Talky Bnonnsense #13: Rhythms of eternity
Bnonn and Smokey discuss the natural and cyclical rhythms built into the human psyche, which somehow involves the French Revolution, Hadestown, Joss Whedon, WD-40, and the heat death of the universe. And...
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[S1E8] The cosmological significance of head coverings
In the new cosmological order inaugurated by Christ, where all believers now serve inside the veil of the most-holy place, men should no longer cover their heads, but women should—and both for...
Talky Bnonnsense #12: Smokey’s review of The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale
Having just seen the Lord of the Rings musical on stage, Smokey pontificates on the good, the bad and the ugly, giving it 4 stars for sheer audaciousness, and recommending you see...
Talky Bnonnsense #11: the specious stereotype of cooking (art) vs baking (science)
In which Smokey, driven mad by her great learning, rants with considerable erudition about how cooking is just as much a science as baking, baking is as much an art as cooking...
Talky Bnonnsense #10: divorcing Superman
Superhuman machines have made us unprecedentedly wealthy…and the blessings of our forebears are now luxuries we cannot afford. When it becomes pointless to do anything yourself, you may discover that you yourself...
[S1E7.5] Hair, trees, crowns, angels & glory-clouds
In this tweener episode, Bnonn lays some groundwork for episode 8 (head coverings) with a didactic overview of the biblical symbolism that unifies hair, trees, crowns, angels, and the glory-cloud of God.The...
Talky Bnonnsense #9: is disability an impediment to marriage?
What is the heart of marriage? What are its duties and obligations — and does being disabled prevent you meeting them? We look at historic practice and scriptural data to establish where...
Talky Bnonnsense #8: wives with jobs aren’t (necessarily) betraying their husbands
While it’s true that a wife should be oriented toward her husband, her household, and especially her children, it is false that simply having a job ipso facto divides her loyalties. Employment...
Talky Bnonnsense #7: how Jane Austen (kinda) predicted feminism
Smokey, in lieu of doing research for the next episode, instead regales us with wisdomous thoughts about how the character motifs in Jane Austen’s novels paint a bleak picture of a society...
[S1E7] Glory, shame & pixie cuts
If long hair is a woman’s glory, what does that mean for pixie cuts and bobs? We discuss the surprisingly recent history of short hair on women, the infamous Felicity chop, and...
