Category: Common Arts

Raising Human Beings Not Human Doings with Joshua Pauling

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Post date March 31, 2026
Categories In Basecamp Live, christian parenting, Classical Christian, classical Christian education, Common Arts, Conversations, davies owens, education and technology, education reform, embodied learning, humane education, Joshua Pauling, Narration, Raising Human Beings Not Human Doings, restful learning, School Culture, student formation, tech minimal school, tyranny of technique

Modern education often promises clarity, efficiency, and measurable results. But what if those very strengths are quietly reshaping what we believe education is for? In this episode of BaseCamp Live, Davies Owens sits down with Joshua Pauling to explore the subtle but powerful influence of what he calls the “tyranny of technique.” When systems, metrics, and methods…

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Alumni Interview with Ashton Lawrence

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Post date January 20, 2026
Categories In ad hominem, alumni interview, Ambrose School, Ashton Lawrence, Basecamp Live, Baylor University, Christian school graduates, Classical Christian, classical Christian education, classical education outcomes, Common Arts, communication skills, community, Critical Thinking, davies owens, Discourses, faith and reason, fallacies, great books, Latin, liberal arts, logic class, Mentorship, Parenting, problem solving, Rhetoric, student formation, tolkien, trades and vocation, virtue, worldview formation

Many listeners have been asking for more alumni interviews, and this episode delivers. Davies Owens sits down with Ashton Lawrence, an Ambrose School graduate who joined the classical Christian world in fifth grade and stayed through graduation. Ashton reflects on the early challenges of adjusting to a more rigorous environment, the slow-burning value of logic…

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