New Episode Released Wicked Pope, Moors, Siege of Vienna [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2020/5/3/episode-74-wicked-pope-moors-siege-of-vienna] 1492. A threefer: 1. Muslims tossed out of Spain 2. Columbus 3. Alexander VI starts pontificate Okay, first the conquest of Grenada. This had been a Muslim stronghold for years, the southern

On Needing a Drink Yesterday afternoon, the "currently-negative" Coronabeer headlines were back. Right-wing Michigan militia types stormed the Capitol [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/hundreds-protest-michigan-lawmakers-consider-extending-governors-emergency-powers-n1196886] (each side has their embarrassments; the left's hold professorships and Hollywood contracts). Swaths of my truck-worn backyard are a mud

Warning System The news headlines are veering more and more to future Coronabeer outbreaks. This tells me: the current crisis is passing. If there's not enough current bad news to keep readers engaged (scared), the media needs to focus on future bad news. The thing they're

Maris and Money The MLB is looking to a 100-game season, using a three-division, 10-team plan in which teams play only within their division [https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2020/04/28/mlb-optimistic-about-starting-season-late-june/3039275001/] . Crazy times call for crazy solutions, but this doesn't strike

Regionalism Redux It might be a good time to revisit Grant Wood's “Revolt Against the City" [https://medium.com/art-story/grant-wood-and-his-revolt-against-the-city-259968f55fb2] (PDF can be found here [http://interarts.org/CW%20Wood%20Essay%20Revolt.pdf]). The American Gothic artist wrote the essay in 1935, in the throes of

Humble Men Socrates was an ugly, poor man with no pretensions. In the eyes of the world, he was a misfit and fool, a constant butt of jokes around sophisticated Athens, but he didn't mind. He was very humble, thinking little of himself and caring little for his

New Episode Released 1400s, Florence Banking, Heroes, States Rights [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2020/4/26/episode-73-1400s-florence-banking-heroes-states-rights] We are at the 1400s. We are going to take this segment all the way to 1491. It is the penultimate segment of this historical survey. The Renaissance is in full swing.

Top Gin Dang! I saw this article, The 8 Best Bottles Of Gin You Can Buy At Any Price Point [https://www.delish.com/entertaining/g32176644/best-gin-brands/], glanced at the picture and thought, "Wow, I've owned and drank every one of those bottles at least once."

The Noun Murderers Are medical personnel heroes? When our culture went gaga over the first responders (gender-neutral term . . . can't use "firemen") after 9/11, I went gaga too. Actually, I would start to cry a bit, thinking of all those young men charging up the towers,

I did my first podcast interview at TWE [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-blog-1/2020/4/22/bonus-episode]. Both technology-wise and interview-skill-wise, I have a ways to go, but thanks to Joe Condit for letting me experiment on him and Catholic Speakers Organization [https://catholicspeakers.com/inspireword]. Joe and I threw