Mysterium Tremendum

In our last episode we laid out the thesis that we need beautiful things, even more than we need things with a use. In this episode we see that the light of beauty illuminates more than he whom it shi...

16 Jan 202111min

The demon Screwtape, in C. S. Lewis's book The Screwtape Letters, says, "Music and silence—how I detest them both!" In this episode we look at how the Christmas season stands for those things the demo...

2 Jan 202110min

From Aristotle to Camus, wisdom has taught us that our destinies are related to our identities.  Our pursuit of beauty reveals a truth about our natures (our identities), namely, that we are not anima...

19 Des 20209min

It is science that is beautiful, not beauty that is scientific.  This is why beauty cannot be found in a test tube (as we discussed in the previous episode).  In this episode we look at the nature of ...

4 Des 202011min

In this episode we celebrate Thanksgiving in the light of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. The story of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is reminiscent of the stories of Flannery O'Connor and the Coen ...

24 Nov 20209min

In this episode we look at attempts to explain beauty away scientifically and evolutionarily. We ask the question, what is it about beauty that sets it apart? What is it about beauty that makes it a s...

20 Nov 202010min

Beauty is strange; being both objective and subjective.  Our experience of beauty suggests that not everything real can be understood scientifically.  Beauty cannot be found in a test tube, and yet it...

6 Nov 20208min

Is there any evidence that we survive death? Today we examine that question through the work of ICU physician Lauren Bellg. Happy Halloween.

31 Okt 202012min