Bufnagle: the Podcast

Harry and Rafe discuss shoveling snow as a lead-in to a discussion of work, leisure, and riding both sides of the road, as Chesterton would suggest, and doing both the working and playing very well. Along the way they discuss all manners of Bufnagley things, including one of the Great Song by Dan Fogelberg, one that, in particular, mentions the snow turning into rain... ***** As always, you can re...

Rafe discusses turning 60 (!) and a lifetime pursuit of Wisdom.  Job's Poem on Wisdom provides some insight. ***** As always, you can reach the Buf at bufnagle@bufnagle.com ***** As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry all the expenses of running this podcast.  As such, some of you have asked how you can help out.  Well, here's the answer: support us on Buy M...

Harry and Rafe discuss books from 2024 and ones they hope to consume in 2025. ***** As always, you can reach the Buf at bufnagle@bufnagle.com ***** As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry all the expenses of running this podcast.  As such, some of you have asked how you can help out.  Well, here's the answer: support us on Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com...

Redropping an episode from Advent 2022, Rafe goes solo to discuss the first two chapters of Luke's gospel, the backstory and the story of the Nativity. Along the way we cover the concept of quarter-year days and their bank holidays and the fundament of the Rosary, but in the end we learn to embrace the Hope promised through the patience of Advent, to trust in those things we don't unders...

Harry and Rafe start with the idea of a bleak midwinter, dart down some rabbit holes and tell some stories of old shenanigans, and end up on Christmas carols, in particular Sleigh Ride , O Holy Night , Cradle in Bethlehem , Still, Still, Still , and Joseph's Song .  Particular attention is paid to Paul Cardall's splendid instrumental version of Still, Still, Still, which serves as the in...

In an episode originally dropped in December 2023, Harry and Rafe discuss the appearance of the Virgin Mary to Juan Diego in 1531.  A decade after the fall of the Aztec empire, Diego, a peasant convert in present-day Mexico, is visited four times by the appearance of the Virgin Mary, who tells him to ask the bishop to build a church on Tepeyac Hill in her honor.  When pressed for evidence, Our Lad...

Rafe and Harry welcome back Fr. Zak to again answer the questions that you have always had but have been afraid to ask! ***** As always, you can reach the Buf at bufnagle@bufnagle.com ***** As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry all the expenses of running this podcast.  As such, some of you have asked how you can help out.  Well, here's the answer: support us on...

Rafe welcomes BBSHs Sarah and Zach back on the show to discuss holiday traditions related to Thanksgiving, Christmas, Advent, and a whole bunch of other things. ***** As always, you can reach the Buf at bufnagle@bufnagle.com ***** As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry all the expenses of running this podcast.  As such, some of you have asked how you can help out.  We...

Rafe recounts a collection of recent interweb findings that spur him to think of the Joys that are children —  in fact, they are really the only reason for doing anything.  So, get going: get married and have some kids. ***** As always, you can reach the Buf at bufnagle@bufnagle.com ***** As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry all the expenses of running this podcast....

Rafe welcomes Big Brain Smart Head™ Italian architect Ricardo Buratti to discuss the nature of doing difficult things, being digestible to other people, being unforecastable, destiny, and putting yourself in positions to learn new ways of seeing. Ricardo's contact information: https://www.rb-arc.be/contact/ Ricardo's web page:   https://www.rb-arc.be ***** As always, you can reach the Bu...

It turns out Harry got a 3d printer some time ago so Rafe decided to ask him to tell us all about it so you can probably guess how this is going to go... ***** As always, you can reach the Buf at bufnagle@bufnagle.com ***** As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry all the expenses of running this podcast.  As such, some of you have asked how you can help out.  Well, her...

Rafe welcomes Big Brain Smart Head™ Noé Morin, Vice President of La Table Ronde de l’Architecture (TRA), the organization that oversaw the summer schools Rafe attended in July and August of 2024. Noé describes the history and goals of TRA and he and Rafe discuss some of the grander learnings from the summer and come to the conclusion at the end at we need to get to know the people with whom we bui...

Rafe is joined by Big Brain Smart Head™ Bob Luzenski, America's Favorite Rocket Scientist™, to discuss the recent engineering masterpiece by the engineers at SpaceX: catching a 71m long rocket that is falling to earth. Join us to find out why this feat was so spectacular. ***** ***** As always, you can reach the Buf at bufnagle@bufnagle.com ***** As you know, this is an independent podcast so...

Rafe describes the fifth and final part of his 8-week summer school: final project work, a parade for the Assumption, final presentations, craft week, a trip home, and some final take-aways: Try something new. Good people make all the difference. Seek Truth, Beauty, and Goodness. Create beautiful good things in Love. Link to La Table Ronde de l'Architecture website: here . Link to French news...

Rafe is joined by Big Brain Smart Head™ Bob Luzenski, America's Favorite Rocket Scientist™, to discuss issues surrounding Starliner and the complexities of space flight, engineering, and software.  Recorded in mid-September, let's see how prescient they are... ***** ***** As always, you can reach the Buf at bufnagle@bufnagle.com ***** As you know, this is an independent podcast so your h...

With Harry still on hiatus, Rafe describes the fourth part of his 8-week summer school: the city of Bruges, nuns at the boarding school, philosophy and metaphysics, a shrubbery maze, enchantment and delight, the infinitude of the variety of the Good, and much more... Link to La Table Ronde de l'Architecture website: here . Link to French newspaper article discussing the visit of the summer sc...

With Harry on hiatus, Rafe describes the third part of his 8-week summer school: an old castle, more crafts, wonderful desserts, pink sandstone, store fronts, parking lots, a Disney ending to 16 days in Barr, and a foreshadowing of more Joy coming in Belgium in Part 4... Link to La Table Ronde de l'Architecture website: here . Link to French newspaper article discussing the visit of the summe...

Taking a break from the summer school recaps, Rafe goes solo and recounts a recent adventure he had while giving blood, tying in revenge and mercy from Shakespeare and one of the great love songs of all time, and getting a t-shirt and cookies for his efforts. ***** As always, you can reach the Buf at bufnagle@bufnagle.com ***** As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry a...

Rafe describes to Harry the second part of his 8-week summer school, in particular, a trip to the Strasburg cathedral and meeting craftsmen in Alsace.  Discussion of church literacy, coffee shops and pubs, odd temperature scales, limestone, stone carving, woodworking, clay tiles, and much more follows as the Buf continues in telling the summer school tale. Link to La Table Ronde de l'Architec...

Rafe describes to Harry the first part of his 8-week summer school, in particular, the first part of the course in Barr, Alsace, France.  Discussion of vernacular architecture, storks, arches, Barr's "Golden Book", the metric system, and much more follows as the Buf begins to make a dent in telling the summer school tale. Link to La Table Ronde de l'Architecture website: here ....

Harry and Rafe get back together to discuss how things have been for the last eight weeks.  What follows is a typical Buf conversation about where the show will be headed for the next couple of weeks.  Shenanigans abound, of course.  ***** As always, you can reach the Buf at bufnagle@bufnagle.com ***** As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry all the expenses of running...

Harry hosts Nick Sledge, founder of the Catholic Manhood social media site.  Think of it as two young redneck fathers discussing Aristotle, Aquinas, architecture, and working to help get their families to heaven. Nick Sledge can be found at: https://x.com/bethecreed https://www.instagram.com/catholic.manhood/ https://catholicmanhood.substack.com ***** As always, you can reach the Buf at bufnagle@b...

Rafe goes solo from a secret remote location (and apologizes for the sound quality) and discusses the grand cathedral in Strasbourg, its square, its facade, its masses, and its restaurants. Are we building things today that will cause generations a thousand years from now to gather and bask in their glory? ***** As always, you can reach the Buf at bufnagle@bufnagle.com ***** As you know, this is a...

With at least 200 episodes now produced, the Buf team looks back on their favorite episodes of the last 100, what they each have learned, and how it has helped shape their understanding of a consistent world view. ***** As always, you can reach the Buf at bufnagle@bufnagle.com ***** As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry all the expenses of running this podcast.  As s...

Harry and Rafe conclude the discussion around coming to understand the nature of light.  In this episode they discuss some of the consequences of Einstein's Special Relativity and, in particular, how it implies that a clock moving very very fast appears, to a stationary observer, to be running slow.    ***** As always, you can reach the Buf at bufnagle@bufnagle.com ***** As you know, this is...