AW Morning Coffee Show: Recent Episodes
Richard Emerson
Good morning!
Today we're just aiming to have fun with the episode, and briefly reflect on podcasting in general. And we'll read a few lines from Dante's "Mountain of Virtue", in Canto 11.
Thanks for listening,
and have a great day!
We'll look at the book "The Catholic Church And Conversion" by G.K. Chesterton, from 1926, and especially the light it sheds on current and historical British Scholarship on Dante's Divine Comedy.
A great free edition is here:
https://archive.org/details/catholicchurchco0000ches
Have a great morning,
and thanks for tuning in!
We'll look at the recent talk between a Greek Orthodox Bishop, and a Cognitive Scientist Dr. John Vervaeke, and what seems to eventually happen with the rationalist-scientific inquiries into the biggest questions in the world, if/when done with an open mind.
The video is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-AxtZbth-I
And we'll also do a little tercet meditation from Dante's Purgatory Canto VII - on Virtue.
Thanks for listening, and have a great morning coffee!
We'll look at the book "Back to Virtue" by Peter Kreeft, and the approach of four steps to solve a problem:
- What is the problem
- What is the cause
- What is the solution
- What would cause the solution (how to get there)
And we'll see how this applies to Dante as well.
Have a great coffee,
and thanks for listening!
We'll look at two small passages from Canto 4, in this mini-mediation on the Comedy.
Thanks for tuning in!
Great coffee, and some thoughts about Dante :)
The Italian Channels we talk about are:
https://www.youtube.com/@tomlabooks3263/videos (Tom LA Books)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCspPfwzH-pu7KtMx4FpyXMw/videos (Robobooks)
Enjoy! ☀️
Quick livestream about the succession of Emperor Constantine, and how Emperor Julian the Apostate reverses the Roman Empire to Pagandom, but with a twist.
We're warming up the Morning Coffee Chats again!
This is partly an "extra podcast" in addition to our main Burning Phoenix Podcast, especially on the sunny and beautiful mornings. The style is a bit more rambling and laid-back, for ponderings and works-in-progress. Think of it more as a conversational live stream, with a bit of inputs!
The new clip we mention from McGilchrist is here (8 mins):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b949lNit_Y
Thanks for listening!
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 Humanism, from the Greek Orthodox perspective.
Book Talks: https://awpodcast.com/renaissance
Age of Utopia: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Age-Utopia-Christendom-Renaissance-Revolution-ebook/dp/B09MDQ8M5Q
Thanks for listening,
and Happy New Year!
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A special thanks goes out to our very generous Patrons: Caldazar, Seán Eckmann, Laura Daligan, Michael Leighty, Claudia, Aidan Chavasse, Mitchel V and Santheep on patreon.com/ancientworld - thank you!
Music credits:
Night in Venice by Kevin MacLeod.
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5763-night-in-venice/
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
A look at two great highlights from Canto 25 in Dante's Purgatory; the nature of the relationship between the body and the soul, and when during the development of the embryo the soul/consciousness enters the fetus.
Tommaso's video on this canto is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e8KLBpAtEM
And a BIG thanks to some of our long term Patreons, for making our podcasts possible!
Caldazar
Seán Eckmann
Laura Daligan
Michael Leighty
Claudia
Aidan Chavasse
https://patreon.com/ancientworld
Thanks for listening!
Good morning!
In this episode we'll talk about Dante's Letter to his patron in Verona Can Grande della Scala, and two upcoming new books this November, from historian John Strickland and from philosopher and scientist Iain McGilchrist.
Enjoy! 😊
Looking back at Purgatory after a reading the Paradiso, more things are standing out and shining even more clearly.
Weekend episode and catch-up for the last month, including new discoveries in Paradise! Join our FB Group for more about Dante and the Divine Comedy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/664633241078292 Enjoy!
Dante Projects are here: dantescomedy.com The Bright Spot Theory is here: awpodcast.com Good Coffee!
Good morning, and enjoy! The Cosmology & Science Podcast is here: https://anchor.fm/thesciencepodcast
Good morning, and enjoy! Journey with Dante Podcast: Website: https://awpodcast.com/journeywithdante Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Ouf…
Good morning! The Proust “Overture” is here: anchor.fm/thebookpodcast And “Combray” is here: patreon.com/thebookpodcast
Good morning, and Great Coffee! The new Italian Commentary has this beautiful front page:
A first episode with a book review – “The Age of Division” by John Strickland, about the emerging differences between Eastern and Western Traditions from around 1050 to 1500. And some reflections on Dante’s Comedy as both countering some of these trends, and unifying elements from both Traditions.
Our new video: https://youtu.be/RK1Zb-31zqw Mythos & Logos Premiere on Monday 8th: https://youtu.be/2JUO9QnCJpI Book: “Age of Division” by John Strickland
Good morning! Today we will have a brief summary of how the Papacy became an autonomous political unit with full independence and Self-Governance, in 1059.
Good morning, and good coffee! Here are the pictures: Basilica of St. John in Lateran, Rome Emperor Constantine kneeling on the left, Emperor Charlemagne on the right. Enjoy!
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Good morning – and enjoy! Podcast: “Ambushed” by John Chaffee. Book: “Age of Paradise” by John Strickland.
A brief excerpt from “Combray”, where young Marcel has a friend Bloch who has some musings on Time. This also expands on an episode from the Florentine Renaissance Podcast from yesterday! Enjoy!
With thoughts about getting too much on a flow while making an episode! Which partly happened today presenting a few chapters from a book.
Some thoughts on reading Marcel Proust, 15 years later. How perspectives might change from one’s early 20s to late 30s. Enjoy!