Podiversary

Sorry for the sudden slowdown in posts, but I’m sick again.
Yesterday was my 2nd podiversary. I won’t post a bunch of boring stats, I promise. (I had mercy on y’all and made myself a spreadsheet.) But I did actually go to the trouble of totting everything up on said spreadsheet (since I had nothing better [...]

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#914: Pt. 2 of “The Blackmailers”, Constance Dunlap by Arthur B. Reeves

Constance Dunlap continues, as Constance fights fire with thermite. Another very dark viewpoint on social trends in America before WWI.
“The Blackmailers”, Part 2
20:01.

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#913: Excerpt from “Demonstration II: On Love” by Aphrahat

In honor of my Iranian visitors, here’s a podcast of the work of a hometown boy: Aphrahat, the Persian Sage. Aphrahat (aka Pharhad, aka Aphraates) was abbot of the monastery of Mar Hattai, near Mosul. Born of pagan parents on the Persian border, he converted to Christianity as a young man and was baptized under [...]

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#912: Chs. 19-20, Book 5, Against Heresies by St. Irenaeus of Lyons

Against Heresies continues, with a chapter on Mary and Eve, and another on true and false teachers.
Book 5, Chapters 19-20
10:52.

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Librivox: Audiobooks of Interest

“On the Duties of the Clergy” by St Ambrose.
Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys by Amelia B. Edwards. Before she did Egypt (and inspired Elizabeth Peters’ Amelia Peabody) in A Thousand Miles Up the Nile, Edwards explored the South Tyrol region of Italy.
History of Holland by George Edmundson.
Dream Days by Kenneth Grahame. Children’s fiction and essays. [...]

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#911: Ch. 11B, The Worm Ouroboros by E.R. Eddison

The Worm Ouroboros continues, and so does Lord Corund’s siege of that ancient fort of Impland, Eshgrar Ogo. But Corund is determined to get in — and Gro has some ideas on how to do it….
Chapter 11B
22:01.

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#910: Ch. 6B, The Girl of the Golden West by David Belasco

The Girl of the Golden West continues, as Jack Rance attempts to woo the Girl.
We also meet a Pony Express rider in this chapter. The Pony Express was a service for delivering mail  across the West, using a chain of posthouses with fresh horses. The riders indeed had to be young men who weren’t very [...]

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#909: Ch. 1C, An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by John Henry Newman

An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine continues, with ethical and metaphysical development of ideas.
Chapter 1C
18:32.

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#908: Ch. 1B, An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by John Henry Newman

An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine continues, with a list of different kinds of idea development.
Ch. 1B
17:01.

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#907: Chs. 1-2, Bk. 1, A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation by St. Thomas More

A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation is St. Thomas More’s book about dealing with trouble, written while he was in the Tower. These chapters say that studying pagan philosophy is useful, but argues that only faith in God can provide full comfort.
Book 1, Chapters 1-2.
13:19.

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Welcome, Readers from Balatarin.com!

I can’t read Arabic script, so I don’t know what balatarin.com said about this podcast. But a lot of people have visited me today!

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#906: Ch. 1, Brain Twister by “Mark Phillips”

Brain Twister continues. Special Agent Malone learns that his new assignment requires a mind reader.
Chapter 1
30:26.
[http://www.archive.org/download/BrainTwister/BrainTwister01.mp3]

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#905: Pt. 1 of “The Blackmailers”, Constance Dunlap by Arthur B. Reeves

Constance Dunlap continues, as we begin “The Blackmailers”.
The second part is a bit more action-adventure. Sorry I didn’t get it up this week.
Part 1 of “The Blackmailers”
22:36.

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#904: Chs. 8B-9, On the Incarnation by St. Athanasius

On the Incarnation concludes. Athanasius talks about the overwhelming power of conversion, and the immense lifestyle and character changes caused by following Christ, not only in residents of the empire, but even in uncivilized tribes.
Then Athanasius bids his reader Macarius farewell, recommending further study of the scriptures, doing what his teachers in the faith tell [...]

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#903: Ch. 8A, On the Incarnation by St. Athanasius

On the Incarnation continues. Athanasius refers here to the overwhelming changes made in Roman values at the time of Christ’s coming. He argues that the unheard-of decline of belief in gods, idols, oracles, and magic by unconverted pagans is as much Jesus’ doing.as the amendments in life He causes in His followers.
Furthermore, he is [...]

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