Welcome to Relaxed Conversations with Leigh Bortins
Our purpose is to grow in joyful community by learning together. These clubs are a simple way to learn in community by reading and listening together on a regular basis. It’s book club without the homework!
The Math Map
With Kirsty Gilpin
Mondays at 8 PM EST
The Math Map: Naturals is included in the CC membership at CCConnected.com.
Book Club Schedule
Numeracy: Singular Space
- Jan 6: Ex Nihilo
- Jan 16: Number Notation
Arithmetic: Linear Space
- Jan 26: Comparison
- Jan 30: Addition & Subtraction
- Feb 6: Multiplication
- Feb 13: Division
- Feb 20: Exponentiation
- Feb 27: Equations
Geometry: Planar Space
- Mar 6: Straight Lines
- Mar 13: Intersected Lines
- Mar 20: Curved Lines
- Mar 27: Polygons
- Apr 3: Circles & Ellipses
- Apr 10: Constructions
- Apr 17: Assessment
- Aug 21: Triangles in Circles
- Aug 28: Intersected Shapes
- Sep 4: Transformations
Astronomy: Human Space
- Sep 11: Open Shapes
- Sep 18: Solid Shapes
- Sep 25: Locations
- Oct 2: Populations
Harmonics: Intersecting Spaces
- Oct 9: Matrices
- Oct 16: Rates
- Oct 23: Rate of Change
- Oct 30: Accumulated Change
Imagination: n-Space
- Nov 6: Complex Numbers
- Nov 13: Proofs
- Nov 20: Seeing the Unseen
- None (Thanksgiving): Reflection
Words Aptly Spoken
With Jennifer Courtney
Thursdays at 7 PM EST
Book Club Schedule
Scribblers at Home
- Jan 5: Old World Echoes by CCMM
- Jan 12: Exploring the Heavens with Uncle Paul by CCMM
- Jan 19: Senators of Rome by CCMM
- Jan 26: A Dad’s Guide to Classical Education by Robert Bortins
Foundations
- Feb 2: The Core by Leigh Bortins
- Feb 9: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (Valentines Special)
- Feb 16: The Question by Leigh Bortins
- Feb 23: The Conversation by Leigh Bortins
Essentials
- Mar 2: Our Mother Tongue by Nancy Wilson
- Mar 9: The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare (Easter Special)
- Mar 16: The War Against Grammar by David Mulroy
- Mar 23: Teaching the Classics with Adam Andrews
- Mar 30: Teaching Writing Structure and Style by Andrew Pudewa
Words Aptly Spoken: Children’s Literature
(Click to Purchase)
- Apr 6: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
- Apr 13: Amos Fortune, Freeman by Elizabeth Yates
- Apr 20: Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
- Apr 27: Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers by Ralph Moody
Words Aptly Spoken: American Literature
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- May 4: Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington
- May 11: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
- May 18: Harvey by Mary Chase
- May 25: Born Again by Charles Colson
Integrated Strands
- June 1: Quick Flip Arithmetic by CCMM
- June 8: Trivium Tables: Latin by CCMM
- June 15: Analogies for All of Us by CCMM
- June 22: Words Apt Spoken: Socratic Dialogues by CCMM
- June 29: Soul of Science by Nancy Pearcey and Charles Thaxton
Parent Resources
- July 6: Beauty for Truth’s Sake by Stratford Caldecott
- July 13: The Case for Classical Christian Education by Doug Wilson
- July 20: Classical Education Made Approachable by CCMM
- July 27: Norms and Nobility by David Hicks
Words Aptly Spoken: British Literature
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- Aug 3: Beowulf by Unknown
- Aug 10: Pigrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
- Aug 17: Father Brown by GK Chesteron
- Aug 24: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Aug 31: Mere Christianity by CS Lewis
Free Market Economics
- Sep 7: Not Your to Give by Edward S Ellis
- Sep 14: The Money Mystery by Richard Marbury
- Sep 21: Whatever Happened to Penny Candy by Richard Marbury
- Sep 28: The Blue Stocking Guide to Economics by Jane Williams
Poetry
- Oct 5: The Brightest Heaven of Invention by Peter Liehart with Much Ado about Nothing
- Oct 12: Roar on the Other Side by Suzanne U Rhodes
- Oct 19: Invitation to the Psalms by Rolf and Karl Jacobson
- Oct 26: Marvelous to Behold by Courtney Sanford
Ancients
- Nov 2: Heroes of the City of Man by Peter Leithart with Euripedes
- Nov 9: Heroes of the City of Man by Peter Leithart with Oedipus
- Nov 16: Heroes of the City of Man by Peter Leithart with The Aeneid
- Nov 23: The Mayflower Compact (Thanksgiving Special)
- Nov 30: Heroes of the City of Man by Peter Leithart with the Odyssey
Leadership Books
- Dec 7: Listening for Heaven’s Sake by Gary Sweeten
- Dec 14: The Peacemaker by Ken Sande
- Dec 21: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson (Christmas Special)
- Dec 28: Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
Unfragmented
With Kevin Novak
Thursdays at 8 PM EST
Book Club Schedule
Abolition: Overcoming the Christian Establishment by Kevin R Novak
(Click to Purchase)
- January 5
- January 12
- January 19
- January 26
Thank God for Bitcoin by Jimmy Song et all
(Click to Purchase)
- February 2
- February 9
- February 16
- February 23
Knowledge and Power by George Gilder
(Click to Purchase)
- March 2
- March 9
- March 16
- March 23
- March 30
Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlett
(Click to Purchase)
- April 6
- April 13
- April 20
- April 27
Is Public Education Necessary? by Samuel Blumenfeld
(Click to Purchase)
- May 4
- May 11
- May 18
- May 25
That Hideous Strength: A Deeper Look at How the West Was Lost by Melvin Tinker
(Click to Purchase)
- June 1
- June 8
- June 15
- June 22
- June 29
Words Aptly Spoken: American Documents with –
(Click to Purchase)
- July 6: Declaration of Independence
- July 13: The Article of Confederation
- July 20: The US Constitution
- July 27: The Northwest Ordinance
Sheckles with Shackles by Christian Education Initiative
(Click to Purchase)
- August 3
The Beautiful Tree by James Tooley
(Purchase Link Coming Soon)
- August 10
- August 17
- August 24
- August 31
Freedomnomics by John R. Lott, Jr.
(Click to Purchase)
- September 7
- September 14
- September 21
- September 28
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels by Alex Epstein
(Click to Purchase)
- October 5
- October 12
- October 19
- October 26
Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions by Greg Koukl
(Click to Purchase)
- November 2
- November 9
- November 16
- November 23
- November 30
Romans 13: The Tre Meaning of Submission by Timothy Baldwin and Chuck Baldwin
(Click to Purchase)
- December 7
- December 14
- December 21
- December 2
Markers & Milestones
With Amanda Kleist
New Episodes Weekly