The Peasant Podcast Scoot

Sorry this podcast is late! This episode is a primer on the peasant life! If this is your first podcast at the Peasant Times-Dispatch, this is an introduction to the “peasant philosophy” I write and speak about here.
We’re calling this Season 2 of the Podcast because it is different. The Peasant’s Apprentice is a space for me to share life lessons I have learned that relate to living a peasantly life. It’s called the Peasant’s Apprentice because it’s advice that a Master might give an Apprentice who is trying to learn a trade. Not to suggest I am in any way a Master, but anyway you get the drift.
The concept is basically a rip-off of Dry Creek Wrangler School on YouTube, but I’m putting my own twist on it.
Mentioned in this episode:
* What kind of people should be a peasant (all of you)
* What a peasant is (and what they do)
* Why being a peasant is good (and three virtues that speak to the modern man)
Part of the model for the Peasant’s Apprentice is that once I post three episodes, the next oldest episode will go behind a paywall. This is episode 8! In case you’re new here, Episode 5, a wonderful interview with , will go behind a paywall tomorrow, 5/12! If you would like to keep your access, kindly consider a paid subscription (discounted 20% until June 1 if you click this promo button!)
Thank you very much for listening. Did you get something out of this episode? Let me know in the comments!
God bless you!
Ad Jesum Per Mariam


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In this episode, I talk about God answering prayers, ways you can pray, I blub a bit about my 2 year substackiversary coming up on the 15th, and I make a cotton-eye-joe reference.
We’re calling this Season 2 of the Podcast because it is different. The Peasant’s Apprentice is a space for me to share life lessons I have learned that relate to living a peasantly life. It’s called the Peasant’s Apprentice because it’s advice that a Master might give an Apprentice who is trying to learn a trade. Not to suggest I am in any way a Master, but anyway you get the drift.
The concept is basically a rip-off of Dry Creek Wrangler School on YouTube, but I’m putting my own twist on it.
Mentioned in this episode:
* In Podcast Episode 5, talked about Bl. Solanus Casey
* I talked about the “Exsultet” Chant from Easter Vigil. talked about that recently in this article at
* I talk about the “Our Father” Prayer, which can be found in Matthew 6:6-13
* I challenge readers and listeners who do not think prayer works to tell me, so I can pray for you.
Part of the model for the Peasant’s Apprentice is that once I post three episodes, the next oldest episode will go behind a paywall. This is episode 7! In case you’re new here, Episode 4 will go behind a paywall later today! If you would like to keep your access, kindly consider a paid subscription (discounted 20% until June 1 if you click this promo button!)
Thank you very much for listening. Did you get something out of this episode? Let me know in the comments!
God bless you!
Ad Jesum Per Mariam


This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit timesdispatch.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 6, in which I muse aloud about the Taoist tool for refusing to get outraged about circumstances we can’t control: The question “Is that so?”
The question comes from an anecdote shared with me from a book whose name I forgot while recording, but which is called “The cicada and the bird” by Chuang Tzu.
We’re calling this Season 2 of the Podcast because it is different. The Peasant’s Apprentice is a space for me to share life lessons I have learned that relate to living a peasantly life. It’s called the Peasant’s Apprentice because it’s advice that a Master might give an Apprentice who is trying to learn a trade. Not to suggest I am in any way a Master, but anyway you get the drift.
The concept is basically a rip-off of Dry Creek Wrangler School on YouTube, but I’m putting my own twist on it.
Programming note: Spotify switched their editing tool to Riverside.FM, which took away their library of background music. It’s the end of an era! But also: Is that so? If anyone has tips for putting background music in their podcasts, I’d love to hear them.
Part of the model for the Peasant’s Apprentice is that once I post three episodes, the next oldest episode will go behind a paywall. This is episode 6! In case you’re new here, Episode 3 will go behind a paywall later today! If you would like to keep your access, kindly consider a paid subscription!
Thank you very much for listening. Did you get something out of this episode? Let me know in the comments!
God bless you!
Ad Jesum Per Mariam


This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit timesdispatch.substack.com/subscribe

Hello everyone! I haven’t posted a podcast since February, but I more than make up for it with this almost hour long special! In this episode…
* I introduce Hambone, who is a real person!
* Hambone and I talk about Dirt Christianity and multiple and sundry aspects of that.
* We eventually circle around to Brother Lawrence and ’s Guest Post!
* I admonish all you listeners to besiege with a DDOS attack so he acknowledges Scoot and Hambone are different people.
* Oh god I say “Like” so many times.
Did you like this? Would you listen to more of these? Let us know!
Thank you for listening, God bless you all!
Ad Jesum Per Mariam


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Hello everyone, welcome back to the Peasant Podcast Episode 7! In this Episode I…
* …Welcome you back to the Peasant Podcast! What country are you listening from?
* …Plug my creative-writing/fiction Substack which I kickstarted in January!
* …Talk about what it means to simplify—that is to say, spiritual simplicity.
* …Talk about what good it does to be simple.
* …Talk about what we should simplify, rather than why we should simplify.
* …Ramble a little more on this topic!
Is your life simple right now? What do you think makes life complicated? When you think about a “simple life”—what does that look like? Let me know in the comments!
Thank you for listening! God bless you all!
Ad Jesum Per Mariam


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Hello everyone, welcome back to the Peasant Podcast Episode 6! In this Episode I…
* …Welcome you back to the Peasant Podcast, it’s good to be back!
* …Plug my newly renovated Substack which I told you about in my Letter From the Editor.
* …Talk about three reasons why God didn’t make us with the ability to transmit information directly between brains
* We are Free!
* We can love and we are loved!
* Because Art!
* …Talk about how these three things combine to make us have conversations and relationships.
* …Ramble a little more on this topic!
Why do you think God made us with our consciousness hidden behind our material bodies? Why can’t we communicate perfectly with each other? Let me know what you think in the comments!
Thank you for listening! God bless you all!
Ad Jesum Per Mariam


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