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The Cogitating Ceviché Podcast

Conrad T Hannon

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The Cogitating Ceviche Week in Review (25-30)

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2025/08/03

The Cogitating Ceviché Week in ReviewDisscusion via NotebookLMEditor’s NoteThis week’s line‑up stretches from Calista Freiheit’s gentle meditation on women’s ministry to Conrad Hannon’s techno‑skeptic essays and Gio Marron’s noir‑tinged mysteries. Though the subjects range widely—faith, blockchain, caricature, street life, and the elusive perfect nap—each explores how ordinary people navigate power, purpose, and rest. Brew a cup of tea (or coffee) and read on.Week in Review | July 28 – August 1,

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Cogitating Ceviche’s Week in Review (25-29)

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2025/07/27

The Cogitating Ceviché Week in Review (25-29)Discussion via NotebookLMEditor’s NoteThis week, Calista returns us to parable and planting, Conrad tracks disease and distrust, and Gio brings both crime and conscience through music, walls, and old Russian fables. Across these six pieces, a theme emerges: trust—lost, earned, betrayed.Articles of the WeekThe Sacred Seasons: A Christian Gardener's Journey Through the ParablesJuly 21, 2025 – Calista FreiheitThrough seed and soil, Freiheit explores divine

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Cogitating Ceviche's Week in Review (25–28)

The Cogitating Ceviché Podcast ·

2025/07/20

The Cogitating Ceviché Week in Review 25-28Discussion via NotebookLMEditor’s NoteFrom sacred memory to satirical lyricism, this week stretches from the intimate to the ideological. Calista urges families to sanctify remembrance. Conrad critiques our paradoxical fear priorities and demystifies blockchain. Gio spins mysteries and reintroduces Melville with panache. These eight works ask: what deserves our attention in an age that offers everything?Articles of the WeekThe Sacred Art of Remembrance: Why

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Cogitating Ceviche’s Week in Review (25-27)

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2025/07/13

The Cogitating Ceviché Week in Review 25-27Discussion via NotebookLMEditor’s NoteThis week’s lineup swings between heaven-ward wonder and silicon swagger. Calista invites us to worship beneath a sky free of pixels; Gio spins mysteries where conscience meets crime; Conrad dissects blockchain résumés and the social alchemy of the humble-brag. Eight pieces, one thread: what we treasure shapes who we become.Articles of the WeekThe Sacred in the Stars: Rediscovering the Night Sky as God’s CathedralJuly

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Voltaire Uncensored: The Enlightenment’s Sharpest Wit...

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2025/07/09

The Cogitating CevichépresentsVoltaire Uncensored: The Enlightenment's Sharpest Wit Takes on Corporate Morality and Performative PowerPast Forward #67By Conrad HannonNarration by Amazon PollyPrefaceFew pens have cut as sharply through hypocrisy as that of François-Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire. A titan of the Enlightenment, he mocked kings, dismantled dogma, and wielded wit like a scalpel against the bloated corpse of superstition and tyranny. His weapon was satire, his armor was reason,

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Cogitating Ceviché’s Week in Review (25–26)

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2025/07/06

The Cogitating Ceviché Week In Review 25-26Discussion via NotebookLMFrom Gothic satire to civic mythmaking, this week’s selections span centuries and sensibilities. Our contributors examine beauty as theology, patriotism as narrative, and crime as performance. The result is a mosaic of commentary where aesthetic, political, and literary concerns all press toward the question: what do we owe to memory, and what do we owe to form?📈 This Week’s FeaturesThe Theology of Beauty: Art, Architecture, and

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Cogitating Ceviché’s Week in Review (25–25)

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2025/06/29

The Cogitating Ceviché Week in ReviewDiscussion via NotebookLMFrom biblical giants to distant galaxies, this week’s contributions traverse ground both sacred and speculative. Our authors confront systems—biological, governmental, narrative—that shape belief and action. Whether unearthing mysteries in New Orleans or parsing executive overreach, these ten selections remind us that truth-seeking is rarely passive, often lonely, and always worth the cost.📰 This Week’s FeaturesDavid and Goliath: Fear,

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Joseph Lister: Antiseptic Pioneer in the Age of...

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2025/06/25

The Cogitating CevichéPresentsJoseph Lister: Antiseptic Pioneer in the Age of Superbugs and AI SurgeryPast Forward: Historical Icons in the Digital Frontier #66By Conrad HannonNarration by Amazon PollyPrefaceJoseph Lister revolutionized medicine in the 19th century by introducing antiseptic techniques that dramatically reduced surgical infections and mortality rates. Born in 1827 to a Quaker family in Essex, England, Lister brought scientific rigor to surgical practice at a time when post-operative

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David and Goliath:

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2025/06/23

Beautiful Freedom in coordination with The Cogitating Ceviché PresentsDavid and Goliath: Fear, Faith, and the Strength to Stand Alone By Calista FreiheitVoice-over provided by Amazon PollyIn 1 Samuel 17, Scripture recounts a moment when all of Israel stood frozen, watching a loud-mouthed Philistine mock God's people. Goliath was not just taunting the army—he was defying the living God. And Israel, God's chosen nation, stood silent, immobilized not by wounds but by fear.What happened that day wasn't

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Cogitating Ceviche’s Week in Review (25-24)

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2025/06/22

The Cogitating Ceviché Week in ReviewDiscussion via NotebookLM📣 Publishing UpdateHi friends,To make each post more meaningful and easier to enjoy, here’s our updated schedule:* Mondays – No change: Calista Freiheit continues her cornerstone column.* Wednesdays – Alternating features: Past Forward and Satirist Biography (or other as yet defined series).* Fridays – In-depth, members-only content: essays, podcasts, or longform explorations.* Sundays – Your Week in Review right here. This will include

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Cry Me a Discourse:

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2025/06/21

The Cogitating Ceviché PresentsCry Me a Discourse: When Empathy Gets Fact-CheckedBy Conrad HannonVoice-over provided by Amazon PollyAlso, check out Eleven Labs, which we use for all our fiction.It started with a simple, heartfelt post — a man honoring his late father on Father's Day. No political jab, no campaign message, just a brief, sincere note about love and loss. Within minutes, the comment section erupted. One prominent critic sneered that the man's father would be "ashamed of him" — not

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Karl Friedrich Becker (1777–1806): History with a...

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2025/06/20

The Cogitating Ceviché Presents Karl Friedrich Becker (1777–1806): History with a Satirical QuillEntry #82 – Honoring the Satirists and Thinkers Who Altered Our Perspectives By Conrad Hannon Narration by Amazon PollyPrefaceKarl Friedrich Becker may not command the same household recognition as Voltaire or Swift, yet his voice echoed across German intellectual life at the turn of the 19th century in a way that blended pedagogy with a surprisingly sharp wit. A historian by trade and a satirical writer

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Civic Literacy Is the New Counterculture

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2025/06/19

The Cogitating Ceviché Presents Civic Literacy Is the New CountercultureDiscussion provided by NotebookLMOnce upon a time — say, around 1789 — civic literacy was the expectation. Politicians quoted Cicero without footnotes. Farmers could debate the finer points of separation of powers while milking cows. The average newspaper reader knew the difference between a republic and a democracy, and more importantly, why it mattered.Now it's a red flag. Say something like "Article I vests legislative power

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Bridled Nostalgia:

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2025/06/18

Somewhere in rural America, a horse stands in quiet triumph inside a plush, rubber-floored trailer hitched to a Ford Super Duty. Its hay is pre-fluffed, the windows are tinted, and a fan hums to keep the air circulating just so. Outside, a human in cargo shorts and wraparound sunglasses checks the tie-downs and double-knots the lead rope. A meme captures the moment perfectly: Then—a horse pulling a wagon. Now—a wagon pulling the horse. Caption: “Well played, horse, well played.”Indeed.It’s funny

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Ibn Sina Reimagined: The Islamic Polymath Confronts...

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2025/06/17

The Cogitating CevichéPresentsIbn Sina Reimagined: The Islamic Polymath Confronts Modern Medicine and PhilosophyPast Forward: Historical Icons in the Digital Frontier #65By Conrad HannonNarration by Amazon PollyPrefaceWelcome to the sixty-fifth installment of Past Forward: Historical Icons in the Digital Frontier. This ongoing series reimagines history's pivotal figures interacting with the complexities and challenges of our contemporary world. In this edition, we meet Ibn Sina, also known as

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The End of the Nuclear Family?

The Cogitating Ceviché Podcast ·

2025/06/16

Beautiful Freedom in coordination with The Cogitating Ceviché PresentsThe End of the Nuclear Family? Rebuilding Christian CommunityBy Calista F. FreiheitVoice-over provided by Amazon PollyThe traditional family has been under siege for decades. What once stood as the cornerstone of both church and nation—the multigenerational, faith-centered household—has been gradually replaced by a fragmented social fabric, frayed by hyper-individualism, economic displacement, and cultural drift. The nuclear

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Cogitating Ceviche’s Week in Review (25-23)

The Cogitating Ceviché Podcast ·

2025/06/15

The Cogitating Ceviché Week in Review (25-23)Discussion via NotebookLMEditor’s NoteFrom supersonic free falls to subversive fables, this week’s lineup invites readers to consider motion in all its forms—spiritual, civic, historical, and literal. These eight selections challenge modern passivity with stories of resilience, satire, and reflection. Whether guiding children through screen culture or decoding 17th-century wit, our authors deliver calls to wake up, read deeply, and think harder.Articles

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The Silence of Motion:

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2025/06/14

The Cogitating CevichéPresentsThe Paradox of Perception: Speed, Stillness, and the Frame of ReferenceBy Conrad HannonVoice-over provided by NotebookLMPicture this: You’re settled into your window seat aboard a Boeing 747, sipping coffee as you gaze out at the clouds drifting peacefully below. Your book rests motionless on the tray table. Your fellow passengers sit quietly in their seats. Everything around you is perfectly still.Yet at this very moment, you’re hurtling through the atmosphere at 600

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Jean de La Fontaine (1621–1695): The Fabulist Who...

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2025/06/13

The Cogitating CevichéPresentsJean de La Fontaine (1621–1695): The Fabulist Who Tamed Kings and Mocked Courts with Talking AnimalsHonoring the Satirists and Thinkers Who Altered Our Perspectives #81By Conrad HannonNarration by Amazon PollyPrefaceJean de La Fontaine is best known as the poet who made foxes, wolves, crows, frogs, and lions the mouthpieces of human folly. But behind the charming rhythms and moral lessons of his fables lies a sharp, often subversive critique of 17th-century French

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Humans as the Fastest Animals on Earth?

The Cogitating Ceviché Podcast ·

2025/06/12

The Cogitating Ceviché PresentsHumans as the Fastest Animals on Earth? Felix Baumgartner's Supersonic CaseBy Conrad HannonVoice-over provided by NotebookLMIntroduction: Redefining the Food Chain (Through Falling Really, Really Fast)When we think of the fastest animal on Earth, images of a diving peregrine falcon or a sprinting cheetah usually come to mind. The peregrine falcon's stooping dive can reach up to 242 mph (389 km/h) under experimental conditions, and a cheetah can sprint at around 70 mph

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