Eden Revisited

Rebroadcast of our lenten episode from 2021... What's in your oatmeal? The whole crew sits down to exchange oatmeal ingredients and try to one-up each other. Chia and flax, anyone?They also discuss how the season of Lent is a time to perhaps scale back in other areas of life besides breakfast treats. This episode covers the ins and outs of Lent with all of your favorite toppings and characters and tries to get to the heart of what this beautiful liturgical season is really about. At the end o...

In this special episode, Austin and guest co-host Grace Carroll talk with Abigail Favale Ph.D. about her book The Genesis of Gender. We start the conversation with Abigail's own story of conversion to Catholicism and some of the gender-related issues that she had to wrestle with. Abigail then takes us through the philosophical movements of feminism and post-modernism that help provide context for where we are in culture today. Finally, she also offers a vision of what a restoration to a...

Nick and Tyler put Austin on the hot seat as he recaps a recent piece he did on lust, free will, and grace. Using the work of Augustine and Dante (boom!), Austin takes listeners through the ins and outs of this deadly sin. This is as spicy as you get when it comes to theology and philosophy.SHOW HIGHLIGHTSWhat is lust, anyway?Where does it come from?Do we have a choice to receive grace?Are human beings totally depraved or totally good...or neither?How do you work through those lusty desires?A...

Join Tyler and Austin as they talk to Michael "Gomer" Gormley, the co-host of the popular Catching Foxes podcast, about his experience working and thinking about evangelization. We ask him about evangelization in the early church and if it differs from modern practices. He explains why the family is so important to evangelization and he also explains how you, the listener, can start evangelizing. https://www.catchingfoxes.fm/http://www.layevangelist.com/Leave us a Review!Take a few seco...

“So therefore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.” - Luke 14:33How is one to interpret the meaning of such a claim and what implications does it have within a modern context, where possessions, whether necessary or superfluous, are a normal part of the economic schema enveloping those who live in the developed world? Join the whole group as Tyler presents some ideas from a paper (see the link below) he recently wrote. It's a rich discuss...

Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI died on December 31, 2022. To honor this late pope, we're rebroadcasting an earlier episode on his popular work Introduction to Christianity. We're dummies compared to Benedict, but this is our homage to his legacy. Santo subito!---Intimidated by Ratzinger? So are Nick and Austin, but they roll up their sleeves to unpack his renowned work, Introduction to Christianity. Is salvation possible? Only through excessive grace, baby! Using the Apostles' Creed as his starti...

Peter Maurin was the peasant-philosopher who inspired Dorothy Day and co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement. He distilled his vision for a Christian social order into a series of short writings known as Easy Essays. On today's podcast, the boys digest an Easy Essay titled "When Christ is King." Maurin helps us cut through the noise just in time for Christmas so we can say with confidence, hope, and joy, "¡Viva, Cristo Rey!" From all of us at Eden Revisited, Merry Christmas!SHOW HIGHLIGHTSWh...

Join this episode of Eden Revisited as Tyler and Austin are guided by Mark Roman Miller on a wild ride through the "metaverse". In the show Mark explains what virtual reality is and how it's embedded in the technological ecosystem of modern life. We attempt to answer how Catholics ought to think about the metaverse and virtual reality in general. Is it all fictional escapism that we should avoid? Does it deny the incarnational reality? Check out Mark's research here. https:/...

Join this episode of Eden Revisited where Tyler is joined by a long-time friend and fellow Zag, as they discuss how we might re-enchant evangelizing what some call "the youths." In the show Justin shares his rich experience both as a participant and now as a veteran administrator with the program: Young Life. Inspired by a recent post-synodal exhortation (Francis - Christus Vivit, 2019) we attempt to take on some big questions about how to think about transmitting the faith to young people. H...

Mericos Rhodes, founder of Steadfast Provisions, joins us today to introduce the world to pemmican. This lightweight, nonperishable superfood will re-enchant the way you think about nutrition, adventure, farming, our ancestors, and the divine. Made from dried meat and rendered animal fat, pemmican will help you return to how eating was always supposed to be - simple, delicious, and in sync with the rhythms of God's creation. “Set thy heart aright and be steadfast” (Sirach 2:2).SHOW HIGHLIGHTS...