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Ellie, Fred, and Paul discuss what it means to be a "perpetual member" - our fancy name for alumni - and all that comes after you leave Torrey.  Hosted by: Ellie Martin, Dr. Paul Spears, and Dr. Fred Sanders Executive Producer: Ellie Martin Editor and Producer: Jack Truly ---------- Torrey Honors College is the undergraduate honors program at Biola University. We bring together students with different backgrounds from all over the world in pursuit of a common goal. At Torrey Honors, students read deeply from some of the best books ever written. They gather with close friends to spend hundreds of hours in discussion, searching out answers to big questions together — all while guided by a faculty mentor. And when they graduate, students enter a community dedicated to lifelong learning and pursuing Christ both personally and vocationally. Learn more at https://www.biola.edu/torrey

Faculty guest Dr. Janelle Aijian joins Fred, Ellie, and Paul to talk through her research on acedia, or the "noon-day demon" - a sin that tempts you not to be lazy or slothful (as its usually translated) but rather to avoid what you were called by God to do.  Hosted by: Ellie Martin, Dr. Paul Spears, and Dr. Fred Sanders Executive Producer: Ellie Martin Editor and Producer: Jack Truly ---------- Torrey Honors College is the undergraduate honors program at Biola University. We bring together students with different backgrounds from all over the world in pursuit of a common goal. At Torrey Honors, students read deeply from some of the best books ever written. They gather with close friends to spend hundreds of hours in discussion, searching out answers to big questions together — all while guided by a faculty mentor. And when they graduate, students enter a community dedicated to lifelong learning and pursuing Christ both personally and vocationally. Learn more at https://www.biola.edu/torrey

Students often ask us, why does it take so long to get to a female author in our curriculum? Paul, Fred, Ellie, and guest faculty member Dr. Laurie Wilson discuss! Hosted by: Ellie Martin, Dr. Paul Spears, and Dr. Fred Sanders Executive Producer: Ellie Martin Editor and Producer: Jack Truly ---------- Torrey Honors College is the undergraduate honors program at Biola University. We bring together students with different backgrounds from all over the world in pursuit of a common goal. At Torrey Honors, students read deeply from some of the best books ever written. They gather with close friends to spend hundreds of hours in discussion, searching out answers to big questions together — all while guided by a faculty mentor. And when they graduate, students enter a community dedicated to lifelong learning and pursuing Christ both personally and vocationally. Learn more at https://www.biola.edu/torrey

Ellie, Fred, and Paul are joined by faculty guest Dr. Isaac Blois to talk about the value of "pagan" literature. We ask: is reading just for fun, or just for learning? Can you learn from books other than the Bible, and if so, what types of truths or lessons can non-biblical texts impart?  Hosted by: Ellie Martin, Dr. Paul Spears, and Dr. Fred Sanders Executive Producer: Ellie Martin Editor and Producer: Jack Truly ---------- Torrey Honors College is the undergraduate honors program at Biola University. We bring together students with different backgrounds from all over the world in pursuit of a common goal. At Torrey Honors, students read deeply from some of the best books ever written. They gather with close friends to spend hundreds of hours in discussion, searching out answers to big questions together — all while guided by a faculty mentor. And when they graduate, students enter a community dedicated to lifelong learning and pursuing Christ both personally and vocationally. Learn more at https://www.biola.edu/torrey

We know the drill: you choose your major based on the career you want, and the job you hope to get. Right? But what about that whole "liberal arts" part of your degree - what's all that for? Paul, Ellie, and Fred talk about how (or... if!) reading and talking in Torrey will land you that sweet six-fig salary. Because that's what life's all about, right?  Hosted by: Ellie Martin, Dr. Paul Spears, and Dr. Fred Sanders Executive Producer: Ellie Martin Editor and Producer: Jack Truly ---------- Torrey Honors College is the undergraduate honors program at Biola University. We bring together students with different backgrounds from all over the world in pursuit of a common goal. At Torrey Honors, students read deeply from some of the best books ever written. They gather with close friends to spend hundreds of hours in discussion, searching out answers to big questions together — all while guided by a faculty mentor. And when they graduate, students enter a community dedicated to lifelong learning and pursuing Christ both personally and vocationally. Learn more at https://www.biola.edu/torrey

Ellie, Fred, and Paul bring it back to basics and ask: Why discuss in the first place? What makes discussion different from lecture, and why is it our favorite thing to do? Hosted by: Ellie Martin, Dr. Paul Spears, and Dr. Fred Sanders Executive Producer: Ellie Martin Editor and Producer: Jack Truly ---------- Torrey Honors College is the undergraduate honors program at Biola University. We bring together students with different backgrounds from all over the world in pursuit of a common goal. At Torrey Honors, students read deeply from some of the best books ever written. They gather with close friends to spend hundreds of hours in discussion, searching out answers to big questions together — all while guided by a faculty mentor. And when they graduate, students enter a community dedicated to lifelong learning and pursuing Christ both personally and vocationally. Learn more at https://www.biola.edu/torrey

Ah, the age old question for Torrey students. What happens if you have a few bad class sessions in a row. Is everything broken? Is your education a failure? Ellie, Fred, and Paul talk about not-so-good sessions and what that really means for your education.  Hosted by: Ellie Martin, Dr. Paul Spears, and Dr. Fred Sanders Executive Producer: Ellie Martin Editor and Producer: Jack Truly ---------- Torrey Honors College is the undergraduate honors program at Biola University. We bring together students with different backgrounds from all over the world in pursuit of a common goal. At Torrey Honors, students read deeply from some of the best books ever written. They gather with close friends to spend hundreds of hours in discussion, searching out answers to big questions together — all while guided by a faculty mentor. And when they graduate, students enter a community dedicated to lifelong learning and pursuing Christ both personally and vocationally. Learn more at https://www.biola.edu/torrey

In the Torrey Honors College curriculum, we spend four years marching through nothing but the Great Books, beginning with Homer and ending.... barely in the 20th century? What's going on? Paul, Ellie, and Fred talk about why we have so few books from the ol' 1900s on our list.  Hosted by: Ellie Martin, Dr. Paul Spears, and Dr. Fred Sanders Executive Producer: Ellie Martin Editor and Producer: Jack Truly ---------- Torrey Honors College is the undergraduate honors program at Biola University. We bring together students with different backgrounds from all over the world in pursuit of a common goal. At Torrey Honors, students read deeply from some of the best books ever written. They gather with close friends to spend hundreds of hours in discussion, searching out answers to big questions together — all while guided by a faculty mentor. And when they graduate, students enter a community dedicated to lifelong learning and pursuing Christ both personally and vocationally. Learn more at https://www.biola.edu/torrey

SPOILERS! We talk about spoilers and we spoil some things.  Hosted by: Ellie Martin, Dr. Paul Spears, and Dr. Fred Sanders Executive Producer: Ellie Martin Editor and Producer: Jack Truly ---------- Torrey Honors College is the undergraduate honors program at Biola University. We bring together students with different backgrounds from all over the world in pursuit of a common goal. At Torrey Honors, students read deeply from some of the best books ever written. They gather with close friends to spend hundreds of hours in discussion, searching out answers to big questions together — all while guided by a faculty mentor. And when they graduate, students enter a community dedicated to lifelong learning and pursuing Christ both personally and vocationally. Learn more at https://www.biola.edu/torrey

We open every class session with an Opening Question....but should it be an Answered Question by the time our three hours of class are up? Fred, Paul, and Ellie are joined by Dr. Siân Draycott to answer this question about answering questions.  Hosted by: Ellie Martin, Dr. Paul Spears, and Dr. Fred Sanders Executive Producer: Ellie Martin Editor and Producer: Jack Truly ---------- Torrey Honors College is the undergraduate honors program at Biola University. We bring together students with different backgrounds from all over the world in pursuit of a common goal. At Torrey Honors, students read deeply from some of the best books ever written. They gather with close friends to spend hundreds of hours in discussion, searching out answers to big questions together — all while guided by a faculty mentor. And when they graduate, students enter a community dedicated to lifelong learning and pursuing Christ both personally and vocationally. Learn more at https://www.biola.edu/torrey

It's the beginning of the academic year! And that means our incoming students are busy reading The Iliad and The Odyssey. In the first episode this season, Ellie, Fred, and Paul talk epics - what are they, why are they the way they are, and can we still write one today?  Hosted by: Ellie Martin, Dr. Paul Spears, and Dr. Fred Sanders Executive Producer: Ellie Martin Editor and Producer: Jack Truly ---------- Torrey Honors College is the undergraduate honors program at Biola University. We bring together students with different backgrounds from all over the world in pursuit of a common goal. At Torrey Honors, students read deeply from some of the best books ever written. They gather with close friends to spend hundreds of hours in discussion, searching out answers to big questions together — all while guided by a faculty mentor. And when they graduate, students enter a community dedicated to lifelong learning and pursuing Christ both personally and vocationally. Learn more at https://www.biola.edu/torrey

As we wrap up our semester, it's a great time to discuss our end-of-semester oral exam, affectionately named "Don Rags." Join Ellie, Fred, and Paul as we talk through what an oral exam is, how it works, and why we do it. Thanks for listening to Season 4!   Hosted by: Ellie Martin, Dr. Paul Spears, and Dr. Fred Sanders Executive Producer: Ellie Martin Editor and Producer: Timothy House ---------- Torrey Honors College is the undergraduate honors program at Biola University. We bring together students with different backgrounds from all over the world in pursuit of a common goal. At Torrey Honors, students read deeply from some of the best books ever written. They gather with close friends to spend hundreds of hours in discussion, searching out answers to big questions together — all while guided by a faculty mentor. And when they graduate, students enter a community dedicated to lifelong learning and pursuing Christ both personally and vocationally. Learn more at https://www.biola.edu/torrey

Paul, Ellie, and Fred are joined by another Torrey faculty member, Dr. Greg Peters. Dr. Peters is a professor of monastic studies, and in this episode we discuss what it's like to be a specialist in a generalist program. How do our faculty integrate their academic specialties into a program that spans English, Philosophy, History, Aesthetics, and Theology?  Hosted by: Ellie Martin, Dr. Paul Spears, and Dr. Fred Sanders Executive Producer: Ellie Martin Editor and Producer: Timothy House ---------- Torrey Honors College is the undergraduate honors program at Biola University. We bring together students with different backgrounds from all over the world in pursuit of a common goal. At Torrey Honors, students read deeply from some of the best books ever written. They gather with close friends to spend hundreds of hours in discussion, searching out answers to big questions together — all while guided by a faculty mentor. And when they graduate, students enter a community dedicated to lifelong learning and pursuing Christ both personally and vocationally. Learn more at https://www.biola.edu/torrey

Join Fred, Paul, and Ellie in our discussion on the timelessness of truth. We've talked in the past about "chronological snobbery" - the impression that whatever comes out today must inherently be better than what has come before - but what about those things that endure always? Is truth timeless, or does it develop over time?  Hosted by: Ellie Martin, Dr. Paul Spears, and Dr. Fred Sanders Executive Producer: Ellie Martin Editor and Producer: Timothy House ---------- Torrey Honors College is the undergraduate honors program at Biola University. We bring together students with different backgrounds from all over the world in pursuit of a common goal. At Torrey Honors, students read deeply from some of the best books ever written. They gather with close friends to spend hundreds of hours in discussion, searching out answers to big questions together — all while guided by a faculty mentor. And when they graduate, students enter a community dedicated to lifelong learning and pursuing Christ both personally and vocationally. Learn more at https://www.biola.edu/torrey

Join Ellie, Fred, and Paul as we finish our discussion on the Great Books tradition. We wrap up the convo we started last week on the roots of Torrey, so be sure to tune it to that episode if you haven't yet!  Hosted by: Ellie Martin, Dr. Paul Spears, and Dr. Fred Sanders Executive Producer: Ellie Martin Editor and Producer: Timothy House ---------- Torrey Honors College is the undergraduate honors program at Biola University. We bring together students with different backgrounds from all over the world in pursuit of a common goal. At Torrey Honors, students read deeply from some of the best books ever written. They gather with close friends to spend hundreds of hours in discussion, searching out answers to big questions together — all while guided by a faculty mentor. And when they graduate, students enter a community dedicated to lifelong learning and pursuing Christ both personally and vocationally. Learn more at https://www.biola.edu/torrey