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Wednesday Blog by Seán Thomas Kane

Sean Thomas Kane

This podcast is a broadcasted version of Seán Kane"s Wednesday Blog. Covering topics from history to natural history, astronomy, and language, the Wednesday Blog offers listeners a thoughtful reflection in the middle of each week.

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00:06:58

Olympic Optimism

Wednesday Blog by Seán Thomas Kane ·

2024/08/14

In celebration of the last few weeks of the Summer Olympics in Paris, I want to write to you about the optimism that the Olympics embody. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sean-thomas-kane/support

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00:13:13

Dúlra

Wednesday Blog by Seán Thomas Kane ·

2024/08/06

This week, how it’s good to pause and notice the ways we supersede older things with the new while benefiting from the old all the same.--- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sean-thomas-kane/support

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00:13:28

On Exploration

Wednesday Blog by Seán Thomas Kane ·

2024/07/31

This week, some words on two books about exploration that I’ve read this summer: Hampton Sides’s The Wide Wide Sea, and Michael Palin’s Erebus.--- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sean-thomas-kane/support

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00:11:48

The Power of Hope

Wednesday Blog by Seán Thomas Kane ·

2024/07/24

This past weekend, history was made when President Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race. The next 48 hours inspired tremendous hope again.--- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sean-thomas-kane/support

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00:10:12

On Political Violence

Wednesday Blog by Seán Thomas Kane ·

2024/07/17

This week, I feel compelled by this past weekend’s events to write about the follies of political violence.--- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sean-thomas-kane/support

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00:16:59

Utopia Lost

Wednesday Blog by Seán Thomas Kane ·

2024/07/10

This week, I have a short story for you that I wrote three years ago after the death of a dear friend.--- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sean-thomas-kane/support

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00:08:50

An Election Year Independence Day

Wednesday Blog by Seán Thomas Kane ·

2024/07/03

This week, I’m writing to you with this week’s holiday in mind, with some of my aspirations and hopes for America.--- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sean-thomas-kane/support

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00:12:48

Two Cities

Wednesday Blog by Seán Thomas Kane ·

2024/06/26

This week, a few words about the trip I just completed to London and Paris.--- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sean-thomas-kane/support

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00:17:55

A Tiger in the Sun

Wednesday Blog by Seán Thomas Kane ·

2024/06/19

This week, I have a short story for you, in the style of an Irish aisling, a dream narrative, about a tiger basking in the warm February sun. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sean-thomas-kane/support

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00:16:10

Paradiso

Wednesday Blog by Seán Thomas Kane ·

2024/06/12

This week, I conclude my three-part reflection on Dante’s Divine Comedy with the Paradiso.--- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sean-thomas-kane/support

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00:13:32

Purgatorio

Wednesday Blog by Seán Thomas Kane ·

2024/06/05

Last week, I wrote my thoughts on the first cantica of Dante’s Divine Comedy. This week then, the second part, the Purgatorio.All quotations from the Divine Comedy come from Robin Kirkpatrick’s English translation published in the 2012 Penguin edition. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sean-thomas-kane/support

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00:13:50

Inferno

Wednesday Blog by Seán Thomas Kane ·

2024/05/29

A while ago, I began reading Dante's Divine Comedy. So, over the next three weeks I will be writing my own reflections on each of its three parts. This week then, I begin with the Inferno.--- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Dante: Inferno to Paradise, https://dantedocumentary.com The Blues Brothers, "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love and Sweet Home Chicago," https://youtu.be/FrLZoQUl2mQ?si=g9rLDM6ZPM7tXJ97 Molly Fischer, "The

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00:09:21

Our First Languages

Wednesday Blog by Seán Thomas Kane ·

2024/05/22

Last week, I listened to an essay from the New York Times Magazine about the possibility that one might lose their first language if they use another too much. Today then, I write to my own experience in this matter.--- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sean-thomas-kane/support

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00:13:11

The Promise of Hope

Wednesday Blog by Seán Thomas Kane ·

2024/05/15

Last week, the 7th of May 2024, marked the 200th anniversary of the premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. Today then, I want to talk with you about the hope which runs through that Ode to Joy. The recordings of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony heard in this episode came from the 1956 album by the ProMusica Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of Jascha Horenstein and are free to use under the Public Domain Mark 1.0 Universal label and can be found in full at

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00:10:22

The Art of Joy

Wednesday Blog by Seán Thomas Kane ·

2024/05/01

This past weekend, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art debuted a new retrospective exhibit on the life and work of Franco-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle. One of her great initiatives was to express rebellious joy in her art, especially later in her career.--- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sean-thomas-kane/support

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00:26:58

Is Cash Still King?

Wednesday Blog by Seán Thomas Kane ·

2024/04/24

Over the last week, I've been thinking about how much I still use cash, and what that says about my lifestyle as a whole. Guests: Alex Brisson, New York City Elizabeth Duke, Kansas City, MO George Vial, County Donegal, Ireland --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sean-thomas-kane/support

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00:12:06

Return to Normalcy

Wednesday Blog by Seán Thomas Kane ·

2024/04/17

Over the last week, I've been thinking about the standards we define to cast a model of normality, or in an older term normalcy. This week then, I try to answer the question of what even is normal?--- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sean-thomas-kane/support

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00:12:12

The Eclipse

Wednesday Blog by Seán Thomas Kane ·

2024/04/10

This Monday, North America experienced its second total solar eclipse in the last decade.--- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sean-thomas-kane/support

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00:08:35

A Matter of Grammar

Wednesday Blog by Seán Thomas Kane ·

2024/04/03

This week, after going down the rabbit hole of the Chicago Manual of Style's monthly Q&A newsletter, I thought I'd talk a bit about grammar.--- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sean-thomas-kane/support

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00:21:11

On Technology

Wednesday Blog by Seán Thomas Kane ·

2024/03/27

Last week, I returned to Chicago, this time on a business trip to attend a conference, and on the way took time to slow things down and enjoy the lived experience.--- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sean-thomas-kane/support

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