Composed: Timeless Ways of Living
In this podcast, author and poet Christine Perrin interviews women (and some men) to discover how they have composed a life of meaningful patterns and routines that give life to themselves and their families.
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Forged and Composed: Timeless Ways of Living
A co-hosted podcast featuring Forged host Brian Williams and Composed host Christine Perrin.
Forged: Timeless Ways of Living
In this podcast, Dr. Brian Williams of the Templeton Honors College interviews men (and some women) to learn how they seek to forge meaningful lives of at work, home, and in the broader culture.
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Fighting for the Real: Jeanne Schindler on Presence, Technology, and the Life We Share
What does it take to remain fully human in an age of distraction? In this conversation, Christine Perrin speaks with Dr.
Tilling Soil & Soul: Michael Lamb on the Craft of Character
What forms a life of character? In this episode of Forged, Brian Williams talks with Michael Lamb about the moral formation that happens through work, friendship, habit, and hope.
Patterns That Make Us Alive: Timothy Patitsas on Beauty, Learning, and Home
What makes a place, a school, or a daily life feel truly human?
The Reading Man: Shilo Brooks on Making a Life with Books
What do books do to a man? In this conversation, Shilo Brooks and Brian Williams discuss reading, ambition, teaching, and the making of a life.
Motherhood and the Dignity of Dependence
Dependence is not a defect, it is part of what it means to be human.
Pursuing Embodied Wonder and Material Wisdom: Chris Hall on the Common Arts
In this episode of Forged, Chris Hall reflects on the formative power of the “common arts”—the ordinary skills and embodied practices that introduce us to the givenness of the world and manifest our humanity.
Learning to See: Attention as Participation
In this episode, Lynette Hull invites us into a conversation about art, faith, and the quiet transformation that can happen when the two meet.
Contemplate or Exploit: Andy Crouch on Technology, Formation, and the Innovation Bargain
In this Forged conversation, Andy Crouch argues that “we either contemplate or we exploit”—a bracing claim that frames his vision for stewarding our humanity in an age of technological convenience.
Bearing Life, Bearing one Another
In this thoughtful episode, Christine sits down with writer and educator Agnes Howard for a rich conversation about motherhood, community, and what it means to share in the human experience.
Crafting a Poetic Life with Malcolm Guite
Poet, priest, and professor Malcolm Guite invites us into a conversation that moves from the Arthurian legend of the wounded king and ruined land to our own modern struggle to see the world as meaningful and alive.
Mothering in the Midst of Others Who Enlarge Us
What does it mean to build a school and a life shaped by community, conviction, and daily rhythms of grace?
The Ranger, the Teacher, and the Farmer: Forging a Coherent Life with Doug Woolery
In this episode of Forged, host Brian Williams speaks with Doug Woolery—Army Ranger, teacher, coach, and farmer—about a life shaped by service, learning, and faith.