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A Conversation with Nicholas Kotar
Nicholas Kotar is an author, translator (Russian / English) and teacher who's writing is inspired by Russian fairy tales. Perhaps his best known work…
5 years, 11 months ago
Science and Magic: Are They the Same?
Often times in the "Old World," where First Things Foundation sends its Field Directors, you will encounter magic. Be it voodoo, or Mayan rituals, or…
6 years ago
Interview with Fr. Silouan Justiniano
V. Rev. Igumen Silouan Justiniano is an iconographer and a Deputy Abbot of the Monastery of Saint Dionysios the Areopagite in New York. He has writte…
6 years ago
Toxic Masculinity
Toxic masculinity. What is it? How can we understand it and where does it come from? Is it a universal trait across the world and cultures? Perhaps m…
6 years ago
Orthodoxy and the Old World - An interview with Fr. Peter Heers
This week we are excited to bring on the show Fr. Peter Heers, Orthodox priest and author currently living in Greece. He also happens to be the broth…
6 years ago
What's a Human Right Anyways?
No but really, what's a human right? Have we always had them? Where and when did they appear on the scene? And how do they relate to what's going on …
6 years ago
Light People and the Myth of Teenage Rebellion
Teenage rebellion, the most angsty of times on our way to adulthood. And it happens to all of us...or does it? Come explore what adolescence and the …
6 years, 1 month ago
Old World Medicine and Inconvenient Truths
Welcome to episode nine! In this episode Heers is joined by doctor, acupuncturist and traditional Chinese medicine practitioner James Mohebali. They …
6 years, 1 month ago
Fake News, Oaths and Alligator Bladders
In this episode we explore Truth. But that's a super heavy topic so we decided to come at it from a couple of different angles including juju from Af…
6 years, 1 month ago
Bye Bye Columbus, Hello New Funky Griot
In this episode Heers brings on his daughters to see what their understanding of history is, what the midnight removal of the Columbus statue indicat…
6 years, 1 month ago