Podcasts about Cotton Mather

In this episode of Christ the Center, Camden Bucey welcomes Dr. J. Brandon Burks, pastor of Christ Reformed Church (URCNA) in Florence, Kentucky, to discuss his recent article published in The Confessional Presbyterian Journal (Vol. 20, 2024): The Puritans and the Salem Witch Trials: Living According to God's Revealed Will. Together, they explore the theological context of the infamous Salem witch trials of 1692, uncovering how speculative theology and reliance on so-called “spectral evidence” reflected a deeper deviation from Scripture's clarity and sufficiency. Dr. Burks outlines the influence of figures such as William Perkins, Cotton Mather, and Richard Baxter, while also shedding light on how the distinction between God's secret and revealed will was tragically misunderstood. The conversation goes beyond history, offering timely insights into contemporary fascination with mysticism, the spiritual dangers of neglecting the ordinary means of grace, and the need for biblically grounded theology in facing spiritual warfare today. They conclude by considering the value of a redemptive-historical and confessional framework in pastoral ministry and theological education. Links Debunking the “Moldy Bread Theory” The Haunted Cosmos podcast Chapters 00:07 Introduction 02:11 Academic Background and Church Planting in Kentucky 07:36 Van Til's Theology of Christian Education 09:39 The Puritans and the Salem Witch Trials 15:04 Speculative Theology 18:03 Williams Perkins' Theology as a Basis 24:00 Covenants with the Devil 26:14 Devil's Marks and Their Significance 29:52 Exploring the Explosion of Accusations in 1692 33:39 Debunking the Moldy Bread Theory 35:29 The Influence of Samuel Parris 39:21 The Dangers of Speculative Theology 44:26 Balancing Awareness of the Spiritual Realm 50:33 Misunderstandings of the Salem Witch Trials 53:35 Further Reading and Resources on the Trials 58:07 Conclusion Participants: Camden Bucey, J. Brandon Burks

Despite only releasing music since 2019, Austin indie rock outfit Daily Worker seems to be taking a page from the Robert Pollard and King Gizzard book of prodigious releases. The group, helmed by Cotton Mather guitarist Harold Whit Williams, has released over a dozen album in just six years. Not surprising when you're not only a musician, […] The post Daily Worker: “Delmar Overload” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Who were Increase and Cotton Mather, and what happened with the Salem Witch Trials? Rev. Dr. Cameron A. MacKenzie, Professor of Historical Theology at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana, joins Andy and Sarah for our nine-episode series, “Pilgrims, Puritans, and the Founding of New England.” In episode 8, we learn about the influence of both Increase and Cotton Mather (including how they got their names), the religious context in Salem, and what happened during the Salem Witch Trials. Resources in this episode: All episodes in The Puritan Movement series Find more from Dr. MacKenzie here Recommended reading from Dr. MacKenzie includes: Worldly Saints by Leland Ryken, English Puritanism by John Spurr,  Reformation in England  by Peter Marshall,  Puritan Christianity in America: Religion and Life in 17th Century Massachusetts  by  John Carden, and  Pilgrim's Progress  by John Bunyan. As you grab your morning coffee (and pastry, let's be honest), join hosts Andy Bates and Sarah Gulseth as they bring you stories of the intersection of Lutheran life and a secular world. Catch real-life stories of mercy work of the LCMS and partners, updates from missionaries across the ocean, and practical talk about how to live boldly Lutheran. Have a topic you'd like to hear about on The Coffee Hour? Contact us at: listener@kfuo.org.

Listener and readers will know that, around here, we love Cotton Mather. On this episode, Rick Kennedy, professor of history at Point Loma Nazarene University, talks to Timon about the life and legacy of "America's first evangelical."   #CottonMather #RickKennedy #PointLoma #History #America #Evangelical #Christian   Show Notes: https://www.amazon.com/First-American-Evangelical-Religious-Biography/dp/0802872115  https://eerdword.com/cotton-mather-love-to-hate-him-or-hate-to-love-him/   Dr. Rick Kennedy came to PLNU in 1995. An intellectual/cultural historian, he has authored books and articles on the history of logic, mathematics, architecture, astronomy, education, historiography, and Christian thought. His most recent works are on Cotton Mather, one of early America's most influential pastor-scholars, and the Christian History of Southern California. He is also a former president and secretary to the academic organization: The Conference on Faith and History. His wife is a retired principal of City Tree Christian School at the First Presbyterian Church in downtown San Diego, they have four children, and one grandchild.   Learn more about Rick Kennedy's work at: https://www.pointloma.edu/faculty/rick-kennedy-phd   ––––––   Follow American Reformer across Social Media: X / Twitter – https://www.twitter.com/amreformer Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/AmericanReformer/ YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@AmericanReformer Rumble – https://rumble.com/user/AmReformer Website – https://americanreformer.org/   Promote a vigorous Christian approach to the cultural challenges of our day, by donating to The American Reformer: https://americanreformer.org/donate/   Follow Us on Twitter: Josh Abbotoy – https://twitter.com/Byzness Timon Cline – https://twitter.com/tlloydcline   The American Reformer Podcast is  hosted by Josh Abbotoy and Timon Cline, recorded remotely in the United States, and edited by Jared Cummings.   Subscribe to our Podcast, "The American Reformer" Get our RSS Feed – https://americanreformerpodcast.podbean.com/ Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-american-reformer-podcast/id1677193347 Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/1V2dH5vhfogPIv0X8ux9Gm?si=a19db9dc271c4ce5

How did the fracturing of Christianity in Old England affect how churches were founded in New England? Rev. Dr. Cameron A. MacKenzie, Professor of Historical Theology at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana, joins Andy and Sarah for our nine-episode series, “Pilgrims, Puritans, and the Founding of New England.” In episode 7, we learn about changes occuring in Old England affecting New England's religious landscape, the fracturing of Christianity in Old England, the secret Roman Catholic King of England and resulting secret partnership with France, Increase and Cotton Mather in New England, and the Church in Massachusetts. Resources in this episode: All episodes in The Puritan Movement series Find more from Dr. MacKenzie here Recommended reading from Dr. MacKenzie includes: Worldly Saints by Leland Ryken, English Puritanism by John Spurr,  Reformation in England  by Peter Marshall,  Puritan Christianity in America: Religion and Life in 17th Century Massachusetts  by  John Carden, and  Pilgrim's Progress  by John Bunyan. As you grab your morning coffee (and pastry, let's be honest), join hosts Andy Bates and Sarah Gulseth as they bring you stories of the intersection of Lutheran life and a secular world. Catch real-life stories of mercy work of the LCMS and partners, updates from missionaries across the ocean, and practical talk about how to live boldly Lutheran. Have a topic you'd like to hear about on The Coffee Hour? Contact us at: listener@kfuo.org.

Christians seem committed to arguing Cotton Mather was innocent. We listen to someone argue for his innocence

A look at an important person in the history of the Salem Witch Trials.

Christians seem committed to arguing Cotton Mather was innocent. We listen to someone argue for his innocence

Join Justin as he chats with historian, author and researcher Marilynne K. Roach about the perfect storm of hysteria leading to the Salem Witch Trials, her defense of Cotton Mather, the disappearance of Abigail Williams, rediscovering the original site of the 1692 hangings, the inaccuracies and cultural impact of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, and more!Marilynne K. Roach bio:Marilynne K. Roach works as a free-lance writer, illustrator, researcher, and presenter of talks on historical subjects. She has written for publications as varied as the Boston Globe, the New England Historic Genealogical Register, and the Lizzie Borden Quarterly. She is a member of the Gallows Hill Project that verified the correct site of the 1692 hangings, a discovery listed in Archaeology Magazine's list of the world's ten most important discoveries of 2017.Monsters, Madness and Magic Official Website. Monsters, Madness and Magic on Linktree.Monsters, Madness and Magic on Instagram.Monsters, Madness and Magic on Facebook.Monsters, Madness and Magic on Twitter.Monsters, Madness and Magic on YouTube.

In this special in between season's episode I have pulled one from the Patreon. Here we dwell on all our missed steps in 2023. What missed step would be complete without special guest stars like, Michael Bolton, Mutt Lange, Brother's Grimm, Russell Crowe, Disney, Eric Clapton, John Wayne, Paul McCartney, Uri Gellar, Pokémon, Joey Tempest, Europe, Nikki Sixx, Motley Crue, Duffer Brothers, The Stranger Things, Venus, Benny Hinn, Carlos Santana, Santa Claus, Artificial Intelligence, Alexa, Norwegian Black Metal, Lovecraft, Black Sabbath, The Book of Revelation, Dragons, Phoenician bath house, Nightrider, Shakespeare, first folio, Melania Trump, Quarto, 2015 Toyota Corolla, witchcraft, Knitting, Casseroles, Alpaca farms, Witchfinder General Mathew Hopkins, Jesus, Cotton Mather, Salem Witch Trials, Roseanne Barr, Jesus Christ Superstar, Vatican, Gorge Pell, Boys' choir, Genshin Impact, GUIZHONG, HEAVENLY PRINCIPLE, Sam Smith,  #666 #SketchComedy #Sketch #Comedy #Sketch Comedy #Atheist #Science #History #Atheism #Antitheist #ConspiracyTheory #Conspiracy #Conspiracies #Sceptical #Scepticism #Mythology #Religion #Devil #Satan #Satanism #Satanist #Skeptic #Debunk #Illuminati #SatanIsMySuperhero #Podcast #funny #sketch #skit #comedy #comedyshow #comedyskits #HeavyMetal #weird #RomanEmpire #Rome #AncientRome #Romans #RomanEmperor #Animation #Anime

Esta semana, en Islas de Robinson, caemos en territorio psicodélico de los 90, con la gente del colectivo Elephant 6 como hilo conductor. Suenan: ELF POWER - "THE SEPARATING FAULT" ("WHEN THE RED KING COMES", 1997)/ NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL - "WHERE YOU'LL FIND ME" ("ON AVERY ISLAND", 1996) / THE OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL - "CAN YOU COME DOWN WITH US?" ("DUSK AT THE CUBIST CASTLE", 1996) / THE ORANGE ALABASTER MUSHROOM - "ANOTHER DAY" ("THE PSYCHEDELIC BEDROOM E.P.", 1996) / GUIDED BY VOICES - "TO REMAKE THE YOUNG FLYER" ("UNDER THE BUSHES, UNDER THE STARS", 1996) / THE BEVIS FROND - "BOOK" ("NORTH CIRCULAR", 1997) / LILYS - "CAN'T MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER" ("BETTER CAN'T MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER", 1996)/ PAVEMENT - "TRANSPORT IS ARRANGED" ("BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS", 1997) /HELIUM - "SUNDAY" ("NO GUITARS", 1997) / THE FLAMING LIPS - "BRAINVILLE" ("CLOUDS TASTE METALLIC", 1995) / ORGONE BOX - "ANAESTHESIA" ("CONFECTIONERY" / "THE ORGONE BOX", 1996) / COTTON MATHER - "AURORA BORI ALICE" ("KONTIKI", 1997) / THE MINDERS - "HOORAY FOR TUESDAY" ("HOORAY FOR TUESDAY", 1998) / THE APPLES IN STEREO - "BENEFITS OF LYING (WITH YOUR FRIEND)" ("HER WALLPAPER REVERIE", 1999) / CIRCULATORY SYSTEM - "A PEAK" - ("CIRCULATORY SYSTEM", 2001)Escuchar audio

Joe Biden said goodbye. He wanted to mirror Eisenhower, who once warned of the Military Industrial Complex, but Biden saw something equally alarming—the Big Tech oligarchy. He sees Zuckerberg and Bezos attending Trump's inaugural. He greatly fears the power of Elon Musk. He realizes that his side lost control of it and now, he wants all of us to be afraid.Well, I'm sorry, Joe. I can't play that game anymore. It's time to say goodbye. Farewell, Joe Biden, farewell, Democrats. Farewell, hysteria. Farewell to mandated preferred pronouns in everyone's bio. Farewell to being forced to lie about whether or not masks work. Farewell to not being allowed to give people the benefit of the doubt. Farewell to being too afraid to ask questions about an experimental vaccine. Farewell to Critical Race and gender theory in elementary schools.Farewell to the ruling oligarchy — yes, Joe. You were the frontman for it. You can't fool me. I was part of it, too. It was like a daisy chain of paper dolls—Hollywood, all major corporate and cultural institutions, Big Pharma, and all of the ads they pumped into the veins of Americans that showcased the American utopia in all of its splendor. Just take this pill, and you, too, can be with us, in the happy place. Farewell to a government censoring speech via social media. Farewell to the absence of masculinity. Farewell to worrying about every word that comes out of our mouths, what we drive, what we wear on Halloween, what we buy, what we eat, what we watch, what we desire.Farewell to being made to hate ourselves and everything we know to be true but can't say out loud. Farewell to being the oppressors or the oppressed defined only by the color of our skin. Farewell to hating our history, hating our country, hating our heroes. Farewell to virtue signaling our goodness. Farewell to always being told that it's better to keep your head down and say nothing about any of it.Farewell to never being able to take a joke. Farewell to seeing problematic content in every movie and farewell to the warning labels now affixed to all of them. Farewell to seeing all men as predators and all women as victims. Farewell to a country ruled by fear because our leaders can't see it any other way. Farewell to a president who called half the country “ultra fascists,” “ultra MAGA,” and “extreme MAGA Republicans.” Farewell to a government that believes its biggest threat comes from the people of the United States.Farewell to life inside the doomsday cult, where every single day is the end of the world. Farewell to every word taken literally and seen as another chapter of Mein Kampf. Farewell to repression and sanctimony. Farewell to the long, dark winter. Farewell to lawn signs. Farewell to pretending Kamala Harris wasn't a terrible candidate installed by the deep state. Farewell to ever having to worry about speaking the truth. Farewell to the unshakable hopelessness, the unending sadness, the mourning of the long-forgotten Old Left. It's never coming back. Everything has to be rebuilt. Welcome to the beginning of the rest of your life. At least now, you can have a life. Bringing it all Back HomeWatching the confirmation hearings was bringing it all back. Adam Schiff was still out of his mind, braying like he's Cotton Mather in the Oyer in Terminer in Salem, demanding Pam Bondi say Joe Biden “won the election.” Why did it matter so much to him? Are there really that many Americans out there who need to hear those words said out loud?The nominees' worth depended on whether or not they would stand up to the tyrant fascist racist rapist dictator that they impeached twice, indicted four times convicted on a bogus felony charge, all of which eventually landed in the fevered dreams of a washed-up surfer hippie from Hawaii who got himself a gun and tried to kill the president to SAVE DEMOCRACY. And they still lost. They lost the Electoral College and they lost the popular vote. I never get tired of saying that. Talk about owning the libs. What can we do except quote Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire. HA. HA HA HA.That's how much America hates them. After all, how hard could it possibly be to beat Hitler? The problem with utopias is that they can't last. They either must become more authoritarian and thus, less utopian, or they collapse. By the end of our utopia, anyone we knew could be one of those things. A bad person. A sexist. A racist. A homophobe. A bigot. A transphobe. Toxic masculinity. White feminism. Everyone was either an abuser or a victim. The weaker we were, the more we were celebrated. We'd snuffed out all independent thought. We were under constant surveillance by the government, advertisers, AI, algorithms, and each other. We began to wonder what real life even was anymore. It was like Winston and Julia in 1984 trying to carve out some love and lust from the dystopia under Big Brother's ever-watchful gaze, with children spies at the ready to tattle—and cancel—those who broke the rules. So if you say Joe Biden won the 2020 election, like you say 2+2=5, then democracy might have a chance. But if you dare think for yourself and start looking behind closed doors and see things you aren't supposed to see, well, now you threaten democracy.When I pushed open the door of the doomsday bunker and escaped, I knew there was no going back. I also knew I couldn't save anyone, much less the once-great culture I used to love. There is no saving whatever it was we used to call the Left. There is only saving America from what it had become so that all of us at least have a fighting chance.No, it won't be perfect. Yes, it might be chaos — entertaining chaos — but chaos all the same. We'll have to learn how to tolerate each other again, live together somehow, and learn this new way of life suddenly foisted upon us with the internet. Now, we know what it looks like to shut ourselves off from people and ideas we cannot control.If the Democrats on Blue Sky and in the Senate Confirmation hearings are any indication, nothing much has changed on the inside. They're still transfixed by the one guy they couldn't cancel, the one guy they couldn't destroy. 1984 Part TwoAnd maybe now we're about to find out what happens in the sequel. Does Big Brother find a way to regain power by destroying Elon Musk to retake X and make it Twitter again? Do those of us exiled and canceled remain on the outside? Does the New York Times beg Bari Weiss to come back, or The Atlantic to throw themselves at the feet of Walter Kirn, or Rolling Stone magazine, the crap rag it has become, offer Matt Taibbi millions to write for them again?Can those on the inside who have speciated with a whole new language and belief system learn to live with the unwashed masses again? Can they tolerate offensive speech? Can it all be one big, happy, dysfunctional family?On the inside, the news that Carrie Underwood and the Village People were playing at the inaugural birthed a fresh new crop of mass hysteria and rage. So I'm guessing Saturday Night Live won't have Trump back any time soon. The Oscars won't ask him to attend, and those who still believe they control this country will hold onto their collapsing empire until ashes, ashes, it all falls down.I don't know. But it doesn't matter. Because today we say farewell. And oh, how sweet it is. // This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sashastone.substack.com/subscribe

Hello Interactors,Language shapes power, but it can also obscure and manipulate. Words like woke and decolonize, rooted in justice, are now tools for distortion by figures like Trump and Modi. In this essay, we'll explore how these terms connect to economic and political geography, tracing their co-opting, parallels to colonialism, and the need to reclaim their transformative potential. Let's dig in — and stay woke.STAY WOKE, START TALKINGAre you woke? It's a provocative question these days. Especially since this term was co-opted by the right as a pejorative since the Black Lives Matter uprising of 2020. Even last June Trump said regarding so-called woke military generals, “I would fire them. You can't have woke military.”And then there's Elon Musk. He's been increasingly waging a war on what he calls the ‘woke mind virus'. It seems he started abusing the term in 2021, along with other political rhetoric he's been ramping up in recently. The Economist reports a “leap in 2023 and 2024 in talk of immigration, border control, the integrity of elections and the ‘woke mind virus'.”Folks more on the left are also starting to distance themselves from the term or use it as a pejorative. Including some of my friends. Even self-described leftist and socialist, Susan Neiman criticized "wokeness," in her 2023 book Left Is Not Woke. She argues, as do many, that it has become antithetical to traditional leftist values — especially as it becomes a weapon by the right.According to the definition in the Cambridge dictionary, I am decidedly woke. That means I'm “aware, especially of social problems such as racism and inequality.” It worries me that people are eagerly running from this word. I'd rather they interrogate it. Understand it. Find it's meanings and question the intent behind its use. We should be discussing these nuances, not shushing them.Using the word in a sentence (in an approving manner), Cambridge offers hints at one of the original meanings: “She urged young black people to stay woke.” In 1938 the great blues legend Lead Belly also urged “everybody, be a little careful when they go along through there (Scottsboro, Alabama) – best stay woke, keep their eyes open." Those are spoken words in his song "Scottsboro Boys", about nine young Black men falsely accused of raping two white women in Alabama seven years earlier in 1931.Not a decade before, the Jamaican philosopher and social activist Marcus Garvey wrote in 1923, "Wake up Ethiopia! Wake up Africa!" Fifty years later that inspired playwright and novelist Barry Beckham to write “Garvey Lives!”, a 1972 play that included this line, “I been sleeping all my life. And now that Mr. Garvey done woke me up, I'm gon stay woke.” #StayWoke was trending on Twitter the summer of 2020.In 1962, ten years before Beckham's play, novelist William Melvin Kelley wrote this headline for a piece in the New York Times Magazine: “If You're Woke You Dig It; No mickey mouse can be expected to follow today's Negro idiom without a hip assist. If You're Woke You Dig It.” The article, which is an uneasy glimpse of how mainstream media regarded Black people in 1962, is about how white people co-opt terms from the Black community. His target was white woke Beatniks of the 1960s.Awakening others to injustice in the United States may have originated with white folks inspired by Abraham Lincoln. In the lead up to the his 1860 election, the, then woke, Republican Party helped organize a paramilitary youth movement in the Northern states called the ‘Wide Awakes'. These activists, which included some Black people, were inspired by Lincoln's fight to abolish slavery and promote workers' rights.They took up arms to defend Republican politicians who brazenly awakened others to injustices in America in their campaign speeches. This armed aggression — especially armed Black men — in part is what woke the South to the dawning wokeness across the North. Frightened as they were, they organize their own paramilitary and soon a civil war broke out.RECLAIM, RESIST, REVIVEWords can have unusual lifecycles. The term "queer" evolved from a pejorative label for homosexuals to a term of empowerment. Particularly after the activism of the 1960s and 1970s, including the Stonewall Riots. Its reclamation was reinforced by academic queer theory, which critiques societal norms around sexuality and gender. Today, "queer" is widely embraced as a self-identifier that reflects pride and resistance against stigma.Christopher Hobson, of the Substack Imperfect Notes, suggested in a post about the word polycrisis, this progression of terminology:Proposed — A new word or meaning is introduced through individuals, cultural interactions, academia, or mass media.Adopted — A word or meaning is embraced by a community, shaped by social relevance and media influence.Spread — Diffusion occurs through social networks and media exposure, leading to wider acceptance.Critiqued — As words gain popularity, they face scrutiny from linguistic purists and cultural commentators. The appropriateness of a term can be questioned, highlighting the intent behind its dissemination.Institutionalized — Widely used words become institutionalized, appearing in dictionaries and everyday language as standards.Hobson adds one other stage that is particularly relevant today, ‘pipiked.' It's a term he ‘adopted' as ‘proposed' and I'm now ‘spreading'. It comes from Naomi Klein's book, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World. Hobson writes:"A useful concept she introduces is ‘pipikism', which she takes from Philip Roth's, Operation Shylock, one of the texts about doppelgangers that Klein engages with. She quote's Roth's description of ‘pipikism' as ‘the antitragic force that inconsequencializes everything—farcicalizes everything, trivializes everything, superficializes everything.' This captures the way in which the concepts and frames we use to help understand our world are rendered useless by bad actors and bad faith, caught in ‘a knot of seriousness and ridiculousness that would never be untangled.'" (3)This lifecycle certainly applies to the word woke, but let's turn to a term more closely related to economic geography that's also in the cross-hairs of being ‘pipiked' — decolonize.Like woke, the term decolonize began as a call to dismantle injustice, exposing the deep roots of exploitation in European colonial systems. It symbolized hope for liberation and justice for the oppressed. Over time, like many critical terms, its meaning shifted. Once radical, decolonize risks becoming performative as its potency weakens through co-optation, especially by bad faith actors.Narendra Modi exemplifies this, using decolonization rhetoric to promote Hindutva, a Hindu nationalist agenda. His government renames cities, revises textbooks to erase Muslim rulers like the Mughals, and marginalizes minorities, particularly Muslims, under the guise of rejecting British colonial legacies. This parallels America's own rewriting of history to reinforce a white Christian narrative. Protestant colonizers replaced Indigenous names and erased Native perspectives, reframing days like Thanksgiving, a time of mourning for many, into celebratory myths.DOCTRINES, DISSENT, AND DOMINIONEarly colonial educational curricula framed colonization as a divine mission to civilize the so-called savages. Native Americans were often depicted as obstacles to progress rather than as sovereign peoples with rich cultures and governance systems. Systems, like the Iroquois League, impressed and inspired the early framers of American government, like Benjamin Franklin.But it was Christian dogma like the Doctrine of Discovery, a theological justification for seizing Indigenous land, that was integrated into educational and legal frameworks. Slavery was sanitized in textbooks to diminish its horrors, portraying it as a benign or even benevolent system. Early 20th-century textbooks referred to enslaved people as “workers” and omitted the violence of chattel slavery.Early colonizers established theological institutions like Harvard University, originally intended to train ministers and propagate Christian doctrine. My own family lineage is culpable. I've already written about Jonas Weed (circa 1610–1676), a Puritan minister who helped colonize Weathersfield, Connecticut. But there's also the brother of my ninth Mother, Jonathan Mitchell (1624–1668). He was a Harvard graduate and Puritan minister who played a pivotal role in shaping the Protestant-oriented writing of American history.He promoted a Christian God-given view of history, framing events as manifestations of God's will. He emphasized covenant theology that cast Puritans as a chosen people. As a fellow at Harvard, he shaped the intellectual environment that influenced figures like Cotton Mather, who's Magnalia Christi Americana (1702) depicted New England as a "city upon a hill" destined to fulfill a divine mission. JFK ripped this quote from history, as did Reagan and Obama to further their campaigns but also to ingrain messages that started with people like Mitchell and Mather.Institutions like the church and universities advanced Christian-nationalist ideologies that justified colonial rule, marginalizing Indigenous, African, and non-European cultures by framing European Christian values as superior. European imperial powers reshaped local economies for their gain, turning colonies into sources of raw materials and markets for goods. Monocultures like sugar and cotton left regions vulnerable, while urban centers prioritized resource export over local needs, fostering uneven development.By the mid-20th century, America had risen to global dominance, cementing its power through institutions like the IMF and World Bank, which reinforced economic dependencies. Decolonization movements emerged in response, with nations in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean seeking justice and sovereignty. Yet many former colonies remain trapped in systemic inequalities shaped by imperial and American influence. While initiatives like the G-77 — a UN coalition of developing nations promoting collective economic interests and South-South cooperation — aim to reshape global systems, progress remains slow and resistance strong.Today, Project 2025 seeks to revive Christian-nationalist doctrines, echoing colonial practices. Signs of rising authoritarianism, white Christian nationalism, and silencing dissent are evident. The Levant, too, reflects another iteration of the colonial Doctrine of Discovery — seizing land and subjugating oppressed populations under theological justifications.Even in the early days of American colonization, there were woke voices. One of them happened to be another ancestor of mine. My tenth grandfather, Stephen Bachiler (circa 1561–1656) was an English clergyman and an early advocate for the separation of church and state. His life exemplified the struggles for religious autonomy in early American history, but also the importance of sustained critique of power and injustice.Educated at St. John's College, Oxford, he became the vicar of Wherwell but was ousted in 1605 for his Puritan beliefs. At nearly 70, he left to New England in 1632 to establish the First Church of Lynn near Boston. It was there it is assumed he cast the sole vote against the expulsion of Roger Williams — a proponent of equitable treatment of Native Americans and a fellow Separatist.Both men showed a commitment to religious freedom, tolerance, and fair dealings. While they were clearly colonizers and missionaries, each with their own religion, they were also relatively woke. They showed the importance of a sustained quest for liberty and justice amid prevailing authoritarian orthodoxies.Trump wields language as a tool to cement his prevailing authoritarian orthodoxies. He surrounds himself with figures who reduce substantive critical discourse to noise. His media allies, from Fox News to populist voices like Joe Rogan, amplify his rhetoric, diverting attention from systemic injustices. These platforms trivialize urgent issues, overshadowing genuine grievances with performative derision and bad faith gestures.When language meant to confront injustice is co-opted, maligned, or muted, its power is diminished. Performative actions can “pipikize” critical terms, rendering them absurd or hollow while leaving entrenched problems untouched — many rooted in centuries of European colonization. Yet Trump's alignment with a new breed of colonization deepens these issues.Figures like Elon Musk and JD Vance, champions of libertarian techno-optimism, feed into Trump's agenda. Musk dreams of private cities and space colonies free from governmental oversight, while Vance benefits from Silicon Valley backers like Peter Thiel, who pour millions into advancing deregulation and creating self-governing enclaves.These visions are the new face of colonialism — enclaves of privilege where exploitation thrives, disconnected from democratic accountability. They mirror the hierarchies and exclusions of the past, dressed as innovation but steeped in familiar patterns of dominance.In this age of populism — another word twisted and worn thin — vigilance is essential. Language must be scrutinized not just for its use but for its intent. Without this, we risk falling into complacency, lulled by superficial gestures and farcical displays. Stay awake. Words can preserve the power to transform — but only when their intent remains grounded in uprooting injustice and inhumanity.References:* Cambridge Dictionary. Definition of woke. * Economist. (2024). Immigration, border control, and the ‘woke mind virus': Tracking political rhetoric. * Hobson, Christopher. (Sep 13, 2024). Imperfect Notes: In conversation with Pete Chambers. * Klein, Naomi. (2023). Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.* Macmillan Publishers. (2023). Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy. * Neiman, Susan. (2023). Left Is Not Woke. Cambridge, MA: Polity Press.* New York Times Magazine. (1962). Kelley, William Melvin. If You're Woke You Dig It; No Mickey Mouse Can Be Expected to Follow Today's Negro Idiom Without a Hip Assist.* Press, Eyal. (2012). Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.* Roth, Philip. (1993). Operation Shylock: A Confession. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.* Time Magazine. (2023). India's textbook revisions spark controversy over history and ideology. * Walker, Corinne A. (2024). Aeon. What is behind the explosion in talk about decolonisation. * Dull, Jonathan. (2021). Post-Colonialism: Understanding the Past to Change the Future. World History Connected, 18(1), 125–142. This is a public episode. 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Are there records through history of people seeing spirits and other spiritual things? Join Doug and Emily as they discuss if seers are new to our time, or if they have been around since "Bible times." From Irenaeus to Cotton Mather to the Enlightenment to Abraham Lincoln, the conversation was wide ranging!

Send us a textWhat happens when a schoolmaster with a penchant for the supernatural meets the eerie legends of Sleepy Hollow? Join us as we unravel the curious tale of Ichabod Crane, a man whose life intertwines shrewdness with an almost childlike credulity. Immerse yourself in the haunting melodies of nasal psalm tunes that echo through the twilight hours, reflecting Ichabod's unique charm and capturing the hearts of the rural neighborhood's female circle. As we explore the bizarre blend of his fears and fascinations, you'll discover how Cotton Mather's witchcraft tales fuel his vivid imagination, setting the stage for a captivating journey through a landscape steeped in mystery and folklore.As the hearth burns and shadows stretch across the walls, the chilling narratives of ghosts, goblins, and the headless Hessian take center stage. These old Dutch tales, shared by the elderly under the winter moon, weave a spell of intrigue and dread, casting a spell of wonder and terror. Picture Ichabod's heart-pounding journey home, beset by spectral visions and snowy phantoms, as the boundary between the known and the eerie blurs. This episode promises an exploration of the rich tapestry of folklore that defines the long, dark nights of Sleepy Hollow, ensuring your imagination is thoroughly enchanted and haunted.Support the showThe American Soul Podcasthttps://www.buzzsprout.com/1791934/subscribe

On August 19th, 1692 Salem saw its third round of executions. Four men and one woman were hanged that day -- a group so sensational that Cotton Mather himself attended their last moments. He had to see the Queen of Hell for himself. Join Jeffrey and Sarah, your favorite Salem tour guides, as they talk about Martha Carrier, the first person to be accused from Andover, a town that saw more accusations than any other.   Salem Witch Museum - "Thomas and Martha Carrier / Widow Allen Home, Site of" Salem Witch Museum - "Martha and Thomas Carrier: A Love Story" Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project History of Massachusetts - "The Witchcraft Trial of Martha Carrier" Wikitree - Thomas Carrier "A Witch Trial Victim's Family Reunion" - Gloucester Times Witchcraft Poems: Salem 1692. Roslyn, N.Y.: Stone House Press, 1988 In the Shadow of Salem: The Andover Witch-hunt of 1692 by Richard Hite Wonders of the Invisible World by Cotton Mather The Salem Witch Trials by Marilynne K. Roach Salem Village Witchcraft by Boyer and Nissenbaum   Interested in Salem The Podcast Merch!?  CLICK HERE! Interested in supporting the Podcast? Looking for more Salem content? CLICK HERE! www.salemthepodcast.com NEW INSTAGRAM - @salemthepod Email - hello@salemthepodcast.com   Book a tour with Sarah at Bewitched Historical Tours  www.bewitchedtours.com Book a tour with Jeffrey at Salem Uncovered  www.salemuncovered.com    Intro/Outro Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/unfamiliar-faces License code: NGSBY7LA1HTVAUJE

On August 19th, 1692 Salem saw its third round of executions. Four men and one woman were hanged that day -- a group so sensational that Cotton Mather himself attended their last moments. He had to see the Queen of Hell for himself. Join Jeffrey and Sarah, your favorite Salem tour guides, as they talk about Martha Carrier, the first person to be accused from Andover, a town that saw more accusations than any other.   Salem Witch Museum - "Thomas and Martha Carrier / Widow Allen Home, Site of" Salem Witch Museum - "Martha and Thomas Carrier: A Love Story" Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project History of Massachusetts - "The Witchcraft Trial of Martha Carrier" Wikitree - Thomas Carrier "A Witch Trial Victim's Family Reunion" - Gloucester Times Witchcraft Poems: Salem 1692. Roslyn, N.Y.: Stone House Press, 1988 In the Shadow of Salem: The Andover Witch-hunt of 1692 by Richard Hite Wonders of the Invisible World by Cotton Mather The Salem Witch Trials by Marilynne K. Roach Salem Village Witchcraft by Boyer and Nissenbaum   Interested in Salem The Podcast Merch!?  CLICK HERE! Interested in supporting the Podcast? Looking for more Salem content? CLICK HERE! www.salemthepodcast.com NEW INSTAGRAM - @salemthepod Email - hello@salemthepodcast.com   Book a tour with Sarah at Bewitched Historical Tours  www.bewitchedtours.com Book a tour with Jeffrey at Salem Uncovered  www.salemuncovered.com    Intro/Outro Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/unfamiliar-faces License code: NGSBY7LA1HTVAUJE

What does history have to tell us about how we, as Americans, came to define people by their race; the visual ways we have grouped people together based on their skin color, facial features, hair texture, and ancestry? As you might imagine, history has a LOT to tell us about this question! So today, we're going to explore one aspect of the answer to this question by focusing on some of the ways religion shaped European and early American ideas about race and racial groupings. Kathryn Gin Lum is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University. She's also the author of Heathen: Religion and Race in American History. Show Notes:https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/392 Sponsor Links Colonial Williamsburg Foundation The Power of Place: The Centennial Campaign for Colonial Williamsburg Constitution Day Resources Complementary Episodes Episode 047: Christian Imperialism: Converting the World in the Early American Republic Episode 109: The American Enlightenment & Cadwallader Colden Episode 139: Indian Enslavement in the Americas Episode 311: Religion and the American Revolution Episode 334: Missions and Mission Building in New Spain Episode 367: The Brafferton Indian School, Part 1 Episode 376: Cotton Mather's Spanish Lessons Listen! Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Amazon Music Ben Franklin's World iOS App Ben Franklin's World Android App Helpful Links Join the Ben Franklin's World Facebook Group Ben Franklin's World Twitter: @BFWorldPodcast Ben Franklin's World Facebook Page Sign-up for the Franklin Gazette Newsletter

Hello friends! Legendary, Austin power-pop artist Larry Seaman returns to the show for episode 1413! Larry's latest release, the powerful Ernesto Sardonico, is available now on all streaming services, CD, and vinyl on FLAK Records. go to larryseamanartmusic.com for music, show dates, art, and more. We have a great conversation about making Ernesto Sardonico with co- producer Ron Flynt (2020) and an all-star cast of Austin musical luminaries, including former members of Spoon, Flying Saucers, the Wannabes, Poison 13, Cotton Mather, and 2020, songwriting, playing with a band, staying engaged, pop culture and much more. I had a great time catching up with Larry. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!   Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or anywhere you pod.   If you feel so inclined. Venmo: www.venmo.com/John-Goudie-1  Paypal: paypal.me/johnnygoudie

Hello friends! Legendary, Austin power-pop artist Larry Seaman returns to the show for episode 1413! Larry's latest release, the powerful Ernesto Sardonicus, is available now on all streaming services, CD, and vinyl on FLAK Records. go to larryseamanartmusic.com for music, show dates, art, and more. We have a great conversation about making Ernesto Sardonicus with co- producer Ron Flynt (2020) and an all-star cast of Austin musical luminaries, including former members of Spoon, Flying Saucers, the Wannabes, Poison 13, Cotton Mather, and 2020, songwriting, playing with a band, staying engaged, pop culture and much more. I had a great time catching up with Larry. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!   Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or anywhere you pod.   If you feel so inclined. Venmo: www.venmo.com/John-Goudie-1  Paypal: paypal.me/johnnygoudie

In the vaunted annals of America's founding, Boston has long been held up as an exemplary “city upon a hill” and the “cradle of liberty” for an independent United States. Wresting this iconic urban center from these misleading, tired clichés, The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power (Princeton University Press, 2019), highlights Boston's overlooked past as an autonomous city-state, and in doing so, offers a pathbreaking and brilliant new history of early America. Following Boston's development over three centuries, Mark Peterson, the Edmund S. Morgan Professor of History at Yale University, discusses how this self-governing Atlantic trading center began as a refuge from Britain's Stuart monarchs and how—through its bargain with slavery and ratification of the Constitution—it would tragically lose integrity and autonomy as it became incorporated into the greater United States. Drawing from vast archives, and featuring unfamiliar figures alongside well-known ones, such as John Winthrop, Cotton Mather, and John Adams, Peterson explores Boston's origins in sixteenth-century utopian ideals, its founding and expansion into the hinterland of New England, and the growth of its distinctive political economy, with ties to the West Indies and southern Europe. By the 1700s, Boston was at full strength, with wide Atlantic trading circuits and cultural ties, both within and beyond Britain's empire. After the cataclysmic Revolutionary War, “Bostoners” aimed to negotiate a relationship with the American confederation, but through the next century, the new United States unraveled Boston's regional reign. The fateful decision to ratify the Constitution undercut its power, as Southern planters and slave owners dominated national politics and corroded the city-state's vision of a common good for all. Peeling away the layers of myth surrounding a revered city, The City-State of Boston offers a startlingly fresh understanding of America's history. Ryan Tripp is adjunct history faculty for Los Medanos Community College as well as the College of Online and Continuing Education at Southern New Hampshire University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In the vaunted annals of America's founding, Boston has long been held up as an exemplary “city upon a hill” and the “cradle of liberty” for an independent United States. Wresting this iconic urban center from these misleading, tired clichés, The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power (Princeton University Press, 2019), highlights Boston's overlooked past as an autonomous city-state, and in doing so, offers a pathbreaking and brilliant new history of early America. Following Boston's development over three centuries, Mark Peterson, the Edmund S. Morgan Professor of History at Yale University, discusses how this self-governing Atlantic trading center began as a refuge from Britain's Stuart monarchs and how—through its bargain with slavery and ratification of the Constitution—it would tragically lose integrity and autonomy as it became incorporated into the greater United States. Drawing from vast archives, and featuring unfamiliar figures alongside well-known ones, such as John Winthrop, Cotton Mather, and John Adams, Peterson explores Boston's origins in sixteenth-century utopian ideals, its founding and expansion into the hinterland of New England, and the growth of its distinctive political economy, with ties to the West Indies and southern Europe. By the 1700s, Boston was at full strength, with wide Atlantic trading circuits and cultural ties, both within and beyond Britain's empire. After the cataclysmic Revolutionary War, “Bostoners” aimed to negotiate a relationship with the American confederation, but through the next century, the new United States unraveled Boston's regional reign. The fateful decision to ratify the Constitution undercut its power, as Southern planters and slave owners dominated national politics and corroded the city-state's vision of a common good for all. Peeling away the layers of myth surrounding a revered city, The City-State of Boston offers a startlingly fresh understanding of America's history. Ryan Tripp is adjunct history faculty for Los Medanos Community College as well as the College of Online and Continuing Education at Southern New Hampshire University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the vaunted annals of America's founding, Boston has long been held up as an exemplary “city upon a hill” and the “cradle of liberty” for an independent United States. Wresting this iconic urban center from these misleading, tired clichés, The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power (Princeton University Press, 2019), highlights Boston's overlooked past as an autonomous city-state, and in doing so, offers a pathbreaking and brilliant new history of early America. Following Boston's development over three centuries, Mark Peterson, the Edmund S. Morgan Professor of History at Yale University, discusses how this self-governing Atlantic trading center began as a refuge from Britain's Stuart monarchs and how—through its bargain with slavery and ratification of the Constitution—it would tragically lose integrity and autonomy as it became incorporated into the greater United States. Drawing from vast archives, and featuring unfamiliar figures alongside well-known ones, such as John Winthrop, Cotton Mather, and John Adams, Peterson explores Boston's origins in sixteenth-century utopian ideals, its founding and expansion into the hinterland of New England, and the growth of its distinctive political economy, with ties to the West Indies and southern Europe. By the 1700s, Boston was at full strength, with wide Atlantic trading circuits and cultural ties, both within and beyond Britain's empire. After the cataclysmic Revolutionary War, “Bostoners” aimed to negotiate a relationship with the American confederation, but through the next century, the new United States unraveled Boston's regional reign. The fateful decision to ratify the Constitution undercut its power, as Southern planters and slave owners dominated national politics and corroded the city-state's vision of a common good for all. Peeling away the layers of myth surrounding a revered city, The City-State of Boston offers a startlingly fresh understanding of America's history. Ryan Tripp is adjunct history faculty for Los Medanos Community College as well as the College of Online and Continuing Education at Southern New Hampshire University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

In the vaunted annals of America's founding, Boston has long been held up as an exemplary “city upon a hill” and the “cradle of liberty” for an independent United States. Wresting this iconic urban center from these misleading, tired clichés, The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power (Princeton University Press, 2019), highlights Boston's overlooked past as an autonomous city-state, and in doing so, offers a pathbreaking and brilliant new history of early America. Following Boston's development over three centuries, Mark Peterson, the Edmund S. Morgan Professor of History at Yale University, discusses how this self-governing Atlantic trading center began as a refuge from Britain's Stuart monarchs and how—through its bargain with slavery and ratification of the Constitution—it would tragically lose integrity and autonomy as it became incorporated into the greater United States. Drawing from vast archives, and featuring unfamiliar figures alongside well-known ones, such as John Winthrop, Cotton Mather, and John Adams, Peterson explores Boston's origins in sixteenth-century utopian ideals, its founding and expansion into the hinterland of New England, and the growth of its distinctive political economy, with ties to the West Indies and southern Europe. By the 1700s, Boston was at full strength, with wide Atlantic trading circuits and cultural ties, both within and beyond Britain's empire. After the cataclysmic Revolutionary War, “Bostoners” aimed to negotiate a relationship with the American confederation, but through the next century, the new United States unraveled Boston's regional reign. The fateful decision to ratify the Constitution undercut its power, as Southern planters and slave owners dominated national politics and corroded the city-state's vision of a common good for all. Peeling away the layers of myth surrounding a revered city, The City-State of Boston offers a startlingly fresh understanding of America's history. Ryan Tripp is adjunct history faculty for Los Medanos Community College as well as the College of Online and Continuing Education at Southern New Hampshire University.

In the vaunted annals of America's founding, Boston has long been held up as an exemplary “city upon a hill” and the “cradle of liberty” for an independent United States. Wresting this iconic urban center from these misleading, tired clichés, The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power (Princeton University Press, 2019), highlights Boston's overlooked past as an autonomous city-state, and in doing so, offers a pathbreaking and brilliant new history of early America. Following Boston's development over three centuries, Mark Peterson, the Edmund S. Morgan Professor of History at Yale University, discusses how this self-governing Atlantic trading center began as a refuge from Britain's Stuart monarchs and how—through its bargain with slavery and ratification of the Constitution—it would tragically lose integrity and autonomy as it became incorporated into the greater United States. Drawing from vast archives, and featuring unfamiliar figures alongside well-known ones, such as John Winthrop, Cotton Mather, and John Adams, Peterson explores Boston's origins in sixteenth-century utopian ideals, its founding and expansion into the hinterland of New England, and the growth of its distinctive political economy, with ties to the West Indies and southern Europe. By the 1700s, Boston was at full strength, with wide Atlantic trading circuits and cultural ties, both within and beyond Britain's empire. After the cataclysmic Revolutionary War, “Bostoners” aimed to negotiate a relationship with the American confederation, but through the next century, the new United States unraveled Boston's regional reign. The fateful decision to ratify the Constitution undercut its power, as Southern planters and slave owners dominated national politics and corroded the city-state's vision of a common good for all. Peeling away the layers of myth surrounding a revered city, The City-State of Boston offers a startlingly fresh understanding of America's history. Ryan Tripp is adjunct history faculty for Los Medanos Community College as well as the College of Online and Continuing Education at Southern New Hampshire University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the vaunted annals of America's founding, Boston has long been held up as an exemplary “city upon a hill” and the “cradle of liberty” for an independent United States. Wresting this iconic urban center from these misleading, tired clichés, The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power (Princeton University Press, 2019), highlights Boston's overlooked past as an autonomous city-state, and in doing so, offers a pathbreaking and brilliant new history of early America. Following Boston's development over three centuries, Mark Peterson, the Edmund S. Morgan Professor of History at Yale University, discusses how this self-governing Atlantic trading center began as a refuge from Britain's Stuart monarchs and how—through its bargain with slavery and ratification of the Constitution—it would tragically lose integrity and autonomy as it became incorporated into the greater United States. Drawing from vast archives, and featuring unfamiliar figures alongside well-known ones, such as John Winthrop, Cotton Mather, and John Adams, Peterson explores Boston's origins in sixteenth-century utopian ideals, its founding and expansion into the hinterland of New England, and the growth of its distinctive political economy, with ties to the West Indies and southern Europe. By the 1700s, Boston was at full strength, with wide Atlantic trading circuits and cultural ties, both within and beyond Britain's empire. After the cataclysmic Revolutionary War, “Bostoners” aimed to negotiate a relationship with the American confederation, but through the next century, the new United States unraveled Boston's regional reign. The fateful decision to ratify the Constitution undercut its power, as Southern planters and slave owners dominated national politics and corroded the city-state's vision of a common good for all. Peeling away the layers of myth surrounding a revered city, The City-State of Boston offers a startlingly fresh understanding of America's history. Ryan Tripp is adjunct history faculty for Los Medanos Community College as well as the College of Online and Continuing Education at Southern New Hampshire University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the vaunted annals of America's founding, Boston has long been held up as an exemplary “city upon a hill” and the “cradle of liberty” for an independent United States. Wresting this iconic urban center from these misleading, tired clichés, The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power (Princeton University Press, 2019), highlights Boston's overlooked past as an autonomous city-state, and in doing so, offers a pathbreaking and brilliant new history of early America. Following Boston's development over three centuries, Mark Peterson, the Edmund S. Morgan Professor of History at Yale University, discusses how this self-governing Atlantic trading center began as a refuge from Britain's Stuart monarchs and how—through its bargain with slavery and ratification of the Constitution—it would tragically lose integrity and autonomy as it became incorporated into the greater United States. Drawing from vast archives, and featuring unfamiliar figures alongside well-known ones, such as John Winthrop, Cotton Mather, and John Adams, Peterson explores Boston's origins in sixteenth-century utopian ideals, its founding and expansion into the hinterland of New England, and the growth of its distinctive political economy, with ties to the West Indies and southern Europe. By the 1700s, Boston was at full strength, with wide Atlantic trading circuits and cultural ties, both within and beyond Britain's empire. After the cataclysmic Revolutionary War, “Bostoners” aimed to negotiate a relationship with the American confederation, but through the next century, the new United States unraveled Boston's regional reign. The fateful decision to ratify the Constitution undercut its power, as Southern planters and slave owners dominated national politics and corroded the city-state's vision of a common good for all. Peeling away the layers of myth surrounding a revered city, The City-State of Boston offers a startlingly fresh understanding of America's history. Ryan Tripp is adjunct history faculty for Los Medanos Community College as well as the College of Online and Continuing Education at Southern New Hampshire University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/british-studies

Cotton Mather is one of New England's most famous colonial ministers. In this episode he is counseling and working directly with four pirates who are condemned to die. This is sermon he gives as they are before the executioners block. Hear the story of the pirates and their responses to Mather's counsel! Special thanks to Pastor Ed Backell for reading this sermon. Pastor Ed Backell is a Washington state native, and has taught for 30+ years in churches in Oregon, Washington and Nebraska, currently in Warden, WA. He has been serving Warden Community Church since May, 2010If you would like to read a sermon for Revived Thoughts, reach out to us at revivedthoughts@gmail.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Author Alice Markham-Cantor to discuss her book The Once and Future Witch Hunt Alice and I discuss her ancestor Martha Carrier who was hanged as a witch in Salem, along with my ancestor Cotton Mather who contributed to the hanging. We discuss Salem as a story about stories, emerging capitalism as the backdrop of the witch hunts, and how Salem was an inversion of power relationships.     Support Rebel Spirit Radio https://patreon.com/rebelspirit https://paypal.me/rebelspiritradio   Alice Markham-Cantor https://www.alicemarkhamcantor.com/   The Once & Future Witch Hunt Llewellyn Books https://www.llewellyn.com/product.php?ean=9780738776279   Bookshop.org https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-once-future-witch-hunt-a-descendant-s-reckoning-from-salem-to-the-present-alice-markham-cantor/20644718?ean=9780738776279   Connect with Rebel Spirit on Social Media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rebelspiritradio X: @RebelSpiritRad Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rebelspiritradio https://www.rebelspiritradio.com

Cotton Mather was a third generation minister born into Puritan royalty, a nepo baby long before anyone had ever used the term. But his involvement in the Salem witch trials — and defense of the trials afterward — led to his eventual vilification. We're joined by Professor Rick Kennedy who helps us sort through Mather's complex role in Puritan New England.  Learn about Rick Kennedy Learn about Rick Kennedy's book The First American Evangelical: A Short Life of Cotton Mather Rick Kennedy's latest book is Winds of Santa Ana: Pilgrim Stories of the California Bight Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter. and TikTok Learn about Greg Houle's forthcoming book, The Putnams of Salem: A Novel of Power and Betrayal During the Salem Witch Trials

Today on the show Scott joins jD to talk all about song number 31, don't worry we get to his origin story too! Transcript: Track 1[1:02] At track 32, we have the song, Grave Architecture. Come on in. Sorry.I was trying to stick that in, yeah. Oh, damn. I stepped on it.That's okay. I should have prepared you.What are your initial thoughts of Grave Architecture? This was a funny one thatwhen you said it to me, I have a long,like I think I said before, I think the album that I really kind of really feltlike really grabbed me was was wowie zowie and um and yeah this song is likethe come on in like right away like oh yeah,hey this is westy from the rock and roll.Track 3[1:41] Band pavement and you're listening to the countdown,hey it's jd here back for another episode ofour top 50 countdown for seminal indie rockband pavement week over weekwe're going to count down the 50 essential pavement tracks that youselected with your very own top 20 ballots ithen tabulated the results using an abacus and an old pair of socks you knowthe kind that have toes in them how will your favorite song fare in the rankingyou will need to tune in to find out so there's that this week i'm joined bypavement Pavement superfan, Scott from North Dakota.Track 3[2:19] Scott, how are you doing, motherfucker? I'm doing well, and you, sir?I am excellent. I'm always excellent when I get to talk Pavement with somebody. Absolutely.Track 3[2:29] So tell me a little bit about yourself. So, you know, grew up in Minnesota,a small town, but not that far from the Twin Cities.And it's small towns. You don't things come slowly.And I was I don't want to say a late adopter to pavement, but I graduated in1996 from high school and I was all about the grunge movement.You know, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, all of that. And I didn't know much about indierock at all or any indie anything until I went to college.I had heard of Pavement when I was in high school. I had friends who were intothem, but I was so set on grunge that it's like, this is what we're going to listen to.And I kind of wrote them off at first without hearing them because I for whateverreason, I was like, oh, Pavement.It's like going to be heavy, more industrial, you know, maybe like East GermanKMFDM or, you know, something really that I might not enjoy.Yeah. And then I was completely wrong about that.A friend, a friend had, I was just riding with a friend and he had,it was right when Brighton the Corners came out and we were just riding in hiscar and I was like, what is this?And he's like, this is pavement. And I was like, no.Track 3[3:46] And I was like, this is not what Pavement sounds like. And it literally fromthere was just a beeline to the store to pick up everything I could get my hands on.And, you know, it was, it was, would have been my last, you know,two years of college, give or take.Track 3[4:01] And it was obviously Pavement was up there. And then right at that same time,Built to Spill, Modest Mouse, all these, you know, other indie bands.But Pavement was the one that I was just like, oh my God, where has this been my whole life? Oh, yeah.Track 3[4:45] On the internet so you just had to go and buy andsee what happened and i picked upterror twilight which divisive record you know for some people for me absolutelyloved it there's so much same stuff in there that was just jangly and interestingand different and fun but also i mean,It's hard to explain, but I remember growing up as a kid, and radio was all we had.And every song was about love, and it was just straight up hitting you over the head with it.And here was something that you had to go decipher these lyrics,and you could decipher them in a thousand different ways.And if you got sick of the lyrics, you could just go and listen to the music itself.Track 3[5:35] And that was just something that I had been looking for forever.So that would have been roughly like 1998, 99.And I was living in Minneapolis. I got an internship and I got to see them on that last tour.So the first time- In 99? Yeah. I got to, I saw them.I remember this too, because they played two dates and I only could go to onebecause the other date I was seeing Slater Kinney.They were like back to back nights. So I was an intern at the time.So, you know, I was working during the day and then as much as I can,I'd go to First Avenue where the show was.And I remember very little because it was, again, 1999.Track 3[6:17] But I remember they opened with Here, which I thought was just such an odd openerbecause it's just such a chill, just laid back, you know, didn't come out with a big punch.And it just set the tone.And i i remember um what i remember about that gig is steven or malchmus haduh like uh christmas lights but they weren't around his microphone stand andthat was that was just about it for,stage presence and again this is the first time i've seen this band uh wheni'd only seen pictures before that i actually when i looked at them i didn'tknow who the singer was and i thought i I thought, uh, I thought Mark was the singer.Cause he stands in the center. Yeah. I was like, oh yeah, that he's gotta bethe singer and nope. You get there and I'm like, oh, okay.Track 3[7:08] And you know, I, I remember, you know, buying after that, you know,the, the major league EP or the single with, with the additional ones.And, you know, I got very into them and then they went away and I was like,oh, well, this sucks, you know?And they never were far from my playlist.They were always there. And...Track 3[7:35] It was the first band that I really remember going, oh, I won't get to see these guys again.And that was frustrating because I had felt like I had only gotten into thema year or a year and a half before.And yes, could I have gotten to them earlier? Sure. If I had been born in abigger town with better radio, with better, you know, a college town,maybe where that could have been a lot, a lot more easily found.But, uh, you know, growing up in rural Minnesota, you got AM radio,you got farm reports, and then you got pop radio.So it was very difficult to find those, but yeah, that's, that's kind of mybeginning with the band and, uh, just becoming infatuated with them.Track 3[8:16] So question yeah um oh shit it slipped my mind oh no what was the question ohthe question was so did that lead you to sm solo work or psoi or anything likethat yeah uh i was and and that's,what we'll get to that uh we'll get to i have some linkage there but that'sokay um yeah i i I immediately went out and followed the solo work,which again, the first record just blew me away.And I listened to it on just repeat forever.And I would say at least with the solo stuff, the first four albums, I just ate up.Um, and after that, it wasn't because I thought the music was any different.It's more that I just got older and I was listening to less new music.And that's something I've been. Weird how that happens. I hate it though.You know, I, I, I'm finally, I finally figured out that if, you know,and it took me till here that if you keep listening to new music,if you make time for it, it comes right back the enjoyment,you know, and I've tried to set aside and, you know, just shut the TV off andlisten to music for an hour and it's really helped.Track 3[9:30] I do that every morning, every morning I get up around five 30 and I listenedto at least one record, um, you know, or a playlist or whatnot.And that sort of sets the tone for my day.Yeah. See it. And I'm, uh, I'm an accountant and a teacher by, by trade.So I teach at a local community college, but I do taxes on the side and thisis busiest time of year for me,but I can can pour through you knowsix seven albums in a sitting youknow just having the music on while i work and justpound away and pound away and work work work work work and themusic will still just kind of seep in and upon youknow second or third listenings all of a sudden i'm going back and i'm like igotta hear this song particularly again because there's something inthere and that that's really helped but long storylonger uh yeah those solo records were and andwhether it was you know technically him or him with the jicksand i saw him i don't knowa couple times on those tours when he would come throughminneapolis and again loved it loved itabsolutely loved it um yeah and you know he did it in store uh at the electricfetus in minneapolis a pretty famous record store for minneapolis and uh i rememberbeing intimidated because that just the stuff you read oh he's he's He's aloof.He's kind of standoffish, you know, but he's, he's very intelligent.Track 3[10:55] And he played, I don't know, three or four songs off whatever record that was.And then you sign up and you shake hands.And he talked to me for like fiveminutes and he couldn't have been more gracious with everyone in line.And I was like, Oh, this is, this is great. You know, they say,don't meet your heroes. And I'm like, well, no, this was, this was fantastic.This was a really nice situation so yeah i've only ever had good experiencesbut i'm like you very nervous because he's just so goddamn cool you know likethat's like you can't you can't plan for that intangible right the coolness factor you know.Track 3[11:35] It's it's difficult to relate to especially forme i'm cool and underqualified oh yeah i didn't andi'm just like like grew up southern californiayou know playing tennis and you know doing doing all these things and you knowbut also with skateboarding and then you know he was in bands like still whenhe was in high school and stuff and it's all these stuff that you know i hadkids like that in high school too but i felt the same way i'm like ah theseguys are cool and i mean i I took piano lessons forever,but I never translated that into,you know, thinking about, oh, you could be in a band or you could do something.And it was just like, nope, it's piano.It's nerdy. It's never going to work. And it's like, eh, you know.Ben Volz would argue with you. Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's true. That's very true.So what's your go-to record at this point? Is it Brighton still?Like, because that was your first or.No. Obviously it changes over the years. Uh, for, for the longest, for the longest time.It was crooked rain, crooked rain, just because it is a masterpiece.Yeah. It, it, and again, just out the, out the gate, just how,just how the shambling start of that record and then, you know,the, the, the cowbell kicks in and just.Track 3[12:51] Yeah i stillget goosebumps from that and for a long time that was it andmy least favorite not least favorite but i thoughtwowie zowie for the longest time was there'sso many weird songs on there like you takeyou take a song like half a canyon which i adore but.Track 3[13:11] It is weird it is out there and he'sjust you know screaming and it's kind of nonsense andi find myself now going to wowiezowie um because it is so imean just starting off with we dancewhich is again just this kind of slow burning kindof almost ballady at points yes andthen just the rest of that record with you know gravearchitecture and pueblo and and grounded anduh you know those are just the ones off the top of myhead but again uh at&t andit's top to bottom and it's a little bitlonger record which i like as wellum yeah when you've only got five lps tosort of satiate yourself now there's lots of epstoo but yes five main lps along isnice right right right which againjust to i always have liked that in in uh i'm a modest mouse fan as well notthat you know we need to get into that but their first modest mouse's firsttwo albums were like both 74 minutes and wow this is also back yeah this isalso back when like a cd would cost 15 to 18 dollars and.Track 3[14:26] I didn't have a lot of money so you knowi would buy these records that had so much music on itum when i could and i just appreciated thatbut that longer album uh and it really ebbsand flows as well which which i love and it can gofrom just something that's really simple and straightforward forward to somethingthat other bands it might endup as a b-side or on the cutting room floor because it isthat different but absolutely love thatrecord now that's that's my go-to yeah yeah it'sa good one and it harkens back to those original three eps with some of themore you know minute and a half uh like noise art sort of um gems that are onthere which which again um,You know, getting into watery domestic and all of that, you know,like the first time I heard like forklift, I'm like, what is this?And you compare that to, you know.Track 3[15:27] Anything off the later stuff and it's a weird transition butyou know a lot of bands do that uh you knowthey're they start off you know either fast and punky orweird or they don't know what they're doing and the songs are likea minute and a half but you can still sense the structurethere you can sense that this could be you know building tosomething and like a lot of thosefirst i don't go back to a ton of thestuff prior to slanted i think becauseof that because i didn't find out about a lot ofthese i didn't have access to them you know you couldn't downloadthem most of it was out of print uh you'd belucky if you could find it in a second hand bin um andif you did hooray you know uh really hunting for records and uh yeah i don'tthose are the ones i don't revisit a ton but there are also so many gems inthere as well that i'm like you really need to do give that give that a betterchance it's nice that it's on vinyl now too yes the westing compilation is onvinyl that's a treat absolutely yeah.Track 3[16:30] Because those eps are especially sight tracks is tough to get your hands onyeah yeah and i i i don't i don't buy as much vinyl as i used to but i usedto have a big problem of going on to ebay and just any seven inch i could getmy hands on you know know,um, like anything that I could really, really knock down.And, you know, if it's a reasonable price, I bought it because why not?And I've, I've, I've tapered that a little bit, but I have, I don't know ifI'm missing like at least a U S single.I'm not sure. I can't, I can't remember. I haven't looked in a while,but, um, I, I grabbed as many of those as I could, uh, just because I couldn'tget them anywhere else. Right. Right.Track 3[17:15] Yeah. Did you, did you go to any of the reunion shows like in 2010 or in 2022?Yep. Uh, in 2010, um, they played at a terrible venue in Minneapolis calledthe Roy Wilkins auditorium, which is, um, it's an auditorium that was built,I don't know, in the twenties or thirties.It's, it's just concrete. The sound is miserable.Track 3[17:38] Um, it has a huge main floor, which givesyou room to spread out which was fun and theyopened with cut your hair which i waslike yep perfect perfect you know just get itlet not get it out of the way but so tongue-in-cheek that i i just loved itand i got to see them there and then i went to pitchfork fest that year as welluh to see them so i got to see them to twice there where was the pitchfork festin chicago yep Yep. Yep. In Chicago.And I'd been to that a couple of times. Well, I lived in Minneapolis and I hadmy, uh, I was, I was seeing someone whose brother, uh, lived,he was going to grad school down there.So we had a free place to stay, which makes, oh, look, yeah,Chicago is reasonable now. Yeah.We can drive down, we can take the L and, uh, just have a great time.And you know, it's a festival, so you're far away.Track 3[18:33] But I, you know, had my stupid little digital camerai still have videos somewhere you knowof that but no wow well itwas one of those things where it's like this is a band that was so importantto me at when they were a bandlike in a two three year period and like there'sstill stuff i'm listening to it's still always going backto it but now they're coming back and again itwas it was a thing i'd never thought wouldhappen so it's like that the pixies were never going to happen just likethe replacements were were never going to happen and those happened soi was yeah ecstatic never yeahexactly exactly so what do you think we get to track 31 uh give it a spin andcome back on the other side and talk about track number 31 sounds like a planall right we'll be right back hey this is bob mistandovich from pavement uh thanks for listening.Track 1[19:27] And now on with a countdown down. 31...Track 3[22:09] Well, there it is, track 31, Give It a Day, the first track from the PacificTrim EP, also available on theSorted Sentinels edition of the Wowie Zowie reissue. This is a great song.Track 3[22:49] At 31 give it a day what doyou think scott from north dakota this isa gem and ilove it so much i love the whole ep becauseagain this would have been this wouldhave been something i did not discover until you knowwell after i knew all of wowie zowieall of right in the corners and it wasn't somethingi easily could uh you know haveit and they theysaid we're not going to waste this time so they came together andi mean the whole the whole ep itself less than 10minutes but it is so much funthe entire time and give ita day itself like i i don'ti love lyrics i love knowing the lyrics and idon't often put too much thought into that but when you go read i mean aboutthe people that are in the song you know referencing uh increase mather andand john John Cotton and Cotton Mather and the Puritans.And it's like, it's almost like was somebody reading a book about the Puritansand the Salem Witch Trials and these people. And we're like, you know what?We can actually, I just read something about this. We can throw it together.Track 3[24:09] And it's just top to bottom, just lick after lick after lick and the poppinessand the looseness of it. And yes, I mean. Total pop jam.Track 3[24:20] Total pop jam. I mean. and the melody is infectiousand it it's oneof those two where it clocks in i got wikipedia i'mlooking at here but it clocks in at 237 and i'll find myself listening to justthat song for like 10 15 minutes in a row because it's it's and and every timeyou know whether it's the chorus whether it's the very beginning where the lyricsstart right away whether it's the the last the last line of the song,what did you do to him to make him think.Track 3[24:51] Which again, it's, it's kind of like the, I think it's at the end of crookedrain, crooked rain, or maybe it's the other one where it just kind of trails off.It's like almost a sentence, but not. Yeah. And, and.Track 3[25:04] Top to bottom, just fun. And again, on that EP with followed up with Gangstersand Pranksters, which another gem that's just very, very fun.Track 3[25:15] They were in a fun mood, weren't they? yeah andand it does and this is this is the kind ofthing too where it does it it brings me to someof his early solo work thatthere's just fun songs in itand these are fun songs it's not you know there's a certain way i feel wheni hear grounded or you know we dance that it's almost like this not solemn buti'm not happy when i'm listening to it like if if grounded comes on at a certain time, it cripples me.And this will never cripple me. This will always pick me up. And I love that in a song.You can just put it on and be happy. Do you remember Nike used to have thisapp that you could have on your phone and you could program a power song.So if you were running and you got to the near end, you could click right toyour power song and it would drive you through the finish line.My power song happens to be Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves. Wow, that's amazing.Because it's so bouncy and so fun. But I could easily see it being Give It aDay because it's also very bouncy and fun.Now, obviously, the lyrics are darker, but the way he's singing them,the cadence of the way he's singing them, like the phrasing is just sublime.Track 3[26:41] And again, like you said, there is a ton of dark, you know, connotations inthere that unless like, again, I went and looked up Wikipedia cause I was like,I know these names and I think they have something to do with this.And then I read about it and I'm like, oh yeah, this is a, this is a,I mean, this is a dark part of American history.And it's just like, no, it's just, just, you know, eyes and eyes and teeth toteeth, but mine are rotten underneath.It's like just the wordsmithing. ah yeah i love it yeah and the funny thingis he probably some of it like melodically.Track 3[27:19] Came up with it on the fly you know like uh like in that in that session likei don't know how many days they they recorded but i don't think it was manyi thought they said it was four okay i mean even to come up with anything andone and they did again i learned this reading but they the the, uh,no more Kings, which is on that schoolhouse rock record.Oh, they did at the same time, I guess, which that was news to me.So, um, but that's, I mean, that they got that much done in that little time.And yes, there were only three of them, you know, uh, spiral and,and Mark weren't there, which, which again, kind of leans me into his solo work a little bit.Cause there are things that, you know, you look at Jenny and the S dog,which is, you know, just a gem.You know, it tells this story and same thing here.We got this really light and poppy and just repetitive, like a song that youcan repeat really quickly and easily.But if you dig into it, it's like, oh no.Track 3[28:22] So yeah, I'm with you. I'm with you. 110%.Is there anything else about the song that you want to discuss? Yes.I think it's, I think it's interesting that there's only one chorus.Yeah. It's, it's just in the middle and it's just, it's repeated and,and how he does it and how he staggers that I've always loved,you know, cause it's, it's like, it's all, it's each one is slightly different.Yeah. And the last one just kind of fades out and it's like,could we have added another section to that? And would that have added or taken away from the song?Cause I, I, I'm not a huge short song person because I like,I get to the end and I'm like, I got to hear that again. I got to hear it again.Track 3[29:11] But if you give me something that's 12 or 15 minutes, sometimes I can,I can just kind of get lost in it.Right you know certain things you know like old mogwaiand you know old old other stuff that isa huge just really dense chunkof material that i can't see trimming down butif you added to this would it take away from it as welli think i don't know but the one thing i can ican venture a guess on is if ithad another 45 seconds this would belike a single like a like i i don't knowif it would have been a smash hit single but to me it's got singlewritten all over it it's it's so catchy it's sogoddamn catchy yeah yeah and againso that's this uh that you said this is 31 31 so is it properly rated in yourbook or should it be higher rated should be lower rated it it's it's tough iti always find that tough with with any band ranking them when you look at eps and you you know,maybe split singles because it's, it's not an album release.And this is, I mean, someone quoted that, Oh, it's right here.It isn't much more of a, than a throwaway, but an extremely enjoyable one.Track 3[30:26] And yeah, I think, I think where it is, it's, I don't think it's overachieving.I think it's really close.I don't know if, I don't think it would make my top20 just because i was so ingrained onthe lps for so long and i i mean i didn'teven have an actual copy of this until uh thethe expanded edition of wowie zowie came out umi had heard it plenty of times but i never had owned a copy so i didn't havethe repetition with it like i did everything else so i think it's pretty closei think for it to for it to be a two minute and 37 second song that is justenjoyable front to back. No, all killer, no filler.I think it's pretty close to where it should be. Nice.Well, that's what I've got for you. I really want to thank you so much,Scott, from North Dakota. Yeah. Do you have anything you want to plug at all? Not really.Track 3[31:22] I just did a music enjoyer that, you know, I'm so happy that these guys didanother reunion tour as well, which now that I had, well, I had time and a littlebit of money, so I got to see them three more times on this tour, which.Oh, brilliant. Just, yeah, I got to see him in St. Paul and then I just wentto Chicago for two shows.And again, what, what amazed me about those shows too, is the,you know, the first tour they went through the set list, I guess, didn't move that much.And about the only song I didn't get to hear that I wanted to three nights ina row, they didn't play frontwards and I was dying to hear frontwards.They played it the night before and the night after. character um butnight to night to night i think theset switched because huge sets toothey're playing three and a half hours yeah and i thinkthe songs changed almost 50 percent night to night to night which if i'm gonnado themself oh my god if i'm gonna go three nights in a row and i'm gonna getyou know sure i'm gonna get maybe cut your hair all three nights which is fineit's not my favorite song but you know i got pueblo i got grounded twice i got uh folk jam whichi love folk jam just such a weird funky little song and i get the hex yes wegot the hex the fuck out of that right oh my god and that's that's the thing like i used to think.Track 3[32:45] Finn was my favorite closing song and going back and listening to the hex withthe guitar solos like i love finn because i love how it fades out and just keepsfading and fading and i just keepturning up the volume until it's absolutely gone.And the hex is just this beast of a sprawling thing and just do,do, do, do, do, do, do. Oh yeah. Yeah.Love that. So, um, and the, the last night I.Track 3[33:16] I treated myself. Uh, I literally was orchestra pit front row center.Oh, I was like, I, I'm a single guy.I don't have anything, you know, outside of, you know, I don't,I don't have kids or anything to spend money on except myself.So I can be, be a little bit, uh, no, no, no, whatever, but absolutely worth it.Uh, just being right up front and hope, hopefully whatever these guys keep doing,they keep doing it. but they seem to be enjoying it.They're obviously due for a break and to get back to, you know,Preston school industry and Malcolm's solo stuff and whatever the other,and, you know, and the Stanovich doing horse stuff.Track 3[33:57] You know, they, they have other interests, but that they've been able to dothis for now, you know, two years.Yeah. That's fantastic. Dan, I couldn't be happier with it.If I had, if I was a man of unlimited means, I'd be going to South America forsure. Absolutely. Yeah. Yep.I mean, luck, luckily for me, it happened during its, well, um,it was in Chicago. And again, I teach, I get two personal days a year.I used them both in September because of course I'm not going to miss pavement.So for the rest of the year, I had no personal days. I'm fine with that.Absolutely fine with that. No problem at all. You, you, you did,you did well and you did well today too.I really want to thank you so much. Yeah, this was awesome.So take good care of yourself and make sure to wash your goddamn hands.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/meeting-malkmus-a-pavement-podcast/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: 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In today's episode, we sit down with Brendan Walsh, an expert in Early Modern Intellectual History and Religion to examine a chilling account of a 17th century demonic child possession in Connecticut, as chronicled in Cotton Mather's "Memorable Providences Relating To Witchcrafts And Possessions." Brendan takes us through the golden age of demonic possession, spotlighting significant figures such as the English exorcist John Darrell and notorious New England minister Cotton Mather. As we consider the account of the "Boy of Tocutt," Brendan elucidates how such reports reflect the fundamental Puritan perceptions of the diabolical or malevolent and their assault on the spiritually weak. Join us for a fascinating journey into the past, exploring how immemorial  beliefs in witchcraft, the devil's pact, demonic obsession and possession continue to shape our understanding of evil in our society and ourselves. "The Boy of Tocutt" and the Demonic Covenant in Seventeenth-Century New England Demonology Memorable Providences Relating to Witchcrafts and Possessions Salem Witch-Hunt Daily Report Save Ingersoll's Tavern Facebook Group Massachusetts Witch-Hunt Justice Project Facebook Group Sign the MA Witch Hunt Justice Project Petition Join One of Our Projects Support Us! Buy Books from our Book Shop End Witch Hunts  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/witchhunt/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/witchhunt/support

Harold Whit Williams is a poet and longtime guitarist for the indie rock band Cotton Mather. He's the recipient of the 2020 FutureCycle Poetry Book Prize, the 2014 Mississippi Review Poetry Prize, the Robert Phillips Poetry Chapbook Prize, as well as multiple Pushcart nominations. Williams is currently cataloging the KUT Radio Collection for the University of Texas Libraries, all the while writing, recording, and performing his solo music under the moniker Daily Worker. Links:Read “Early Recordings: Volume 1;” “Caught by the Indian Summer Train;” and “Participation Trophy”Harold Whit William's websiteDaily Worker at Radio Gurl Records"Holding out for Nothing" music video by Daily Worker"Premonitions at a Funeral" and "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" at JuxtaProseFour poems at The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature"Blues Dreams," winner of The Mississippi Review Poetry PrizeFollow Harold Whit Williams on Facebook

Harold Whit Williams is a poet and longtime guitarist for the indie rock band Cotton Mather. He's the recipient of the 2020 FutureCycle Poetry Book Prize, the 2014 Mississippi Review Poetry Prize, the Robert Phillips Poetry Chapbook Prize, as well as multiple Pushcart nominations. Williams is currently cataloging the KUT Radio Collection for the University of Texas Libraries, all the while writing, recording, and performing his solo music under the moniker Daily Worker. Links:Read “Early Recordings: Volume 1;” “Caught by the Indian Summer Train;” and “Participation Trophy”Harold Whit William's websiteDaily Worker at Radio Gurl Records"Holding out for Nothing" music video by Daily Worker"Premonitions at a Funeral" and "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" at JuxtaProseFour poems at The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature"Blues Dreams," winner of The Mississippi Review Poetry PrizeFollow Harold Whit Williams on Facebook

Anne Bradstreet was the first woman to be recognized as an accomplished New World Poet. Her volume of poetry The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America ... received considerable favorable attention when it was first published in London in 1650. Eight years after it appeared it was listed by William London in his Catalogue of the Most Vendible Books in England, and George III is reported to have had the volume in his library. Bradstreet's work has endured, and she is still considered to be one of the most important early American poets.Although Anne Dudley Bradstreet did not attend school, she received an excellent education from her father, who was widely read— Cotton Mather described Thomas Dudley as a "devourer of books"—and from her extensive reading in the well-stocked library of the estate of the Earl of Lincoln, where she lived while her father was steward from 1619 to 1630. There the young Anne Dudley read Virgil, Plutarch, Livy, Pliny, Suetonius, Homer, Hesiod, Ovid, Seneca, and Thucydides as well as Spenser, Sidney, Milton, Raleigh, Hobbes, Joshua Sylvester's 1605 translation of Guillaume du Bartas's Divine Weeks and Workes, and the Geneva version of the Bible. In general, she benefited from the Elizabethan tradition that valued female education. In about 1628—the date is not certain—Anne Dudley married Simon Bradstreet, who assisted her father with the management of the Earl's estate in Sempringham. She remained married to him until her death on September 16, 1672. Bradstreet immigrated to the new world with her husband and parents in 1630; in 1633 the first of her children, Samuel, was born, and her seven other children were born between 1635 and 1652: Dorothy (1635), Sarah (1638), Simon (1640), Hannah (1642), Mercy (1645), Dudley (1648), and John (1652).Although Bradstreet was not happy to exchange the comforts of the aristocratic life of the Earl's manor house for the privations of the New England wilderness, she dutifully joined her father and husband and their families on the Puritan errand into the wilderness. After a difficult three-month crossing, their ship, the Arbella, docked at Salem, Massachusetts, on July 22, 1630. Distressed by the sickness, scarcity of food, and primitive living conditions of the New England outpost, Bradstreet admitted that her "heart rose" in protest against the "new world and new manners." Although she ostensibly reconciled herself to the Puritan mission—she wrote that she "submitted to it and joined the Church at Boston"—Bradstreet remained ambivalent about the issues of salvation and redemption for most of her life.-bio via Poetry FoundationFor further reading: a picture book about Bradstreet by one of her descendants Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Colonial America was born in a world of religious alliances and rivalries. Missionary efforts in the colonial Americas allow us to see how some of these religious alliances and rivalries played out. Spain, and later France, sent Catholic priests and friars to North and South America, and the Caribbean, purportedly to save the souls of Indigenous Americans by converting them to Catholicism. We also know that Protestants did similar work to help counteract this Catholic work in the Americas. Kirsten Silva Gruesz, a Professor of Literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz, joins us to explore the life and work of Cotton Mather, a Boston Puritan minister who actively sought to counteract the work of Catholic conversion, with details from her book Cotton Mather's Spanish Lessons: A Story of Language, Race, and Belonging in the Early Americas. Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/376 Sponsor Links Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Exclusive Listener Deal NordVPN Ben Franklin's World Survey Complementary Episodes Episode 047: Emily Conroy-Krutz, Christian Imperialism: Converting the World in the Early American Republic Episode 139: Andrés Reséndez, The Other Slavery: Indian Enslavement in the Americas Episode 170: Wendy Warren, New England Bound: Slavery in Early New England Episode 196: Alejandra Dubcovsky, Information & Communication in the Early American South Episode 242: Molly Warsh, Pearls & the Nature of the Spanish Empire Episode 301: From Inoculation to Vaccination, Part 1 Episode 318: Ste Genevieve National Historic Park Episode 334: Brandon Bayne, Missions and Mission Building in New Spain Episode 371: Estevan Rael-Gálvez, An Archive of Indigenous Slavery Listen! Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Amazon Music Ben Franklin's World iOS App Ben Franklin's World Android App Helpful Links Join the Ben Franklin's World Facebook Group Ben Franklin's World Twitter: @BFWorldPodcast Ben Franklin's World Facebook Page Sign-up for the Franklin Gazette Newsletter

In this episode we look back on favourite sketches of 2023, as chosen Tee Tease. You are about to have the most fun you've ever had. By the end of this episode you will realise you've only been imitating fun your whole life. If I were you, I would take off my pants. You're about to shit yourself. There are sketches from Highway to Hell, the tale of ACDC's first taste of global success. In Cross Road Blues, the story behind the Ralph Macchio vehicle of the same name and some Robert Johnson guy, we did a sketch featuring cultural icon Bob Dylan. Judas Iscariot: True Hero of Easter, featured some classic white guy rapping. We call that wrapping. And ‘The Duke' John Wayne makes an appearance.We gave Charles Manson a starring role in Helter Skelter and let spoon bending grifter Uri Gellar in Pokémon.Our episode about Motley Crue's Shout at the Devil came with monkey poo.We almost let Benny sing in Benny Hinn: He Touched Me.We had Sympathy For The Devil AND Artificial Intelligence but we left behind Kirk Cameron and Kevin Sorbo.Welcome to Hell featured all the best names, Judas Priest, Venom, Jesus Chri$t, Mantas, Titans, Gaia, Father Sky, Cronos, Abbadon and Alan Winston.Michael Aquino and Anton LaVey found themselves in an H.P. Lovecraft nightmare.In Black Sabbath, Toni Iommi and Geezer Butler discussed the song writing process.The Book of Revelation had a water skiing joke.The Witches of Shakespeare got Elizabeth I swearing like Witchfinder General Mathew Hopkins.We learn the very best evidence is forced confession in The Salem Witch Trials and Cotton Mather.Lexi's performance as a drunk Ursula from The Little Mermaid in Disney Witches is hilarious.In Jesus Christ Superstar we learn what helps the poo go down. Information we could have used back in the Shout at the Devil episode.Genshin Impact featured therapy.We have some white woman rapping. We call that wrapping also because cultural appropriation does not recognize gender boundaries.And it couldn't be considered a best of anything without Marjorie Taylor Greene so we let her on to swear at us. #SketchComedy #Sketch #Comedy #Sketch Comedy #Atheist #Science History #Atheism #ConspiracyTheory #Sceptical #Scepticism #Mythology #Religion #Devil #Satan #Skeptic #Debunk 

With the help of Dr. Mark J. Larson (Heidelberg Theological Seminary, South Dakota), and Cotton Mather, we explore the lives of John Robinson (1576–1625) and William Brewster (c. 1566–1644) and the unusual path taken by their congregation. These faithful men led the congregationalist church at Leiden which became inter-continental in 1620 when a number of its key members set out for North America aboard the ships Mayflower and Speedwell.   Featured Content: – "William Brewster and John Robinson: Labourers Together with God" by Mark J. Larson (Banner of Truth Magazine: No. 724, January 2024) – "Primordia; Or, The Voyage to New-England" by Cotton Mather (excerpted from The Great Works of Christ in America, Banner of Truth, 1979).   Explore the work of the Banner of Truth: www.banneroftruth.org Subscribe to the Magazine (Print/Digital/Both): www.banneroftruth.org/magazine

We prepare to engage in the yearly ritual of scholars in our field: the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) and Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), abbreviated AAR-SBL…or is it SBL-AAR? The order makes all the difference. Quality tips are shared to survive an academic conference of this type. Brian shares the tale of his first panic attack, and leaks crucial details from one of his conference presentations—about the Puritan leader Cotton Mather and his belief that the bones of biblical giants had been uncovered in America. The Society of Biblical Literature (SBL): https://www.sbl-site.org/ The American Academy of Religion (AAR): https://aarweb.org/The annual meeting online program book (you can search presentations by last name and keyword): https://sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=43 Cotton Mather: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_Mather Bozeman, To Live Ancient Lives: https://uncpress.org/book/9780807896273/to-live-ancient-lives Bryce Traister: https://fccs.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/bryce-traister/ The text of Cotton Mather's first letter to the Royal Society about the giant bones: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2936986?origin=crossref&seq=1

Matthew Wilding is the Director of Education & Interpretation at Revolutionary Spaces, the caretaker for two of Boston's most historic buildings, the Old State House and Old South Meeting House.  We talk about their new interpretive ventures--plays, immersive games,  walking tours, and exhibits, and about public history in Boston.  Matt Wilding discusses new ways to interpret history, including immersive games and comics, such as the "Free Hands" series he has created based on the Golden Age of Piracy.   

Join James in conversation with Bill O'Reilly, exploring the dark and tumultuous period of the Salem Witch Trials as depicted in O'Reilly's newest addition to the "Killing" series, "Killing The Witches." The dialogue plunges into the chaotic world of Salem, where the accusations of young girls led to a horrific chain of events - a somber chapter of American history that saw 20 individuals executed and hundreds jailed based on dubious testimonies.The narrative takes an intriguing twist as a young Benjamin Franklin steps onto the scene. Intrigued by the unfolding hysteria, Franklin's interaction with the notorious witch hunter, Cotton Mather, leads him to a profound realization about the destructive force of unchecked religious fervor. This episode illuminates how the grim events of Salem resonated through the psyche of one of America's founding fathers, potentially influencing the ethos of a budding nation.As James and Bill dissect the intricate details, they venture beyond the surface-level horrors of the witch hunts, diving into the nuanced, unintended consequences that rippled through society and the impressions it left on the minds of key historical figures. Later, the conversation shifts to the present-day news media and political dynamic, which O'Reilly views as a "cancel culture witch hunt" organized as a defense strategy by the progressive far-left.-----------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe  to “The James Altucher Show” wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on Social Media:YouTubeTwitterFacebook

Join James in conversation with Bill O'Reilly, exploring the dark and tumultuous period of the Salem Witch Trials as depicted in O'Reilly's newest addition to the "Killing" series, "Killing The Witches." The dialogue plunges into the chaotic world of Salem, where the accusations of young girls led to a horrific chain of events - a somber chapter of American history that saw 20 individuals executed and hundreds jailed based on dubious testimonies.The narrative takes an intriguing twist as a young Benjamin Franklin steps onto the scene. Intrigued by the unfolding hysteria, Franklin's interaction with the notorious witch hunter, Cotton Mather, leads him to a profound realization about the destructive force of unchecked religious fervor. This episode illuminates how the grim events of Salem resonated through the psyche of one of America's founding fathers, potentially influencing the ethos of a budding nation.As James and Bill dissect the intricate details, they venture beyond the surface-level horrors of the witch hunts, diving into the nuanced, unintended consequences that rippled through society and the impressions it left on the minds of key historical figures. Later, the conversation shifts to the present-day news media and political dynamic, which O'Reilly views as a "cancel culture witch hunt" organized as a defense strategy by the progressive far-left.-----------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe  to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on Social Media:YouTubeTwitterFacebook ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

In this episode we return to a former subject of this podcast, Cotton Mather and tear another chapter from his life story. We first met Cotton in the episode, A Pox to You, where Cotton was the voice of reason, the man of science who stood up to superstitious misgivings and disinformation. He was, not to put too finer point on it, the hero of that story. So how does our man of science and reasoning acquit himself at the Salem Witch Trials? Spoiler alert. Not good. This episode features special guest star appearances from Richard Mather, John Cotton, Harvard University, Doogie Howser, Anne ‘Goody' Glover, Martha Goodwin, Thomas Oakes, Abigail Williams, Elizabeth Parris, Massachusetts, Ann Putnam Jr, Arthur Miller, The Crucible, Susanna Wallcott, Doctor Griggs, George Burroughs, Robert Calef, William Phips, Dorothy Good, Sarah Good, Margret Atwood, Handmaid's Tale, Peter Miller, Samuel Sewell and Danvers. Sauceshttps://salem.lib.virginia.edu/people/c_mather.htmlhttps://famous-trials.com/salem/2037-sal-bmathttps://famous-trials.com/salem/2075-asal-chhttps://thehistoryjunkie.com/cotton-mather-and-the-salem-witch-trials/ https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A50139.0001.001/1:1?rgn=div1;view=fulltexthttps://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A70086.0001.001/1:9.1?rgn=div2;view=fulltexthttps://salem.lib.virginia.edu/letters/to_richards1.html

Wait until you listen to this spooky show, replete with Cotton Mather’s description of demonic activity. My advice: stay away from Salem, MA on Halloween.  

By the grace of God, we live in an industrious community of Christians, and it has to be said that this has had a very predictable result. We are also a community that contains more than its share of well-to-do believers. This presents dangers, and temptations, and opportunities.As I am fond of saying, “You can't keep money from doing what money always does.” What was once said of the Puritans who came to New England? It was said that they came to do good, and ended up doing well. Jeshurun waxed fat and kicked (Dt. 32:15). Cotton Mather once said that faithfulness begat prosperity and the daughter devoured the mother. Beware, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and your gold is multiplied, that your “heart be lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God” (Dt. 8:10-14).

In the midst of disease and death in the colonies, an enslaved man named Onesimus introduces America to the smallpox vaccine. But much like today, the concept of a vaccine sparked skepticism, concern, counter protests and rumors that the enslaved were trying to kill off white people. Drapetomaniax is created by Michael Harriot in collaboration between OtherTone, Sony Music Entertainment and Queer Media. This episode featured: Damon Young as Onesimus and J-L Cauvin as Cotton Mather and James Franklin Special thanks to our voice actors Reporter   Andrea O'Brien Vives Slave TicTok1  Moses Soyoola Slave Tick Tok 2  Timil Jones Slave Tick Tok 3   Jason Vives Dr. Kizzmkia Corbett Sabrina Harvey Merritt Ad Lib 1   Avron Roberts Voice    Susan Haynes Voice    Christopher Toppino Voice    Magnolia McKay Ad lib 3   Gillianne Roberts-Atkinson Executive Producers Pharrell Williams, Scott Vener, Noleca Radway, and Moses Soyoola Senior Producer Janicia Francis Managing Producer JoAnn DeLuna Production Coordinator Homero Radway Production Assistant Gilianne Roberts-Atkinson Head Writer Silas Miami Writers  Roderick Morrow, Danielle Solomon Audio Engineer Marcellino van Callias Fact checker LaPorsche Thomas Music Supervisor Patricia Kihoro Theme Song  Freedom by Pharell Williams This episode includes the songs “Demasked” and “Epicio” by Kevin servHis , “Thang Thang” by Tina Mina, ‘Tickety Tok' by The New Fools, ‘Honourable Salute' by Sage Oursler and music by Chad Milner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Seriah is joined by writer, researcher, musician, and experiencer Ronnie Pontiac, author of "American Metaphysical Religion: Esoteric and Mystical Traditions of the New World", Topics include Manly P. Hall, "The Platonist" magazine, the influence of Platonism and Neo-Platonism in the American West, Abner Doubleday, esotericism, U.S. religious history, transcendentalism, alchemy, astrology, Rosicrucianism, John Winthrop the elder and younger, John Dee, Puritanism and fear of the wilderness, herbal medicine, The Intelligencers, the College of Light, the Royal Society, Cotton Mather, Hermetic philosophy, Oliver Cromwell, the Cavaliers, Tom Morton, a fascinating trading post, wenching, abuses by the Pilgrims, origins of the slave trade, America's occult history vs Fundamentalist Christian propaganda, hybrid belief systems, Harold Bloom, American Orphism, changes in academia regarding the study of esotericism, Kabbalah, alchemy at Ivy League schools, Catherine L. Albanese, "A Republic of Mind and Spirit", alternative spirituality and the cross-over of beliefs and practices, early Christianity vs the prosperity gospel, the Rosicrucian manifestos of the 1600's, the Holy Roman Empire, Giordano Bruno, universal reformation, the Invisible College, Frances Yates and esoteric history, astronomical events and multiple interpretations thereof, the 30 years war, religious freedom in Bohemia, political and religious intrigues between Catholics and Protestants, phases and changes in American Spiritualism, Edgar Cayce, "The Unobstructed Universe", Stuart and Betty White, Carl Jung, the podcast “Tanis”, the belief system of the obstructed vs unobstructed universe, consciousness and reincarnation, the meaning of life, immortal individualism, entities called the Invisibles, incredible experiences between Betty and Stuart White, the Seer of the Sunbelt Reverend Edward A. Monroe, a talkative Scottish spirit, and much more! This is an exceptional conversation jam-packed with ideas and references!This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4656375/advertisement

Seriah is joined by writer, researcher, musician, and experiencer Ronnie Pontiac, author of "American Metaphysical Religion: Esoteric and Mystical Traditions of the New World", Topics include Manly P. Hall, "The Platonist" magazine, the influence of Platonism and Neo-Platonism in the American West, Abner Doubleday, esotericism, U.S. religious history, transcendentalism, alchemy, astrology, Rosicrucianism, John Winthrop the elder and younger, John Dee, Puritanism and fear of the wilderness, herbal medicine, The Intelligencers, the College of Light, the Royal Society, Cotton Mather, Hermetic philosophy, Oliver Cromwell, the Cavaliers, Tom Morton, a fascinating trading post, wenching, abuses by the Pilgrims, origins of the slave trade, America's occult history vs Fundamentalist Christian propaganda, hybrid belief systems, Harold Bloom, American Orphism, changes in academia regarding the study of esotericism, Kabbalah, alchemy at Ivy League schools, Catherine L. Albanese, "A Republic of Mind and Spirit", alternative spirituality and the cross-over of beliefs and practices, early Christianity vs the prosperity gospel, the Rosicrucian manifestos of the 1600's, the Holy Roman Empire, Giordano Bruno, universal reformation, the Invisible College, Frances Yates and esoteric history, astronomical events and multiple interpretations thereof, the 30 years war, religious freedom in Bohemia, political and religious intrigues between Catholics and Protestants, phases and changes in American Spiritualism, Edgar Cayce, "The Unobstructed Universe", Stuart and Betty White, Carl Jung, the podcast “Tanis”, the belief system of the obstructed vs unobstructed universe, consciousness and reincarnation, the meaning of life, immortal individualism, entities called the Invisibles, incredible experiences between Betty and Stuart White, the Seer of the Sunbelt Reverend Edward A. Monroe, a talkative Scottish spirit, and much more! This is an exceptional conversation jam-packed with ideas and references! - Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part Podcast Outro Music is Lucid Nation with Food Chain Download

Welcome back to ParaPower Mapping & a preview of the last part of our Comparative Paranoid Analysis of "The Crying of Lot 49" & "Lodge 49". To access the full EP, subscribe to the Premium Feed on Patreon: patreon.com/ParaPowerMapping This EP's investigations include: A history of the mythic, scientific, & crackpot manifestations of Hollow Earth theory; Nordic & Ancient Greek ex.; Thule & Hyperborea; Mircea Eliade; Zalmoxis; an unlikely Zalmoxis reference in CoL49; Hell/ Sheol; Cabala; Tibetan Buddhist legends of Shambhala; Theosophic Agartha; German folklore; a passage to the inner earth b/w Gotha & Eisenach; goblins/ kobolds; 'Alp' = 'Elf'; Nietzche; Peter Levenda; Unholy Alliance; Edmond Halley's theory of concentric spheres, based off of Isaac Newton & his "Principia"; the fact Halley's research was once again published in "Philosophical Transactions", demonstrating Hollow Earth's origins among high society (Royal Society); German Jesuit Athanasius Kircher & "Mundus subterraneus"; monks rappelling into Vesuvius; Capt. John Cleve Symmes; Symmes's notion of the "Pole Holes"; his circular soliciting support from Congress & wealthy backers; hopes of a Siberian expedition; Mandan, Apache, & Iroquois legends; Le Clerc Milfort's expedition; Capt. Symmes's Revolutionary heritage; Cotton Mather; Pytheas's search for Thule; the Symmes monument in Hamilton, OH; Jacques Casanova's insane & disturbing incest-ridden, young adult Hollow Earth fantasy called "Icosameron"; Symmes's failed attempt to join a Russian expedition to the N. Pole; Jules Verne; the Capt. Symmes influence & connection to Edgar Allen Poe & the fact the story that put him on the map was about Hollow Earth;... ...Hollow Earth & Nazism; WWI flying ace & school teacher Peter Bender; Koresh Reed Teed's "Cellular Cosmogony"; Bender's attempts to convert Germans & Nazis to his "hohlwelttheorie"; Blavatsky's influence on Nazi obsessions w/ Hyperborea & Shambhala; the Thule Gesselschaft aka Thule Society; Austrian mining engineer Hans Hörbiger's "Cosmic Ice Theory"; Himmler's expedition to Tibet, which we'll return to; Bender's friendship w/ Hermann Göring via the Luftwaffe; Nazi Naval Research Institute calling on Bender's "Hollow Earth" theory; the engineer Mengering's failed rocketry project & attempt to prove Bender's theory in Magdeburg w/ V-2 scientists; Hitler's "holiday camp" Colossus of Prora; Bender's experiment led by physicist Dr. Fischer; infrared telescopic cameras; Bender's theory that we live on the inside of the Earth; the utter failure of the expedition; Nazi command sending Bender & his followers to death camps; Thule Society member Prince Thurn und Taxis's involvement in the Palm Sunday Putsch; his execution by the Red Army—whole new layer of meaning on Pynchon's use of the family; post-war UFO sightings; legends of Hitler's escape via tunnels, submarines, or flügelrads; Argentina, Patagonia, or Antarctica; Shaver stories & Ray Palmer; the Nazi expedition to New Swabia in 1939; exoteric & esoteric interpretations of the possible motivations; Dormier Wal seaplanes "Boreas" & "Passat"; Admiral Byrd's 1946 Antarctic voyage; wild & odious story of Ernst Zündel, Neo-Nazi propagandist, Canadian Liberal Party PM candidate, cult-leader, & manipulator of the UFO community; PSA about the dangers of Nazi infiltrators in noided circles as exhibited by Zündel; his Hitler-like failed art aspirations; his attempt to charter a plane to Antarctica to search for the Holes; an abandoned Mormon trip in search of the Northern Pole Hole; Charles Manson & hollow earth in Death Valley; Pynchon's use of Hollow Earth theory in "Mason & Dixon" & "Against the Day"; the real-life Schiehallion experiment in Scotland; L49 & CoL49's use of "sub rosa" referencing Rosicrucianism, OSS, & Paperclip Songs:  | Lodge 49 Theme - OST |  | Loretta Lynn - "Coal Miner's Daughter" |  | The Carpenters - "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" |   | Megadeth - "Hangar 18" |