212 Portable Treasure with Abigail Palmer

AMDG.  We live in unprecedented times—or do we?  Can a classics degree set you back in the job hunt? What do you do when primary sources seem daunting?  Longtime friend of Kolbe Academy Abigail Palmer joins Bonnie and Steven to talk about these big questions and more.  She describes how lack of familiarity with history leads to fear and how being fearful leads to being malleable, she explains how studying antiquity gives perspective, and she highlights overlaps between Latin and classics on one hand and coding and tech innovation on the other. 

Relevant Kolbecast episodes: 

• 100 In the Beginning with Kolbe Academy co-founder Mrs. Dianne Muth 
• 175 A Both-And Approach at The University of Dallas with Dr. Jonathan Sanford 
• 144 The Word Made Known with Mark Brumley of Ignatius Press 
• 61 Middle Ground 

Links: 

• Abigail’s website 
• Abigail’s book Faelan and the Miracle Machines  
• Kolbe Classics Conference complete set 
• Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham 
• Genevieve Foster’s Augustus Caesar’s World 
• Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne 
• Christine MIller’s All through the Ages 

Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey. 

We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey! 

The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!