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                <itunes:title>Coffee Chats - Updates and Dante&#39;s Purgatory Canto 11</itunes:title>
                <title>Coffee Chats - Updates and Dante&#39;s Purgatory Canto 11</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                
                <description><![CDATA[<p>Good morning!</p><p>Today we&#39;re just aiming to have fun with the episode, and briefly reflect on podcasting in general. And we&#39;ll read a few lines from Dante&#39;s &#34;Mountain of Virtue&#34;, in Canto 11.</p><p>Thanks for listening,</p><p>and have a great day!</p>]]></description>
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                <itunes:title>Coffee Chats #8 - Chesterton and British Views on Catholicism, a 100 years ago.</itunes:title>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>We&#39;ll look at the book &#34;The Catholic Church And Conversion&#34; by G.K. Chesterton, from 1926, and especially the light it sheds on current and historical British Scholarship on Dante&#39;s Divine Comedy.</p><p>A great free edition is here:</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/catholicchurchco0000ches" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/catholicchurchco0000ches</a></p><p>Have a great morning,</p><p>and thanks for tuning in!</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#39;ll look at the book &amp;#34;The Catholic Church And Conversion&amp;#34; by G.K. Chesterton, from 1926, and especially the light it sheds on current and historical British Scholarship on Dante&amp;#39;s Divine Comedy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A great free edition is here:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://archive.org/details/catholicchurchco0000ches&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;https://archive.org/details/catholicchurchco0000ches&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Have a great morning,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;and thanks for tuning in!&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2023 09:45:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>Coffee Chats #7 - The End-point of Rational-Intellectual Pursuits</itunes:title>
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                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                
                <description><![CDATA[<p>We&#39;ll look at the recent talk between a Greek Orthodox Bishop, and a Cognitive Scientist Dr. John Vervaeke, and what seems to eventually happen with the rationalist-scientific inquiries into the biggest questions in the world, if/when done with an open mind.</p><p>The video is here:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-AxtZbth-I" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-AxtZbth-I</a></p><p>And we&#39;ll also do a little tercet meditation from Dante&#39;s Purgatory Canto VII - on Virtue.</p><p>Thanks for listening, and have a great morning coffee!</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#39;ll look at the recent talk between a Greek Orthodox Bishop, and a Cognitive Scientist Dr. John Vervaeke, and what seems to eventually happen with the rationalist-scientific inquiries into the biggest questions in the world, if/when done with an open mind.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The video is here:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-AxtZbth-I&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-AxtZbth-I&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And we&amp;#39;ll also do a little tercet meditation from Dante&amp;#39;s Purgatory Canto VII - on Virtue.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for listening, and have a great morning coffee!&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2023 09:45:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>We&#39;ll look at the book &#34;Back to Virtue&#34; by Peter Kreeft, and the approach of four steps to solve a problem:</p><ol><li>What is the problem</li><li>What is the cause</li><li>What is the solution</li><li>What would cause the solution (how to get there)</li></ol><p><br></p><p>And we&#39;ll see how this applies to Dante as well.</p><p>Have a great coffee,</p><p>and thanks for listening!</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#39;ll look at the book &amp;#34;Back to Virtue&amp;#34; by Peter Kreeft, and the approach of four steps to solve a problem:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;What is the problem&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;What is the cause&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;What is the solution&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;What would cause the solution (how to get there)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And we&amp;#39;ll see how this applies to Dante as well.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Have a great coffee,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;and thanks for listening!&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <itunes:title>Coffee Chats #5 - Tom LA Books video, and how Probing the Soul gets Easier</itunes:title>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Tom&#39;s video is here:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5981pRcF0I" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5981pRcF0I</a></p><p>Enjoy!</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Tom&amp;#39;s video is here:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5981pRcF0I&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5981pRcF0I&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Enjoy!&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <itunes:title>Coffee Chats #4 - St. Valentine&#39;s, and the tiny opening in Mount Purgatory</itunes:title>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>We&#39;ll look at two small passages from Canto 4, in this mini-mediation on the Comedy.</p><p>Thanks for tuning in!</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#39;ll look at two small passages from Canto 4, in this mini-mediation on the Comedy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for tuning in!&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <itunes:title>Coffee Chats #3 - Early Spring Day!</itunes:title>
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                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                
                <description><![CDATA[<p>Great coffee, and some thoughts about Dante :)</p><p>The Italian Channels we talk about are:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@tomlabooks3263/videos" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/@tomlabooks3263/videos</a> (Tom LA Books)</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCspPfwzH-pu7KtMx4FpyXMw/videos" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCspPfwzH-pu7KtMx4FpyXMw/videos</a> (Robobooks)</p><p>Enjoy! ☀️</p>]]></description>
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                <itunes:title>Coffee Chats #2 - Constantine&#39;s Sons, and Julian the Apostate</itunes:title>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Quick livestream about the succession of Emperor Constantine, and how Emperor Julian the Apostate reverses the Roman Empire to Pagandom, but with a twist.</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Quick livestream about the succession of Emperor Constantine, and how Emperor Julian the Apostate reverses the Roman Empire to Pagandom, but with a twist.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <itunes:title>Coffee Chats #1 - Weather, Coffee, McGilchrist, and the Age of Paradise</itunes:title>
                <title>Coffee Chats #1 - Weather, Coffee, McGilchrist, and the Age of Paradise</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                
                <description><![CDATA[<p>We&#39;re warming up the Morning Coffee Chats again!</p><p>This is partly an &#34;extra podcast&#34; in addition to our main Burning Phoenix Podcast, especially on the sunny and beautiful mornings. The style is a bit more rambling and laid-back, for ponderings and works-in-progress. Think of it more as a conversational live stream, with a bit of inputs!</p><p>The new clip we mention from McGilchrist is here (8 mins):</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b949lNit_Y" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b949lNit_Y</a></p><p>Thanks for listening!</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#39;re warming up the Morning Coffee Chats again!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is partly an &amp;#34;extra podcast&amp;#34; in addition to our main Burning Phoenix Podcast, especially on the sunny and beautiful mornings. The style is a bit more rambling and laid-back, for ponderings and works-in-progress. Think of it more as a conversational live stream, with a bit of inputs!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The new clip we mention from McGilchrist is here (8 mins):&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b949lNit_Y&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b949lNit_Y&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for listening!&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <itunes:title>The Seven Virtues, and the Purgatory</itunes:title>
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                <itunes:summary>Looking back at Purgatory after a reading the Paradiso, more things are standing out and shining even more clearly.
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Looking back at Purgatory after a reading the Paradiso, more things are standing out and shining even more clearly.</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Looking back at Purgatory after a reading the Paradiso, more things are standing out and shining even more clearly.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <itunes:title>Book Talks, and the &#34;Age of Utopia&#34;. Views on the Renaissance and Enlightenment.</itunes:title>
                <title>Book Talks, and the &#34;Age of Utopia&#34;. Views on the Renaissance and Enlightenment.</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;In this episode we&#39;ll look at the &#34;Age of Utopia&#34;, the third volume of John Strickland&#39;s great history work &#34;Paradise and Utopia&#34;. We&#39;ll especially discuss the view of the Florentine Renaissance and Humanism, from the Greek Orthodox perspective.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Book Talks: &lt;a href=&#34;https://awpodcast.com/renaissance&#34; target=&#34;_blank&#34;&gt;https://awpodcast.com/renaissance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Age of Utopia: &lt;a href=&#34;https://www.amazon.co.uk/Age-Utopia-Christendom-Renaissance-Revolution-ebook/dp/B09MDQ8M5Q&#34; target=&#34;_blank&#34;&gt;https://www.amazon.co.uk/Age-Utopia-Christendom-Renaissance-Revolution-ebook/dp/B09MDQ8M5Q&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks for listening,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;and Happy New Year!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;..&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A special thanks goes out to our very generous Patrons: Caldazar, Seán Eckmann, Laura Daligan, Michael Leighty, Claudia, Aidan Chavasse, Mitchel V and Santheep on &lt;a href=&#34;https://patreon.com/ancientworld&#34;&gt;patreon.com/ancientworld&lt;/a&gt; - thank you!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Music credits:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Night in Venice by Kevin MacLeod.&lt;br&gt;
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5763-night-in-venice/&lt;br&gt;
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license&lt;/p&gt;
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>In this episode we&#39;ll look at the &#34;Age of Utopia&#34;, the third volume of John Strickland&#39;s great history work &#34;Paradise and Utopia&#34;. We&#39;ll especially discuss the view of the Florentine Renaissance and Humanism, from the Greek Orthodox perspective. </p>
<p>Book Talks: <a href="https://awpodcast.com/renaissance" rel="nofollow">https://awpodcast.com/renaissance</a></p>
<p>Age of Utopia: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Age-Utopia-Christendom-Renaissance-Revolution-ebook/dp/B09MDQ8M5Q" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Age-Utopia-Christendom-Renaissance-Revolution-ebook/dp/B09MDQ8M5Q</a></p>
<p>Thanks for listening, </p>
<p>and Happy New Year!</p>
<p><br></p>
<p>..</p>
<p>A special thanks goes out to our very generous Patrons: Caldazar, Seán Eckmann, Laura Daligan, Michael Leighty, Claudia, Aidan Chavasse, Mitchel V and Santheep on <a href="https://patreon.com/ancientworld" rel="nofollow">patreon.com/ancientworld</a> - thank you!</p>
<p>Music credits:</p>
<p>Night in Venice by Kevin MacLeod.<br>
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5763-night-in-venice/<br>
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license</p>
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                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;In this episode we&amp;#39;ll look at the &amp;#34;Age of Utopia&amp;#34;, the third volume of John Strickland&amp;#39;s great history work &amp;#34;Paradise and Utopia&amp;#34;. We&amp;#39;ll especially discuss the view of the Florentine Renaissance and Humanism, from the Greek Orthodox perspective. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Book Talks: &lt;a href=&#34;https://awpodcast.com/renaissance&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;https://awpodcast.com/renaissance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Age of Utopia: &lt;a href=&#34;https://www.amazon.co.uk/Age-Utopia-Christendom-Renaissance-Revolution-ebook/dp/B09MDQ8M5Q&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;https://www.amazon.co.uk/Age-Utopia-Christendom-Renaissance-Revolution-ebook/dp/B09MDQ8M5Q&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks for listening, &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;and Happy New Year!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;..&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A special thanks goes out to our very generous Patrons: Caldazar, Seán Eckmann, Laura Daligan, Michael Leighty, Claudia, Aidan Chavasse, Mitchel V and Santheep on &lt;a href=&#34;https://patreon.com/ancientworld&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;patreon.com/ancientworld&lt;/a&gt; - thank you!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Music credits:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Night in Venice by Kevin MacLeod.&lt;br&gt;
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5763-night-in-venice/&lt;br&gt;
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license&lt;/p&gt;
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                <itunes:title>Dante&#39;s View on Consciousness, and the Embryo. With Coffee!</itunes:title>
                <title>Dante&#39;s View on Consciousness, and the Embryo. With Coffee!</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;A look at two great highlights from Canto 25 in Dante&#39;s Purgatory; the nature of the relationship between the body and the soul, and when during the development of the embryo the soul/consciousness enters the fetus.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tommaso&#39;s video on this canto is here:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e8KLBpAtEM&#34; target=&#34;_blank&#34;&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e8KLBpAtEM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And a BIG thanks to some of our long term Patreons, for making our podcasts possible!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Caldazar&lt;br&gt;
Seán Eckmann&lt;br&gt;
Laura Daligan&lt;br&gt;
Michael Leighty&lt;br&gt;
Claudia&lt;br&gt;
Aidan Chavasse&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://patreon.com/ancientworld&#34; target=&#34;_blank&#34;&gt;https://patreon.com/ancientworld&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks for listening!&lt;/p&gt;
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>A look at two great highlights from Canto 25 in Dante&#39;s Purgatory; the nature of the relationship between the body and the soul, and when during the development of the embryo the soul/consciousness enters the fetus.</p>
<p>Tommaso&#39;s video on this canto is here:<br>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e8KLBpAtEM" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e8KLBpAtEM</a></p>
<p>And a BIG thanks to some of our long term Patreons, for making our podcasts possible!</p>
<p>Caldazar<br>
Seán Eckmann<br>
Laura Daligan<br>
Michael Leighty<br>
Claudia<br>
Aidan Chavasse</p>
<p><a href="https://patreon.com/ancientworld" rel="nofollow">https://patreon.com/ancientworld</a></p>
<p>Thanks for listening!</p>
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                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;A look at two great highlights from Canto 25 in Dante&amp;#39;s Purgatory; the nature of the relationship between the body and the soul, and when during the development of the embryo the soul/consciousness enters the fetus.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tommaso&amp;#39;s video on this canto is here:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e8KLBpAtEM&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e8KLBpAtEM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And a BIG thanks to some of our long term Patreons, for making our podcasts possible!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Caldazar&lt;br&gt;
Seán Eckmann&lt;br&gt;
Laura Daligan&lt;br&gt;
Michael Leighty&lt;br&gt;
Claudia&lt;br&gt;
Aidan Chavasse&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://patreon.com/ancientworld&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;https://patreon.com/ancientworld&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks for listening!&lt;/p&gt;
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                <pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2021 09:30:19 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>Dante&#39;s Letter to Can Grande</itunes:title>
                <title>Dante&#39;s Letter to Can Grande</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;Good morning!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In this episode we&#39;ll talk about Dante&#39;s Letter to his patron in Verona Can Grande della Scala, and two upcoming new books this November, from historian John Strickland and from philosopher and scientist Iain McGilchrist.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Enjoy! 😊&lt;/p&gt;
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<p>In this episode we&#39;ll talk about Dante&#39;s Letter to his patron in Verona Can Grande della Scala, and two upcoming new books this November, from historian John Strickland and from philosopher and scientist Iain McGilchrist.</p>
<p>Enjoy! 😊</p>
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                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Good morning! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In this episode we&amp;#39;ll talk about Dante&amp;#39;s Letter to his patron in Verona Can Grande della Scala, and two upcoming new books this November, from historian John Strickland and from philosopher and scientist Iain McGilchrist.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Enjoy! 😊&lt;/p&gt;
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                <pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2021 08:41:23 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>Summer, Paradise, and Great Coffee!</itunes:title>
                <title>Summer, Paradise, and Great Coffee!</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Weekend episode and catch-up for the last month, including new discoveries in Paradise! Join our FB Group for more about Dante and the Divine Comedy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/664633241078292 Enjoy!
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                <description><![CDATA[Weekend episode and catch-up for the last month, including new discoveries in Paradise! Join our FB Group for more about Dante and the Divine Comedy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/664633241078292 Enjoy!
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                <content:encoded>Weekend episode and catch-up for the last month, including new discoveries in Paradise! Join our FB Group for more about Dante and the Divine Comedy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/664633241078292 Enjoy!
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                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2021 12:58:37 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>795</itunes:duration>
                
                
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                <itunes:title>Dante’s 700 year Anniversary, and the Bright Spot Theory</itunes:title>
                <title>Dante’s 700 year Anniversary, and the Bright Spot Theory</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Dante Projects are here: dantescomedy.com The Bright Spot Theory is here: awpodcast.com Good Coffee!
</itunes:summary>
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                <content:encoded>Dante Projects are here: dantescomedy.com The Bright Spot Theory is here: awpodcast.com Good Coffee!
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                <pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2021 09:24:46 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>695</itunes:duration>
                
                
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                <itunes:title>Episode 23 – Hebrew numbers 10-40, Quick Book Review “Darwin’s Doubt” by Stephen Meyer, and Super Sunny</itunes:title>
                <title>Episode 23 – Hebrew numbers 10-40, Quick Book Review “Darwin’s Doubt” by Stephen Meyer, and Super Sunny</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Good morning, and enjoy! The Cosmology &amp;#38; Science Podcast is here: https://anchor.fm/thesciencepodcast
</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[Good morning, and enjoy! The Cosmology &amp; Science Podcast is here: https://anchor.fm/thesciencepodcast
]]></description>
                <content:encoded>Good morning, and enjoy! The Cosmology &amp;amp; Science Podcast is here: https://anchor.fm/thesciencepodcast
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                <pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2021 09:45:01 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>830</itunes:duration>
                
                
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                <itunes:title>Episode 22 – Hebrew numbers 5 to 10, Easter Saturday, and Great weather</itunes:title>
                <title>Episode 22 – Hebrew numbers 5 to 10, Easter Saturday, and Great weather</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Good morning, and great coffee!
</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[Good morning, and great coffee!
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                <content:encoded>Good morning, and great coffee!
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                <pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2021 09:43:59 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>691</itunes:duration>
                
                
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                <itunes:title>Episode 21 – Darwin’s Doubt, Stephen Meyer, Hebrew Numbers, and Great Coffee</itunes:title>
                <title>Episode 21 – Darwin’s Doubt, Stephen Meyer, Hebrew Numbers, and Great Coffee</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Good morning, and happy Friday!
</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[Good morning, and happy Friday!
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                <content:encoded>Good morning, and happy Friday!
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                <pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2021 10:45:29 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>Episode 20 – New books, and Great Coffee</itunes:title>
                <title>Episode 20 – New books, and Great Coffee</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Updates on the podcasts, and Sunny Saturday!
</itunes:summary>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2021 10:37:18 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>260</itunes:duration>
                
                
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                <itunes:title>Episode 19 – New Podcast Show, Proust Quotes, and Great Coffee</itunes:title>
                <title>Episode 19 – New Podcast Show, Proust Quotes, and Great Coffee</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Good morning, and enjoy! Journey with Dante Podcast: Website: https://awpodcast.com/journeywithdante Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Ouf&amp;#8230;
</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[Good morning, and enjoy! Journey with Dante Podcast: Website: https://awpodcast.com/journeywithdante Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Ouf…
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                <content:encoded>Good morning, and enjoy! Journey with Dante Podcast: Website: https://awpodcast.com/journeywithdante Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Ouf…
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                <pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2021 11:16:27 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>441</itunes:duration>
                
                
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                <itunes:title>Episode 18 – Great Coffee, and finished “Combray”</itunes:title>
                <title>Episode 18 – Great Coffee, and finished “Combray”</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Good morning! The Proust &amp;#8220;Overture&amp;#8221; is here: anchor.fm/thebookpodcast And &amp;#8220;Combray&amp;#8221; is here: patreon.com/thebookpodcast
</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[Good morning! The Proust “Overture” is here: anchor.fm/thebookpodcast And “Combray” is here: patreon.com/thebookpodcast
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                <content:encoded>Good morning! The Proust “Overture” is here: anchor.fm/thebookpodcast And “Combray” is here: patreon.com/thebookpodcast
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                <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2021 11:30:38 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>214</itunes:duration>
                
                
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                <itunes:title>Episode 17 – Meaning of Italian “Grazie”, a new Dante Commentary, and Great Coffee!</itunes:title>
                <title>Episode 17 – Meaning of Italian “Grazie”, a new Dante Commentary, and Great Coffee!</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Good morning, and Great Coffee! The new Italian Commentary has this beautiful front page:
</itunes:summary>
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                <content:encoded>Good morning, and Great Coffee! The new Italian Commentary has this beautiful front page:
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                <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:17:14 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>546</itunes:duration>
                
                
                <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
                
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                <itunes:title>Book Review Episode 1 – The Age of Division</itunes:title>
                <title>Book Review Episode 1 – The Age of Division</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>A first episode with a book review &amp;#8211; &amp;#8220;The Age of Division&amp;#8221; by John Strickland, about the emerging differences between Eastern and Western Traditions from around 1050 to 1500. And some reflections on Dante&amp;#8217;s Comedy as both countering some of these trends, and unifying elements from both Traditions.
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                <description><![CDATA[A first episode with a book review – “The Age of Division” by John Strickland, about the emerging differences between Eastern and Western Traditions from around 1050 to 1500. And some reflections on Dante’s Comedy as both countering some of these trends, and unifying elements from both Traditions.
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                <content:encoded>A first episode with a book review – “The Age of Division” by John Strickland, about the emerging differences between Eastern and Western Traditions from around 1050 to 1500. And some reflections on Dante’s Comedy as both countering some of these trends, and unifying elements from both Traditions.
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                <pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2021 09:47:15 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>689</itunes:duration>
                
                
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                <itunes:title>Episode 16 – Good Friday, New Papacy Video, and Great Coffee!</itunes:title>
                <title>Episode 16 – Good Friday, New Papacy Video, and Great Coffee!</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Our new video: https://youtu.be/RK1Zb-31zqw Mythos &amp;#38; Logos Premiere on Monday 8th: https://youtu.be/2JUO9QnCJpI Book: &amp;#8220;Age of Division&amp;#8221; by John Strickland
</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[Our new video: https://youtu.be/RK1Zb-31zqw Mythos &amp; Logos Premiere on Monday 8th: https://youtu.be/2JUO9QnCJpI Book: “Age of Division” by John Strickland
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                <content:encoded>Our new video: https://youtu.be/RK1Zb-31zqw Mythos &amp;amp; Logos Premiere on Monday 8th: https://youtu.be/2JUO9QnCJpI Book: “Age of Division” by John Strickland
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                <link>https://anchor.fm/awmorningcoffee/episodes/Episode-16--Good-Friday--New-Papacy-Video--and-Great-Coffee-e13npls</link>
                <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 10:44:28 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>248</itunes:duration>
                
                
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                <itunes:title>Episode 15 – The Papacy, The Normans, and Good Coffee</itunes:title>
                <title>Episode 15 – The Papacy, The Normans, and Good Coffee</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Good morning! Today we will have a brief summary of how the Papacy became an autonomous political unit with full independence and Self-Governance, in 1059.
</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[Good morning! Today we will have a brief summary of how the Papacy became an autonomous political unit with full independence and Self-Governance, in 1059.
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                <content:encoded>Good morning! Today we will have a brief summary of how the Papacy became an autonomous political unit with full independence and Self-Governance, in 1059.
</content:encoded>
                
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                <link>https://anchor.fm/awmorningcoffee/episodes/Episode-15--The-Papacy--The-Normans--and-Good-Coffee-e13npml</link>
                <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 11:52:03 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>490</itunes:duration>
                
                
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                <itunes:title>Episode 14 – Mosaics, St. John’s Basilica in Rome, and Foggy!</itunes:title>
                <title>Episode 14 – Mosaics, St. John’s Basilica in Rome, and Foggy!</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Good morning, and good coffee! Here are the pictures: Basilica of St. John in Lateran, Rome Emperor Constantine kneeling on the left, Emperor Charlemagne on the right. Enjoy!
</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[Good morning, and good coffee! Here are the pictures: Basilica of St. John in Lateran, Rome Emperor Constantine kneeling on the left, Emperor Charlemagne on the right. Enjoy!
]]></description>
                <content:encoded>Good morning, and good coffee! Here are the pictures: Basilica of St. John in Lateran, Rome Emperor Constantine kneeling on the left, Emperor Charlemagne on the right. Enjoy!
</content:encoded>
                
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                <link>https://anchor.fm/awmorningcoffee/episodes/Episode-14--Mosaics--St--Johns-Basilica-in-Rome--and-Foggy-e13npmd</link>
                <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 10:33:04 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>334</itunes:duration>
                
                
                <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
                
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                <itunes:title>Episode 13 – The Monastic system, Dante’s Third Dream, and Spring</itunes:title>
                <title>Episode 13 – The Monastic system, Dante’s Third Dream, and Spring</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Good morning, and enjoy!
</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[Good morning, and enjoy!
]]></description>
                <content:encoded>Good morning, and enjoy!
</content:encoded>
                
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                <link>https://anchor.fm/awmorningcoffee/episodes/Episode-13--The-Monastic-system--Dantes-Third-Dream--and-Spring-e13npme</link>
                <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 08:49:04 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>570</itunes:duration>
                
                
                <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
                
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                <itunes:title>Episode 12 – Sunday, Viking words in English, and Good Coffee</itunes:title>
                <title>Episode 12 – Sunday, Viking words in English, and Good Coffee</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Examples of Viking words in English are f.ex.: &amp;#8216;knife&amp;#8217;, &amp;#8216;take&amp;#8217;, &amp;#8216;window&amp;#8217;, &amp;#8216;egg&amp;#8217;, &amp;#8216;ill&amp;#8217; and &amp;#8216;die&amp;#8217;, plus likely more than six hundred other &amp;#8220;loan words&amp;#8221; in modern Standard English. English place names ending on -by, -thorpe, -toft, -holme, -kirk, -thwaite, -wick, -borough and -ness also have their suffixes from the old Viking language!
</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[Examples of Viking words in English are f.ex.: ‘knife’, ‘take’, ‘window’, ‘egg’, ‘ill’ and ‘die’, plus likely more than six hundred other “loan words” in modern Standard English. English place names ending on -by, -thorpe, -toft, -holme, -kirk, -thwaite, -wick, -borough and -ness also have their suffixes from the old Viking language!
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                <content:encoded>Examples of Viking words in English are f.ex.: ‘knife’, ‘take’, ‘window’, ‘egg’, ‘ill’ and ‘die’, plus likely more than six hundred other “loan words” in modern Standard English. English place names ending on -by, -thorpe, -toft, -holme, -kirk, -thwaite, -wick, -borough and -ness also have their suffixes from the old Viking language!
</content:encoded>
                
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                <link>https://anchor.fm/awmorningcoffee/episodes/Episode-12--Sunday--Viking-words-in-English--and-Good-Coffee-e13npm5</link>
                <pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2021 10:49:45 &#43;0000</pubDate>
                <itunes:image href="https://media.redcircle.com/images/2022/1/10/23/7ac3fa12-8d76-499d-9e35-bea51a361b47_16391487-1641855871960-d14e50371779c.jpg"/>
                <itunes:duration>465</itunes:duration>
                
                
                <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
                
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                <itunes:title>Episode 11 – Ambushed, Strickland, and Dante’s Third Terrace</itunes:title>
                <title>Episode 11 – Ambushed, Strickland, and Dante’s Third Terrace</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Good morning &amp;#8211; and enjoy!
</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[Good morning – and enjoy!
]]></description>
                <content:encoded>Good morning – and enjoy!
</content:encoded>
                
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                <link>https://anchor.fm/awmorningcoffee/episodes/Episode-11--Ambushed--Strickland--and-Dantes-Third-Terrace-e13npmt</link>
                <pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2021 08:02:41 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>472</itunes:duration>
                
                
                <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
                
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                <itunes:title>Episode 10 – Strickland, John Chaffee, Great Coffee and Rainstorms!</itunes:title>
                <title>Episode 10 – Strickland, John Chaffee, Great Coffee and Rainstorms!</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Good morning &amp;#8211; and enjoy! Podcast: &amp;#8220;Ambushed&amp;#8221; by John Chaffee. Book: &amp;#8220;Age of Paradise&amp;#8221; by John Strickland.
</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[Good morning – and enjoy! Podcast: “Ambushed” by John Chaffee. Book: “Age of Paradise” by John Strickland.
]]></description>
                <content:encoded>Good morning – and enjoy! Podcast: “Ambushed” by John Chaffee. Book: “Age of Paradise” by John Strickland.
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                <link>https://anchor.fm/awmorningcoffee/episodes/Episode-10--Strickland--John-Chaffee--Great-Coffee-and-Rainstorms-e13npmm</link>
                <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2021 08:48:28 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>365</itunes:duration>
                
                
                <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
                
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                <itunes:title>Episode 9 – Villa Jovis, Emperor Tiberius, and early Renaissance.</itunes:title>
                <title>Episode 9 – Villa Jovis, Emperor Tiberius, and early Renaissance.</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>First impressions from reading Strickland&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;Age of Paradise&amp;#8221;. Enjoy!
</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[First impressions from reading Strickland’s “Age of Paradise”. Enjoy!
]]></description>
                <content:encoded>First impressions from reading Strickland’s “Age of Paradise”. Enjoy!
</content:encoded>
                
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                <link>https://anchor.fm/awmorningcoffee/episodes/Episode-9--Villa-Jovis--Emperor-Tiberius--and-early-Renaissance-e13npmf</link>
                <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 10:38:07 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>521</itunes:duration>
                
                
                <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
                
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                <itunes:title>Episode 8 – Strickland, Garden of Eden, and M. Legrandin</itunes:title>
                <title>Episode 8 – Strickland, Garden of Eden, and M. Legrandin</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Good morning &amp;#8211; and enjoy!
</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[Good morning – and enjoy!
]]></description>
                <content:encoded>Good morning – and enjoy!
</content:encoded>
                
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                <link>https://anchor.fm/awmorningcoffee/episodes/Episode-8--Strickland--Garden-of-Eden--and-M--Legrandin-e13npmi</link>
                <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 11:29:08 &#43;0000</pubDate>
                <itunes:image href="https://media.redcircle.com/images/2022/1/10/23/341cbc29-c66b-4566-89ac-4897a9c5846d_16391487-1641855871960-d14e50371779c.jpg"/>
                <itunes:duration>569</itunes:duration>
                
                
                <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
                
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                <itunes:title>Episode 7 – New Week, and a Book Tip</itunes:title>
                <title>Episode 7 – New Week, and a Book Tip</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>About Rod Dreher&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;How Dante can save your Life&amp;#8221;. Enjoy!
</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[About Rod Dreher’s “How Dante can save your Life”. Enjoy!
]]></description>
                <content:encoded>About Rod Dreher’s “How Dante can save your Life”. Enjoy!
</content:encoded>
                
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                <link>https://anchor.fm/awmorningcoffee/episodes/Episode-7--New-Week--and-a-Book-Tip-e13npmk</link>
                <pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2021 09:55:01 &#43;0000</pubDate>
                <itunes:image href="https://media.redcircle.com/images/2022/1/10/23/92c1a7ed-8a27-4f82-b329-8aee022aee1d_16391487-1641855871960-d14e50371779c.jpg"/>
                <itunes:duration>560</itunes:duration>
                
                
                <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
                
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                <itunes:title>Episode 6 – Coffee, Renaissance and chats with a Historian.</itunes:title>
                <title>Episode 6 – Coffee, Renaissance and chats with a Historian.</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Good morning, and Good Coffee!
</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[Good morning, and Good Coffee!
]]></description>
                <content:encoded>Good morning, and Good Coffee!
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                <link>https://anchor.fm/awmorningcoffee/episodes/Episode-6--Coffee--Renaissance-and-chats-with-a-Historian-e13npmr</link>
                <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2021 09:38:33 &#43;0000</pubDate>
                <itunes:image href="https://media.redcircle.com/images/2022/1/10/23/3caf1011-fc34-4564-af9f-ea658aa10932_16391487-1641855871960-d14e50371779c.jpg"/>
                <itunes:duration>447</itunes:duration>
                
                
                <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
                
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                <itunes:title>Episode 5 – Sunny Morning, and the Nature of Creativity</itunes:title>
                <title>Episode 5 – Sunny Morning, and the Nature of Creativity</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Good morning, and enjoy!
</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[Good morning, and enjoy!
]]></description>
                <content:encoded>Good morning, and enjoy!
</content:encoded>
                
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                <link>https://anchor.fm/awmorningcoffee/episodes/Episode-5--Sunny-Morning--and-the-Nature-of-Creativity-e13npm9</link>
                <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 11:17:38 &#43;0000</pubDate>
                <itunes:image href="https://media.redcircle.com/images/2022/1/10/23/f04bc74b-1af9-4d50-8d7d-b015ebda8073_16391487-1641855871960-d14e50371779c.jpg"/>
                <itunes:duration>361</itunes:duration>
                
                
                <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
                
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                <itunes:title>Episode 4 – Florence, Night Sky, and Great Coffee</itunes:title>
                <title>Episode 4 – Florence, Night Sky, and Great Coffee</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Have a great morning!
</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[Have a great morning!
]]></description>
                <content:encoded>Have a great morning!
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                <link>https://anchor.fm/awmorningcoffee/episodes/Episode-4--Florence--Night-Sky--and-Great-Coffee-e13npm7</link>
                <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2021 11:04:38 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>294</itunes:duration>
                
                
                <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
                
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                <itunes:title>Episode 3 – Nyssa, Purgatory, and Glastonbury Abbey</itunes:title>
                <title>Episode 3 – Nyssa, Purgatory, and Glastonbury Abbey</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Good morning! Here&amp;#8217;s the video from Mythos &amp;#38; Logos: https://youtu.be/fIocP7WTyMU
</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[Good morning! Here’s the video from Mythos &amp; Logos: https://youtu.be/fIocP7WTyMU
]]></description>
                <content:encoded>Good morning! Here’s the video from Mythos &amp;amp; Logos: https://youtu.be/fIocP7WTyMU
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                <link>https://anchor.fm/awmorningcoffee/episodes/Episode-3--Nyssa--Purgatory--and-Glastonbury-Abbey-e13npm6</link>
                <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 11:12:37 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>Episode 2 – Proust, Bergson, Bloch, and the nature of Time</itunes:title>
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                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>A brief excerpt from &amp;#8220;Combray&amp;#8221;, where young Marcel has a friend Bloch who has some musings on Time. This also expands on an episode from the Florentine Renaissance Podcast from yesterday! Enjoy!
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                <content:encoded>A brief excerpt from “Combray”, where young Marcel has a friend Bloch who has some musings on Time. This also expands on an episode from the Florentine Renaissance Podcast from yesterday! Enjoy!
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                <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:02:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>420</itunes:duration>
                
                
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                <itunes:title>Episode 1 – New Week</itunes:title>
                <title>Episode 1 – New Week</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Happy morning, and Good Coffee!
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                <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 08:56:18 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>190</itunes:duration>
                
                
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                <itunes:title>Sunday Morning!</itunes:title>
                <title>Sunday Morning!</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>With news and updates, and things to look forward to next week!
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                <pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2021 10:40:25 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>318</itunes:duration>
                
                
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                <itunes:title>Saturday Morning, and Glastonbury Abbey</itunes:title>
                <title>Saturday Morning, and Glastonbury Abbey</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Our new little radio show is live!!
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                <description><![CDATA[Our new little radio show is live!!
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                <content:encoded>Our new little radio show is live!!
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                <pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2021 11:49:06 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>221</itunes:duration>
                
                
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                <itunes:title>Late Night Episode</itunes:title>
                <title>Late Night Episode</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>With thoughts about getting too much on a flow while making an episode! Which partly happened today presenting a few chapters from a book.
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                <content:encoded>With thoughts about getting too much on a flow while making an episode! Which partly happened today presenting a few chapters from a book.
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                <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 22:30:32 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>248</itunes:duration>
                
                
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                <itunes:title>Reading a book, 15 years later.</itunes:title>
                <title>Reading a book, 15 years later.</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Some thoughts on reading Marcel Proust, 15 years later. How perspectives might change from one&amp;#8217;s early 20s to late 30s. Enjoy!
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                <description><![CDATA[Some thoughts on reading Marcel Proust, 15 years later. How perspectives might change from one’s early 20s to late 30s. Enjoy!
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                <content:encoded>Some thoughts on reading Marcel Proust, 15 years later. How perspectives might change from one’s early 20s to late 30s. Enjoy!
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                <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 13:31:48 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>215</itunes:duration>
                
                
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                <itunes:title>Friday 3rd Coffee</itunes:title>
                <title>Friday 3rd Coffee</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Good Afternoon! We&amp;#8217;re now on our third coffee &amp;#8211; and loving our new setup!
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                <description><![CDATA[Good Afternoon! We’re now on our third coffee – and loving our new setup!
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                <content:encoded>Good Afternoon! We’re now on our third coffee – and loving our new setup!
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                <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 13:22:41 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>71</itunes:duration>
                
                
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                <itunes:title>Friday Coffee</itunes:title>
                <title>Friday Coffee</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Richard Emerson - Ancient World</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Good morning! First little warmup episode &amp;#8211; enjoy!
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                <description><![CDATA[Good morning! First little warmup episode – enjoy!
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                <content:encoded>Good morning! First little warmup episode – enjoy!
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                <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 12:45:24 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>160</itunes:duration>
                
                
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