Dr. Miriam Dominguez introduces us to Sergio Mata’u Rapu and Elena Kouneski Rapu, whose independent documentary Eating Up Easter was picked up by PBS and helped to introduce the world to the richness of culture and the challenges of the Rapa Nui people who live on Easter Island, which include handling a tremendous amount of … Read more
The most remote inhabited island in the Pacific Ocean, Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile), occupies a place in the popular imagination with its iconic stone statues. It is in the remoteness and beauty of this landscape that filmmakers Sergio Mata’u Rapu and Elena Kouneski Rapu documented the paradoxes that arise when indigenous and local communities seek both economic development and ecological sustainability.
Using selections of texts from Plato’s Republic, Gorgias, Symposium, and Laws, Laurie will discuss key ideas that attracted early Christians: Plato’s idealism (doctrine of the forms), his views on justice, the role of human love, the existence of God, and the afterlife. The last half hour, at least, will be for open discussion. Each session … Read more
Here’s a brief explanation of what’s going on with Jakob Hanschu’s reading group this year.
The Maurin Academy wants to inspire you to take action in your own back yard, or someone else’s back yard. We have a short series on canning, fermenting, and why food preservation is a good idea. Deacon Chris May is going to show us basic canning tomorrow, March 12! Join us: Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/canning-fermenting-and-why-tickets-851234283657 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy … Read more
Laurie and Spencer interview Nat Bjerke-Harvey of Piccalilli Farm in Manhattan, KS, about what it takes to run a diversified local farm, and the reasons to put more effort and resources into eating seasonally and locally. Maurin Academy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy Maurin Academy Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-maurin-academy-311669 Political Philosophy: https://political-philosophy.com Dustbowl Diatribes and Political Philosophy are podcasts of … Read more
It’s time to plan a garden, whether it’s on your patio, in your yard, or someone else’s yard! Ryan Dostal will be running two sessions on garden planning in February, and then in March we have Ryan and Deacon Chris May on deck to teach the preservation techniques of fermentation and canning. Many of the … Read more
Our upcoming Maurin Academy Roundtable Discussion will be next Monday, January 29 at 7 p.m. US Central Time, live on Zoom. This live discussion is available for our Maurin Academy Patrons and Catholic Workers. A brief description of this discussion, as stated in our latest issue of The Regenerative Reader January 2024 : “Our Maurin Academy founders and colleagues … Read more
Spencer and Laurie recap their conversations with Chris Cutrone and Martin Chang and contemplate what it means to be potatoes in a sack or Pringles in a tube.
