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488 - Relics Explained: Why your dead body is still precious

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487 - Divine Patterns in The Life of Moses (Archive)

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486 - Encountering God in Stories (Archive)

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485 - Why Modernity Loves Prometheus

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484 - The Saint Who Killed an Emperor

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483 - R.R. Reno - The Return of the Strong Gods

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482 - The Sword of St. Michael

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481 - Dr. Diana Pasulka - The New Religion

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480 - Dr. Zac Porcu - The Pagan Gods Really Exist

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479 - The Horror of Getting What You Want - Obsession (2026)

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478 - Christian Roy - Technological Madness: The Logic of Domination

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477 - Louise Perry - How Progressivism Took Over Our Stories

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476 - Matt Rhodes - The World Before the Flood Reimagined

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475 - Jay Dyer - The Elites Are Doing Warfare on the Public

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474 - Josh Nadeau - The Return of a Christian Imagination

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473 - Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick - Paradise Is Already Breaking Into the World

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472 - Universal History: The Story Gets Stranger After the Flood

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471 - Martin Shaw - The Odyssey, the Underworld, and Resurrection

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470 - What Mockery of Masculinity Really Looks Like: Masters of the Universe VS The Odyssey

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469 - Luke Burgis - The One and the Many

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468 - Universal History: Rohlin vs Pageau: The Problems With Nolan’s Odyssey

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467 - Nolan’s The Odyssey Full Breakdown: The Post World War 2 Consensus Movie We Need

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466 - Malcolm Guite - Old Stories Know Secrets That We Have Forgotten

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465 - The Odyssey is Christopher Nolan's Trick

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464 - Logos Cinema: Orthodox films, TV shows, and documentaries - streaming now! Get a discount.

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463 - Universal History: What Was Noah's Ark Really?

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462 - Gregg Hurwitz - The Antihero Meets Christianity

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461 - Rachel Wilson - Feminism Is the Political Arm of Witchcraft

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460 - Dn. Seraphim Rohlin - Universal History: The Origin of the Nephilim

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459 - The Future Belongs to Humans (Ottawa talk)

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458 - What's at stake with The Odyssey (2026) by Christopher Nolan

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457 - Backrooms (2026): A Strange Return to Normal

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456 - Gavin Ortlund - Who Can Be Saved?

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455 - Disclosure Day: The Last Boomer Propaganda Movie

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454 - The Enemy Who Pretends to Be Your Friend

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453 - Seraphim Hamilton - Isaiah: The Fifth Gospel

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452 - Hillsdale talk - Mythological Thinking: The Crossroads of Psychology and Theology

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451 - Universal History: What Really Happened in Eden - Dcn. Seraphim Rohlin

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450 - An Exploration of Modern Dysfunction: What Pluribus is Actually About

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449 - Decapitation Symbolism: The Glory of Losing Your Head

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448 - Fr. Josiah Trenham - How to Integrate Faith, Family, and Nation

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447 - Annie Crawford - The Cosmic Alchemy of That Hideous Strength

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446 - Universal History: How Kabbalah Shaped America: the Land of the End

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445 - Understanding the Icons of Holy Week

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444 - "FATHER": A symbolic analysis of Kanye West’s song and music video

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443 - Kale Zelden - There’s Still Time to Read the Great Books

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442 - "Historical Accuracy" Can Miss the Point

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441 - Mary Harrington - Technology, AI, and Cultural Memory

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440 - Dr. Zachary Porcu - Journey to Reality: De-Secularize Your Life

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439 - Pavel Shchelin - Plutarch: Symbolism of History with Dcn. Seraphim Rohlin

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438 - Universal History: The American Religion: Making Way for Mormonism

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437 - Making Space for the Resurrection of Art (Makers and Mystics)

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436 - Reflections on the Void: negativity and difference in the Bible and contemporary thinking

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435 - The Song of Creation (Charleston talk)

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434 - Immigration and Tolerance: Christians Are Not Called to Be “Nice”

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433 - Symbolism Happens! The Mandela Effect Is Not a Glitch in the Matrix

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432 - Yelena Popovic - Moses the Black

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431 - Joshua Sturgill & Dcn Seraphim Rohlin - The Art of Imitating Heaven: Structure and Meaning in Ancient Cosmology

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430 - JP Marceau - The Mythology of Demographic Collapse

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429 - Martin Shaw - Longing and Mystery: The Quest for the Holy Grail

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428 - Why they want you to think Christmas is pagan

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427 - Dr. Iain McGilchrist - Artificial Intelligence, Possession, and Mental Illness

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426 - Andrew Gould - Monks and Pirates: Two Extremes that Explain the Rest of Us

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425 - The Cosmic Dance of Decorating a Christmas Tree

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424 - Universal History: The American Religion - with Dcn Seraphim Rohlin

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423 - Catholic Unscripted - Violence as the New Normal

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422 - Why Exaggeration Is Necessary in Storytelling

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421 - Deacon Seraphim (Richard) Rohlin - Recovering Our Heritage

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420 - How Free Will Actually Works

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419 - Trick or Treat: Halloween Symbolism in Little Red Riding Hood

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418 - The Symbolism of the Entire Divine Comedy in the First Canto

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417 - Three Things Christians Must Do to Rebuild Culture (Touchstone talk)

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416 - Tangled: The Triumph of Self-Realization

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415 - Charlie Kirk's Assassination: We have gone beyond the pale

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414 - Dcn. Seraphim Rohlin (Universal History) - American Folk Magic and Christianity: From the Reformation to Mormonism

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413 - Heidi White - The Divided Soul: Duty and Desire in Literature and Life

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412 - The Age of Self-Esteem

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411 - Dr. Michael Levin & Dr. John Vervaeke - Brave New Biology: Intelligence Trumps DNA

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410 - Fractals: The World Is Full of Meaning (Midwestuary talk)

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409 - The Strange Symbolism of K-Pop Demon Hunters: Shame, Attention, LGBT, Jung

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408 - Andrew Gould & Michael Diamant - Architecture: The Most Important Art

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407 - Heather Pollington - Rapunzel and the Evil Witch

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406 - Symbolism Explained: The Fundamental WWII Duality That Still Haunts Us Today

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405 - Fr. Josiah Trenham - Marriage: The Bedrock of Civilization

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404 - Fr. Stephen De Young - How to Read Extra-Biblical Texts Like Jubilees (and Why It Matters)

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403 - Why you might want to watch the new Superman movie

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402 - Universal History - Dcn. Seraphim Rohlin - The Spirits Beneath America: Fairies and Founding Fathers

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401 - Robin Hood: The Original Green Man (Nottingham talk)

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400 - A Dangerous Movie in the Best Way Possible

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399 - John Vervaeke - What Is Spirit?

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398 - The Time for Orthodox Art is NOW

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397 - Nicholas Reeves - What Is Music?

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396 - Seraphim Hamilton - Scripture: The Key to Reality

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395 - Beauty First: Envisioning a Civilization Worth Restoring (ARC Roundtable)

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394 - The World War II Consensus is Breaking Down

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393 - Wheels Within Wheels: The Universe as a Symbol

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392 - Richard Rohlin - Universal History: Symbols From the Edge of the World

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391 - The Controversy over "Christ is King"

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390 - Genesis: Symbolism in the Creation Story

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389 - Joe Allen - Transhumanism and the War Against Humanity