Najlepsze podcasty z kategorii: Bufnagle (2024)

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Ep 208: "Beauty. Magic. A fairy tale." — Part 3 of Summer School 2024 Recap 32:32

3d ago32:32

32:32

With Harry on hiatus, Rafe describes the third part of his 8-week summer school: an old castle, more crafts, wonderful desserts, pink sandstone, store fronts, parking lots, a Disney ending to 16 days in Barr, and a foreshadowing of more Joy coming in Belgium in Part 4... Link to La Table Ronde de l'Architecture website: here. Link to French newspap…

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Ep 207: Blood, Shakespeare, and Johnny Mathis 30:09

10d ago30:09

30:09

Taking a break from the summer school recaps, Rafe goes solo and recounts a recent adventure he had while giving blood, tying in revenge and mercy from Shakespeare and one of the great love songs of all time, and getting a t-shirt and cookies for his efforts. As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry all the expenses of r…

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Ep 206: "I am at peace" — Part 2 of Summer School 2024 Recap 42:19

17d ago42:19

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Rafe describes to Harry the second part of his 8-week summer school, in particular, a trip to the Strasburg cathedral and meeting craftsmen in Alsace. Discussion of church literacy, coffee shops and pubs, odd temperature scales, limestone, stone carving, woodworking, clay tiles, and much more follows as the Buf continues in telling the summer schoo…

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Ep 205: "I fell in love with Barr" — Part 1 of Summer School 2024 Recap 42:04

24d ago42:04

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Rafe describes to Harry the first part of his 8-week summer school, in particular, the first part of the course in Barr, Alsace, France. Discussion of vernacular architecture, storks, arches, Barr's "Golden Book", the metric system, and much more follows as the Buf begins to make a dent in telling the summer school tale. Link to La Table Ronde de l…

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Ep 204: Covid-24, Fiber Optics, and Summer School — A Rambling Conversation About Upcoming Topics 19:54

1M ago19:54

19:54

Harry and Rafe get back together to discuss how things have been for the last eight weeks. What follows is a typical Buf conversation about where the show will be headed for the next couple of weeks. Shenanigans abound, of course. As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry all the expenses of running this podcast. As such,…

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Ep 203: "Be the Creed" — A Conversation with Catholic Manhood's Nick Sledge 40:15

2M ago40:15

40:15

Harry hosts Nick Sledge, founder of the Catholic Manhood social media site. Think of it as two young redneck fathers discussing Aristotle, Aquinas, architecture, and working to help get their families to heaven. Nick Sledge can be found at: https://x.com/bethecreed https://www.instagram.com/catholic.manhood/ https://catholicmanhood.substack.com As …

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Ep 202: Great Cathedrals — What Are Their Bells Calling Us To Do? 20:16

2M ago20:16

20:16

Rafe goes solo from a secret remote location (and apologizes for the sound quality) and discusses the grand cathedral in Strasbourg, its square, its facade, its masses, and its restaurants. Are we building things today that will cause generations a thousand years from now to gather and bask in their glory? As you know, this is an independent podcas…

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Ep 201: Two Hundred Episodes — A Look Back on Another Century Mark 31:26

2M ago31:26

31:26

With at least 200 episodes now produced, the Buf team looks back on their favorite episodes of the last 100, what they each have learned, and how it has helped shape their understanding of a consistent world view. As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry all the expenses of running this podcast. As such, some of you have…

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Ep 200: Light Part 5 — Consequences of Special Relativity 42:17

2M ago42:17

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Harry and Rafe conclude the discussion around coming to understand the nature of light. In this episode they discuss some of the consequences of Einstein's Special Relativity and, in particular, how it implies that a clock moving very very fast appears, to a stationary observer, to be running slow. As you know, this is an independent podcast so you…

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Ep 199: Bringing Enchantment and Delight Into Your Everyday Life 39:07

2M ago39:07

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Rafe quotes a recent twitter post about how to re-enchant the world, starting with simple things like elegant dinner parties. Harry joins in to discuss ways to bring about more Truth, Beauty, and Goodness to what you do on a daily basis by fully embracing enchantment and delight. As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry …

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Ep 198: On Light, Part 4 — Einstein's Special Relativity 36:13

3M ago36:13

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Harry and Rafe continue the discussion around coming to understand the nature of light. In this episode they discuss the concepts of Einstein's Special Relativity, the basic concept that ALL laws of physics must be consistent in any inertial reference frame. The outcome of this statement is that the measurement of the speed of light (c=3x10^8 m/s) …

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Ep 197: Independence Day — Are Sparklers Really That Hot??? 35:02

3M ago35:02

35:02

Rafe surprises Harry with an ad lib topic: let's talk about Independence Day. While the conversation could have been a scripted lesson in the history of the holiday and the American founding, instead the hosts meander through a broad range of topics, all inspired by the July 4th Independence Day holiday in the USA. Along the way, the Bufnaglers dis…

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Ep 196: Sin, Expiation, Theodicy, and Much, Much More — A Conversation with Fr. Elliot Zak 49:03

3M ago49:03

49:03

Harry and Rafe roll out a warm welcome to Fr. Elliot Zak, Associate Pastor at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Carmel, IN. Displaying remarkable poise under the intensely complicated theological questions posed by our hosts, Fr. Zak walks them through a classic Bufnaglian wandering of topics, from sacraments in the age of telecommunication, to the perfe…

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Ep 195: On Light, Part 3 — Waves, Interference, Maxwell's Equations, and Maxwell's Donuts 35:13

3M ago35:13

35:13

Harry and Rafe continue the discussion around coming to understand the nature of light. In this episode they discuss the properties of waves (interferences and such) and how the nature of light is like the nature of sound except for the fact that light waves seem to be able to travel without any medium to support them. In the end, our friend Albert…

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Ep 194: Two Days of Big Rockets — America's Favorite Rocket Scientist™ Talks About Two Notable Launches Last Week 45:38

4M ago45:38

45:38

Rafe is joined by Big Brain Smart Head™ Bob Luzenski, America's Favorite Rocket Scientist™, to discuss recent launches of SpaceX' Starship Superheavy and Boeing's Starliner, just one day apart. A review of the flights and what went wrong and what went right ensues; the team is joined late by Harry who dropped by unexpectedly; Rafe goes off on a tan…

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Ep 193: A Very Special Guest Returns to Discuss Men's Mental Health Awareness Month 43:06

4M ago43:06

43:06

Big Brain Smart Head™ and past co-host Zach Donahue returns to the show (he was never really gone) to discuss the state of men's mental health and strategies to help you get to where you need to go. More Zach can be found at his substack at https://zachdonahue.substack.com or you can reach him by email at zach@zachdonahue.com. As you know, this is …

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Ep 192: On Light, Part 2 — Toothed Wheels, Spinning Mirrors, and Meeting the President 38:03

4M ago38:03

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Harry and Rafe continue the discussion around coming to understand the nature of light. In this episode they discuss Fizeau, Foucault, and Michelson and how they used the technologies of the 18th and 19th centuries to zero in on the universal speed limit. Along the way we run into some characters we have seen before and stumble across some serendip…

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Ep 191: On Light, Part 1: Measuring Light Speed — How Do They Actually Do That? 37:47

4M ago37:47

37:47

Harry and Rafe present the first part of a series on the the speed of light and special relativity. In this episode, they discuss basic Galilean relativity and discuss how the speed of light was actually measured prior to the year 1700 using eclipses of the moons of Jupiter. As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry all t…

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Ep 190: Bees, Bees, Bees! 38:58

5M ago38:58

38:58

Harry and Rafe welcome Big Brain Smart Head™ Matthew Donahue, a current PhD student studying one of the Buf's favorite insect friends: bees! Matthew holds up supremely well under the heat of unrelenting questioning at the Buf and educates our hosts on all sorts of bee things. Remember to buy local honey!!! As you know, this is an independent podcas…

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Ep 189: Acronyms, Army, and Architecture — The Buf Takes Listener Questions 41:09

5M ago41:09

41:09

Harry and Rafe respond to some listener questions about the Buf in general, about Harry's time in the army, and about why Rafe is going to Europe this summer. As usual it probably turns out exactly as you might imagine, which means it's not going to be what you think. As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry all the expe…

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Ep 188: The Rocket Equation and CubeSats — A Lesson in Putting Things Into Orbit (and not trusting the interwebs, AI, and other such things...) 38:38

5M ago38:38

38:38

A simple observation from a photo on the interwebs leads to a question, and then lots of Bufnagely discussion, about space and orbits and rockets and garage projects, marketing, and much, much more! Harry and Rafe are joined by not one but TWO (!) Big Brain Smart Heads™: Bob Luzenski, America's Favorite Rocket Scientist™, and Dr Brian Donahue, Amer…

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Ep 187: The Joy of Summer School — And a Big Announcement! 41:19

5M ago41:19

41:19

Harry and Rafe discuss summer school and other summer activities and finish with a big announcement from Rafe about this coming summer and what it means to the Buf! As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry all the expenses of running this podcast. As such, some of you have asked how you can help out. Well, here's the ans…

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Ep 186: Bounded and Right-sized — Doing Your Job to Save the World 16:32

5M ago16:32

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Rafe tackles the question of how to save the world using a little help from from a four-year-old with a wagon full of rocks. As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry all the expenses of running this podcast. As such, some of you have asked how you can help out. Well, here's the answer: support us on Buy Me a Coffee: http…

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Ep 185: Eclipse 2024 Retrospective 43:51

6M ago43:51

43:51

Rafe talks to Bob Luzenski, America's Favorite Rocket Scientist™, and Dr Brian Donahue, a Time Traveling Ham Radio Anesthesiologist™, about the total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 as viewed from Bufnagle Global Headquarters in Westfield, IN. As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry all the expenses of running this podca…

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Ep 184: Bufnagle Unscripted — Working Out Ways to Fulfill Duties to Others and Yourself 39:26

6M ago39:26

39:26

Harry and Rafe work through a rare unscripted episode based loosely around the question of "How do you do what you need to do for yourself while also doing what you need to do for others?" What results is a random walk through a plethora of topics including, but not limited to, eclipses, celestial transits, the transitivity of transitivity, show pr…

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Ep 183: Springtime Shenanigans— All Sorts of Ways that Cultures Celebrate Spring 33:00

6M ago33:00

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Rafe does a solo episode that ties together all sorts of Springtime shenanigans from colored dust to "seven sins" to evading the Angel of Death to announcing the arrival of Truth Incarnate and lots in-between. Join us to celebrate Spring! As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry all the expenses of running this podcast. …

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Ep 182: Big Rockets, Loose Screwdrivers, Pez Dispensers, and Mice — A Discussion of SpaceX' Starship Third Launch Test 42:45

6M ago42:45

42:45

The Buf is honored to again be joined by Bob Luzenski, America's Favorite Rocket Scientist™, to discuss all the fun things that happened surrounding the March 14th test launch of SpaceX' Starship. Bob leads Rafe through all the interesting things that happened last week surrounding Starship and occasionally entertains with interesting side notes ar…

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Ep 181: Wind and Water and Springtime — God Makes All Things New 33:50

7M ago33:50

33:50

Rafe and Harry look at wind and water and how these fundamental elements are used by God to make new things. Take a deeper look at the Genesis creation story, Noah's ark (How many animals did he take onto the ark?), Moses, and other stories to see the roles of water and wind, and learn how to see that He who "makes all things new" does this for you…

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Ep 180: "The 2024 Paris Olympic Farmers’ Market and Craft Show!" — Bufnagle European Trip Report, Part 3 43:49

7M ago43:49

43:49

Harry hosts Rafe's discussion of a trip to Paris. Along the way, we learn about Haussman's Paris, Notre Dame, Eglise St Etienne du Mont (and Owen Wilson!), Eiffel's Tower, US monuments in Paris, the Arc de Triomphe, the Avenue des Champs-Elysees, the Louvre, and much much more! Like the entire trip to Europe, the best part was the warm and hospitab…

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Ep 179: Bufnagle European Trip Report, Part 2 — A Weekend Train Trip to Assisi 46:13

7M ago46:13

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Harry hosts Rafe's discussion of a weekend train trip to the town of Assisi, birthplace and final resting place of St. Francis of Assisi. Rafe tells stories of train travel, the life and times of St. Francis and the circuitous route to his final resting place, the quaint and cozy town of Assisi in January, a castle on the hill above the town protec…

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Ep 178: Fairy Tale Princesses, Christmas Ghosts, Jane Eyre, and Stepping Outside the Narrative — A Most Delightful Conversation with Author and Podcaster Faith Moore 49:00

7M ago49:00

49:00

The Buf team welcomes Big Brain Smart Head™ author, editor, podcaster, commentator, wife, and stay-at-home mom Faith Moore to the show to discuss her books and podcast. Faith discusses her book "Saving Cinderella — What Feminists Get Wrong About Disney Princesses And How To Set It Right", a scholarly look into a consistent and helpful way to unders…

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Ep 177: More Rockets and Eclipse Updates with America's Favorite Rocket Scientist™ 48:51

8M ago48:51

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The Buf team is joined by Big Brain Smart Head™ and America's Favorite Rocket Scientist™ Bob Luzenski to discuss, of course, big rockets and the upcoming April 8th total solar eclipse. Bob and the team discuss new information surrounding the Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly of Starship on November 18, 2023 and upcoming plans, hurdles, and whatnot for …

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Ep 176: Bufnagle European Trip Report, Part 1 — Florence's Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore 42:41

8M ago42:41

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Harry hosts Rafe's discussion of a visit to Florence, Italy and a tour of the First Church of the Renaissance, Florence's Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. Rafe tells the story of his tour of the Cathedral's massive dome and all the fun things found there inside, including spiraling secret passageways, Dante's Inferno, a wonderful ancient clock w…

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Ep 175: Hope and Despair — What Exactly Goes Into Models for Predicting Sports Outcomes? 29:02

8M ago29:02

29:02

Rafe goes solo, discussing wagering on sports situations, namely the NCAA tournament and going for 2 and going for it on fourth down in football. After some considerations he concludes that the things we really need in sports betting models are Hope and Despair, two of the many things that the we cannot measure and that the materialists refuse to e…

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Ep 174: "A Small Plot for a Free Man" — Reprising Some Ideas About Artificial Intelligence and Samwise Gamgee (and some other things!) 33:08

8M ago33:08

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The Buf team takes a little time to reprise some of the AI and Lord of the Rings topics from the last couple of weeks. As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry all the expenses of running this podcast. As such, some of you have asked how you can help out. Well, here's the answer: support us on Buy Me a Coffee: https://bu…

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Ep 173: Dumb and Dumber — A Story About the Current Status of Artificial Intelligence 47:52

9M ago47:52

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Rafe and Harry relate a story of a conversation with an AI bot and come to the general conclusion that we've got some time before artificial intelligence takes over the world. As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry all the expenses of running this podcast. As such, some of you have asked how you can help out. Well, her…

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Ep 172: Boromir's Death — Confession, Death, Last Rites and Such Things in Lord of the Rings 34:58

9M ago34:58

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Harry leads a discussion of Boromir's death in Lord of the Rings and notes the allegory it provides to understand sin and reconciliation and last rites. Boromir becomes enticed by the power of The Ring and his focus away from his Good leads to Sin. He recognizes his straying from the path, shows remorse, confesses and does penance and is reconciled…

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Ep 171: Bufnagle Classic Re-drop: Christmas Special 2020 — Christmas Movies and Change of Perspective with No Change in Circumstance 25:26

9M ago25:26

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In this re-drop of a classic episode from Christmas 2020, Zach and Rafe, joined by Big Brain Smart Head™ guests Olivia and Chris DeCleene, discuss Christmas movies and what makes them unique. Discussion of some of the classics (and some you might not have thought of!) follows as we come to see that Christmas is about the ultimate change in perspect…

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Ep 170: Butter Curling, Beauty, and Joy — A Christmas Conversation with Big Brain Smart Head™ Ginny Horan 44:38

9M ago44:38

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Rafe is joined by a returning Big Brain Smart Head™ guest, the always-delightful Ginny Horan. What follows is a meandering conversation centered on Christmas, sprinkled generously with Joy, Goodness, Beauty, and Hope. Always live excellently, as your actions will ripple through time and impact people in ways you never could imagine. This episode is…

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Ep 169: "A nobody, a small rope, a tiny ladder" — Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe Change the World 36:20

10M ago36:20

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Harry and Rafe discuss the appearance of the Virgin Mary to Juan Diego in 1531. A decade after the fall of the Aztec empire, Diego, a peasant convert in present-day Mexico, is visited four times by the appearance of the Virgin Mary, who tells him to ask the bishop to build a church on Tepeyac Hill in her honor. When pressed for evidence, Our Lady a…

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Ep 168: "Peering Out of Tiny Eyes" — New Baby Siblings, Cousins, Parenting, and Virtue (of course!) 36:58

10M ago36:58

36:58

Harry and Rafe discuss the arrival of siblings and their impact on older children, songs by Elton John, parenting, role modeling, poems by Cecil B. Alexander, virtue, and other such things. This episode is kindly sponsored by BlendJet. Use our special link ("bufnagle") to save 12% at blendjet.com. The discount will be applied at checkout! As you kn…

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Ep 167: Columbus, Part 4 — The Final Voyages and the International Race to See What's Really Out There 29:24

10M ago29:24

29:24

Harry and Rafe finish the story of Columbus and his travels to the New World. Columbus struggles to keep control of the colony in the (West) Indies and also struggles to keep control of his reputation and name. The New World is becoming bigger and bigger and looking less and less like The East with every voyage someone, be it Columbus or the Portug…

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Ep 166: Bufnagle Classic Re-drop: The Pilgrims, Part 3 — Alliance, Divine Providence, and Thanksgiving 43:57

10M ago43:57

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In this re-drop of a classic episode from late 2022, Harry and Rafe discuss this final third part of our series on the Pilgrims, covering interactions with the Native Americans, an alliance with Massasoit and the Pokanokets and the consequences of that treaty. Nathaniel Philbrick's book Mayflower is the basis for these episodes and provides generou…

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Ep 165: Bufnagle Classic Re-drop: The Pilgrims, Part 2 — Massasoit and the Situation in New England on Arrival 39:06

10M ago39:06

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In this re-drop of a classic episode from late 2022, Harry and Rafe take up where they left off in Episode 164: the Pilgrims have arrived at Cape Cod, but what awaited them? The North American landscape was anything but a blank slate. Countless local tribes were living on the continent and with them were their cultures, their customs, and their pol…

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Ep 164: Bufnagle Classic Re-drop: The Pilgrims, Part 1 — An Incredible Journey Toward Building a New World 48:53

10M ago48:53

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In this re-drop of a classic episode from late 2022, Rafe is joined by Harry to discuss the first part of Nathaniel Philbrick's book Mayflower and the story of the Pilgrims and how they came to America. Starting as English puritans in Holland, the Pilgrims decide to pick up and move to America. This episode tracks the incredible travel from Leiden …

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Ep 163: Starship — What Did We Learn During November 18's Flight of SpaceX's Starship Super Heavy? 46:09

10M ago46:09

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Rafe is joined by Big Brain Smart Head™ and America's Favorite Rocket Scientist™ Bob Luzenski to discuss the November 18 launch of SpaceX's Starship Super Heavy. Bob walks us through the launch and short flight of both the booster Super Heavy (the first stage) and the spacecraft Starship (the second stage) during their less-than-ten-minutes flight.…

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Ep 162: Cinnamon Rolls, Saints, And The Prodigal Son — Who Are The Examples For Your Kids? 36:09

11M ago36:09

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Harry and Rafe discuss role models (not ROLL models) and the examples we put in front of our kids and in front of ourselves. If our wish for our children is for them to get to heaven, who should their role models be? This episode is kindly sponsored by BlendJet. Use our special link ("bufnagle") to save 12% at blendjet.com. The discount will be app…

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Ep 161: Columbus, Part 3 — Finding the Garden of Eden 38:41

11M ago38:41

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Harry and Rafe continue the story of Columbus and his travels to the New World. Columbus returns to the New World with 17 ships and 1,200 and in late 1493 and finds that the colony he established is completely wiped out. Further attempts to establish a foothold in this land aremet with all sorts of problems and also fail to result in gold or spices…

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Ep 160: Halloween Special: Frankenstein — Who Really Is the Monster? 1:02:28

11M ago1:02:28

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Rafe is joined this week by Big Brain Smart Head™ Angela Nash to discuss Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. As Rafe recounts the story, Angela provides a rich commentary on the understanding of the tale. If you haven't read the book but know anything of "Frankenstein", chances are that everything you know about the story is wrong. Set in Geneva in …

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Ep 159: Columbus, Part 2 — A Meeting of Cultures, Searching for Gold, and Lots of Confusion 38:53

11M ago38:53

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Harry and Rafe continue the story of Columbus and his travels to the New World. The three ships under Columbus' command find land on Oct 12, 1492, and Columbus and all his men believe they have arrived in the far eastern islands of Asia. Following interactions with the natives, several months of local explorations, and the Christmas grounding of th…

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