HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully Alive Podcast
1) Fr. John Nepil on Theology at Elevation
“One of the best places to cultivate a Catholic worldview in the hearts and minds of young people … is in the backcountry,” writes Fr. John Nepil in his recent release, To Heights and unto Depths. Fr....Show More
2) Andrew Reed on Developing Your Son’s Will
How many times a day do I tell my son what to do next? In this rebroadcast from 2015, our Head of Middle School Andrew Reed offers his ideas on cultivating an environment at home (and in the classroom...Show More
3) Michael Moynihan and Austin Hatch on our History of Western Thought Course
To help our seniors synthesize the many ideas, events, and texts they’ve surveyed across high school—and to help them better understand their own cultural moment—Heights teachers have developed a seni...Show More
4) Dr. Matthew Mehan on Imagination: The Raw Material for Thinking
Properly understood, the imagination is not something you escape to; it’s something you draw upon every day to make decisions, understand events, and communicate. This week on HeightsCast, Dr. Matthew...Show More
5) Colin Gleason on Discipline: Giving Room for Good Things
“… the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.” G. K. Chesterton This week we feature a rebroadcast of ...Show More
6) Chris Vander Woude on Ordinary and Heroic Virtue
In 2008, Tom Vander Woude died saving the life of his youngest son. But this radical self-gift was really the culmination of a quiet life of daily virtue with a heart of faith. Chris Vander Woude, the...Show More
7) Alvaro de Vicente on Enjoying Our Children and Why It’s Important
They know we love them; but do our children sense that we like them? And how does that relate to their formation? In the intense season of togetherness that is summer break, headmaster Alvaro de Vicen...Show More
8) Dr. Joseph Lazilotti on the Sex Difference in Education
Months ago, Heights teacher Joe Lanzilotti took up a prodigious project: reviewing the body of popular literature on boys’ education. Partway through his journey, Dr. Lanzilotti catches us up on the d...Show More
9) Clare Morell on the Tech Exit: How Smartphones Undermine Our Parenting—and How to Reverse Course
The ever-changing tech landscape and the ever-growing research on interactive screens means that the topic must come up anew year after year. For parents trying to keep pace, Clare Morell has compiled...Show More
10) Dr. Matthew Tapie and Dr. Lionel Yaceczko on Parental Authority and Thomas Aquinas
In 1858, six-year-old Edgardo Mortara is forcibly removed from his family’s home in accordance with civil and canon law. His Jewish family’s legal appeal invokes, to great effect, the theology of St. ...Show More