Cultural Artifacts with Mandi Gerth

Cultural Artifacts with Mandi Gerth

Helping students love things worthy of their love

Episodes 18
Avg. Duration 9m
Activity Highly Active
Since Apr 2024
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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About This Podcast

Mandi offers a brief introduction to hymns, prayers, poems, and other cultural artifacts which could be brought into the classical classroom as part of a routine practice or liturgy. She discusses why these cultural artifacts help build classroom culture and how the teacher might want to use them during the classday.

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Recent Episodes

Proem, the Odyssey by Homer

Apr 09, 2026 14m

Ulysses and the Sirens by John William WaterhouseIn this episode, we contemplate the beauty of the first twelve lines, or the Proem, of the Odyssey by Homer. Mandi reads from the introduction to…

Beethoven's Symphony No. 5

Mar 09, 2026 9m

Today, we delve into Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, a piece that began its journey in 1804 and premiered in December 1808. This symphony, famous for its iconic first four notes, has earned the nickname…

How Questions Form Intellectual Virtue

Feb 23, 2026 3m

Davies Owens asked me to come back on Base Camp Live recently to talk about how parents can ask better questions in conversations with their children. The full episode will launch soon, but here’s a…

Shakespeare's Sonnet 116

Feb 19, 2026 12m

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/December-25/washington-crosses-the-delawarehttps://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/the-revolutionary-war/washingtons-revolutionary-war-battles/the-tre…

Washington Crossing the Delaware

Feb 09, 2026 6m

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/December-25/washington-crosses-the-delawarehttps://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/the-revolutionary-war/washingtons-revolutionary-war-battles/the-tre…

The Darkling Thrush

Feb 02, 2026 9m

The Darkling Thrushhttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44325/the-darkling-thrushBiography on Thomas Hardyhttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/thomas-hardyCritical EssaysSIMPSON, MATT.…

Birches

Jan 26, 2026 8m

Today we are looking at the poem Birches, written by Robert Frost. A poem in blank verse that contemplates the loss of youth and the importance of nature to provide perspective when we are “weary of…

Louise Cowan and our response to literature

Jan 22, 2026 0m

I had the privilege of recording a few of Louise’s lectures on tragedy for the Association of Classical Christian Schools earlier this fall. A clip from those courses is linked above. Tonight via…

The Hunters in the Snow

Jan 12, 2026 7m

Articles about…

Botticelli's Annunciation

Dec 15, 2025 9m

The Poems of Prudentius by Sister Clement EaganOriginal Latin and English TranslationPurchase Sheet Music HereYouTube…

Of the Father's Love Begotten

Dec 08, 2025 9m

The Poems of Prudentius by Sister Clement EaganOriginal Latin and English TranslationPurchase Sheet Music HereYouTube…

The Christ Child

Dec 01, 2025 11m

The NativityLorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) Italianca. 1406–10https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/459007Adoration of the ShepherdsGuido Renica.…

Thanksgiving Prayer

Nov 25, 2025 8m

In this episode, we look at a prayer from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer suitable for your Thanksgiving meal this Thursday. I’ve created a Thanksgiving themed notecard featuring this prayer that you…

Pilgrims Going to Church

Nov 16, 2025 9m

Pilgrims Going to Church - The New York Historicalhttps://www.nyhistory.org/blogs/pilgrims-going-to-church-thanksgiving-and-the-pilgrim-in-public-memoryAmazon Affiliate Links to Books Mentioned in…

Come, Ye Thankful People, Come

Nov 14, 2025 9m

In this episode, we look at a hymn written by Henry Alford in 1844 that would be excellent to sing with your students during the month of November as you discuss the first Thanksgiving feast observed…

Welcome to Cultural Artifacts

Nov 05, 2025 6m

“How to see the world truthfully and what to do about that truth does not come to students via assessments or book lists. Instead, it is embodied by adults in authority.”I wrote Thoroughness &…

CiRCE National Conference

Jul 22, 2025 0m

Last week I spoke at the CiRCE National Conference on Building Classroom Culture. As I was writing Thoroughness & Charm, Charles Taylor’s work on social imaginaries helped me better understand…

How I Help Students Write Better

Apr 27, 2024 2m

Most students struggle to keep their entire essay tethered to their thesis. Most parents have little idea how to help. Both student and parent experience frustration. Both know the writing could be…

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