Podcasts about Bacchanalia

Welcome to the Celestial Insights Podcast, the show that brings the stars down to Earth! Each week, astrologer, coach, and intuitive Celeste Brooks of Astrology by Celeste will be your guide. Her website is astrologybyceleste.com.  

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Ellimatta, a highly praised new cafe set up by a couple new to this country with no local food links, no previous experience and who make almost everything themselves. How they did it. Cambridge's wine shops, how they coexist and what's good to drink at Bacchanalia at the moment. Neera's highly praised curries, back at the Derby Stores.

This week on The Burnt Chef Journal, Kris Hall is joined by Jen Hidinger-Kendrick, Founder of Giving Kitchen. Giving Kitchen is a food service community meeting crisis with compassion and care. Their mission is to provide emergency assistance to food service workers through financial support and a network of community resources. Giving Kitchen grew out of a beyond-expectation response to the devastating, stage-four cancer diagnosis of Chef Ryan Hidinger in December 2012. Ryan was well-known in the Atlanta restaurant community for his work at Bacchanalia, Floataway Café and Muss & Turner's. And he and his wife, Jen, were beloved for their supper club called Prelude to Staplehouse, which they hosted for several years as a precursor to opening their dream restaurant. The response to Ryan's diagnosis - initially from friends within the restaurant industry, and then quickly from an ever-expanding community across Atlanta - was truly heroic: an outpouring of love and financial support to help with his expenses not covered by insurance. Jen said that this outpouring gave Ryan a peace of mind that she believes extended his life by at least six months. The community's overwhelming response to the Hidingers' crisis set the intent, beliefs and values for Giving Kitchen. To this day, thanks to the leadership and vision of the Hidinger family and their donors, partners, staff, and board, Giving Kitchen has supported thousands food service workers in crisis. We'd like to thank Jen for taking the time to talk with us, and share her experiences with our wider community.   Tap here to learn more about Giving Kitchen.

A new MP3 sermon from Old Paths Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Occult OLYMPICS 2024: Transgender Bacchanalia Feminism Display Speaker: Jason Cooley Broadcaster: Old Paths Baptist Church Event: Sunday Service Date: 8/9/2024 Length: 114 min.

Season 2 of FTMonthly is here and Josh Klein comes out swinging! In this episode we ask... Which Way Christian? We look at the differences between Russell Brand's transformation and Progressive Theology's transformation of the church that leads to.... the Olympics. NOTES: Russell Brand Journey:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/russellbrand/  Source Videos: https://youtu.be/uE6E15MzKgU?si=Ac7fg8pJxfDjoVTo  https://youtu.be/DQ5DcKlFc2I?si=XJnZ1GUMfaD3euQB  https://youtu.be/u51pLdohMzU?si=bBnKCLDyyZ03iv81  Different Church: Josh's Article on New Cultural Christianity: https://freethinkingministries.com/the-new-cultural-christianity/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diffchurch/ Dom Interview: mefriendscallmedom on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myfriendscallmedom/ Music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3HtDwRabXGqCvhCgV3H30f?si=FmzrFh9FTfeqzmBFp33xgA Olympics Controversy Sources: Bacchanalia: https://dinosaursandbarbarians.com/2020/10/21/september-3-the-bacchanalia-the-feast-of-bacchus-god-of-wine/ Death Works: https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2021/10/the-church-among-the-deathworks Articles: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/28/paris-olympics-organisers-apologise-to-christians-for-last-supper-parody https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/19079/dispute-over-olympics-last-supper-parody-goes-viral  https://nypost.com/2024/07/30/sports/paris-olympics-admitted-opening-ceremony-drag-show-was-based-on-last-supper/ https://saltandlight.sg/faith/last-supper-at-paris-olympics-2024-a-pastors-response/ Pictures: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/jM2yqqJniD53cAhM/  https://x.com/FilmLadd/status/1818657904720838832  https://x.com/AmandaG42644151/status/1817717622001062269  https://x.com/FilmLadd/status/1817342965590983144  https://x.com/FilmLadd/status/1817704965055406483  ➡️ SOCIALS ⬅️ Website: https://freethinkingministries.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FreeThinkInc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freethinkinc X: https://x.com/freethinkmin | https://x.com/JoshRKlein  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freethinkinc #Apologetics #FreeThinking #Olympics #online #lastsupper #brand

More Olympics talks! Go USA! We turn to the topic of faux outrage and its growing popularity in religion, politics, and culture. People just LOVE to be outraged! Gives a sense of self-righteous indignation when there is really nothing at stake. We can lash out at shadows with no downside.We revisit Christians still demanding the pagans in Paris pretend they're not pagans and then continue to rip Galatians 6:7 from its context. We revisit the importance of reading scripture in context (lest we end up in confusion). We note and review how the vast majority of warnings in Paul's epistles are warnings for believers. Those warnings take one of two tacks, both rooted in the flesh: acts of selfish carnality and acts of self-deluded ritual and religion.Somewhere along the line I list my rooting preferences for the Olympics.USA! USA! USA!

A summer food and drink special, including advice from Alex Rushmer on building a salad, picnic foods from Culinaris, drinks from Bacchanalia and Gutter and Stars, pizzas from Scott's All Day, and summer cafe foods at Abantu

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978) – Spartacus, Ballet Suite No. 1 1.       Introduction and Dance of Nymphs 2.       Introduction, Adagio of Aegina and Harmodius                            05:053.       Variations of Aegina and Bacchanalia                                            12:104.       Scene and Dance with Crotalums                                                  15:495.       Dance of the Gaditanian Maidens and Victory of Spartacus       19:43Scottish National OrchestraNeeme Järvi, conductor

Hispala Faecena was instrumental in bringing the cult of Bacchus to the attention of Roman authorities, ending a conspiracy that was threatening lives and the rule of law. Guest: Dr Emma Southon (Author of 'A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women') Associate Professor Rhiannon Evans (Classics and Ancient History, La Trobe University).

A story of revelry and a vineyard of vice. Written by Michele ChuYou can read the original story and view the episode art at fullbodychillspodcast.com.Looking for more chills? Follow Full Body Chills on Instagram @fullbodychillspod. Full Body Chills is an audiochuck production. Instagram: @audiochuckTwitter: @audiochuckFacebook: /audiochuckllcTikTok: @audiochuck Brought to you by FX's American Horror Stories. Four Episode Huluween Event Streaming October 26th. Only on Hulu.

Ancient Corinth I: Gods and Goddesses Traditional descriptions of Graeco-Roman Corinth (and earlier) have stressed the importance of the male deities Poseidon, Apollo, Zeus, Helios (the Sun), Asklepios, Pan, and Dionysos. Commentators devote more text and photographs to these male deities than to female ones. No doubt these gods were important to early Corinthians, but recent scholarship and new excavations have shown that several goddesses were indeed prominent at Corinth through the early Christian era and into earlyByzantine times.   Bacchanalia The term Bacchanalia describes the initiatory and celebratory rites dedicated to the Roman god Bacchus (a variant of the Greek Dionysus). , save their notable incorporation of carnality (through the use of inebriation and sexual license).  

In episode 107, we discuss:Taylor Swift fans report 'amnesia' following Eras show;CIA, MK Ultra, and Project Artichoke;Electronic Dissolution of Memory; Radio Hypnotic Intra-Cerebral Control;Loosh, dementors, and subliminal messaging;Maenads, the cult of Dionysus/Bacchus, mania, Bacchanalia;Love; and, The definition of crazy.Instagram: mymaria777Backup IG: theoracle333 Twitter: mymaria777Telegram channel:https://t.me/joinchat/_TJTEOL6PWk1ZDIxTelegram chat:https://t.me/joinchat/ii4ZfC2_JidlYTkxSubscribe please! Stay connected by signing up for my e-mail list: www.mymaria777.com ILYSFM.

In the third installment of The Secret History of MasSUSchusetts and the second part of our Historical Materia Ultima miniseries, we continue our mapping of the New England node of the transatlantic Rosicrucian and alchemical brotherhood that initiated the colonization, enslavement, & transmutation of America. The sundry foci of this EP: Slave-owning ministers & congregants of King's Chapel; the Society of the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, the colonizing and plantation-owing arm of the Anglican Church; shitty modified baptismal rites; John Winthrop Jr.'s tutelage of George Starkey; the 17th century obsession with social-reforming “utopias”; Winthrop Jr.'s relationship w/ Jan Comenius; his John Dee fandom and library; his uncle Emmanuel Downing's push for the enslavement of indigenous Americans; John Winthrop Sr.'s bloody rule of MA during the Pequot War and the fact that the Mystic Massacre cleared the land for Winthrop Jr.'s alchemical plantation; John Winthrop Sr.'s membership in the General Court that drafted the MA Body of Liberties, the first legal document in New England, which legalized slavery... ...John Locke's secret Rosicrucian triumvirate w/ Isaac Newton & Robert Boyle, his hypocritical investments in Companies & employment by Councils directly responsible for creating the slavery economy, and the justifications for slavery in his “liberal” political theories; Newton's millenarian interpretations of the Book of Revelation; alchemical & Rosicrucian philosophies reifying social hierarchies... ...the Templar origins of England's Inns of Court barrister society, and the Inner Temple & Gray's Inn's connections to Rosicrucianism through Winthrop Jr. & Francis Bacon (+ the Order of the Pegasus); Hospitallers, fighting monks, and Wat Tyler's Rebellion; Winthrop's education there, and alchemical experiments... ...alchemical ciphers; Winthrop's search for legit Rosicrucians & pilgrimage to Constantinople; Winthrop Jr.'s alchemical economic development of New England, including its first ironworks, salt works, etc.; pansophic & millenarian attempts to convert Native Americans; the divine nature of salt; Winthrop's Eurotrip and a shit ton of alchemists named Johann; Moraien's “universal menstruum” and his beef w/ Descartes; Glauber's salt; animist metallurgical beliefs and spiritual alchemical allegories that Winthrop used to justify Native conversion & colonization; thiccccccc deposits of limonite; makin' money in the Enlightenment; Winthrop's connection to slave-trading Gov. Endecott... ...the saga of Thomas Morton; John Adams, J. Quincy Adams, & Thomas Jefferson's interest in Morton; Morton's arms-trading with local Ninnimissinuok; his friendly relations w/ his indigenous neighbors; his matriculation in the Inns of Court; work on behalf of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, anti-Puritan royalist; his frontier rager & the infamous maypole; a comparative religious & literary analysis of Hawthorne's “The May-pole at Merry Mount” by way of J.G. Frazer's The Golden Bough; May Day, Lord of Misrule, Beltane, wicker men; the Lord & Lady of the May; the quasi-Oedipal story of Attis & Cybele; Bacchanalia; Saturnalia; dick sacrifices; Morton's poem to Hymen; Midsummer (& Midsommar); St. John's Eve; Myles Standish's attack on Merry Mount; Morton's arrest and marooning on the Isle of Shoals; and much more. A list of all the texts, research papers, & articles referenced will be uploaded w/ notes on Substack or Patreon at a later date. Songs:  | Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel ~ “White, White Dove” | | The Wizard of Oz ~ “Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead” | | Nina Simone ~ “Four Women” | | Barney & Friends ~ “John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt” | | Bobby Krlic (aka The Haxan Cloak) ~ Midsommar (Mushrooms & The Maypole Queen Dance Scene) | | Leonard Cohen ~ “Dress Rehearsal Rag” |

Samantha Hohl, certified sommelier, and Robert Tas explore the wine list at Bacchanalia, an award-winning restaurant that serves a four-course, seasonal, prix fixe menu. Sam shares a little background info on some of the wine producers, offers pairing suggestions, and stellar recommendations on both value wines and special occasion bottles. Wines reviewed include: 2016 Pinot Noir from Day Wines in Oregon 2018 Trivento Golden Reserve Malbec 2014 Bollinger, Grande Année Brut For more information on today's episode, and the wines you love to love, visit www.corkrules.com.

Cheers to 100 episodes! We celebrate this milestone by checking in and catching up with several past guests: Billie Harris (2:48 - 15:44) Billie was the guest on the first ever episode of the podcast – Episode 1! She is the founder and owner of The Vino Van, LLC providing fun and educational wine tours from Atlanta to various Georgia vineyards and wineries. The Vino Van is a 10-passenger customized Mercedes Benz sprinter, and we talk about what excites her most about the wine tourism industry in the Southeast. Billie also drops some big news on this episode about some exciting new additions to the company launching in 2023 (@thevinovanllc) Chelsea Young (15:51 - 42:14) In 2018, Chelsea was an inaugural recipient of the Fuel Your Dreams Scholarship for Women in Wine by Women of the Vine & Spirits. As of January 2023, she sat for her last WSET Diploma exams and is (impatiently) awaiting results. She is currently studying for SWE's Certified Wine Educator, WSG's French Wine Scholar, and WSET's Certified Educator. In September of 2022, Chelsea opened the Oenophile Institute in Smyrna, Georgia. The Institute is a wine school that is accessible, inclusive, and affordable for everyone from casual consumers to industry professionals. (@winey.redhead and @oenophileinstitute) Taurean Philpott (42:21 - 1:11:48) When Taurean was last on the show, he was working as the sommelier and beverage manager at Bacchanalia in Atlanta. In 2022, he then had the opportunity to work as a Harvest intern at Provignange, working with the winemaking team overseeing Piedrasassi, Domaine de la Cote, and Evening Land. He talks about being involved in everything from sorting, barreling down, fermentation management, bottling, and labeling. Now back in Atlanta, he currently oversees the wine program at Taste Wine Bar and Market in The Works. (@chateauneufdupapi_) Larissa Dubose (1:11:55 - 1:40:38) Larissa is the National Director of Beverages for airport concessionaire Paradies Lagardère's Dining Division, including the popular wine bar concept Vino Volo. As the founder and resident wine educator of The Lotus and The Vines, her passion for wine education is clear. She desires to redefine wine culture and bridge the gap from wine novice to connoisseur using the soft skills of wine knowledge and etiquette, empowering a new generation of wine lovers. This effort has been recently recognized in her inclusion of the inaugural cohort of Wine Enthusiast Magazine's Future 40. (@larissacdubose) Dan and Kristina Limoges (1:40:45 - 2:05:10) Limoges Cellars is an up and coming vineyard and winery situated on 37 acres in the North Georgia mountains. As winemakers and owners, Dan and Kristina Limoges aim to make exceptional wines from their own grown vinifera and offer unique interpretations on traditional European wine making styles. The focus at Limoges Cellars will be thoughtfully paired, quality wine and food with an emphasis on education in how to taste wine, pair wine, and expand one's wine tasting palate. (@limogescellars) ------- Recorded in February and March of 2023 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/acorkintheroad/support

It's World Pride 2023 and the queer globe is converging on Sydney Australia to celebrate diversity, inclusion, community and fabulousness! To mark this momentous event the STAGES podcast is saluting the cast of captivating drag divas and personalities who have been featured on the podcast during the past 5 seasons. They are artists who have appeared on national and global stages; thrilling audiences, making a difference, healing community and expressing unique and wondrous talents. We spotlight these episodes so you can savour a second listen - or so you can sample the delights of these entertainers for the very first time. A Diva a day for each day of World Pride! In the bohemian world that is drag, few artists can lay claim to the exulted and ebullient eccentricity that is Cindy Pastel. The alter ego of performer Ritchie Finger, Cindy has been delighting, thrilling and astonishing audiences for close to 45 years. Guided through life by a signature catch cry ‘Is Everybody Happy?' Pastel has ensured that we are always a satisfied audience. A unique talent, Finger has inspired generations of drag performers who have followed in his fabulous footsteps - whether they be in stilettos or skates. Ritchie Finger arrived in Sydney from Melbourne in 1979 and became one of the many young drag addicts to work at Patches (later DCM) Nightclub on Sydney's celebrated Oxford street. An auspicious beginning, entering a talent quest under the drag name Barbara Mattel (Barbie), allowed Finger to make an indelible impression. Though he didn't earn a place. Finger discovered ‘Barbie' had a younger sister and so, Cindy Pastel was born. The song that Finger performed was ‘A Love Like Yours Don't Keep Knocking Every Day' featuring both Sonny AND Cher. “Once on stage I felt like I had been there before and my world became my stage for evermore”. In the early part of the A.I.D.S. crisis, Pastel was a tireless worker for HIV/AIDS organisations and charities. The decimation of community was enormous and Pastel states “I believe the microphone was my personal way of unleashing anger towards the hideous disease. I felt like an Andrews sister doing her bit through shows during war time”. Cindy Pastel exploded in the 80's and was in high demand performing shows at the Hordern Pavillion for Mardi Gras, Sleaze Ball, Bacchanalia, Rat, and Sweatbox parties. Cindy Pastel worked at The iconic Albury Hotel for many years forming a group called ‘The Showbags' consisting of Miss 3D, Twisty (Pat Gently) and numerous other showbag fill-ins such as Kandy Conrad and Sara Pax. Cindy formed other drag ensembles at pubs and clubs like Stranded Nightclub, where she worked with Channelle Saint Laurent and Christina. They were called ‘The 3C's' At The Exchange Hotel Cindy performed with a group called ‘Mixed Company' with Julie Ashton, Ginger Benson, and Polly Petrie as the male dancer. Finger's performance work has also extended beyond drag as an actor in Richard Wherett's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, staged at The Sydney Opera House and roles in the films The Everlasting Secret Family, Desire, Hand Job, Gone Tomorrow and the documentary Ladies Please! The celebrated film Priscilla - Queen of the Desert entered Ritchie Finger's world when his life story inspired the character of Tick, played by Hugo Weaving. Finger travelled to London and The Cannes film festival to promote the film and further his own adventure. A delicious icing for the remarkable cake of Ritchie Finger's career was sitting in the silver shoe atop the Priscilla bus, in the closing ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics. A recognition that celebrated the seminal film and the fabulous community of drag queens who have worked the stages of Sydney. Cindy Pastel has been recognised by the DIVAs - The Drag Industry Variety Awards - twice in her illustrious career. A career that has reached incredible peaks and challenged with occasional obstacles. But through it all Ritchie Finger

Our Myth Correspondent, Dr. Moiya McTier (@goastromo), is back to recap all the mythological references made in Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse! Naturally, the episode ends with Mike share some silly language-based stories. Topics linclde: Focus mode, Orion's Belt, Artemis, immortality, Uncle Rick creations, the Hesperides, Puss in Boots, booping snoots, 101 Dalmatians, Game of Thrones, video games, Tony Hawk's Underground, serpent heads, keto, Ovid's Ophiotaurus, Hercules' Labors, Mt. Othrys, McCauley Caulkin, Bacchanalia, French stories, and more!Fate and Fabled constellation ep link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HejyXGQN-wkFate and Fabled Gaia ep link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4njsy_VrhETNO IN MELBOURNE, CHRISTCHURCH, AND AUCKLAND: www.thenewestolympian.com/liveThanks to our sponsor, Athletic Greens! Get 5 free travel packs and 1 free year of Vitamin D at www.athelticgreens.com/newestolympian— Find The Newest Olympian Online —• Website: www.thenewestolympian.com• Patreon: www.thenewestolympian.com/patreon• Twitter: www.twitter.com/newestolympian• Instagram: www.instagram.com/newestolympian• Facebook: www.facebook.com/newestolympian• Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/thenewestolympian• Merch: www.thenewestolympian.com/merch— Production —• Creator, Host, Producer, Social Media, Web Design: Mike Schubert (https://schub.es)• Editor: Sherry Guo• Music: Bettina Campomanes and Brandon Grugle• Art: Jessica E. Boyd— About The Show —Is Percy Jackson the book series we should've been reading all along? Join Mike Schubert as he reads through the books for the first time with the help of longtime PJO fans to cover the plot, take stabs at what happens next, and nerd out over Greek mythology. Whether you're looking for an excuse to finally read these books, or want to re-read an old favorite with a digital book club, grab your blue chocolate chip cookies and listen along. New episodes release on Mondays wherever you get your podcasts!

Hank Hanegraaff, president of the Christian Research Institute and host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast, has been reading a profound book by Benjamin Storey and Jenna Silber Storey, Why We Are Restless: On the Modern Quest for Contentment (Princeton University Press, 2021). In the midst of his reading, he received notification of an NBC News article titled “How Monkeypox Spoiled Gay Men's Plans for an Invincible Summer,” by Benjamin Ryan (https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-health-and-wellness/monkeypox-spoiled-gay-mens-plans-invincible-summer-rcna45326). More than a hundred gay, bisexual, or transgender people talked to NBC News about the “sex they never had” as a result of monkeypox. How monkeypox “upended a summer that was supposed to be a well-earned opportunity” to once again “revel with their gay brothers.” In the article we hear about “resurgent sexual liberation” through “hookup apps,” which “have made meeting sexual partners as convenient as procuring takeout.” That “post-Covid” everyone “went crazy, and there were sex parties all over town”—“free-spirited bacchanalia.” But, alas, the “long-awaited libertine summer” was “sharply curtailed” by monkeypox. The NBC News article is very sympathetic. What all these men have in common, as Storey and Storey make clear, is the acceptance of the notion that fleeting pleasure is a substitute for solid joy. These men have bought the lie that permissiveness will make them happy—that voyeuristic curiosities will make them whole. At the root of all this is a materialistic worldview—a worldview that denies transcendence. A failure to recognize that a thinking being is of necessity more than merely material. Why are we restless? So often we see the world as merely molecules in motion, and if we are mere molecules in motion, everything is permissible. The book, Why We Are Restless, includes a chapter in which the philosophy of Blaise Pascal is unveiled, showing why it is metaphysically and practically bankrupt to consider ourselves merely material beings, and why God veils His presence. God veils Himself because He does not want to force Himself upon those who do not seek Him. Once one seeks after Him, the veil is removed. For further study, see Benjamin Storey and Jenna Silber Storey, Why We Are Restless: On the Modern Quest for Contentment https://www.equip.org/donate/

Ivan Brehm, chef-owner of one Michelin-starred restaurant Nouri (established in 2017) and creative interdisciplinary space Appetite (established in 2018) is recognized for having developed a groundbreaking approach to cuisine which he calls Crossroads Thinking. In addition to being a chef and restaurateur, Brehm is inspired by interdisciplinary thinking. The 38-year-old Brazilian chef honed his skills in some of the world's most vaunted kitchens including Thomas Keller's Per Se in New York; Andoni Luis Aduriz's Mugaritz in San Sebastian; and Heston Blumenthal's The Fat Duck, as well as his Experimental Kitchen, in Bray. Collectively, his professional experiences are significant. His time spent under the tutelage of each culinary iconoclast in his early career exposed Brehm to an incredibly rich diversity and contributed to a unique perspective of interconnection as they are expressed in the fields of cuisine, as well as philosophy, science, arts, and culture. In the ensuing years, Brehm has applied the rigors of research and development to his work in the kitchen. He has done this while also embracing his passion for philosophical and anthropological thought. Over time, Brehm has distilled his practice down to Crossroads Thinking. “Crossroads Thinking is my attempt at highlighting the interdependence of things using food and other forms of expression as a point of departure,” the curious chef explains. “It suggests that no one — no thing — exists in isolation and all things influence one another. Cooking food this way to connect with guests in a way that is deeper and more meaningful to both diners, chefs and servers alike.” Brehm has Culinary Art degrees from Senac, in his native Brazil, and the Culinary Institute of America. After his time at Per Se in New York and Mugaritz in San Sebastian, he worked at Paco Roncero's La Terraza del Casino in Madrid before travelling to Italy where he found himself learning about wine-making and the precious food traditions of Piemonte. In 2006, he moved to London and worked under Claude Bosi at Hibiscus in London before spending over four years with Heston Blumenthal. In 2012, he moved to Singapore to establish the kitchen at Bacchanalia which earned a Michelin star under his leadership. He left the now closed restaurant in 2017 and opened Nouri which earned its first Michelin star shortly after. In 2018, he established Appetite first as a virtual research center, and then — in the midst of a global pandemic — as a creative space at the intersection of food, art and music. The success of this unique space is a testament to people's interest in content rich and meaningful experiences. Brehm has called Singapore home for over a decade. On this episode of What's Burning, Ivan Brehm's chat with Host Mitchell Davis includes conversation around cooking at the Crossroads, the importance of EQ in the kitchen, and why “local" isn't always better. Follow Ivan on Instagram @ivanbrehm. For more on Ivan and his work, visit: www.appetitesq.com and www.noui.com.sg     

The Jerks are joined by local legend, Derek Sheen. What if Hitler was funny? Jacks Granny spoiled him rotten. The boys talk about food memories that trigger positive memories. Derek likes to cook and is maybe putting out a cookbook. Male fragility.Derek takes music seriously and doesn't like to meld art worlds. Derek drops some wisdom on the jerks about not losing your mind doing comedy. When you mix artists and commerce together things go sideways. Being a nice person helps in life. Derek started comedy at 35 and give The Jerks some hope. Seattle needs a bigger comedy club. NYC is a daunting task. Are The Jerks too old to suffer in NYC. Twitter is for chumps. Jacks Tik Tok pulls some weird choices for him. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jack-slattery/support

Season Finale: Bacchanalia kicks off with a shocking murder. Marie is presented with a golden opportunity. Bartholomew must make a harrowing decision. God and the Devil celebrate their victories.

In a cautionary tale from ancient Greece, a weaver declines to join the wine-soaked revelry of the Bacchanalia… and gets a surprise visit from the daughters of King Minyas.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rebecca and Brooke are returnt like the U.S. Football League, except that our sporty forte is tackling NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLESSSS (from 3/28/22 - 4/3/22)!! Also in this ep:  Americanisms, Bacchanalia for marginalia, and fie-ing the ex who absconded with intimacy (which may or may not have been a STAGED disappearance

Queens of the Mines paperback, ebook, and hardback novel now available on Amazon.    In this episode, we dive into the life of Isadora Duncan.   In How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, the film from 2003, Kate Hudson's character Andy dons a yellow diamond necklace in one scene that they call the “Isadora Diamond”. That $6 million 80-carat yellow diamond in the necklace was designed by Harry Winston and is named after Isadora Duncan. whose philosophy earned her the title of “the creator of modern dance”.   Angela Isadora Duncan, was born in San Francisco on May 26, 1877. The youngest of the four children of banker, mining engineer and connoisseur of the arts, Joseph Charles Duncan and Mary Isadora Gray. Soon after her birth, Joseph was caught embezzling from the two banks that he was hired to set up. He used the money to fund his private stock speculations. Joseph was lucky to avoid prison time. Her mother Mary left Joseph and moved the children to Oakland to find work as a seamstress and piano teacher. The family lived in extremely poor conditions in Oakland and Angela Isadora attended school until she was ten years old. School was too constricting for her and she decided to drop out. To make money for the family, Angela Isadora joined her three older siblings and began teaching dance to local children. She was not a classically trained dancer or ballerina. Her unique, novel approach to dance showed joy, sadness and fantasy, rediscovering the beautiful, rhythmical motions of the human body. Joseph remarried and started a new family, they all perished aboard the British passenger steamer SS Mohegan, which ran aground off the coast of the Lizard Peninsula of Cornwall England on the 14th of October in 1898. Only 91 out of 197 on board survived.  Eventually, Angela Isadora went east to audition for the theater. In Chicago, she auditioned for Augustin Daly, who was one of the most influential men in American theater during his lifetime. She secured a spot in his company, which took her to New York City. In New York, she took classes with American Ballet dancer Marie Bonfanti. The style clashed with her unique vision of dance. Her earliest public appearances back east met with little success. Angela Isadora was not interested in ballet, or the popular pantomimes of the time; she soon became cynical of the dance scene. She was 21 years old, unhappy and unappreciated in New York, Angela Isadora boarded a cattle boat for London in 1898. She sought recognition in a new environment with less of a hierarchy. When she arrived, ballet was at one of its lowest ebbs and tightrope walkers and contortionists were dominating their shared music hall stages. Duncan found inspiration in Greek art, statues and architecture. She favored dancing barefoot with her hair loose and wore flowing toga wrapped scarves while dancing, allowing her freedom of movement. The attire was in contrast to the corsets, short tutus and stiff pointe shoes her audience was used to. Under the name Isadora Duncan, she gave recitals in the homes of the elite. The pay from these productions helped Isadora rent a dance studio, where she choreographed a larger stage performance that she would soon take to delight the people of France.  Duncan met Desti in Paris and they became best friends. Desti would accompany Isadora as she found inspiration from the Louvre and the 1900 Paris Exposition where Loie Fuller, an American actress and dancer was the star attraction. Fuller was the first to use theatrical lighting technique with dance, manipulating gigantic veils of silk into fluid patterns enhanced by changing coloured lights.  In 1902, Duncan teamed up with Fuller to tour Europe. On tour, Duncan became famous for her distinctive style. She danced to Gluck, Wagner and Bach and even Beethoven's Seventh Symphony. Female audiences adored her despite the mixed reaction from the critics. She inspired the phenomenon of young women dancing barefoot, scantily clad as woodland nymphs who crowded theaters and concert halls throughout Europe. Contracts and the commercialization of the art while touring distracted Isadora from her goal, educating the young on her philosophy of dance. "Let us first teach little children to breathe, to vibrate, to feel, and to become one with the general harmony and movement. Let us first produce a beautiful human being. let them come forth with great strides, leaps and bounds, with lifted forehead and far-spread arms, to dance.” In 1904, she moved to Berlin to open the Isadora Duncan School of Dance. The school had around 20 students who mostly had mothers who were the primary breadwinners, and the fathers were either ill or absent. The school provided room and board for the students. For three years, her sister, Elizabeth Duncan was the main instructor, while Isadora was away, funding the school from tour. Elizabeth was not free spirited like her sister and taught in a strict manner. During the third year, Duncan had a child with theater designer Gordon Craig. Deirdre Beatrice, born September 24, 1906. At the school, Duncan created a new troupe of six young girls. Anna, Maria, Irma, Elizabeth, Margot, and Erica. The group was called the "Isadorables", a nickname given to them by the French poet Fernand Divoire. At the start of World War I, the Isadorables were sent to New York with the rest of the new students from Bellevue.  Occultist Aleister Crowley founded the religion of Thelema. He identified himself as the prophet entrusted with guiding humanity into the Æon of Horus in the early 20th century. Isadora and her bohemian companion Desti fell into his circle after meeting him at a party. Crowley fell in love with Desti and she became a member of Crowley's occult order.  Crowley published widely over the course of his life and wrote that Duncan "has this gift of gesture to a very high degree. Let the reader study her dancing, if possible in private than in public, and learn the superb 'unconsciousness' — which is magical consciousness — with which she suits the action to the melody." Duncan had a love affair with Paris Singer, one of the many sons of sewing machine magnate Isaac Singer. The fling resulted in a son, Patrick Augustus, born May 1, 1910. A year later, Isadora was dancing on tables until dawn at the Pavillon du Butard hunting lodge mansion in the gardens of Versailles. Paul Poiret, the French fashion designer and founder of the haute couture house, known to throw lavish parties, was recreating the roman festival Bacchanalia hosted by Louis XIV at Versailles. On the table in a Poiret Greek evening gown, Duncan tried to not knock over the 900 bottles of champagne that were consumed by the 300 guests. The following year Isadora acquired the Hôtel Paillard in Paris,  which she turned into her new temple of dance called Dionysion. Dionysion was the name of a poem  that Crowley  had published.   Which   maakes m e  curious  how far into Crowleys cult did Isaadora dive? On a rainy afternoon Annie Sims, Isadora's nanny, loaded the children into the car for a drive to meet Isadora in Versailles. Morverand, the chauffeur, had only just pulled onto the road, when a taxi-cab bolted towards the car. Morverand jammed on his brakes, causing the engine to also stop. He got out of the car to check the engine, and turned the starting lever and the car bounded forward towards the river, down the river bank and plunged down 30 feet into the Seine. Morverand was left standing on the street. In the downpour of rain, few were out and about. The only witness, a young woman who watched the car exit the gate then crash, ran back to Duncan's house. Augustine, Isadora's brother, was the  only one home. Augustine ran to the scene, seized Morverand by the throat and knocked him down on the bank. A crowd of boatmen stopped the fight and began looking for the sunken car. The search lasted an hour and a half. A motor boat that was dragging the river discovered the car, which was hauled to the surface, where the bodies of the nanny and Isadora's two small children were found inside. Two doctors made efforts to save them but there was no luck. Morverand gave himself up at the police commissary. He explained that he did not understand how the accident happened. All of Paris was sympathetic.  Isadora went through a depression while mourning her children, and spent several months on the Greek island of Corfu with her brother and sister. She then went for a stay at the Viareggio Seaside Resort in Italy, where she met the beautiful and rebellious actress Eleonora Duse. Duse wore men's clothing and was one of the first women in Italy to openly declare her queerness.  The two had a romantic fling in Italy yet Duncan was desperate for another child. She became pregnant  after begging the young sculptor Romano Romanelli, basically an Italian stranger to sleep with her. She gave birth to a son on August 13, 1914 but he died a few hours after birth. She immediately returned  to the States. Three months later Duncan was living in a townhouse in Gramercy Park in New York City. Dionysion was moved to Manhattan in a studio at 311 Fourth Avenue on the northeast corner of 23rd Street and Fourth Avenue. The area is now considered Park Avenue South. One month later, The Isadorables made their American debut on December 7, 1914 at Carnegie Hall with the New York Symphony.  Mabel Dodge, who owned an avant garde salon at 23 Fifth Avenue, the point of rendezvous for the whole of New York's of the time, described The Isadorables: "They were lovely, with bodies like cream and rose, and faces unreal with beauty whose eyes were like blind statues, as though they had never looked upon anything in any way sordid or ordinary". Duncan used the ultra modern Century Theater at West 60th Street and Central Park West for her performances and productions. The keys were gifted to Duncan by Otto Kahn, sometimes referred to as the "King of New York". Kahn was a German-born American, a well known investment banker, appearing on the cover of Time Magazine. He reorganized and consolidated railroads, was a philanthropist, a patron of the arts and served as the chairman of the Metropolitan Opera. Isadora, somehow, was evicted from the Century by the New York City Fire Department after one month. Duncan felt defeated and decided to once again leave the States to return to Europe to set up school in Switzerland. She planned to board the RMS Lusitania, but her financial situation at the time drove her to choose a more modest crossing. The Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat 11 miles off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 1,198 passengers and crew.   During her voyage to Europe, Isadora discovered that their manager had arranged for a tour for the Isadorables without her. She was so upset that she stopped speaking to her students, despite the man's actions being completely out of their control. After struggling to keep afloat there, the school was dispelled and the younger students sent home to their families. The girls eventually made up with Duncan and in 1917 Isadora adopted all six Isadorables. Yet troubles ensued. The Isadorables were living in Long Island and Isadora urged them to leave New York. Each girl, except for Gretel, had fallen in love and did not wish to go. When Isadora found out her brother Augustine assisted the group in a performance at the Liberty Theater, she forbade them from continuing, producing a legal contract which prevented them from separating from her. They had no choice but to cancel their time at the Liberty. The girls eventually left Duncan a few years later but stayed together as a group for some time. While Duncan ran another school in Paris that was shortly closed due to World War I, the girls entertained troops in the US.  Isadora Duncan went against traditional cultural standards. Her scandalous love life as bisexual made her a controversial figure on the front pages of the papers. She was a feminist, a Darwinist, a Communist and an atheist. Her leftist sympathies took her to the Soviet Union at the end of the Russian Revolution. To her, it seemed to be the land of promise. Duncan opened a school in Moscow and Irma, one of the Isadorables, took the teaching position at the school while Isadora toured and performed. She met the poet Sergey Aleksandrovich Yesenin, eighteen years her junior in Russia and they were married in May of 1922, even though matrimony was against her beliefs. Together, they left for a US tour. Fear of the “Red Menace” was at its height in North America, and the couple was unjustly labeled as Bolshevik agents.  On tour in Boston, she waved a red scarf and bared her breast on stage in Boston, proclaiming, "This is red! So am I!" For this, her American citizenship was revoked. As she left the country, Duncan bitterly told reporters: “Good-bye America, I shall never see you again!” Yesenin's increasing mental instability turned him against her and they were ultimately unhappy. He returned alone to the Soviet Union after the tour and committed suicide. Her spotlight was dimming, her fame dwindled. For a number of years she lived out public dramas of failed relationships, financial woes, and drunkenness on the Mediterranean and in Paris, running up debts at hotels. Her financial burdens were carried by a decreasing number of friends and supporters who encouraged her to write her autobiography. They believed the books success could support her extravagant waywardness. On September 14, 1927 in Nice, France Duncan was asked to go on a drive with the handsome French-Italian mechanic Benoît Falchetto in a sporting car made by the French Amilcar company. Desti sat with Isadora as she dressed for the occasion. Duncan put on a long, flowing, hand-painted silk scarf created by the Russian-born artist Roman Chatov. Desti asked her to instead wear a cape in the open-air vehicle because of the cold weather, but Isadora paid no mind. A cool breeze blew from the Riviera as the women met Falchetto at the Amilcar. The engine made a rumble as Falchetto put on his driving-goggles. Isadora threw the enormous scarf around her neck and hopped in. She turned to look at Desti and said "Adieu, mes amis. "Je vais à l'amour", "I am off to love'. They sped off and Isadora leaned back in her seat to enjoy the sea breeze. The wind caught her enormous scarf that, tragically, blew into the well of the rear wheel on the passenger side, wrapping around the open-spoked wheel and rear axle. Isadora was hurled from the open car in an extraordinary manner, breaking her neck and nearly decapitating her. Instantly killing her.  At the time of her death, Duncan was a Soviet citizen. Her will was the first Soviet citizen to undergo probate in the United States.  In medicine, the Isadora Duncan Syndrome refers to injury or death consequent to entanglement of neckwear with a wheel or other machinery. The accident gave rise to Gertrude Stein's mordant remark that “affectations can be dangerous.” Duncan was known as "The Mother of Dance" was cremated, and her ashes were placed in the columbarium at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. On the headstone of her grave is inscribed École du Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris ("Ballet School of the Opera of Paris"). Duncan's autobiography My Life was published in 1927. The Australian composer Percy Grainger called it a "life-enriching masterpiece."  A plaque commemorating Isadora Duncan's place of birth is at 501 Taylor Street on Lower Nob Hill, fittingly near the Theater District in San Francisco. San Francisco renamed an alley on the same block from Adelaide Place to Isadora Duncan Lane. 

The Greek god Dionysus is a popular figure that has captivated people for centuries. He is popularly known as the god of wine and wild parties, but he is so much more than that! In this episode, we discuss his origins, his family, and one of his myths. There are many festivals honoring Dionysus as well. We talk about some of his more popular festivals: Dionysia, Anthesteria, Bacchanalia, and the Mysteries. Some of these festivals have sordid histories, but all promise a wild time with food, drinks, and of course—partying. We share correspondences and give you some ideas to celebrate and honor Dionysus. There's also an invocation for Dionysus and a simple spell that will help you overcome anxiety.

In the bohemian world that is drag, few artists can lay claim to the exulted and ebullient eccentricity that is Cindy Pastel. The alter ego of performer Ritchie Finger, Cindy has been delighting, thrilling and astonishing audiences for close to 45 years. Guided through life by a signature catch cry ‘Is Everybody Happy?', Pastel has ensured that we are always a satisfied audience.A unique talent, Finger has inspired generations of drag performers who have followed in his fabulous footsteps - whether they be in stilettos or on skates.Ritchie Finger arrived in Sydney from Melbourne in 1979 and became one of the many young drag addicts to work at ‘Patch's' Nightclub on Sydney's celebrated Oxford street.An auspicious beginning, through entering a talent quest under the drag name Barbara Mattel (Barbie), allowed Finger to make an indelible impression, though he didn't earn a place. Finger discovered ‘Barbie' had a younger sister and so, Cindy Pastel was born.The song that Finger performed was ‘A Love Like Yours Don't Keep Knocking Every Day' featuring both Sonny AND Cher. “Once on stage I felt like I had been there before and my world became my stage for evermore”.In the early part of the A.I.D.S. crisis Pastel was a tireless worker for HIV/AIDS organisations and charities. The decimation of community was enormous and Pastel states “I believe the microphone was my personal way of unleashing anger towards the hideous disease. I felt like an Andrews sister doing her bit through shows during war time”.Cindy Pastel exploded onto a multitude of stages through the 80's and was in high demand performing shows at the Hordern Pavillion for Mardi Gras, Sleaze Ball, Bacchanalia, Rat, and Sweatbox parties.Cindy Pastel worked at The iconic Albury Hotel for many years forming a group called ‘The Showbags' consisting of Miss 3D, Twisty (Pat Gently) and numerous other showbag fill-ins such as Kandy Conrad and Sara Pax. Cindy formed other drag ensembles at pubs and clubs like Stranded Nightclub, where she worked with Channelle Saint Laurent and Christina. They were called ‘The 3C's'. At The Exchange Hotel Cindy performed with a group called ‘Mixed Company' with Julie Ashton, Ginger Benson, and Polly Petrie as the male dancer.Finger's performance work has also extended beyond drag as an actor in Richard Wherrett's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, staged at The Sydney Opera House; and roles in the films The Everlasting Secret Family, Desire, Hand Job, Gone Tomorrow and the documentary Ladies Please!The celebrated film Priscilla - Queen of the Desert entered Ritchie Finger's world when his life story inspired the character of Tick, played by Hugo Weaving. Finger travelled to London and The Cannes film festival to promote the film and further his own adventure.A delicious icing on the remarkable cake of Ritchie Finger's career was sitting in the silver shoe atop the Priscilla bus, in the closing ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics. A recognition that celebrated the seminal film and the fabulous community of drag queens who have worked the stages of Sydney.Cindy Pastel has been recognised by the DIVAs - The Drag Industry Variety Awards - twice in her illustrious career. A career that has reached incredible peaks and challenged with occasional obstacles. But through it all Ritchie Finger and Cindy Pastel have danced, paraded, twirled and taken centre stage, to ensure that ‘Everybody's happy!”We certainly are!The STAGES podcast is available to access and subscribe from Whooshkaa, Spotify and Apple podcasts. Or from wherever you access your favourite podcasts. A conversation with creatives about craft and career. Recipient of Best New Podcast at 2019 Australian Podcast Awards. Follow socials on instagram (stagespodcast) and facebook (Stages).www.stagespodcast.com.au

VISIT OUR SPONSORS: Louisiana Renaissance Festival https://www.larf.net/ The Ren Cruise https://www.therencruise.com/  SONGS To Hell with the Drunken Sailor performed by Wakefire from the album Midnight Circus https://www.wakefiremusic.com/ Witch Of Colibri performed by Water Street Bridge from the album Danse Macabre https://www.facebook.com/WaterStreetBridge/ Whie Orange and Green performed by Whirly Jig from the album Thing A Ma Jig https://www.facebook.com/whirlyjig Whiskey-O performed by Whiskey Bards from the album Women, Whiskey & War https://www.facebook.com/whiskeybards/ Wild Rover performed by Whiskey Bay Rovers from the album Shantyman's Folly https://facebook.com/whiskeybayrovers/ Wicked Tinkers performed by Wicked Tinkers from the album Whisky Supper Whiskey in the Jar. performed by Wild Mountain Thyme from the album There Can Only Be One Vanner Och Frander performed by Wine and Alchemy from the album Bacchanalia https://wineandalchemymusic.com/ When I Close My Eyes performed by Withe & Stone from the album The Circle Path www.witheandstone.com The Noble Cockerel performed by Wolgemut from the album Schauspeluden II https://wolgemut.net SEGMENTS Festival update brought to you by The Ren List http://www.therenlist.com HOW TO CONTACT US Post it on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/renfestmusic Email us at renfestpodcast@gmail.com HOW TO LISTEN Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/renaissance-festival-podcast/id74073024 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/76uzuG0lRulhdjDCeufK15?si=obnUk_sUQnyzvvs3E_MV1g Pandora http://www.pandora.com/ Podbay http://www.podbay.fm/show/74073024 Listennotes http://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/renaissance-festival-podcast-minions-1Xd3YjQ7fWx/

It's our 100th episode! Join us one last time in 2021 for our centennial celebration of bawdy Bacchanalia as we take a closer look at Bacchus, the Roman equivalent of my OC don't steal for Dionysus. It's our big Roman party, there'll be drinking, singing, myths, and us absolutely dragging Livy for being the ultimate party pooper. Drunk Mythology is a podcast created by Krista and Christian, recounting the feats and failures of world Mythology, with a few drinks along the way.

In the world of food and drink, we often need guides. I know I do, and that's also one of the most wonderful things about the culinary world -- if you approach with curiosity instead of a know-it-all attitude, there's so much to learn, and connection and community is just around the corner. Sarah Pierre, owner and operator of 3 Parks Wine Shop in Atlanta, GA, is one of the foremost guides and tastemakers for the growing focus on wine in the Southeast, and during the 9 years her store has been open, it's become a hub for education, all those feel good neighborhood and shop local vibes, and of course a hefty pour of fun events. Sarah graduated from Georgia State University with a science degree, but she always gravitated towards the hospitality industry and worked front of house and in management at many ATL standbys, including Bacchanalia with past Southern Fork guest Anne Quatrano. 3 Parks Wine has been named one of Wine Enthusiast's 50 Best Retailers in the US, and we talked after she led session at Gather Round festival at the Epicurean Atlanta hotel.

VISIT OUR SPONSORS: Louisiana Renaissance Festival https://www.larf.net/ The Ren Cruise https://www.therencruise.com/ SONGS The Butterfly performed by Circa Paleo from the album Tideland http://www.circapaleo.com/ A Rosebud In June performed by Tania Opland and Mike Freeman from the album Choice Fare Unknown Website Fireflies performed by Vana Mazi from the album Izam Anav http://www.vanamazi.com The Fields Of Athenry (Live) performed by The Reelin Rogues from the album Live At Claddagh https://www.thereelinrogues.com/ The Butterfly performed by Oakley the Faerie from the album First Sapling https://www.facebook.com/OakleyTheFaerie/ Backyard Renaissance performed by Silent Lion from the album Into the Medieval World https://silentlion.com/ Crowning of the King performed by Blackmore's Night from the album Fires At Midnight https://www.blackmoresnight.com Usti Usti Baba performed by Wine and Alchemy from the album Bacchanalia https://wineandalchemymusic.com/ Never Trust Tequila performed by MenageAMoi from the album Indulgences www.menageamoicomedy.com Health to the Company performed by MenageAMoi from the album Indulgences www.menageamoicomedy.com The Man In The Moon performed by Withe & Stone from the album The Circle Path www.witheandstone.com John Barleycorn performed by Celtic Stone from the album Celtic Stone Unknown Website SEGMENTS Festival update brought to you by The Ren List visit http://www.therenlist.com for more information. HOW TO LISTEN Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/renaissance-festival-podcast/id74073024 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/76uzuG0lRulhdjDCeufK15?si=obnUk_sUQnyzvvs3E_MV1g Pandora http://www.pandora.com/ Podbay http://www.podbay.fm/show/74073024 Listennotes http://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/renaissance-festival-podcast-minions-1Xd3YjQ7fWx/ HOW TO CONTACT US Post it on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/renfestmusic Email us at renfestpodcast@gmail.com

Warning: Explicit Conversations About Politics, Culture, & Sexuality On My Birthday, I am Born Again, BAPTiZED in the Holy Waters of the new Bonoboville pool. Capt'n Max built me a mini-pool on wheels; then we threw a mini-party around it. Bathing suit for the pool, then down to My Birthday Suit for the private festivities. Go Bonobos for Birthday Gasms—body, mind and soul—as well as soles (love those toegasms)! Take the Love Train, F.D.R. (F*ck Da Rich), Brothers and Sisters, Lovers and Sinners, and choo-choo through My Tunnel of Love, as we travel through birthdays, death days, orgies, orgasms, eargasms, Pride and the Bonobo Way + socialism and Thomas Piketty with a horny economics student. We also examine the My Pillow guy's lunatic lust for the Former Guy's pillow buns; how Queen Elizabeth colonized my birthday with a sword; the South Korean small penis humiliation movement; how some “influencers” are gaping a-- holes of narcissism; how sexual repression is turning many young men (and women) into ammosexual maniacs; how orgasms heal the sick, the suffering, the old, the young (but not too young), the bored and the horny.  And #GoBonobos for Bacchanalia! When @TheateroftheVamp on IG asks, “Do you still do the wonderful debaucherous speakeasy I've seen?” I have to say no, unfortunately, no orgies in the Coronapocalypse, not even on my birthday. But I hold hope that we will be orgying again very soon! Meanwhile, if you too enjoy a “wonderful debaucherous speakeasy,” don't miss our Post-Show Throwback: My AMAZING Birthday Bacchanal of 2017, when My Bday fell on a Saturday, and Bonoboville was filled with stars for a big Birthday-GASM bursting with eargasms, eyegasms, tastegasms, toegasms and very sexy, downright intoxicating smellgasms…  Yes indeed, Brothers and Sisters, wake up and smell the sex!  Wish this show was scratch and sniff…  Check it out along with all the other stuff we can't show you on Youtube: https://drsusanblock. com/fdr-birthday-gasm Blessed be the horny, for we are the life force of Eros on Earth. Amen and Awomen. Need to talk privately? Call the Therapists Without Borders of the Dr. Susan Block Institute anytime: 213.291.9497.

This episode features Taurean Philpott, currently the Beverage Manager at Bacchanalia in Atlanta. He was born in Bermuda where agriculture was a pillar of his youth. We talk about how his upbringing has informed a love for travel, culture, and ultimately wine. His interest in art and design led him to discovering a more serious interest in wine while attending Architecture school. He joined the team at Murphy's in 2015 as a wine consultant during school, but he has since gone on to help open restaurants across Atlanta and greater Atlanta. In 2019, he joined Bacchanalia working closely with their respected wine portfolio and renowned chef-driven menu where his studies have grown to foster a further dedication to education around farming and agriculture in the wine industry. Follow his Instagram @chateauneufdupapi_ for educational live events and fun "what to drink" posts. You can also follow @starprovisions to learn more about the restaurant and beverage program. Recorded April 12, 2021 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/acorkintheroad/support

Chase and Eric get an early start on their holiday cheer in the spirit of Saturnalia and raise a glass to their old friend Bacchus. He may be dead but that’s ok because he’ll rise again, just like the insane murder cults that bear his name. Kick back and have a toast with Livy and your favorite conspiracy realists as we celebrate this Great Conjunction Winter Solstice of 2020.

A year and a half ago, Christine and I merrily ventured to our local BevMo for the annual wine-purchasing Bacchanalia that is the “Five Cent Sale.” Last week, with similar excitement, I journeyed back to BevMo to reap my haul of amazing wine bargains. Instead, I faced the same disappointment as a 10-year-old girl opening a dead puppy for Christmas. Why? What’s gone wrong? Have I just become a cynical wine snob, or are there bigger issues at play here? What would a wine podcast be without the wine? Get all the amazing wines we drink on the podcast for up to 70% off retail price! Sign up for daily, no-obligation offers from The Wine Spies. Click here to sign up. Diggin’ the podcast? Then you’re going to love the book. Check out Pairs With Life, the debut fiction novel by host John Taylor.

A year and a half ago, Christine and I merrily ventured to our local BevMo for the annual wine-purchasing Bacchanalia that is the "Five Cent Sale." Last week, with similar excitement, I journeyed back to BevMo to reap my haul of amazing wine bargains...only to be as disappointed as a 10-year-old girl opening a dead puppy for Christmas. Why? What's gone wrong? Have I just become a cynical wine snob, or are there bigger issues at play here?

Anne Quatrano has helped steer the trajectory of Atlanta’s dining scene for more than two decades through one simple principle—showcase local ingredients prepared with precision and presented artfully. She’s won numerous James Beard nominations and awards, is very committed to the industry through her presence on boards and with culinary non-profits, and her restaurants: Star Provisions, Bacchanalia, W.H. Stiles Fish Camp, Floataway Cafe, and Pancake Social, all serve Atlanta in different ways, but all deliciously. Beyond all the professional accolades, though, she’s also an inspiration to other chefs in the kitchen, teaching young chefs in her organization how to excel and sharing her tireless passion for cooking and community.  

The Giving Kitchen (GK) is a nonprofit organization that was inspired by an outpouring of support from the hospitality industry when Chef Ryan Hidinger was diagnosed with late-stage cancer in December 2012. Ryan was well-known in the Atlanta restaurant community for his work at Bacchanalia, Floataway Café and Muss & Turner’s. Giving Kitchen's promise to the food service community in Georgia is stability. They fulfill that promise through a vision of a food service community where crisis is met with compassion and care and where self-care is valued above all else. Giving Kitchen provides emergency assistance to food service workers through financial support and a network of community resources.  With the instability of the restaurant and food service sector in the midst of COVID - Never has there been a more important time for an organization like this to support food service workers. Our guest on the show is Bryan Schroeder – he’s the executive director of the Giving Kitchen. Bryan earned a masters in nonprofit management from the University of Georgia’s Institute for Nonprofit Organizations in 2006 and a BA in philosophy and religion at Piedmont College in 2003. Before joining Giving Kitchen, he spent 10 years working for the Georgia Conservancy in both development and programs.  Bryan earned a masters in nonprofit management from the University of Georgia’s Institute for Nonprofit Organizations in 2006 and a BA in philosophy and religion at Piedmont College in 2003. Before joining  Giving Kitchen, he spent 10 years working for the Georgia Conservancy in both development and programs. Bryan grew up in a restaurant - literally. His parents opened Schroeder's New Deli in Rome, GA when he was three days old - destined to work every role in the restaurant: dishwasher, prep cook, fry cook, pizza cook, sandwich cook and server. Bryan's passions include camping, paddling, music, beer and food. You can get in touch with Bryan at bryan@thegivingkitchen.org. Instagram: @givingkitchen, @w.bryan.schroeder   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/givingkitchen Cassandra Quave Dr. Cassandra Quave is best known for her ground breaking research on the science of botanicals. Scientists in her research group work to uncover some of nature’s deepest secrets as they search for new ways to fight life-threatening diseases, including antibiotic resistant infections. Working with a global network of scientists and healers, Cassandra and her team travel the world hunting for new plant ingredients, interviewing healers, and bringing plants back to the lab to study. Besides research, Cassandra is an award-winning teacher, and has developed and taught college classes like “Food, Health and Society” and “Botanical Medicine and Health” at Emory University.    @QuaveEthnobot on Twitter and Instagram @QuaveMedicineWoman and “Foodie Pharmacology with Cassandra Quave” on Facebook

Warning: Explicit Conversations About Politics, Culture, & Sexuality Other couples might have billion-dollar bank accounts, million-mile upgrades or thousand-carat his-and-her diamond rings, but nobody throws a gazillion-watt, raise-the-rafters, orgiastic, female-empowered, Felliniesque, bonoboesque blast of a 26th wedding anniversary bacchanalia like we do. Some of the world's greatest porn stars, best-selling authors, singers, swingers, fellow Yalies, nude wrestlers, cultural icons, leading FemDoms and scions of century-old Hollywood dynasties come together (literally) in my Womb Room Chapel at the Little Church of Bonoboville to celebrate the longevity of love, lust and lawfully-wedded marriage, bonobo-style, with Capt'n Max and me. Need to talk PRIVATELY about YOUR sexuality, your relationship with your father or mother, erotica, Post-Trump Sex Disorder, or anything else you can't talk about with anyone else? You can talk with me or one of our other Therapists Without Borders at the Dr. Susan Block Institute anytime. Call 213-291-9497. We're here for you.  

It's Spring Equinox, and the Womb Room is blooming with daffodils and the scent of sexual excitement, as the leaders of LA's pleasure-seeking party circuit, artists, authors, porn stars, doctors, comics, fire performers, gorgeous “naughty girls” and hot frisky guys come together to party like bonobos in Bonoboville, sharing salty skin, spirits, hot wax, bike rides, laughter and goodness, gracious, great balls of fire, ringing in Spring with a blaze of collective joy, heralding The Bonobo Spring Revolution. First up on the bed, our guest of honor is author, sex coach, model and international jet-setting party girl Sienna Sinclaire. We haven't seen sultry Sienna since our 21st Wedding Anniversary when she presented us with her first book Naughty Girl's Guide to LA, which we're delighted to be listed in. Now she has another deliciously “naughty,” fun-filled erotic tourist handbook, Naughty Girl's Guide to Las Vegas. Sienna's friends, fans and sister(!) make up more than half of the Womb Room audience, and the crowd (many from her Meetup group) roars with appreciation as she bends over and pulls up her dress to reveal her pantyless and perfectly smooth lady-parts, so that her date, Keith C, can take Bonoboville Communion from her anus. This show puts the “anal” in Bacchanalia. Not to be left behind, “Unlicensed Professionals” Catherine Imperio and Samantha Fairley, one of the sexiest comedy acts—and funniest sexy acts—on the web, actually do an anal drawing in which Sam holds the paper and Cat holds the marker in her asshole and draws a picture—we're not sure of what, but it sure is impressive. Actually the top part looks just like my hat. There also seems to be a penis somewhere in there. Talk about anal art! Capt'n Max and I love Cat and Sam. They're so creative, we don't know whether to laugh or have sex while talking about them. Speaking of creative, Stripperella artist Anthony Winn does not draw with his asshole, just his fingers (I know, how conventional), but it's great to have him back in Bonoboville, sitting in the front row, sketching the multiple examples of feminine pulchritude on my broadcast bed. Check out the show journal:  https://drsusanblock.com/bonobo-spring-equinox Need to talk PRIVATELY about the Erotic Theater of the Mind, cuckolding, sperm wars, masturbation, isolation or anything else you can't talk about with anyone else? You can talk to me or one of the other Therapists Without Borders of the Dr. Susan Block Institute. Immerse yourself in a fantasy via Erotic Theater Therapy. Call 213-291-9497.

Jasmin und Serina sprechen über Pornos in ihren vielfältigen Formen, ihre eigenen Interessen und sexuellen Fantasien. Dabei regen sie sich über Dinge auf, die sie stören und feiern was sie mögen. Im Rollenspielteil in der letzten halben Stunde geht es um pornografische Beschreibungen am Spieltisch, Sex in Spielmechaniken. Darum wie man attrakive Charakter beschreibt, wie man zu den geilen Stellen spult und was wir von Bestrafungsfantasien über Belohnungsmechanismen lernen können.

itch.io è una piattaforma web per la pubblicazione, lo sviluppo e la compravendita di giochi. In questa puntata, con ospite Antonio Amato, approfondiamo le sue funzioni e perché è così importante per un autore di giochi di ruolo indipendenti. Scaletta [00:18] Introduzione [01:16] Che cos’è [04:18] Caratteristiche principali [06:28] Confronto con DriveThruRPG.com [09:29] Trovare i giochi analogici [12:02] Prezzi e donazioni [13:46] Come lo abbiamo scoperto [18:16] Una guida per gli autori [23:08] Stato del progetto [25:52] Il prezzo giusto [28:10] Le jam [30:13] Una comunità etica [32:32] Conclusione Link itch.io; Antonio Amato; Mammut RPG; Paul Cege; La mia vita col padrone; Bacchanalia; Il silenzio dei minotauri; Francesco Zani; Jam su itch.io; DriveThruRPG.com; Gumroad; Space Orange 42; Payhip; La spada e gli amori; Pandora Unboxed; Fate Sistema Base; physical-games/lang-it; Discourse; Giochi dei designer indie italiani. Crediti Voci: Antonio Amato e Daniele Di Rubbo. Editing audio: Daniele Di Rubbo. Grafica: Antonio Amato. Copertina: © 2020 Antonio Amato. Font: “Lato” © 2010 Łukasz Dziedzic. Contatti E-mail: info@geeckoontheair.eu. Patreon: patreon.com/geeckoontheair.

Warning: Explicit Conversations About Politics, Culture, & Sexuality It's the Birth of a Magazine, the brand spanking—and sploshing—new Speakeasy Journal. So what is there to do but throw a big bawdy Bonoboville bacchanal, blasting off with a sparkling Speakeasy “launch party,” that flows into a gigantic birthday show of shows—including some of my oldest friends and some of my newest—then fans out into a night of bonoboesque communal ecstasy, climaxing with a whopping orgasm to send this happy birthday gal soaring into another amazing year. ON-AIR LINE: (626) 461-5212 JUMP IN!

In this episode I provide a brief recap of my experience at Bacchanalia Weekend 2020 in Trinidad. To compliment the podcast I’ve included a detailed blog post at https://tingznice.com. Go check it out! Thanks to Rachelle, Ant, Lavina and Lisa who shared feedback from their Bacchanalia experiences! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/niceish/message

Mixed up some Bacchanal Road tunes for Caesar's Army and now you can enjoy a taste of the Bacchanalia weekend. Enjoy

We go foraging with Steve Thompson, The Foraging Chef; find out about trends in wines and beers from Bacchanalia; hear the latest food essay from Laura Donohue; and learn about bees and beekeeping from local bee expert, Peter Kasztelewicz. Presented by Matt Bentman, Alan Alder and Sue Bailey.

John Hemingway is a Canadian-American author, based in Montreal, Canada. He is also the grandson of the late Ernest Hemingway, the Nobel Prize winning American novelist and short story writer. We talk about growing up in the Hemingway family, Pamplona, John's memoir “Strange Tribe,” and his latest novel “Bacchanalia:  a Pamplona Story.” anderland explores topics and people from all walks of life. Each episode is a one on one conversation with people from business, entertainment, philanthropy, and many other areas. True to his roots, Ander is known to crack open a bottle of wine or two during the podcast - a recipe for open, honest, and fun conversation. As the son of Basque immigrants, Ander spent part of his childhood growing up in the hills of the Basque Country, Spain's northern region. He has a profound passion for his culture and has run with the bulls 23 times in Pamplona. When he is not podcasting or running with the bulls, he is a full-time finance professional. Ander's career has spanned the banking, energy, and travel sectors. The gates are now open. Welcome to anderland.

Meet Jessica Henkin! She boomeranged back to Baltimore from the Bacchanalia of her New York youth, and now, she knows almost everyone in Charm City as one of the city's "Hip Baltimore Power Couples" (phrase coined by Kerri). A member of BIG since near its inception, Jess has a lot to say about improv...which is why she was our first guest to go over the 30 second time limit. Find out if we forgive her, more about the Stoop Storytelling Series, and how to strong-arm your way onto a podcast with one time troupe: Tendrils in the Asphalt. Cast of Improvisers: Sean Latta, Roy Taff, Barry Wright, Kristen McKenzie

Bacchanalia is officially rebranded as Vianney Massot Restaurant with a new direction and concept. Chef Vianney Massot, Executive Chef & Executive Director of Vianney Massot Restaurant talks about his journey as a chef and how he kickstarted his culinary journey. He joined the legendary Joël Robuchon Group at 18 and was the youngest chef there then. Now at 27 years of age, he has a restaurant to call his own called the Vianney Massot Restaurant.

Atlanta is a city lucky to find itself in a dining renaissance. So many new restaurants, waves of dining interest, inspiration, and newly found energy. All backed by chefs and groups who have shaped what it means to be an eater here.This week, it's an honor to bring you one of those chefs. None other than Chef Anne Quatrano. Annie, to her friends. The chef and creative force behind Bacchanalia, Star Provisions, Floataway Cafe, WH Stiles Fishcamp, and soon-to-open Pancake Social at Ponce City Market.Her life started in New England, shifted to the west coast, then back east and settling in Georgia (Their family farm is in Cartersville) where she worked tirelessly to push agriculture-forward dining to the top of the list.We caught up at Bacchanalia over on the west side over coffee.

This week, we discuss the zaniest possible timeline, the cyclopean nature of Mr Bean and his four smol friends, and Zakk reveals some of the dark rituals of the cult of Yorkshire.

Matt Dorado's Drunken Devil has been a fixture of the LA immersive scene for years now. Starting out as a haunt, the company transitioned to nightlife events with a flair for horror themes and immersive elements.  This Spooky Season the company will present the next in its series of deadly sin themed soirees: Bacchanalia, a trip back to Rome sans togas. (No one wants togas.) Dorado sits down at NoPro headquarters with host Noah Nelson to talk about the company's origin story and what's on tap this Fall. CONTENT ADVISORY: we discuss the lives, and actions of serial killers -- the subjects of To Live and Dine In LA -- in this episode. There are details, including discussion of sexual violence.

I drove out to TarraWarra Estate to talk to Mark Ebbels on one of those intermittently stormy/sunny days where the sky was sort of darkly menacing but at the same time beautiful and cloud cascaded down the valleys of the foothills forming the backdrop to the Yarra Valley. Mark grew up amongst all this beauty before venturing overseas to work in some of the world’s top restaurants including The Fat Duck and Bacchanalia. Now he’s back championing seasonal and local produce and has introduced an intriguing plant-based element to the winery menu.

In this our first episode of our fourth season we had the pleasure of speaking with Sarah Pierre of 3 Parks Wine Shop! In our conversation we talked about: Rosé Growlers Confidence and Standing Tall US Wine Culture Rosé Wine Club So much more! Sarah's Bio Sarah Pierre is the Owner/Managing Partner of 3 Parks Wine Shop in Atlanta, established in 2013. Sarah received a Bachelors of Science from Georgia State University in 2004, but decided shortly after graduation to continue working in restaurants and pursue a career in Hospitality. Sarah grew up being passionate about food and the culinary world surrounding it. Prior to opening 3 Parks Wine, Sarah spent most of her career working and managing in notable restaurants in Atlanta and New York City including, but not limited to Twist Restaurant & Lounge, Houston's Restaurant, Maialino, & Bacchanalia. Her passion for hospitality and her love for food and wine led to the success of 3 Parks Wine Shop. She opened the store with hopes of creating a comfortable, welcoming, and quaint space to purchase wine. A place for wine lovers, and those eager to learn. Her background in restaurant management and hospitality resulted in a wine shop where people spent time, hang out, listen to music, kick back and enjoy wine. It's a nice spin on the average wine retail store. A fun place to be...where everybody knows your name. When Sarah is not in the shop tasting and teaching wines, or just having fun with her customers, she is learning french, dining at all the restaurants, working out, spending time with friends and family, or planning her next big trip. But usually, she's planning a trip. Whether traveling domestic or internationally, Sarah is in her comfort zone. To maintain Sarah's knowledge in the food and wine industry, each year she includes a trip to a wine region spending time with winemakers and local farmers. She is also curating international wine trips where she will be traveling with a group of wine lovers to her her favorite regions. Her goal is to eventually take 2-3 group trips a year! She is also gearing up to take her French Wine Scholar Exam. Sarah has received coverage in print and broadcast including CNN, Thrillist, Eater Atlanta, Mailchimp, Atlanta Journal Constitution, and many more. 3 Parks also recieved top 10 Wine Shops in the US and #1 the South East in 2017!  Keep an eye out for “Sarah P's Social Suppers” and her thoughtfully curated 2019 Trip to France! The Last Five Sips: If money were no object, what bottle of wine would you splurge on and why? DRC Who would you love to share a bottle with, living or deceased? Julia Child and Michele Obama What are some of the things you do or read to keep up to speed on what is happening in the wine industry? Speaking to Importers, Distributors, Wine Makers and reading Bon Appetit What advice would you give you your 22 year old self? Take your time and enjoy life a little more When you finish your day and sit down with your favorite glass of wine, what is on your music playlist? I listen to more music in the morning; Trap Music, Classical, Country, Podcasts (in French) How you can connect with Sarah on Social Media: Website: www.3parkswine.com Facebook: @3parkswine Instagram: @sarahpierre1 and @3parkswine Twitter: @sarahfoodandwine and @3parkswine Resource Links: www.romanee-conti.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growler_(jug) https://www.bonappetit.com

Let's get right into this shit, and we mean that quite literally. The fourth installment of our favorite night of killing gets a name, THE PURGE: THE ISLAND. Luke and Jacob then travel to the dark land known as Kickstarter. We wade through the muck to find two projects of note: CLOWNFACE and ITSY BITSY. The titles may not be interesting to you, but hear us out on these two. Finally we check out a couple of trailers. Get you guns (or your running shoes) ready, because we're going HAPPY HUNTING, and then later we're getting drunk with BACCHANALIA. At least that's what we think we're doing. Our review this week should come as no surprise to anyone with a pulse. A little project that is doing alright for itself at the box office called IT. Some are calling it drab and boring while others say it is a masterpiece. As always we'll give you our honest opinions on the return of Pennywise. Finally we dive into some good old discussion with a topic of the week. With the wild success of IT you just knew genre-outsiders were going to chime in. This time they are back to singing the tune of “this isn't horror”. Yes. People are saying IT isn't horror. But does it even matter? Find out that and a whole lot more on episode 120 of The Modern Horrors Podcast!

In Episode 22 I chat with Artistic Director of Bacchanalia, Zoe Flint about her work as a director on Hidden Figures WW2.

--{ "Bacchanalia, Dionysia, Pleasured Body and Soul, When Approved by the State, Control is the Goal" © Alan Watt }-- Madness - Television is a Weapon - Cultural War - Visit My Website, www.cuttingthroughthematrix.com to Order Books and Discs or Make a Donation - Learn to Use Your Mind - Hassles with FedEx and UPS, Customs - So Much for Free Trade - A Price is an Idea - Government is a Massive Business - PNAC, Project for a New American Century - Neocons - Tony Blair - Smiling Psychopaths - Top Capitalists Funded Communism - We Participate In Our Own Destruction - Initiation of the Ancient Scholar - Decadence and Freedom to Do Whatever You Want Sexually and The End of Civilizations - Taxation, A Form of Slavery - South Africa - Don't Let Yourself Be Used - Proposing Euthanasia for Children in Canada - Julian Huxley, Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood - Orwellian Terminology - Universities are the Training Grounds for Radicals - Canadian Liberals Want to Police Speech on Social Media - Greed Runs the World - Netanyahu to Visit AIPAC - More Sanctions on Iran - Totally Debauched Society - Revolutionaries - Patriot Radio - Bertrand Russell said Eventually Elite Would Form a Separate Species - Hang in There. *Title and Dialogue Copyrighted Alan Watt - Mar. 4, 2018 (Exempting Music and Literary Quotes)

Jessica Koslow is the chef and owner of Sqirl in Los Angeles. Jessica started her career in pastry at the James Beard award-winning restaurant, Bacchanalia, in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2011, she returned to Los Angeles and started Sqirl – a breakfast and lunch cafe in tune with the seasons not only through daily dishes, but also through her line of preserves. In 2014, she was named Eater LA's Chef of the Year, and her first cookbook, Everything I Want To Eat, was nominated for a James Beard Award. Sqirl currently sits on Eater's 2016 list of the 38 Essential Restaurants in America. Koslow is busy with her new restaurant, Tel, which will open in the fall of this year.

Join us for a Bacchanalia on this week’s XENA: WARRIOR PODCAST! First Vera, Katie, and Livy debate whether 2x03 “The Giant Killer” is a gigantic waste of time or maybe only a tiny bit bad? Sure the pace is slow and the plot predictable, but there's also a significant close-up of Xena and Gabrielle holding hands, plus the novelty of seeing Gabs friend-zoned by her own BOTW! Then we sink our fangs into the trippy frightfest that is 2x04 “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” the show's unique take on the Lesbian Vampire trope. We discuss the horror film history of transgressive female sexuality, the self-defeating short-sightedness of the patriarchy, and how Renée O’Connor would kill it as a Deadite. The power, the passion, the podcast! iTunes: http://apple.co/2f0NAIM Twitter: @xenawarriorpod Tumblr: xenawarriorpodcast.tumblr.com Facebook: facebook.com/xenawarriorpodcast ———————————————————————— Vera: (@hollywoodgrrl) Katie: (@katetocci) Livy: (@PonderousLivy) Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/A_Hawk_and_a_Hacksaw/

Miracle of miracles, John Doyle was finally fired from his San Jose Earthquakes General Manager position. Dick & Vic talk the Quakes, Hope Solo's suspension and contract termination, the US Mens' trouncing of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and more!

The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast celebrates Celtic culture with music from Flashpoint, Athena Tergis, Heather Dale, Sarah Marie Mullen, Calasaig, Smithfield Fair, The Rogues, Jasper Coal, Jesse Linder, Brobdingnagian Bards, Sons of Malarkey, The Larkin Brigade, The Roving Crows, Celtic Cross, Runa.  If you enjoy this podcast, then please rate the show on iTunes or your favorite podcatcher. Then subscribe to our Celtic Music Magazine. This is our free newsletter and your guide to the latest Celtic music and podcast news. Subscribe today to download 34 Celtic MP3s for free. Remember to support the artists who support this podcast: buy their CDs, download their MP3s, see their shows, and drop them an email to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. 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I was wondering if you have heard of the Band "Darby O'Gill?" They are a pretty fun and funny band that is perfect if you do another pub songs episode, they are also the main band that got me into this type of music. Well, I have a lot of catching up to do with your series, Thank you"   This Week in Celtic Music 0:25 "Sliabh Russell / Hag At the Churn / Kid On the Mountain" by Flashpoint from Jammed 6:28 "Johnny McGreevy’s / Owney Davey’s / O’Callaghan’s / Margaree Reel (Reels)" by Athena Tergis from A Letter Home 10:53 "Stone Soup" by Heather Dale from Imagineer 14:28 "Soggy Father Campbell (Campbell's Farewell To Red Gap/The Musical Priest/Over The Waterfall)" by Sarah Marie Mullen from Harper's Bizarre 18:21 "Banks of the Lea" by Calasaig from Near & Far 22:50 CELTIC PODCAST NEWS 25:01 "Glenlogie" by Smithfield Fair from Scotland, Fair Scotland 29:14 "Marren's Jig" by The Rogues from RogueTrip 31:35 "Fionnghuala" by Jasper Coal from 1000 Feet Closer to Hell 33:04 "Prayer For My Friends" by Jesse Linder from Ready for the Storm 36:10 CELTIC FEEDBACK 39:12 "Jedi Drinking Song" by Brobdingnagian Bards from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales 43:10 "Auld Drunk Anthems" by Sons of Malarkey from Sons of Malarkey 47:41 "Dot Day" by The Larkin Brigade from Paddy Keys for Mayor 50:28 "Dirty Habits" by The Roving Crows from Bacchanalia 53:49 "D Train" by Celtic Cross from Saoirse's Heart 59:42 "The Banks are Made of Marble" by Runa from Current Affairs VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20. 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On today's episode of THE FOOD SEEN, Jessica Koslow grew up near Los Angeles, surrounded by fresh produce and perpetual summer. It wasn't until a stint cooking at Atlanta's Bacchanalia, that she realized how fleeting seasons can be. When Jessica returned to California, she started Sqirl, a jam company in it's original iteration. Using local fruits, like Gravenstein Apple, Moro Blood Oranges, Wild Boysenberries, and Blenheim Apricot, she began to grow organically as a business in East Hollywood's Silver Lake, eventually serving breakfast rice bowls with sorrel pesto and lacto-fermented hot sauce, as well as the now famed ricotta toast. From 8AM-4PM everyday, Sqirl feeds LA in a way it's never been fed before, with a creative conscience, and a taste for preserving the future … come Sqirl away with us!

Cooper, Dylan, and Miko return to Milwaukee, Wisconsin's wonderful Tool Shed to reprise Swingset's discussion on play parties. They’re whispered about, opinions are drawn, expectations are high for both attendees and non. The sex party, the play party, the swinger party, call it what you will, to anyone who’s never been to one they conjure up visions of hedonistic abandon, or deeply creepy masked affairs. With so many people looking to explore their sexuality and needing a safe place to do so, play parties have value far beyond a whole bunch of naked people in a room. They can educate as well as titillate. So that's what we're here to talk about today.

Life on the Swingset returns to CatalystCon West for a panel discussion about throwing and attending a play party. They’re whispered about, opinions are drawn, expectations are high for both attendees and non. The sex party, the play party, the swinger party, call it what you will, to anyone who’s never been to one they conjure up visions of hedonistic abandon, or deeply creepy masked affairs. With so many people looking to explore their sexuality and needing a safe place to do so, play parties have value far beyond a whole bunch of naked people in a room. They can educate as well as titillate. So that's what we're here to talk about today.

Barbecue fans, this show's for you. This month we take a spicy, sweet, saucy, smokin' good look at the history, art, science, position and passion for barbecue in our Southern society and beyond. Our guests today are: (1) ANNE QUATRANO, James Beard Award-Winning Chef of Bacchanalia (2) BOB TOWNSEND, food writer and columnist of "Beer Town" (3) JIM AUCHMUTEY journalist and author of the upcoming illustrated history of barbecue.

Pastor Charles Worley's Anti-Gay Rant Goes Viral, Says Homosexuals Should "Die Out" Anderson Cooper Does Not Take Pity on Woman Who Tries to Defend Gay-Bashing Pastor Obama spending binge never happened Tortured Afghan teen on attackers: 'The same should be done to them' Official: 122 girls, 3 teachers poisoned at Afghan school Rep. Walter Jones likens church tax rule to Communism A Year After the Non-Apocalypse: Where Are They Now? One Million Moms targets DC, Marvel over gay storylines "Unorthodox" priest still practising after sexually abusing woman Beginning clip: Pastor Charles Worley Clips: Anderson Cooper, Obama Audiobook, Allahu Akbar, Michelle Bachmann, Ellen vs. 1M Moms, Jesus Camp + Blue Suade Visit our Website at http://dissonancepod.com for all the links.

Pastor Charles Worley's Anti-Gay Rant Goes Viral, Says Homosexuals Should "Die Out" Anderson Cooper Does Not Take Pity on Woman Who Tries to Defend Gay-Bashing Pastor Obama spending binge never happened Tortured Afghan teen on attackers: 'The same should be done to them' Official: 122 girls, 3 teachers poisoned at Afghan school Rep. Walter Jones likens church tax rule to Communism A Year After the Non-Apocalypse: Where Are They Now? One Million Moms targets DC, Marvel over gay storylines "Unorthodox" priest still practising after sexually abusing woman Beginning clip: Pastor Charles Worley Clips: Anderson Cooper, Obama Audiobook, Allahu Akbar, Michelle Bachmann, Ellen vs. 1M Moms, Jesus Camp + Blue Suade Visit our Website at http://dissonancepod.com for all the links.

sermon transcript The Heritage of Christmas Let me ask you a question. Are you looking forward to tomorrow morning? Come on, tell me the truth. What are you looking forward to? Already we have some gifts under the tree. There’s one in particular that has piqued my interest. I’m looking forward to opening it. I’ll admit it, it’s true. I think we enjoy Christmas gifts, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it. Of course, to a point. I think any good gifts of God can become an idol, and we have to watch that all the time. Our hearts are so idolatrous. We’re always moving toward that, and we have to fight it every day. But it says in James 1:17, “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavily lights.” He’s the one who’s shown us how to give, and lavishly too. He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all, how will he not also along with him graciously give us all things? Lesser blessings. It says in 1 Timothy 6 that God has given us all things richly to enjoy. So that’s fine. The question is, are we idolatrous? That’s something we have to watch all the time. This morning I want to try to beguile you away from considering what might be in some of those mysterious packages that are under the tree right now, to consider the infinitely greater gifts that Christ came to give. And I’m going to begin by considering just a time that I spent overseas a few years ago. In the summer of 2003, I had the privilege of going to the Czech Republic. I was there with Mike Waters who’s listening to me. We had a wonderful time, and what he said, and it was true, although I gave a little trouble at the time, “The most beautiful city we had ever seen.” Now it’s true, I think, that Prague, at this point, is the most beautiful city I’ve ever seen. I know in the end, it won’t be. I think the new Jerusalem will top it. I’m looking forward to that. But Prague was a beautiful city. We went into the old town, and we were near the magnificent castle. It’s just a huge castle. And there, in the square outside the castle, was a bronze statue of a warrior on a horse, and it was King Wenceslas, whom they considered the patron saint of Bohemia. Now, every Christmas we sing a song that was written in 1853 by John Mason Neale, Good King Wenceslas. As I looked into the lyrics of the song and the truth behind it and the story behind it, I became more intrigued and drawn in. You see, Christmas is a time for giving gifts, but for the most part, throughout history, Christmas at its best has been a time for those who are rich and powerful and able, to bless those who are poor and needy and without and not able. That’s its heritage. That’s the heritage of Christmas. Now, all along, it’s had to battle that pagan Bacchanalia mid-winter thing that’s always been there too. It’s so for us as well. But at its best Christmas was a time for those who were able and those who were wealthy in positions of power to give and to bless those who weren’t. The ultimate pattern, of course, is Jesus Christ. Good King Wenceslas Who is this King Wenceslas? He was born (we think) in 907 AD. He lived just 22 years. Isn’t it amazing how God in his providence cut short the lives of so many of his choice servants, men and women, and takes them home? This man was assassinated by his own brother Boleslav, who wanted to be king of Bohemia in his place. But in his brief life, he used his influence and his power to spread Christianity through that part of Europe, where it hadn’t really taken root up to that point. Now, John Mason Neale found a story about Wenceslas. We don’t know whether it’s true or not, but it was consistent with his character, and he wrote about it in the hymn that we sing, Good King Wenceslas. He looked out on the feast of Stephen. It’s a story in which he’s standing—you envision him—on a cold bitter winter night looking out from his castle and down on the snow below, he sees a peasant scrambling around for firewood. He asks one of his pages, a servant, to come and says, “Who is this?” And he knows who he is, and he knows precisely where he lives. This King leaves the warmth and comfort and security and luxury, probably, of his castle and goes down with his servant into the snow and follows this man a good distance, a long way away from the castle, to bring him food and wine and firewood, and just to bless his home. I thought this was a tremendous picture of Christmas. I mean, there is Jesus in the ultimate place of security and pleasure and comfort, his heavenly castle. He looks down and what does he see? He sees us, the poor and needy, scrambling around and scrubbing around for firewood, in effect. In the song it’s a stormy bitter cold night and he enters into the howling storm of our sinful world, and he comes to bless us. He comes to bless us with infinite gifts. I want to talk about those gifts. You look at verse 14, it says, “The word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory of the only begotten, from the Father full of grace and truth.” And then in verse 16, which is going to be basically our meditation this morning, “From the fullness of His grace, we have all received one blessing after another,” or literally “grace in the place of grace.” Christ came to give us Christmas presents. What I want to do is I want to just kind of, like I said, beguile your minds away from whatever it is that you might be wondering about under your tree to think about the far greater gifts that Christ came to give us in Himself. I think it’s easy for us to lose sight given the deluge of material prosperity and of comfort that God has given us. It’s easy for us to become idolatrous. Lavish Christmas Gifts Statistics show that, based on a study recently, somewhere between 38 and 40 billion dollars were spent over the last month on children between the ages of 4 and 12. Well, I don’t know how much it is for everybody, I guess multiply that by three. We might be heading toward $100 billion spent on Christmas. That’s pretty lavish, isn’t it? But some of us, at least, are old enough to know that a vanishingly small percentage of those things that are waiting for you under the tree will even be part of your lives in five years. You know what I’m talking about? It could be a Christmas sweater that might still be there in five years, but there may be some other things. The fruit cake is definitely… Well, that might be here too as well. [Laughter] But anyway, the toys and many other things will be gone. For all men are like grass and all their glory is like the flower of the field. And the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the God stands forever. So also do the gifts that Christ has come to give us. So, we’re going to focus on what those gifts are. The Supernatural Fullness of Christ Christ’s Supernatural Fullness I want to begin with the supernatural fullness of Christ. I want to talk about the fullness that’s in this verse. “From the fullness of his grace,” it says, “we have all received one blessing after another.” Christ was and is fully God. Colossians 1:19 says, “God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him.” God is a full being. In him there is no lack at all. He is full of joy, full of wisdom, full of power, full of love, full of mercy, full of everything that He is. He’s full of, all of those things. We, on the other hand, are so used to lack and emptiness that we can’t know really what ultimate fullness is. Christ before the foundation of the world was fully God, with as in our language, a capital G. Fully God. In the beginning, verse 1, was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And thus, Christ fully participated in all the deity of God the father. He was fully joyful, fully powerful, fully holy, fully wise, fully loving and fully as righteous as the father. He is a full being. Nothing was lacking in the person of Christ. God the Father, and God the Son equally shared deity from the beginning, and they shared glory together equally as well. Then, God became man. Jesus took on a human body, the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. Fullness Became Flesh Look what it says, “We have seen his glory, the glory of the only begotten, who came from the Father,” and here’s this word, “Full of grace and truth.” Jesus, in taking on a human body, didn’t lose any of his fullness. I know it says in Philippians 2, “He emptied himself and made himself nothing.” I think we have a sense of that. He didn’t lose any of his deity in doing that, fully God still. It says in Colossians 2:9, “For in Christ, all the fullness of the deity dwells in bodily form.” So when taking on a body, he didn’t lose any of his fullness. Thus, Christ was the perfect display of God’s fullness in bodily form. “Full of grace and truth,” says John. Full of grace. Now, I don’t mean gracefulness. That’s not what I’m talking about. That’s not something most males aspire to, okay. We’re not looking necessarily to be graceful and it’s hopeless anyway, isn’t it guys? For the most part even if we wanted it, but we don’t. We don’t, okay. We’re not looking for it, you know, like Anna Pavlova up on point, like some ethereal angel floating across the stage. That is better for the women and that’s wonderful. Or like a figure skater, that’s fine. Delightful. That’s not what we mean, full of grace. Really, what we mean there is theologically, that God is lavishly generous to people who deserve his wrath. That’s what grace is about, and Jesus was full of grace. You see it in his bodily life, you see it in the things that happen to him, and the things He did in his reactions. He’s just full of grace in dealing. You just see the way he dealt with children, the way that children felt comfortable to come and sit on his lap and just wanted to be with him. You can’t fool a child and they knew he was full of grace. They wanted to be with him. You can see it in his kind and gentle manner to a leper from whom most people would run screaming, who is ceremonially unclean because of his disease. He said, “Lord, if you’re willing, you can make me clean.” “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean.” There’s just such a fullness of grace there. Or in his kind and gentle demeanor toward the parents of a dead girl, Jairus and his wife, and they were mourning over their dead 12-year-old daughter. Jesus says, “Don’t be afraid, only believe. And she is not dead, she’s just sleeping.” And he has the power to wake her up, and then gentle with her when he says talitha cumi, “Little girl, I say to you, get up.” You see the fullness of grace there in Jesus, in his tenderness. Filled with compassion over hungry people, 5,000 and more of them, and said, “They don’t need to go away, you give them something to eat.” You just see Jesus as an open conduit of God’s grace to a needy world. Then full of grace as he’s nailed to the cross and says, “Father, forgive them. They don’t know what they’re doing.” You see, Jesus filled with grace, full of grace. And it also says, full of truth as well. Jesus was truth embodied. But he always spoke the truth, even if I got him into great trouble. “I charge you under oath by the living God,” said the high priest, “Tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.” “I am,” he said, “And in the future, you’ll see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.” The high priest tears his robes and condemns him to death, as if Jesus didn’t know what would happen. Of course, he knew, he was just telling the truth. And he would also give the good confession in front of Pilate as well: “For this reason, I was born and for this, I came into the world to testify to the truth. All on the side of truth. Listen to me.” Jesus is full of grace and full of truth. He told his disciples the truth. Like Peter, “Get behind me, Satan. You’re a stumbling block to me.” Oh, that’s a sharp word of rebuke to a good friend. Satan is using you right now—stop it. He always told the truth, whatever it is we needed to hear. In all of these ways, we see Christ full of grace, full of truth. Christ Did Not Come to Receive but to Give He’s a full being in the flesh, and thus Christ had not come to receive but to give. He didn’t need anything. He wasn’t coming to receive. Now, I know the magi offered him gifts, gold, incense, and myrrh. I know that Mary anointed his feet with perfume worth over a year’s wages. I know they wanted to come and take him by force and make him king and give them all the lavish honor that they could. I know that. I know people gave him gifts and tried to give him gifts but let me tell you something. The gold in the new Jerusalem is infinitely superior to anything that magi brought. The worship that the hundred million angels give him, surrounding is thrown all the time, it’s better than even what Mary poured out on his feet. Purer, more perfect. The kingdom that he will reign over forever and ever, it’s infinitely superior to what those people who are just eating their fill of bread wanted to give him that day. Jesus didn’t come to receive these things. We weren’t in a position to give. Those gifts really, in an absolute sense, are pathetic. He only receives them because of the faith that’s behind them, or he doesn’t receive them if there’s no faith behind them. Jesus didn’t come to receive gifts rather he came to give them. He came to give gifts of grace. He was rich, infinitely richer than good King Wenceslas. Infinitely richer than any man that has ever lived, than any king that’s ever lived. We can’t imagine how wealthy he was. And so, it says in 2 Corinthians 8:9, “You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that though he was rich, yet for your sakes, he became poor. So that you, through his poverty, might become rich.” Jesus didn’t come into the world to get richer. He didn’t come in the world to receive any gifts from us; rather he came to give. Again, Mark 10:45. It says, “Even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.” The giving, the giving. He came to give. To give his life. Jesus, as well, served in Heaven. He doesn’t need us, as we learned from Psalm 50, “If I were hungry, I would not tell you.” I have all my needs met. Even if I wanted to meet them, I wouldn’t meet them your way. Just like he said to Simon Peter, “Put your sword away. If I wanted to fight, I’d ask the angels.” They’d do it just fine. He doesn’t need us to serve him. He didn’t come to receive. He was full and he came to give. The Natural Emptiness of Humanity “We Are All Beggars” Now we, on the other hand, we are naturally empty. That’s what we are. We’re naturally empty. Martin Luther on his deathbed said in German, “We are all beggars.” Wir sind alle Bettler. That’s what we’re all, beggars. Then he said in Latin, “This is true.” Now, that’s the end of his theology. He knows he’s about to face his judge and maker, but he’s doing it unafraid, and why? Because he’s justified by faith alone apart from works. But we’re beggars. I think for this reason, Jesus began the greatest sermon that has ever been preached, the Sermon on the Mount, with this statement: “Blessed are the spiritual beggars, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.” We’re beggars. We’re naturally empty. We don’t have anything to give. Universal Emptiness We’re universally empty. From the fullness of his grace, we have all received. Find yourself in that word all. We’re in the receiver place. We’re in the place to receive, not to give to Jesus. Even the wealthiest, most powerful, most envied people in the world, the lifestyles of the rich and famous people, even those who have nothing to give, naturally empty. John Wesley in a journal entry, December 23rd, two days before Christmas, 1755, he wrote this: “I was in the robe chamber, adjoining to the House of Lords, when the king put on his robes. His brow was much furrowed with age and quite clouded with care. Is this all the world can give even to a king? All the grandeur it can afford, a blanket of ermine around his shoulders so heavy and cumbersome he can scarcely move under it, a huge heap of borrowed hair and a few plates of gold and glittering stones upon his head. Alas! What a babble, is human greatness, and even this will not endure.” Is that the best the 18th century could have given to Jesus if we wanted to give our best to him. That’s the best the nation of England could give to King George II, who was a man at the height of his power and who probably wanted to be done with all of it, and two years later, he was. His aorta ruptured while he was using the toilet. What a disgusting way for even a king to die. We’re all beggars. We don’t have anything to offer naturally. That’s what I’m saying. Is this all the world can give even to a king? Jesus isn’t looking for that from us. We’re naturally empty. This is a universal emptiness, and I mean that from the poorest to the richest. The poorest beggar living in Kolkata (Calcutta) who’s barely scraping by and doesn’t even know if he’s going to be alive a year from then, six months from then, who doesn’t know Jesus, is empty before God. It’s not like God naturally loves the poor. If they don’t have Christ, they’re empty. And so, also the wealthiest captain of industry who’s making billions of dollars in the stock market or in the petroleum industry or in high tech, empty if they don’t have Christ. Emptiness Proven by the Law of Moses This emptiness is proven by the law of Moses. If you look at verse 17, “The law came through Moses, and grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.” But what does the law tell us? It tells us of our emptiness. That’s what it says. In Romans 3:20, it says, “Therefore, no one will be justified or declared righteous in his sight by observing the law, rather through the law we become conscious of sins.” The law uncovers our emptiness. It uncovers our empty hearts and our empty lives. The emptiness is especially proven in comparison with Christ. Here is this perfectly full being, full of grace and truth, and here we are just side by side. How do you do? How have you done the last year? Take your best day, how’s it doing? You line it up next to Jesus, you see your emptiness there. Martin Lloyd Jones was dealing with this question of “blessed are the spiritual beggars” and he was dealing with the question, “What if I don’t feel like a spiritual beggar?” You know what he said to do? Look at Jesus and keep looking. And keep looking. After a while, you will see. Here is this being filled with grace and truth, filled with love, filled with holiness, filled with power, filled with God through the Holy Spirit and here we are by contrast. Soon, you’ll realize that we are spiritual beggars. Emptiness Especially Proven by Comparison with Christ One of the bitterest aspects of our emptiness is we don’t know how empty we are. As a matter of fact, the impurer you are the less empty you think you are. Jesus said to the church at Laodicea, “You say, ‘I am rich. I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.” “You do not realize,” is the essence of our problem, although the word of God tells us the truth. We are all beggars, apart from Christ. But it doesn’t end there. Thanks be to God we don’t end up as spiritual beggars. Look at the verse again, verse 16, “From the fullness of His grace,” we have all what? “Received grace upon grace.” That’s what we were. What are we now? We are wealthy in Christ, with gifts of grace. The Lavish Generosity of Christ’s Gifts Generous in Quality: From His Fullness Now we see the lavish generosity of Christ’s gifts, generous in quality. It’s like when you pick up that gift and you’re holding it, and it’s just weighty and you’re excited, you think, “What could it be?” It’s not likely to be a granite boulder that someone got out of their backyard and wrapped up as a gift. It’s like, “What could it be?” There’s a weightiness to it. It’s even better if the weightiness is in a really small box. That’s really exciting when it’s really weighty in a small box, especially for ladies. There’s something really dense in here, something exciting. There’s a weightiness to the quality. Feel then the weight of the quality of Jesus’s gifts. From the fullness of his grace, he gives them. There are wonderful gifts, better than anything we could buy at Macy’s or JCPenney’s or Hecks, or at South Point, or North Square or what… I don’t know all of them. I always mess up. North Gate, I guess it is. Nothing you buy there can compare with the gifts that Jesus has come to give to you. They are lavish and generous in scope from the fullness of his grace, we have all received. Anyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. It doesn’t matter to me if this is your first time in church in the last year. Well, in one sense it matters, but for this, it doesn’t matter. Because Christ is willing to be very generous to you right now. Just call on his name. Trust in him for the salvation of your soul. Receive the first gift from him, and that’s full forgiveness of sins. Bring your sinfulness and your sin to the cross and receive from him the gift of grace. Generous in Scope: We Have All Received Ask him to be your savior, and he will. Call on the name of the Lord. It’s a universal thing. From the fullness of his grace, we have all received. And by this, I don’t mean every single human being on the face of the Earth, he already covered that in John 1:12. But to those who received him, to those who believe in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. Children born, not of natural descent or a human decision or the will of a husband but born of God. That’s it. Generous in Cost: At the Price of His Body and Blood By simply trusting in Christ, you have full forgiveness, generous in scope and generous in cost too. I don’t think we should… I know the word grace means a free gift. Well, it is free to us. He doesn’t want your price. He doesn’t want you paying for it. But don’t imagine for a moment that it didn’t have a price. It did. It was infinitely costly to bring to you the gifts I’m about to describe to you. Infinitely expensive, these gifts. They came at the blood, the precious blood. 1 Peter 1:18 and 19, the precious blood of a lamb without blemish or defect, Jesus Christ. He shed his blood to purchase your Christmas gifts. There’s no one here who has sacrificed that much for Christmas. It was Jesus who did it. Generous in Quantity: Grace Instead of Grace Generous also in quantity. I know Jesus Himself is the central gift, and that’s enough. But I think it’s good to kind of unfold his gifts and just look at them. Suppose, for example, you woke up and some person or a group of people had put 54 gifts with your name on it under the tree. 54. I’d be embarrassed for myself, especially if everyone else got five or six. I’d feel like, “Oh boy.” If everybody in my family had 54 gifts, that would be the 360… I don’t know. Some huge number. We have a lot of people in our family. Christy would not be able to get into the den, I think. 54 gifts. I think we’d have ought to open each one and look at it. Generous in quality. Look what the verse says. I know it doesn’t come across necessarily, but literally in the Greek, it says, “From the fullness of His grace, we have all received, grace instead of grace.” In other words, it’s grace, then another grace than another grace than another grace. I imagine a train. I remember reading on a Christmas morning, “The Little Engine that Could.” I never thought I’d use that in a sermon. It teaches human works and effort, and I can get to Heaven, that’s not what I’m saying. I just want you to imagine a train laden with gifts. Think like a child. I’m thinking, the gifts looked really good back then, now they look like… Not so good. But at that time, they looked really good. And I thought, “Wow, wouldn’t that be great?” And of course, because it’s just a little engine that they could there are only so many cars. The longest train in history is 682 cars. It was a coal car. I don’t want that much coal. But it was four and a half miles long and it moved very slowly, so imagine coming to the intersection and you see the first of the 682 cars going by. But imagine if you would, let’s get out and let’s just stand by the railway track and watch one gift of grace after another, come. Because that’s what it is. It’s just generous, generous. Grace instead of Grace, instead of Grace, instead of grace, day after day after day, on into eternity, friends. We are incredibly rich, and whatever you have under that tree tomorrow, it doesn’t even compare with the good things that God has already given you, is giving you now, and will give you up into the future. Or like what? Grace upon Grace The Past Blessings of Grace 0:25:40.9 S1: Well, let’s start way back. Let’s not start at the birth of Christ. Let’s start before the foundation of the world. When God worked out his salvation plan. He worked it out with you in mind. And the next gift of grace, he chose you. If you’re a Christian, he chose you by name before the foundation of the world. And the next gift of grace, he created a beautiful world for you and others like you to live in. He created the heavens and the earth and made them beautiful and lush and lavish. And he put Adam and Eve, created in the image of God, in that garden. The next gift of grace, after Adam’s fall, he didn’t kill the human race as we deserved, but he allowed history to continue, and he even promised a redeemer who would crush the serpent’s head. The next gift of grace, at the time of the flood, he didn’t kill the human race as we deserved then, but he preserved a remnant in Noah’s Ark, so that we would be able to survive. Then the next gift of grace, he called Abraham, so that salvation would come from the Jews. And the next gift of grace, the Exodus under Moses, in which He took the two million perhaps Jews out of Egypt and brought them into the Promised Land, a beautiful picture of our salvation. And the next gift of grace, the Law of Moses, to expose our emptiness, as I’ve already said. But also, to point ahead to the future through animal sacrifice, when we would understand the shedding of the blood of Jesus on the cross, so we would know how we would be saved. The next gift of grace, the kingship of David, a perfect picture of Jesus, our ruler, our savior. And Jesus is the son of David. And the next gift of grace, the words of the prophets. The servants and messengers of the covenant, who came with a lawsuit against the people of God and showed them how they had violated the Law of Moses, but they also spoke of redemption, of renewal, of restoration, and ultimately, of the Christ. The next gift of grace, the birth of Christ Himself. Born of a virgin, born under the law, born in the fullness of time. At just the right time, Jesus was born. And Mary wrapped him and swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them at the inn. The next gift of grace, Christ’s perfect sinless life that he made it through 30 plus years of life and temptation and never once yielded. And his righteousness will be and is your righteousness. The next gift of grace, powerful miracles. Healing a man born blind, healing any disease and sickness brought to him, healing Lazarus, dead in the tomb for four days, pictures of his resurrecting power. The next gift of grace, his perfect teaching ministry, parables, and teachings. No one ever talked like this man, no one ever taught like this man, perfect teachings, and we have a record of some of them, not all of them, but some of them. The next gift of grace, His redemptive death on the cross, His blood shed on the cross before you were even born. His blood shed for all of your sins, if you’re a Christian. And the next gift of grace, God didn’t leave him in the tomb, but raised him from the dead on the third day and gave him a resurrection body that will be like your body or yours like his forever and ever. He will be the first fruit from the dead, and there will be a huge harvest. The next gift of grace, the pouring out of the Holy Spirit of God on Pentecost. And the Holy Spirit has come to inspire the writing of the New Testament, the next gift of grace. And to convict the world of sin and judgment and righteousness. And the next gift of Grace, the steady, irresistible advance of the gospel for 2,000 years. Satan has been trying to stop it, but he can’t, and the gospel has spread from the Upper Room, 120 believers to a multitude greater than we are able to number from every tribe and language, almost every tribe, and language, and people and nation. The spread of the gospel. The next gift of grace, the way that God has sovereignly ruled over the nations to accomplish his historical purposes. To watch over the rise of this empire and the fall of that one, and to watch over the inventions and medical discoveries and the discovery of the New World with Columbus, and to watch over all of history to accomplish his ends. Part of which is saving your soul. Isn’t that beautiful? And the next gift of grace, a bunch of brothers and sisters, most of them who we have not met, who were martyrs and witnesses, and missionaries and pastors, and godly women and men who are your brothers and sisters. A royal heritage for 2,000 years. And the next gift of grace, your personal family lineage, your great-great-grandparents and your great-grandparents and grandparents and parents. And how each of them met and what kind of people they were, and what their strengths and weaknesses were, what their sins were, and what their godliness was, if there was any. All of that. Before you were born. What about since you’ve been born? Well, God watched over you and cared for you. He gave you parents to care for you, to look after you. He gave you a series of people to tell you about Christ, to teach you the Bible. The Present Blessings of Grace Long before you ever trusted in Christ, you’d heard of him many, many times, and God sent different people, whether parents, brothers and sisters, college roommates, pastors, Sunday school teachers, missionaries, who knows? But he sent them to you. And he’s given you beauty. You’ve seen beautiful things in the world, mountains and oceans, and different things. And each one of us has a different set of postcards in our minds of the beauty of the Earth, and it’s nothing compared to the future beauty of the new Earth. But it’s there, and you’ve seen it. From the fullness of his grace, we have all received. One gift of a blessing, one grace after another. And then at the right time, the Holy Spirit opened your eyes to your own emptiness. And he showed you what you’ve been unable, unwilling to face, up to that moment. You needed a savior, you needed Jesus, you needed him to shed his blood on the cross in your place or you would deserve to go to hell. At some point, you came to realize that, and you were regenerated by the power of the Holy Spirit. You were given the gift of faith. At that moment, God justified you of all of your sins, forgave you of all of your sins, past, present and future, and he gave you the indwelling Spirit, and He adopted you into his own family from which you will never depart. He gave you spiritual gifts in a ministry and opportunities one after the other, day after day to live a life worthy of his calling and of his name, and he’s kept a careful record of everything you’ve done by faith, and he’ll reward you for it someday. And he’s going to give you continued opportunities to serve him, and he’s going to watch over you the rest of your life, in the future. He’s going to protect you, and he’s going to keep you safe and there will be no combination of temptations that will separate you from Christ, because he will sovereignly not allow it to happen. He will protect you until the day you die. And then that day, he’ll give you grace to die well and to his glory. You may die at 93 years old in a hospital, you may die in a car wreck, you may die of a heart attack, you may die of a disease. If the Lord doesn’t return in our generation, you will die. And he will give you grace to get through it. And then on the other side, is he done being gracious to you? No. He will take that soul that has been separated from your body, which cannot inherit the Kingdom of Heaven anyway. The Future Blessings of Grace So good riddance, I think at that point. I want to see what he does with my body. But I’ll be separated at that point, and he will also separate me from all wickedness and all sin in my soul, and I will love only righteousness. And I will hate all wickedness, and I will be made perfect and holy. From the fullness of his grace, we have all received grace upon grace, upon grace, upon grace. And then judgment day, he will give me grace. He will give me grace to survive the day of wrath, and I will get through it, and so will any who call on his name. We will survive that day. And we will even thrive on that day, because on the other side of it, we will be in resurrection bodies, and we will live in a perfect kingdom, a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness and we qualify. How did that happen? But Jesus’s righteousness was given to us. And then will it end? No. There are your 54 gifts. He intends far more than 54, friends. And a good thing too, you kind of like to get to Christmas tomorrow, wouldn’t you? I’ll stop here, but I think you could meditate far more than I have over the past and present and future gifts of his grace. And so, you will do forever, and of the increase of his government, there’ll be no end, because you will continually see more and more of his grace. He has more to show you. If you came to that intersection of the 682-car train, and you’re looking at your watch and wondering, “When is this ever going to be done?” This train, you are not going to want to end. You want to just see a gift of grace after gift to grace to keep on going past you for eternity. And you will be filled with a sense of gratitude, you can’t even imagine. Application What application do we take from this? Well, I think it’s good to open the gifts that somebody else took the time to wrap. I think you ought to do it. I think you ought to. But let your heart be already filled with light and glory of the things we’ve talked about today. Meditate on the generosity of God through Christ. If you haven’t come to Christ yet, don’t miss it, because none of these gifts of grace are yours, if you’re not a Christian. None of them. Just a fiery expectation of judgment, of raging fire that’ll consume the enemies of God. I would rather have this than that, wouldn’t you? Why will you die? Turn and repent and believe and trust in him. Don’t leave this room without receiving that first as far as you’re concerned gift, forgiveness of sins. But for those of you that have already made that commitment, then meditate on God’s goodness. Let me say one more thing. As I’ve studied Christmas, I had a whole bunch of stuff about Christmas and decided to get rid of it. If you want to know more about the history of Christmas and how it has had a rich heritage of the rich blessing the poor, find out more. The History Channel had a history thing on Christmas, look it up. There’s a lot of stuff on Christmas. Consistently, the wealthy and the positioned folks used it to bless the poor. I have talked to so many people this Christmas, saying, “They are weary of the treadmill. The Christmas treadmill.” As a matter of fact, I haven’t talked to anybody who’s not. The thing is, why don’t we change it? How do we change it? How do we get off? If you feel it’s become to idolatrous, how do you stop it? And so, I would urge that you enjoy whatever you have planned to enjoy tomorrow. Enjoy it with a free heart, but make plans to make 2007, a year from now different than any Christmas you’ve ever enjoyed. Our small group, what we did was we gave to the Persecution Project in Samaritan’s Purse. They have different ways. You can buy little chicks. You can buy a well dug in a village. You can buy all kinds of stuff for people who are barely making it, barely surviving. Maybe instead of giving gifts to people who don’t need what you’re going to give them anyway, that’s why you’re having such a hard time finding what to give them, because they don’t need anything. And if they need something, they bought it already. So, what do you give? I would urge think differently, a year from now. No, no, think differently seven or eight months from now. Make plans. Make plans. Close with me in prayer.