St. John's College (Annapolis) Lectures Podcast
1) A Timely Untimely Education (Sarah Davis)
Video recording of a lecture delivered on September 19, 2025, by Santa Fe Dean Sarah Davis. Ms. Davis offers the following description: "I hate everything that merely instructs me without augmenting o...Show More
2) The Womb of Time: Drama as Pregnancy in Shakespeare and Elsewhere (Nicholas Bellinson)
Recording of a lecture delivered on September 12, 2025, by Annapolis tutor Nicholas Bellinson as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Mr. Bellinson offers the following description of his lecture: "What...Show More
3) Deception and Self-Deception in Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments (Thomas Merrill)
Recording of a lecture delivered on September 5, 2025, by Professor Thomas Merrill as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Thomas Merrill is an associate professor for American University’s School of Pu...Show More
4) A Meditation on Multiplication (Suzy Paalman)
Recording of a lecture delivered on August 22, 2025, by Annapolis President Suzy Paalman as part of the Formal Lecture Series.Ms. Paalman offers the following description: 'We learn as young children ...Show More
5) Madness/Enchantment: Don Quixote and the Contest of the Real (Nicholas Bellinson)
Recording of a lecture delivered on August 30, 2024, by Annapolis tutor Nicholas Bellinson as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
6) Music: The Representative Liberal Art (Wye Allanbrook and Eva Brann)
Recording of a lecture delivered on September 2, 1988, by Annapolis tutors Wye Allanbrook and Eva Brann as part of the Formal Lecture Series.This lecture was the first for the 1988-1989 academic year,...Show More
7) Investigating Philosophical Investigations (Howard Zeiderman)
Recording of a lecture delivered on May 19, 1978, by Howard Zeiderman as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Mr. Zeiderman is now a tutor emeritus at St. John's College.
8) How Theory Informs Practice: Virtues and Rules in Aristotelian Practical Philosophy (Stephen Salkever)
Recording of a lecture delivered on May 2, 1986, by Dr. Stephen Salkever as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
9) Is Knowledge True Opinion with a Logos? (Stewart Umphrey)
Recording of a lecture delivered on January 17, 1986, by Annapolis tutor Stewart Umphrey as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
10) Storytelling and Philosophy: The Ring of Gyges (Jacob Howland)
Recording of a lecture delivered on November 8, 2002, by Jacob Howland as part of the Formal Lecture Series.