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On this first episode of Season 3, Katie celebrates the literary life - St. Jerome, the patron saint of librarians/readers, Rory from Gilmore Girls, Beauty and the Beast (and that epic library!), and how books can be portals to other worlds. Inspiration for a new year filled with books!
www.bornofwonder.com Instagram: @bornofwonder Music: Blue Dot Sessions www.goodreads.com/katiesonlinelibrary Become a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/bornofwonder?fan_landing=true Recommendation: 1998 Thomas Newman Little Women Soundtrack https://open.spotify.com/album/0Ug5EnJH0wl1DFPC8HAtpK "St. Jerome and the Literary Life" https://www.bornofwonder.com/home/st-jerome-and-the-literary-lifeBonus episode ! New Year's resolutions, getting outside and exploring Tolkien's concept of Eucatastrophe, ?the sudden joyous turn, the mark of all fairy tales.? We discuss Eucatastrophe in the context of other literary devices including perapatea, anagnorisis, and deux ex machina. Eucatastrophe is unique in the belief - the insistence - on a fundamentally just, ?true,? universe. We also explore Shakespeare?s beautiful play, ?The Winter?s Tale,? and how the last scene (Queen Hermione coming back to life) epitomizes a ?Eucatastrophic? moment.
www.bornofwonder.com @bornofwonder on instagram https://www.bornofwonder.com/home/eucatastrophe-tolkiens-joyous-turn Audio from "On Fairy Stories" Podcast (2020) 1000 Hours Outside Movement https://www.1000hoursoutside.com/On this episode, Katie chats with Rebecca Hamilton, a practicing Eastern Rite Catholic, exploring the unique, transcendent beauty of this liturgy. We'll learn about some of the practical differences between Eastern and Latin Rite, what family and community life is like as a Byzantine Catholic, and we'll also hear some BEAUTIFUL chant from the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. No matter what your religious (or non religious) background, this episode is a deep dive into Beauty as a Lived, Practiced, Reality.
More at: www.bornofwonder.com "A Light that Shines in the Darkness" https://www.bornofwonder.com/home/a-light-that-shines-in-the-darkness ** I use the term "Latin" and "Roman" Rite when really there is only "Latin Rite" (this is the rite you are likely familiar with as a Roman Catholic) - a "Latin Mass" is the "Extraordinary Form of the Latin Rite" (It does not have to do with what language the Mass is said in) Liturgical Chant from The Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom chanted in English by the Mount Lebanon Choir of Byzantine Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8MUi27Ff2s&t=105s Evlogitaria of the dead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6je5axPodI&t=92s Find Rebecca on instagram @bairntenaya Rebecca's Spotify Playlist of Chant: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7Jzc6njWloo8sBZ0NWHYQj?si=fc24a0b854d14e1c https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1SBd0VfthcUMjjq0fgvbUz?si=9e34c9dc7b834eae "A Look at the Different Rites in the Catholic Church" https://blessedisshe.net/blog/byzantine-catholic-liturgy/ Infant Communion in the West https://preachersinstitute.com/2012/12/08/infant-communion-the-ancient-western-tradition/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDVJH1xUTNY Difference between Eastern Catholics and Orthodox beginning at 3:31 Recommendation -- Kontakion of the Nativity of Christ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSyC33rj0XoWhat does it mean to be a human being? When Jane Goodall discovered chimpanzees could effectively use tools and had complex social bonds she challenged the idea of human exceptionalism. But we are exceptional... aren't we? What does it mean to be a Human Person, a Human Animal? Imagination? Morality? And what does it mean to be made in the Image and Likeness of God? On this episode we celebrate and explore the dignity of human person and our place in Creation.
Smithsonian Institute Human Origins Project https://humanorigins.si.edu/about/become-involved/submit-your-response-what-does-it-mean-be-human "Jane" Documentary National Geographic https://films.nationalgeographic.com/jane-the-movie "Reason for Hope" - Jane Goodall The Dignity of a Human Person: A Catholic Doctrine https://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/the-dignity-of-a-human-person-a-catholic-doctrine/ Language of God Podcast https://biologos.org/podcast/language-of-god Morrison's Jig - Anthea Lawrence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHS1gOQtJjwOn this episode, Katie explores the history of astronomy and stargazing - with a dabbling of poetry and theology, we remember to look up and stay in awe of our place in the wide expanse of the universe.
App: Star Walk 2
Recommendation:
The Tallis Scholars - If Ye Love Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI5Y9l2NHIo
Lion King Stars Scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmDvpoVtXu4
Music: Blue Dot Sessions
Happy All Souls Day - the last day of Allhallowtide, the triduum of All Hallow's Eve, All Saint's Day, and All Soul's Day. Today on the podcast Katie plays us some stunning sacred music (courtesy of the Brompton Oratory and The Baltimore Basilica) and discusses the importance of sacred music in the liturgy (is it just a matter of taste? what's the difference between contemporary music and chant? etc.)
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How Agatha Christie Saved the Latin Mass
https://www.bornofwonder.com/home/how-agatha-christie-saved-the-latin-mass
Pope Benedict's Writings on Music
http://www.stjohncc.com/popeben.htm
Christianity Gets Weird - New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/opinion/sunday/weird-christians.html
Beethoven - GLORIA from the Missa Solemnishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOjOCVzABZs
In this episode, we explore the haunting, rich, complex poetry of Sylvia Plath. Katie shares some of her personal history with Plath and why she continues to be a source of inspiration and fascination. Also discussions of memento mori, shared mortality, and how to remember and pray for the Dead during the month of October.
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"Of Life After Death:" At Last, a Plath Biography Worthy of its Subject
https://www.bornofwonder.com/home/of-life-after-death-sylvia-plath-biography
Offering Mass for Sylvia Plath and The Beauty of Allhallowtide
https://www.bornofwonder.com/home/mass-for-sylvia-plath-and-allhallowtide
Plath Reading Lady Lazarus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq2LOhaf97o&t=3s
Plath Reading Daddy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hHjctqSBwM&t=85s
Plath Reading Tulips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLNXOA9CzAQ
Plath Reading Nick and the Candlestick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHJsJBm413U
Also referenced -
"Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath" by Heather Clark
"Birthday Letters" by Ted Hughes
Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saens
On this episode, Katie has an honest and self reflective discussion about the role technology plays in our lives. With wisdom from Martin Luther King Jr. to Thoreau to Wendell Berry... We'll learn about a man who signed off for good - could we do the same? Should we? What are the good things about technology? How can we maintain our sense of wonder and awe in an age of distraction?
www.bornofwonder.com Music: Blue Dot Sessions "The Dangerous Digitization of Our Lives" https://www.bornofwonder.com/home/the-dangerous-digitization-of-our-lives Technology destroys people and places. I?m rejecting it Mark Boyle https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/19/life-without-technology-rejecting-technology "Mad Farmer's Liberation Front" https://cals.arizona.edu/~steidl/Liberation.html Dvorak's New World Symphony - played in the episode by the Berlin Philharmonic Full symphony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh_nHgbhYRgSeptember is traditionally a month of sorrows - specifically, the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin Mary. On this episode we turn inward, celebrate the dying leaves and colder temperatures, the new rhythms of Fall and the beauty of this pensive time of year.
More at: www.bornofwonder.com "The Sorrows of Autumn" https://www.bornofwonder.com/home/the-sorrows-of-autumn "The Seven Sorrows" Ted Hughes https://hellopoetry.com/poem/5321/the-seven-sorrows/ "Autumn and the Return of Rhythm" https://www.bornofwonder.com/home/autumn-and-the-return-of-rhythm Max Richter - Autumn 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia9JqBHnj_I Peat Dance - Danish String Quartet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlsVuhD0AaQ
On this episode we explore the works of G.K. Chesterton, in particular his concept of 'patriotism' in the context of the universe - the idea of being 'a cosmic patriot.' How can we embrace Chesterton's wonder, awe, and childlike trust in the world?
Recommendations:
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Irish and Celtic Music Podcast
https://www.celticmusicpodcast.com
? Fyodor Dostoevsky
On this episode Katie explores the importance of living out a cohesive narrative - how stories transform our lives and give them their deepest meaning. She shares how Jo March changed the way she viewed her own life and the story she was living. What is the soundtrack of your life? Who are the characters? "Be the heroine of your own life, not the victim." Some inspiration and conviction to live out beautiful stories. More at: www.bornofwonder.com Music: Blue Dot Sessions Phillip Levine on Lowell and Berryman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9CLUCuX90wTo Autumn by John Keatshttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44484/to-autumn "Living the Story of Your Life" https://www.bornofwonder.com/home/living-the-story-of-your-life Richter Recomposed: Autumn 1
In this first episode of Season 2, Katie explores the concept of Sleep - the association with dreams, visions, thin places, and death. Learn more at www.bornofwonder.com
**Please forgive some of the audio hum in this episode. Background Music: Blue Dot Sessions Recommendations: "The Sleeping Giant" Inishtooskert https://www.pinterest.com/pin/190347521721699278/ Molly Ban Alison Krauss and the Cheiftans The Chieftains & Alison Krauss - Molly Ban - YouTube On Fairy Stories - The Stolen Child: Fairies and Changelings On Fairy Stories ? EP2: The Stolen Child: Fairies and Changelings"The Road to Lisdoonvarna and Scollay's" - Pinniped - Free Music Archive
"Fanny Power" - Slainte - Free Music Archive "Mike in the Wilderness" - played by Katie Marquette Guitar and piano music underneath poetry - played by Chris Marquette Recommendation: The Poetry of William Butler Yeats "The Stolen Child" - https://poets.org/poem/stolen-child "When You are Old" - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43283/when-you-are-old "Bobby Kennedy for President" 4 part series on NetflixOn this episode, we ask a big question: "what is art and why does it matter?" Can we define what makes art "good" or "bad" - and is it important that we do? Discussion covers philosopher Roger Scruton, theologians Paul Tillich and Martin Buber, and St. John Paul II's "Letter to Artists."
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Paul Tillich: "Dynamics of Faith"
Martin Buber: "I and Thou"
"Letter to Artists" JPII: http://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/letters/1999/documents/hf_jp-ii_let_23041999_artists.html
Roger Scruton - "Art Today" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymQ4ruPsJ_c&feature=emb_logo
E.E. Cummings - "i thank you God for most this amazing"
Music: Blue Dot Sessions
Recommendation: The Oldest Welsh Lullaby - Dinogad's Smock
On this episode, Katie recommends three excellent Lily James movies to inspire you and keep you feeling optimistic! (It's a serious skill to pull of such charming naivety so kudos to you, Lily James). Good movies - like all good art - keep us grounded in the good, true, and beautiful.
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Movies:
"The Dig" - available on Netflix
"Yesterday" - available on Hulu and Amazon Prime
"The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society" - available on Netflix
Recommendation:
"Girl from the North Country" - Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash
Happy Mardi Gras! On this episode we explore the importance of leisure and authentic celebration. We are taken through an authentic Scottish Burns Day Supper as we discover how to partake in celebration with serious JOY!
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Music: Blue Dot Sessions
Free Music Archive:
"Providence Reel" - Aislann
"The Road to Lisdoonvarna" - Pinniped
"The Burning of Piper's Hut" - Pinniped
"Si Beag Mor" - Slainte
FreeSound: Bapipe Reel
The Highwayman by Loreena McKennitt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGFo0xn4JeY
The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes
On this episode we explore the rise of the anti-hero and how to recover our sense of heroic (and why it matters). We'll touch on anti-heroes like Mad Men's Don Draper and explore in depth the great literary heroine, Jo March. Finally, a note on why sainthood doesn't mean perfection and why St. Joseph is the inspiration we need in 2021.
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Music Credit: Blue Dot Sessions
"Why We All Want to be Jo March" - https://www.bornofwonder.com/home/why-we-all-want-to-be-jo-march
Pope Francis' Apostolic Letter, With a Father's Heart - http://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_letters/documents/papa-francesco-lettera-ap_20201208_patris-corde.html
"Audrey Hepburn's Favorite Song" by Paul Rogers - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/02/08/audrey-hepburns-favorite-song
"The Quiet Wisdom of Audrey Hepburn" - https://www.bornofwonder.com/home/the-quiet-wisdom-of-audrey-hepburn
"Audrey" by the Dave Brubeck Quartet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06u6wwwKlno
Happy Groundhog Day! On this episode we explore the deep philosophical and theological implications of the 1993 movie "Groundhog Day" starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell. Will we have an early spring or a long winter? Does Time still have meaning if it never changes? Are we currently living in a Groundhog Day loop during Covid-19 quarantines and lockdowns? Ultimately, we learn, Time is given meaning in how well we are able to love others.
Recommendation: Ryan Joseph Burns 'A Man's a Man for A' That' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPeAjhXWJvI
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On this episode we explore our complicated relationship with the natural world. What does the violence of nature teach us about our human capacity for justice, empathy, of love? How do we find rest in animals, nature, and myth? Inspired by Wendell Berry's poem, "The Peace of Wild Things," Helen Macdonald's "H is for Hawk," and the poetry of Ted Hughes and Mary Oliver.
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BBC Slow Radio: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b09cy8yl
Sounds courtesy of FreeSound
Music courtesy of Blue Dot Sessions
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke is ?about a man who lives in a House in which an Ocean is imprisoned?. On this episode we use this book as the inspiration for a wide-reaching meditation on mazes, labyrinths, minotaurs, the prison etchings of Giovanni Piranesi, and the theology of Simone Weil.
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Music credit: Blue Dot Sessions
"The Sound of the Carceri": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQrQvrqwwRE
On this first episode of Born of Wonder, we explore the concept of wonder, awe, gratitude, and story. We discover the importance of reclaiming a sense of wonder in the world, especially inspired by C.S. Lewis's "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe."
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Music credit:
BlueDot Sessions
"we make idols of our concepts, but wisdom is born of wonder." Introducing an innovative, sound-rich, audio delight for your ears... A Podcast that explores art, literature, theology, beauty, goodness, aesthetics, and wisdom. Learn more about Born of Wonder, coming Fall 2020.