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In Our Time
Pope Joan

In Our Time

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 46:37


Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a story that circulated widely in the middle ages about a highly learned woman who lived in the ninth century, dressed as a man, travelled to Rome, and was elected Pope.Her papacy came to a dramatic end when it was revealed that she was a woman, a discovery that is said to have occurred when she gave birth in the street. The story became a popular cautionary tale directed at women who attempted to transgress traditional roles, and it famously blurred the boundary between fact and fiction. The story lives on as the subject of recent novels, plays and films.With:Katherine Lewis, Honorary Professor of Medieval History at the University of Lincoln and Research Associate at the University of YorkLaura Kalas, Senior Lecturer in Medieval English Literature at Swansea UniversityAnd Anthony Bale, Professor of Medieval & Renaissance English at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Girton College.Producer: Eliane GlaserReading list:Alain Boureau (trans. Lydia G. Cochrane), The Myth of Pope Joan (University of Chicago Press, 2001)Stephen Harris and Bryon L. Grisby (eds.), Misconceptions about the Middle Ages (Routledge, 2008), especially 'The Medieval Popess' by Vincent DiMarcoValerie R. Hotchkiss, Clothes Make the Man: Female Cross Dressing in Medieval Europe (Routledge, 1996)Jacques Le Goff, Heroes and Marvels of the Middle Ages (Reaktion, 2020), especially the chapter ‘Pope Joan'Marina Montesano, Cross-dressing in the Middle Ages (Routledge, 2024)Joan Morris, Pope John VIII - An English Woman: Alias Pope Joan (Vrai, 1985)Thomas F. X. Noble, ‘Why Pope Joan?' (Catholic Historical Review, vol. 99, no.2, 2013)Craig M. Rustici, The Afterlife of Pope Joan: Deploying the Popess Legend in Early Modern England (University of Michigan Press, 2006)In Our Time is a BBC Studios Audio production

Becoming Antifragile
020: How To Outwit The Devil - C.S. Lewis

Becoming Antifragile

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2024 44:53


Lessons from 'The Screwtape Letters' C. S. Lewis C. S. Lewis is a philosopher, theologian, and a Medieval and Renaissance English professor at the University of Cambridge. 'The Screwtape Letters' is a novel where a senior demon advises Wormwood, his nephew, on tempting and corrupting a human, delving into themes of morality and spiritual warfare. Lewis provides a satirical exploration of demonic strategies, urging readers to reflect on their beliefs and behaviours. - Order: USA - https://amzn.to/3IH6jEm CA - https://amzn.to/4clWqcM - Social & Website Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ijmakan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ijmakan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://becomingantifragile.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ijmakan.substack.com - 00:00 - Excerpt 02:13 - Who is C.S. Lewis, what is Screwtape Letters about, why you should read it 05:15 - Don't be a scholar who lacks wisdom 06:35 - Knowledge without action is useless 14:42 - Don't live a life of mediocrity chasing the praises of others 16:44 - How to pray ineffectively and have double standards 21:40 - The hypocrisy of being a prig 28:42 - Transactional relationships treat the other as an object 31:00 - Humans are amphibians, learn to live in the Unbounded Now 37:00 - Krishnamurti and C.S. Lewis converge 39:00 - Gluttony of delicacy and the vice of living in the past 41:16 - Cowardice vs. Courage 44:16 - Challenge

Harkening Deer
272: The Inner Peace of Tao - A conversation with Diane Dreher, Ph.D.

Harkening Deer

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2023 49:57


Diane Dreher, Ph.D., is a bestselling author, researcher, and positive psychology coach. Her books, The Tao of Inner Peace, The Tao of Personal Leadership, The Tao of Womanhood, Inner Gardening, and Your Personal Renaissance, have been translated into ten languages and her work has been featured in media outlets including USA Today, Entrepreneur, Redbook, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Science of Mind, radio and TV talk shows, podcasts, webinars, and websites on leadership and personal growth.  Diane Dreher has a Ph.D. in Renaissance English literature from UCLA as well as a Master's degree in counseling and she is a Professional Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation. Her research on positive psychology and hope has been published online and in academic books and journals. She is currently professor emeritus and associate director of the Applied Spirituality Institute at Santa Clara University and a lecturer in the Positive Psychology Guild in the United Kingdom.Diane's Links:http://www.dianedreher.comhttps://www.northstarpersonalcoaching.com/Check Diane's blogs:http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/your-personal-renaissancehttps://www.dianedreher.com/blogSupport for Harkening Deer:New Website!Join us on Patreon.Donate to Harkening DeerCheck out creator & host of Harkening Deer, Sean J Stevens on Insight Timer, Aura, & Instagram. Keep in touch about Live Events with Sean J Stevens.               =================================================================                                     Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.comSupport the showSupport the show

New Books Network
Leonardo da Vinci and Vassari's "Lives of the Painters"

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022 63:56


In this episode of the Vault, we hear Harry Berger's talk about Leonardo da Vinci and Vassari's "Lives of the Painters." Harry Berger was a scholar of Renaissance English literature who wrote books about art history, anthropology, and philosophy. He taught at UC Santa Cruz, where he was an emeritus professor until he died in 2021, at age 96. Since 1977, the New York Institute for the Humanities has brought together distinguished scholars, writers, artists, and publishing professionals to foster crucial discussions around the public humanities. For more information and to support the NYIH, visit nyihumanities.org. 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

New Books in History
Leonardo da Vinci and Vassari's "Lives of the Painters"

New Books in History

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022 63:56


In this episode of the Vault, we hear Harry Berger's talk about Leonardo da Vinci and Vassari's "Lives of the Painters." Harry Berger was a scholar of Renaissance English literature who wrote books about art history, anthropology, and philosophy. He taught at UC Santa Cruz, where he was an emeritus professor until he died in 2021, at age 96. Since 1977, the New York Institute for the Humanities has brought together distinguished scholars, writers, artists, and publishing professionals to foster crucial discussions around the public humanities. For more information and to support the NYIH, visit nyihumanities.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

The Vault
Leonardo da Vinci and Vassari's "Lives of the Painters"

The Vault

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022 63:56


In this episode of the Vault, we hear Harry Berger's talk about Leonardo da Vinci and Vassari's "Lives of the Painters." Harry Berger was a scholar of Renaissance English literature who wrote books about art history, anthropology, and philosophy. He taught at UC Santa Cruz, where he was an emeritus professor until he died in 2021, at age 96. Since 1977, the New York Institute for the Humanities has brought together distinguished scholars, writers, artists, and publishing professionals to foster crucial discussions around the public humanities. For more information and to support the NYIH, visit nyihumanities.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in Literary Studies
Leonardo da Vinci and Vassari's "Lives of the Painters"

New Books in Literary Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022 63:56


In this episode of the Vault, we hear Harry Berger's talk about Leonardo da Vinci and Vassari's "Lives of the Painters." Harry Berger was a scholar of Renaissance English literature who wrote books about art history, anthropology, and philosophy. He taught at UC Santa Cruz, where he was an emeritus professor until he died in 2021, at age 96. Since 1977, the New York Institute for the Humanities has brought together distinguished scholars, writers, artists, and publishing professionals to foster crucial discussions around the public humanities. For more information and to support the NYIH, visit nyihumanities.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

New Books in Biography
Leonardo da Vinci and Vassari's "Lives of the Painters"

New Books in Biography

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022 63:56


In this episode of the Vault, we hear Harry Berger's talk about Leonardo da Vinci and Vassari's "Lives of the Painters." Harry Berger was a scholar of Renaissance English literature who wrote books about art history, anthropology, and philosophy. He taught at UC Santa Cruz, where he was an emeritus professor until he died in 2021, at age 96. Since 1977, the New York Institute for the Humanities has brought together distinguished scholars, writers, artists, and publishing professionals to foster crucial discussions around the public humanities. For more information and to support the NYIH, visit nyihumanities.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography

New Books in Biography
Leonardo da Vinci and Vassari's "Lives of the Painters"

New Books in Biography

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022 63:56


In this episode of the Vault, we hear Harry Berger's talk about Leonardo da Vinci and Vassari's "Lives of the Painters." Harry Berger was a scholar of Renaissance English literature who wrote books about art history, anthropology, and philosophy. He taught at UC Santa Cruz, where he was an emeritus professor until he died in 2021, at age 96. Since 1977, the New York Institute for the Humanities has brought together distinguished scholars, writers, artists, and publishing professionals to foster crucial discussions around the public humanities. For more information and to support the NYIH, visit nyihumanities.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography

New Books in Intellectual History
Leonardo da Vinci and Vassari's "Lives of the Painters"

New Books in Intellectual History

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022 63:56


In this episode of the Vault, we hear Harry Berger's talk about Leonardo da Vinci and Vassari's "Lives of the Painters." Harry Berger was a scholar of Renaissance English literature who wrote books about art history, anthropology, and philosophy. He taught at UC Santa Cruz, where he was an emeritus professor until he died in 2021, at age 96. Since 1977, the New York Institute for the Humanities has brought together distinguished scholars, writers, artists, and publishing professionals to foster crucial discussions around the public humanities. For more information and to support the NYIH, visit nyihumanities.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

New Books in Early Modern History
Leonardo da Vinci and Vassari's "Lives of the Painters"

New Books in Early Modern History

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022 63:56


In this episode of the Vault, we hear Harry Berger's talk about Leonardo da Vinci and Vassari's "Lives of the Painters." Harry Berger was a scholar of Renaissance English literature who wrote books about art history, anthropology, and philosophy. He taught at UC Santa Cruz, where he was an emeritus professor until he died in 2021, at age 96. Since 1977, the New York Institute for the Humanities has brought together distinguished scholars, writers, artists, and publishing professionals to foster crucial discussions around the public humanities. For more information and to support the NYIH, visit nyihumanities.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in Art
Leonardo da Vinci and Vassari's "Lives of the Painters"

New Books in Art

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022 63:56


In this episode of the Vault, we hear Harry Berger's talk about Leonardo da Vinci and Vassari's "Lives of the Painters." Harry Berger was a scholar of Renaissance English literature who wrote books about art history, anthropology, and philosophy. He taught at UC Santa Cruz, where he was an emeritus professor until he died in 2021, at age 96. Since 1977, the New York Institute for the Humanities has brought together distinguished scholars, writers, artists, and publishing professionals to foster crucial discussions around the public humanities. For more information and to support the NYIH, visit nyihumanities.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/art

New Books in European Studies
Leonardo da Vinci and Vassari's "Lives of the Painters"

New Books in European Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022 63:56


In this episode of the Vault, we hear Harry Berger's talk about Leonardo da Vinci and Vassari's "Lives of the Painters." Harry Berger was a scholar of Renaissance English literature who wrote books about art history, anthropology, and philosophy. He taught at UC Santa Cruz, where he was an emeritus professor until he died in 2021, at age 96. Since 1977, the New York Institute for the Humanities has brought together distinguished scholars, writers, artists, and publishing professionals to foster crucial discussions around the public humanities. For more information and to support the NYIH, visit nyihumanities.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

New Books in Italian Studies
Leonardo da Vinci and Vassari's "Lives of the Painters"

New Books in Italian Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022 63:56


In this episode of the Vault, we hear Harry Berger's talk about Leonardo da Vinci and Vassari's "Lives of the Painters." Harry Berger was a scholar of Renaissance English literature who wrote books about art history, anthropology, and philosophy. He taught at UC Santa Cruz, where he was an emeritus professor until he died in 2021, at age 96. Since 1977, the New York Institute for the Humanities has brought together distinguished scholars, writers, artists, and publishing professionals to foster crucial discussions around the public humanities. For more information and to support the NYIH, visit nyihumanities.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/italian-studies

Mother Earth Rising - Align & Awaken
Ep.4 - The Tao of inner peace with Diane Dreher

Mother Earth Rising - Align & Awaken

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2022 41:47


Diane like me loves the Tao Te Ching and she has written her own book The Tao of Inner Peace. I so look forward to reading more of her work. As I spoke to Diane a calmness washed over me and I felt that inner peace. She is a wonderful soul with a beautiful story. Diane Dreher, Ph.D., is a bestselling author, researcher, and positive psychology coach. Her books, The Tao of Inner Peace, The Tao of Personal Leadership, The Tao of Womanhood, Inner Gardening, and Your Personal Renaissance, have been translated into ten languages and her work has been featured in media outlets including USA Today, Entrepreneur, Redbook, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Science of Mind, radio and TV talk shows, and websites on leadership and personal growth.  Dreher has a Ph.D. in Renaissance English literature from UCLA as well as a Master's Degree in Counseling. She is a HeartMath clinical practitioner and a Professional Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation. Her research on positive psychology and hope has been published online and in academic books and journals. She is currently professor emerita and associate director of the Applied Spirituality Institute at Santa Clara University and a lecturer in the Positive Psychology Guild in the United Kingdom.     Praise for The Tao of Inner Peace: “A simple and comprehensive vision of personal and planetary peace… Dreher's examples work as meditations as well as road maps.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune   “Especially important are [Dreher's] examples of individual action and her many annotations… her lessons are quite useful. This is an important subject… and one that promises to bring a renewal of environmental consciousness.”—Booklist   “Filled with anecdotes, questions to stimulate discussion, guidelines for change, exercises to promote positive peacefulness, with lots of Tao philosophy scattered throughout supporting each phase of [Dreher's] plan.”—Santa Cruz Sentinel   Purchase her books  here - https://www.dianedreher.com/works.htm Find out more about Diane - https://www.dianedreher.com/bio.htm   Follow me @iampippaleslie Find out more about me and my services at www.iampippaleslie.com Please leave me a 5* review and share with your friends.  Thank you Namaste   Pippa QHHT practitioner & Reiki Master 

Out of the Fog with Karen Hager
Out of the Fog: The Tao of Inner Peace with Diane Dreher

Out of the Fog with Karen Hager

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2022 31:00


How can we apply ancient wisdom to the challenges and choices of today's world? Diane Dreher, author of The Tao of Inner Peace, joins me to talk about how we can create greater harmony within and around us by combining awareness and action. By recognizing nature's enduring principles, we can expand our awareness, gain peace, and then take effective action to change the world around us.   Diane Dreher, Ph.D., is a bestselling author, researcher, and positive psychology coach. Her books, The Tao of Inner Peace, The Tao of Personal Leadership, The Tao of Womanhood, Inner Gardening, and Your Personal Renaissance, have been translated into ten languages. Her research on positive psychology and hope has been published in academic books and journals, and her work has been featured in media outlets including USA Today, Entrepreneur, Redbook, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Science of Mind, radio and TV talk shows, and websites on leadership and personal growth. Diane has a Ph.D. in Renaissance English literature from UCLA as well as a Master's Degree in Counseling. She is a Professional Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation, Professor Emeritus and Associate Director of the Applied Spirituality Institute at Santa Clara University and a Lecturer in the Positive Psychology Guild in the United Kingdom. Find out more about Diane and her work at https://dianedreher.com.

Out of the Fog with Karen Hager
Out of the Fog: The Tao of Inner Peace with Diane Dreher

Out of the Fog with Karen Hager

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2022 30:11


How can we apply ancient wisdom to the challenges and choices of today's world? Diane Dreher, author of The Tao of Inner Peace, joins me to talk about how we can create greater harmony within and around us by combining awareness and action. By recognizing nature's enduring principles, we can expand our awareness, gain peace, and then take effective action to change the world around us. Diane Dreher, Ph.D., is a bestselling author, researcher, and positive psychology coach. Her books, The Tao of Inner Peace, The Tao of Personal Leadership, The Tao of Womanhood, Inner Gardening, and Your Personal Renaissance, have been translated into ten languages. Her research on positive psychology and hope has been published in academic books and journals, and her work has been featured in media outlets including USA Today, Entrepreneur, Redbook, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Science of Mind, radio and TV talk shows, and websites on leadership and personal growth. Diane has a Ph.D. in Renaissance English literature from UCLA as well as a Master's Degree in Counseling. She is a Professional Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation, Professor Emeritus and Associate Director of the Applied Spirituality Institute at Santa Clara University and a Lecturer in the Positive Psychology Guild in the United Kingdom. Find out more about Diane and her work at https://dianedreher.com.

Guy's Guy Radio
#516 Host of 2nd Act TV Silke Schwartzkopf and Author/Researcher Diane Dreher, Ph.D.

Guy's Guy Radio

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2022 55:00


Silke is the creator and host of 2nd Act TV, a YouTube channel focused on recreating and living your life to the fullest after 50! A seasoned producer, Silke owned and operated an award-winning production company for nearly 20 years. Shortly after her 50th birthday, she took a huge leap of faith, left an unfulfilled 25-year marriage, and returned to her hometown in SoCal to pursue the development of original programming most pertinent to her evolving reality – starting over after 50 – and 2nd Act TV was born! As Executive Producer and Host, Silke is living her motto: "It's never too late to be the person you always wanted to be." Diane Dreher, Ph.D., is a bestselling author, researcher, and positive psychology coach. Her books, The Tao of Inner Peace, The Tao of Personal Leadership, The Tao of Womanhood, Inner Gardening, and Your Personal Renaissance, have been translated into ten languages and her work has been featured in media outlets including USA Today, Entrepreneur, Redbook, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Science of Mind, radio and TV talk shows, and websites on leadership and personal growth. Se has a Ph.D. in Renaissance English literature from UCLA as well as a Master's Degree in Counseling. She is a HeartMath clinical practitioner and a Professional Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation. Her research on positive psychology and hope has been published online and in academic books and journals. She is currently professor emerita and associate director of the Applied Spirituality Institute at Santa Clara University and a lecturer in the Positive Psychology Guild in the United Kingdom. Join Robert Manni, author of The Guys' Guy's Guide To Love as we discuss life, love and the pursuit of happiness. Subscribe to Guy's Guy Radio on YouTube, iTunes and wherever you get your podcasts! Buy The Guys' Guy's Guide to Love now!

Guy's Guy Radio with Robert Manni
#516 Host of 2nd Act TV Silke Schwartzkopf and Author/Researcher Diane Dreher, Ph.D.

Guy's Guy Radio with Robert Manni

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2022 55:00


Silke is the creator and host of 2nd Act TV, a YouTube channel focused on recreating and living your life to the fullest after 50! A seasoned producer, Silke owned and operated an award-winning production company for nearly 20 years. Shortly after her 50th birthday, she took a huge leap of faith, left an unfulfilled 25-year marriage, and returned to her hometown in SoCal to pursue the development of original programming most pertinent to her evolving reality – starting over after 50 – and 2nd Act TV was born! As Executive Producer and Host, Silke is living her motto: "It's never too late to be the person you always wanted to be." Diane Dreher, Ph.D., is a bestselling author, researcher, and positive psychology coach. Her books, The Tao of Inner Peace, The Tao of Personal Leadership, The Tao of Womanhood, Inner Gardening, and Your Personal Renaissance, have been translated into ten languages and her work has been featured in media outlets including USA Today, Entrepreneur, Redbook, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Science of Mind, radio and TV talk shows, and websites on leadership and personal growth. Se has a Ph.D. in Renaissance English literature from UCLA as well as a Master's Degree in Counseling. She is a HeartMath clinical practitioner and a Professional Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation. Her research on positive psychology and hope has been published online and in academic books and journals. She is currently professor emerita and associate director of the Applied Spirituality Institute at Santa Clara University and a lecturer in the Positive Psychology Guild in the United Kingdom. Join Robert Manni, author of The Guys' Guy's Guide To Love as we discuss life, love and the pursuit of happiness. Subscribe to Guy's Guy Radio on YouTube, iTunes and wherever you get your podcasts! Buy The Guys' Guy's Guide to Love now!

Get Over It! Podcast
Develop Inner Peace

Get Over It! Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2022 37:52


Diane Dreher, Ph.D., talks about her new book, The Tao Of Inner Peace, which translates the ancient eastern philosophy of Tao Te Ching for western readers. With its lively, demystifying approach, The Tao of Inner Peace shows how the Tao can be a powerful and calming source of growth, inspiration, and well-being in times of conflict and anxiety. Translated more often than any other book except the Bible, the Tao Te Ching has been a spiritual guide for centuries, helping millions find peace within themselves, with each other, and with the natural world around them. Written in workbook style, complete with exercises, questionnaires, journal-keeping techniques, and affirmations. We talk about Definition of inner peaceThe importance of spending time in natureYin and yang energyMindful breathingThe ninety-second pauseRelief from anxiety Diane Dreher, Ph.D., is a bestselling author, teacher, and positive psychology coach. Her books, The Tao of Inner Peace, The Tao of Personal Leadership, The Tao of Womanhood, Inner Gardening, and Your Personal Renaissance, have been translated into ten languages. Her work has been featured in media outlets, including USA Today, Entrepreneur, Redbook, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Science of Mind, radio and TV talk shows, and leadership and personal growth websites. Dreher has a Ph.D. in Renaissance English literature from UCLA and a Master's Degree in Counseling with a health psychology emphasis, and credentials in spiritual counseling and holistic health. She is a professor of English and associate director of the Spirituality and Health Institute at Santa Clara University in northern California. www.dianedreher.com

CHITHEADS from Embodied Philosophy
The Tao of Now with Diane Dreher

CHITHEADS from Embodied Philosophy

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2022 46:06


Diane Dreher, Ph.D., is a bestselling author, researcher, and positive psychology coach. Her books, The Tao of Inner Peace, The Tao of Personal Leadership, The Tao of Womanhood, Inner Gardening, and Your Personal Renaissance, have been translated into ten languages and her work has been featured in media outlets including USA Today, Entrepreneur, Redbook, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Science of Mind, radio and TV talk shows, and websites on leadership and personal growth.  Dreher has a Ph.D. in Renaissance English literature from UCLA as well as a Master's Degree in Counseling. She is a HeartMath clinical practitioner and a Professional Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation. Her research on positive psychology and hope has been published online and in academic books and journals. She is currently professor emerita and associate director of the Applied Spirituality Institute at Santa Clara University and a lecturer in the Positive Psychology Guild in the United Kingdom. In this episode, we discuss: The fundamental principles of Taoism. Nature and the wisdom of the Tao within and around us. Watching and waiting, the radical act of Wu Wei. Religious Taoism and Taoism as a philosophy. Spiritual practices of the Tao, cultivating the balance of Tao in daily life. The Tao of now, Taoist Politics and conflict resolution. Reducing stress and anxiety with the Tao. Read an excerpt from THE TAO OF INNER PEACE by Diane Dreher: Beginning the Journey: Tao Te Ching See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Heart of a Friend
Mere Christianity | Part 1 | A Clue to the Meaning of the Universe

Heart of a Friend

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2021 26:42


Lewis appeared on the September 8, 1947 cover of Time Magazine. This slightly stooped, round-shouldered, balding professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge University was an international “rock star.”One irony…originally Mere Christianity was a series of radio talks! They were never written to be a book! Lewis gave these talks on the BBC during World War 2.His purpose: “Explain and defend the belief that has been common to nearly all Christians at all times…mere Christianity.”“When you have reached your own room, be kind to those who have chosen different doors and to those who are still in the hall…That is one of the rules common to the whole house.” His aim (ch. 1-5): To show that our sense of right and wrong seems to be universal. Because of this, it's reasonable to believe in some kind of “higher power,” or “being” which is behind this universal sense of right and wrong. This is called the moral argument for the existence of God. Don't different cultures have different moralities? “There are differences…but…if anyone will take the trouble to compare the moral teaching of, say, the ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, Hindus, Chinese, Greeks and Romans, what will really strike him will be how very like they are to each other and to our own.” Aren't moral convictions just culturally conditioned? “If no set of moral ideas were truer or better than any other, there would be no sense in preferring civilized morality to a more savage morality, or Christian morality to Nazi morality.” Are people really persuaded by logical arguments to follow Christ? The moral argument is not a club but it is a clue. The evidence for the the Christian faith is strong and for someone who wants to believe - sufficient. But for someone who doesn't want to believe - no amount of evidence will ever be sufficient. They will always be able to find some reason to reject the evidence. That's why Lewis calls this first section of his book “A Clue to the Meaning of the Universe.” Two compelling reasons for knowing why you believe. First, there are many who have open hearts and honest intellectual questions about Christianity. We owe it to them to give them a reason to believe. “Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could never have doubted, I could never have believed.” Second, knowing why we believe can not only help someone else, but it strengthens our own faith. It gives us confidence and peace of mind. Lewis understood the limitations of intellectual argument. Just as important as winning the mind was winning the heart. He knew that the gospel must be presented in such a way that it appeals not just to our intellect, but also to our deepest yearnings. He skillfully uses both logic to convince our minds, but also imagination. In his writings, both non-fiction and fiction, he portrays a world and a future so good, so delicious, that our hearts cry out, “I want that to be true!” 

Whole Mamas Podcast: Motherhood from a Whole30 Perspective
188: Culinary Cultural Adventures for Kids with Sarah Thomas

Whole Mamas Podcast: Motherhood from a Whole30 Perspective

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2020 44:08


Dr. Elana interviews Sarah Thomas, the co-founder and Chief Imaginator of Kalamata’s Kitchen. With the mission to create a new generation of curious and compassionate eaters, Kalamata’s Kitchen designs story books and food adventure activities so families can expose their kids to new cultures through food and play! Sarah is the author of Kalamata’s Kitchen’s children’s book series. She believes you can inspire healthy eating through the stories you read to your children. In this episode you will learn ideas for adding adventure to your kitchen and teaching your child about the world’s cultures while you’re at it!  Enjoy the listen! You can find us on iTunes, Stitcher or Spotify. We’d love to hear your thoughts on Instagram or Facebook. Topics Discussed: How storytelling can help expand kid’s food choices How to add "food adventures" into your home right now How to eat out with kids and get them involved through the “Taste Bud Travel Guide” Tips to expose kids to new cuisines and tastes Tips how to engage kids in food adventures How does Kalamata's Kitchen become part of everyday life Show Notes: Buy 1 book, get one free on Kalamata Kitchen’s website with code WHOLEMAMAS Connect with Kalamata’s Kitchen on Instagram  Take the free mini course at Dr. Elana’s Med School for Moms Learn more about Whole Mamas Pregnancy Program Subscribe to Whole Mamas Weekly Pregnancy Email Series Follow Steph and Elana on Instagram Whole Mamas Podcast Archive After completing a Masters degree in Renaissance English literature at the University of Cambridge, Sarah Thomas moved back to her native western Pennsylvania to study medicine. Instead, a love of food, service and academia led her to start studying wine instead. She moved to New York City in 2014 to accept a sommelier position with Le Bernardin, a three-star Michelin restaurant helmed by Chef Eric Ripert. During her time at the restaurant, she earned her Advanced Sommelier diploma, and is currently a candidate for the Master Sommelier diploma. She was also featured in the third installment of the popular Somm films. Above all else, her time in the restaurant industry taught her the true value of hospitality and communication, and the ability for food and service to create lasting experiences and memories for others.  In 2018, she and Derek Wallace co-founded Kalamata’s Kitchen, a brand which introduces kids to the world and to new experiences through adventures with food. By centering a child’s experience of exploration around lovable characters like Kalamata and her stuffed alligator pal Al Dente, children are invited to be more curious, courageous, and compassionate people by understanding the world through food. Combining her passions for service, literature, food, and teaching children, Kalamata’s Kitchen is the true nexus of all of Sarah’s interests and goals. As co-founder and author, she will lead the partnership with Penguin Random House to release a new series of books, as well as with Imagine Entertainment for an animated series. Please remember that the views and ideas presented on this podcast are for informational purposes only.  All information presented on this podcast is for informational purposes and not intended to serve as a substitute for the consultation, diagnosis, and/or medical treatment of a healthcare provider. Consult with your healthcare provider before starting any diet, supplement regimen, or to determine the appropriateness of the information shared on this podcast, or if you have any questions regarding your treatment plan.

Jaipur Bytes
Exclusive: Ramie Targoff talks to Lakshya Datta about Renaissance Woman Vittoria Colonna

Jaipur Bytes

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2020 13:43


Ramie Targoff, author of "Renaissance Woman: The Life of Vittoria Colonna", in conversation with Lakshya Datta, recorded live at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2020 on Jan 26. Ramie Targoff’s scholarly area of interest is the English Renaissance with a strong secondary interest in the Italian Renaissance. An award-winning writer, she is the author of three books on Renaissance English literature titled Common Prayer: The Language of Public Devotion, John Donne, Body and Soul and Posthumous Love: Eros and the Afterlife in Renaissance England. Most recently, she has written a biography of the 16th century Italian poet Vittoria Colonna titled Renaissance Woman: The Life of Vittoria Colonna and has completed the first English translation of Colonna’s 1538 book of sonnets, entitled Sonnets of Widowhood. Her forthcoming book, Shakespeare’s Sisters, is a group biography of four women writers in Renaissance England: Mary Sidney Herbert, Aemilia Lanyer, Elizabeth Cary and Anne Clifford.

传道书(第八课)-Polish Hungarian Lute Music of the Renaissance, English Lute Music of the Renaissance.mp3

"传道书"(Ecclesiastes) - 古典音乐,卢特乐, 清咏乐,吉他,等等为伴奏

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2018 29:29


Ecclesiastes(No.8)-Polish Hungarian Lute Music of the Renaissance, English Lute Music of the Renaissance.mp3

The Early Music Show

The Renaissance English composer John Dowland was a prolific writer of songs accompanied by the lute, and the performance of those songs has sustained and informed the careers of many great singers and lute players over the decades. Lucie Skeaping takes a look back at how the interpretation and performance style of Dowland songs has evolved over the last century and plays a selection of recordings from singers and lute players past and present. To help her are studio guests Jacob Heringman, currently one of Britain's foremost lutenists, and the singer Emma Kirkby, whose seminal recordings and performances of Dowland songs have enchanted audiences for many years.

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In Our Time
Le Morte d'Arthur

In Our Time

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2013 42:07


Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Thomas Malory's "Le Morte Darthur", the epic tale of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table. Sir Thomas Malory was a knight from Warwickshire, a respectable country gentleman and MP in the 1440s who later turned to a life of crime and spent various spells in prison. It was during Malory's final incarceration that he wrote "Le Morte Darthur", an epic work which was based primarily on French, but also some English, sources. Malory died shortly after his release in 1470 and it was to be another fifteen years before "Le Morte Darthur" was published by William Caxton, to immediate popular acclaim. Although the book fell from favour in the seventeenth century, it was revived again in Victorian times and became an inspiration for the Pre-Raphaelite movement who were entranced by the chivalric and romantic world that Malory portrayed. The Arthurian legend is one of the most enduring and popular in western literature and its characters - Sir Lancelot, Guinevere, Merlin and King Arthur himself, are as well-known today as they were then; and the book's themes - chivalry, betrayal, love and honour - remain as compelling.With: Helen Cooper Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at the University of CambridgeHelen Fulton Professor of Medieval Literature and Head of Department of English and Related Literature at the University of YorkLaura Ashe CUF Lecturer and Tutorial Fellow at Worcester College at the University of OxfordProducer: Natalia Fernandez.

In Our Time: Culture
Le Morte d'Arthur

In Our Time: Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2013 42:07


Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Thomas Malory's "Le Morte Darthur", the epic tale of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table. Sir Thomas Malory was a knight from Warwickshire, a respectable country gentleman and MP in the 1440s who later turned to a life of crime and spent various spells in prison. It was during Malory's final incarceration that he wrote "Le Morte Darthur", an epic work which was based primarily on French, but also some English, sources. Malory died shortly after his release in 1470 and it was to be another fifteen years before "Le Morte Darthur" was published by William Caxton, to immediate popular acclaim. Although the book fell from favour in the seventeenth century, it was revived again in Victorian times and became an inspiration for the Pre-Raphaelite movement who were entranced by the chivalric and romantic world that Malory portrayed. The Arthurian legend is one of the most enduring and popular in western literature and its characters - Sir Lancelot, Guinevere, Merlin and King Arthur himself, are as well-known today as they were then; and the book's themes - chivalry, betrayal, love and honour - remain as compelling. With: Helen Cooper Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at the University of Cambridge Helen Fulton Professor of Medieval Literature and Head of Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York Laura Ashe CUF Lecturer and Tutorial Fellow at Worcester College at the University of Oxford Producer: Natalia Fernandez.

In Our Time
Pastoral Literature

In Our Time

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2006 42:14


Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss pastoral literature.Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, Woods or steepy mountain yields.And we will sit upon the rocks, Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks, By shallow rivers to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals. An entreaty from Christopher Marlowe's Passionate Shepherd to His Love - thought by many to be the crowning example of Elizabethan pastoral poetry. The traditions of pastoral poetry, literature and drama can be traced back to the third century BC and have principally offered a conventionalised picture of rural life, the naturalness and innocence of which is seen to contrast favourably with the corruption and artificialities of city and court life. Pastoral literature deals with tensions between nature and art, the real and the ideal, the actual and the mythical, and although pastoral works have been written from the point of view of shepherds or rustics, they have often been penned by highly sophisticated, urban poets and playwrights. But to what extent does pastoral literature represent a continuous yearning for a non-existent Golden Age of Innocence? How far did it evolve to reflect the social and political preoccupations of its times and what were the real meanings of its much used metaphors of town and country? With Helen Cooper, Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at the University of Cambridge; Laurence Lerner, former Professor of English at the University of Sussex; Julie Sanders, Professor of English Literature and Drama at the University of Nottingham.

In Our Time: Culture
Pastoral Literature

In Our Time: Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2006 42:14


Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss pastoral literature.Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, Woods or steepy mountain yields.And we will sit upon the rocks, Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks, By shallow rivers to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals. An entreaty from Christopher Marlowe's Passionate Shepherd to His Love - thought by many to be the crowning example of Elizabethan pastoral poetry. The traditions of pastoral poetry, literature and drama can be traced back to the third century BC and have principally offered a conventionalised picture of rural life, the naturalness and innocence of which is seen to contrast favourably with the corruption and artificialities of city and court life. Pastoral literature deals with tensions between nature and art, the real and the ideal, the actual and the mythical, and although pastoral works have been written from the point of view of shepherds or rustics, they have often been penned by highly sophisticated, urban poets and playwrights. But to what extent does pastoral literature represent a continuous yearning for a non-existent Golden Age of Innocence? How far did it evolve to reflect the social and political preoccupations of its times and what were the real meanings of its much used metaphors of town and country? With Helen Cooper, Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at the University of Cambridge; Laurence Lerner, former Professor of English at the University of Sussex; Julie Sanders, Professor of English Literature and Drama at the University of Nottingham.

In Our Time
Chaucer

In Our Time

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2006 42:19


Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Geoffrey Chaucer, often called the father of English literature."In Southwark at the Tabard as I lay Redy to wenden on my pilgrymage To Canterbury with ful devout corage, At nyght was come into that hostelrye Wel nyne and twenty in a compaignye Of sundry folk, by aventure yfalle In felaweshipe, and pilgrims were they alle, That toward Canterbury wolden ryde." Geoffrey Chaucer immortalised the medieval pilgrimage and the diversity of 14th century English society in his Canterbury Tales. As each pilgrim takes his, or her, turn to tell their tale on the road to Canterbury, Chaucer brings to life the voices of a knight, a miller, a Wife of Bath and many more besides. Chaucer was born the son of a London vintner, yet rose to high office in the court of Richard II. He travelled throughout France and Italy where he came into contact with the works of Dante, Boccaccio, Machaut and Froissart. He translated Boethius, wrote dream poetry, a defence of women and composed the tragic masterpiece Troilus and Criseyde. As well as the father of English literature, Chaucer was also a philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat.So what do we know of Chaucer? How did he introduce the themes of continental writing to an English speaking audience? And why does his poetry still seem to speak so directly to us today? With Carolyne Larrington, Tutor in Medieval English at St John's College, Oxford; Helen Cooper, Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at the University of Cambridge; Ardis Butterfield, Reader in English at University College London.

In Our Time: Culture

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Geoffrey Chaucer, often called the father of English literature."In Southwark at the Tabard as I lay Redy to wenden on my pilgrymage To Canterbury with ful devout corage, At nyght was come into that hostelrye Wel nyne and twenty in a compaignye Of sundry folk, by aventure yfalle In felaweshipe, and pilgrims were they alle, That toward Canterbury wolden ryde." Geoffrey Chaucer immortalised the medieval pilgrimage and the diversity of 14th century English society in his Canterbury Tales. As each pilgrim takes his, or her, turn to tell their tale on the road to Canterbury, Chaucer brings to life the voices of a knight, a miller, a Wife of Bath and many more besides. Chaucer was born the son of a London vintner, yet rose to high office in the court of Richard II. He travelled throughout France and Italy where he came into contact with the works of Dante, Boccaccio, Machaut and Froissart. He translated Boethius, wrote dream poetry, a defence of women and composed the tragic masterpiece Troilus and Criseyde. As well as the father of English literature, Chaucer was also a philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat.So what do we know of Chaucer? How did he introduce the themes of continental writing to an English speaking audience? And why does his poetry still seem to speak so directly to us today? With Carolyne Larrington, Tutor in Medieval English at St John's College, Oxford; Helen Cooper, Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at the University of Cambridge; Ardis Butterfield, Reader in English at University College London.