Recent Podcasts
18. Of Barns and Basilicas! Mini Pod
There were basilicas even before there was a pope, or even a Catholic Church. So what is a basilica?
17. A First Visit to Vatican City and Saint Peter’s Basilica
We here survey and introduce the main sites of Vatican City and Saint Peter’s Basilica. These include the Sistine Chapel, the Raphael Rooms, and other parts of the Vatican Museums; the Vatican Necropolis, an ancient cemetery in which St. Peter may have been buried; the Vatican Gardens; the Apostolic Palace; and the Grottoes, main floor, and dome of St. Peters.
16. The Colosseum and the Looting of Jerusalem Mini Pod
A look into where Rome got the resources needed to construct one of its most colossal attractions.
Subsequent episodes will be published every Tuesday for a year, or longer if things go well. Mini-pods will be added from time to time on Thursday.