Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast Proverbial
| Titre | Date | Durée | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pretend It's A School | 20 Mar 2024 | 00:28:35 | |
The consolation of imaginary things is not imaginary. Joshua Gibbs explains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Dump Him | 28 Feb 2024 | 00:23:41 | |
Should you stay or should you go? Burke weighs in. Gibbs weighs in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Hallelujah | 04 Oct 2023 | 00:24:04 | |
One of the most commonly traded quotes in classical Christian education gets the Proverbial treatment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Like the Wolf | 26 Aug 2020 | 00:23:30 | |
This week's proverb is unattributed: "hunger is the best sauce." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| A Full Life | 18 Aug 2020 | 00:33:07 | |
In this week's episode Joshua Gibbs contemplates Solomon's famous "there is a time" proverb from Scripture. Join him as he contemplates what this passage has to say for modern men and women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Economies of Happiness | 05 Aug 2020 | 00:27:08 | |
This weeks' proverb is unattributed: "happy wife, happy life." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say for modern men and women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Candy Canes | 02 Jul 2020 | 00:23:56 | |
This week's proverb comes from composer Gustav Mahler, who said that "tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. And if you like the show please leave a rating or a review wherever you get podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Anthology | 16 Jun 2020 | 00:17:39 | |
This week's proverb is unattributed and says: "if all men were angels no government would be necessary." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say for modern men and women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| The Witching Hour | 12 Jun 2020 | 00:31:46 | |
This week's proverb is unattributed, but it goes like this: "Idle hands are the devil's workshop." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say for modern men and women. Remember to rate and review wherever you get podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Stuck in the Middle | 05 Jun 2020 | 00:29:32 | |
This week's proverb is from Jules Renard, who said: "To have a horror of the bourgeoisie is bourgeoisie." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say for modern men and women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| A Retraction | 27 May 2020 | 00:28:16 | |
This week's proverb comes to us via Solomon who wrote: "The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth the brilliant or favor to the learned, but time and chance happen to them all." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Stars | 13 May 2020 | 00:28:36 | |
This week's proverb comes to us by way of Dr. Samuel Johnson and it goes like this: "He that considers how little he dwells upon the condition of others will learn how little the attention of others is attracted by himself." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplaltes what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| The Real You | 06 May 2020 | 00:29:53 | |
This week's (very famous) proverb comes from William Shakespeare and his play, As You Like It. It says, "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. If you like this show be sure to rate and review wherever you get podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Stanley Kubrick | 14 Sep 2023 | 00:18:08 | |
Don't do it like that. Do it like this. Joshua Gibbs explains why. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| I Didn't Get You Anything | 28 Apr 2020 | 00:27:51 | |
This week's proverb comes from the Roman writer, Seneca, who said that "to repay a favor too quickly is ingratitude." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates with this proverb has to say to modern men and women. And if you like this episode be sure to rate and review wherever you get podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Mr. James Duffy | 13 Apr 2020 | 00:34:47 | |
This week's proverb is an old Jewish saying: "Whoever saves one life, saves the world entirely." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say for modern men and women. And if you like this episode, please be sure to rate and review it wherever you get podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| The Little Differences | 31 Mar 2020 | 00:29:07 | |
This week's proverb comes from Leo Tolstoy, that famous Russian novelist, who once wrote that "all happy families are alike, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Something about Hotels | 23 Mar 2020 | 00:32:02 | |
This week's proverb is unattributed but quite famous: "Desperate times call for desperate measures." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to offer modern men and women. If you like this episode please be sure to rate and review wherever you get podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Both Sides Now | 17 Mar 2020 | 00:29:49 | |
This week's proverb comes from Alfred Lord Tennyson, the famous English poet, who once opined that "Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say for modern men and women. And if you like this episode be sure to rate and review wherever you get podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Pick a Side | 12 Mar 2020 | 00:24:21 | |
This week's proverb comes from the Roman scholar Cicero who said, "I would rather be wrong with Plato than right with such men as these." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to offer modern men and women. If you like this episode, be sure to rate and review wherever you get podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| It's a New Age | 02 Mar 2020 | 00:27:34 | |
This week's proverb comes from that famous American essayist, Ralph WaldoEmerson: "I pay the school master but 'tis the school boys who educate my son." Join Joshua Gibbs for a contemplation of this proverb and what it has to offer modern men and women. And remember to rate and review wherever you listen to podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Six Weeks In | 24 Feb 2020 | 00:24:13 | |
This week's proverb comes from England but is unattributed. It goes like this: "the cobbler's children have no shoes." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates the nature of this proverb and what it has to say for modern men and women. If you like this episode be sure to rate and review it wherever you listen to podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| The Joke's On You | 17 Feb 2020 | 00:26:21 | |
Today's proverb comes from George Orwell: The aim of the a joke is not to degrade the human being but to remind him that he is already degraded. Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates this saying and what it can offer modern men. If you like this episode, please be sure to rate and review in whatever app you're using to listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Not Even Jail | 10 Feb 2020 | 00:29:00 | |
This episode's proverb comes from Goethe: "a man does not mind being blamed for his faults and being punished for them, and he patiently suffers for them, but he becomes impatient if he is required to give them up." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates the implications of this proverb for modern men. If you like this episode, please be sure to rate and review wherever you get podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Not My First Rodeo | 25 Aug 2023 | 00:21:25 | |
What in the world does "There's more than one way to skin a cat" mean? Joshua Gibbs explains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Friends and Enemies | 02 Feb 2020 | 00:30:36 | |
This week proverb comes by way of English essayist, William Hazlitt, who wrote that, "he will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say for modern men. Remember, if you like this show you can help spread the word when you rate and review it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Healing | 23 Jan 2020 | 00:26:51 | |
This week's (highly disputed) proverb is unattributed but well known. It say, "time heals all wounds." Join Josh Gibbs as he contemplates the implications of the proverb for modern man. If you like this episode, be sure to rate and review it wherever you get podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| I Care for My Kids | 16 Jan 2020 | 00:28:31 | |
This week's proverb comes from Edmund Burke. It goes like this: "People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors." If you like this episode please be sure to rate or review wherever you get podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Dropping Eaves | 09 Jan 2020 | 00:29:00 | |
This week's proverb comes from Solomon: "Do not pay attention to every word people say or you may hear your servant cursing you, for you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others." If you like this show, please be sure rate and review it wherever you get podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Stolen Moments | 20 Dec 2019 | 00:29:45 | |
This week's proverb is from French playwright, Albert Guinon: "People who cannot bear to be alone are generally the worst company." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| The Waiting Is the Hardest Part | 12 Dec 2019 | 00:36:50 | |
Today's proverb comes from Pericles. Here it is: "Wait for the wisest of counselors, time." Join Josh as he contemplates what this proverb means for modern men. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| See the World | 05 Dec 2019 | 00:26:01 | |
This week's proverb is commonly attributed to Saint Ambrose: "When in Rome, do as the Romans Do." Remember, if you like this podcast, it helps when you rate and review the show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| PB&J | 21 Nov 2019 | 00:27:51 | |
This week's proverb comes from, well, almost everyone. It's the saying, "life goes on." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what in the world this proverb means (and whether it's even a proverb at all) and what it has to say to modern man. If you like this show, remember to rate and review it wherever you listen to podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Why Fiction Works | 14 Nov 2019 | 00:25:15 | |
This week's proverb is a French proverb without any known attribution: "To understand all is to forgive all." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. If you like this podcast, be sure to rate and review it to help us spread the word. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| The Sure Thing | 08 Nov 2019 | 00:25:37 | |
This week's proverb comes from an unknown English source: "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." Remember: Subscribe, rate, review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Letting The Water Hold Me Down | 15 Aug 2023 | 00:22:45 | |
Instant karma isn't going to get you. Joshua Gibbs explains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| The Middle | 31 Oct 2019 | 00:24:26 | |
This week's proverb comes from Hesiod, in Works and Days: "Take your fill when the cask is first opened and when it is nearly spent but midways be sparing. It is poor saving when you come to lees." If you enjoy this show be sure to rate and review wherever you listen to podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Three Words | 24 Oct 2019 | 00:27:23 | |
This week's proverb comes from Petrarch: "To be able to say how much you love is to love but little." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates the philosophical and practical implications of this proverb. Remember: subscribe, rate, review! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Kids These Days | 17 Oct 2019 | 00:30:46 | |
In this week's episode, Joshua Gibbs contemplates a proverb from Horace: "our fathers age was worse than ours grandfathers, we, worse than they, bring forth an offspring still more advanced than ourselves in evil." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Alone in My Principles | 10 Oct 2019 | 00:26:07 | |
Welcome back to Proverbial with Joshua Gibbs. In this episode, Joshua contemplates a proverb from Cicero, who said that he was " . . . never less idle than when wholly idle, never less alone than when wholly alone." Joshua contemplates the implications of this proverb for modern man. Remember: when you subscribe, rate, and review you help spread the word. If you like this show please hit that button in your app and let us know. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| "A prophet is not without honor except within his own country" | 03 Oct 2019 | 00:22:46 | |
Welcome back to Proverbial with Joshua Gibbs. In this episode, Joshua contemplates a proverb from Jesus Christ who said that, "a Prophet is not without honor except within his own country." Joshua contemplates the context of this proverb and what it means for common contemporary people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| "You may drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps coming back." | 03 Oct 2019 | 00:27:01 | |
Welcome to the first episode of Proverbial with Joshua Gibbs. In episode one, Joshua contemplates a proverb from the Roman poet, Horace. He wrote, "You may drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps coming back." Josh explores the origin of this quote, why he has been living his life according to it, and what it means for normal, average people in this contemporary age. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Welcome to Proverbial, with Joshua Gibbs | 24 Sep 2019 | 00:00:56 | |
Proverbial is a new podcast from the CiRCE Institute Podcast Network featuring Joshua Gibbs. Weekly, coming in October. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Of The Making of Many Taylor Swifts There Is No End | 21 Jun 2023 | 00:24:21 | |
One of the best known proverbs about "the past" gets the Proverbial treatment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Nothing to Be Scared of | 31 May 2023 | 00:24:10 | |
Everybody lies to doctors. And teachers. And plumbers. Joshua Gibbs explains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| A Very Special Episode of Proverbial | 26 Apr 2023 | 00:33:02 | |
There are a few words which are not slurs, obscenities, vulgarities, or blasphemies which have nonetheless been banned by Christians for public usage. It's really too bad. Joshua Gibbs explains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Just My Imagination | 13 Apr 2023 | 00:27:01 | |
There are times when the anticipation is the best part. Why? Joshua Gibbs investigates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Anything Helps | 08 Mar 2023 | 00:22:46 | |
There's nothing better for a man than trying hard and failing miserably. Joshua Gibbs explains it all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Once Upon A Time In Shaolin | 16 Feb 2023 | 00:17:22 | |
An enigmatic proverb about dead cats is explained. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Exit Interviews | 21 Feb 2024 | 00:24:13 | |
The chip stains and grease will come out in the bath. Joshua Gibbs explains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||