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  • An Idiots Guide to the Renaissance

    An Idiots Guide to the Renaissance
    May 20 2024
    Imagine Steve Jobs, Socrates, Henry Ford, Elvis Presley, The Easter Bunny and Albert Einstein all lived in the same town, graduated from same High School - and did their greatest work at the same time! Thats what the Italian Renaissance in Florence was like.

    Right around the same time, in the same location, artist like DiVinci and Michelangelo turned the world from dark to light, from superstition to science, and from black and white to vivid color.



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    27 min
  • Rome: How Christianity defeated an empire

    Rome: How Christianity defeated an empire
    Apr 15 2024

    A typical American man thanks about the Roman Empire at least once a day. Every day. Rome is a popular theme in movies, literature, architecture and military training. How do you make sense of Roman history, and sort out the vast history? When traveling to Rome can understanding the history of the Roman Empire add a greater level of enjoyment to your travels? How is the emergence of Christianity tied to the Roman Empire?

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    37 min
  • How History Heals Us

    How History Heals Us
    Apr 8 2024

    Travel to the French community of Taize, France, all over Israel, and listen to Vivaldis "Four Seasons"...in the church the he composed it back in the early 1700's.
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    16 min