36 min
Whiskey & Cream: Episode XXI Whiskey & Cream Podcast with Ari Shapiro
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Whiskey & Cream for July 14th, 2021
Host: Ari Shapiro
0:40-10:05: "We have to remember to stop because we have to stop to remember"
There was a time before the days of pandemic entropy and woe where the celebration of a traditional monotheistic reason to gather at the end of the week and drink wine while surrounded by loving friends and family was considered to be as symbolically celestial as it was psychologically necessary. The Sabbath has always stood the test of Judeo-Christian time in that its very existence is a testament to the need for human socialization and cathartic release. But in an increasingly volatile and beleaguered world where eight-second attention spans mixed with crushing rates of anxiety and despair tend to prioritize the work week, it has become more vital than ever for us to consider why the holy day of rest might be the last bastion in taking a precious moment and remembering why our history, values and identity deserve to be honored with a reason to gather and celebrate life - even when the candles have long dimmed and the future remains uncertain.
Judith Shulevitz is an American journalist, editor and culture critic who has written for The New Republic, New York Times Book Review and The New York Times. When she wrote "The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time" over a decade ago and considered the question of what a holy day of rest represents to human culture and our sense of tradition, she unwittingly stumbled upon a powerful narrative that looks at the importance of gathering around the hearth and relishing in the flickering flames of family unity and interpersonal growth that allows us to find solace in a brutally unforgiving world filled with historical revisionism and lonely hearts.
Music: "Paranoid" performed by 4Tune Quarter
10:07-21:41: "Vulgo superiorum suffugit"
It's hard enough to chart a path towards a successful post-secondary educational journey that ends with the promise of a financially sustainable career let alone identifying which area of life one wishes to become a proverbial subject matter expert capable of garnering respect and self-worth. Gone are the halcyon days of considering a college or university that is as affordable as it is established in its tenured professors, course flexibility and prestigious value. Instead, the United States has led the western world in revealing an inherent crisis in the very nature of how we learn, what we're taught and where we use our acquired skills and tuition experiences to create a prosperous life amidst all this societal disarray. Until we start unpacking the twin beasts of insurmountably crushing debt caused by over-zealous for-profit public institutions and the increasingly diminished scholastic freedom of speech and critical-thinking on campus, the prospect of a bona fide higher learning education that's worth pursuing will continue to remain precisely what it's become: a mug's game in a fool's paradise.
Dr. Mike Nietzel is president emeritus at Missouri State University and holds a Ph.D. In clinical psychology. He's authored and published books on higher education and contributes regularly to Forbes magazine while remaining a champion against the perils of an academic system that's floundering mightily and absolutely trending in the wrong direction. For him, it's all about looking at the scales of systemic unfairness and balancing them against a generational reckoning that's changed the way students and parents look at how higher learning is considered from both a political and existential reality.
Music: "School's Out" performed by Alice Cooper
21:45-29:18: "A Russian, a Canadian, and an American walk into a hockey rink..."
True to form - and really, this is how it should have ended - the NHL's best team,...
Whiskey & Cream for July 14th, 2021
Host: Ari Shapiro
0:40-10:05: "We have to remember to stop because we have to stop to remember"
There was a time before the days of pandemic entropy and woe where the celebration of a traditional monotheistic reason to gather at the end of the week and drink wine while surrounded by loving friends and family was considered to be as symbolically celestial as it was psychologically necessary. The Sabbath has always stood the test of Judeo-Christian time in that its very existence is a testament to the need for human socialization and cathartic release. But in an increasingly volatile and beleaguered world where eight-second attention spans mixed with crushing rates of anxiety and despair tend to prioritize the work week, it has become more vital than ever for us to consider why the holy day of rest might be the last bastion in taking a precious moment and remembering why our history, values and identity deserve to be honored with a reason to gather and celebrate life - even when the candles have long dimmed and the future remains uncertain.
Judith Shulevitz is an American journalist, editor and culture critic who has written for The New Republic, New York Times Book Review and The New York Times. When she wrote "The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time" over a decade ago and considered the question of what a holy day of rest represents to human culture and our sense of tradition, she unwittingly stumbled upon a powerful narrative that looks at the importance of gathering around the hearth and relishing in the flickering flames of family unity and interpersonal growth that allows us to find solace in a brutally unforgiving world filled with historical revisionism and lonely hearts.
Music: "Paranoid" performed by 4Tune Quarter
10:07-21:41: "Vulgo superiorum suffugit"
It's hard enough to chart a path towards a successful post-secondary educational journey that ends with the promise of a financially sustainable career let alone identifying which area of life one wishes to become a proverbial subject matter expert capable of garnering respect and self-worth. Gone are the halcyon days of considering a college or university that is as affordable as it is established in its tenured professors, course flexibility and prestigious value. Instead, the United States has led the western world in revealing an inherent crisis in the very nature of how we learn, what we're taught and where we use our acquired skills and tuition experiences to create a prosperous life amidst all this societal disarray. Until we start unpacking the twin beasts of insurmountably crushing debt caused by over-zealous for-profit public institutions and the increasingly diminished scholastic freedom of speech and critical-thinking on campus, the prospect of a bona fide higher learning education that's worth pursuing will continue to remain precisely what it's become: a mug's game in a fool's paradise.
Dr. Mike Nietzel is president emeritus at Missouri State University and holds a Ph.D. In clinical psychology. He's authored and published books on higher education and contributes regularly to Forbes magazine while remaining a champion against the perils of an academic system that's floundering mightily and absolutely trending in the wrong direction. For him, it's all about looking at the scales of systemic unfairness and balancing them against a generational reckoning that's changed the way students and parents look at how higher learning is considered from both a political and existential reality.
Music: "School's Out" performed by Alice Cooper
21:45-29:18: "A Russian, a Canadian, and an American walk into a hockey rink..."
True to form - and really, this is how it should have ended - the NHL's best team,...
36 min