. 19, 2017, 6:33 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 20 seconds

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"Tell me the truth!" Leading Boys to Integrity

Published: Dec. 14, 2017, 7:15 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 54 seconds

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Why Boys Need Mentors

Published: Nov. 29, 2017, 8:09 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 3 seconds

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The Importance of History Pt. II

Published: Nov. 21, 2017, 6:36 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 44 seconds

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The Importance of History

Published: Nov. 17, 2017, 8:11 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 25 seconds

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Defining the Liberal Arts

Published: Nov. 10, 2017, 7:34 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 50 seconds

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Systems for Athletic Success

Published: Nov. 3, 2017, 3:48 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 36 seconds

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Handling Poor Grades: Steps to an Academic Reset

Published: Oct. 30, 2017, 12:33 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 43 seconds

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The Importance of Green Time

Published: Oct. 19, 2017, 9 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 37 seconds

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Raising Boys in an Age of Affluence Pt. II

Published: Oct. 13, 2017, 2:37 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 23 seconds

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Raising Boys in an Age of Affluence

Published: Oct. 6, 2017, 12:26 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 34 seconds

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"You get to take Latin!"

Published: Sept. 29, 2017, 1:39 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 40 seconds

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Purposeful Study

Published: Sept. 22, 2017, 2:44 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 21 seconds

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Forming Deep Workers, Part II

Published: Sept. 15, 2017, 5:32 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 1 second

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Forming Deep Workers, Part I

Published: Sept. 8, 2017, 7:33 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 47 seconds

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Dr. Mehan on The Odyssey, Mentors, and Humanitas

Published: July 31, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 5 seconds

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Tweaking the Literary Diet

Published: July 13, 2017, 8:07 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 48 seconds

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The Father and His Family

Published: June 16, 2017, 4:31 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 30 seconds

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Three Components of a "Great" Lower School Summer

Published: June 9, 2017, 8:07 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 56 seconds

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The Morning Offering as a Daily Renewal

Published: June 3, 2017, 2:37 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 40 seconds

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Stop Telling Your Son to Read: How to Inspire a Love of Reading

Published: May 17, 2017, 11:36 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 49 seconds

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Mr. de Vicente on Moral Imagination Pt. 2

Published: April 11, 2017, 10 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 34 seconds

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Mr. de Vicente on Moral Imagination Pt. 1

Published: April 6, 2017, 3:12 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 59 seconds

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Who was Frederick Douglass? The Powerful Impact of a Literate Man

Published: March 29, 2017, 7:04 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 6 seconds

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The Risks of Overspecialization and Professionalized Youth Sports

Published: March 21, 2017, 2:18 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 21 seconds

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Writing and Thought; Oratory and Ethics: What we Give Our 7th Graders in the Core

Published: March 9, 2017, 3:24 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 18 seconds

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Beginning an Uncommon Core: Part 1

Published: Feb. 27, 2017, 3:25 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 31 seconds

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WWRD? On the Roman view of Citizenship and Borders

Published: Feb. 21, 2017, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 52 seconds

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Virtuous Use of Technology: Inspiring Our Youth to Make the Most of 21st Century Tools

Published: Feb. 9, 2017, 9:05 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 21 seconds

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A Critique of Endo's "Silence"

Published: Jan. 26, 2017, 7:53 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 1 second

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An Epic Education: Tolkien in The Heights Curriculum

Published: Dec. 22, 2016, 8:01 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 7 seconds

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Seneca for Students: The Value of Time and the Cost of Rumor

Published: Dec. 14, 2016, 8 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 9 seconds

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On Gifts and Devices: Reconsidering Electronics under the Tree

Published: Dec. 8, 2016, 8:39 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 35 seconds

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Celebrating Advent: On Preparing for Christmas Without Jumping the Gun

Published: Dec. 1, 2016, 8:23 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 57 seconds

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The Strategic Enterprise of Upper School Study, a.k.a. "Homework"

Published: Nov. 17, 2016, 6:52 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 1 second

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The Teacher as Liberal Artist

Published: Nov. 3, 2016, 7:02 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 29 seconds

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The Purpose of Homework and the Difficulty with Online Assignments

Published: Oct. 25, 2016, 7:54 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 1 second

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Guiding Our Boys through Modern Literature

Published: Oct. 15, 2016, 2:19 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes

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Witnessing Faith while Teaching Religion

Published: Sept. 27, 2016, 2:04 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 37 seconds

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Guidelines for Dating

Published: Aug. 31, 2016, 1:28 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 53 seconds

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Mr. Eric Heil on Nature Deficit Disorder

Published: May 31, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 46 seconds

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Cultivating Your Child's Intellectual Life

Published: May 16, 2016, 3:10 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 29 seconds

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Raising Contemplative Sons: The Problem with Boys

Published: May 2, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 34 seconds

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Parenting: Patience or Optimism? - Mr. Andy Reed

Published: April 19, 2016, 11:30 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 48 seconds

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Exploring and Expressing the Human Condition through Literature with Mr. Michael Ortiz

Published: Feb. 15, 2016, 3 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 9 seconds

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Family Culture with Mr. Alvaro de Vicente

Published: Jan. 18, 2016, 6:16 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 23 seconds

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The Arts of Liberty with Dr. Matthew Mehan - Part II

Published: Jan. 4, 2016, 4:46 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 35 seconds

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The Arts of Liberty with Dr. Matthew Mehan - Part I

Published: Dec. 22, 2015, 4:39 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 52 seconds

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Living and Listening to Advent with Mr. Tom Steenson & Mr. Patrick Love

Published: Dec. 8, 2015, 7:03 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 17 seconds

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Grounding Boys in Reality with Mr. Joe Cardenas

Published: Nov. 16, 2015, 4:56 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 7 seconds

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Developing Your Son's Will with Mr. Andy Reed

Published: Nov. 2, 2015, 3:30 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 58 seconds

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Educating the Next Generation with Mr. Michael Moynihan

Published: Oct. 19, 2015, 12:50 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 48 seconds

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Storytelling with Mr. Colin Gleason

Published: Oct. 4, 2015, 9 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 31 seconds

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Goals for the Year with Alvaro de Vicente

Published: Sept. 19, 2015, 4 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 35 seconds

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Introducing HeightsCast

Published: Sept. 18, 2015, 6:05 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 12 seconds

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