Notes, Links, & References for “The Trivium Method vs. The Classical Trivium” (recorded February 17, 2013) 1m “The Great Chain of Being and the Organic Unity of the Polis” by Kevin Cole (Winter 2013) 2m “The Trivium Method” by Jan Irvin and Gene Odening @ Gnostic Media dot com 3m “The Trivium Method of [...]

http://www.unpluggedmom.com/featured/intellectual-nutrtion-continuing-trivium-conversations/ Unplugged Mom continues her series with Gene Odening: Gene Odening joined me again to continue our discussion on an education based on the principles of the Trivium. The Trivium has been incorporated into Gene’s experience from childhood. He now shares his insights and experience to help others grasp the concept of Trivium education. Having [...]

Episode 116 – Gene Odening on the Trivium http://twobeerswithsteve.libsyn.com/ Why is it that I’ve focused the last two podcasts on the Trivium (and soon to be three podcasts)? The reason is that I think it is vitally important to understand this ancient form of understanding so that we may better interpret the world around us. [...]

Feb. 20, 2012. Podcast: Download (70.3MB)

This episode is an interview with Gene Odening, pt. 4 titled “Beyond the Trivium” and is being released on Sunday, January 08, 2012. My interview with Gene was recorded on Saturday, January 07, 2012. Happy New Year, everyone, we’ve made it to 2012, and Terence McKenna’s end of the world is soon upon us, or [...]

What on Earth is Happening, episode #087. Date: 2011-12-04 Guests: Jan Irvin (GnosticMedia.com & TriviumEducation.com) and Bob Tuskin (BobTuskin.com) Topics: Trivium, Quadrivium, Logical Fallacies, Truth, Education, Wisdom, Solutions http://whatonearthishappening.com/ Podcast: Download (52.4MB)

In this episode, Gene Odening helps us discover and review the Grammar phase of learning as it relates to the concept of Trivium. When we open our mind to the concept of learning organically, we see that human development, as it relates to learning and building relationships with our world and each other, occurs in [...]

Welcome to your intellectual pilgrimage folks. I’m honored to have had the pleasure of interviewing long time Trivium student, philosopher and advocate, Gene Odening, for a multi-part, exclusive Unplugged Mom Radio presentation on the Trivium. Here you will find my brief explanation of the series immediately followed by The Introduction to the series. Please listen [...]

August 28, 2011 05:09 PM PDT ***First Year Teacher Edition*** In this, the second of a two part series, we cover the Trivium Skills: Reading For Understanding Taking Notes Coming To Terms The Paraphrase Finding The Argument Mental Concentration Memory Playing clips from Mortimer Adler’s dvd version of How To Read A Book, as well [...]

First Year Teacher Edition Here is the first of two parts of my presentation on “liberal learning” or what has more recently come to be known as “the lost tools of learning” or, the Trivium Method. The first three of the seven liberal arts, the Trivium, focus on the use of language and thought- the [...]

The Trivium: The Concept and the Practical Application By Laurette Lynn on Aug 22, 2011 Unplugged Mom Podcast brings you an exploration and introduction to the Trivium Maybe you’ve heard the term “Teaching with the Trivium” or something similar but you’re just not quite sure what it means, where to start looking for answers or [...]

RedIceCreations.com Jan Irvin runs gnosticmedia.com. Jan is with us to discuss a new aspect of his work and research called “The Trivium”. Grammar, logic, and rhetoric are “the three ways” or “the three roads” that together with arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy, called “The Quadrivium”, forms the seven liberal arts. Podcast: Download (43.5MB)

This episode is an interview with Dr. Jason Martineau “The Spiritual Dimensions of Music” and is being released on Monday, March 28, 2011. My interview with Jason was recorded on March 24, 2011. Jason Martineau is an award-winning composer, pianist, arranger, and instructor, and has been active in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1995. [...]

This episode is an interview with Dr. Scott Olsen titled “The Golden Ratio” and is being released on Monday, March 21, 2011. My interview with Scott was recorded on March 19, 2011. SCOTT A. OLSEN, Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy & Religion at the College of Central Florida, Scott first received international acclaim by successfully decoding [...]

This episode is an interview with John Martineau titled “Quadrivium – Number, Geometry, Music, & Cosmology” and is being released on Monday, February 07, 2011. My interview with John was recorded on February 07, 2011. Today we’ll be revisiting the Quadrivium, but this time with John Moniteau from Wooden Books, publisher of, amongst many books, [...]

This show is being released on Monday, January 31, 2010. My interview with Michael Labossiere was recorded on January 29, 2010. Today we continue our series with Dr. Michael Labossiere on general grammar and the subject and the predicate. Podcast: Download (39.3MB)

What would happen if everyone in society received an immunization against all of today’s media and political propaganda? Is there a simple, logical process to arm ourselves against such attempts at mind manipulation and control? What if you had the ability to quickly and easily break down words and sentences to identify lies and untruths [...]

REFERENCES: Gorgias by Plato 386 B.C.E. The Republic by Plato 380 B.C.E. Phaedrus by Plato 370 B.C.E. The Art of Rhetoric by Aristotle 322 B.C.E. The Metalogicon: A 12th Century Defense of the Trivium by John of Salisbury 1159 C.E. Utopia by Sir Thomas More 1516 The Last Will and Testament of Cecil J. Rhodes [...]

Peace Revolution the official Podcast of Tragedy and Hope: episode 001: The Great Conversation Featuring: Jan Irvin of GnosticMedia.com, Paul Verge of DivergentFilms.com, and Richard Grove and Lisa Arbercheski of TragedyandHope.com The Peace Revolution Podcast is a Public Service of Tragedy and Hope Magazine (http://www.TragedyandHope.com ) http://peacerevolution.podomatic.com/ Podcast: Download (48.1MB)

In tonight’s show we continue our discussion on the Trivium and discuss the Quadrivium with Gene Odening. Here we continue to learn about learning, logic, critical thinking, Hegelian dialectics, Plato, the Trivium, the Quadrivium, the 7 liberal arts, and many other facets of human cognizance. Or play / download the audio only: Podcast: Download (59.9MB)