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Season 7\\u2019s charter\\u2014by way of a rollicking argument about Alan Jacobs\\u2019 The Year of Our Lord 1943 and Tolkien\\u2019s idea of eucatastrophe.

Show Notes

Major figures we discuss in this episode:

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• Alan Jacobs\\u2019 recent work The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisi
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• Jacques Ellul
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• C. S. Lewis
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• T. S. Eliot
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• Jacques Mauritain
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• Simone Weil
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• J.R.R. Tolkien\\n
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  • The Lord of the Rings
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  • The Silmarillion
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  • eucatastrophe: from \\u201cOn Fairy Stories\\u201d (published in The Monsters and the Critics)
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Other topics/figures/books/etc. we mentioned:

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• The Bill Nye/Ken Ham debate
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• \\u201cA Conflict of Crypto Visions\\u201d \\u2013 Arjun Balaji on Thomas Sowell\\u2019s A Conflict of Visions
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• Oliver O\\u2019Donovan \\u2013 see especially his Resurrection and Moral Order
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• natural law and the naturalistic fallacy
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• technocracy
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• Chris\\u2019 newsletter and specifically his issue on 1943: Have We Already Lost?
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• Phaedrus
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Also, Audio Hijack saved our bacon because Chris\\u2019 computer temporarily lost power due to a blizzard\\u2014and we lost nothing. If you\\u2019re in the business of audio and on a Mac, you should check out Rogue Amoeba\\u2019s excellent apps.

Music

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• \\u201dMi Naci\\u201d by Panfur
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• \\u201cWinning Slowly Theme\\u201d by Chris Krycho.
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Sponsors

Many thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This month\\u2019s sponsors:

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• Daniel Ellcey
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• Jake Grant
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• Jeremy W. Sherman
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• Marnix Klooster
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• Nathaniel Blaney
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• Spencer Smith
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