72 Episodes

  1. Dante's Inferno Ep. 4: Cantos 12-17 with Fr. Thomas Esposito, O. Cist.

    Published: 3/25/2025

  2. Dante's Inferno Ep. 3: Cantos 6-11 with Dr. Jason Baxter

    Published: 3/18/2025

  3. Dante's Inferno Ep. 2: Cantos 2-5 with Dr. Jennifer Frey and Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson

    Published: 3/11/2025

  4. Dante's Inferno Ep. 1: Intro and Canto 1 with Dr. Jeremy Holmes

    Published: 3/4/2025

  5. Aeschylus' Oresteia: The Eumenides Explained Part Two

    Published: 2/25/2025

  6. Aeschylus' Oresteia: The Eumenides Explained Part One

    Published: 2/18/2025

  7. Aeschylus' Oresteia: Libation Bearers Explained Part Two

    Published: 2/11/2025

  8. Aeschylus' Oresteia: Libation Bearers Explained Part One

    Published: 2/4/2025

  9. Aeschylus' Oresteia: Agamemnon Explained Part Two

    Published: 1/28/2025

  10. Aeschylus' Oresteia: Agamemnon Explained Part One

    Published: 1/21/2025

  11. An Introduction to Aeschylus, the Father of Greek Tragedy

    Published: 1/14/2025

  12. A Discussion on Hesiod's Theogony

    Published: 1/7/2025

  13. Why You Should Read the Greek Plays with Ascend

    Published: 1/1/2025

  14. The Tower of the Elephant by Robert E. Howard with Alberto Fernandez

    Published: 12/31/2024

  15. The Odyssey as the Restoration of Culture with President Washut

    Published: 12/24/2024

  16. The Odyssey Book Twenty-Four: Peace with Roundtable Discussion

    Published: 12/17/2024

  17. The Odyssey Book Twenty-Three: The Great Rooted Bed

    Published: 12/10/2024

  18. The Odyssey Book Twenty-Two: Slaughter in the Hall with Dr. Adam Cooper

    Published: 12/3/2024

  19. The Odyssey Book Twenty-One: Odysseus Strings His Bow with Dcn. Conque

    Published: 11/26/2024

  20. The Odyssey Book Twenty: Portents Gather with Dr. Jennifer Frey

    Published: 11/19/2024

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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 disciple of someone. A person may have never read Locke or Nietzsche, but he or she thinks like them. Reading the Great Books allows us to reclaim our intellect and understand the origin of the ideas that shape our world. We enter a "great conversation" amongst the most learned, intelligent humans in history and benefit from their insights. Is this for first-time readers? YES. Our goal is to host meaningful conversations on the Great Books by working through the texts in chronological order in a slow, attentive manner. Our host Adam Minihan is a first-time reader of Homer. We will start shallow and go deep. All are invited to join. Will any resources be available? YES. We are providing a free 115 Question & Answer Guide to the Iliad written by Deacon Harrison Garlick in addition to our weekly conversations. It will be available on the website (launching next week). Go pick up a copy of the Iliad! We look forward to reading Homer with you in 2024.