Real History with Melissa Podcast (.xml Format)

--{"The Bloody Conclusion of That Hideous Strength"}-- Does Mark escape the N.I.C.E.? Is he reunited with Jane? What does Merlin do to help the Director? What happens to Miss Hardcastle, Wither, Frost, and Lord Feverstone?

--{"LateAmble Ramble"}-- When are Nick and Melissa finishing up C.S. Lewis' That Hideous Strength? Modernism, post-modernism and the Academy. Who were the Inklings and what was C.S. Lewis' affiliation with them? George Orwell's review of this book. Spirituality and religion. What did Alan Watt say about the individual and religion?

--{"How 'bout those Jays?"}-- What does this time of year mean to you? Living inside your head and connecting with people - Sports? - Music that inspires and elevates - Bishop Williamson and modernism - Alan Watt on spirit and Christmas.

--{"Christine: After School Special"}-- Christine's large, Catholic family - a mix of security and feeling like an oddball. Studying art in school, becoming an artist, a teacher, then a wife, and a mother. Hugh Hefner, Playboy, cultural warfare, Alfred Kinsey - What affect did objectification of women and pornography in mainstream culture have on Christine's psyche, sense of worth as a woman, and...

--{"Nick Heys -- That Hideous Strength - Part 3"}-- Nick and Melissa are matching again! Where did those beautiful scarves come from? - Judy! - What themes come up in C.S. Lewis' The Abolition of Man and how do they compliment those in That Hideous Strength? Thanks to all who are listening, reading along, and giving us good ideas.

--{"Nick Heys -- That Hideous Strength - Part 2"}-- What choices do Mark and Jane make? What is C.S. Lewis saying about marriage and male and female attributes? Is the N.I.C.E. a not so nice institution?

--{"Nick Heys -- That Hideous Strength - Part 1"}-- What are some male/female/marriage ideas we see in That Hideous Strength? - How does C.S. Lewis reveal and foreshadow with his use of names? - Politics and academia: C.S. Lewis shows how the Delphi technique and the dialectic are used. What is telegraphing?

--{"AI Clones and Carbon Labels"}-- Why did Alan Hamel create an AI clone of his late wife Suzanne Somers? - Was the Red Father a forefather of ChatGPT? - What is an AI Friend? - Should firms have to put carbon labels on all products? - Universal Basic Income - Whole Body Donation in Florida - Why are stillbirths in the US higher? - Assisted suicide in Illinois.

--{"This is not a dress rehearsal"}-- Local sustainability updates - NEW!! Keir Starmer as the devil AI generated images - Nick and Melissa are reading C.S. Lewis' That Hideous Strength. - Talking today with Adam who lives in Germany. - Digital IDs, scanning at the grocery store; blockchain technology. - Questions to Alan Watt such as "Where can we move that is not part of the system?" - Countries...

--{"Perelandra: The Acid Trip"}-- Who is Greg Gorsuch and what is perichoresis? - Nick and Melissa revisit "the acid trip" in Perelandra. Was C.S. Lewis a pantheist? Does God want individuals? The Christian Trinity - Carl Jung, Alan Watt, Soren Kierkegaard.

--{"AI Aye aye"}-- Is Keir Starmer literally the devil? Why are we left with so little that is 'real' and authentic online? Have you ever had a conversation with an online chat bot?

--{"STEM"}-- What did the postcard announce? What is STEM? In this Real History, a 'short', Melissa discusses a recent outing to the local university.

--{"Neil Foster: UK's digital ID"}-- Orwellian schemes with Neil Foster talking about UK's Digital ID and the petition against it, Canada's Bill C-8, the cyberterrorism bill that is rather Orwellian. Why did Scottish police arrest a silent, elderly woman? AI actress, facial recognition cameras, and cash and what you can buy with it.

--{"Nick Heys: Perelandra"}-- Question: What is Nick Heys' new project? Answer: continuityofcontrol.com - Heys Reviews covering Between Two Ages - Go to cuttingthroughthematrix.com and find CTTM book club coverage of Carroll Quigley's Tragedy and Hope - We cover C.S. Lewis' third novel in the Space Trilogy: Perelandra - What are the Christian themes in Perelandra? Who is the Green Lady? Why was Ra...

--{"Authorized Hate and the Love of Simple Pleasures"}-- BBQ with Jim, a CTTM book club member, and meeting up with a cousin - A correction on Sigrida's email story. We do not know the manager in the picture! He may not be a Freemason and he might be perfectly lovely! :) - A little more about Yehudi Menuhin and Gerard Menuhin - A phone call from Joe, a listener and lover of BBQ - What are some thi...

--{"Sigrida's email: The Gstaad Adventure"}-- What did Sigrida learn on a recent adventure? What is the Menuhin Music Festival? Sigrida sent an email from Switzerland filled with tales of surprises and good luck. Connecting the dots in a wealthy playground.

--{ "9/11, Charlie Kirk, Neil Foster and the Police State"}-- Bill Cooper and 9/11 - Alan Watt on 9/11 - What is the question to ask about the Charlie Kirk narrative? - Who was arrested at the rally against Palestine Action ban in London? - Illiterate German police - Trump using the National Guard to police - Scotland's population.

--{ "Thank you"}-- Why was Melissa at the antique mall yesterday? What is Ajeana's story? Why are so many people afraid of dying? When did Melissa get the inspiration to begin "Real History"?

--{ "Neil Foster: City Hall, Carbon Passports"}-- Have Neil and Melissa made any progress educating their town's elected officials about Agenda 21? - Did pirate's have an equitable system of caring for their own? - Britain and carbon passports. Will the UK require built-in 'alcolocks' and black boxes in new cars? - Insurance and other scams of modern life.

--{ "C.S. Lewis' Out of the Silent Planet with Nick Heys"}-- Covering C.S. Lewis's Space Trilogy with Nick Heys of Heys Review - A new addition to Nick's family - Who were some of the important women in C.S. Lewis's life? - Are the Christian themes in Out of the Silent Planet subtle? - Who are Ransom, Devine, and Weston? - What are Hnau? Who are the Hnau on Malecandra? - What are some of the adven...

--{ "Bee here in case you're reading along"}-- Bees! Scout bees and bouncer bees and bees in the wall - Listeners in distress - CTTM book club syllabus for Alan Watt's Waiting for the Miracle - Nick Heys of Heys Reviews and the Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis - Neil Foster, Agenda 21, Sustainable Development Goals.

--{ "Katy will not converge!"}-- Who is Sarah? Looking forward to sharing a conversation with you about her PhD dissertation. - What is Canada's Policy Horizons? Who is Kristel Van Der Elst - Professor Travis Smith talking about the dangers of Policy Horizons biodigital convergence initiatives. - What is Advanced Research Projects Agency Health (ARPA-H) and when did it launch? Who are Christian Da...

--{ "Self-Checkout Avoidance Psychosis"}-- Talking with Neil Foster about his 'broody' hen, county sales taxes, and car trouble. We also discuss the studies carried out to understand why people don't want to use self-checkout lanes at stores. Where are Neil and Melissa in their efforts to educate their local elected officials about 'sustainable' projects? What are Dover, Kohl and Partners up to in...

--{ "Just a little update"}-- A few updates about Real History, Aman Jabbi, Neil Foster, Nick Heys, the new Substack channel and CTTM bookclub.

--{ "We're in the Army Now"}-- Rescheduling Aman Jabbi to the first week in July. Why have executives from tech companies joined the US Army Reserves? - Who is Shyam Sankar? Why does Palmer Luckey call himself a radical Zionist? - Why is jumping on bandwagons and finger pointing at supposed enemies problematic? What do we gain by a deeper understanding of history? - What did Alan Watt tell us abou...