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The Ralston College PodcastSociety, Technology and Philology with Dr Jason Pedicone: Thoughts on the Study of the Classical Humanities at the Dawn of the Digital RevolutionRalston College presents a lecture by Dr Jason Pedicone, distinguished scholar and classicist and the co-founder and President of the Paideia Institute. In this rich and compelling address, Dr Pedicone introduces the subject of philology - the study of language in its historical context - before embarking on a historical tour of philological interventions – times when people have decided to pay particularly close attention to language for societal, historical or technological reasons. Our tour takes us from the ancient Greek and Roman worlds of Plato and Pisistratus through Charlemagne, Valla, Erasmus, Nietzsche and up to the present da...2025-07-1442 min
Post Media TeamPrep Sports Weekly Podcast 6-3-24The State Championship Spring Sports Edition, Part One, on this week's Prep Sports Weekly for Monday, June 3, 2024. We start with the Jackson Timberwolves Boys Tennis Team, that took the first place team title; with head coach David Hutt and players Henry Park, Ben Lee and Ashton Bergman. Then another Jackson team, this time the Softball team that won their second consecutive title with head coach Kyle Peacocke and players Yanina Sherwood, Rachel Sysum, Hailey Pelletier and Leneyah Mitchell. Next we hear from Jackson girls golf, with the state individual champion Changyoung Park and her coach Jerome Gotz. Finally, three...2024-06-041h 19
Gouda on GoudaEpisode 139-The Goat is Looking Smugly at You (only partial, recording error)We got excited about some Mtn Dew and forgot to hit record, because when you discuss Accident, accidents happen! Not a great start for the new intern!2023-02-0321 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 140 - What Cheese YOUR Aldi's Got?A variety of cheeses from a variety of Aldi's. A fantastic selection.2023-02-0330 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 68-The Vibrant Colors and Rhythms From South of the EquatorThe Fromaggios take their palettes to the Southern Hemisphere with some 3 Pepper Colby and Wildfire Blue2023-02-0327 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 69-NiceThis episode is brought to you by Bob's imitation of KMF Jam. Stay tuned for cheese.2023-02-0326 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 70-So We Got a Registered Cheesologist Over Here and We Got a Freakin Janka Cheese Hardness Tester Over HereImported cheeses from Finland and Switzerland that Jay may or may not have sacrificed his reputation at Aldi's to obtain tasted by only the most professional of Fromaggios2023-02-0324 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 138-The Real Friends We Make is the Cheese We Made Along the WayA special holiday themed episode with guest stars Eddie, Collette, and Al, and there's tons of bread cheese to spread holiday cheer2023-02-0329 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 137- Prescription Doritos SynchronicityThe Ralstons join Bob and Jay over the interweb to create the cheese podcast of the future2022-12-2135 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 134-A Late Addition to the CompetitionIt's a battle of the blue cheeses to determine the best blue in the world2022-12-2135 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 135-Lil Cheeto Got His Hands on ThatWe've got flavors of hatch chili, coffee, Sonoma wine, and...cannoli oil??? All to pair with a cast of new commentators2022-12-2138 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 136-Our Next Cheese Might Be A Little More RaucousBob Gouda's philosophy revolves around the idea that the cheese that you currently have is the cheese you enjoy the most. But what if the next cheese is just a little more raucous? Today we delve into the serious questions of life.2022-12-2137 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 133-Off ScheduleSaturday Night is alright for cheesing, so join the fromaggios as they expand their horizons into the weekend2022-12-2132 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 129-By the People, He Means BobBob is the people. Bob is the man. If Bob can't eat a cheese, then no one can.2022-12-1237 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 130-Rustic Rebel RidgeA fine sampling of Rustic Red, Rebel Cheddar, and Harmony Ridge2022-12-1239 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 131-Bitterness has ArrivedPrepare the truck, for bitterness has arrived2022-12-1237 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 132-You Have the Right to Remain SourfacedThat Miranda should come with a warning!2022-12-1247 min
Cinematic Sound Radio - A Soundtrack Podcast / Radio Show Since 1996The Archive: Episode 35 - Part 2Welcome to part one of yet another edition of THE ARCHIVE on the CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST.
Jason starts the show with “The Enterprise” from Jerry Goldsmith’s classic score for STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (LA LA LAND) from the reissue album commemorating the recently released new 4K transfer of the film. The show continues with more Goldsmith with a suite from another recent release, L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (VARESE SARABANDE) and selections from an early TV score by the composer from GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATER (KLASSIK FILM MUSIC).
Jason then presents harrowing music from Miguel D’Oliv...2022-12-021h 40Gouda on GoudaEpisode X - The Cheese Stands Alone (with Al)The secret alternate dimension episode of Gouda on Gouda. If you are seeing this, you have entered...The Twilight Zone2021-10-2325 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 125-Shoot for Big FlavorCan cranberry and orange get along within a cheese?2021-10-2332 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 126-Back From HiatusThe fromaggios celebrate the Wedding of Ralstons with two cheeses that hopefully form an equally wonderful pairing2021-10-2328 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 127-Is Your Palette Ready?Cheese, and cake, and champagne, oh my! Get your palette ready for a cheesy surprise2021-10-2330 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 128-Good AftermorningBob Gouda gives insight to the behind the scenes aspects of cheesing in an aftermorning breakfast special2021-10-2317 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 66-Check the Pack DateCheck the pack date, don't tear it off!2021-01-3036 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 67-Worm in a Bottle of TequilaSix cheeses, don't tease us!2021-01-3052 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 65-A Very Special EpisodeTonight on a "Very Special Episode" of Gouda on Gouda, the fromaggios experiment with alcohol...IN CHEESE2021-01-3050 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 642020-09-0542 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 632020-09-0527 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 622020-09-051h 06Gouda on GoudaEpisode 61 - Cheap Cheese Challenge2020-09-0548 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 60 - How do ya like THEM cheeses?2020-09-0533 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 58: A tale of two BriesTrader Joe's Traditional Brie and The Professor's Brie2020-08-1337 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 57 Quality and distinction may be lackingPumpkin Spice Wensleydale, Hard Cheese Transylvanian Romanian Cave Cheese soaked in red wine aged in a salt cave, Freaky Frankin Sage Derby, Bat Knit Crazy Cheddar2020-08-1339 min
Gouda on GoudaEpisode 56kSartori Herbs de Provence et Édition Spéciale Très Donne2020-08-1337 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 55 - Bucket CheeseRecorded 12OCT2019 - How do they make goat cheese in such tiny buckets? Bob and Jerome investigate the possibilities of Laura Chenel's marinated goat cheese. And use the word "bucket" several hundred times. Bucket.2020-07-1129 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 53 - 5 spokes, 3 men, 2 cheesesRecorded 27SEPT19 - Glen sets us up with some pretty artsy cheese from 5 Spoke Creamery downstate. They say that you don't forget how to ride a bike, but we may have forgotten how to ride the Tumbleweed. Compexity abounds, and there are no training wheels.2020-07-1151 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 54 - Yancey's Fancy Dance-offRecorded 05OCT2019 - 4 of Yancey's offerings hit the board, and the burgers. Each has a different seasoning, if you're broadminded enough to consider bacon a seasoning. And you should be. Bob continues to grapple with the epochal question: "What is the best cheese for beef?"2020-07-1148 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 51 - Two Fruity Stiltons and GoatRecorded 14SEP2019 - Our crew digs into a pair of Aldi's stiltons, and an offbeat goat mozzarella. But wait! What's this? Another Ralston sibling? GOTTA CATCH EM ALL!2020-06-2733 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 50 - Episode 50!Recorded 05SEPT2019 - Almost one year, and over 130 cheeses bring us to this, our 50th episode. And we're celebrating with internet cheese! We sample a representation of splurge-worthy fancy triple-A cheeses from the iGourmet catalog, and ascend a lovely mountain of flavor. Thanks for listening!2020-06-2749 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 52 - Cheezes of the WorldRecorded 21SEPT19 - There's fancy cheese, there's party cheese, there's snack cheese, but in order to make the world go 'round, one cannot omit cheeze. Everyone's had it, not everyone will talk about it. But we will.2020-06-2755 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 49 : Colonel Season! *salutes*Recorded 30AUG2019 - Do you know the story of Colonel Season? He was a terrible Officer, but the MVP of movie night with his expert artisanal popcorn seasoning!2020-06-2747 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 48 - Verde Jamaican Point FogRecorded 23AUG2019 - Four wildly different cheeses throw down in-studio. But this is Buffalo, and the title must go to Bleu Cheese Dressing, the cheese.2020-03-1548 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 47 - Sensory LockdownRecorded 16AUG2019 - Thrills! Chills! Cheese! See tumbleweed tumble! Marvel at cake cheese! Hear Bob's brain lock up in real time! Run out of fonts naming bread cheese!2020-03-1558 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 46 - Semi SomethingRecorded 09AUG2019 - Two goat cheeses: one with wine, one without. Like the ancient Persians, we debate one drunk cheese and one sober cheese. 2020-03-1528 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 45 - Venerable cheese, young palates.Recorded 02AUG2019 - What is curds in the morning, smoky at noon, and 12 years old at night? Carr Valley cheddars on the board tonight, including a 12-year cheddar. So put away your smartphone, throw on some Katy Perry, and party like it's 2008.2020-03-1528 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 43 - Smoked Cheese EverydayRecorded 19JUL2019 - Exiled to a cramped, slapdash enclosure 200 yards from the building entrance, our hosts rip a dank selection of smoked cheeses and wonder if it's worth the hassle. Spoiler: It is!2019-10-2536 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 44 - The Fickle GournaysRecorded 26JUL2019 - Bob and Jerome try the Boursin to understand the Gournay-gourmet connection, and determine that fancy people need snacky cheese too. Choose your spice mix, and cummerbund, and get some cheese off the silver tray.2019-10-2532 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 37 - Changes aren't permanent. BUT CHANGE IS.Recorded 07JUN2019 - An old cheddar meets a young outlaw cheddar that does not share it's philosophy on pasteurization. 2019-10-0320 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 38 - Men of Harlech, on to glory, see your banner famed in story!Recorded 14JUN2019 - Rochelle, knower of things about cheese, returns! An uncountable horde of cremes advance on our outnumbered proud as they raise their voices in defiance of death itself! Well, not death, per se. But creamy deliciousness. And not really defiance, either.2019-10-0343 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 39 - All that we be.Recorded 21JUN2019 - At first, we be chivin', but not content with just that, we proceed to be saffronin', garlicin', basilin', and peppercornin'. Then with all of that rampaging through our systems, we paint a masterpiece, collapse from exhaustion, sleep for 4 days and wake up in rehab. Ah, cheese!2019-10-0344 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 40 - Cheap Cheese ChallengeRecorded 29JUN2019 - An examination of balling on a budget.2019-10-0334 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 41 - Why we be.Recorded 05JUL2019 - Nobody needed to demand that we eat cheese, but in the beginning, it was an enthusiastic lady of taste who demanded we create audio archives of ourselves eating cheese. And to celebrate milestone episode 41, she's here! And she's brought an additional Ralston! The menu is all over the map, from the American midwest, to the UK, to Italy, and Armenia (by way of Turkey). 2019-10-0346 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 42 - Life, the Universe, and Everything.Recorded 12JUL2019 - In this very special episode, we are honored to be joined by Dr. Jean Ralston and the lovely Brie Jolie. Seven cheeses on the board, and in the end I feel classier simply for having participated.2019-10-031h 23Gouda on GoudaEpisode 32 - This again.Recorded 03MAY2019 - We try to make lightning strike twice, and it doesn't, because that's how it goes. But we got a free cheese board for trying.2019-08-2523 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 33 - Gouda von GoudaRecorded 17MAY2019 - We weather a blizzard of umlauts and recover by the fire with a soothing Havarti. Down the hatchen!2019-08-2526 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 34 - Bricks of BellavitanoRecorded 17MAY2019 - Pairs well with whatever you got open.2019-08-2536 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 35 - The Smoky Blue Mountains of CheeseRecorded 24MAY2019 - This is the episode where we finally begin to consider the possibility that we are actually kinda into blue cheese, maybe.2019-08-2523 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 36 - God's Own ParmesanRecorded 31MAY2019 - We bring up an old favorite from the pre-podcast days in order to affirm, on record, that it's friggin' dope!2019-08-2526 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 31 - Carbo-Loading on Bread and HoneyRecorded 19APR2019 - GET GARLIC BREAD CHEESE AND FRY IT UP AND DIP IT IN MARINARA YOU'LL THANK ME2019-08-2527 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 30 - Light BrunchRecorded 12APR2019 - Friday night brunch cheeses. They're like drinks, but they're also cheese. What a world!2019-08-2421 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 28 - Double-Blind White Cheddar ThrowdownRecorded 29MAR2019 - ....And it looks like the Montamore Black's got this in the bag but BAH GAWD THAT'S DEER CREEK'S ENTRANCE MUSIC!2019-08-1718 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 29 - Gouda on Gouda on GoudaRecorded 05APR2019 - We take the time to experience the full breadth and depth of the Gouda lifecycle, and behold the fascinating evolution of this noble creature, and we meet its cousin, who's got a little cheddar in the bloodline.2019-08-1730 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 26 - May The Cream Always Rise to Meet YouRecorded 15MAR2019 - On this St. Patrick's Day, we sample a trio of cheeses from the Emerald Isle, and, well, mush-a-ring-dum-a-do-dum-a-da.2019-07-2229 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 27 - We don't go to Truffletown.Recorded 22MAR2019 - We go dark. Into the blackness. Wake up, listener. Wake up, and smell...the ashes. And the delicious truffles!2019-07-2228 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 22 - Double-Decker CheddarRecorded 15FEB2019 - There will always be an England, but the snowman will always melt.2019-07-1420 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 25 - The Cheeseboard of Earthly DelightsRecorded 03MAR2019 - A new champion of flavorful cheeses arrives, bringing an assortment of increasingly potent cheeses, and we tool up our palates and immune systems to meet the challenge.2019-07-141h 07Gouda on GoudaEpisode 24 - Flyin' CoachRecorded 01MAR2019 - We board a deeply-discounted bargain flight, and are pleasantly surprised by the amenities offered therein.2019-07-1427 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 23 - A Theme of Themelessness.Recorded 22FEB2019 - We pull the lever on the slot machine of cheese flavors and get a 7, a BAR, and a cherry. Did we win? Sure we did, we're eating cheese.2019-07-1432 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 21 - Adventures in Packaging ErrorsRecorded 08FEB2019 - A crowd gathers to give Jay the gift of cheese talk. We sample a delicious cheese (if you have a Y-Chromosome), a choco-cheese concoction that's not as aggressively bad as Ween, and not as exciting as dry toast, and top it off with some poisonous garbage.2019-07-1429 min
Space PatrolSpace Patrol - Episode 62 - Bacaratti's Secret Weapon"Bacaratti's Secret Weapon". Sponsored by: Ralston cereals ("Space Coins" premium), Test Pilot endorsement. Commander Corry and Cadet Happy are captured by Prince Bacaratti's henchmen and are being returned to Bacaratti's castle on Planet X. The inventor of the "crockenite" bomb is faced with a hard choice. Prince Bacaratti tries to blow up an entire planet! This is a network, sponsored version of cat. #17566. Bela Kovacs, Bill Houghton (test pilot, endorsement), Dick Tufeld (announcer), Ed Kemmer, Jerome Sheldon, Larry Robertson (producer, director), Lou Houston (writer), Lyn Osborn, Mike Devry (executive producer), Mike Mosser (creator), Norman Jolley, Steven Robertson. + ABC net origination...2019-03-2029 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 20 - Flagship EmbarkationRecorded 02FEB2019 - We embark on a delicious flagship and sail the seas of cheese.2019-03-1924 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 17 - This Station is Non-OperationalRecorded 13JAN2019. A mysterious benefactor from shadowy lands to the south presents our hosts with three cheeses all challenging yet satisfyingly inscrutable and is that enough adjectives yet? Do you remember At The Drive-In? These three cheeses are basically the cheese version of At The Drive-In. Wait! Where are you going!?2019-03-1643 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 16 - 468 Goals, 545 Assists, 3 hosts, 5 guests, 3 creams.Recorded on 11JAN2019. A selection of triple cream is beset on all sides by spoon-wielding cheese enthusiasts like a pack of hungry jackals. This episode's got it all: incorrect hockey stats and half-remembered legacies, disappointing cheddar, and an actual young person! 2019-03-1642 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 18 - Alpine-Style Reverie in God's CountryWe are guided by a smug cow to a land of pretty okay cheese! Do you want to take a nap?2019-03-1636 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 19 - Whingy CheeseCheese. No wine; but wine-flavored cheese. Close enough. We dip back into the Sartori brand to make sure they're still cool, and back into the Yancy to make sure it's still fancy. Cheese Louise is consulted, and declares it "good."2019-03-1628 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 15 - I'm Afraid of Americans.What does White America taste like? We check on some Valu-Time White American-Flavored Sandwich Slices to find out. Gouda gazes deeply into the most formative cheese of his life and the abyss gazes back. I'm uncomfortable and this is all very divisive and problematic. Ghost pepper in a cheese???2019-03-0936 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 13 - Double Gloucester, Single Espresso.Recorded 21DEC2018. Despite Jerome's clear anti-Gloucester agenda, which has been apparent for some time, our hosts determine this particular onion-chive example to be fairly on-point. Another offering from the Sartori brand is met with a bit of "meh."2019-01-2523 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 12 - Is Cheese, Is Not Cheese.Recorded 14DEC2018. Our hosts enjoy a nice gruyere, and decisively do NOT enjoy a thing that is definitely not cheese at all. It melts, but we should not have melted it.2019-01-2526 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 11 - The Blur/Oasis of white cranberry cheese.Recorded 14DEC2018. Bob, Jerome, and Jay sample a pair of white British cranberry cheese. There's a stilton, and there's a Wensleydale. Let's just say the Wensleydale is Blur because it's far more pleasing than the stilton's played-out unibrow'd working-class rockstar schtick. Arthouse wankers prevail. That's right. Blur was better and Oasis was overrated.2019-01-2517 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 10 - Cheese! Got! Looks that kill!Recorded 07DEC2018. Bob, Jerome, and Jay enjoy a nice sage derby cheddar. Bob enjoys it enough to consider installing it permanently as a backsplash???2019-01-2529 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 14 - Charcuterie Against HumanityRecorded 28DEC2018. A full house on deck for our holiday charcuterie party. Too many cheeses available to discuss them all, cured meats EVERYWHERE. We manage to discuss a few notables, including an utterly decadent triple cream. Cheese! With friends! 2019-01-2522 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 9 - The Doctor is In.Recorded on 30NOV2018. Dr. Jean Ralston, respected Pater Familia of the Ralston family drops by with armloads of challenging English cheeses, fresh bread, and luxurious beverages. The man knows his cheese.2018-12-3054 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 8 - The Men Who Stare at GoatsThe hype-train pulls into the station loaded with a highly anticipated artisanal Australian goat. A Spanish goat wanders down a mountain with a bloomy rind and shady mushrooms. And then a goat walks into a kitchen with a cow, a sheep, and a buffalo and asks our hosts "how many milks can you take?" The answer is four. Four milks.2018-12-3040 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 7 - A Mild Wind BlowsThe fromaggi-bros explore the Canary Islands on a paprika breeze. We're here! But should we have come??? 2018-12-2717 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 6 - Laisse Tomber Le Chèvre.French week. Morbier Raclette answers the question "but how does it melt" with a resounding "tres bien!" We are nonplussed by some Bucharon that we as enthusiasts should probably enjoy, but like we would with French cinema, we mostly miss the point. Como se dice "Meh"?2018-12-2726 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 5 - Crystal Bleu DissuasionThree fromaggios that aren't into bleu sample a bleu for people who aren't into bleu and find that it's a very fine bleu if bleu is the sort of thing you're into.2018-12-2511 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 4 - Amateurs Judge a ChampionRecorded 02NOV2018. Ed joins Bob and Jerome to sample the best cheese Europe had to offer in 2013. The verdict is that it is pretty pretty pretty pretty okay.2018-12-2515 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 2 - Hollow Consumer Meme CheeseRecorded 19OCT2018. The fromaggios eat pumpkin spice cheese and have very little to say about it.2018-12-2513 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 3 - Ralston more like RalSTAN.Recorded 26OCT2018. Ralston and Gouda stan hard for some limited edition Sartori Pastorale.2018-12-2517 minGouda on GoudaEpisode 1 - The Box. You opened it, we came.Recorded on 12OCT2018. In our kickoff episode, the fromaggios sample artisanal punk rock insect cheese, possibly the finest cheddar, and open the lament configuration.2018-12-2442 min
The History of the Christian Church58-Monk Business Part 1This 58th Episode of CS is titled – Monk Business Part 1 and is the first of several episodes in which we’ll take a look at monastic movements in Church History.I realize that may not sound terribly exciting to some. The prospect of digging into this part of the story didn’t hold much interest for me either, until I realized how rich it is. You see, being a bit of a fan for the work of J. Edwin Orr, I love the history of revival. Well, it turns out each new monastic movement was often a fresh move o...2014-10-1200 min
The History of the Christian Church58-Monk Business Part 1This 58th Episode of CS is titled – Monk Business Part 1 and is the first of several episodes in which we’ll take a look at monastic movements in Church History.I realize that may not sound terribly exciting to some. The prospect of digging into this part of the story didn’t hold much interest for me either, until I realized how rich it is. You see, being a bit of a fan for the work of J. Edwin Orr, I love the history of revival. Well, it turns out each new monastic movement was often a fresh move o...2014-10-1200 min
The History of the Christian Church33-MonksThis episode of CS is titled – Monks.We took a look at the hermits in Episode 18 and delved into the beginnings of the monastic movement that swept the Church. The hermits were those who left the city to live an ultra-ascetic life of isolation; literally fleeing from the world. Others who longed for the ascetic life could not abide the lack of fellowship and so retreated from the world to live in sequestered communes called monasteries & nunneries.The men were called monks and the women; the feminine form of the same word – nonnus, or nuns. In recent episodes, we’v...2014-04-0600 min
The History of the Christian Church33-MonksThis episode of CS is titled – Monks.We took a look at the hermits in Episode 18 and delved into the beginnings of the monastic movement that swept the Church. The hermits were those who left the city to live an ultra-ascetic life of isolation; literally fleeing from the world. Others who longed for the ascetic life could not abide the lack of fellowship and so retreated from the world to live in sequestered communes called monasteries & nunneries.The men were called monks and the women; the feminine form of the same word – nonnus, or nuns. In recent episodes, we’v...2014-04-0600 min
The History of the Christian Church30-AmbroseThe title of this episode is simply à “Ambrose.” And once we learn a little about him, we’ll see that title is enough.For Ambrose was one of the most interesting figures in Church History, a hinge around which the course of the Faith swung.Born in 340, Ambrose was the second son of Ambrosius, the imperial governor of Gaul and part of an ancient Roman family that included the famous Marcus Aurelius. Not long after Aurelius, and his disastrous son and heir Commodus, the family became Christians who provided not a few notable martyrs. Ambrose was born at Trier, t...2014-03-1600 min
The History of the Christian Church30-AmbroseThe title of this episode is simply à “Ambrose.” And once we learn a little about him, we’ll see that title is enough.For Ambrose was one of the most interesting figures in Church History, a hinge around which the course of the Faith swung.Born in 340, Ambrose was the second son of Ambrosius, the imperial governor of Gaul and part of an ancient Roman family that included the famous Marcus Aurelius. Not long after Aurelius, and his disastrous son and heir Commodus, the family became Christians who provided not a few notable martyrs. Ambrose was born at Trier, t...2014-03-1600 min
The History of the Christian Church25-And In the East Part 1This episode of Communio Santorum is titled, “And In the East – Part 1.”The 5th C Church Father Jerome wrote, “[Jesus] was present in all places with Thomas in India, with Peter in Rome, with Paul in Illyria, with Titus in Crete, with Andrew in Greece, with each apostle . . . in his own separate region.”So far we’ve been following the track of most western studies of history, both secular & religious, by concentrating on what took place in the West & Roman Empire. Even though we’ve delved briefly into the Eastern Roman Empire, as Lars Brownworth aptly reminds us in his outstan...2014-02-0900 min
The History of the Christian Church25-And In the East Part 1This episode of Communio Santorum is titled, “And In the East – Part 1.”The 5th C Church Father Jerome wrote, “[Jesus] was present in all places with Thomas in India, with Peter in Rome, with Paul in Illyria, with Titus in Crete, with Andrew in Greece, with each apostle . . . in his own separate region.”So far we’ve been following the track of most western studies of history, both secular & religious, by concentrating on what took place in the West & Roman Empire. Even though we’ve delved briefly into the Eastern Roman Empire, as Lars Brownworth aptly reminds us in his outstan...2014-02-0900 min
The History of the Christian Church19-JeromeThis episode is titled, “Jerome.”By his mid-30’s, Jerome was probably the greatest Christian scholar of his time. He’s one of the greatest figures in the history of Bible translation, spending 3 decades producing a Latin version that would be the standard for a thousand years. But Jerome was no bookish egghead. He longed for the hermetic life we considered in the previous episode & often exhibited a sour disposition that showered his opponents with biting sarcasm and brutal invective.His given name was Eusebius Hieronymus Sophronius and was born in 345 to wealthy Christian parents either in Aquileia in NE It...2014-01-1200 min
The History of the Christian Church19-JeromeThis episode is titled, “Jerome.”By his mid-30’s, Jerome was probably the greatest Christian scholar of his time. He’s one of the greatest figures in the history of Bible translation, spending 3 decades producing a Latin version that would be the standard for a thousand years. But Jerome was no bookish egghead. He longed for the hermetic life we considered in the previous episode & often exhibited a sour disposition that showered his opponents with biting sarcasm and brutal invective.His given name was Eusebius Hieronymus Sophronius and was born in 345 to wealthy Christian parents either in Aquileia in NE It...2014-01-1200 min