HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully Alive

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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!

Episode Date
Immersive Language Instruction: On the Polis Method
Apr 25, 2024
Fr. Carter Griffin: Magnanimity and the Great Souled Man
Apr 19, 2024
Michael Moynihan on Freedom in Education
Apr 11, 2024
Alexandre Havard on Free Hearts and Magnanimity
Mar 25, 2024
Chris McKenna on Parenting in a Digital Age
Mar 11, 2024
R. J. Snell on Hope and Despair
Feb 29, 2024
Teaching Sovereign Knowers
Feb 20, 2024
The College Experience with UD President Jonathan Sanford
Feb 12, 2024
On Emotional Presence and Imperfect Parenting
Feb 01, 2024
Teaching and the Vocation to Fatherhood
Jan 18, 2024
Rhetoric: On Forming Soul-Leaders
Dec 20, 2023
On Grades: A Teacher's Perspective
Dec 11, 2023
Teaching Craftsmanship: On Skills and Boys' Hands
Dec 01, 2023
Technology and Trust: On Building the Relationship
Nov 16, 2023
Teaching Logic: On Forming the Reasonable Person
Nov 06, 2023
The Mission and Vision of The Heights
Oct 27, 2023
Friendship and the 21st Century Boy
Oct 20, 2023
Movement as Foundation of Fitness
Oct 10, 2023
AI and the Take-Home Essay
Sep 28, 2023
Intergenerational Human Flourishing - Featuring Fr. Bob Gahl
Sep 22, 2023
On Grades: The Parents' Perspective
Sep 15, 2023
Teaching: A Professional Vocation
Sep 07, 2023
On Dress Codes and Decorum with Tom Royals
Aug 29, 2023
Tom Steenson on Classroom Tone and Culture
Aug 04, 2023
Teaching Sovereign Knowers: Michael Moynihan on Fostering Agency in Students
Jul 07, 2023
Stewards of the Universe: Alvaro de Vicente on "Men Fully Alive"
Jun 30, 2023
Epic and the Ordinary: Tom Cox on Why We Teach Epic Poetry
Jun 02, 2023
Three Components of a "Great" Summer: Colin Gleason on Journals, Schedules, and Service
May 30, 2023
Defining the Liberal Arts
May 19, 2023
"I totally lost it": Colin Gleason on Paternal Patience
May 05, 2023
Mentoring without a Program: Joe Cardenas on Teaching the Whole Person
Apr 28, 2023
George Weigel on John Paul II's "Culture-First" Approach: The Pope-Saint's Lessons for Parents, Teachers, and Leaders
Apr 19, 2023
Wit and Wisdom: Dr. Matthew Mehan on Teaching Shakespeare
Apr 11, 2023
Paternal Presence: Alvaro de Vicente on "Being There"
Apr 04, 2023
Friends in the World: Nate Gadiano on Engaging with Those Who Disagree
Mar 27, 2023
Parenting from Fear: Alvaro de Vicente on Reasons for Confidence
Mar 13, 2023
Parental Authority: Dr. Leonard Sax on Our Role
Mar 06, 2023
Pope Benedict XVI and Catholic Education: Dr. Joe Lanzilotti on the Adventure of Truth
Feb 24, 2023
A Better Approach to History: Cox and Dardis on their New Book
Feb 17, 2023
Discipline in the Classroom: Colin Gleason on the Art of Order
Feb 07, 2023
Carpool: Kyle Blackmer on Making Commute Time Good Time
Jan 27, 2023
Friendship for Fathers: John Cuddeback on Living and Teaching the Art
Jan 18, 2023
A Time and Place for Silence: Greving and Ortiz on Time and Solitude
Jan 05, 2023
Artwork in Schools: Joe Cardenas on the Buildings that Build Us
Dec 15, 2022
Anton Vorozhko on the Education of the Human Heart
Dec 05, 2022
The Art of Teaching: On Forming Contemplative Souls
Nov 14, 2022
Plutarch's Lives Teach: Tom Cox on Character Education through Story
Nov 03, 2022
The Culture of The Heights: Alvaro de Vicente on Our Mission
Oct 27, 2022
The Man Fully Alive: Alvaro de Vicente on our Vision
Oct 20, 2022
Science Fiction: Joe Breslin on the Beauty and Value of Strange Worlds
Oct 14, 2022
Why Sing: Pat Love on Brotherhood and Song
Oct 06, 2022
Science Education: Michael Moynihan on the Need for a New Synthesis
Sep 30, 2022
Self-Mastery: Alvaro de Vicente on Fostering Interior Freedom in Schools
Sep 23, 2022
When to Fight: Kyle Blackmer on Fisticuffs and the Peacemaking Protector
Sep 16, 2022
Leisure and Acedia: R.J. Snell on Contemplative Homes in a Frenetic Age
Sep 09, 2022
Work and Acedia: R.J. Snell on Our Original Vocation
Sep 01, 2022
Why a Liberal Arts Education Today? Michael Moynihan on Realism, Reductionism, and the Need for a New Synthesis in Liberal Education
Aug 18, 2022
Seeing Our Boys with Loving Eyes with Tom Royals: Not Projects, but Persons
Aug 11, 2022
Order and Surprise: Lionel Yaceczko on Beauty and the Western Tradition
Aug 05, 2022
Endless Growth: Kevin Majeres on Addictions and Setting Challenges
Jul 29, 2022
The Freedom to Form Bonds: Kevin Majeres on Mindfulness and Attention
Jul 21, 2022
From Anxiety to Adventure: Kevin Majeres on Reframing Challenges
Jul 14, 2022
A Study for All Seasons: Lionel Yaceczko on the Western Tradition
Jul 05, 2022
Teaching Hemingway and Fitzgerald with Michael Ortiz: Into the Writer's Workshop
Jun 24, 2022
Who am I?: The Question of Persona
Jun 15, 2022
His Anxiety and Ours: Confessions of an Anxious Parent who Happens to Be a Therapist
May 20, 2022
The Talk and Beyond
May 06, 2022
Welcome to the Web: John Beatty on Introducing our Sons to the Internet
Apr 28, 2022
Duties of Parents in the Conspiracy for the Good of the Boy
Apr 08, 2022
Mantras, Mottos, and Slogans: On Parenting in an Era of Powerful Phrases
Mar 31, 2022
On Preparation for Teaching: Six Attributes of Great Teachers
Mar 25, 2022
Humility and Teaching: On Leading While Walking Backward
Mar 16, 2022
"Learn to Turn": Tom Royals on Parental Prudence
Feb 25, 2022
Our Little Protectors: How do WE See our Boys?
Jan 19, 2022
Why Teach? An Introduction to the Teaching Vocation
Jan 13, 2022
On Christianity and the Classical Education: Lionel Yaceczko on Ausonius Grammaticus
Dec 17, 2021
Foundations for Mentoring Struggling Students: On Fighting the Right Fires
Dec 01, 2021
Respectful Dominion: Colin Gleason on Discipline
Nov 17, 2021
Finding Mentors After Graduation: Pat Kilner on Find Your Six
Nov 10, 2021
The Mission, Vision, and Philosophy of The Heights
Nov 08, 2021
Foundations of Hope: Raising Optimistic Men Fully Alive
Oct 27, 2021
Dr. Mehan on Preparing for Bad News: Raising Men Who Can Handle It
Oct 21, 2021
When Is Your Son Ready for a Smart Phone? Mr. de Vicente on Self-Mastery, Technology, and Parental Discernment
Oct 15, 2021
Is The Heights a Classical School?
Oct 05, 2021
An Introduction to Natural History with Eric Heil: On the Study of Our World Fully Alive
Sep 29, 2021
What is literacy? Lionel Yaceczko on "How to Read a Book"
Aug 17, 2021
Dr. Mehan on Children's Literature and Human Flourishing: Introducing the Handsome Little Cygnet
Aug 04, 2021
Family Culture with Mr. Alvaro de Vicente
Jul 13, 2021
Rethinking College: Why go? How? When?
Jul 07, 2021
Freedom in Quarantine: Daniel Bernardus on Leonardo Polo
Jun 29, 2021
Cal Newport on Digital Minimalism: Creating a Philosophy of Personal Technology Use, Part II
Jun 23, 2021
Cal Newport on Digital Minimalism: Creating a Philosophy of Personal Technology Use
Jun 15, 2021
Mentoring Sons to a Successful Summer
Jun 03, 2021
On Friendship after Senior Year: Higher Stakes and Beautiful Opportunities
May 25, 2021
Forming iGen: Strategies and Considerations for "Parents Fully Aware" (Part 3)
May 11, 2021
Forming iGen: The Impact on our Sons (Part 2)
May 04, 2021
Forming iGen: On the Forces that Shaped Them (Part 1)
Apr 26, 2021
Fact or Opinion: On Preventing (or Unwinding) Moral Relativism
Apr 14, 2021
On Home as Social Hub: The Importance of Hosting our Sons and their Friends
Mar 23, 2021
On Home Schooling the Future Heights Boy
Mar 03, 2021
Forming Wise, Courageous, Risk-Takers
Dec 11, 2020
Inferno or Paradiso? On Introducing Students to the Divine Comedy
Nov 25, 2020
Performing Books Aloud: Don't Just Read Aloud... Perform!
Nov 12, 2020
The Middle School Years
Oct 30, 2020
The Costs of Closing: Accompanying our Sons through Covid
Oct 13, 2020
Friendship for the 21st Century Boy
Sep 18, 2020
Forming Free Spirits in Close Quarters
May 22, 2020
"Will he be happy?": Fostering Gratitude in a Fast-Paced World
May 13, 2020
Student-Schedules During Corona: On Ordered Living While Learning from a Distance
Apr 15, 2020
The Bedrock Principle of Fatherhood
Feb 11, 2020
Forming your Young Son's Conscience
Jan 31, 2020
On "Bullying": Guiding Future Protectors through Social Difficulties
Jan 18, 2020
Fr. Carter Griffin on Fostering Vocations in a Digital Age
Dec 26, 2019
Building a Relationship of Trust with Your Son
Nov 25, 2019
Character Formation in Elite Athletics: UVA Assistant Basketball Coach Brad Soderberg
Nov 15, 2019
The Education of "Men Fully Alive": The Mission and Vision of The Heights
Oct 30, 2019
Smart Phones: Why Wait When He's "The Only One."
Oct 25, 2019
Material Order and the Middle School Boy
Oct 11, 2019
On Manners: The "ABC's" of Virtue
Sep 19, 2019
Guidance for Aspiring Teachers
Aug 29, 2019
Educating “Practically Wise Governors”: On Prudence and the Liberal Arts
Aug 23, 2019
Leading our Sons Towards Integrity
Aug 12, 2019
On Hiring Teachers: Drafting a Faculty of Friends
Jul 30, 2019
U. of Dallas President, Dr. Thomas Hibbs
Jul 24, 2019
U. of Dallas President, Dr. Thomas Hibbs
Jul 19, 2019
Patriotism and Piety: Honoring Founders and Fathers
Jul 08, 2019
Guidelines for Dating
Jul 03, 2019
"The Talk": On the Role of Schools and Fathers
Jun 26, 2019
Emotions Fully Alive: Forming Boys' Affectivity Part II
Jun 18, 2019
The Grindstone Skills: On Latin in Education, Part II
Jun 14, 2019
The Grindstone Skills: On Latin in Education, Part I
Jun 07, 2019
Rekindling the Gifts of the Holy Spirit
May 17, 2019
Emotions Fully Alive: Forming Boys' Affectivity
May 09, 2019
Lying to Dumbledore: On Moral Consequentialism in Children's Literature
May 03, 2019
Decisive Parenting
Mar 29, 2019
Praise and Affirmation without Flattery
Mar 13, 2019
Forming Men of Faith
Feb 28, 2019
The Strategic Enterprise of Upper School Study, a.k.a. "Homework"
Feb 22, 2019
Mathematics: The Lost Liberal Art
Feb 14, 2019
"Who am I?": The Question of Persona, Part 2
Nov 26, 2018
"Who am I?": The Question of Persona
Nov 20, 2018
On the Healing Powers of Tragedy
Nov 13, 2018
On Addressing Character Defects: Thoughts on Tough Love
Nov 02, 2018
Parenting: Patience or Optimism
Oct 26, 2018
On Recess: The Benefits of Free Play
Oct 18, 2018
Think Bigger
Oct 12, 2018
Preparing for Bad News: Raising Men Who Can Handle It
Sep 24, 2018
Sarah Mackenzie on the Read Aloud Family
Sep 17, 2018
Teaching Magnanimous Dress: On the Virtue of Polish
Sep 10, 2018
On Freedom and Phones
Aug 27, 2018
On Nature Journals and Observant Souls with Eric Heil
Aug 20, 2018
"Can I catch it?": Eric Heil on Handling Wildlife
Aug 06, 2018
Mike Ortiz on Modern Literature: On Curating the Contemporary
Aug 03, 2018
Arthur Brooks on Rethinking College: Why go? How? When?
Jul 23, 2018
School Tone, the Most Powerful Teacher
Jul 02, 2018
Summer Reading with a Purpose
Jun 25, 2018
The Bedrock Principle of Fatherhood
Jun 15, 2018
The Math Problem: Tackling the "I'm Terrible at Math" Mentality
May 09, 2018
Teaching the Craft of Writing from the Sentence Up
May 04, 2018
On Pieper's Prudence, Part II
Apr 23, 2018
Why Our Politics Needs Poetry: Dr. Mehan on his New Book
Apr 16, 2018
On Pieper's Prudence: A Virtue for the Great Souled
Apr 10, 2018
More than Cute: Drama's Power for the Young
Mar 07, 2018
The Stressed Son: The Causes of Adolescent Anxiety
Feb 23, 2018
Shakespeare's Full Effect: Teaching through Drama
Jan 22, 2018
Boys, Education, and The Heights
Jan 08, 2018
Smart Giving: On Stocks, Savvy Donors, and the New Year
Dec 27, 2017
SAT and the Common Core: A Solution to the New Alliance
Dec 19, 2017
"Tell me the truth!" Leading Boys to Integrity
Dec 14, 2017
Why Boys Need Mentors
Nov 29, 2017
The Importance of History Pt. II
Nov 21, 2017
The Importance of History
Nov 17, 2017
Defining the Liberal Arts
Nov 10, 2017
Systems for Athletic Success
Nov 03, 2017
Handling Poor Grades: Steps to an Academic Reset
Oct 30, 2017
The Importance of Green Time
Oct 19, 2017
Raising Boys in an Age of Affluence Pt. II
Oct 13, 2017
Raising Boys in an Age of Affluence
Oct 06, 2017
"You get to take Latin!"
Sep 29, 2017
Purposeful Study
Sep 22, 2017
Forming Deep Workers, Part II
Sep 15, 2017
Forming Deep Workers, Part I
Sep 08, 2017
Dr. Mehan on The Odyssey, Mentors, and Humanitas
Jul 31, 2017
Tweaking the Literary Diet
Jul 13, 2017
The Father and His Family
Jun 16, 2017
Three Components of a "Great" Lower School Summer
Jun 09, 2017
The Morning Offering as a Daily Renewal
Jun 03, 2017
Stop Telling Your Son to Read: How to Inspire a Love of Reading
May 17, 2017
Mr. de Vicente on Moral Imagination Pt. 2
Apr 11, 2017
Mr. de Vicente on Moral Imagination Pt. 1
Apr 06, 2017
Who was Frederick Douglass? The Powerful Impact of a Literate Man
Mar 29, 2017
The Risks of Overspecialization and Professionalized Youth Sports
Mar 21, 2017
Writing and Thought; Oratory and Ethics: What we Give Our 7th Graders in the Core
Mar 09, 2017
Beginning an Uncommon Core: Part 1
Feb 27, 2017
WWRD? On the Roman view of Citizenship and Borders
Feb 21, 2017
Virtuous Use of Technology: Inspiring Our Youth to Make the Most of 21st Century Tools
Feb 09, 2017
A Critique of Endo's "Silence"
Jan 26, 2017
An Epic Education: Tolkien in The Heights Curriculum
Dec 22, 2016
Seneca for Students: The Value of Time and the Cost of Rumor
Dec 14, 2016
On Gifts and Devices: Reconsidering Electronics under the Tree
Dec 08, 2016
Celebrating Advent: On Preparing for Christmas Without Jumping the Gun
Dec 01, 2016
The Strategic Enterprise of Upper School Study, a.k.a. "Homework"
Nov 17, 2016
The Teacher as Liberal Artist
Nov 03, 2016
The Purpose of Homework and the Difficulty with Online Assignments
Oct 25, 2016
Guiding Our Boys through Modern Literature
Oct 15, 2016
Witnessing Faith while Teaching Religion
Sep 27, 2016
Guidelines for Dating
Aug 31, 2016
Mr. Eric Heil on Nature Deficit Disorder
May 31, 2016
Cultivating Your Child's Intellectual Life
May 16, 2016
Raising Contemplative Sons: The Problem with Boys
May 02, 2016
Parenting: Patience or Optimism? - Mr. Andy Reed
Apr 19, 2016
Exploring and Expressing the Human Condition through Literature with Mr. Michael Ortiz
Feb 15, 2016
Family Culture with Mr. Alvaro de Vicente
Jan 18, 2016
The Arts of Liberty with Dr. Matthew Mehan - Part II
Jan 04, 2016
The Arts of Liberty with Dr. Matthew Mehan - Part I
Dec 22, 2015
Living and Listening to Advent with Mr. Tom Steenson & Mr. Patrick Love
Dec 08, 2015
Grounding Boys in Reality with Mr. Joe Cardenas
Nov 16, 2015
Developing Your Son's Will with Mr. Andy Reed
Nov 02, 2015
Educating the Next Generation with Mr. Michael Moynihan
Oct 19, 2015
Storytelling with Mr. Colin Gleason
Oct 04, 2015
Goals for the Year with Alvaro de Vicente
Sep 19, 2015
Introducing HeightsCast
Sep 18, 2015