Best Sean Thomas Kane Podcasts (2025)

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The Wednesday Blog 21:17

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This week, to conclude what I’ve been saying. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Sources: [1] “Signs,” Wednesday Blog 1.10. [2] “On Servant Leadership,” Wednesday Blog 6.15. [3] Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Ozymandias,” Poetry Foundation.

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On Machinery 15:45

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On Language Acquisition 14:18

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This week, how living in a culture is required to speak a language in depth. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Sources: [1] “A Letter from San Juan,” Wednesday Blog 3.29. [2] “The North American Tour,” Wednesday Blog 5.34.

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On Drink 14:29

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This week, bringing together my research and my life through wine. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Sources: [1] Thevet, Singularitez, 14v. [2] Thevet, Singularitez, 15r. [3] Thevet, Singularitez, 159r. [4] Thevet, Singularitez, 15v. [5] Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 4 vols., …

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On Little Things 12:31

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This week, recent events have inspired me to think about the wide, wide world on a smaller scale. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Click here to buy a copy of my book Travels in Time Across Europe which tells the stories from my year living in London that began 10 years ago this week.…

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On Democracy, Part II 15:01

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This week, on the current round of redistricting sweeping through Missouri. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Sources [1] “On Democracy,” Wednesday Blog 5.39. [2] “We, Irish Americans,” Wednesday Blog 6.10. [3] “On Servant Leadership,” Wednesday Blog 6.15. [4] “Freedom from Fear,” Wednesday Blog 2.…

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The Lotus-Eaters 17:14

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This week, comparing the benefits of pleasure with the rewards of good work. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Sources: Photo: © Juan Valentín CC BY-NC 4.0 https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/427040191. No modifications made. Available under public license. Image slightly cropped length-wise for pod…

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On Simplicity 13:28

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This week, how the greatest wisdom is simple in nature. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Sources: Photo by Elizabeth Duke. [1] Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek: The Saint’s Life of Alexis Zorba, trans. Peter Bien, (Simon and Schuster, 1946, 2014), 81. [2] “Elephant Tails,” Wednesday Blog 5.24. […

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New Worlds 10:49

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This week, I reflect on the flexibility of the word world. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane

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On Systems of Knowing 27:27

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This week, I argue that we must have some degree of artifice to organize our thoughts and recognize the things we see in our world. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Sources: [1] For my recent essays referring to this current historiographic project see “On Sources,” Wednesday Blog 6.22, “On Writin…

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On Skepticism 11:33

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This week, I express my dismay at how fast time seems to be moving for me of late and how it reflects the existence of various sources of knowledge in our world. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Sources: [1] Ada Palmer, Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age, (University of Chicago Pr…

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On Knowledge 19:27

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This week, I want to address how we recognize knowledge in comparison to the various fields of inquiry through which we refine our understanding of things. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane Art Raphael, The School of Athens (1509–1511), Apostolic Palace, Vatican Museums, Vatican City. Public Domain. So…

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On Universals 12:17

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This week, I discuss some of the things which are common to all of us, problems we all share, and why I think we ought to look at solving those problems. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane

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On Writing 18:06

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This week, some words about the art, and the craft, of writing. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Links in this episode: Patrick Kingsley, Ronen Bergman, and Natan Odenheimer, “How Netanyahu Prolonged the War in Gaza to Stay in Power,” The New York Times Magazine, (11 July 2025). John McWhorter, “I…

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Embodied Patriotism 13:01

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This week, on the patriotism we live in our ordinary lives. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane

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The Declaration of Independence 13:58

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In honor of Independence Day, here is a recitation of the Declaration of Independence of the United States. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane

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The Poetics of Finality 14:50

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This week, some words on endings. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane

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A Defense of Humanism in a Time of War 17:20

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This week, why we should not lose sight of our common humanity in a time of war. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- This week's sources: [1] “Masks,” Wednesday Blog 4.15. [2] Luke 10:27 (New American Bible). [3] St. Augustine, Confessions 8.7. [4] Joan-Pau Rubiés, “The Renaissance of Encounters and …

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Electronic Signals 22:18

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This week, the coalescence of my thoughts over the last few months about how the way we communicate today in 2025 is so rooted in our technology. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane

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On Sources 14:20

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This week, the fourth in several scribblings about my research: borrowing from Oscar Wilde, the importance of being earnest with one’s sources. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane --- Sources: Ologies Podcast: https://www.alieward.com/ologies "Metropolis," Wednesday Blog 3.20: https://wednesdayblog.org/2…

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A Sense of Purpose 10:22

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This week, the third in several scribblings about my research: how studying Thevet and his world fulfills a need to find purpose in life. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane

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Why André Thevet? 21:53

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This week, the second in several scribblings about my research: why I chose to study André Thevet and build my career on the mound of his works. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane

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On Toponymy 17:17

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This week, the first in several scribblings about my research: how I connect historic places in my sources with their modern names. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane

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On Conversion 14:36

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This week, I spoke with a friend who converted to Catholicism as an adult about her conversion and how she relates to the Catholic Church as a whole. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane

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On Vanity 18:52

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This week, I reflect on the role of love in balancing between self-praise and community in a discussion of vanity. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane

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On Boston 12:22

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This week, some comments about my trip to Boston last month and reflections on that resilient city. --- Click Here to Support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane

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On Servant Leadership 13:59

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This week, in memory of His Holiness Pope Francis and of the revolutionary anniversaries in America and Ireland this week, some words on the humility necessary for the best sorts of leaders. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane Photo: By Korea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service (Photographer nam…

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Montaigne and the Ages of Life 13:43

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This week, reflections on Michel de Montaigne’s perception of his changing character throughout his life. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane

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Dominion or Cultivation of Nature? 13:14

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This week, how our relationship with the natural world reflects on our relationships with each other. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane Photo by Hariprasad Ashwene, 2024.

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Tóg go bog é | Take it easy 10:27

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This week, a few words on taking life slower. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane

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On Translation 10:27

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This week, how I take nuance and particularity into account in my efforts as a translator. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane

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We, Irish Americans 10:10

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This week, what does it mean for my community to call ourselves Irish Americans? --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane

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The Divine Essence 19:56

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This week, a meditation on the Name of God. --- Art: Studio of El Greco, "Agony in the Garden," (1590) oil on canvas, 102 x 131 cm, Toledo Art Museum, Toledo, Ohio, USA, National Gallery, London. Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane

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Homeownership 7:03

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This week, a few words on homeownership. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane

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Distractions 8:01

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How distractions can be beneficial or detrimental, from a certain point of view. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane I recommend you now listen to: On Pauses A link to the WBEZ Chicago story referenced in this episode.

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Three Ologies 17:26

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This week, talking through three terms I’ve historically had trouble understanding: epistemology, ontology, and teleology. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane

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On Numbers 14:27

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This week, how numbers are both a universal language and symbols representing deeper meaning. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog:https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane

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On Genealogy 10:55

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This week, I discuss how my experience working with genealogy databases helped prepare me to be a professional researcher. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane

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On Social Media 12:42

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This week, some thoughts on the divestment of our social media attention and why I choose to use different platforms for different sorts of messages. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane Photo of the author by Hariprasad Ashwene, 2024.

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The Second Quarter-Century 31:34

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This week, looking ahead to the next 25 years here are three things that I hope we see become ordinary things by 2050. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://wwww.patreon.com/sthosdkane

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The First Quarter-Century 13:40

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This week, to begin Season 5, I discuss some hopes of mine for the first quarter of the twenty-first century through reflections on three things that I imagined might be possible twenty-five years ago. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane

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On Names 23:15

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Season 4 Finale: This week, to celebrate Christmas I’ve decided to write a bit about naming conventions that I’ve come across, and to explain why I use my full name professionally. Nollaig shona daoibh | Merry Christmas! --- Click Here to Support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane…

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On Democracy 8:43

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This week, for my birthday I want to write to you about my belief in all of us and how democracy remains our best hope. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane

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The Versatility of Storytelling 12:51

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This week, how the same tools can be used to weave a variety of different stories. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane

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Notes on "Carruthers Smith's Museum" 19:39

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This week, some notes on the story I released here last week, more about Carruthers Smith and the other stories who populate that tale. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane

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Carruthers Smith's Museum 41:57

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This week, a story about excess and secrets all in a museum built by an old reclusive Gilded Age tycoon named Carruthers Smith. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane The episode artwork this week was generated by Dreamstudio. I really need to get back to sketching.…

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The Joy of Reading 13:43

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This week, an odd sort of sorrow that explains my reading habits. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane

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The North American Tour 38:41

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This week, some words on the places I visited and the people I met on this North American Tour I finished on Sunday. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane

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The Strenuous Life 10:41

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This week, to start November, a realization I had recently about how to overcome less severe colds. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane⁠ Photo: a moose diorama on display at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia taken by the author in August 2022.…

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The Face 10:15

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This week, I have a spooky short story for you, based on an experience I had over the summer. --- Click here to support the Wednesday Blog: https://www.patreon.com/sthosdkane Photo: an empty corridor in the Paris Métro as seen by the author on the evening when this spooky story takes place.