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DANTE'S INFERNO
2022-05-02 12:54 A new series!   We'll look at the first book in Dante's Divine Comedy, with brief overviews and highlights - and how this work is relevant for understanding and navigating the world better. In thi...
Lord of the Rings – with Podcaster Adam Bishop
2022-01-10 21:50 In this episode we’ll be talking about the great literary epic of J.R.R. Tolkien: “The Lord of the Rings” with podcaster and student of linguistics in Missouri, Adam Bishop. The focus of the convers...
Book Talks, and the “Age of Utopia”. Views on the Renaissance and Enlightenment.
2022-01-10 21:34 In this episode we’ll look at the “Age of Utopia”, the third volume of John Strickland’s great history work “Paradise and Utopia”. We’ll especially discuss the view of the Florentine Renaissance and...
Interview: Dr. Phil Cary on Dante's Cosmology, and the 24 Wise People in the Sun.
2021-11-27 20:14 Join us for an excellent conversation with Ivy League Professor Dr. Phil Cary, about the structure of Dante's Cosmology and the 24 wise people in the sphere of the Sun.   We'll also go through the...
Book Review: "The Matter with Things", by Dr. Iain McGilchrist. Part I.
2021-11-17 13:05 The new Two-Volume Book "The Matter with Things: Our Brain, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World" from Dr. Iain McGilchrist was published just last week (November 9th), and in this episode w...
Florence in the 13 hundreds: An overview. Arts, Architecture, Dante, and the Albizzi Family.
2021-11-13 13:02 In the episode we'll look at the arts and architecture of the 13 hundreds, and the events with the Rise of Banking Families, an economic crash, the Black Death, and the temporary move backwards with...