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Intro to the Odyssey with Dr. Patrick Deneen and Dr. Chad Pecknold (2024)
For the first time since 2023, Ascend is reposting an episode--our introduction to the Odyssey with Dr. Patrick Deneen (6.25.2024) in anticipation of…
9 hours ago
The Spiritual Harm of Lying
Today on Ascend: The Great Books Podcast, Deacon Harrison Garlick explores one of the most striking features of Dante’s Inferno: why the poet places …
1 week ago
Discover the Hidden Meaning of Narnia's Endless Winter
Today on Ascend: The Great Books Podcast, Dcn. Harrison Garlick takes a popular article from The Ascent, a top 100 substack in faith and spirituality…
2 weeks ago
Purgatorio: Beatrice (Cantos 32-33) with Joshua Charles and Dr. Frank Grabowski
Today on Ascend: The Great Books Podcast, Dcn. Harrison discusses the last two cantos of the Purgatorio (32-33) with Joshua Charles of Eternal Christ…
3 weeks ago
Purgatorio: The Earthly Paradise (Cantos 28-31) with Dr. Michael West
Today on Ascend: The Great Books Podcast, Dcn. Harrison Garlick and Dr. Michael West discuss the top of Mount Purgatory: The Earthly Paradise (Cantos…
4 weeks ago
Purgatorio: Gluttony and Lust (Cantos 23-27) with Fr. Patrick Briscoe, OP
Today on Ascend: The Great Books Podcast, Dcn. Harrison Garlick and Fr. Patrick Biscoe, OP, discuss gluttony and lust in Dante's Purgatorio, Cantos 2…
1 month ago
Purgatorio: Acedia and Avarice (Cantos 18-22) with Dr. Sarah Berry
Today on Ascend: The Great Books Podcast, Dcn. Harrison Garlick and Dr. Sarah Berry of the University of Dallas discuss Acedia, Avarice, and part of …
1 month, 1 week ago
Purgatorio: Envy and Wrath (Cantos 13-17) with Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson
Today on Ascend: The Great Books Podcast, Dcn. Harrison Garlick and Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson of Pepperdine University discuss cantos 13-17 of Dante'…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Purgatorio: Ante-Purgatory and the Terrace on Pride (Cantos 6-12) with Mr. Luke Heintschel
Today on Ascend: The Great Books Podcast, Deacon Garlick and Mr. Luke Heintschel, headmaster of Coeur du Christ Academy, discuss the rest of ante-pur…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Purgatorio: Ante-Purgatory Cantos 1-5 with Dr. Donald Prudlo
Today on Ascend: The Great Books Podcast, Dcn. Harrison Garlick and Dr. Donald Prudlo, the Warren Chair of Catholic Studies at the University of Tuls…
2 months ago