In episode 93, we chat with Dr. Richard Meloche of the Alcuin Institute about the music in our home, Thomistic philosophy, ‘coming to farming’ for the food, the spiritual parfait of Grace and Nature, textual references to ‘The Good Life,’ and why the rural life is the best way to obtain the necessary bodily goods.
In episode 94, we continue our conversation on the use of natural elements in liturgies, the epistemological benefits of rural living, the loss of imagination and unique individuals due to technology, encountering Resistance in reality, indifference, setting artificial limits, and the beauty of natural order.
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Timestamps/Topics for Episode 93:
0:00 Denying proper tools for music & the kitchen
8:49 The promise of flavor is nutrition
11:15 Introducing our guest Dr. Richard Meloche & Thomistic philosophy
16:34 Why we call it The Family Pig & household economy
25:25 St Thomas Aquinas’s works & farm philosophy
35:30 The camaraderie of The Family Pig
40:45 How we met Dr. Meloche & ‘coming to farming’ for the food
55:26 The spiritual parfait of Grace and Nature
1:05:16 Textual references to ‘The Good Life’ & necessary bodily goods
1:12:51 Why the rural life is the best way to obtain the necessary bodily goods
1:22:40 Cookbooks written about peasant agriculture traditions
1:30:11 Living a rural life not out of fear
Timestamps/Topics for Episode 94:
0:00 Intro
1:01 Working with the potency of nature
9:26 The use of natural elements in liturgies
12:58 Epistemological benefits of rural living
21:19 The loss of imagination and unique individuals through technology
26:33 Ordered towards relation vs. every man seeking their own benefit
39:41 Encountering Resistance in reality, indifference, & setting artificial limits
46:15 The beauty of natural order
Links for Episode 93:
- Dr. Richard Meloche of the Alcuin Institute https://alcuininstitute.org/author/richardmeloche
- Pope Leo XIII in an encyclical, “When you attempt to understand something outside of the influence of its causes, you lose that thing.” https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals.html
- William Cobbett https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/142509.William_Cobbett?from_search=true&from_srp=true
- De Regno (On Kingship) by Thomas Aquinas https://a.co/d/avI7RAG
- The Importance of the Rural Life by Fr George Speltz https://a.co/d/ggbxC6P
- Aristotle’s “Politics” https://a.co/d/65Gh41g
- John Senior https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/630951.John_Senior
- Elizabeth Luard https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/124062.Elisabeth_Luard
- Jane Grigson https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/226917.Jane_Grigson?from_search=true&from_srp=true
Links for Episode 94:
- Dr. Richard Meloche of the Alcuin Institute https://alcuininstitute.org/author/richardmeloche
- Author Jane Grigson https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/226917.Jane_Grigson
- Author Fr Vincent McNabb https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4883679.Vincent_McNabb?from_search=true&from_srp=true
- De Regno (On Kingship) by Thomas Aquinas https://a.co/d/avI7RAG
- Author John Senior https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/630951.John_Senior
- The Importance of the Rural Life: According to the Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas A Study in Economic Philosophy by George H Spetz. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1492963380?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzfarmst0b-20&creativeASIN=1492963380&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.ZF2Z6XCSSQDG&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d_asin
- Inferno by Dante Alighieri https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15645.Inferno?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=IADZ4IFryS&rank=2
- The Alcuin Institute https://alcuininstitute.org/
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