Download or Stream this Episode In his groundbreaking book After Virtue Alasdair MacIntyre begins with a simple proposal: let’s study ethics as if human beings were historical, contingent beings, and perhaps some new questions will arise. The results were a revival of virtue ethics in philosophy and theology; new attention to interactions between literary narratives…
Stream or download this episode. Michial Farmer talks to James Matthew Wilson about Angelico Press’s new edition of Claude McKay’s Harlem Shadows.
Stream or download this episode. Josh and Michial talk about 2002’s Lilo and Stitch, with special guest Deacon Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films.
Knowing Who was Phyllis Schlafly? What is Eagle Forum? Why did we want to do this episode? A primer on the amendment process and the text of the ERA Reading “Phyllis”; “Shirley”; “Jill” Passing On My Experience as a Working Mother at Notre Dame Was Much Different From Amy Coney Barrett’s Hill Women by Cassie…
Stream or download this episode.Visit our website. Josh Altmanshofer and Michial Farmer talk about the 41st full-length Disney animated feature, 2001’s Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
Katie Grubbs, Marie Hause, and Sarah Thomas discuss DisneyPlus’s 2021 series, WandaVision. -Introductions -Why talk about WandaVision? Knowing -When did we first encounter the character of Wanda Maximoff, aka The Scarlet Witch? Did you ever read the comics? Have you seen any of the Marvel films featuring her? -Brief overview of WandaVision the series -Brief…
Stream or download this episode. Mathew Block talks to David Grubbs and Michial Farmer about the Brothers Grimm tale “Brother and Sister.”
Stream or download this episode. Michial Farmer talks to David Grubbs and Mathew Block about Book 3, Chapters 82-85 of Thucydides’s History of the Peloponnesian War, and its ruminations about revolution.
Stream or download this episode. David Grubbs patiently explains two Icelandic sagas–“Thorstein the Staff-Struck” and “Authun and the Bear”–to Michial Farmer.
Stream or download this episode. Mathew Block talks to David Grubbs and Michial Farmer about the 2006 film Stranger Than Fiction.
Knowing Since many Western Christian traditions celebrated Easter Sunday two weeks ago, and some are still celebrating what is referred to as the Easter season, it seems both timely and appropriate to spend some time contemplating the Passion and Resurrection. Today’s discussion will examine the female figures mentioned in the different Gospel accounts. Experiences with…
Stream or download this episode. Michial Farmer talks to David Grubbs and Mathew Block about Sixpence None the Richer’s 1997 self-titled album. The one with “Kiss Me.”
Stream or download this episode. David Grubbs dives into St. Bede’s “Ecclesiastical History” to talk to Michial Farmer and Mathew Block about the conversion of King Edwin of Northumbria.
Wondering what implications that developing person-like artificial intelligence has on actual human relationships? Listen in as Christina Bieber Lake, Alexis Neal, and Kim Feldman discuss the brilliant 2015 novel Speak, by Louisa Hall. Then go and read it! Show Notes: Knowing: Christina explains the basic structure and set up of the novel through the various…
Stream or download this episode. Mathew Block and David Grubbs talk about the English translation of the Psalms undertaken by Mary Sidney Herbert and her brother, Sir Philip Sidney. John Donne’s poem to the Sidneys.