Episodes
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
CD 18 - You Are Not Your Own With Alan Noble
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
CD 17 - A Time to Build Anew With Todd Hartch
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
CD 16 - Stuart Kells On Libraries, Shakespeare, & Curious Mysteries
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
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
CD 15 - Around the World With Alberto Miguel Fernandez
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
My guest is former Ambassador Alberto Miguel Fernandez. Alberto served as US Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea, and also served in various diplomatic roles around the world including in Afghanistan, Syria, and Sudan. He currently serves as vice president of the Middle East Media Research Institute.
Alberto shares his early introduction to Russell Kirk’s writings, his family’s history with his native Cuba, his career as a US diplomat, and thoughts about disappearing cultures around the world with his recent article in The Lamp magazine as a jumping off point.
This interview was recorded just prior to the rapid collapse of Afghanistan this past week, but Alberto discusses his time in Kabul and the role of the US there. Plus, stick around for some book recommendations at the end.
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Alberto Miguel Fernandez on Twitter
'Torn From Love' at The Lamp Magazine (note: behind a paywall)
'Neither a Suicide Noose Nor a Sword of Vengeance'
'Adventurer, Patriot, Spanish Man of Letters: The Moroccan Notes of Gimenez Caballero'
Monday Jul 19, 2021
CD 14 - Michael Ward On C.S. Lewis and The Abolition of Man
Monday Jul 19, 2021
Monday Jul 19, 2021
My guest is Father Michael Ward of Blackfriars Hall, Oxford and also of Houston Baptist University. Fr Ward has an enviable trifecta in his academic pedigree—degrees from Oxford, Cambridge, and St. Andrews. Fr. Ward is perhaps best known for his book Planet Narnia, which explains the correlation of each Narnia book to a planet in medieval cosmology. His recently released book from Word on Fire Academic, After Humanity: A Guide to C.S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man is the primary subject of our discussion, but we also talk about James Bond.
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After Humanity: A Guide to C.S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man
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Monday Jun 21, 2021
CD 13 - Reading the Times With Jeffrey Bilbro
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Jeffrey Bilbro is editor of the The Front Porch Republic. Jeff is a fellow devotee of Wendell Berry, and has written a new book from IVP called Reading the Times: A Literary and Theological Inquiry Into the News. We discuss setting priorities in a Twitter world with a bit of talk about higher education thrown in. We even have nice things to say about Henry David Thoreau.
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Jeffrey Bilbro website | Twitter | Front Porch Republic
Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
CD 12 - Jared Zimmerer on Russell Kirk's Personalism
Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Jared Zimmerer is director of the Word on Fire Institute. Jared is a fellow disciple of Russell Kirk, and currently is pursuing doctoral research on things Kirkian. It should not surprise you that Dr. Kirk is exactly what we talk about, particularly the idea of personalism related to Dr. Kirk’s writings, and the influence of St. John Henry Newman on his thought. In the course of that, we also delve into Dr. Kirk’s conversion to Catholicism and discuss his view of the need for beauty.
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Jared Zimmerer Word on Fire | Twitter | Instagram
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
CD 11 - Erik Bootsma On Traditional Architecture
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
My guest is Erik Bootsma a classical architect who specializes in ecclesiastical architecture. Erik was trained at the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture, which focuses on traditional forms of architecture. He and I discuss the role and modern degradation of architecture, Russell Kirk on modern architecture, the church wreckovations of the 1960s, and the attempts to return to traditional understandings of sacred space. Plus, we take a look at Prince Charles’s book A Vision of Britain and the Prince’s model city of Poundbury. It’s a packed discussion, and I think you’ll enjoy it.
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Erik Bootsma Website | Twitter
"An Architect Reconsiders 'The Architecture of Servitude and Boredom'"
"To Resurrect Notre Dame Is a Work of Faith"
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
CD 10 - Pedro Mendes with Ten Garments Every Man Should Own
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
My guest is Canadian menswear writer and broadcaster Pedro Mendes who operates the website The Hogtown Rake. I have followed Pedro for years on Instagram and also very much enjoyed his podcast series ‘Unbuttoned With Bruce Boyer.’ Pedro has an appreciation for classic men’s clothing that I share, and in this episode we discuss his new book Ten Garments Every Man Should Own: A Practical Guide to Building a Permanent Wardrobe. Is there a place for classic clothing in a locked down Zoom world? Please join us and find out.
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Ten Garments Every Man Should Own
Monday Mar 29, 2021
CD 09 - Uprooted with Grace Olmstead
Monday Mar 29, 2021
Monday Mar 29, 2021
My guest this episode is Grace Olmstead. Grace has done excellent work for several years on issues of localism, just the sort of thing we like to talk about on Cultural Debris. Like your humble host, she is a devotee of Wendell Berry’s works, and her new book Uprooted is a chronicle of approaching her own native place and her own life with the principles of localism, sustainability, and the obligations of membership.
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Uprooted: Recovering the Legacy of the Places We've Left Behind
'Wendell Berry's Right Kind of Farming,' by Grace Olmstead (NYT)
Hill Women, by Cassie Chambers
Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer