Zena Hitz: Gulliver's Travels and the Failures of Human Understanding
What a lot of fun I had talking to Zena Hitz about Gulliver’s Travels. As well as discussing Swift, slavery, genocide, rationality, Christianity, and science, Zena told me that good philosophy is like a box of cake mix and that a liberal education requires you to be freed of false expertise. I also…
Whither the Humanities? (With Zena Hitz, Justin Smith-Ruiu, and D. Graham Burnett)
“What in God’s name are the humanities,” Lewis Lapham asked in a commencement address he delivered at St. John’s College in 2003, “and why are they of any use to us here in the bright blue, technological wonder of the twenty-first century?” His answer—the humanities are not luxuries akin to “the co…
The Great Books Are for Everyone
Welcome back to The Honest Broker interview series —also available on our YouTube channel. You can also find it on Apple Podcasts and other podcasting platforms.
Today, I’m pleased to share my conversation with Zena Hitz.
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The Declaration of Independence with Zena Hitz and Hollis Robbins
Welcome to the sixth episode of our new podcast season about liberalism and the arts.
Zena Hitz, founder of the Catherine Project, and Hollis Robbins, professor of English, join Rebecca Lowe to read and debate the Declaration of Independence. They discuss its place in American life and education, i…
what is right for us?: on commitment and wholeheartedness
talking about wholeheartedness, commitment, hypocrisy, how to know what is right for you, fetish objects, letting go, Hesse's Siddhartha, oneness, and more.
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Renunciation and Christian Happiness: on the grace of wholeheartedness - Zena Hitz
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Zena Hitz - The Catherine Project & St. John's College
On this episode of the Microcollege podcast, I spoke with Zena Hitz, one of the great contemporary advocates of the Great Books model of education and of the engaged intellectual life. Zena is a Tutor at St. John’s College and founder and president of the Catherine Project. She is the author of t…
The myth of the cult of genius, in 48 minutes
A philosopher who walked away from an elite academic career to spend 3 years washing dishes in a monastery says that intellectual life has nothing to do with degrees.
Zena Hitz argues that the real philosophers are taxi drivers, office clerks, prisoners: Everyday people who exist outside the cult …
Unlocking Happiness: The Power of Lifelong Learning and Curiosity with Zena Hitz PhD
Think for a second briefly about the excitement of learning something new as a child. That sense of wonder and accomplishment when you first figured out how to write a bike, solve a puzzle, or read a book. That joy doesn't have to end with childhood, and in fact, lifelong learning is the secret to …
Lifelong Learning and the Pleasures of Intellectual Development with Zena Hitz PhD
Socrates is credited with saying, “the unexamined life is not worth living”. Yet, our contemporary world of results-driven work leaves us very little time for ponderance.To unearth the benefits of growing our inner worlds through examination and contemplation, Harvesting Happiness Podcast Host Lisa…
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