Poetry EPISODES
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Jan. 18, 2024
MM#298--The Road Not Taken
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Uncover the unexpected truths behind Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" as we explore its hidden jest and profound implications on our life's journey. Let's peel back the layers of this enigmatic poem, revealing not just a tale of indecision, but a narrative that profoundly influenced the life of Frost's friend, Edward Thomas. This episode is a treasure trove for those yearning to understand the weight of words and the d...
April 21, 2022
MM#115--Rudyard Kipling's poem "If"
Just seven months after the end of the US Civil War, one of the United Kingdom's most recognized poets, Rudyard Kipling was born, over 8200 miles away in Bombay, India.
In this MOJO minute, we hear a reading of one of most admired poems titled "If".
Many thanks for poems.org for Kiplings transcript.
Key Points from the Episode:
Inspired and written as a tribute for a Scottish Colonial ultimately the poem "If" became parental advice for his son, John Kipling, born shortly thereafter.
the poem ...
In this MOJO minute, we hear a reading of one of most admired poems titled "If".
Many thanks for poems.org for Kiplings transcript.
Key Points from the Episode:
Inspired and written as a tribute for a Scottish Colonial ultimately the poem "If" became parental advice for his son, John Kipling, born shortly thereafter.
the poem ...
Feb. 10, 2022
MM#90--The 2022 Airbrushed Olympics
In striving to live a flourishing life--whether as a person or a country--it requires answering the hard questions in truth. In MOJO Minute #90, we ask those hard questions of modern day China and why they have been allowed to host the 2022 Olympic games.
Key Points from the Episode:
2008's China is vastly different than 2022's China.
Four difficult questions that should have required answers before allowing China to continue to host these games.
Is the 2020 China Games a repeat of the 1936 N...
Key Points from the Episode:
2008's China is vastly different than 2022's China.
Four difficult questions that should have required answers before allowing China to continue to host these games.
Is the 2020 China Games a repeat of the 1936 N...
Feb. 8, 2022
MM#89--The Road to Sparta
In MOJO Minute #89, we explore the origin story of the first marathon in Dean Karnazes, The Road to Sparta
Key Points from the Episode:
How a single lone runner saved western civilization
How far did he actually run to deliver the import message to the Spartans?
What are the physical false limits you put on yourself?
Other resources:
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Key Points from the Episode:
How a single lone runner saved western civilization
How far did he actually run to deliver the import message to the Spartans?
What are the physical false limits you put on yourself?
Other resources:
Want to leave a review? Click here, and if we earned a five-star review from you **high five and knuckle bumps**, we appreciate it greatly, thank you so much!
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Dec. 30, 2021
MM#77--What is America's Record?
In this final MOJO Minute of the year, we examine America's record from a 50,000 foot level with Bill Bennett's America the Strong.
We ask the question, Is America good or bad?
And what is her record?
Key Points from the Episode:
Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States commented on
Thank you to my professors in Political Science and History who taught me how to think not what to think
8 great points on the American record
Other resources:
PragerU video on Howard Zinn's history...
We ask the question, Is America good or bad?
And what is her record?
Key Points from the Episode:
Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States commented on
Thank you to my professors in Political Science and History who taught me how to think not what to think
8 great points on the American record
Other resources:
PragerU video on Howard Zinn's history...
Oct. 28, 2021
MM#57--Dante's Inferno, part 2--Where Hope Dies
In this second episode on Dante's Inferno, we continue to look back at Dante's Divine Comedy, 700 years later and how it continues to teach and instruct us as one of the greatest classics ever written and most certainly the greatest Christian poem every penned. David dives deep into Anthony Esolen's translation of the Inferno, The Divine Comedy, book one, Inferno by Dante Alighieri to explore human nature confronting the gates of hell.
Key Points from the Episode:
We encounter the gates of Hell...
Key Points from the Episode:
We encounter the gates of Hell...
Oct. 12, 2021
MM#52--700 years later...Dante's Inferno, part one
In this episode, we look back at Dante's Divine Comedy, 700 years later and how it continues to teach and instruct us. David reads from Anthony Esolen's translation in the Inferno, The Divine Comedy, book one, Inferno by Dante Alighieri
Key Points from the Episode:
The MOJO Academy's first dive into the classics
Why the Divine Comedy is a masterpiece
What can we learn from Dante's Inferno so as to avoid Hell for ourselves
Other resources:
Anthony Esolen's study & commentary on Inferno in aud...
Key Points from the Episode:
The MOJO Academy's first dive into the classics
Why the Divine Comedy is a masterpiece
What can we learn from Dante's Inferno so as to avoid Hell for ourselves
Other resources:
Anthony Esolen's study & commentary on Inferno in aud...