Ten To One

Not quite New Year's resolutions, but Brian and Melissa discuss plans for the new year, the year of our Lord 2024.

Brian and Melissa welcome back Ben De Bono and Matt Anderson to discuss some of our favorite Christmas films.

Melissa shares ideas on how we can be less lonely, isolated, and fragmented.

Brian is rejoined by his brother Matt for a discussion of baptism: credo or paedo? What does baptism do? What constitutes a valid baptism? No questions are answered, but a rousing time was, again, had.

Brian attempts to explain Charlotte Mason's 20 principles that undergird her philosophy of education.

Brian and Melissa explain why they homeschool

Brian and his brother Matt discuss three Christian theological views of hell: infernalism, annihilationism, and universalism.

Brian and Melissa discuss the present capabilities and future possibilities of ChatGPT and its artificial "intelligence" brethren, and how alarmists may be wrong with their predictions but right with their warnings.

For the first time in recorded history, Aristotle's Poetics and Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel Sourcery are reviewed in a single podcast episode.

For the first time, Brian and Melissa reveal their favorite Hollywood-style video movies!

Brian's quick thoughts on the novel Mrs. Dalloway.

Brian's fuller thoughts of the fourth Discworld novel, Mort.

Brian tries reviewing a book. It went okay maybe? All spoilers for a 98-year-old book.

You know what translates well to a podcast? Eating. Eating little pieces of chocolate from a box of chocolates from Melissa's brother Michael. Thanks Michael!

Another year of books! Brian and Melissa share their top tens and bottom ones from 2022.

Melissa and Brian discuss their favorite first-time-viewing films of 2022. Brian is now pretentious and calls them films instead of movies. Melissa has an unbelievable list; number 2 will shock you!

Start the year with Brian and Melissa! They review 2022 and set some new goals for 2023!

Our friends Ben and Matt have a book club, with which Brian has been reading along. Together they rank the 12 books they've read over the past couple years.

Melissa's ten best tips for potty training your little tyke. Recorded on Maundy Thursday, but not posted until Easter because of a kidney stone attack! Pray Melissa passes it soon.

Only one-third of the way through 2022 before we talk movies we saw in 2021! That's okay, we talked about most of these in November after we did our scary movie list. You can probably skip this one, to be honest. Unless you want to hear Brian's theory on how No Country for Old Men is a hopeful movie.