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Matt Dinan

All Time Top Ten

Pop Culture Worst To First

Struggle to Understand

Enduring Interest

Donald Trump

Elvis Costello

Scott Johnson

Nick Baker

Eric Schwartz

John Peterson

Jonathan Marks

Joe Lavelle

David Jenkins

Andrew Moore

Susanna Hoffs

Peter Tullio

Monique Marvez

Emily Zuzik

Julia Marchese

OwlTail

In this episode, I speak with Matt Dinan and Andrew Moore. Matt has a PhD from Baylor University and is an associate professor in the Great Books program at St. Thomas University. Andrew has a PhD from Western University and is an associate professor in the Great Books program also at St. Thomas University. We explore what is a liberal arts education and how it relates to the “great books” of the Western intellectual canon, the purpose of engaging with the great texts produced by human civilization, and ultimately why liberal arts education may be understood as an education in a kind of friendship. Liberal arts education can be defined both broadly and narrowly and this episode highlights how important it is to understand both facets of liberal arts and how, ultimately, the goal is facilitating people to live a more fully human life. Introductory music was written by Alex Yoder. Find him here Please consider supporting the podcast here and following it on Twitter. Thank you for your support!

In this episode, I speak with Matt Dinan and Andrew Moore. Matt has a PhD from Baylor University and is an associate professor in the Great Books program at St. Thomas University. Andrew has a PhD from Western University and is an associate professor in the Great Books program also at St. Thomas University. We explore what is a liberal arts education and how it relates to the “great books” of the Western intellectual canon, the purpose of engaging with the great texts produced by human civilization, and ultimately why liberal arts education may be understood as an education in a kind of friendship. Liberal arts education can be defined both broadly and narrowly and this episode highlights how important it is to understand both facets of liberal arts and how, ultimately, the goal is facilitating people to live a more fully human life. Introductory music was written by Alex Yoder. Find him <a href="http://www.alexyoder.net/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> Please consider supporting the podcast <a href="https://anchor.fm/struggletounderstand/support" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> and following it on <a href="https://twitter.com/StrToUnderstand" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. Thank you for your support!

Episode 30 - Matt Dinan and Andrew Moore 

Everything is terrible, this is a fact. Our options for dealing with this fact are to pretend everything is hunky dory, fall into despair and forget about the healing power of art, or the much sexier and righteous  option - to embrace it and find humor and meaning in art wherever we can, to keep us sane in an insane world. Of course our favorite medium is, as Beethoven once said "the only medium that matters, bitch" (paraphrasing) - music. So let's take a musical look at the darker side of living for the rest of this summer, adopt a theme based on the 7 deadly sins, and let the Summer Of Sin begin. Each week for the next 7 weeks, we're reveling in sin, finding truth where it lays. To kick things off we call upon our resident demon-in-chief, longtime beloved regular Matt Dinan to break down the most violent of the 7 deadly sins, wrath. Whether its a woman scorned or the literal wrath of God, this particular sin packs a punch and is not for the squeamish. Enjoy.  Stream this playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5MeqbCXHRnAfaP3gWL5Udw?si=k2nsn2YjSZywzuG-xvq0Cg  Get access to Live Aid Leftovers Worst To First and other exclusive episodes over yonder at the ATTT Patreon Club: https://www.patreon.com/alltimetopten?alert=2  Stream every episode of ATTT on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3KQ6kPbUXrpQj1CEwcaPzC?si=jLhiriWIRSynG-La4PGFAw

Everything is terrible, this is a fact. Our options for dealing with this fact are to pretend everything is hunky dory, fall into despair and forget about the healing power of art, or the much sexier and righteous option - to embrace it and find humor and meaning in art wherever we can, to keep us sane in an insane world. Of course our favorite medium is, as Beethoven once said "the only medium that matters, bitch" (paraphrasing) - music. So let's take a musical look at the darker side of living for the rest of this summer, adopt a theme based on the 7 deadly sins, and let the Summer Of Sin begin. Each week for the next 7 weeks, we're reveling in sin, finding truth where it lays. To kick things off we call upon our resident demon-in-chief, longtime beloved regular Matt Dinan to break down the most violent of the 7 deadly sins, wrath. Whether its a woman scorned or the literal wrath of God, this particular sin packs a punch and is not for the squeamish. Enjoy. Stream this playlist on Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5MeqbCXHRnAfaP3gWL5Udw?si=k2nsn2YjSZywzuG-xvq0Cg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5MeqbCXHRnAfaP3gWL5Udw?si=k2nsn2YjSZywzuG-xvq0Cg</a> Get access to Live Aid Leftovers Worst To First and other exclusive episodes over yonder at the ATTT Patreon Club: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/alltimetopten?alert=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/alltimetopten?alert=2</a> Stream every episode of ATTT on Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3KQ6kPbUXrpQj1CEwcaPzC?si=jLhiriWIRSynG-La4PGFAw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/3KQ6kPbUXrpQj1CEwcaPzC?si=jLhiriWIRSynG-La4PGFAw</a>

Episode 418 - Top Ten Songs About Wrath w/Matt Dinan