A Morning Show about books, history, timeless realities and the changing times within it.

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The Sam Altman Cheeky Pint episode: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMsUcCYNKqY" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMsUcCYNKqY</a>The Divine Comedy Podcast: <a href="https://dailypurgatory.com/podcast" rel="nofollow">https://dailypurgatory.com/podcast</a>

November 1st - Knowledge and Consciousness, and Growth in AI

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The culture and technology have to be aligned within the Big Picture to function properly. And this bigger picture is directly at odds with the current dominant thinking.Meaning: AI needs to be shaped within Truth, Virtue, and Transcendent Structures. Significant enrichment of life and experience will follow!Great interview with head of MUSE Alexandr Wang is here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6l3aRsecuE" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6l3aRsecuE</a>

October 12th - AI and Technology with a Bigger Eternal Picture

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A first warmup episode after some years with a break. Enjoy!

October 10th - Your Relationship to Reality

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Good morning!Today we&#39;re just aiming to have fun with the episode, and briefly reflect on podcasting in general. And we&#39;ll read a few lines from Dante&#39;s &#34;Mountain of Virtue&#34;, in Canto 11.Thanks for listening,and have a great day!

Coffee Chats - Updates and Dante's Purgatory Canto 11

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We&#39;ll look at the book &#34;The Catholic Church And Conversion&#34; by G.K. Chesterton, from 1926, and especially the light it sheds on current and historical British Scholarship on Dante&#39;s Divine Comedy.A great free edition is here:<a href="https://archive.org/details/catholicchurchco0000ches" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/catholicchurchco0000ches</a>Have a great morning,and thanks for tuning in!

Coffee Chats #8 - Chesterton and British Views on Catholicism, a 100 years ago.

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We&#39;ll look at the recent talk between a Greek Orthodox Bishop, and a Cognitive Scientist Dr. John Vervaeke, and what seems to eventually happen with the rationalist-scientific inquiries into the biggest questions in the world, if/when done with an open mind.The video is here:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-AxtZbth-I" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-AxtZbth-I</a>And we&#39;ll also do a little tercet meditation from Dante&#39;s Purgatory Canto VII - on Virtue.Thanks for listening, and have a great morning coffee!

Coffee Chats #7 - The End-point of Rational-Intellectual Pursuits

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We&#39;ll look at the book &#34;Back to Virtue&#34; by Peter Kreeft, and the approach of four steps to solve a problem:<ol><li>What is the problem</li><li>What is the cause</li><li>What is the solution</li><li>What would cause the solution (how to get there)</li></ol> And we&#39;ll see how this applies to Dante as well.Have a great coffee,and thanks for listening!

Coffee Chats #6 - The Four Steps of Fixing Problems, and Virtue

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Tom&#39;s video is here:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5981pRcF0I" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5981pRcF0I</a>Enjoy!

Coffee Chats #5 - Tom LA Books video, and how Probing the Soul gets Easier

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We&#39;ll look at two small passages from Canto 4, in this mini-mediation on the Comedy.Thanks for tuning in!

Coffee Chats #4 - St. Valentine's, and the tiny opening in Mount Purgatory

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Great coffee, and some thoughts about Dante :)The Italian Channels we talk about are:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@tomlabooks3263/videos" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/@tomlabooks3263/videos</a> (Tom LA Books)<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCspPfwzH-pu7KtMx4FpyXMw/videos" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCspPfwzH-pu7KtMx4FpyXMw/videos</a> (Robobooks)Enjoy! ☀️

Coffee Chats #3 - Early Spring Day!

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Quick livestream about the succession of Emperor Constantine, and how Emperor Julian the Apostate reverses the Roman Empire to Pagandom, but with a twist.

Coffee Chats #2 - Constantine's Sons, and Julian the Apostate

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We&#39;re warming up the Morning Coffee Chats again!This is partly an &#34;extra podcast&#34; in addition to our main Burning Phoenix Podcast, especially on the sunny and beautiful mornings. The style is a bit more rambling and laid-back, for ponderings and works-in-progress. Think of it more as a conversational live stream, with a bit of inputs!The new clip we mention from McGilchrist is here (8 mins):<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b949lNit_Y" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b949lNit_Y</a>Thanks for listening!

Coffee Chats #1 - Weather, Coffee, McGilchrist, and the Age of Paradise

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Looking back at Purgatory after a reading the Paradiso, more things are standing out and shining even more clearly.

Looking back at Purgatory after a reading the Paradiso, more things are standing out and shining even more clearly.


The Seven Virtues, and the Purgatory

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In this episode we&#39;ll look at the &#34;Age of Utopia&#34;, the third volume of John Strickland&#39;s great history work &#34;Paradise and Utopia&#34;. We&#39;ll especially discuss the view of the Florentine Renaissance and Humanism, from the Greek Orthodox perspective. 
Book Talks: <a href="https://awpodcast.com/renaissance" rel="nofollow">https://awpodcast.com/renaissance</a>
Age of Utopia: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Age-Utopia-Christendom-Renaissance-Revolution-ebook/dp/B09MDQ8M5Q" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Age-Utopia-Christendom-Renaissance-Revolution-ebook/dp/B09MDQ8M5Q</a>
Thanks for listening, 
and Happy New Year!
 
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A special thanks goes out to our very generous Patrons: Caldazar, Seán Eckmann, Laura Daligan, Michael Leighty, Claudia, Aidan Chavasse, Mitchel V and Santheep on <a href="https://patreon.com/ancientworld" rel="nofollow">patreon.com/ancientworld</a> - thank you!
Music credits:
Night in Venice by Kevin MacLeod. 
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5763-night-in-venice/ 
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Book Talks, and the "Age of Utopia". Views on the Renaissance and Enlightenment.

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A look at two great highlights from Canto 25 in Dante&#39;s Purgatory; the nature of the relationship between the body and the soul, and when during the development of the embryo the soul/consciousness enters the fetus.
Tommaso&#39;s video on this canto is here: 
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e8KLBpAtEM" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e8KLBpAtEM</a>
And a BIG thanks to some of our long term Patreons, for making our podcasts possible!
Caldazar 
Seán Eckmann 
Laura Daligan 
Michael Leighty 
Claudia 
Aidan Chavasse
<a href="https://patreon.com/ancientworld" rel="nofollow">https://patreon.com/ancientworld</a>
Thanks for listening!

Dante's View on Consciousness, and the Embryo. With Coffee!

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Good morning! 
In this episode we&#39;ll talk about Dante&#39;s Letter to his patron in Verona Can Grande della Scala, and two upcoming new books this November, from historian John Strickland and from philosopher and scientist Iain McGilchrist.
Enjoy! 😊

Dante's Letter to Can Grande

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Weekend episode and catch-up for the last month, including new discoveries in Paradise! Join our FB Group for more about Dante and the Divine Comedy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/664633241078292 Enjoy!


Summer, Paradise, and Great Coffee!

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Dante Projects are here: dantescomedy.com The Bright Spot Theory is here: awpodcast.com Good Coffee!


Dante’s 700 year Anniversary, and the Bright Spot Theory

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Good morning, and enjoy! The Cosmology &amp; Science Podcast is here: https://anchor.fm/thesciencepodcast


Episode 23 – Hebrew numbers 10-40, Quick Book Review “Darwin’s Doubt” by Stephen Meyer, and Super Sunny

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Episode 22 – Hebrew numbers 5 to 10, Easter Saturday, and Great weather

A Morning Show about books, history, timeless realities and the changing times within it.