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Making Things Apr 19, 2024

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Why do we need to make things? Because we need to be people who make things (more than we need things that are made by us). Why? The reason is simple: because making things makes us more into who we’re meant to be. We’re made to make.

* Host: Tsh Oxenreider

* Where You Are Is Where You Are

* Ira Glass’ The Gap

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Localism Apr 05, 2024

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Why does localism matter? What does a need to know our local farmers have to do with our souls? Why are our neighborhoods better when we buy and invest as locally as possible (even when it’s a small amount)? Tsh and Seth talk to Hadden Turner, a 20-something British agrarian writer, who has a few things to say about living locally.

* Hosts: Tsh Oxenreider and Seth Haines

* Guest: Hadden Turner

* Refuge of Authenticity

* And the Fields Fall Silent

* Tir: The Story of the Welsh Landscape, by Carwyn Graves

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Revisiting the 100-Mile Radius Mar 22, 2024

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Living within your 100-mile radius means living small and local—choosing to, as best possible, participate, buy, and invest our time in only that which is immediately around us, within roughly a hundred miles. There’s no way to do this perfectly, and that’s okay. But is it worth the effort? Probably.

* Host: Tsh Oxenreider

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The Noonday Devil Feb 23, 2024

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Acedia is our modern-day dragon — the desert fathers and mothers named it “the Noonday Devil.” What is it, really? And how do we fight it? Tsh talks with Harrison Garlick, a Deacon with the Diocese of Tulsa, to unpack the ladder of love we have to climb to slay our dragon.

* Host: Tsh Oxenreider

* Guest: Dcn. Harrison Garlick

* Harrison’s podcast, Ascend: The Great Books Podcast

* The Intellectual Life, by AG Sertillanges

* The previous episode: Flourishing & Acedia

* Bitter & Sweet: A Journey Into Easter

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Flourishing & Acedia Feb 09, 2024

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We've talked about rootedness; now we're moving up the plant stalk to flourishing: thriving, growing well, and generally being who we're supposed to require good roots in good soil. But what's possibly the biggest threat to said flourishing? The ol' noonday devil acedia. What is it? How does it affect us so much? And how do we fight it so we can get back to flourishing? Let's talk about that.

* Host: Tsh Oxenreider

* First Light & Eventide: A Gratitude Journal

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You Are a Tree Jan 26, 2024

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You are a tree. You are also not a tree. You are on a journey. You are also not on a journey. We use metaphors all the time to describe life, and funnily enough, so does the Bible. Joy Clarkson unpacks why we use metaphors, and she and Tsh also get into why we need to be rooted — and open to change.

* Host: Tsh Oxenreider

* Guest: Joy Clarkson

* Joy’s new book, You Are a Tree

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* LAMY Fountain Pens

* Michael & Michelle

* p.s. Here's the previous episode, which bypassed quite a few podcast feeds!

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Rooted Jan 12, 2024

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We’re starting a new season with a few changes — Tsh Oxenreider unpacks what you can expect this spring by way of the season’s theme: rootedness. What does it mean to know who you are, whose you are, and where you belong? How do we become more rooted in an ever-digitized world?

* Host: Tsh Oxenreider

* Ascend: The Great Books Podcast

* Young Heretics (another good but unmentioned resource for unpacking old texts)

* Come to Greece this summer! (just a few spots left)

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* Send an email: adrinkwithafriend@gmail.com

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Asking Those Reflection Questions Dec 22, 2023

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In this final chat of the year, Seth and Tsh work through a few of her end-of-the-year questions—and you’re invited to do the same. They’re tougher than they initially seem!

* Hosts: authors Seth Haines and Tsh Oxenreider

* Tsh’s end-of-the-year reflection questions

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Good Stuff to Read, Watch, & Listen To Dec 08, 2023

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‘Tis the season to have more options than possible to read, watch, and listen to. Authors Seth Haines and Tsh Oxenreider share what they're currently imbibing in this department, along with what's in their queue for the holidays.

* Hosts: authors Seth Haines and Tsh Oxenreider