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Departures and Advents
Today's podcast concerns a powerful Advent hymn by a young man who knew that his time was coming very soon.
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The Man Who Came to Dinner
Here is a film that we watch every year, the zaniest and wooliest of all our Christmas favorites!
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7:39
A king goes out to cheer his men on the night before battle ...
Here Shakespeare gives an example of true kingliness: the king is brave and stalwart, but not in a futile or grandiose cause.
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The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns
A Scots Presbyterian reads Greek sacred hymnody -- what a combination!
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7:48
KING
In which -- we give you the saint, King Louis IX, a Greek wedding, the Lion in Oz, Tolkien, and a lesson in linguistics!
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The Gaze of Jesus
Riccardo Bacchelli, Translation by Anthony Esolen
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The Hundredfold: Songs for the Lord
“How does one describe a work as rare, as priceless, as this? Nourishment for the malnourished soul. Food for those hungry for beauty. Manna in the…
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The Lies of our Time
Anthony Esolen, Translation with Notes
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Debra Esolen
Confessions (St. Augustine)
Anthony Esolen's Translation, with Notes
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Debra Esolen
In the Beginning was the Word
“This book is more than biblical interpretation. It is poetry — and poetry about the greatest work of poetry ever generated: the Prologue to John’s…
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No Apologies
"With his customary wisdom and wit, Esolen draws on two millenia of historical thought, introducing his readers to giants such as Plato, Augustine…
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Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child
“Witty, provocative, and insightful. Parents will feel empowered and encouraged by Anthony Esolen’s uncommon sense.” — Michael Medved
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Nostalgia
"A true master of the moral imagination, Esolen breaks through the sentimental surface of nostalgia to reveal its hidden metaphysical depths in the…
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Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding American Culture
"Out of the Ashes is an astonishing combination of energy, humor, insight, and exceptional erudition, topped off by a vivid personal style and a special…
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Sex and the Unreal City
The Unreal City is a zany cartoon megalopolis where towers are built of cotton candy, facts scatter like pixie dust, and the truth is whatever you feel…
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How the Church Has Changed The World
Collected Series of Magnificat Essays in Three Volumes
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Defendng Boyhood
Drawing on his own in many ways all-American boyhood, Esolen --at times wistfully, at times, playfully, at times prophetically, and with the thunder of…
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