Best Janusz Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 90 - Natural suffering and Is God lying in the bible 1:23:59

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Show Notes Last episode we discussed apparently poor design within the Intelligent Design argument. It led into assessing whether the Fall is a good explanation for poor design and hence natural suffering. Here we discuss other explanations for a good and loving God making a world with natural suffering. In particular, we assess Sceptical Theism wh…

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Coming Home: A Short Meditation to Reconnect with Inner Stillness 14:33

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In this short guided meditation, Winston invites you to slow down, breathe deeply, and come home to yourself. Through gentle body awareness and a centering visualization, you’ll reconnect with your inner stillness—that quiet sanctuary within you that’s always present, no matter what’s happening in the world around you. Drawing on both Christian and…

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Episode 89 - Poor Design or the Fall? 1:26:14

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Show Notes In recent episodes we have discussed Design Arguments and Intelligent Design. Here we cover another chapter from the 50 Arguments for Faith book which explains the apparent suboptimal Design. It is interesting to see what reasons Intelligent Design proponents give. One suggestion is: "We must also remember that the world we are observing…

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Introducing The Sacred Thread 17:05

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Welcome to the first episode of The Sacred Thread Podcast. In this intro, I share my personal story, the vision behind the show, and the deeper questions we’ll explore together—around spirituality, psychology, mindfulness, and meaning. Follow me on Substack: winstonjanusz.substack.com Instagram: @sacred_thread87…

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Episode 88 - Sky Dive Phil and the Science of Fine Tuning 1:31:15

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Show Notes We looked at Design Arguments in our Episodes 82 & 85 but avoided diving deep into Fine Tuning, waiting for our discussion with Phil. It was worth it! We covered questions such as what are the actual physical observations which we call Fine Tuning? What are the main explanations for the observations that cosmologists/physicists generally…

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Episode 87 - Behind the Gospels with John Nelson 1:24:02

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Show Notes We welcome again our great friend John Nelson as our guest. John has started an excellent academic blog, “Behind the Gospels”, which we discuss at length. We cover individual issues that John has covered, especially whether Matthew the disciple was the author of Matthews Gospel. We couldn’t hold back from asking about some hot topics, su…

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Episode 86 - Thinking about Heaven with guest Jim Paul 1:35:51

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Show Notes We welcome a new guest Jim Paul, a Christian thinker from the UK L’Abri community. He introduces us to a view of Heaven which is in contrast to the familiar ethereal heaven in our culture. The familiar view is centuries old with its fluffy clouds and plump babies with wings, but it is a corruption of the Bible’s view, which is more earth…

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Episode 85 -Design Arguments Part2 1:15:40

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Design Arguments Part 2 Show Notes In episode 82 we started our discussion on Design Arguments and got up to the start of the 19thC. Later in that century the argument was turned on its head by Darwin and his Origin of Species. We discuss this and move on to modern creationism (a little) and Intelligent Design (a lot), selecting by our design – not…

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Episode 84 - Flat Earth Update and a Jesus Mosaic 1:27:39

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Show Notes We start from an informative update on the Flat Earth movement. Their model for the earth usually includes a wall of ice round the rim – Anarctica, that implies the 24 hour sunshine in the Anarctica summer is impossible and their claims often include that it does not occur. So what happens when a group of prominent Flat Earth advocates a…

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Episode 83 - Dickens and “A Christmas Carol 1:13:56

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Show Notes We start with the recent UK Parliament decision in favour of assisted dying and the religion and secular division that it brought out. Then we enjoy discussing Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at length. There’s a debate among academics on whether it is a fully secular story, or if it is a Christian allegory. We wade in. The question o…

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Episode 82 - Yes Jesus Died and Design Arguments Part 1 1:24:07

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Show Notes We start with the next chapter selected by the randomiser in our 50 Arguments for God book. “Can We Be Certain That Jesus Died on a Cross? A Look at the Ancient Practice of Crucifixion” We agree that the answer is Yes, and enjoy ourselves on the way. Then we move on to another random chapter which is on how our planet is ideal for doing …

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Episode 81 - St Kilda, Isolation and Religion – Part 2 Religion poisons everything? 1:01:13

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Show Notes Ed continues relating the history of the remote isolated Scottish island of St Kilda and its amazing community. We had finished Part 1 at about 1700 AD with a kind of Utopia and a gentle folksy religion. Here we discuss its decline (our take) into a harsh, puritan, rule-bound and Calvinist kind of religion. And we ask how it could have h…

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Season 1 Wrap-Up: Keep Learning While We’re on a Break 1:44

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🎉 Season 1 of the Super Easy Polish Podcast Has Wrapped Up! 🎉 We’ve reached the end of Season 1, and what an amazing journey it’s been! Over the course of 13 episodes, we introduced you to essential Polish vocabulary, practical phrases, and fun characters to kickstart your language learning adventure. Now, we’re taking a short break to gather feedb…

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Episode 80 - St Kilda, Isolation and Religion - Part 1 Utopia?mp3 1:07:50

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Show Notes Ed shares from his longstanding interest in the remote isolated Scottish island of St Kilda and its amazing community that survived for 1000s of years up to 1930. In part 1 we cover its geography, community structure and social conditions, and then its religious history finishing around 1700 which was when outsiders began worrying about …

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13: Rutyna? Nie znam takiego słowa! 11:29

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In this episode you will learn how to talk about everyday activities in Polish. W tym odcinku nauczysz się, jak opowiadać po polsku o swoich codziennych czynnościach. Transcript & Vocab Helper Our members get access to an interactive Transcript Player and a Vocab Helper for our podcast, so they can more make the best out of this content in their le…

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12: Czym się interesujesz? 10:39

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In this episode you will learn how to talka about your hobbies and interests in Polish. W tym odcinku nauczysz się, jak opowiadać po polsku o swoich zainteresowaniach. Transcript & Vocab Helper Our members get access to an interactive Transcript Player and a Vocab Helper for our podcast, so they can more make the best out of this content in their l…

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11: No to jaki on jest?! 9:25

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In this episode you will learn how to describe physical appearance and personality in Polish. W tym odcinku nauczysz się, jak opisać wygląd i charakter po polsku. Transcript & Vocab Helper Our members get access to an interactive Transcript Player and a Vocab Helper for our podcast, so they can more make the best out of this content in their learni…

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10: Mama, tata, siostra i pies 8:36

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In this episode you will learn names of family members in Polish. W tym odcinku nauczysz się jak nazywać członków rodziny po polsku. Transcript & Vocab Helper Our members get access to an interactive Transcript Player and a Vocab Helper for our podcast, so they can more make the best out of this content in their learning process. Go to: easypolish.…

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9: To kiedy ta impreza urodzinowa? 8:18

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In this episode, you’ll hear a few examples of situations when we need to indicate a date. W tym odcinku usłyszysz klika przykładów sytuacji, w których podajemy daty. Transcript & Vocab Helper Our members get access to an interactive Transcript Player and a Vocab Helper for our podcast, so they can more make the best out of this content in their le…

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Episode 79 - A deep dive into Daniel’s 70 Weeks prophecy 1:30:17

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Show Notes We covered the book of Daniel in episode 44 explaining it’s likely ‘forgery’ status and we briefly discussed his 70 Weeks prophecy in that episode. Here Andrew leads us into a deep dive, plunging the murky waters. Indeed, studying the prophecy has been called a ‘dismal swamp’. We discuss how all approaches, apologetic or scholarly, lead …

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8: Pracujemy w ten weekend? Jak to?! 8:41

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In this episode you will learn names for days of the week in Polish. W tym odcinku nauczysz się nazw dni tygodnia po polsku. Transcript & Vocab Helper Our members get access to an interactive Transcript Player and a Vocab Helper for our podcast, so they can more make the best out of this content in their learning process. Go to: easypolish.org/memb…

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7: Który miesiąc rymuje się z “buty”? 8:23

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In this episode you will learn names of the months in Polish. W tym odcinku nauczysz się nazw miesięcy w języku polskim. Transcript & Vocab Helper Our members get access to an interactive Transcript Player and a Vocab Helper for our podcast, so they can more make the best out of this content in their learning process. Go to: easypolish.org/membersh…

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6: Podasz mi swój numer? 12:31

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In this episode, you will learn Polish numbers from 0 to 10 and a few situations in which you can use them. W tym odcinku poznasz liczebniki od 0 do 10 i kilka sytuacji, w których możesz ich użyć. Transcript & Vocab Helper Our members get access to an interactive Transcript Player and a Vocab Helper for our podcast, so they can more make the best o…

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5: Co nowego? 6:36

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In this episode, you will learn how to ask other people how they’re doing, and how to answer this type of questions. W tym odcinku nauczysz się, jak pytać innych o samopoczucie i jak odpowiadać na takie pytania. Transcript & Vocab Helper Our members get access to an interactive Transcript Player and a Vocab Helper for our podcast, so they can more …

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4: Jestem nauczycielką, a Ty? 7:51

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In this episode you will learn how to introduce and say a few words about yourself. W tym odcinku nauczysz się, jak się przedstawić i powiedzieć kilka słów o sobie. Transcript & Vocab Helper Our members get access to an interactive Transcript Player and a Vocab Helper for our podcast, so they can more make the best out of this content in their lear…

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Episode 78 - The McGrewvianism Phenomenon – Part 2 1:27:40

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Show Notes In Part 1, friends of the show John Nelson and Josh Parikh returned as guests and discussed “McGrewvianism”, which is the apologetic approach of partners Tim & Lydia McGrew. Their critiques of McGrewvianism centred largely in lack of engagement in the last 150 years of scholarship into the New Testament documents and they related this ex…

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Steven Raichlen’s ‘Beer Can Chicken’ and our favorite interviews 49:00

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Get your grill ready and crack open a cold one. We’re talkin’ about beer can chicken with PBS host and James Beard Award-winning cookbook author Steven Raichlen. The host of Project Smoke, Project Fire, and Planet Barbeque on PBS, talks about his latest book, Beer-Can Chicken. Steven shares tips for imparting both a subtle or more pronounced beer f…

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3: Przepraszam, nie mówię dobrze po polsku. 6:21

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In this episode you’ll learn a few phrases that will help you if you don’t speak Polish very well yet. W tym odcinku poznasz zwroty, które pomogą Ci, jeśli nie mówisz jeszcze zbyt dobrze po polsku. Transcript & Vocab Helper Our members get access to an interactive Transcript Player and a Vocab Helper for our podcast, so they can more make the best …

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2: Do zobaczenia, trzymaj się! 5:24

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In this episode you’ll learn how to see goodbye in Polish in formal and informal situations. W tym odcinku nauczysz się, jak pożegnać się po polsku w oficjalnych i nieoficjalnych sytuacjach. Transcript & Vocab Helper Our members get access to an interactive Transcript Player and a Vocab Helper for our podcast, so they can more make the best out of …

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1: Cześć! Miło Cię poznać. 6:13

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In this episode, you will learn how to greet other people in Polish, in formal and informal situations. W tym odcinku nauczysz się, jak się przywitać po polsku w oficjalnych i nieoficjalnych sytuacjach. Transcript & Vocab Helper Our members get access to an interactive Transcript Player and a Vocab Helper for our podcast, so they can more make the …

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Welcome to the Super Easy Polish Podcast for Beginners 2:25

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We’re launching the Super Easy Polish Podcast for Beginners, providing listening practice for those starting to learn Polish from scratch! In the podcast, you’ll hear everyday simple dialogues between Aga, Justyna, Dawid, and Janusz, covering A1-level vocabulary. Our podcast is available for free on all major podcast apps (e.g., Apple Podcasts, Poc…

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Seasoned celebrates Pride 54:28

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We’re celebrating a few things at The Port of Call with chef Renee Touponce and bar manager and mixologist, Jade Ayala: Pride Month, a second James Beard Award nomination for Renee and Renee's birthday. We’re also gonna eat. . .and dance along with the Sea Queens during a drag performance at The Port of Call. It’s a fundraiser for the Human Rights …

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Recipes and stories from The Great British Baking Show's Janusz Domagala 42:25

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Janusz Domagala is one of your favorite bakers from The Great British Bake Off, or The Great British Baking Show, as it’s known here in the U.S. We were cheering for him right through to the semi-finals of Season 13 in 2022. This hour, Janusz talks about his debut cookbook, Baking with Pride. Plus, he describes the joy of baking in the Bake Off ten…

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Episode 77 - Doubts Aloud Book Club Tom Holland’s Dominion – Part 2 1:26:05

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Show Notes We return to our “Doubts Aloud Book Club” with a second episode on Tom Holland’s book ‘Dominion’ which has caused quite a stir in Christian apologetics circles over the last few years. We cover some of the critical responses, including ours. But most importantly we sought out responses from historians. Tom makes a bold and interesting se…

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Chrissy Tracey’s debut cookbook, plus The Chicken Chick, Kathy Shea Mormino 51:28

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Vegan chef Chrissy Tracey sits down with producer Tagan Engel to talk about the basics of foraging and how to incorporate wild plants and mushrooms into delicious meals. They discuss recipes for "lobster" rolls, Chrissy's riff on strawberry Pop Tarts, bagel sandwiches with carrot lox, and herby drinks from Chrissy's debut book, Forage & Feast. Plus…

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Priya Krishna, plus a gardening crash course and fresh food in Hartford 52:24

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We begin the show by talking with (pinch us!) food writer and reporter Priya Krishna of the New York Times. She shares some of the stories behind her new book, Priya’s Kitchen Adventures. It’s a cookbook for kids! And, Priya talks about some of her most meaningful reporting for the Times to date: her video series On the Job, where she shines a ligh…

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DA - Episode 76 - The McGrewvianism Phenomenon with Josh & John – Part 1 1:28:36

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Show Notes Friends of the show John Nelson and Josh Parikh return as guests together. They introduce Josh’s new term to the world: McGrewvianism, which is the apologetic approach of partners Tim & Lydia McGrew. They are scholars in their own fields but do not use the methods of modern NT scholarship when arguing for the historical reliability of th…

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The scoop on Connecticut’s best local ice cream shops 46:08

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This hour, we get the scoop on some of the state’s best ice cream shops from two people devoted to local ice cream. We talk with Craig Behun, the ice cream lover behind the Instagram @cticecreamtour and Shahan Kukreja of Micro Creamery. Since 2015, Craig’s been posting about his adventures trying ice cream shops all over the state. And Shahan takes…

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Seasoned celebrates Earth Day with a farmer, cook and beekeeper 50:33

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Organic horticulturist and farmer, Renée Giroux, of Earth’s Palate Farm in Warren talks about her approach to organic farming, Korean natural farming and Shumei farming, and shares her experiences as a young farmer working with Sal Gilberte of Gilbertie's Organics and the late chef, David Bouley in New York. Renée also explains the role small famil…

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Episode 75 - Doubts Aloud Book Club: Tom Holland’s Dominion – Part 1 1:28:40

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Show Notes Tom Holland’s book ‘Dominion’ has caused quite a stir in Christian apologetics circles over the last few years and we’ve been reading it. We also attended a church leader’s evening where he was the speaker. So we thought we would start a “Doubts Aloud Book Club” with Dominion the first book covered.We introduce Tom, his current faith pos…

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Seasoned celebrates National Library Week 49:00

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This week on Seasoned, we’re talking with people connected to our state’s libraries who mix their work with a passion for food, drink and community. The downtown branch of the Hartford Public Library may be closed for renovations, but that hasn’t stopped Andréa Hawkins and Doug Barber from opening up a coffee shop on the light-filled first floor of…

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Seasoned heads to the forest for local maple syrup 49:00

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It’s maple syrup season! We visit The Independent Day School in Middlefield where students learn the art and science of maple syrup-making starting in kindergarten. Science teacher Xander Lowry is our guide as we tap trees, gather sap, split wood and make syrup with local students. Students in third, fifth and eighth grades describe what they love …

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Episode 74 - The age of the earth with Rev Michael Roberts 1:14:58

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Show Notes We are excited to have guest Rev Michael Roberts with us, he’s an Oxford geologist who subsequently became an Anglican vicar. He is extremely knowledgeable on the history of geology and the age of the earth in science, Christian academic thought, theology and the modern Young Earth movement. Did you know that Darwin was a geologist at th…

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Local food influencers on their impact, social media, and their communities 49:00

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This week on Seasoned, we talk with content creators in the food space. Kat Ashmore is the chef (and "Hungry Lady") behind Kat Can Cook on Instagram and TikTok. We’ll talk with her about her first cookbook, just out! Big Bites: Wholesome, Comforting Recipes That Are Big on Flavor, Nourishment, and Fun. And if you're a #ctfoodie, you likely follow D…

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How to savor chocolate, plus bars you can feel good about buying 57:30

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This week on Seasoned, we’re spending the hour talking about—and tasting—chocolate. We'll get a history lesson and follow cacao's journey from a bitter drink for wealthy Aztecs to the delicious thing it is today. Plus, if you care about where your food comes from and how it impacts the people who grow and harvest it, as well as the planet, we're re…

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Episode 73 Presuppositional Apologetics Part 2 1:15:49

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Show Notes his month we return to that different form of Apologetics - Presuppositional Apologetics. Please see Part 1 - Episode 70 - where we gave a more social and historical background to it. Here we look at the basic argument made: the Transcendental Argument for God, “TAG”. We set it out and discuss implications and objections to it. Links:The…

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The art of dining alone 50:40

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We all have different opinions on dining alone. Some people relish the experience. Others would rather eat a bowl of bees than feel vulnerable at a table for one. . .perhaps thinking to themselves - are people judging me? This hour, producer Katrice Claudio reflects on solo dining and how it can actually be a way to connect — with yourself, and oth…

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Seasoned explores olive oil, plus chef JJ Johnson’s ‘The Simple Art of Rice’ 56:58

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Olive oil is a thing of beauty—and essential in so much of our cooking. Olive oil sommelier Tassos Kyriakides teaches us how to better appreciate olive oil – both for its flavor and its health and ecological benefits. And, producer Meg Dalton reports on one Connecticut organization using Palestinian olive oil to educate the community about the regi…

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Episode 72 - Evangelicals and Zionism – How Did we Get Here? 1:24:41

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Show Notes We deal with the current conflict in Israel and Gaza by looking at the influence of religion, in the minds of the Israeli leaders & the settlers taking land in the West Bank and also in the minds of the Evangelical Zionist backers in the UK and US. The UK evangelical influence is more of historical interest but the US is very current and…

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Local voices: Highlights from our favorite Seasoned conversations of 2023 49:00

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Before we go full-speed ahead on 2024, this week on Seasoned, we’re listening back to some of our favorite conversations of 2023. You'll hear moments from our episode celebrating local restaurants that have stood the test of time, an Indigenous chef who made James Beard Award history, chefs we’re cheering for (always!) and people supporting their c…