Alexander Schmid Podcast

On this episode of Night School, Mr. Wesley Schantz and I discuss two poems by Emily Dickinson: "There is no Frigate like a Book (1286)" and "The Poets light but Lamps — (930)". Specifically, we consi...

15 Tammi 201929min

In this episode, Mr. Wesley Schantz and I consider (a) our new restricted character list and physical constraints and incarceration, (b) the new immediate threats (WEAPON) and remote threats (METEOR) ...

14 Tammi 20191h 5min

In this episode of Recurrent Events, Mr. Wesley Schantz and I are joined by the wise Mr. Oscar Ortiz. Specifically, we talk about (a) the differences between teaching and leading as an administrator, ...

11 Tammi 201952min

In this lecture, I layout and give Beatrice's response to the following major questions from the Sphere of the Moon: 1)If heaven is perfect, and above the earth, it cannot be made of matter, but ho...

10 Tammi 201926min

In this episode of Recurrent Events, Mr. Wesley Schantz and I have the pleasure to welcome Mr. David Oldham to talk to us. Specifically, we consider (a) the value of being a lifetime student as a tea...

10 Tammi 201952min

In this lecture, we (a) review the stories of Helen and Menelaos from Book IV (4), (b) we observe the Edenic/Paradisical nature of Kalypso's island home, and (c) we watch Odysseus restart his epic adv...

9 Tammi 201934min

In this lecture, we consider (a) the story Helen tells Telemachos (and Menelaos) of once giving a disguised Odysseus a bath! And (b) then we hear Menelaos' sorrowful account of his capturing Proteus, ...

8 Tammi 201934min

In this introductory lecture to Dante's "Paradiso", we consider (a) Dante's geocentric conception of the universe, (b) the difference between the (1) absolute will and (2) contingent will, and (c) con...

8 Tammi 201928min