1. In this episode, Blake sits down with percussionist, Timothy Jones. They discuss the challenges of moving across the world to pursue your craft, the need to adapt, and developing as a performer.
  2. Today on the Almanac, we remember Samson Occom, who died on this day in 1792.
  3. Today on the Almanac, we remember Henry Benedict Stuart, the Cardinal Duke of York, who died on this day in 1807.
  4. Faith in What? Faith in Who? In this episode, we read Robert J. Delahunty’s article about Alex de Tocqueville’s faith. Tocqueville is a remarkable study in Enlightenment faith because he straddles the line between Christianity and the Enlightenment: Law and religion, belief and despair that concerns the relationships between Church and State in the United States and France.
  5. Today on the Almanac, we remember the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, passed in the French National Assembly on this day in 1790.
  6. Today on the Almanac, we remember Annie Armstrong, who was born on this day in 1850.
  7. Today on the Almanac, we remember the trial of John Thomas Scopes.
  8. Today on the Almanac, we remember William Jennings Bryan’s famous “Cross of Gold” speech at the Democratic National Convention.
  9. Today on the Almanac, we return to colonial America and remember the religious freedom granted to Rhode Island in 1663.
  10. Today on the Almanac, we remember a preacher who was once called “the father of American Democracy” Thomas Hooker (spoiler: he wasn’t).
  11. In this episode, Blake sits down with filmmaker and urban farmer, Andrew Cagle. They discuss the philosophy to the approach to farming at Elmwood farms in Dallas, TX, and the connection we as people have to creation.
  12. Today on the Almanac, we remember one of the very important Thomas’ in the Early Modern world: Thomas More.