May 28, 2021
In this episode we honor those who died in military service to their country. We reflect upon the thoughts of Pascal, who said “When I consider the brief span of my life… I take fright and am amazed to see myself here rather than there… Who put me here? By whose command and act were this time and place allotted to...
May 21, 2021
A few episodes ago we put out a show titled, “What Aquinas Said”. In that episode we laid out Thomas Aquinas’ understanding of beauty. Aquinas was the greatest Medieval philosopher. In today’s episode we contemplate what the greatest Modern philosopher, Immanuel Kant, said about beauty. With Kant we may have...
May 7, 2021
In this episode we finish pondering an insight of Gene Simmons’, namely, that there is a difference between what tastes good and good taste. What does it say about our world that there is a difference between good and bad taste? What does it say about us? Come with us as we enter the realm of the objective...
May 7, 2021
Welcome to our second annual Mother's Day episode. Join us as we meditate on the meaning of motherhood through poetry and prose. To quote G.K. Chesterton: “How can it be a large career to tell other people's children about the Rule of Three, and a small career to tell one's own children about the universe?" How can it...