Real History with Melissa Podcast (.xml Format)

--{"Neil Foster: Meatspace and Rentable Meatwads"}--

Kim Leadbeater, the UK's assisted dying bill - UPS: Cold chain logistics - What is RentAHuman.ai and what is a Meatwad? - Ecocide Scotland - "Gender Affirming Care" -

Excess deaths caused by cold homes.

--{"Robert Smith-Hald: Heavy Metal"}--

Parents: Language warning for children. - Who is Robert Smith-Hald? Growing up in the Camphill Movement. - How did American Robert meet his Scottish wife, and how did

they end up living in Norway? - Making art, music, beer. - What are signs of heavy metal toxicity? The Andy Cutler Protocol for chelation from heavy metal toxicity.

How did detoxing from heavy metal poisoning affect Robert's musical abilities?

--{"Don, Blue, and aka Devin"}--

How did Blue and Don meet? What interests drew them together? How many animals do they have? Is Devin ever without her sword? Stories about individuality,

homestead life, how food affects us, taking care of animals, and all the different ways people can live. Challenges, lessons, joy.

--{"That Hideous Strength: Real Life is Meeting"}--

Greg Gorsuch shares some thoughts about the chapter title "Real Life is Meeting" - What is the Other that enters into relationships? - Masculine and feminine within

relationships.

--{"Neil Foster"}--

UPS and the union - SAFE Food Act of 2025 - Soylent Green, humans as fertilizer - J.B. and Jennifer Pritzker - Epstein and intelligence agencies - Venezuela and drugs,

Maduro, the Axis of Socialism, Donroe Doctrine, etc. - Universal Basic Income - U.S. retirement at 67 - Forever wars - Movie, Land of the Blind - Politicians and their

predilections - Generation Alpha - Are young people choosing religion? - Steve James in the UK, transgender ideology.

--{"The Bloody Conclusion of That Hideous Strength"}--

Does Mark escape the N.I.C.E.? Is he reunited with Jane? What does Merlin do to help the Director? What happens to Miss Hardcastle, Wither, Frost, and Lord Feverstone?

--{"LateAmble Ramble"}--

When are Nick and Melissa finishing up C.S. Lewis' That Hideous Strength? Modernism, post-modernism and the Academy. Who were the Inklings and what was

C.S. Lewis' affiliation with them? George Orwell's review of this book. Spirituality and religion. What did Alan Watt say about the individual and religion?

--{"How 'bout those Jays?"}--

What does this time of year mean to you? Living inside your head and connecting with people - Sports? - Music that inspires and elevates - Bishop Williamson and modernism - Alan Watt on spirit and Christmas.

--{"Christine: After School Special"}--

Christine's large, Catholic family - a mix of security and feeling like an oddball. Studying art in school, becoming an artist, a teacher, then a wife, and a mother.

Hugh Hefner, Playboy, cultural warfare, Alfred Kinsey - What affect did objectification of women and pornography in mainstream culture have on Christine's psyche,

sense of worth as a woman, and her art? Howard Stern, Dana Plato's death - The story of Christine's first pregnancy and reconnecting to God.

--{"Nick Heys -- That Hideous Strength - Part 3"}--

Nick and Melissa are matching again! Where did those beautiful scarves come from? - Judy! - What themes come up in C.S. Lewis' The Abolition of Man and how do they compliment those in That Hideous Strength? Thanks to all who are listening, reading along, and giving us good ideas.