Explore every episode of the podcast Wisdom in the Best Books and Films Podcast
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 58. Time Well Spent | 07 Dec 2025 | 00:07:34 | |
Link to purchase full text: https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Karol-Faith-Moore/dp/B0FSGMMM3C/ref=sr_1_1?crid=36ZE4H02MPEYG&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.JY-tXH8mszlRt29EtRZ0IWLdPN0exQ-2sHQvuXu01fV_NdTJz12LE-itxkqiPjyT.hqr9WJ4A9wfcjRf9XXs5HynfJr5c7Ls-rk6FfRvsM8c&dib_tag=se&keywords=christmas+karol+faith+moore&qid=1764693121&sprefix=christmas+karol+faith+moo%2Caps%2C619&sr=8-1 Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: wisdominbestbooks@gmail.com 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 57. Learning from Classics with Faith Moore | 30 Nov 2025 | 00:53:18 | |
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: wisdominbestbooks@gmail.com 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 48. The Devoted Friend | 28 Sep 2025 | 00:25:40 | |
Link to full text: https://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/DevFri.shtml Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: wisdominbestbooks@gmail.com 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 47. Deliberate Methodical Change | 21 Sep 2025 | 00:07:06 | |
Link to full text: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/burke/revfrance.pdf Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: wisdominbestbooks@gmail.com 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 46. How the Camel got his Hump | 14 Sep 2025 | 00:08:14 | |
Link to full text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2781/2781-h/2781-h.htm#link2H_4_0012 Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: wisdominbestbooks@gmail.com 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 45. Coincidence or Miracle? | 07 Sep 2025 | 00:07:06 | |
Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: wisdominbestbooks@gmail.com 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 44-b. Bonus Episode- Christ's Grace Ever Lifts Us | 31 Aug 2025 | 00:11:33 | |
Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: wisdominbestbooks@gmail.com 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 44. Keep Your Eye on the Hero | 31 Aug 2025 | 00:12:39 | |
Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: wisdominbestbooks@gmail.com 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 43. J.R.R. Tolkien Letter #246 | 24 Aug 2025 | 00:26:49 | |
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: wisdominbestbooks@gmail.com 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 42. A Sober and Fearful Gratitude | 17 Aug 2025 | 00:06:34 | |
Link to full text of the novella: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/43/43-h/43-h.htm Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: wisdominbestbooks@gmail.com 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 41. Daniel Webster Speech at Bunker Hill Monument Cornerstone event. June 17, 1825 | 10 Aug 2025 | 00:25:04 | |
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: wisdominbestbooks@gmail.com 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 40. Is There a Gray Area? | 03 Aug 2025 | 00:06:31 | |
Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: wisdominbestbooks@gmail.com 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 56. An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving | 23 Nov 2025 | 00:44:22 | |
Link to full text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/27567/27567-h/27567-h.htm Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: wisdominbestbooks@gmail.com 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 39. The Blue Cross | 27 Jul 2025 | 00:50:48 | |
Link to full story as well as several other Father Brown stories: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/204/pg204-images.html Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: wisdominbestbooks@gmail.com 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 38. Choose This Day | 20 Jul 2025 | 00:07:04 | |
Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: wisdominbestbooks@gmail.com 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 37. A Piece of Chalk | 13 Jul 2025 | 00:11:26 | |
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: wisdominbestbooks@gmail.com 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 36. Love Thy Neighbor | 06 Jul 2025 | 00:07:25 | |
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: wisdominbestbooks@gmail.com 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 35. Magna Carta and Thoughts from Daniel Webster | 29 Jun 2025 | 00:16:42 | |
Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: wisdominbestbooks@gmail.com 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 34. The Devil and Daniel Webster | 22 Jun 2025 | 00:38:30 | |
Link to full text: https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0602901h.html Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: wisdominbestbooks@gmail.com 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 33. Interpreting with Charity | 15 Jun 2025 | 00:08:50 | |
Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: wisdominbestbooks@gmail.com 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 32. Horatius at the Bridge by Thomas Babington | 08 Jun 2025 | 00:23:15 | |
Link to full text: https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/the-worlds-best-poetry/horatius-at-the-bridge/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 31. Unselfish Misery | 01 Jun 2025 | 00:08:03 | |
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| 30. The story of Cosmo Von Wehrstahl | 25 May 2025 | 00:54:31 | |
Link to full text of Phantastes: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/325/325-h/325-h.htm#chap13 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 55. The Worth of a Promise | 16 Nov 2025 | 00:09:18 | |
Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: wisdominbestbooks@gmail.com 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 29. The Dangers of Artful Vice | 18 May 2025 | 00:05:57 | |
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 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 28. The Courage to Face Ingratitude | 11 May 2025 | 00:17:52 | |
Link to full text: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/56020/pg56020-images.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 27. Theory Vs. Reality | 04 May 2025 | 00:07:18 | |
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| 26. Fifty Years Hence | 27 Apr 2025 | 00:30:46 | |
Link to text: https://www.nationalchurchillmuseum.org/fifty-years-hence.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email Link to audio of other Churchill speeches: https://archive.org/embed/Winston_Churchill&playlist=1 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 25. Giving Up Weakness | 20 Apr 2025 | 00:07:36 | |
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| 24. The Power of Truth by William George Jordan | 13 Apr 2025 | 00:22:11 | |
Link to full text: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/56020/pg56020-images.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 23. Live Worthy of Your Dreams | 06 Apr 2025 | 00:05:38 | |
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| 22. Learning to Teach Like Paul | 30 Mar 2025 | 00:17:29 | |
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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 21. Compensation by Ralph Waldo Emerson | 23 Mar 2025 | 00:55:02 | |
Link to full text: https://emersoncentral.com/texts/essays-first-series/compensation/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 20. Concern and Influence | 16 Mar 2025 | 00:05:14 | |
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| 54. The Dignity of Self-Reliance | 09 Nov 2025 | 00:13:21 | |
Link to full text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/6911/6911-h/6911-h.htm#chap4 Feel free to contact me with any questions, recommendations, or comments at: wisdominbestbooks@gmail.com 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 19. Two Poems by Rudyard Kipling | 09 Mar 2025 | 00:08:48 | |
Links to poems: https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_glorygarden.htm https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_copybook.htm This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 18. Chasing Shadows | 02 Mar 2025 | 00:05:26 | |
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| 17. Ch. 38 of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, "On the Shelf" | 23 Feb 2025 | 00:31:19 | |
Link to full text of the novel: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/514/pg514-images.html#chap38 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 16. The Phantom of Readiness | 16 Feb 2025 | 00:05:30 | |
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| 15. Two Poems for Valentine's Day | 09 Feb 2025 | 00:06:44 | |
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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 14. Creating Change Through Love | 02 Feb 2025 | 00:05:02 | |
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| 13. Apology by Plato | 26 Jan 2025 | 01:10:33 | |
Link to full translation: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1656/1656-h/1656-h.htm This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 12. The Gift of Guilt | 19 Jan 2025 | 00:06:22 | |
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| 11. Renascence by Edna St. Vincent Millay | 12 Jan 2025 | 00:11:43 | |
Link to poem and recording by Millay herself: https://millay.org/2022/04/19/renascence/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 10. Compression and Growth | 05 Jan 2025 | 00:05:09 | |
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| 53. A Return to Integrity | 02 Nov 2025 | 00:07:02 | |
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: wisdominbestbooks@gmail.com 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 9. When the Lines Are Down | 29 Dec 2024 | 00:12:25 | |
Reading a Guest post by Dan Bair This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 8. The Gifts of the Child Christ | 22 Dec 2024 | 01:15:28 | |
Link to full text: https://www.online-literature.com/george-macdonald/3641/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 7. Sharing Christ's Love | 15 Dec 2024 | 00:04:46 | |
Link to the full film on YouTube: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||
| 6. The Beggar Boy at Christ's Christmas Tree by Fyodor Dostoevsky | 08 Dec 2024 | 00:11:02 | |
Link to pdf of the story: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://theosophy-ult.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/THE-BEGGAR-BOY-AT-CHRISTS-CHRISTMAS-TREE-Dostoevsky.pdf This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdominbestbooks.substack.com | |||