Wisdom in the Best Books and Films Podcast

📚 Get the book from this episode: The Seventh Gate by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. “I never meant for this to happen.” In The Seventh Gate, the final book of Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman’s Death Gate Cycle, Alfred tries to step out of the blame, and Jonathan won’t let him. In this episode I wrap up our Death Gate series with a story from a job where I handled radioactive materials, and a lesson my dad taught me when I was five: you have to mean not to. “Mistakes do not require malice to require repair. You may not have meant to cause the problem, but once you know about it, you have to mean not to leave it there, and you have to mean not to repeat it.” Chapters: 00:00 Hook: “You have to mean not to” 00:12 Intro: wrapping up the Death Gate Cycle 02:20 The Seventh Gate: Alfred and Jonathan 03:12 A story about radioactive materials at work 04:04 “You have to mean not to” 05:19 The lesson: mistakes require repair 05:52 Closing Wisdom in the Best Books and Films: bite-sized nuggets of truth from great books and films, used to help us become better people. Hosted by Jake Bair. Read or listen on Substack: https://wisdominbestbooks.substack.com Questions, recommendations, or comments: [email protected] If you enjoyed this, please subscribe and share it with someone who’d like it. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Lectures on Art by John Ruskin. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. 📖 Read it for free at this link. Subscribe at: wisdominbestbooks.substack.com Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the books from this episode: Into the Labyrinth by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Please subscribe on Substack where subscribers get more content starting November 2026! The link to subscribe is: Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: A Collection of Essays by George Orwell. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Link to the full story. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: The Hand of Chaos by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful by Edmund Burke. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. 📖 Read it for free at this link. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Serpent Mage by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the books from this episode: Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens, David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings by Charles Dickens, Serpent Mage by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Selected Short Fiction by Charles Dickens. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Link to the story. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the books from this episode: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, In Defense of Sanity: The Best Essays of G. K. Chesterton by G. K. Chesterton. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Sketches by Boz by Charles Dickens. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. 📖 Read it for free at this link. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Link to the miniseries. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Sketches by Boz by Charles Dickens. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. 📖 Read it for free at this link. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. 🎬 Get the show from this episode: Our Mutual Friend (1998). As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Selected Short Fiction by Charles Dickens. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Link to the short story. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Bleak House by Charles Dickens. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. 🎬 Get the show from this episode: Bleak House (2005). As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. 📖 Read it for free at this link. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. 🎬 Get the show from this episode: Little Dorrit (2008). As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Sketches by Boz by Charles Dickens. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. 📖 Read it for free at this link. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. 📖 Read it for free at this link. Link to “Enriching Your Marriage" by James E. Faust. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings by Charles Dickens. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Link to the talk I mentioned. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Selected Short Fiction by Charles Dickens. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. 📖 Read it for free at this link. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Light of the Mind, Light of the World: Illuminating Science Through Faith by Spencer A. Klavan. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Link to Theological Episode mentioned in intro. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Newton: Philosophical Writings by Isaac Newton. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Link to the book. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Return of the God Hypothesis by Stephen C. Meyer. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo by Galileo Galilei. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Link to the full Letter. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: The Faith of a Scientist by Henry Eyring. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

Link to full lecture, English translation near end of document: https://www.cis.org.uk/serve.php?filename=scb-27-2-felipe-bourdon-and-riaza-2.pdf Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Scientific Autobiography and Other Papers by Max Planck. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Selected Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Link to the Materialism Podcast: Link to the Shape Memory Alloy video: Also check out episode 9 of the Materialism Podcast for an in depth discussion on Shape Memory Alloys! Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. 📖 Read it for free at this link. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Merlin by Stephen R. Lawhead. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Link to Materialism podcast episode I did: Link to the Pendragon Cycle TV series: https://www.dailywire.com/show/the-pendragon-cycle?contentProgram=The%20Pendragon%20Cycle%20%7C%20All%20Access%20Members%20Watch%20Episodes%201%20%26%202&contentType=Show&elementPosition=2&location=Home%20Tab&row=0&rowType=Home%20Featured%20Carousel Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: The Collected Poems of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Link to the poem: https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_thomas.htm Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Merlin by Stephen R. Lawhead. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Link to the TV series: https://www.dailywire.com/show/the-pendragon-cycle?contentProgram=The%20Pendragon%20Cycle%20%7C%20All%20Access%20Members%20Watch%20Episodes%201%20%26%202&contentType=Show&elementPosition=2&location=Home%20Tab&row=0&rowType=Home%20Featured%20Carousel Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: The Story of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. 📖 Read it for free at this link. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Merlin by Stephen R. Lawhead. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Link to the TV series: https://www.dailywire.com/show/the-pendragon-cycle?contentProgram=The%20Pendragon%20Cycle%20%7C%20All%20Access%20Members%20Watch%20Episodes%201%20%26%202&contentType=Show&elementPosition=2&location=Home%20Tab&row=0&rowType=Home%20Featured%20Carousel Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. 📖 Read it for free at this link. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Taliesin by Stephen R. Lawhead. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Link to the TV series: https://www.dailywire.com/show/the-pendragon-cycle?contentProgram=The%20Pendragon%20Cycle%20%7C%20All%20Access%20Members%20Watch%20Episodes%201%20%26%202&contentType=Show&elementPosition=2&location=Home%20Tab&row=0&rowType=Home%20Featured%20Carousel Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: The Once and Future King by T. H. White. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. 📖 Read it for free at this link. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the books from this episode: Taliesin by Stephen R. Lawhead, The Weight of Glory by C. S. Lewis. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Link to the TV series: https://www.dailywire.com/show/the-pendragon-cycle?contentProgram=The%20Pendragon%20Cycle%20%7C%20All%20Access%20Members%20Watch%20Episodes%201%20%26%202&contentType=Show&elementPosition=2&location=Home%20Tab&row=0&rowType=Home%20Featured%20Carousel Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. 📖 Read it for free at this link. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Taliesin by Stephen R. Lawhead. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Link to the TV series: https://www.dailywire.com/show/the-pendragon-cycle?contentProgram=The%20Pendragon%20Cycle%20%7C%20All%20Access%20Members%20Watch%20Episodes%201%20%26%202&contentType=Show&elementPosition=2&location=Home%20Tab&row=0&rowType=Home%20Featured%20Carousel Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Walk in the Light & Twenty-Three Tales by Leo Tolstoy. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. For more on the Tolstoy mixup and attempted resolution see: https://flatlanderfaith.com/2014/12/12/ruben-saillens-vs-leon-tolstoy/ Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: The Trinity by Augustine of Hippo. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. 📖 Read it for free at this link. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Christmas Karol by Faith Moore. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the books from this episode: Christmas Karol by Faith Moore, Classic Novels from the Show. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. This episode is an interview I was able to do recently with Faith Moore! To find out more about Faith, look her up on her website: https://faithkmoore.com/ Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving by Louisa May Alcott. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. 📖 Read it for free at this link. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C. S. Forester. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: The Majesty of Calmness by William George Jordan. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. 📖 Read it for free at this link. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

🎬 Get the film from this episode: Cinderella Man (2005). As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Link to article: https://tulsaworld.com/opinion/column/article_6a387326-e5fe-11ec-a491-e7da9d065c17.html Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. 📖 Read it for free at this link. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings by Edgar Allan Poe. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Link to full text: https://poestories.com/read/ovalportrait Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

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📚 Get the book from this episode: The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien (revised and expanded) by J. R. R. Tolkien. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Link to full text: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://bibliothecaveneficae.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/the_letters_of_j.rrtolkien.pdf?srsltid=AfmBOorenF_uIo3RNf5_lJcRf6xzsZ3dGyEMKXXVZTQG1blRIsd97ajv Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

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📚 Get the book from this episode: The Great Orations and Senatorial Speech of Daniel Webster. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Link to full text: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://berlinarchaeology.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/webster-oration-1825.pdf Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

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📚 Get the book from this episode: Father Brown: The Essential Tales by G. K. Chesterton. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. 📖 Read it for free at this link. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

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📚 Get the book from this episode: In Defense of Sanity: The Best Essays of G. K. Chesterton by G. K. Chesterton. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Link to full text: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://phillygkc.org/uploads/5/9/2/6/5926618/chesterton_-_a_piece_of_chalk.pdf Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Link to C.S. Lewis original BBC radio broadcast audio for Mere Christianity: Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benét. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benét. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. 📖 Read it for free at this link. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Get the book from this episode: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: [email protected] I respond to all emails I receive and that is the best way to reach me. Also please share the show with others you think may be interested by sending them a link wherever you listen. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

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📚 Get the books from this episode: Evelina by Frances Burney, An Essay on Man and Other Poems by Alexander Pope. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Link to full “Essay on Man: Epistle II”: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44900/an-essay-on-man-epistle-ii read the first part of the poem too! https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44899/an-essay-on-man-epistle-i Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

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📚 Get the books from this episode: The Trial and Death of Socrates by Plato, Letters from a Stoic by Seneca, Constellation Myths, with Aratus's Phaenomena by Eratosthenes, Hyginus & Aratus. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Sources: https://biblethingsinbibleways.wordpress.com/2013/07/14/paul-and-his-use-of-greek-philosophy/ https://rsc.byu.edu/sperry-symposium-classics-new-testament/hebrew-hebrews C. Wilfred Griggs, “‘An Hebrew of the Hebrews’: Paul’s Language and Thought,” in Sperry Symposium Classics: The New Testament, ed. Frank F. Judd Jr. and Gaye Strathearn (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 237–253. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

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📚 Get the book from this episode: Selected Poems by William Wordsworth. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. Link to Wordsworth poem: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45550/she-was-a-phantom-of-delight Full poem by me: The Ultimate Thrill By Jake Bair Adventure or bust and wanderlust are words not fitting for me. Though good winds prevail, I won’t set sail across a roiling sea. Nor take the test of Everest to feel as high as can be. The only thrill I need to feel is to love, and be loved by thee. It’s a safe bet I’ll stay on the jet and not leap just to fall free. Who needs nerve toasters like roller coasters or driving in the grand prix. The high G-forces from various sources aren’t really my cup of tea. My butterflies soar in a way I adore when I love, and am loved by thee. I will always yearn for the slow burn your love kindles in me. When life is bleak, the peace that I seek is the embrace which sets my heart free. Time seems to fly, as years go by and a blur is all I see, For there’s no greater joy, than for me to deploy my love, and be loved by thee. So gallop ahead, I’ll walk instead and enjoy the nature and trees. Me ride that zip-line? No thanks I’m fine just watching your heart fill with glee. Others may pine for the buzz of fine wine but I would disagree. I only hope to expend my force to the end to love, and be loved by thee. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

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📚 Get the book from this episode: At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald teaches us to look for the good in people and how that can bless us and them. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

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📚 Get the book from this episode: Lilith by George MacDonald. Buying through Bookshop.org supports independent bookstores and this podcast. This week’s episode looks at how true joy comes in giving to others, building relationships, and learning to be selfless. Get full access to Wisdom in the Best Books and Films at wisdominbestbooks.substack.com/subscribe

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