The Well-Read Catholic

12. Boethius, Sculpture, Time & Imagination w/ Jacob Terneus

Jacob Terneus, PhD student in ancient and medieval philosophy at Marquette University, talks with Patrick about his recent article in the Imaginative Conservative: Motion, Moments, & Sculptural Art: The Time and Imagination [https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2020/03/motion-moments-sculptural-art-imagination-time-jacob-terneus.html?fbclid=IwAR1yp1uNRWmxV09nYs0wkz7D48M26VR3rtRVnJtr2a0sJ7lKUUYrPiaCE6o]. He references to sculptural works in his essay and in our discussion: Bernini's Apollo and Daphne [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_and_Daphne_(Bernini)] and Ghiberti's Baptistry Doors [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Ghiberti#Florence_Baptistery_doors]. I would also encourage everyone to go read his other recent publication, Speech & Knowledge in Plato's Major Hippias [https://voegelinview.com/speech-and-knowledge-in-platos-hippias-major/], over at the Voegelin View.

11. St. Thomas More's Dialogue of Comfort with Dr. Michael West

Dr. Michael West, affiliate assistant professor of English and Director of Studies in Catholic Faith & Culture at the University of Dallas [https://www.catholicfaithandculture.udallas.edu/], joins the show to discuss the distance learning program he directs. Recently, Studies in Catholic Faith & Culture began releasing some of its courses and talks on YouTube for free. We focused on Dr. Gerard Wegemer's reflections [https://youtu.be/snPuXGuhes0] on St. Thomas More's A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation. Other books mentioned in the episode: Dante Purgatorio Dicken Pickwick Papers Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451, Golden Apples of the Sun Christopher Alexander A Pattern Language

10. Ausonius' Mask of Seven Sages with Dr. Lionel Yaceczko

Patrick discusses the Roman poet Ausonius (4th cent. A.D.) with Dr. Lionel Yaceczko, teach of Latin and Greek at the Heights School in Potomac, MD [https://heights.edu/]. For those looking to read this brief poem, the Loeb edition is out of copyright and can be found here [https://archive.org/details/deciausonius01ausouoft/page/n6/mode/2up]. It begins on p.310.

9. Bo Bonner on Don Quixote and Josef Pieper

Patrick speaks with Bo Bonner about a multitude of books and how they speak to life with the suspension of public Masses around Holy Week. Bo is executive vice president of the Newman Idea [https://newmanidea.org/] and director of mission and ministry at Mercy College [https://www.mchs.edu/Academics/Campus-Services/Campus-Ministry] in Iowa. He also co-hosts a weekly broadcast on Iowa Catholic Radio, the Uncommon Good [https://theuncommongood.simplecast.com/]. Works discussed in this episode: 1. Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes 2. Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe 3. Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle 4. Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power by Josef Pieper 5. Paradise Lost by John Milton 6. "The Proof" by Richard Wilbur [https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1964/03/the-proof/308475/] 7. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh 8. On Bullsh*t by Harry Frankfurt Bo has also written for Church Life Journal on Pieper's most famous work, Liesure : the Basis of Culture [https://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/the-horror-inherent-in-leisure/].

8. Are Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Enough? A Conversation with Gerald Russello

Patrick interviews Gerald Russello, editor of The University Bookman [https://kirkcenter.org/bookman/], about his recent article in the Intercollegiate Review: It's Time for Conservatives to Stop Being Content with J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis [https://isi.org/intercollegiate-review/conservatives-content-tolkien-lewis/]. Show Links: Bradley Birzer's Beyond Tenebrae: Christian Humanism in the Twilight of the West [https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Tenebrae-Christian-Humanism-Twilight/dp/1621384977/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=bradley+birzer+beyond&qid=1585248401&sr=8-3] The Novels Charles Williams [https://www.charleswilliamssociety.org.uk/novels/] 10 Blatantly Obvious Christ Figures in the 'Star Wars' Universe [https://babylonbee.com/news/10-blatantly-obvious-christ-figures-star-wars-universe] via the Babylon Bee Nick Ripatrazone's Longing for an Absent God: Faith and Doubt in Great American Fiction [https://www.amazon.com/Longing-Absent-God-American-Fiction-ebook/dp/B07VHPJQ99] And also the writings of Stratford Caldecott on the cultural imagination of comics [https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2013/10/technology-imaginative-film.html].