{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Austin Hatch and Tom Steenson on True Convivium: Friendship with Fellow Teachers","description":"\u201cFriendship is one of the most indispensable requirements of life,\u201d says Aristotle in the Nicomachean Ethics. But, adds Alasdair MacInytre, it\u2019s also \u201cdifficult and often enough impossible\u2014especially under the conditions characteristic of contemporary modernity.\u201d Today on HeightsCast, long-time colleagues (and friends!) Austin Hatch and Tom Steenson reflect on the nature of friendship, and why it was chosen as the theme for the 2026 Convivium Conference for Teaching Men, hosted by The Heights Forum this November. What is the value of friendships among fellow faculty? What are the ingredients of that friendship? How should individual teachers seek it? How can school leaders foster it? And how might the students benefit? Mr. Hatch and Mr. Steenson begin to scratch the surface of these questions in preparation for the deep-dive at this year\u2019s Convivium. If you\u2019d like to join us, registrations, essays for the conference companion, and proposals for breakout sessions are now being accepted. Chapters: 7:42 Aristotle and Cicero on friendship 12:46 Teaching: a shared life 16:09 Friendship: shared work, shared mission 20:31 Time constraints to friendship 24:50 Faculty friendship\u2019s effect on students 32:41 Maintaining culture as the school grows 38:34 Education: a raising of friends 44:24 Best practices for school leaders, individual teachers Links: De Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture Keynote: Is Friendship Possible? featuring Alasdair MacInytre \u201cEconomy and Pleasure\u201d in The Art of the Commonplace by Wendell Berry Also on the Forum: Faculty of Friends: Making Schools into Communities featuring Tom Cox Friendship for Fathers: John Cuddeback on Living and Teaching the Art featuring Dr. John Cuddeback On Hiring Teachers: Drafting a Faculty of Friends featuring Alvaro de Vicente ","author_name":"HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully Alive","author_url":"https:\/\/heights.edu\/heightscast\/","html":"