{"id":22,"date":"2017-11-07T21:01:36","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T03:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prairietroubadour.org\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2017-11-07T21:08:49","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T03:08:49","slug":"2017-symposium-videos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/prairietroubadour.org\/index.php\/2017-symposium-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Symposium Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Our Second Annual Symposium, <i>The Restoration of the Imagination<\/i> (held February 2017), was a success!<\/h2>\n<p class='subheading' style=\"text-align: left;\">Many thanks to Anthony Esolen, Dale Ahlquist, Chris Check, et alia for their help in leading such a wonderful event!<\/p>\n<p class='subheading' style='text-align: left;'>The topic of the weekend was: <strong>In an age aglow with screens, the battle for the imagination, particularly of our youth, is a battle we are almost universally losing. Why does it matter and what is at stake?<\/strong><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" scoped=\"scoped\">.divider-69d618fc2624d{ margin-top: 30px;margin-bottom:0px;width:100%;}.divider-69d618fc2624d .divider-border{border-bottom-width:; border-color:;}.divider-69d618fc2624d .double-line.divider-inner-item .divider-inner{border-top-width: ; border-bottom-width: ;}.divider-69d618fc2624d .divider-border.divider-inner-item .divider-inner{ border-bottom-width: ;} <\/style><div class=\" divider divider-69d618fc2624d\" id=\"\" style=\"margin-top:; margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"divider-inner divider-border\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p class='subheading' style=\"text-align: left;\">In case you didn&#8217;t make it or if you just want to watch one of the talks again, they&#8217;re available below:<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" scoped=\"scoped\">.divider-69d618fc26274{ margin-top: 30px;margin-bottom:0px;width:100%;}.divider-69d618fc26274 .divider-border{border-bottom-width:; border-color:;}.divider-69d618fc26274 .double-line.divider-inner-item .divider-inner{border-top-width: ; 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