Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

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"You'll Never Know"
Listen to this wartime love song, written by the first composer to devote his talents entirely to the film industry.
Jan 17 • Debra Esolen
Is the Human Brain Just Like a Computer?
What a person knows, what a dog knows, and what a computer can never know.
Jan 16 • Anthony Esolen
12:57
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Jan 15
"A little learning is a dangerous thing"
What happens when you come to know how little you know?
Jan 14 • Anthony Esolen
7:43
"Father, We Thank Thee"
A hymn that spans all of Christian history -- and George Washington's on the sidelines too!
Jan 13
KNOW
What does it mean to know something? Join us today for an English lesson!
Jan 12 • Anthony Esolen
6:54
"Wouldn't It Be Loverly?"
What would be more loverly than to record the best-selling album of all time? Thanks, Lerner and Loewe!
Jan 10
Dante's Inferno is ... Cold!
Listen today, to Dante and Virgil. And then look up to see the stars!
Jan 9 • Anthony Esolen
13:25
All Mine to Give (1957)
Here's a Christmas movie which most folks won't have seen, about heroism in mere children.
Jan 8 • Anthony Esolen
"An Old Man's Winter Night"
Here's one to read or to listen to by the fireside ...
Jan 7 • Anthony Esolen
8:36
We Three Kings
A song for the minister's nieces and nephews in their Christmas pageant is loved in all the world.
Jan 6 • Anthony Esolen
COLD!
Which is worse, a COLD or the CHILLS? And what's a GOOSEWART?
Jan 5 • Anthony Esolen
8:21
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