Bufnagle: the Podcast
Join us for an entertaining and enlightening discussion of eclectic adventures in the pursuit of all things Good. Gain a better understanding of technology and science, history and philosophy, and leadership and success, all presented in a positive and affirming conversational framework. Big Brain SmartHead™ guests occasionally join the pair to bring actual expert knowledge to the conversation.
Bufnagle: the Podcast
Latest Episodes
Ep 309: Connecting Earth to Heaven and Humanity to the Divine
Rafe talks about a lesson learned during an ordinary baptism during an ordinary mass on an ordinary Sunday at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in downtown Indianapolis.Sacraments and their Rites offer us a portal to another realm.&n...
Ep 308: Furniture Design and A Learning from Doing Work by Hand
Rafe discusses cabinet furniture design, joinery tricks, and what planing wood by hand can teach you.#bufnagle #furnituredesign #cabinetry #woodglue #drawborejoints #tenons #mortises #DIY #patience #handplane #jointer #seekthegood
Ep 307: "Mine, the Unseen to Display" — Snapdragons and Cardinal Newman
Following last week's Ozymandias poem and the lesson concerning avoiding hubris, Rafe walks the Buf listeners through John Henry Cardinal Newman's 1827 poem "Snapdragon".In it we learn to bloom where you are planted, to be gracious for t...
Ep 306: Boundless and Bare, Lone and Level Sands
Rafe takes the Buf listeners through Shelley's poem Ozymandias, a sonnet that lays out the futility of seeking worldly gain. Today's glory will be tomorrow's despair; even great civilizations fall, eventually we are left simply w...
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Ep 305: Dostoyevsky, Guardian Angels, Onions, and the Wedding Feast at Cana
Rafe discusses two entries from the book "The Gospel In Dostoyevsky", a collection of entries from Dostoyevsky's works that touch on gospel themes. The two entries were both from The Brothers Karamazov, a Russian classic.One story ...
