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Hosted by Robert Bortins · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 250 episodes
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Refining Rhetoric with CEO Robert Bortins. A podcast where faith, business, politics, and classical education meet. Join us as we use the Classical tools of rhetoric to seek truth in every arena of life.
Robert Bortins hosts Refining Rhetoric with Robert Bortins, a religion show with 250 episodes published.
What does it take to build entertainment kids actually love that parents can actually trust? In this episode of Refining Rhetoric , host Robert Bortins talks with John Forystek, media veteran and creator of the faith-dri
Can a homeschooler really compete at the Power 5 level? Victoria Roberts just came one tenth of a point from proving it — helping LSU finish runner-up at the 2026 national championship. In this episode of Refining Rhetor
What happens when the person hired to fix government education discovers it can't be fixed — because it's doing exactly what it was designed to do? In this episode of Refining Rhetoric , host Robert Bortins sits down wit
What made America different from every kingdom that came before it? Bestselling author and American Minute founder Bill Federer joins Refining Rhetoric for our Celebrating 250 Years series to trace the improbable, provid
What does it actually look like to raise faithful, culture-proof kids when the world — and sometimes even the church — is working against you? In this episode of Refining Rhetoric , host Robert Bortins sits down with Mee
What would it take to raise a generation that's grateful — not just grievance-driven — about America? In this episode of Refining Rhetoric , host Robert Bortins sits down with presidential historian, award-winning screen
What would it take to reclaim education — and America itself — from a system designed to produce dependency instead of thinkers? In this episode of Refining Rhetoric , host Robert Bortins sits down with Sam Sorbo — actre
What does it look like when a classical Christian education meets a national civics competition? In this episode of Refining Rhetoric , host Robert Bortins sits down with two Classical Conversations students — Owen Burri
What does it actually take to raise boys who become faithful, purposeful men — in a generation that's been told they have no purpose? In this episode of Refining Rhetoric , host Robert Bortins sits down with Braeden Sorb
Is the psychedelic renaissance a spiritual threat — or just medicine? In this episode of Refining Rhetoric , host Robert Bortins sits down with Gary Stockton, a Classical Conversations Challenge IV graduate, to discuss h
What does it actually take to raise children of character in a culture that's lost its moral compass? In this episode of Refining Rhetoric, host Robert Bortins sits down with Kirk Cameron — actor, filmmaker, and homescho
What does it really mean to write with conviction in a world where everyone's doing somebody's bidding? In this episode of Refining Rhetoric, host Robert Bortins sits down with award-winning author and Union University j
What happens when a libertarian Bitcoin OG, a 14-year homeschooling veteran, and a classical curriculum pioneer walk into the same platform? You get Firefly. In this episode of Refining Rhetoric, host Robert Bortins sits
The college cartel is charging $40,000 in average student debt — and Classical Conversations is done letting CC graduates walk into it unprepared. In this episode of Refining Rhetoric, host Robert Bortins and CC Plus dir
AI is already in your child's world — whether you've given them access or not. In this episode of Refining Rhetoric, host Robert Bortins sits down with Ryan Kennedy, COO of the Florida Citizens Alliance, to break down wh
Is artificial intelligence a threat to your child's education — or proof that classical education was right all along? In this episode of Refining Rhetoric, host Robert Bortins sits down with Classical Conversations foun
Is AI quietly shaping your child's worldview — without your permission? In this episode of Refining Rhetoric, host Robert Bortins sits down with tech entrepreneur and founder of Wisdom Forge, Jeff Gross, to talk about wh
Is artificial intelligence a useful tool — or a danger to your family? In this episode of the Refining Rhetoric podcast, Robert kicks off AI Week with a frank, faith-grounded look at how he's been using AI as an adult: a
What happens when a 20-year Critical Race Theory advocate begins to question everything she believed about race, justice, and the church? In this episode of Refining Rhetoric, host Robert Bortins sits down with Monique D
The Department of Justice has indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center — and it's a moment many Christian conservatives have been waiting years for. In this special episode of Refining Rhetoric, host Robert Bortins sits
Kirk Cameron
author, actor, star of "Growing Pains" and "Fireproof"
1 appearance on this show
Jordan Page
Firefly Education Network
1 appearance on this show
Robert Bortins
Podcast host and Author of 'Woke and Weaponized: How Karl Marx Won the Battle for American Education and How We Can Win It Back' · Classical Conversations
3 appearances on this show
Ryan Kennedy
Functional medicine practitioner · Florida Citizens Alliance
1 appearance on this show
Leigh Bortins
founder and CEO · Classical Conversations
1 appearance on this show
Jeff Gross
board-certified neurosurgeon turned regenerative medicine expert · Wisdom Forge
1 appearance on this show
Monique Duson
Center for Biblical Unity
1 appearance on this show
Bill High
legacy advisor and philanthropy leader · Legacy Stone
1 appearance on this show
Billy Hutchinson
Community Services Supervisor · Colson Educators Program
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Ben Merkle
President · New Saint Andrew's College
1 appearance on this show
Alex Newman
award-winning author, internationally recognized education advocate, president · Grape Wealth Management
1 appearance on this show
Mark Mitchell
Vice President of Access and Affordability · National Association of Independent Schools
1 appearance on this show
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