The New Mason Jar with Cindy Rollins explores the application of Charlotte Mason's philosophy to the atmosphere, discipline, and life of our homes and schools. We cover Charlotte's timeless principles as they work themselves out in our real and modern lives. Interviewing seasoned moms who have cherished Charlotte's works while raising real children in real families, we endeavor to lay a foundation of hope and possibility for our listeners. However imperfectly.
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Not just book chat! The Literary Life Podcast is an ongoing conversation about the skill and art of reading well and the lost intellectual tradition needed to fully enter into the great works of literature. Experienced teachers Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks (of www.HouseOfHumaneLetters.com) join lifelong reader Cindy Rollins (of www.MorningtimeForMoms.com) for slow reads of classic literature, conversations with book lovers, and an ever-unfolding discussion of how Stories Will Save the ...
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S9E127: The Charlotte Mason New England Community
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On this episode of The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn talk with the women behind the Charlotte Mason New England community--Sarah Beals, Megan Massaro, and Rebekah Anglea How and why did you get this started in the first place? What roles do each of you play? What have some of the past CMNE events looked like? What are some of the challenges for hom…
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Episode 306: "Best of" – What Is the Literary Life?
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Welcome back to The Literary Life podcast and one of our "best of" episodes from the vault! Due to the busyness of the holiday season, we thought this would be the perfect time to bring you a replay from our archives instead of starting a brand new book discussion series. This week, we re-air the inaugural episode of The Literary Life, in which Cin…
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Episode 305: Books on Screen – Our Favorite Film Adaptations
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On this week's episode of The Literary Life podcast, Angelina Stanford, Thomas Banks, and Atlee Northmore talk about their favorite film adaptations of books they like and why they think these are worthy adaptations. Genres of movies they discuss include adaptations of classic books, kids and family films, film noir favorites, beloved directors, an…
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S9E126: Handel's Messiah with Querida Thompson
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On The New Mason Jar Podcast this week, Cindy and Dawn talk with Querida Thompson about Handel's Messiah How Querida first heard about Charlotte Mason Who was George Frederic Handel? How did Handel come to write the Messiah oratorio? How should we first approach listening to Messiah? More historical context for this piece of music What is the shape…
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Episode 304: Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" Ch. 14-End
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Today on The Literary Life podcast, Angelina, Thomas, and Ella cover the final chapters of Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. They begin the conversation considering the ending of the story and mistakes readers may make in thinking it is a despairing ending. Angelina asks the question "how does Huxley tell us to interpret the ending?" They also dig …
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Episode 303: Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" Ch. 8-13
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This week on The Literary Life podcast, Angelina, Thomas, and Ella continue discussing Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. They begin engaging with the text today by talking more about satire and parody as elements in this story. While recapping the major plot points in these chapters, they go deeper into the character of John the Savage, the ways in…
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S9E125: Part of the Great Story with Dr. Wilfred McClay
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On this week's episode of The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn are pleased to introduced Dr. Wilfred McClay, acclaimed history professor and author of Land of Hope, as part of our Mothers Education Course series How Dr. McClay fell in love with the study of history Why we should approach history with a spirit of generosity and gratitude What are the r…
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Episode 302: Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" Ch. 4-7
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Welcome back to The Literary Life podcast and our series on Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. Angelina Stanford, Thomas Banks, and Ella Hornstra open the conversation by sharing their commonplace quotes, then jump into the book discussion with some connections between Huxley and Lewis Carroll and how Brave New World is like Alice in Wonderland. Ange…
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S9E124: The AmblesideOnline Advisory on the Work of the Mother
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This week on The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn are joined by the members of the AmblesideOnline Advisory, which includes Donna-Jean Breckenridge, Anne White, Karen Glass, and Leslie Laurio How does the education offered through AmblesideOnline apply to mothers and fathers, too, not only to the children? Why is it so important for moms to take the t…
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Episode 301: Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" Intro and Ch. 1-3
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Welcome back to The Literary Life podcast with Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks! They are joined by Ella Hornstra for the beginning of a new series on Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. Thomas and Ella kick off the book discussion with a little biographical background on Huxley and dispel the myth that he belonged to the Bloomsbury Group. Angelina …
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S9E123: A Day in the Life with Little Ones with Caitlin Bruce Beauchamp
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This week on The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn sit down for a chat with Caitlin Bruce Beauchamp, an AmblesideOnline graduate, pastor's wife, and homeschooling mom on the realities of Charlotte Mason homeschooling with little ones How Caitlin came to own the Charlotte Mason philosophy for herself What a typical day looks like for Caitlin's family cu…
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Best of Series – "Dracula" by Bram Stoker, Ch. 18-End
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On The Literary Life podcast this week, Angelina, Cindy and Thomas are back to wrap up their series on Bram Stoker's Dracula. They open with their commonplace quotes then begin diving into the major plot points and the connections being made. Angelina and Cindy discuss what happens to Mina, especially in relation to the idea of the New Woman versus…
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Episode 299: Best of Series – "Dracula" by Bram Stoker, Ch. 12-17
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Our hosts are back on The Literary Life podcast today to continue our series on Bram Stoker's Dracula. This week we are covering chapters 12-17, and in the introduction to this episode, Angelina, Cindy and Thomas discuss the purpose of the Gothic novel in reorienting us to realize there is more to the world than the physical and empirical. As they …
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S9E122: Wildwood Learning Center with Blossom Barden
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This week on the New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn talk with Blossom Barden, veteran homeschool mom and founder of and online course coordinator for Wildwood Learning Center How Blossom first learned about Charlotte Mason Why and how Blossom started her first homeschool co-op How the Wildwood Learning Center operates What some of the classes at Wildwoo…
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Episode 298: Best of Series – "Dracula" by Bram Stoker, Ch. 8-11
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Welcome back to The Literary Life podcast today and our series on Bram Stoker's Dracula. This week Angelina Stanford, Cindy Rollins, and Thomas Banks cover chapters 8-11 of the book. Angelina explains both the "New Woman" and "Angel in the House" ideas of the Victorian era and makes some observations about Dr. Seward's interactions with Renfield in…
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Episode 297: Best of Series - Bram Stoker's "Dracula" Ch. 3-7
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On The Literary Life Podcast this week, our hosts continue with part 2 of their series on Bram Stoker's Dracula. After sharing their commonplace quotes, Angelina, Cindy and Thomas begin discussing how to properly read Dracula and other books written in this tradition. (Hint: It's not the Freudian or psychoanalytical approach!) Angelina argues that …
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S9E121: MacDonald, Austen, and Shakespeare with Joyce MacPherson
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On this week's episode on The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn chat with Joyce MacPherson, veteran homeschooling mom, author, and Cindy's personal friend Who were some of Joyce's first biographies about, and how did she start writing them? Why Joyce chose to write one of her most recent books about George MacDonald How Joyce decided to write about Jan…
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Episode 296: Best of Series – Introduction to "Dracula" by Bram Stoker, Ch. 1-2
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On this week's episode of The Literary Life Podcast, Angelina Stanford is joined as always by Thomas Banks and Cindy Rollins for the opening of their series on Bram Stoker's Dracula. Today our hosts focus on the background and historical context for this piece of literature, as well as going over the highlights of the first two chapters. They talk …
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Episode 295: "Goblin Market" by Christina Rossetti, Part 2
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Today on The Literary Life podcast Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks continue their two-part series on Christina Rossetti's narrative poem "Goblin Market." They begin discussing this poem by connecting it with the larger conversation on art and the literary tradition, pointing out the flaws of modern ways of reading. Angelina emphasizes the import…
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S9E120: Morning Time for Moms, Pt. 8, Twenty Years of The Literary Ladies Book Club
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On this week's episode of The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn talk with Julie and Diana about their book discussion group, which recently celebrated its 20th year of meeting and reading together: How the group started and how they choose new books for the group to read Some of the ways they make book discussion nights special How Diana and Julie divi…
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Episode 294: "Goblin Market" by Christina Rossetti, Part 1
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Welcome back to The Literary Life Podcast! This week we begin a brief, two-episode series covering Christina Rossetti's narrative poem "Goblin Market." Our hosts, Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks, look at the life and family background of Christina Rossetti, highlighting her devout Christian faith as key to understanding her poetry. Thomas shares…
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Episode 293: The Literary Tradition
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On today's episode of The Literary Life podcast, our hosts Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks attempt to get us closer to an answer to the question "What is the literary tradition?" After acknowledging the difficulty of approaching this question, Angelina shares an analogy for understanding the literary tradition as differing degrees of ability to …
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S9E119: Q&A No. 10, Back to School Conference 2025 Follow-up
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On The New Mason Jar this week, we bring you a special Q&A episode recorded with Kay Pelham and Jami Marstal as a follow-up to our 2025 Back to School Online Conference How can a mom of many finish well with her last few students, implementing more of Mason's methods now that she has more time with fewer children? What is some advice for dealing wi…
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Episode 292: The Age of Innocence on Screen
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On today's episode of The Literary Life Podcast, Angelina and Thomas are joined by Atlee Northmore to discuss film adaptations of Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence. After sharing their commonplace quotes, Atlee begins outlining the history of screen adaptations of Edith Wharton's novels, some of which were made during her own lifetime. Angelina …
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Episode 291: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, Ch. 22-End
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This week on The Literary Life Podcast we wrap up the book discussion portion of our series on Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence. Today, Angelina and Thomas begin with chapter 22, going through the significant scenes all the way to the end of the book. They talk about the ways in which this book is an elegy, as well as the continued glimpses of …
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S9E118: A Dad's Role in the Homeschool and Living Book Press with Anthony Coafield
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Today on The New Mason Jar, we bring you a conversation Cindy and Dawn had with Anthony Coafield, Australian homeschooling father of three boys and founder of Living Book Press How Anthony and his wife found out about Charlotte Mason's philosophy How stories shaped Anthony's life from a young age Why and how Anthony started Living Books Press How A…
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Episode 290: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, Ch. 9-21
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Welcome to The Literary Life Podcast and our series covering The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. Angelina and Thomas open with their commonplace quotes, then begin discussing the events and characters of this section of the book. Some of the ideas they build on this week are the challenges to social conventions, the many references to the goddes…
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Episode 289: "The Age of Innocence" by Edith Wharton, Ch. 1-8
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Welcome to The Literary Life Podcast and a new series featuring the book The Age of Innocence. Our hosts, Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks introduce us to American Gilded Age author, Edith Wharton, the "First Lady of American Letters." They also share their own experiences with reading Wharton's stories, novels, and letters, as well as some backg…
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S9E117: Teaching Foreign Language the Charlotte Mason Way with Sue Lee
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On this week's episode of The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn talk with Sue Lee, veteran homeschool mom and French teacher How Sue first learned about Charlotte Mason How art history led Sue to studying French In what ways did Sue's teaching change as she learned about Charlotte Mason's principles? How Sue started teaching French classes for homescho…
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On today's episode of The Literary Life podcast, Angelina and Thomas will be talking about the milestones of a reader's literary life. This episode developed in response to the many questions they've received over the years about challenges people face throughout their reading lives. They begin by thinking back to childhood and recalling the first …
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Episode 287: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, "Tiger, Tiger"
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On today's episode of The Literary Life podcast, Angelina, Cindy, and Thomas wrap up their discussion of The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling with the final Mowgli story–"Tiger, Tiger." Before beginning to talk about the story, the chat a little about Kipling's other works and his place in literary history and what sort of writer he was. In this sect…
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