- 46
- Episodes
- 10
- Transcribed
- 61
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About In the Trenches
In the Trenches is The Classical Teaching Institute's pedagogy podcast for educators and parents who prefer experience and common sense to theory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- Joshua Gibbs
- Category
- education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 18 Sept 2024
- Latest episode
- 1 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
10 of 46 episodes have a transcript.
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
How to Ruin Classic Literature
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
An Unconventional Defense of Latin
8 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
A Review of Justin Whitmel Early's "Habits of the Household"
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How to Ruin Classic Literature
Published 1 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Themes that always bothered me. And then he explained this in rather clear language. He said, writers don't sit down with a theme in mind. Writers sit down with a character in mind. They sit down with images in mind. They sit down with scenes and arguments in mind. They don't sit down with themes. At least, good writers don't sit down with themes. Themes are not what drive people to write stories. You don't want to write a story about fatherhood. You want to write a story about your father. You want to write a story about your mother. You want to write a story about your family. You want to write a story about family in general. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 43 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 18 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 13 / 100
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- 7
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 51
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