Born of Wonder

S2:9 EP18: Wonder in a Digital Age

On this episode, Katie has an honest and self reflective discussion about the role technology plays in our lives. With wisdom from Martin Luther King Jr. to Thoreau to Wendell Berry... We'll learn about a man who signed off for good - could we do the same? Should we? What are the good things about technology? How can we maintain our sense of wonder and awe in an age of distraction? 

 

www.bornofwonder.com

 

Music: Blue Dot Sessions

 

"The Dangerous Digitization of Our Lives"

https://www.bornofwonder.com/home/the-dangerous-digitization-of-our-lives 

 

Technology destroys people and places. I’m rejecting it

Mark Boyle

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/19/life-without-technology-rejecting-technology 

 

"Mad Farmer's Liberation Front" 

https://cals.arizona.edu/~steidl/Liberation.html 

 

Dvorak's New World Symphony - played in the episode by the Berlin Philharmonic

 

Full symphony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh_nHgbhYRg 

S2:8 Ep17: Is Time Real? Living with ”the Timeless in our Hearts”

On this episode of Born of Wonder, Katie has a far reaching discussion on everything from Ecclesiastes to Tesseracts and Black Holes, the possibility of Time Travel to what it means to be "timeless" while living in Time and Monks living in "Byzantine Time"... Also the Liturgy, Doctor Who, Interstellar, time management with a baby and more! 

 

www.bornofwonder.com

 

Music: Blue Dot Sessions

 

The Byrds "Turn Turn Turn"

Hans Zimmer - Interstellar

"The Charleston" 

 

Mt Athos "60 minutes"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CxkSp_jmd4&list=PLOFZoffZBuUareYRUTYX_BJ25jJ4cR0nW 

 

Recommendations -

 

"Breakfast at Tiffany's"

Audrey Hepburn singing Moon River: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uirBWk-qd9A&t=2s 

 

BBC Earth Podcast 

https://www.bbcearth.com/podcast 

S2:7 EP 16: Live like a Hobbit

How can we embrace a Hobbit like life of coziness, bravery, love, and simple gifts? Celebrating Hobbit Day all year round on Born of Wonder. Lots of Lord of the Rings inspiration on this episode.

 

more at: www.bornofwonder.com 

 

"Celebrating Hobbit Day and Tolkien Week"

https://www.bornofwonder.com/home/celebrating-hobbit-day-and-tolkien-week 

 

Yo Yo Ma "Simple Gifts"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aQXvbjfAGE 

 

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S2:6 EP15: Autumn and its Beautiful Sorrows

September is traditionally a month of sorrows - specifically, the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin Mary. On this episode we turn inward, celebrate the dying leaves and colder temperatures, the new rhythms of Fall and the beauty of this pensive time of year. 

 

More at: www.bornofwonder.com

 

"The Sorrows of Autumn"

https://www.bornofwonder.com/home/the-sorrows-of-autumn

 

"The Seven Sorrows" Ted Hughes

https://hellopoetry.com/poem/5321/the-seven-sorrows/ 

 

"Autumn and the Return of Rhythm"

https://www.bornofwonder.com/home/autumn-and-the-return-of-rhythm  

 

Max Richter - Autumn 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia9JqBHnj_I 

 

Peat Dance - Danish String Quartet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlsVuhD0AaQ 

S2:5 EP 14: In Praise of the Not So Happy Ending

In this episode, Katie explores the importance of watching and reading stories that DON'T end happily ever after. From Annie Hall to Hans Christian Andersen's "Little Mermaid" to Greta Gerwig's Little Women and Out of Africa... A broad conversation on how there are many TYPES of happy endings that we can embrace, both in art and in our own lives.

 

More at: www.bornofwonder.com 

 

Recommendation:

Out of Africa 

 

Burrowshire Podcast - Theology and Disney 

https://burrowshirepodcast.com/disney-and-theology/ 

 

"I want to own my story:" Greta Gerwig's Little Women is a Triumph

https://www.bornofwonder.com/home/i-want-to-own-my-own-book-greta-gerwigs-little-women-is-a-triumph 

 

 

S2:4 EP13: G.K. Chesterton and the Cosmic Patriot

On this episode we explore the works of G.K. Chesterton, in particular his concept of 'patriotism' in the context of the universe - the idea of being 'a cosmic patriot.' How can we embrace Chesterton's wonder, awe, and childlike trust in the world? 

 

www.bornofwonder.com

 

Recommendations:

Sing the Liturgy Podcast

https://singthehours.org 

Irish and Celtic Music Podcast

https://www.celticmusicpodcast.com 

 

 

S2:3 EP12: Dreams and Praise: The Poetry of John Berryman

On this episode Katie and her husband Chris dive into the poetry of John Berryman, discussing his famous Dream Songs as well as his beautiful late poetry (11 Addresses to the Lord). 

 

"Master of beauty, craftsman of the snowflake,

inimitable contriver,

endower of Earth so gorgeous & different from the boring Moon,

thank you for such as it is my gift.

 

I have made up a morning prayer to you

containing with precision everything that most matters.

‘According to Thy will’ the thing begins.

It took me off & on two days. It does not aim at eloquence.

 

You have come to my rescue again & again

in my impassable, sometimes despairing years.

You have allowed my brilliant friends to destroy themselves

and I am still here, severely damaged, but functioning.

 

Unknowable, as I am unknown to my guinea pigs:

how can I ‘love’ you?

I only as far as gratitude & awe

confidently & absolutely go."

 

More at: www.bornofwonder.com 

 

11 Addresses to the Lord: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48948/eleven-addresses-to-the-lord 

 

Tonight by Sibylle Baier 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY_F0mPq7ec 

S2:2 EP11: Living a Good Story

“But how could you live and have no story to tell?”

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

On this episode Katie explores the importance of living out a cohesive narrative - how stories transform our lives and give them their deepest meaning. She shares how Jo March changed the way she viewed her own life and the story she was living. What is the soundtrack of your life? Who are the characters? "Be the heroine of your own life, not the victim." Some inspiration and conviction to live out beautiful stories. More at: www.bornofwonder.com Music: Blue Dot Sessions Phillip Levine on Lowell and Berryman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9CLUCuX90w 

To Autumn by John Keatshttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44484/to-autumn 
"Living the Story of Your Life" https://www.bornofwonder.com/home/living-the-story-of-your-life 
Richter Recomposed: Autumn 1

S2:1 EP10: Sleep, Perchance to Dream

In this first episode of Season 2, Katie explores the concept of Sleep - the association with dreams, visions, thin places, and death. Learn more at www.bornofwonder.com

**Please forgive some of the audio hum in this episode. 

 

Background Music: Blue Dot Sessions

 

Recommendations: 

 

"The Sleeping Giant" 

Inishtooskert 

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/190347521721699278/ 

 

Molly Ban

Alison Krauss and the Cheiftans

The Chieftains & Alison Krauss - Molly Ban - YouTube

 

On Fairy Stories - The Stolen Child: Fairies and Changelings 

On Fairy Stories — EP2: The Stolen Child: Fairies and Changelings 

EP9: Celtic Otherworlds, St. Patrick, and Selkies! Slainte!

Celebrating St. Patrick's Day and all things Celtic! On this episode, Katie discusses Irish culture, the legends and myths of St. Patrick, the haunting story of Niamh and Oisin and Tir Na Nog - the land of eternal youth, the mysterious selkies of the Irish seas, and much more. 

 

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Discussions - 

"TÍR NA NÓG: THE STORY OF NIAMH AND OISÍN"

"AN OLD WOMAN'S REFLECTIONS" BY PEIG SAYERS 

"THE PEOPLE OF THE SEA" BY DAVID THOMPSON

"SONG OF THE SEA" MOVIE - TRAILER - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgbXWt8kM5Q 

 

Music:

 

"The Road to Lisdoonvarna and Scollay's" - Pinniped  - Free Music Archive

"Fanny Power" - Slainte - Free Music Archive

"Mike in the Wilderness" - played by Katie Marquette

Guitar and piano music underneath poetry - played by Chris Marquette

 

Recommendation: 

The Poetry of William Butler Yeats

"The Stolen Child" - https://poets.org/poem/stolen-child

"When You are Old" - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43283/when-you-are-old 

 

"Bobby Kennedy for President" 4 part series on Netflix