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Cultural Debris is a podcast hosted by Alan Cornett who interviews guests and explores culture in the tradition of Russell Kirk, Wendell Berry, the Inklings, the Agrarians, and the Distributists.
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Monday May 23, 2022
Monday May 23, 2022
Dominican Friar Fr. Gregory Pine is a host of the podcast Godsplaining and frequently appears on Pints With Aquinas. He is author of the new book Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly published by Our Sunday Visitor.
Fr. Pine and I discuss the idea of prudence, its philosophical roots, and his favorite Kentucky bourbon distilleries, plus his strange encounter with a biker in Kentucky’s Red River Gorge.
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Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly
Fr. Gregory Pine on Pints With Aquinas
Wednesday May 04, 2022
Wednesday May 04, 2022
Anthony Amore is a Boston based New York Times bestselling author and art security expert. He is author most recently of The Woman Who Stole Vermeer: The True Story of Rose Dugdale.
He also works as Director of Security and Chief Investigator at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum where he endeavors to recover the thirteen works of art stolen from the Gardner in a daring heist in 1990.
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Anthony Amore: Website | Twitter
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Wednesday Apr 20, 2022
Wednesday Apr 20, 2022
Jessica Hooten Wilson is author of the new book The Scandal of Holiness: Renewing Your Imagination in the Company of Literary Saints from Brazos Press. Jessica is a professor at the University of Dallas and has written previously on Walker Percy and Fydor Dostoevesky. She currently is preparing a manuscript on Flannery O’Connor.
Jessica and I discuss facing the reality of our own limitations, finding literary saints as exemplars, Flannery O’Connor, C.S. Lewis, and the influence of G.K. Chesterton on Sigrid Undset.
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The Scandal of Holiness: Renewing Your Imagination In the Company of Literary Saints
Jessica Hooten Wilson: Website | Twitter | YouTube
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
My guest is art historian Danielle Oteri who wrote a wonderful article published in The Paris Review about the Unicorn Tapestries in the Met Cloisters.
Danielle and I discuss mystery and wonder, angels and unicorns. And a security guard named Howie. Oh, and a squirrel.
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'The Secret of the Unicorn Tapestries'
Danielle Oteri: Website | Substack | Twitter | Instagram
Wednesday Mar 23, 2022
Wednesday Mar 23, 2022
My guest this episode is Allen Mendenhall, Associate Dean and Grady Rosier Professor in the Sorrell College of Business at Troy University, and author of the book Shouting Softly: Lines on Law, Literature, and Culture from St. Augustine’s Press.
We discuss his family’s connection to author Harper Lee, Russell Kirk’s book The Conservative Constitution, the value of being a generalist, and much more.
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Allen Mendenhall: Website | Twitter
Shouting Softly: Lines on Law, Literature, and Culture
Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
Father Harrison Ayre is one of the co-hosts of the podcast Clerically Speaking. I definitely recommend it as it is a favorite of mine.
Father Harrion’s new book is Mysterion: The Revelatory Power of The Sacramental Worldview.
We discuss the idea of sacramentality, the dangers of modernity and acedia, and the benefits of the Marian stance.
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Fr. Harrison Ayre on Twitter
Mysterion Pauline Books | Amazon
Tuesday Jan 18, 2022
Tuesday Jan 18, 2022
This episode’s guest is the author of the new book Swan Songs: Souvenirs of Paris Elegance. He writes under the pseudonym of Reginald-Jerome de Mans. In the book, he chronicles the end of old Parisian clothing institutions: shops and clothiers that sold luxurious wares for a century and longer, but the world seemingly passed them by. He also writes about a few who remain, but for how long?
We discuss lost shops, lost skills, and, in many ways, a lost world. And be sure to stick around for the end where he discusses his own desire to write and be published, and the process that brought about this book.
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Swan Songs: Souvenirs of Paris Elegance
Réginald-Jérôme de Mans on Twitter
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
Alan Noble is author of the new book You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World from IVP, The Intervarsity Press. Dr. Noble is a professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University and a founder of Christ and Pop Culture.
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You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
My guest is Professor Todd Hartch of Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond. A specialist in the history of religion, particularly Latin American religion, Todd has written a new book A Time to Build Anew: How to Find the True, Good, and the Beautiful in America. You’ll enjoy our topics from sculptor Frederick Hart, to the Notre Dame School of Architecture, to great books programs, and saving Charleston.
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A Time to Build Anew, by Todd Hartch
Tuesday Oct 12, 2021
Tuesday Oct 12, 2021
My guest is author and bookman Stuart Kells of Melbourne, Australia. Stuart and I chat about various things bookish—private presses, pulp paperbacks, typefaces, and university presses. We even talk about two of his books a bit, The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders and Shakespeare’s Library: Unlocking the Greatest Mystery in Literature. Both highly recommended.
You don’t want to miss the story about Stuart’s mystery find that cost him $3 but turned into the most valuable thing he owned.
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Stuart Kells | website | Twitter