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The Mouseion - The Professor Wingert PodcastUpdates for the Podcast and Review of the First 10 Episodes [Mouseion 027 Michael Wingert - Solo]In this podcast episode, I go it solo to offer a few updates about the podcast schedule and review the first ten episodes. I will be taking a break from podcasting and aiming to resume in October, 2022. The start of the Fall Semester is a heavy one this year given the amount of coursework I'm teaching, projects I'm working on, and administrative duties. For those who have not seen too many episodes of the Mouseion, I post 1-4 minute clips from earlier episodes. If any interest you, check them out. you can see the difference between the podcast now...
2022-09-1243 min
The Mouseion - The Professor Wingert Podcast"Cheer up! It only gets worse." Life and Major League Baseball [Mouseion 026 Jordan Brown]"You gotta get really uncomfortable before it gets comfortable." In this podcast episode, I sit down with former Cleveland Indians and Miami Marlins 1st Baseman/Outfielder Jordan Brown to discuss life through the lens of baseball. What can baseball teach us about life, growing up, aging, and how we perceive success and failure? How do sports define us, especially after we transition from the collegiate or professional ranks to life outside of athletics? Jordan Brown has played for the Cleveland Indians (now Guardians), Miami Marlins, numerous minor league teams, and has even played in Venezuela for the Leones del Cara...
2022-09-011h 18
The Mouseion - The Professor Wingert PodcastMan of the Cascades and Animal Master [Mouseion 025 Tom Taylor]In this episode I am joined by Tom Taylor, a first responder in Northern California's Cascade mountains. During the fire season in Northern California, Tom takes care of animals who need a home when their owners are forced to evacuate to safety. Tom is also part of Siskiyou County Search and Rescue, where he helps rescue humans (in addition to the animals). In addition to these matters, we also discuss the Bigfoot or Sasquatch phenomenon specific to the the region. If you want to help the animals displaced by fire, contact the state's department of emergency services to see h...
2022-08-251h 18
The Mouseion - The Professor Wingert PodcastThe Ottoman Empire and Identity Among Its Various Peoples [Mouseion 024 Daniel Kakish]In this podcast episode, Daniel Kakish and I discuss the matter of identity and the various communities of the Ottoman Empire prior to World War I. Daniel Kakish holds masters degrees in History as well as Eastern Christian Studies and is a former instructor at colleges and universities in the San Diego area, where he taught courses in topics related to the Middle East and Arabic Culture. He is also a sub-deacon in the Syriac Orthodox Church and possesses a wealth of knowledge on the history, language, and religious traditions of the Middle East.
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2022-08-191h 01
The Mouseion - The Professor Wingert PodcastGame and Word - 'Where Gaming Meets Humanity' [Mouseion 023 Jay Rooney]In this episode I'm joined by Jay Rooney, a lifelong gamer, occasional gaming blogger, professional writer, and now the publisher of Game & Word: the newsletter where virtual worlds and the "real" world collide! Game & Word is a Substack newsletter and podcast that dives as deep as possible into the hobby we love, highlighting individual games’ connections to humanity and the world. History, culture, psychology, literature, and even philosophy can all shape the games we play and fondly remember.
You can read Jay's Substack Newsletter here: https://gameandword.substack.com
#Gaming #VideoGames #Game&Word
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2022-08-1257 min
The Mouseion - The Professor Wingert PodcastConlangs (Constructed Languages): The Pirate Radio of Language Learning [Mouseion 022 Tim Hogue]What is a constructed language or conlang? How might Klingon and Elvish relate to living languages of today like Japanese, Arabic, or Finnish? Is there any way to connect Dothraki or High Valerian to ancient languages like Hittite, Akkadian, or Aramaic? In the nerdiest of all my conversations thus far, Dr. Time Hogue (University of Satsuma) and I discuss how constructed languages are formed and how they relate to existing languages, philology, linguistics, and narrative story telling.
#Conlang #Polyglot #Klingon
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2022-08-041h 07
The Mouseion - The Professor Wingert PodcastExploring the Science of Cheese [Mouseion 021 Ryan Scannell]In this episode, I am once again joined by food scientist Ryan Scannell to explore the science of cheese. Thrilled Cheese, Grilled Cheese, Mac n cheese, pizza, or just a convenient way to preserve, repackage, and transport milk. There is a science behind making cheese that a is worth learning more about, and if you're into chemistry, all the better. T
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#Cheese #Milk #Science
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2022-07-281h 24
The Mouseion - The Professor Wingert PodcastSex Robots and Androids: Science Fiction to Science Future [Mouseion 020 Erica Mongé-Greer]In this episode, Dr. Erica Mongé-Greer and I reflect on the changes in technology that we've observed in our short lifetimes and how those innovations, frequently motivated by human passions and desire, have led to new was of understanding the human person. I'm truly fascinated how human relationships and in particular the human desire to be made whole by a mate is a driving force for human growth an innovation. An alternative title for this episode is "Technology Manufacturing Personhood." It is a question that intersects scientific inquiry, technological growth, theology, christology, and philosophy more generally.
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2022-07-211h 07
The Mouseion - The Professor Wingert PodcastDancing with Writing: An Introduction to Arabic calligraphy [Mouseion 019 Everitte Barbee]I am joined by Everitte Barbee, an American artist based in the Middle East to discuss Arabic calligraphy as both an art and science, as well as explore his own pieces of art. The aniconic tradition of Islam required artists to place less of an emphasis on human forms and thus to find creative forms of expression through calligraphy using the Arabic language and geometric patters. Centuries of this artistic practice has yielded a distinct style for the region and had implications for the development of Arabic script.
Born in Nashville, Tennessee in 1988, Everitte finished his Masters i...
2022-07-141h 01
The Mouseion - The Professor Wingert PodcastGenealogy: Ancestry as a Family Approach to History [Mouseion 018 Milton Wingert]In this episode, I'm joined once again by my father to discuss genealogy. We discuss our motivations for studying our family history, how other written histories and genealogical research and impact how we understand our own ancestry, and the impact of DNA on genealogy. If you have not done a family history before but you'd like to get started, have a listen. If you have not ever thought about getting into genealogy, you may want consider taking it up as both a hobby and a way of preserving your own history for future generations.
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2022-07-0747 min
The Mouseion - The Professor Wingert PodcastThe Psyche before Modern Psychology [Mouseion 017 Dn. Basil Balke]In this episode, I sit down with licensed therapist Dn. Basil Balke to discuss the field of modern psychology in light of approaches to the psychological sciences prior to the end of the nineteenth century.
Father Deacon Basil is a married deacon of the Ruthenian Byzantine Catholic Church and the Russian Greek Catholic Church, and ministers in Denver Colorado. He holds a Masters of Theology from the University of Balamand, a Masters in Clinical Counseling from Regis University and the St. Stephen’s Diploma in Eastern Theology. He currently holds licensure as a Professional Counselor in the Stat...
2022-06-301h 00
The Mouseion - The Professor Wingert PodcastOG Biker Schools Professor on Human Suffering [Mouseion 016 Thilo Young On the Matter of Suffering]In this episode of the Mouseion, I am joined by Thilo Young to explore some of the issues related to the matter of human suffering? Is suffering always a problem? Do our assumptions about suffering shape the way we think about the world?
Thilo Young is a Los Angeles based biker, profound thinker, and a tonsured reader in the Coptic Orthodox Church. He has a forthcoming book on his life and integration into Coptic Orthodox Christianity.
#Biker #Suffering #Coptic
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2022-06-2354 min
The Mouseion - The Professor Wingert PodcastRocky Balboa - Philadelphia Personified [Mouseion 015 ANTI-THEOLOGYw/ Fr. Shiryl Mathai]In this episode of the Mouseion, I'm once again joined by Fr. Shirly Mathai in our ANTI-THEOLOGY series as we reflect on Rocky Balboa, Sylvester Stallone, and how the character of Rocky translated the specific person, becoming emblematic of the city of Philadelphia.
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2022-06-1656 min
The Mouseion - The Professor Wingert PodcastMouseion 014 Ryan Scannell - Drinking Bread: A Preamble to Beer In this episode, I'm joined by food scientist Ryan Scannell to discuss beer in science and culture. Ryan and I were having a conversation about beverages in Hebrew... it escalated into a conversation about beer, its science and its history. If you appreciate nerds and beer, this Bud's for you.
#Beer
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2022-06-121h 05
The Mouseion - The Professor Wingert PodcastMouseion 013 Dr. Amani Michael - Involuntary Asceticism: An Orthodox Theology of AgingIn this episode, I am joined by geriatric psychiatrist Dr. Amani Michael to explore the process of aging from an Eastern Christian (i.e. Orthodox) point of view. Dr. Amani proposes that aging is a process of involuntary asceticism -- that is to say, the austere lifestyle that many holy men and women in the Orthodox Church have taken up in order to detach from worldly lives. Through this discussion, we hope to achieve a better understanding of elderly care, assisted living, and what we can learn from those who enter into an ascetic lifestyle through the process of...
2022-06-0250 min
The Mouseion - The Professor Wingert PodcastThe Mouseion No. 012 - Daniel Kakish: An Introduction to the ArabsWho are thee Arabs? Are all Arabic speakers Arabs? Is there something else that distinguishes Arabs historically and culturally from their neighboring nations that also speak Arabic?
In this episode, I am once again joined by Deacon Daniel Kakish in a continuation of our previous discussion on the Middle East, this time specifically discussing Arab identity and Arab cultural structures.
Daniel Kakish holds masters degrees in History as well as Eastern Christian Studies and is a former instructor at colleges and universities in the San Diego area, where he taught courses in topics related to the...
2022-05-261h 02
The Mouseion - The Professor Wingert PodcastMouseion No. 011 Milton Wingert - Review of Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped AmericaIn this this episode of the Mouseion, I'm once again joined by my father to discuss the book Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America. Who are the Scots-Irish (or Scotch-Irish as we say in the United States)? Where did the Scots-Irish come from? How did the Scots-Irish influence the United States? How did people born fighting in the Scottish lowlands make their way to the Appalachian mountains in North America?
#Scots-Irish #Scotch-Irish #UlsterScots
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2022-05-2646 min
The Mouseion - The Professor Wingert PodcastThe Mouseion - The Professor Wingert Podcast - No. 010 Fr Andreas Andreopoulos, author of "Gazing on God" - Orthodox IconographyIn this episode of the Mouseion, Dr. Wingert is joined by the Rev. Dr. Andreas Andreopoulos, more affectionally known as Fr. Andreas, to discuss his book "Gazing on God." This book presents an Orthodox Christian approach to icons and iconography. The text focuses on the role of the icon in the faith and experience of Orthodox Christians as a way through which the Christian interacts with God in and outside of time.
Fr. Andreas is a priest in the Greek Orthodox Church. Both Fr. Andreas and Dr. Wingert are faculty at Agora University's Holy Transfiguration College (https://h...
2022-05-1358 min
The Mouseion - The Professor Wingert PodcastThe Mouseion - The Professor Wingert Podcast - No. 009 Chris Estafanous - The Reintroduction to PainIn this episode of the Mouseion, I speak with Dr. Chris Estafanous on the topic of PAIN. Do people understand or experience pain differently? Is there a clinical way to perceive, approach, and treat pain, whether it is acute or chronic? Can pain help us transcend our present status and improve our lives?
Dr. Estafanous is a DPT (Doctor of Physical Therapy) who has a sincere desire to help others return to their premorbid level of function. His clinical experience has taught him when treating a patient, it is crucial to not just work with the patients as...
2022-05-061h 06
The Mouseion - The Professor Wingert PodcastThe Mouseion: The Professor Wingert Podcast - No. 008 Henok Elias - Aksum Los Angeles and Wherever it is HeardIn this episode of the Mouseion, The Professor Wingert Podcast, I am joined by Deacon Henok Elias, the host of the popular podcast, "The Philosophy of Art and Science". Dn. Henok is emblematic of Axumite (historical Ethiopian and Eritrean) culture as expressed in our present day life and times. He has taken the abstract mind of Aksum (Axum) and coded it in such a way that presents Aksumite culture thriving through the lives of Ethiopian and Eritrean people as well as those whose interests intersects them (or his own). Dn. Henok Elias is both a polymath and a polyglot. H...
2022-04-291h 12
The Mouseion - The Professor Wingert PodcastThe Mouseion - The Professor Wingert Podcast - No. 007 Dr. Tim Hogue - MonumentalityIn this episode of the Mouseion, I am joined by the brilliant Dr. Tim Hogue to discuss the concept of monumentality. The poems 'Ozymandias' by both Percy Shelley and Horace Smith were initially written to promote the relocation and exhibition of a bust of Pharaoh Ramses II of Egypt to the British Museum, but these poems compel us to ask questions about monuments and the inscriptions that accompany them. What are monuments? How are monuments used in community and what distinguishes them from art more broadly?
We discuss the communal aspects of monuments as they apply to wh...
2022-04-2059 min
The Mouseion - The Professor Wingert PodcastMouseion - The Professor Wingert Podcast - No. 006 Milton Wingert - The Peter principleIn this series of conversations, my father and I discuss the books that we have been reading. In this episode, we discuss the book "The Peter Principle" by the Lawrence J. Peter. The book is a funny take on why there are so many incompetent people in organizations, ranging across business, politics, the military, religions, and the administrative hierarchies. The thesis of the book is “In a Hierarchy Every Employee Tends to Rise to His Level of Incompetence.” #Incompetence #PeterPrinciple #bookreview
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2022-04-1550 min
The Mouseion - The Professor Wingert PodcastThe Mouseion - The Professor Wingert Podcast - #005 Rev. Dr. WC Hopkins: The Multi-Platform PastorIn this episode of the Mouseion, Professor Wingert speaks with the Rev. Dr. Wayne C. Hopkins on the position of the multi-platform pastor. Previous literature has used the term bi-vocational to describe pastors who work secular jobs in addition to running church communities. Rev. Hopkins argues that the more appropriate designation that should be utilized for full time ministers with jobs outside the church is "the multi-platform pastor."
The Rev. Dr. Wayne C. Hopkins is a native of Greenville, South Carolina, where he started his life-long love of learning, music, and service. In 2015, he became the senior p...
2022-04-071h 12
The Mouseion - The Professor Wingert PodcastMouseion #004 Fr Shiryl Mathai - ANTI-THEOLOGY: The Cobra Kai Rabbit HoleANTI-THEOLOGY episodes: I am joined by Fr. Shiryl Mathai, a priest of the Malankara Archdiocese of the Syriac Orthodox Church in North America serving the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. As an Orthodox Christian priest, Fr. Shiryl is often inclined to give wisdom or a caring word when he speaks. However, when he enters the Mouseion, he is forbidden from doing so in episodes that we refer to as Anti-Theology. Instead, Fr. Shiryl will reflect on old school topics with Professor Wingert as dictated by flow.
In this episode of the Mouseion, Fr. Shiryl and I reflect on the r...
2022-04-051h 02
The Mouseion - The Professor Wingert PodcastThe Mouseion - The Professor Wingert Podcast - #003: Daniel Kakish - Mapping the Modern Middle EastIn this episode, Daniel Kakish and I discuss the problem of modern political borders and the ethnic and national makeup of the modern Middle East. Daniel Kakish holds masters degrees in History as well as Eastern Christian Studies and is a former instructor at colleges and universities in the San Diego area, where he taught courses in topics related to the Middle East and Arabic Culture. He is also a sub-deacon in the Syriac Orthodox Church and possesses a wealth of knowledge on the history, language, and religious traditions of the Middle East. In this episode, we refer to t...
2022-03-2454 min
The Mouseion - The Professor Wingert PodcastThe Mouseion - The Professor Wingert Podcast - #001: Introduction to the PodcastIn the first episode of the Mouseion, Prof. Wingert provides a short introduction to himself, his interests, and the main reasons for putting this podcast together.
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2022-03-2022 min
The Mouseion - The Professor Wingert PodcastThe Mouseion - The Professor Wingert Podcast - #002 Milton Wingert, "It Takes What It Takes"In this series of conversations, my father and I discuss the books that we have been reading. In this episode, we discuss the book "It Takes What It Takes" by the late Trevor Moawad.
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2022-03-2050 min