In this episode, the dogs talk about finding awe in a transcendent universe [5:50] and their varying experiences of childhood boredom [8:50]. Rob brings up a farmer who recites Paradise Lost while ploughing the field [19:45] and Connor talks about settling into humanity as a way to find true joy [21:30]. Mike shares about a recent hiking trip [25:50] and they all discuss moments that transcend the subjective.
Quotes:
[11:20] “Boredom is running up against the poverty of humanity. We are a question mark to ourselves and we do not have the capacity to fulfill what we ultimately desire. We are dependent on some transcendent other to provide the thing we want the most: permanent, eternal communion.” (Connor)
[7:40] “Sloth is the inability to love something that is lovable” (Peter Kreeft)
[35:25] “Sooner or later, we enjoy only souls” (from Letters to Young Men as cited in The Priest is Not His Own)
Media Mentions:
- G.K. Chesterton’s Everlasting Man
- Matt Fradd’s interview with Peter Kreeft
- PTI (Pardon the Interruption) from ESPN
- Dragon Ball Z
- Dr. Stephen Blackwood on the Jordan B Peterson Podcast
- Boethius
- John Milton’s Paradise Lost
- Paperboy on the NES
- Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov
- Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment
- Leo Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich
- John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men
- Fulton J. Sheen’s The Priest is Not His Own
- Jean-Baptiste Henri-Dominique Lacordaire’s Letters to Young Men
Shout-outs:
- Gable the Great (Dane)
- Fr. Paul Porter
- 5th graders at Connor’s home parish
- Anthony Esolen
- Rabun Bald
- Foster’s Beer
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