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Ancient Greece

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2024 64:51


In this episode of History 102, WhatIfAltHists creator Rudyard Lynch and Erik Torenberg uncover the diverse and fascinating world of ancient Greek city-states, beyond Athens and Sparta, and their unique cultures. Discover the realities of ancient Greece beyond the myths, including its complex social structures, its role in philosophy, and its impact on the world.

Wine-Dark Sea Stories
The Last Battle of Cyrus the Great | Story & Historical Commentary

Wine-Dark Sea Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2024 33:16


Many legends were spun around the life of the Persian king Cyrus the Great, including how he met his end. The Greek historian Herodotus reports a tale that he deemed "most trustworthy," of the great king's last war in the distant steppes of central Asia--how he clashed with a fearsome tribe of mounted warriors called the Massagetae, led by a queen who defied the power of the new Persian Empire. A story adapted from the Greek historian Herodotus (Histories Book 1, 201-214), featuring: Cyrus the Great; Tomyris, Queen of the Massagetae; Croesus of Lydia; Spargaspises, son of Tomyris Original story contributed by Alba Wolf --- FREE COMMENTARY PODCASTS now available for every story on the channel! Learn more about the ancient historical and cultural context behind each Wine-Dark Sea tale. Find the full archive of videos and MP3s at: ⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/winedarksea/shop⁠⁠ --- CREDITS:  Music from www.storyblocks.com (Vlada Balas, Humans Win, Volodymyr Piddubnyk) and DanoSongs Thumbnail Images: Cyrus the Great (Mohawk Games: https://mohawkgames.com/oldworld/) Tomyris (Veysel Kara: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/EVa5gK) WDS Logo Image: Kylix with Apollo playing the lyre and pouring a libation (c. 470 BC, Delphi Archeological Museum)

Tape Op Podcast
Episode 92: Jolie Holland

Tape Op Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2024 49:53


My friend Jolie Holland and I first met when I edited, overdubbed, and mixed her album Wine Dark Sea in 2014, ten years ago. Around then we even played a short 2 song set live at an Elliott Smith tribute show. A few years after that we worked again on Wildflower Blues, an album she did with Samantha Parton, her former bandmate from The Be Good Tanyas, and recently I prepped a re-master of her debut album, Catalpa. We thought it'd be fun to talk about her recent album, Haunted Mountain, and how the record came to be, and working on it with Justin Veloso and Adam Brisbin. Obviously, I was curious, as here was a great album of her's that I DIDN'T work on. So, while in LA I dropped by Jolie's apartment, she cooked us a great dinner, and then we sat down with a bottle of wine on some creaky chairs and started talking. So here, drop in on our conversation as we are discussing Willie Nelson. Enjoy!

Nature and the Nation
Review: Sailing the Wine Dark Sea by Thomas Cahill

Nature and the Nation

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2024 50:35


In this episode I look at Thomas Cahill's examination of Ancient Greece in Sailing the Wine Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter. I pay special attention to the first three chapter where Cahill discusses Homer and his great works, The Iliad and the Odessey.

Wine-Dark Sea Stories
The Curse of Love: Hippolytus and Phaedra | A Tale from Greek Mythology

Wine-Dark Sea Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2023 16:04


Hippolytus is the young prince of Athens, son of the king and famed hero Theseus, and stepson of Phaedra, the queen. When Aphrodite, goddess of love, makes the innocent Phaedra a weapon of her divine wrath against Hippolytus, a tragic tale of lust, deceit, and death ensues as the royal family of Athens is torn apart. A story from Greek mythology, based on the tragedy Hippolytus by Euripides (staged in 428 BC), featuring: Hippolytus, Phaedra, Theseus, Aphrodite, Artemis, Phaedra's Nurse Original story contributed by Konstantinos Christidis --- FREE COMMENTARY PODCASTS now available for every story on the channel! Learn more about the ancient historical and cultural context behind each Wine-Dark Sea tale. Find the full archive of videos and MP3s at: https://ko-fi.com/winedarksea/shop --- CREDITS: Music from www.storyblocks.com Thumbnail Images: Phaedra and Hippolytus (Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, c. 1802) Phaedra (Alexandre Cabanel, c. 1885) WDS Logo Image: Kylix with Apollo playing the lyre and pouring a libation (c. 470 BC, Delphi Archeological Museum)

Wine-Dark Sea Stories
The Legend of Archimedes, God of Mathematics | A Tale from the Mediterranean World

Wine-Dark Sea Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2023 17:58


Archimedes' life and achievements gained mythic stature in ancient times, and his reputation for genius endures today. Past the equations and feats of engineering was a man committed to finding answers--whether in contemplating the physics of water, or resisting the power of Rome. A story from ancient history, based on Vitruvius (De Architectura, Book 9), Polybius (Histories, Book 8), and Plutarch (Life of Marcellus), featuring: Archimedes, Hiero II, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Hieronymus Original story contributed by Alba Wolf --- FREE COMMENTARY PODCASTS now available for every story on the channel! Learn more about the ancient historical and cultural context behind each Wine-Dark Sea tale. Find the full archive of videos and MP3s at: ⁠https://ko-fi.com/winedarksea/shop⁠ --- CREDITS: Music by Scott Buckley Thumbnail Images: Fresco from the Uffizi Gallery in Florence showing Archimedes' "heat-ray" weapon atop the walls of Syracuse (Giulio Parigi, 1600) Monument to Archimedes in Syracuse (Luciano Campisi, 1885; photo by Giovanni Dall'Orto) WDS Logo Image: Kylix with Apollo playing the lyre and pouring a libation (c. 470 BC, Delphi Archeological Museum)

UK Wine Show
In the Wine Dark Sea A Documentary on Crete Wines with Chrisa Giorgi

UK Wine Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2023


Listen to Chrisa Giorgi talking about her film In the Wine Dark Sea on the wines of Crete.

The Practical Enneagram
The great metaphor of the Odyssey, with Kathryn Grant

The Practical Enneagram

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2023 54:39


Enneagram teacher, master storyteller and definitely one of the funnest humans in the field Kathryn Grant (Social/Navigating 7) teaches the Enneagram using the metaphor of Homer's Odyssey. Do as I did, and get yourself a mug of something hot and enjoy this snippet from her current online course, Sail the Wine Dark Sea! After some sailing, we take flight and discuss the Wings.  How Kathryn got into the Enneagram [1.15]How she met Michael Goldberg, who wrote about the Odyssey from the Enneagram perspective [4.23]We set sail [13.05]We leave you on the island of 7 to talk about Wings [36.53]The theory of the Wings originally from Ichazo [37.33]How do the Wings help with personal growth? [43.37]How does the Enneagram stay alive for Kathryn, and is it still useful for her personal development? [50.45]References, Michael Goldberg's book, Travels with Odysseus: https://amzn.to/422irbwKathryn's website: https://www.enneaquest.org/ The Workshop: https://www.enneaquest.org/event-details/sail-the-wine-dark-sea-2023-04-08-08-30

The Wine CEO Podcast
The Wine CEO Episode #115: Greece Mini Series - Women, Wine, and Movies - An interview with Wine Filmmaker Chrisa Giorgi

The Wine CEO Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 36:41


Episode #115 continues our mini series on Greece, but also celebrates International Women's Day with an interview with female wine filmmaker, Chrisa Giorgi. In the episode, Sarah asks Chrisa about her home island of Crete and her journey to becoming a wine filmmaker. With a 100% female film crew, Chrisa is working to share the stories of Greek winemakers and encourage consumers around the globe to try more wines from Greece. It's an epiosde you can't miss, so be sure to subscribe to the show to catch the full mini series as Sarah interviews winemakers and industry professionals across this unique wine region! ------- Sign up for The Wine CEO newsletter and get a free guide to Food & Wine Pairing >> thewineceo.com Email: Sarah@thewineceo.com  Instagram: @thewineceo Facebook: @sarahthewineceo ------- Today's Guest: Chrisa Giorgi, Filmmaker  Wine Cellar Stories Website Instagram: @winecellarstories In the Wine Dark Sea film on Amazon *Support Chrisa's Kefalonia film: Fundraiser -------- Konstantinos Lazarakis' Book: The Wines of Greece

The Lubber's Hole - A Patrick O'Brian Podcast
Episode 144 - The Wine-Dark Sea (Final Part)

The Lubber's Hole - A Patrick O'Brian Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2023 98:57


There's Noah's Ark, action at sea, a race against an iceberg, unrelenting nature, more disaster, bad luck, and multiple good spots to end the book, plus our interview with guest Paul Bryers, author of the Nathan Peake books. Ch 10 (second half).

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The Lubber's Hole - A Patrick O'Brian Podcast
Episode 143 - The Wine-Dark Sea (Part 10)

The Lubber's Hole - A Patrick O'Brian Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2023 62:26


There's Noah's Ark, action at sea, a race against an iceberg, unrelenting nature, more disaster, bad luck, multiple good spots to end the book, and a few more tales to tell. Keep an eye on your pintles! Ch 10 (first half).

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The Lubber's Hole - A Patrick O'Brian Podcast
Episode 142 - The Wine-Dark Sea (Part 9)

The Lubber's Hole - A Patrick O'Brian Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2023 69:12


Pullings makes an important discovery. Stephen gets to see the high Andes and tires of the local cuisine. We meet a new ancient, a curious saint, a global mushroom, and a troubling dream before everything comes crashing down. Next time, listen to the animals! Ch 9.

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The Lubber's Hole - A Patrick O'Brian Podcast
Episode 141 - The Wine-Dark Sea (Part 7)

The Lubber's Hole - A Patrick O'Brian Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2023 73:40


A plan comes together quickly, Stephen is unusually confident, there are Malta Knights, mountain journeys, a wonderful mule, amazing oilbirds, a dreaded interloper, irascible animals, an unexpected development and we're off again! Ch. 7.

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The Lubber's Hole - A Patrick O'Brian Podcast
Episode 140 - The Wine-Dark Sea (Part 6)

The Lubber's Hole - A Patrick O'Brian Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2023 53:27


The girls go to church, Stephen continues his mission ashore, Dutourd goes missing, and Jack takes on a big wind in a small boat. We talk about earthquakes, the Inquisition, Incas, and the changing situation in Peru. Ch. 6.

The Swirl Suite
Crete w Chrisa Giorgi

The Swirl Suite

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2023 54:04


Born and raised in Crete, Greece, and moved to the US to continue with her studies in Marketing. She holds a degree in Political Science and a Masters in Political Analysis from the University of Crete. She is a WSET Diploma Candidate, and a wine documentary filmmaker. Chrisa combines her experience as a journalist and a former Political Strategy Advisor to create her films. Her latest film, In the Wine Dark Sea, screened at festivals around the globe, won multiple awards and is now available to watch on Amazon Video. Chrisa is keen on exploring human relationships with our environment and uses filmmaking to share those stories. She is particularly interested in how filmmaking can be used as a creative medium to explore the extraordinary and complex world of wine, and how it can help people care and learn more about whats in their glass.https://www.instagram.com/winecellarstories/https://www.amazon.com/Wine-Dark-Sea-Joel-Dinolt/dp/B0B6PM15W7/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=in+the+wine+dark+sea&qid=1674222388&s=instant-video&sprefix=In+the+wine+%2Cinstant-video%2C80&sr=1-1 The Wine Concierge Clubhttps://thewineconcierge.co/ VineMeUp Newsletterhttps://www.vinemeupdc.com/newsletterFollow The Swirl Suite:SwirlSuite@gmail.com@SwirlSuite www.swirlsuite.comSarita @VineMeUpTanisha @GirlMeetsGlassLeslie @Vino301Glynis @Vino_Noire

The Swirl Suite
Crete w Chrisa Giorgi

The Swirl Suite

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2023 54:04


Born and raised in Crete, Greece, and moved to the US to continue with her studies in Marketing. She holds a degree in Political Science and a Masters in Political Analysis from the University of Crete. She is a WSET Diploma Candidate, and a wine documentary filmmaker. Chrisa combines her experience as a journalist and a former Political Strategy Advisor to create her films. Her latest film, “In the Wine Dark Sea”, screened at festivals around the globe, won multiple awards and is now available to watch on Amazon Video. Chrisa is keen on exploring human relationships with our environment and uses filmmaking to share those stories. She is particularly interested in how filmmaking can be used as a creative medium to explore the extraordinary and complex world of wine, and how it can help people care and learn more about what's in their glass.https://www.instagram.com/winecellarstories/https://www.amazon.com/Wine-Dark-Sea-Joel-Dinolt/dp/B0B6PM15W7/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=in+the+wine+dark+sea&qid=1674222388&s=instant-video&sprefix=In+the+wine+%2Cinstant-video%2C80&sr=1-1 The Wine Concierge Clubhttps://thewineconcierge.co/ VineMeUp Newsletterhttps://www.vinemeupdc.com/newsletter Follow The Swirl Suite: SwirlSuite@gmail.com @SwirlSuite www.swirlsuite.com Sarita @VineMeUp Tanisha @GirlMeetsGlass Leslie @Vino301 Glynis @Vino_Noire

The Lubber's Hole - A Patrick O'Brian Podcast
Episode 139 - The Wine-Dark Sea (Part 6)

The Lubber's Hole - A Patrick O'Brian Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2023 57:03


We finally reach Peru, and Stephen's mission begins. The Franklin and the Surprise and Jack and Stephen part company. Martin's illness is fully diagnosed. O'Brian takes several forays into the Bible, and Sam Panda returns! Ch 6.

The Lubber's Hole - A Patrick O'Brian Podcast
Episode 138 - The Wine-Dark Sea (Part 5)

The Lubber's Hole - A Patrick O'Brian Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2023 47:30


The Surprise, led by a barrel, sails full speed into an examination of human behaviour, a pursuit of prizes, and danger - nautically and interpersonally.  We learn about Ben Franklin, language, gender and agency. Something for everyone! Ch 5

The Lubber's Hole - A Patrick O'Brian Podcast
Episode 137 - The Wine-Dark Sea (Part 4)

The Lubber's Hole - A Patrick O'Brian Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2023 79:04


Political differences abound, as Stephen and Martin's relationship is hulled below the waterline. Tom has the Franklin armed & looking beautiful, but people suffer from salt and the lack of fresh water. The spoils are divided, as are opinions about Dutourd. Ch 4.

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The Lubber's Hole - A Patrick O'Brian Podcast
Episode 136 - The Wine-Dark Sea (Part 3)

The Lubber's Hole - A Patrick O'Brian Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2023 69:16


As West is buried, the gunroom is changed by the arrival of Dutourd and the ransomers, and Martin continues his decline. There's a new acting Lieutenant, much ado about sects, a possible link between petrels and homeopathy, frisky midshipmen, beautiful music, and potential trouble aboard. Ch 3.

The Lubber's Hole - A Patrick O'Brian Podcast
Episode 135 - The Wine-Dark Sea (Part 2)

The Lubber's Hole - A Patrick O'Brian Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2022 75:08


We learn the cause of all the “unnatural” natural phenomena, the fate of Dutourd and the Franklin, what will become of West's ongoing effect on the Gun Room, and the Shelmerston sect which doesn't play well with others. Ch 2.

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The Lubber's Hole - A Patrick O'Brian Podcast
Episode 134 - The Wine-Dark Sea (Part 1)

The Lubber's Hole - A Patrick O'Brian Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2022 56:44


The chase of the Franklin continues, pitting Jack Aubrey against a very resourceful Yankee sailing master and Mother Nature herself. We meet some new characters onboard, attend a gunroom dinner and remember to keep one hand for the ship and another for ourselves.  Ch 1.

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Space Strategy
35. Gen. John Shaw: Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea - Space as a Military Area of Responsibility

Space Strategy

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2022 49:26


In this episode, Senior Fellow Peter Garretson interviews Lieutenant General John E. Shaw, Deputy Commander of United States Space Command (USSPACECOM). They begin by explaining the role and responsibilities of USSPACECOM. They examine Gen. Shaw's new article, Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Space as a Military Area of Responsibilities (AOR), including its key propositions: the importance of Earth; the insufficiency of the term "global"; the need to re-imagine strategic terrain (upwell, downwell, cislunar); and the importance of the AOR to everyone. They detail the role of a COCOM in peace and in war. Next, they discuss the utility of a naval / maritime analogy for Spacepower, and the potential new missions. They touch on Gen. Shaw's book, Whither Space Power, and where it has proved prescient. They outline interagency challenges ahead such as rescue of space tourists and deflecting asteroids—including a recent NASA-FEMA-USSF-USSPACEOM tabletop exercise (TTX). Finally, they conclude with a vision of humanity's future in space if we play our cards right, and an invitation to young people to join the adventure through service in the United States Space Force. About Gen. John Shaw: https://www.spacecom.mil/Leaders/Bio/Article/2433977/lt-gen-john-e-shaw/ USSPACECOM: https://www.spacecom.mil/ Article: Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/AEtherJournal/Journals/Volume-1_Issue-1/06-Shaw.pdf Book: Whither Space Power https://media.defense.gov/2017/May/05/2001742912/-1/-1/0/FP_0008_WORDEN_SHAW_WHITHER_SPACE_POWER.PDF USSPACECOM Posture Statement https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/USSPACECOM%20FY23%20Posture%20Statement%20SASC%20FINAL.pdf https://www.spacecom.mil/Testimony/ Planetary Defense TTX: https://www.jhuapl.edu/NewsStory/220310c-planetary-defense-exercise https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/pd/cs/ttx22/ Gen. Shaw Presenting on Planetary Defense at Space Symposium: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/7137185/usspacecom-deputy-presents-planetary-defense-37th-annual-space-symposium Gen. Shaw Wired Interview https://www.wired.com/story/space-commands-lt-gen-john-shaw-on-the-future-of-space-security/ Gen. Shaw OpEd https://spacenews.com/op-ed-the-u-s-space-force-must-be-independent-but-not-insular/

Chromosphere: The Color Theory Podcast
Homer and the Wine-Dark Sea

Chromosphere: The Color Theory Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2021 17:45


Why did Homer repeatedly describe the color of the ocean as wine-dark in the Iliad and the Odyssey? Could the sky have been purple or violet in the days when Helen and Achilles lived in mythological Ancient Greece? Discussion will focus on the possible ways in which the ocean could have been similar in color to that of a nice Cabernet Sauvignon or Pinot Noir wine.

Lit Century
The Wine-Dark Sea

Lit Century

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2021 62:44


In this episode, novelist and poet Kathleen Rooney joins hosts Catherine Nichols and Elisa Gabbert to discuss Robert Aickman's 1988 collection of stories The Wine-Dark Sea, with particular focus on the title story and the uncanny dollhouse story "The Inner Room." Aickman's work is often characterized as horror fiction, but he preferred the term "strange stories." His stories take the reader imperceptibly across the gauzy line between mundane reality and surreal terror. As one of his characters says: "Dreams are misleading because they make life seem real." Kathleen Rooney is the author of nine books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Her most recent novel is Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey. She is also the author of the national bestseller Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk and The Listening Room: A Novel of Georgette and Loulou Magritte. She is also a founding editor of Rose Metal Press, a nonprofit publisher of literary work in hybrid genres, and a founding member of Poems While You Wait. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Telling Stories
#10 Courtney Yusuf

Telling Stories

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 34:49


Courtney is part of the team that bring you Today In Focus at The Guardian. He also produces The Wine-Dark Sea for Noods Radio, a sonic cruise around the Mediterranean where each episode explores a different musical genre and the world from which it came. Courtney is someone who thinks deeply about place - and what it means to really take a listener somewhere. We wanted to get to the bottom of how you can help the listener arrive at the authentic truth of a place. While, Courtney says, there is no real authentic truth, we can work to understand a story (and a place) by speaking to different people who share an authentic investment in it and by listening closely to the details they pick-up on. Content Warning: This episode contains reference to torture and violence against women. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/telling-stories/message

Working Over Time
"Wine Dark Sea" - Winemakers of the Ancient Greco-Roman World

Working Over Time

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 50:45


The current shifting season is the perfect backdrop for our first episode of the season:Greco-Roman Winemakers of the ancient world. Because - who doesn’t need a drink after the last decade *cough cough* We mean "year." That said, people have had lots of reasons to wine (and whine) since - well - ever. And today, we have Dr. Emlyn Dodd, a Greco-Roman Archaeologist who’s gonna take us through the ancient, fascinating, and ever-timely traditions and technologies around wine cultivation, as practiced in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds.(recorded over zoom) Music by Rolfe Kent

Evenings with Ann
Evenings with Ann S2 E21 – A Discarded Stone

Evenings with Ann

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2020 6:15


Bible Readings: Psalm 118:22-23 (NIV); I Kings 5; 1 Kings 8:57-58 (MSG) Blessing Prayer:May GOD, our very own God, continue to be with us.May he keep us centred and devoted to him,following the life path he has cleared,watching the signposts, walking at the pace and rhythms he laid down. References:Melanie Bettinelli, March 2017, ‘The Stone the Builders Rejected', The Wine-Dark Sea, thewinedarksea.com

Progrock.com's - Music in Widescreen's - Progressive Rock Podcast
Episode #874: The Pineapple Thief – Versions of the Truth w. Mark Trueack singing brand new song

Progrock.com's - Music in Widescreen's - Progressive Rock Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2020 174:17


Time Artist Title Length Album Year Composer Lable Listeners 0:00:00 The Dear Hunter Is There Anybody Here? 6:36 Act IV: Rebirth In Reprise 2015 Equal Vision Records 38 0:09:26 miwshowopen 1:10 37 0:14:36 Discipline Burn the Fire Upon the Rocks 14:25 Captives of the Wine Dark Sea 36 0:29:15 Mark & Rayna 0:00 […]

Music In Widescreen - Prog Rock - All Inclusive
Episode #874: The Pineapple Thief – Versions of the Truth w. Mark Trueack singing brand new song

Music In Widescreen - Prog Rock - All Inclusive

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2020 174:17


Time Artist Title Length Album Year Composer Lable Listeners 0:00:00 The Dear Hunter Is There Anybody Here? 6:36 Act IV: Rebirth In Reprise 2015 Equal Vision Records 38 0:09:26 miwshowopen 1:10 37 0:14:36 Discipline Burn the Fire Upon the Rocks 14:25 Captives of the Wine Dark Sea 36 0:29:15 Mark & Rayna 0:00 […]

The Neuromantics
The Neuromantics – S2, Ep 2

The Neuromantics

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2020 50:09


How do birds know where things are? “The keys are where you last saw them”, we often say, meaning that, as mammals, we have to recall both an internalised map of location and the lost keys' visual identity (their shape and colour) in order to find them again. And for a long time it was thought that birds did something similar, matching object cues to spatial memory. New research is taking us on a different journey. In “Taking An Insect-Inspired Approach to Bird Navigation”, by David J. Pritchard and Susan D. Healy (2018), the picture that emerges is of an avian world much closer to that of insects, driven by action and motion parallax, where hummingbirds “see” in a way that only reveals itself when movement starts, where spatial memory is prioritised over object identification. Move a feeder six feet to the right, and the bird misses it. Why?Maybe we're a bit like that, too. Expecting our minds to be broadened by travel, we find ourselves flummoxed by the reality. Rather than confront it, we look for ways to confirm the original hypothesis, the expectation. Three pin-sharp tales of disorientation demonstrate just this problem with human navigation. In the first, “The Long Crossing”, by the Sicilian writer Leonardo Sciascia (from The Wine-Dark Sea, Granta, 2001; translated by Avril Bardoni), a group of penniless Italian immigrants looks forward to arriving in the United States. In the second and third, “BF and Me” and “Teenage Punk”, from A Manual For Cleaning Women (Picador, 2015) by Lucia Berlin, the journeys are developmental: an old lady cuts a drunk handyman some slack, a dawn safari shifts in the memory. Experience changes us. Even so, it takes a lot to stop us believing in a stable identity.

Music In Widescreen - Prog Rock - All Inclusive
Episode #846: Pendgraon’s – Love over Fear

Music In Widescreen - Prog Rock - All Inclusive

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2020


Time Artist Title Length Album Year Composer Record Label Listeners 0:00:00 Leprous At the Bottom 7:17 Pitfalls 2019 35 0:07:21 musicinwidescreenopening 1:10 38 0:12:34 FINAL REAL RADIO ID.L 0:17 40 0:12:50 Discipline The Body Yearns 9:19 Captives of the Wine Dark Sea 38 0:22:09 ZIO 02 X-Ray 6:21 39 0:33:09 Pendragon Everything 5:36 Love Over […]

Music In Widescreen - Prog Rock - All Inclusive
Episode #846: Pendgraon’s – Love over Fear

Music In Widescreen - Prog Rock - All Inclusive

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2020 179:24


Time Artist Title Length Album Year Composer Record Label Listeners 0:00:00 Leprous At the Bottom 7:17 Pitfalls 2019 35 0:07:21 musicinwidescreenopening 1:10 38 0:12:34 FINAL REAL RADIO ID.L 0:17 40 0:12:50 Discipline The Body Yearns 9:19 Captives of the Wine Dark Sea 38 0:22:09 ZIO 02 X-Ray 6:21 39 0:33:09 Pendragon Everything 5:36 Love Over […]

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Episode #846: Pendgraon’s – Love over Fear

Podcast – ProgRock.com PodCasts

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2020 179:24


Time Artist Title Length Album Year Composer Record Label Listeners 0:00:00 Leprous At the Bottom 7:17 Pitfalls 2019 35 0:07:21 musicinwidescreenopening 1:10 38 0:12:34 FINAL REAL RADIO ID.L 0:17 40 0:12:50 Discipline The Body Yearns 9:19 Captives of the Wine Dark Sea 38 0:22:09 ZIO 02 X-Ray 6:21 39 0:33:09 Pendragon Everything 5:36 Love Over […]

Progrock.com's - Music in Widescreen's - Progressive Rock Podcast
Episode #846: Pendgraon’s – Love over Fear

Progrock.com's - Music in Widescreen's - Progressive Rock Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2020 179:24


Time Artist Title Length Album Year Composer Record Label Listeners 0:00:00 Leprous At the Bottom 7:17 Pitfalls 2019 35 0:07:21 musicinwidescreenopening 1:10 38 0:12:34 FINAL REAL RADIO ID.L 0:17 40 0:12:50 Discipline The Body Yearns 9:19 Captives of the Wine Dark Sea 38 0:22:09 ZIO 02 X-Ray 6:21 39 0:33:09 Pendragon Everything 5:36 Love Over […]

Somerset House Studios
4: The lion and the wine-dark sea - Neil Bennun | Re:cognition

Somerset House Studios

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2019 36:22


Conversations about language. Artist Nick Ryan (https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/residents/nick-ryan) presents an ontological adventure into voice recognition, language, semiotics, sensory experience, immersive sound and imagination.  The series documents and delves into the research being undertaken by Nick Ryan and his collaborators for RE:COGNITION, an interdisciplinary project exploring the connection between the sound of spoken language) and meanings manifest in the physical world as sound or concepts otherwise capable of being represented sonically. Neil Bennun is a BAFTA winning author, actor and experimental theatre maker who has written extensively for video games and interactive and digital narrative projects. In his book, “The Broken String: The Last Words of an Extinct People” (published by Penguin in 2005) Neil uncovered the stories of the first people of South Africa from the brink of extinction - a world of sorcerers, hunters and artists with vivid stories to tell. Nick and Neil discuss evolution, the origins of language and symbol, hacking and why Homer referred to the Sea as ‘wine-dark’, as Nick delves deeper in his mission to build a machine in which a human communication can be translated into a universal representation in non-verbal sound. - In connection to this Nick Ryan presents The Gulf of Understanding (Re:cognition) as part of BONDS until 05 Jan 2020 at Gallery 31 (https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/gallery-31-bonds) , Somerset House Studios (https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/somerset-house-studios) ’ new permanent exhibition space. The Gulf of Understanding (Re:cognition) taps into the magic of making sense, exploring the sound of spoken language and its relationship to sensation and matter. Inviting visitors to speak a word into a microphone, the installation uses machine learning and natural language processing to automatically represent these words as sounds. Simultaneously, a visualisation displays the words and their semantic relationships to related vocabulary.  Nick Ryan is a multi-disciplinary artist and composer exploring auditory representations of information, language, physical materiality and space through the creation of sound and multi-sensory installations, bespoke instruments and generative audio experiences.  Re:cognition is commissioned by CASE Foundation and currently is in the R&D phase.  Podcast produced by Nick Ryan and Jo Barratt for Somerset House Studios.

Wound and Stab
W&S003 - The Wine-Dark Sea

Wound and Stab

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2017 92:02


OCTOBER 30th, 2017 The Wine-Dark Sea - Robert Aickman The Work We discuss Robert Aickman's short story "The Wine-Dark Sea" from the story collection by the same name. The print and ebook are both available. The Guest Our guest is writer Sarah Lyon. She is a contributor to Vice's Broadly. Sarah practices witchcraft out of New York.  You can find Sarah at sarahlyons.org and on Vice. You can follow her on instagram @citymystic. Sarah mentions some resources and inspiration: The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley The Witch-Cult in Western Europe by Margaret Murray Aleister Crowley's Thoth tarot deck Barbara Creed's The Monstrous-Feminine Carole Glover's Men, Women and Chain Saws  Silvia Federici's Caliban and the Witch Jodorowsky's The Way of the Tarot Arthur E. Waite's Pictorial Key of the Tarot The Rider-Waite Tarot by Waite & Smith Phil Hine's Condensed Chaos Gemma Gary's Cornish Book of Ways The blog of Sarah Anne Lawless Religion and the Decline of Magic by Keith Thomas Pairings Spirits "The Liquid Rock" There is no soil on the island. 1 oz Brandy 1/2 oz Lemon Juice 1 spoonful Fig Jam 2 dashes Angostura Bitters Shake, top with sparkling Lambrusco Aural Stimuli Visual Stimuli Hellenic Art from Athens. The Grecian island Milos. One of the oldest full Tarot sets, the Sola-Busca Tarrochi. Next House of Leaves, Part One: Overview We're beginning our first novel and with it our first introductory episode. No reading required but feel free to check out Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves for yourself. We will be joined by guest Giaco Furino (@giacofurino) to discuss the genre of horror fiction.

Prison Break Reviews and After Show - AfterBuzz TV
Prison Break S:5 | Vaun Wilmott Guests on Wine Dark Sea E:7 | AfterBuzz TV AfterShow

Prison Break Reviews and After Show - AfterBuzz TV

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2017 52:28


AFTERBUZZ TV — Prison Break edition, is a weekly "after show" for fans of FOX's Prison Break. In this episode hosts Dan Lindgren, Mercedes Jackson, and Candi Marie discuss episode 7 with Vaun Wilmott. RSS Feed: http://www.afterbuzztv.com/aftershows/pb-afterbuzz-tv-aftershow/feed/ ABOUT PRISON BREAK: Michael Scofield is a desperate man in a desperate situation. His brother, Lincoln Burrows, was convicted of a crime he didn't commit and put on Death Row. Michael holds up a bank to get himself incarcerated alongside his brother in Fox River State Penitentiary, then sets in motion a series of elaborate plans to break Lincoln out and prove his innocence. Once out of jail, their perils aren't over -- the brothers must flee to escape recapture and battle an intricate political conspiracy that puts everyone's life at risk. Follow us on http://www.Twitter.com/AfterBuzzTV "Like" Us on http://www.Facebook.com/AfterBuzzTV Buy Merch

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Drum Corps International Field Pass
Popular composer in the stands for first DCI Finals

Drum Corps International Field Pass

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2016 16:15


Dozens upon dozens of DCI corps have played composer John Mackey's music. Hundreds more high school and college marching bands have as well. This year, the Cadets' production "Awakening" contains two Mackey pieces, "Turning" and "Wine-Dark Sea." But, John Mackey almost never goes to see his music performed on a football field. Lately, though, that's been changing. Mackey is in Indianapolis to attend his first DCI World Championship Finals and, for many reasons, he's really looking forward to it. Today, Dan Potter had lunch with John Mackey and they talked about drum corps, about composing, and about Mackey's surprising background in music. Grab yourself a snack and enjoy this in-depth conversation with one of the world's most prolific wind ensemble composers in a special edition of the Field Pass presented by Zildjian.

Something Something Joystick
198 - Hand Jobs: Although... (feat. Chris Endrey!)

Something Something Joystick

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2016


This week, we're joined by fantastic comedian and musician Chris Endrey, with whom we discuss several contemporary forms of performance, recount a recent trip to Melbourne (the City of Love), and invent a new game called That Sounds Delicious, What's That About?MUSIC USED:SSJ Theme 3000: Xavier Rubetzki NoonanWine Dark Sea: PAINTonPAINTTSGWTA Theme: Xavier Rubetzki NoonanFEATURE TRACK:When we booked Chris' appearance on the show we were delighted to find that it would coincide quite nicely with the long-awaited release of his band PAINTonPAINT's debut LP Night Rises. It's a terrific record, packed full of wonderful moments, and we're lucky enough to share one of them on our podcast, namely the anthemic Wine Dark Sea. If you like what you hear don't hesitate to grab the rest of the album on iTunes or Bandcamp!CLICK HERE to download!Grab tickets to see Chris at Giant Dwarf on 24/3, check out PAINTonPAINT's new album Night Rises, and follow Chris on Twitter!

Salem Reviews and After Show - AfterBuzz TV
Salem S:2 | The Wine Dark Sea E:5 | AfterBuzz TV AfterShow

Salem Reviews and After Show - AfterBuzz TV

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2015 41:53


AFTERBUZZ TV -- Salem edition, is a weekly "after show" for fans of WGN's Salem. In this show, hosts Bobby DeMuro and Marisa Serafini discuss episode 5. Set in the volatile world of 17th century Massachusetts, 'Salem' explores what really fueled the town's infamous witch trials and dares to uncover the dark, supernatural truth hiding behind the veil of this infamous period in American history. In Salem, witches are real, but they are not who or what they seem. It is the first original-scripted series by WGN America, continuously relying on cliffhangers. The series, which stars Janet Montgomery and Shane West, is inspired by the real Salem witch trials in the 17th century. Follow us on http://www.Twitter.com/AfterBuzzTV "Like" Us on http://www.Facebook.com/AfterBuzzTV For more of your post-game wrap up shows for your favorite TV shows, visit http://www.AfterBuzzTV.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Salem Reviews and After Show - AfterBuzz TV
Salem S:2 | The Wine Dark Sea E:5 | AfterBuzz TV AfterShow

Salem Reviews and After Show - AfterBuzz TV

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2015 35:38


AFTERBUZZ TV -- Salem edition, is a weekly "after show" for fans of WGN's Salem. In this show, hosts Bobby DeMuro and Marisa Serafini discuss episode 5. Set in the volatile world of 17th century Massachusetts, 'Salem' explores what really fueled the town's infamous witch trials and dares to uncover the dark, supernatural truth hiding behind the veil of this infamous period in American history. In Salem, witches are real, but they are not who or what they seem. It is the first original-scripted series by WGN America, continuously relying on cliffhangers. The series, which stars Janet Montgomery and Shane West, is inspired by the real Salem witch trials in the 17th century. Follow us on http://www.Twitter.com/AfterBuzzTV "Like" Us on http://www.Facebook.com/AfterBuzzTV For more of your post-game wrap up shows for your favorite TV shows, visit http://www.AfterBuzzTV.com

Storynory - Audio Stories For Kids

A haunting and romantic song about Jason and Medea, to go with the story of the Golden Fleece.

Among Women Podcast
AW 105 Little Ones in the Domestic Church, pt.2

Among Women Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2011 62:47


This week’s segments: “Blessed are They”: St. Gorgonia “Among Women” Guest: Melanie Bettinelli This is part 2 of 2 episodes on this topic. LInks for this episode: Among Women 5: Mothers prayer groups The Wine Dark Sea, Melanie Bettinelli’s blog Barefoot & Pregnant Blog Posts by Melanie Bettinelli: 1. How Do You Do That? 2. The Religious Potential of the Child 3. Forming the Religious Imagination Books recommended by Melanie: –A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L’Engle –The Religious Potential of the Child by Sofia Caveletti –Angel in the Waters by Regina Doman Prayer recommended by Melanie (author unknown): O God the Father of mankind, who hast given me these my children, and  committed them to my charge to bring them up for Thee, and to prepare them for eternal life: help me with Thy heavenly grace, that I may be able to fulfill this most sacred duty and stewardship. Teach me both, what to give and what to withhold; when to reprove and when to forbear; make me to be gentle, yet firm; considerate and watchful; and deliver me equally from the weakness of indulgence, and the excess of severity; and grant that, both by word and by example, I may be careful to lead them in the ways of wisdom and true piety. Pour Thy grace into their hearts, and strengthen and multiply in them the gifts of Thy Holy Spirit, that they may daily grow in grace and in knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ; and so, faithfully serving Thee here, may come to rejoice in Thy presence hereafter. Amen. Pat Gohn’s Speaking Engagements for Summer & Fall 2011 Email: amongwomenpodcast@me.com, or Facebook! Our home page: www.amongwomenpodcast.com Image credit

The Good Catholic Life
The Good Catholic Life #0083: Monday, July 4, 2011

The Good Catholic Life

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2011 56:31


**Today's host(s):** Scot Landry **Today's guest(s):** Dr. John Garvey, president of Catholic University of America, and Domenico Bettinelli, creative director of the Office for New Media of the Archdiocese of Boston * [Catholic University of America](http://www.cua.edu) * [Office for New Media](http://www.pilotnewmedia.com) **Today's topics:** Catholics in new media; Catholic University of America **Summary of today's show:** Dom Bettinelli joins Scot to talk about new media and how the Church and all Catholics should engage the "digital continent," then Scot and John Garvey, president of Catholic University of America, discuss the link between virtue and the intellectual life and how that resulted in a decision to have single-sex dorms only. **1st segment:** Scot welcomes everyone to the show on this Independence Day holiday. He said Pope Benedict has focused in his recent addresses for World Communications Day on the need for each of us in the Catholic Church to embrace the "digital continent." That will be today's primary topic. He will also interview Dr. John Garvey on his first year as president of the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, as well as his recent decision to make all dorms at the university single sex. Scot welcomed Dom Bettinelli to the show. He's usually behind the scenes of the show, making these shownotes and maintaining the website, but now he's in front of the mike. * ["Social media: Friend or Foe, Google or Hornswoggle," presented by Bishop Ronald Herzog at the US bishops, Fall 2010](http://www.usccb.org/meetings/2010Fall/2010-address-social-media.shtml) * [Pope Benedict's message for the 43rd World Communications Day](http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/messages/communications/documents/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20090124_43rd-world-communications-day_en.html) * [Pope Benedict's message for the 44th World Communications Day](http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/messages/communications/documents/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20100124_44th-world-communications-day_en.html) * [Pope Benedict's message for the 45th World Communications Day](http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/messages/communications/documents/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20110124_45th-world-communications-day_en.html) * [Address by Pope Benedict to the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, 2009](http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2009/october/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20091029_pccs_en.html) * [Address by Pope Benedict to the Congress on "Digital Witnesses: Faces and Languages in a Cross-Media Age," 2010](http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2010/april/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20100424_testimoni-digitali_en.html) * [Address by Pope Benedict to the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, 2011](http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2011/february/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20110228_pccs_en.html) Ever since Scot has known Dom, which predates their working together, Dom has been one of the pioneers within the Boston archdiocese for the embracing of new technologies in terms of blogs, Facebook, and Twitter. Dom said is interest in the technology for using it to communicate the faith goes back many years to when he was a child. He was on the leading edge of the Internet and there's been something exciting about connecting to people far and wide throughout the world, to be present to one another even when not physically present. Dom's wife Melanie is also very involved in new media. Scot asked if they met online. They met at Mass during the sign of peace. Dom set up Melanie's first website when they were dating. It was a way for her to communicate with her students when she was teaching at Salem State College. Now he refers to her as the famous blogger in the family with a wide audience. Her blog is at [The Wine Dark Sea](http://www.thewinedarksea.com), which is a reference from Homer--the Greek, not the cartoon character. Scot and Dom will be looking at a document delivered by Bishop Ron Herzog of Alexandria, Louisiana, to his brother bishops at the meeting of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) last November on social media. He got the bishops up to speed on both the technology and why every diocese should embrace it. He also articulated that people who embrace  this new form of communication are on a digital continent. Dom said when the Holy Father refers to it as a digital continent he's connecting to the Church's history of evangelization, when the apostles and later Christians spread out the world with the Gospel. This is yet another part of the new world. It's a new place to bring the faith. Bishop Herzog said: >Pope Benedict XVI calls the world of social media a Digital Continent, with natives, immigrants, and even missionaries. He encourages Catholics, especially our priests, to approach this culture of 140 characters and virtual friendships as a great opportunity for evangelization. We are asked to respect the culture of these Twitterers and Facebookers, and to engage on their terms to bring Christ into their “brave new world.” Dom said the natives are anyone under the age of 25, who have grown up without ever knowing a world without the Internet, without email, without instant worldwide communication. Maybe other older people who've been living in this world on a daily basis for years. The immigrants might be anyone else who've seen the Internet, like our parents and grandparents, who use the Internet now to stay connected with family and friends and to be informed and entertained. The missionaries should be all Christians. Pope Benedict is clear about bringing Christ to the Internet, to be Christ for people because the Internet can be a vast wasteland. There's a lot of emptiness. You can see the yearning and even hostility toward faith. **2nd segment:** Bishop Herzog begins his address with: >I often hear people, both in my work and in my circle of friends, who dismiss social media as frivolous and shallow. Who can blame them? > >Twittering. >Status updates. >Blogs. >The very words used by the practitioners seem to beg for ridicule. Their light-hearted twisting of the language suggests that these are the latest fad in a culture that picks up and drops fads quicker than the time it takes me to figure out my cell phone bill. I am here today to suggest that you should not allow yourselves to be fooled by its appearance. Social media is proving itself to be a force with which to be reckoned. If not, the church may be facing as great a challenge as that of the Protestant Reformation. >That sounds like more hyperbole, doesn't it? But the numbers are compelling. There are more than 750 million Facebook users, bigger than every country but China and India. Bishop Herzog is addressing his brother bishops, most of whom are in their 50s, 60s, and 70s; only a handful of them are in their 40s. Only a handful embrace new media. Dom said it's good he's trying to put them in terms they can grasp. It's easy in this world of consumerism, of a fad a minute, to dismiss this as something that will be here today and gone tomorrow, replaced by some shiny new distraction. But this is a fundamental sea change in communication. This is as big of a change in society as the Industrial Revolution, as Pope Benedict says. It changes everything. The Church has to embrace if we don't want to end up with another problem as big as the Protestant reformation when the Church was slow to embrace the change of communications caused by the printing press. This is something we need to be a leader in. The Church has to be a leader in communications because the Church has the most important message. Scot asked why this is truly a revolution. Dom said it changes the relationship among institutions and individuals. In the past, you get your newspaper from a big corporation with lots of reporters and editors and photographers who hand it to you and it has an authority to it. Then the individual consumes it. It's a one-to-many conversation. With the Internet all those barriers are gone. Anyone can set up a website or start a podcast. Everyone can use Twitter and Facebook. It doesn't cost much money to start these things. You can set up a nice blog for free. A podcast requires a little technical gear and some costs, but compared to starting up a newspaper or magazine or radio station or TV station, it's nothing. The expectations people have are very different. People expect a dialogue with the institutions and organizations they interact with. Some companies already get this. If went on Twitter today and complained publicly about Comcast, you would get a Twitter response from someone who worked for Comcast asking how they can help. People expect an immediacy of response. As the keeper of the Archdiocesan Twitter account, Dom has tried to do some of this. For example, there was someone from the West Coast who went on Twitter and said he needed help from a Catholic in the Boston area to get a priest to visit someone in the hospital. He'd said that it seemed there weren't any priests willing to help someone, which obviously wasn't true. Dom knew that it just had to be a breakdown in communications of some sort. He jumped in and asked how the archdiocese could help. Long story, short: They did get a priest in to see this lady and the guy went from being hostile toward the Catholic Church to being really appreciative and complimentary to what Dom was doing. It was a simple thing, but it goes to what people expect in this one-to-one dialogue. Scot said Bishop Herzog and Pope Benedict talk about how this is a different culture. This is how people receive information, it's how they exchange information, and it's the way they form their ideas about what's going in current events or how the teachings of Jesus Christ as relevant to them. Bishop Herzog writes: >One of the greatest challenges of this culture to the Catholic Church is its egalitarianism. Anyone can create a blog; everyone's opinion is valid. And if a question or contradiction is posted, the digital natives expect a response and something resembling a conversation. We can choose not to enter into that cultural mindset, but we do so at great peril to the Church's credibility and approachability in the minds of the natives, those who are growing up in this new culture. This is a new form of pastoral ministry. It may not be the platform we were seeking, but it is an opportunity of such magnitude that we should consider carefully the consequences of disregarding it. He's trying to say to his brother bishops that this isn't a fad, but that this is the way people communicate. The Church needs to embrace it and they need to do it well. That doesn't mean just the bishop has to have a Twitter account, but that he needs to champion and help promote an attitude among everyone working for the Church and every Catholic in the pew to share their faith and information about what they're doing in this way. Dom said it's also not just about links to press releases. It's about being present, having a ministry of presence on the Internet. His caution on egalitarianism is well taken because there can be a sense where every voice on the Internet is as authoritative as the next. Who do I believe, where do I turn for the truth? This is why we need the authoritative voices of the bishop and his appointed ministers online to be that authoritative voice for the Church. Bishop Herzog gave an example of the USCCB's Facebook page which can highlight the power of social media, which can be an inspiration for a parish, a diocese, or a ministry. >The USCCB started a community on Facebook last August. There are now 25,000 ‘fans' associated with that community. Every day, USCCB staff provides at least four items of information to those 25,000 people: the daily Scripture readings, news releases, links to information on our marriage and vocation websites, and other information. Furthermore, if those 25,000 are like the average profile of a Facebook user, they have 130 friends, or contacts, on Facebook. With one click they can share the information they receive from USCCB. If only 10 percent of the USCCB fans share what they receive from USCCB, we are reaching 325,000 people. Multiple times a day.  All it costs us is staff time. Scot said it's the most efficient way of communicating with large numbers of people that we've ever had. Dom said there's no printing costs, no paper, no ink, no trucks to deliver it. Facebook carries the freight. All it takes is a little time. The Archdiocese has a Facebook page: [Facebook.com/BostonCatholic](http://www.Facebook.com/BostonCatholic). We do something similar. There is a priest of day to pray for, Scripture readings of the day, and any interesting news stories that have something to do with the faith in Boston. People link to them and click on them, they love to see their priests' names up there. There's a connection that people have, an identity is created with the Church that they might not otherwise have. People in the Boston area have an identity with the parish especially. This gives them a connection with the Church of Boston, the Archdiocese. It widens the scope a bit. **3rd segment:** Scot asked what the Archdiocese of Boston is doing in social media and how people can connect with it. If you have a Facebook account, go to Facebook.com and search for Boston Catholic or Archdiocese of Boston or go directly to [Facebook.com/BostonCatholic](http://www.Facebook.com/BostonCatholic), click "Like" and become one of the 1,300-plus people who like the Archdiocese. There's no obligation on the user's part. Items from the Archdiocese will show up in your news stream automatically and you can share them with your other Facebook friends, just like Bishop Herzog was talking. There's also Facebook pages for [The Pilot](http://www.Facebook.com/TheBostonPilot) and [CatholicTV](http://www.facebook.com/catholictv) and [this program](http://www.facebook.com/thegoodcatholiclife). Scot asked what's the advantage of liking those pages. One benefit is that it helps promote the good works of those ministries. For The Good Catholic Life, they would see a link to the day's show, including shownotes and a downloadable podcast, photos. The Pilot posts links to articles throughout the day and so readers don't have to wait until the end of the week to see the latest news. Twitter is for very short messages with links to particular stories. The Archdiocese's account is [Twitter.com/BostonCatholic](http://www.twitter.com/BostonCatholic), but CatholicTV, the Pilot, and The Good Catholic Life also have them. Twitter is a different medium. Dom said Facebook has a lot of other stuff going on, but Twitter is focused on that communication. It's also a broadcast medium in which anyone can see what's written. You don't have to be a member or follower to see. But if you do follow you get the messages automatically. But you would join because you want to communicate directly with someone. A lot of people like to "retweet" which is the equivalent of forwarding, the interesting things you read. Dom said if you really want to be entertained, follow Bishop Chris Coyne on Twitter [(@bishopcoyne)](http://twitter.com/#!/bishopcoyne), who's originally from Boston but is now an auxiliary in Indianapolis. He's one of the most amazing bishop-tweeters out there. He gets it. If you want to see what a bishop can do on Twitter, you should follow him. His tweets from when he was at the Indianapolis 500 to give the invocation were priceless. Scot said beyond Facebook and Twitter are blogs and certainly many people know about [Cardinal Seán's Blog](http://www.cardinalseansblog.com), but there are other priests who have blogs. They're a great way to learn about issues, usually in depth. Dom said there are several kinds of blogs, including newsy ones that discuss what's topical, including blogs by canon lawyers and priests who blog about the liturgy and Catholic fathering, blogs about being a great Catholic moms. There's an amazing diversity of intellect and experience. As a Catholic dad, he enjoys reading Catholic moms. The Archdiocese also posts videos on [Youtube](http://www.youtube.com/BostonCatholic) and [Vimeo](http://www.vimeo.com/BostonCatholic). Whenever they use a visual medium, Dom puts it on Youtube and Vimeo. Vimeo has a bit better presentation and technology, while YouTube is just ubiquitous, everywhere. This summer, the Office for New Media is going to Madrid for World Youth Day with the Boston pilgrimage and will be covering the event at [WYDMadridBoston.com](http://www.wydmadridboston.com), where there will be videos, photos, blog posts everyday, following the pilgrims, helping people follow along. Video will be priceless for that because it will be posted within moments of the events taking place in some cases. Scot said the great photo-sharing site is Flickr.com and the Archdiocese's site there is [Flickr.com/BostonCatholic](http://www.flickr.com/BostonCatholic), where George Martell's photos of archdiocesan events are put. Dom said they have some great technology that allows photos to be transmitted instantaneously from George's cameras to Flickr from wherever he is, in real-time. Scot said there's tremendous technology and the archdiocese is trying to use every possible means, often through Dom's fingers on some sort of mobile device or computer keyboard. **4th segment:** Scot welcomes John Garvey to the program. This past week he completed his first year as president of CUA. John said it's flown by and it's been wonderful for him and his family. * [John Garvey's inauguration address as president of Catholic University of America, "Intellect and Virtue: The Idea of a Catholic University"](http://president.cua.edu/inauguration/GarveyInaugurationAddress.cfm) * ["Ending coed dorms at CUA mostly hailed," Washington Times, 6/16/11](http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jun/16/ending-coed-dorms-at-cua-mostly-hailed/?page=all) It's been a completely new experience, even though he and his wife have worked at universities for whole adult lives. He was recently dean of Boston College Law School where the students were mostly older and he'd forgotten what a lot of growing up people do between college and law school. Those six or eight years make a big difference in the interests of the students and the focus of the institution. Scot noted he'd spent a lot of time at Catholic colleges, at University of Notre Dame and BC Law School, but Catholic University is a special kind of Catholic educational institution. John said CUA was begun toward the end of the 19th century as a graduate school o provide higher education to students, many of them priests and religious,who'd mainly been educated in seminaries. The focus on research and graduate education was somewhat unique in America at the time. The university began undergraduate education in the 20th century and they're focusing on it more and more, especially as the role of the laity in the Church has grown since Vatican II. CUA is known as the national Catholic university of the US, founded by the US bishops with the approval of the Holy See. Scot asked how that influences the type of education a student receives compared to other Catholic universities. John said the pontifical faculties of  the university means they have a well-known school of theology and the only school of canon law in the United States. They also have pontifical faculties in the school of philosophy. That means they're supervised not just by their professional organizations, but also by the Congregation for Catholic Education in Rome. Another difference is the focus on the Catholic character of the institution. The board of directors comprises about 50 people, 24 of whom are clerical and 18 are all of the cardinals in active service and a dozen bishops from around the US. That board has kept the focus on the mission of the university in service to the Catholic Church. The third difference is the quality of the student life. It's not something they've always done well. They've even faced a challenge in doing it, unlike many of the Catholic universities, which themselves were founded by religious orders which imprinted their particular charisms on the life of the university. Because CUA is the university of the whole Church, they haven't had and they've had to figure out who to do student life in their own and in the past decade they've invited the Conventual Franciscans to help with student life and that has improved things. Scot said Garvey's inauguration was this past January, 2011, and he said Cardinal Seán told Scot that it was one of the best he'd heard in a long time and posted it on his blog. Scot said he think Cardinal Seán liked it because it made the connection between intellect and virtue. Catholic colleges have to help form a more virtuous person. John said his own interest in it arose from the education they got for their own children at Catholic schools. They were concerned when they went to college that they'd learn not just academics, but also how to grow in their commitment to virtue in their own lives. As the president of a Catholic university, he reflects parents may be looking for in his school as well. He thinks it's part of the mission of a Catholic university to concern itself with the development of virtue as well as intellect. **5th segment:** Scot said recently John write an op-ed for the [Wall Street Journal](http://www.opinionjournal.com/public/page/0_0_WP_2600_NewsReel.html?baseDocId=SB20001424052702303745304576361630636338492), where he put the words he shared at his inaugural into practice by making a decision that the dorms at CUA will go back to single sex starting this fall. John does think it's an appropriate signal to send to young people about the kinds of relationships they should have. It's what they would want for their own sons and daughters. He's been surprised at the level of interest in this decision. There have been a number of events on the topic of his inaugural address and at a conference in February, they heard from some young scholars who gave papers on the rates of "hooking up" and binge drinking on college campuses and how these activities took place at higher rates in coed dorms than in single-sex dorms. Scot said some listeners might be surprised that its the norm that larger Catholic universities have coed dorms. What has led to that trend? Will this swing the pendulum back? John said in 30 years we went from single-sex dorms to coed dorms, which is bound up in a lot of changes in society. Part of it was due to the changes brought by Title IX bringing more equality to women in many areas they did not, which he says was good. Changing to coed dorms was kind of just caught up in that rush to change. He said it's good for young men and women to get to know one another in college, so he's not calling for a change back to single-sex education. John said the reaction has been positive on the whole. He's found about 75% of people in favor, but of course there will always be some who are unhappy. This weekend, parishes in the Archdiocese of Boston will be taking up a collection for Catholic University of America. John said there's no diocese in America as generous as the Archdiocese of Boston to CUA. Every dollar raised is given back as scholarship aid to students from those dioceses and parishes. Scot said many contributors may not have attended CUA, but all Catholics should feel part of the mission. Having a Catholic university in Washington, DC, is important for all of us. John said they also continue to educate the future leadership of the Catholic Church as well. It's remarkable how many bishops and priests come through CUA for their higher education. But also the future lay leaders in Catholic colleges, high schools, and parishes as well. For the next year, CUA is conducting strategic planning for the next 10 years. They're already looking for a focus on undergraduate education to improve it. They also want to improve their fundraising, to make it more on par with what other Catholic universities are doing.