The Karl Schudt Show

The answer is yes. Why is this important? Christianity posits that happiness is possible for human beings, and that this happiness consists in a vision of God. If it is impossible, we can't be happy.

A post-election ramble about John Senior, the Rule of St. Benedict, and whether we can read Great Books at all.

We return to "The Restoration of Christian Culture," in which John Senior gives some concrete advice.

I talk about Chapter 2 of Senior's book, in which he lays out in more detail what he means by Christian culture, and how such a thing could be restored.

I read for you Chapter 1 of John Senior's gloriously poetic rant The Restoration of Christian Culture, and also announce the new Socrates Club I'm offering for you if you want to read the Great Books with me.

The answer is no, but yes, but only in a certain way. It's a deep and important question in the history of theology, and will prevent you from thinking you know things that you don't. Much more fun than it sounds!

I read most of the essay to you and comment about energy, technology, farming, computers, education, food, truth, beauty, and goodness. Irony: using my technology to bemoan the misuse of technology. Further irony: I mention in the episode that I will upload the video, but I forgot to press "record," so there's no video.

Is God perfect? Yes, of course. But what do we _mean_ when we say that? St. Thomas Aquinas is an exemplar of the careful thinking you need to do when you approach theological issues. Listen and find out why.

I read Robert Graves' forward to his book of The Greek Myths wherein he discusses his theories of centaurs, satyrs, Dionysus, Tlaloc, and mushrooms. It's just as fun as it sounds!

Karl explains to you younguns the proper way to keep track of websites that you like using an RSS aggregator. Then he takes you on a brief tour of his bookshelves, where he talks about learning Greek, GK Chesterton, Greg Judy, Larry Correia, and other oddities.