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New Books in TechnologySpecial Episode: Mike Secasas on the Question of the Human, and the Question of Technology, Live at the Bradley Study CenterThis special episode features a discussion between Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, and Michael Sacasas, author of The Convivial Society substack newsletter and Executive Director of the Christian Studies Center of Gainesville, Florida. In the first part, Sacasas gives a presentation - riffing on the title of Martin Heidegger’s famous essay, “The Question Concerning Technology” - on the question of the human, which may be more interesting than endless debates about the definition of “technology.” Then Vinsel gives his own presentation before the pair discuss the similarities and differences of their views. The episode includes a live Q&A with aud...2025-01-201h 23
New Books in Science, Technology, and SocietySpecial Episode: Mike Secasas on the Question of the Human, and the Question of Technology, Live at the Bradley Study CenterThis special episode features a discussion between Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, and Michael Sacasas, author of The Convivial Society substack newsletter and Executive Director of the Christian Studies Center of Gainesville, Florida. In the first part, Sacasas gives a presentation - riffing on the title of Martin Heidegger’s famous essay, “The Question Concerning Technology” - on the question of the human, which may be more interesting than endless debates about the definition of “technology.” Then Vinsel gives his own presentation before the pair discuss the similarities and differences of their views. The episode includes a live Q&A with aud...2025-01-201h 23
Peoples & ThingsSpecial Episode: Mike Sacasas on the Question of the Human, and the Question of Technology, Live at the Bradley Study CenterThis special episode features a discussion between Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, and Michael Sacasas, author of The Convivial Society substack newsletter and Executive Director of the Christian Studies Center of Gainesville, Florida. In the first part, Sacasas gives a presentation - riffing on the title of Martin Heidegger’s famous essay, “The Question Concerning Technology” - on the question of the human, which may be more interesting than endless debates about the definition of “technology.” Then Vinsel gives his own presentation before the pair discuss the similarities and differences of their views. The episode includes a live Q&A with aud...2025-01-201h 23
Christ Community GainesvilleThe Kingdom of God in an Age of Anxiety Mike Sacasas | Matthew 6:25–34 2024-04-1442 min
For Your ConsiderationTo See the World WholeIn this episode of For Your Consideration, we are sharing a talk delivered by our director, Mike Sacasas, during our spring semester open house on January 23rd. The talk was titled “To See the World Whole.” We live in what the poet Richard Wilbur called a "scattering time." The most powerful forces at work within us and without appear to be disintegrating forces. These trends are long-standing even if their unfortunate consequences are only now becoming apparent in an increasingly polarized society and a worsening mental health crisis. How might we learn to see the world whole aga...2024-02-2027 min
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastChatGPT, Social Media and Our Souls with L.M. SacasasMost of us probably don’t stop to reflect on our use of technology and how the devices and apps we use affect our lives and society as a whole. What is it doing to our brains and our souls that we reach for our smartphones mindlessly hundreds of times a day? What do we say on social media that I wouldn’t say in real life, and how does our behavior online make the world better – or, more likely, worse?
Today’s guest, L.M. Sacasas, is an incredible thinker and writer who has devoted his career to asking big ques...2023-05-0354 min
On CultureOn Culture - A Glimpse of WonderJacob Schoettle (the “voice” of the intros and outtros) joins me to talk about wonder, awe, glory, and the Bethlehem Star.At present we are on the outside of the world, the wrong side of the door … we cannot mingle with the splendours we see. But all the leaves of the New Testament are rustling with the rumour that it will not always be so. Some day, God willing, we shall get in. C.S. Lewis - The Weight of GloryLinksHow the Human Brain is Wired for Romance - Alan Li...2022-12-3132 min
For Your Consideration"The Women Are Up To Something"Dr. Benjamin Lipscomb is professor of philosophy specializing in contemporary ethical theory at Houghton College. He is the author of The Women Are Up To Something: How Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch Revolutionized Ethics, which was published in November 2021. Mike Sacasas had the pleasure of talking to Prof. Lipscomb about his book, these four remarkable philosophers, the story of ethics in the 20th century, C. S. Lewis’s famous debate with Anscombe, and much else. We trust you’ll enjoy the conversation. Below are a few of the titles mentioned during the interview. 2022-03-1854 min
For Your ConsiderationWhy Is It So Hard to Find RestIn late October, the study center hosted an event for local clergy and ministry leaders. The theme of the event was Rest: What It Is and How to Find It. Even before the pandemic, it was clear that burnout was a widely distributed symptom of a restless culture. After the experience of the past year and a half, it was the all the more clear that we needed to rethink how we are ordering our lives. It was important, too, to think of rest not only as something we do on occasion to renew bodies, but rather as a...2021-11-1241 min
For Your ConsiderationDirector's Class: Ivan Illich, Week Eight[Programming note: Over the past week, we encountered technical difficulties uploading audio files. All seems to be in order now, and we are resuming our regular posting with last week’s classes.]This is the eighth and final session of Mike Sacasas’s director’s class on the life and work of Ivan Illich. The topic of this class is Illich’s interpretation of the relationship between Christianity and the modern world as presented in The Rivers North of the Future. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with...2021-04-0649 min
For Your ConsiderationDirector's Class: Ivan Illich, Week SevenThis is the seventh session of Mike Sacasas’s director’s class on the life and work of Ivan Illich. The topic of this class is Illich’s last book, In the Vineyard of the Text. This week’s audio includes a time of Q&A. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit christianstudycenter.substack.com2021-03-241h 06
For Your ConsiderationDirector's Class: Ivan Illich, Week SixThis is the sixth session of Mike Sacasas’s director’s class on the life and work of Ivan Illich. The topic of this class is Limits to Medicine and the art of suffering. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit christianstudycenter.substack.com2021-03-1754 min
For Your ConsiderationDirector's Class: Reading the Gospels, Part Two, Week SevenIn this installment, you can listen to the seventh session of Dr. Horner’s director’s class for this semester, “Reading the Gospels: The Road to the Cross.” If you’d like to join Dr. Horner’s class live via Zoom either Wednesday mornings at 10:40 or Wednesday afternoon at 3:00, please email Mike Sacasas at mike@christianstudycenter.org. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit christianstudycenter.substack.com2021-03-1153 min
For Your ConsiderationDirector's Class: Ivan Illich, Week FiveThis is the fifth session of Mike Sacasas’s director’s class on the life and work of Ivan Illich. The topic of this class is Tools for Conviviality.If you’d like to join the Tuesday afternoon class live on Zoom, please email Mike at mike@christianstudycenter.org. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit christianstudycenter.substack.com2021-03-1056 min
For Your ConsiderationDirector's Class: Reading the Gospels, Part Two, Week SixIn this installment, you can listen to the sixth session of Dr. Horner’s director’s class for this semester, “Reading the Gospels: The Road to the Cross.”If you’d like to join Dr. Horner’s class live via Zoom either Wednesday mornings at 10:40 or Wednesday afternoon at 3:00, please email Mike Sacasas at mike@christianstudycenter.org. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit christianstudycenter.substack.com2021-03-051h 04
For Your ConsiderationDirector's Class: Ivan Illich, Week FourThis is the fourth session of Mike Sacasas’s director’s class on the life and work of Ivan Illich. The topic of this class is Tools for Conviviality.If you’d like to join the Tuesday afternoon class live on Zoom, please email Mike at mike@christianstudycenter.org. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit christianstudycenter.substack.com2021-03-0453 min
For Your ConsiderationDirector's Class: Reading the Gospels, Part Two, Week FiveIn this installment, you can listen to the fifth session of Dr. Horner’s director’s class for this semester, “Reading the Gospels: The Road to the Cross.”If you’d like to join Dr. Horner’s class live via Zoom either Wednesday mornings at 10:40 or Wednesday afternoon at 3:00, please email Mike Sacasas at mike@christianstudycenter.org. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit christianstudycenter.substack.com2021-02-2546 min
For Your ConsiderationDirector's Class: Reading the Gospels, Part Two, Week FourIn this installment, you can listen to the fourth session of Dr. Horner’s director’s class for this semester, “Reading the Gospels: The Road to the Cross.”If you’d like to join Dr. Horner’s class live via Zoom either Wednesday mornings at 10:40 or Wednesday afternoon at 3:00, please email Mike Sacasas at mike@christianstudycenter.org. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit christianstudycenter.substack.com2021-02-1857 min
For Your ConsiderationDirector's Class: Ivan Illich, Week ThreeThis is the third session of Mike Sacasas’s director’s class on the life and work of Ivan Illich. The topic of this class is Illich’s best known book, Deschooling Society. If you’d like to join the Tuesday afternoon class live on Zoom, please email Mike at mike@christianstudycenter.org. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit christianstudycenter.substack.com2021-02-1753 min
For Your ConsiderationDirector's Class: Reading the Gospels, Part Two, Week ThreeIn this installment, you can listen to the third session of Dr. Horner’s director’s class for this semester, “Reading the Gospels: The Road to the Cross.”If you’d like to join Dr. Horner’s class live via Zoom either Wednesday mornings at 10:40 or Wednesday afternoon at 3:00, please email Mike Sacasas at mike@christianstudycenter.org. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit christianstudycenter.substack.com2021-02-1253 min
For Your ConsiderationDirector's Class: Ivan Illich, Week TwoThis is the second session of Mike Sacasas’s director’s class on the life and work of Ivan Illich. The essays discussed in the session include “To Hell With Good Intentions.” If you’d like to join the Tuesday afternoon class live on Zoom, please email Mike at mike@christianstudycenter.org.Also, it is not too late to register for Mike’s evening talk via Zoom tonight at 8PM (EST) on Illich. It is the first of three talks on how Illich’s work illuminates our present world. You can register here for the webina...2021-02-1053 min
For Your ConsiderationDirector's Class: Reading the Gospels, Part Two, Week TwoIn this installment, you can listen to the second session of Dr. Horner’s director’s class for this semester, “Reading the Gospels: The Road to the Cross.”If you’d like to join Dr. Horner’s class live via Zoom either Wednesday mornings at 10:40 or Wednesday afternoon at 3:00, please email Mike Sacasas at mike@christianstudycenter.org. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit christianstudycenter.substack.com2021-02-0449 min
For Your ConsiderationDirector's Class: Ivan Illich, Week OneIn this first session of Mike Sacasas director’s class on the life and work of Ivan Illich. In this session Mike provides a brief sketch of Illich’s life as a frame of reference for subsequent classes tracing the development of his thought. If you’d like to join the Tuesday afternoon class live on Zoom, please email Mike at mike@christianstudycenter.org. You can expect audio of the class to arrive in your inbox on Wednesdays. The second session of Dr. Horner’s class on the gospels will be available on Thursday. 2021-02-0345 min
For Your ConsiderationDirector's Class: Reading the Gospels, Part Two, Week OneIn this installment, you can listen to the first session of Dr. Horner’s director’s class for this semester, “Reading the Gospels: The Road to the Cross.” You can look for the audio versions of this class to land in your inbox on Thursdays. If you’d like to join Dr. Horner’s class live via Zoom either Wednesday mornings at 10:40 or Wednesday afternoon at 3:00, please email Mike Sacasas at mike@christianstudycenter.org. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access t...2021-01-2946 min
For Your ConsiderationInterview: Matthew Lee Anderson, Perspectives on the Moral LifeYou can listen to the newsletter by clicking the play button above or you can click the “Listen in Podcast app” link and follow the directions to open this feed in your podcast app. Currently, you may find the feed on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify. It was my pleasure to interview Matthew Lee Anderson for our podcast last month. I’ll start with the usual introductory matters. Matt is an Assistant Research Professor of Ethics and Theology at Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion and the Associate Director of Baylor in Washington. He’s also an...2020-10-171h 08
For Your ConsiderationInterview: Zena Hitz on the Life of the MindYou can listen to the newsletter by clicking the play button above or you can click the “Listen in Podcast app” link and follow the directions to open this feed in your podcast app. Currently, you may find the feed on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify.In our “Readings in the Christian Imagination,” reading group this past Monday, we had the pleasure of hosting Zena Hitz for a time of discussion centered on her recent book, Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life. In today’s podcast, you can listen to that event. Dur...2020-10-0259 min
For Your ConsiderationDirector's Class: Displaced, Week TwoThis year we are recording both of our Director’s Classes and offering them as part of our podcast through this newsletter.In this installment, you can listen to the second week of “Displaced: Exploring the Moral and Theological Dimensions of Place,” in which Mike Sacasas discusses the relationship between place and identity as well as the role of place in the early chapters of Genesis.Should you be interested in joining the class, please contact Mike Sacasas at mike@christianstudycenter.org.Please note that that this week only as we adjust our record...2020-09-2447 min
For Your ConsiderationDirector's Class: Reading the Gospels, Week TwoThis year we are recording both of our Director’s Classes and offering them as part of our podcast through this newsletter.In this installment, you can listen to the second week of Dr. Horner’s class, “Reading the Gospels: Distinctives, Contradictions, and Commonalities,” in which Dr. Horner walks his class through the birth narratives in Matthew and Luke. Should you be interested in joining the class, please contact Mike Sacasas at mike@christianstudycenter.org. Please note that as we’ve changed which of the two sections we’re recording, the audio for this class w...2020-09-2445 min
For Your ConsiderationThe Fall Semester at the CSCYou can listen to the newsletter by clicking the play button above or you can click the “Listen in Podcast app” link and follow the directions to open this feed in your podcast app. Currently, you may find the feed on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify.In this week’s podcast, Dr. Horner and Mike Sacasas highlight the study center’s offerings after the first full week of fall programming. As Mike and Richard noted, there is still space available in all but Dr. Horner’s in-person director’s class. Please feel free to join in on any of...2020-09-1820 min
For Your ConsiderationDirector's Class: Displaced, Week OneThis year we are recording both of our Director’s Classes and offering them as part of our podcast through this newsletter.Here you can listen to the first session of Mike Sacasas’s class, “Displaced: Exploring the Moral and Theological Dimensions of Place.” Please note, the audio is not especially clear when students are talking during this class. We will work on improving this aspect of the audio quality. Each Wednesday, you will also receive a recording of the Dr. Horner’s class, “Reading the Gospels: Distinctives, Contradictions, and Commonalities.” The first class went out yesterday...2020-09-1847 min
For Your ConsiderationDirector's Class: Reading the Gospels, Week OneThis year we will be recording both of our Director’s Classes and offering them as part of our podcast through this newsletter. Each Wednesday, you will receive a recording of the Dr. Horner’s class, “Reading the Gospels: Distinctives, Contradictions, and Commonalities.” Then, on Thursdays, beginning tomorrow, you will receive a recording of Mike Sacasas’s class, “Displaced: Exploring the Moral and Theological Dimensions of Place.”We hope you enjoy the opportunity to listen in on these classes as the progress through the semester. Incidentally, there is still room in both the in-pe...2020-09-1641 min
For Your ConsiderationExpanding Our Horizons Beyond the Digital FrameYou can listen to the newsletter by clicking the play button above or you can click the “Listen in Podcast app” link and follow the directions to open this feed in your podcast app. Currently, you may find the feed on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify.Some of you reading this know that one of the questions I like to ask is, “What frames what?” I ask this question in order to get at the often-unrecognized ideas, beliefs, and values in the background that shape the ways we think. Because we rarely think about them, we often refer to...2020-08-0709 min
For Your ConsiderationHumbly – and in the Hope of HealingYou can listen to the newsletter by clicking the play button above or you can click the “Listen in Podcast app” link and follow the directions to open this feed in your podcast app. Currently, you may find the feed on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify.Before I start to address an issue that has been much on my mind – and on yours, I want to thank Lauren Babb and Mike Sacasas for their faithful service to the Study Center and to the entire community in my absence. I especially want to thank them for leading the way in...2020-07-2512 min
Pastors at the Mic#12 - Spiritual Formation in a Digital Age (Interview with Mike Sacasas) Steve and Mike are joined by Mike Sacasas, the associate director at The Christian Study Center here in Gainesville. Mike will bring his expertise in the area of our digital lives and suggest a practical step for the Lent season.The Convivial Society - https://tinyletter.com/lmsacasas/archivePrograms at the Christian Study Center - https://www.christianstudycenter.org/programs-1 2020-01-2230 min
Podcast PSYCHO BEAT!PSYCHO BEAT! 8.07. HOLOCAUSTO NUCLEAR - 1 feb 2018SETLIST ATÓMICO:
01. Miguel Ríos + Jeanette: Instrucciones a la población civil (ESP, 1976)
02. Anselmo Sacasas: La atómica humana (CUB, 1946)
03. Sonia e le Sorelle: Un riparo per noi [The Troggs' With A Girl Like You plagiazo] (IT, 1966)
04. I Giganti: La bomba atomica (IT, 1966)
05. Los Sinners: Rebelde radioactivo (MEX, 1965)
06. Mina: Eclisse twist (IT, 1962)
07. Blue Cats: Tin soldier [Small Faces cover] (RFA, 1967)
08. Mike Lidell & Gli Atomi: Nelle mani tue [The Beatles' We Can Work It out cover] (IT, 1966)
09. Vanusa: Atomico platonico (BR, 1969)
10. Erick St. Laurent: Après la bataille [The Nice's The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack cover] (FR, 1968)
11. Claude François: Ce mon...2018-02-011h 04