Category: Critical Thinking

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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Future Jobs for Students in an AI World with Tami Peterson

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Post date December 31, 2025
Categories In AI and careers, artificial intelligence education, Basecamp Live, career discernment, character formation, Christian School Life, Classical Christian, college admissions AI, Critical Thinking, Discourses, future jobs, human skills, trades education, workforce automation, ZipCast

What is a good teacher? Most of us can name a teacher who made a lasting impact, not just through information, but through formation, awakening curiosity, shaping understanding, and building confidence. In this BaseCamp Live episode, host Davies Owens sits down with classical educator and mentor Carrie Eben, co-author of The Good Teacher: 10 Pedagogical…

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Rhetoric in Action: The Senior Thesis with Dr. Tom Vierra

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Post date November 25, 2025
Categories In Academic Integrity, AI and education, antithesis paper, applied rhetoric, Aristotle, Augustine, Basecamp Live, biblical worldview, capstone project, Christian education, Cicero, civil discourse, Classical Christian, classical Christian education, classical schools, classical tradition, College Preparation, Critical Thinking, dialectic, Discourses, Dr. Tom Vieira, exordium, grammar dialectic rhetoric, narratio, partitio, persuasion, public speaking, refutatio, research paper, Rhetoric, senior thesis, six parts of rhetoric, student formation, thesis defense, thesis topics, truth and beauty, Wilson Hill Academy

Senior thesis is the capstone of a classical Christian education, and Dr. Tom Vierra believes it may be one of the most countercultural things schools do today. In this episode, Davies Owens talks with Tom, longtime classical educator and Senior Thesis Coordinator at Wilson Hill Academy, about why thesis is far more than “just a…

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Summer Flashback: Are Classical Schools Elitist? with Megan Atherton

In this summer flashback episode of BaseCamp Live, host Davies Owens revisits an insightful conversation with Megan Atherton, founder of Common Sense Classical and program director at Golden View Classical Academy. Megan addresses a common concern: Is classical Christian education elitist? She explores why many prospective families feel intimidated by the uniforms, rigorous curriculum, and…

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Summer Flashback: Writing and Speaking Well with Andrew Pudewa

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Post date July 1, 2025
Categories In Andrew Pudewa, articulate students, Basecamp Live, Classical Christian, classical Christian education, classical education, communication skills, Critical Thinking, Discourses, education priorities, homeschooling, Institute for Excellence in Writing, language arts, memorization, Reading Aloud, Rhetoric, speaking skills, student formation, teaching speaking, teaching writing, thinking well, vocabulary development, writing skills

Welcome to this summer flashback episode of BaseCamp Live! In today’s conversation, host Davies Owens revisits a powerful interview with Andrew Pudewa, founder and director of the Institute for Excellence in Writing. In an age of shrinking vocabularies, short attention spans, and over-reliance on screens, Andrew shares why writing and speaking well are more critical than…

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