Uncommon Sense
The Podcast of the Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton, where we talk about everything under the sun with a Chestertonian perspective, as well as the writings and legacy of G.K. Chesterton himself. The podcast is hosted by Grettelyn Darkey and Joe Grabowski. Want to give us feedback? Email podcast@chesterton.org.

Women & Chesterton--Why do women love this overwieght, cigar smoking absent-minded teddy bear? Find out in this episode of Uncommon Sense.

This beautiful rendition of How Far Is It To Bethlehem is on the “Majestic Christmas” album by Our Daily Bread  and I found it on iTunes.

Web sites:
http://www.ignatiusinsight.com/features2007/gkchesterton_domwwww_july07.asp
http://workarea.rbc.org/radio-tv/day-of-discovery/2005/12/25/program.aspx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXarndypCYo
http://www.chesterton.org/acs/frbrownreader.htm
http://Chesterton.org
@amchestertonsoc
http://www.facebook.com/AmericanChestertonSociety
http://www.facebook.com/UncommonSensePodcast
http://www.amazon.com/Defiant-Joy-Remarkable-Impact-Chesterton/dp/1595552014/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292961270&sr=1-4
http://www.amazon.com/Quotable-Chesterton-Wit-Wisdom-G-K/dp/1595552057/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292961270&sr=1-5

Direct download: US39__Women_and_Chesterton.mp3
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#38 Christmas 2010 Special Christmas treat--reading of Frances Chesterton's play "The Christmas Gift"
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This show is also sponsored by The American Chesterton Society and by listeners like YOU.  Your purchase of books and merchandise and free will donations through our website helps to keep our organization going. Thank you. Please visit us at http://chesterton.org

Uncommon Sense is YOUR Source for Chesterton Information!

Web sites:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXarndypCYo
http://www.chesterton.org/acs/frbrownreader.htm
http://Chesterton.org
@amchestertonsoc
http://www.facebook.com/AmericanChestertonSociety
http://www.facebook.com/UncommonSensePodcast
http://www.amazon.com/Defiant-Joy-Remarkable-Impact-Chesterton/dp/1595552014/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292961270&sr=1-4
http://www.amazon.com/Quotable-Chesterton-Wit-Wisdom-G-K/dp/1595552057/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292961270&sr=1-5

Direct download: US38_Christmas_2010.mp3
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Chesterton and Children Part Two
Leave us feedback at:
uncommonsensepodcast@gmail.com or call 206-495-6556.

This show is also sponsored by The American Chesterton Society and by listeners like YOU.  Your purchase of books and merchandise and free will donations through our website helps to keep our organization going. Thank you. Please visit us at http://chesterton.org

Uncommon Sense is YOUR Source for Chesterton Information!

Web sites:
http://www.homeschoolstories.com/academics/literature/index.html
http://www.chesterton.org/acs/frbrownreader.htm
http://www.amazon.com/Detective-aka-Father-Brown-VHS/dp/6302768837/ref=sr_1_3?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1288018745&sr=1-3
http://www.greathall.com/products/mystery.html
http://Chesterton.org
http://americanchestertonsociety.blogspot.com
http://www.gilbertmagazine.com
@amchestertonsoc
http://www.facebook.com/AmericanChestertonSociety
http://www.facebook.com/UncommonSensePodcast

Direct download: US37-Part_2_Chesterton_and_Children.mp3
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Chesterton and Children Part One
Leave us feedback at:
uncommonsensepodcast@gmail.com or call 206-495-6556.

This show is also sponsored by The American Chesterton Society and by listeners like YOU.  Your purchase of books and merchandise and free will donations through our website helps to keep our organization going. Thank you. Please visit us at http://chesterton.org

Uncommon Sense is YOUR Source for Chesterton Information!

Web sites:
http://www.homeschoolstories.com/academics/literature/index.html
http://www.chesterton.org/acs/frbrownreader.htm
http://www.amazon.com/Detective-aka-Father-Brown-VHS/dp/6302768837/ref=sr_1_3?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1288018745&sr=1-3
http://www.greathall.com/products/mystery.html
http://Chesterton.org
http://americanchestertonsociety.blogspot.com
http://www.gilbertmagazine.com
@amchestertonsoc
http://www.facebook.com/AmericanChestertonSociety
http://www.facebook.com/UncommonSensePodcast

Direct download: US37_Part_1_Chesterton_and_Children.mp3
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This week covers the new website/blog, Answers the question Are We Catholic?, the James O'Keefe thing, and for the first time, you've got homework.

Thank you to this week's sponsor: the Chillicothe, OH Chesterton Society.

Web sites:
http://Chesterton.org
http://americanchestertonsociety.blogspot.com
http://www.gilbertmagazine.com
@amchestertonsoc
http://www.facebook.com/AmericanChestertonSociety
http://www.facebook.com/UncommonSensePodcast
http://audioboo.fm/

http://www.rachelscontrition.com/index.cfm

http://www.theprojectveritas.org

http://chillicothe-chestertonian.blogspot.com/

206-495-6556

Direct download: US36-Chesterton_Society_Scoop.mp3
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Part two of the talk on Frances Chesterton given by Nancy Brown at the Annual Conference of the American Chesterton Society in 2010.

Direct download: US35-Frances_part_2.mp3
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Part one of the talk on Frances Chesterton given by Nancy Brown at the Annual Conference of the American Chesterton Society in 2010.

Direct download: US34-Frances-The_Woman_Who_Was_Chesterton.mp3
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US#34-James O'Keefe and the ACS

Is James O'Keefe in hot water? What will the ACS do about it? Web sites: http://Chesterton.org http://americanchestertonsociety.blogspot.com http://www.gilbertmagazine.com @amchestertonsoc http://www.facebook.com/AmericanChestertonSociety http://www.facebook.com/UncommonSensePodcast http://www.youtube.com/veritasvisuals#p/a/u/0/_MVt62MGmOg http://www.theprojectveritas.org/

Direct download: US34-James_OKeefe_and_the_ACS.mp3
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US#32-Public Schools Teach Chesterton

Uncommon Sense #32 Public Schools Teaching Chesterton Special guest: public high school teacher Jim McPherrin. I first heard about Jim from Kevin O’Brien, when Kevin said he had unearthed a very rare personage, a public high school teacher in the Chicago area who was actually teaching Chesterton in his classroom. This sounded quite subversive and I wondered how he was able to do that, because Chesterton is so avant guard, so counter-cultural, and so religious. Find out more by listening! Leave me some feedback at: uncommonsensepodcast@gmail.com This show sponsored by The American Chesterton Society and by listeners like YOU.  Your purchase of books and merchandise and free will donations through our website helps to keep our organization going. Thank you. Please visit us at http://chesterton.org Web sites: http://Chesterton.org http://americanchestertonsociety.blogspot.com http://www.gilbertmagazine.com @amchestertonsoc http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-American-Chesterton-Society/127651102300?created http://hillsideeducation.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=124

Direct download: US32_Public_Schools_Teaching_Chesterton.mp3
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US#31-Incredibles Gilbert Magazine

This podcast is all about the Gilbert magazine which just came out, the one with Gilbert dressed like a character from the movie The Incredibles.

Web sites:
http://www.pixar.com/featurefilms/incredibles/
http://Chesterton.org
http://americanchestertonsociety.blogspot.com
http://www.gilbertmagazine.com
@amchestertonsoc
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-American-Chesterton-Society/127651102300?created
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Uncommon-Sense-The-Podcast-of-the-American-Chesterton-Society/155353507810111

Direct download: US31_Incredible_Gilbert_Magazine.mp3
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US#30-Part 3 Conference

Uncommon Sense #30 Part 3-The 29th Annual Conference of the American Chesterton Society And since a few of you have told me the glow of the conference is now fading, I thought I better get to this third and last podcast about the conference. This one is about what I call, the In between Times. Leave me some feedback at: uncommonsensepodcast@gmail.com Web sites: http://Chesterton.org http://americanchestertonsociety.blogspot.com http://www.gilbertmagazine.com @amchestertonsoc http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-American-Chesterton-Society/127651102300?created

Direct download: US30_Part_3_Conference_2010.mp3
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US#29-Part 2 The Annual Conference of the American Chesterton Society

Conference overview part 2, brief looks at each speaker and topic, why we need financial help, what's so great about coming to a conference. Web sites: http://www.staustinreview.com/ink_desk/archives/the_chesterton_conference_an_outsiders_observation/ http://Chesterton.org http://americanchestertonsociety.blogspot.com http://www.gilbertmagazine.com @amchestertonsoc http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-American-Chesterton-Society/127651102300?created

Direct download: US29Part2Annual_Conference.mp3
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US#28-Part One The 29th Annual American Chesterton Society Conference

Part One All about the 29th Annual Conference of the American Chesterton Society in Emmitburg, MD Web sites: http://thwordinc.blogspot.com/ http://www.thewordinc.org/ http://Chesterton.org http://americanchestertonsociety.blogspot.com http://www.gilbertmagazine.com @amchestertonsoc http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-American-Chesterton-Society/127651102300?created

Direct download: US28_Part_1_The_29th_Annual_Conf._of_the_ACS.mp3
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US#27-Getting Ready for ChesterTen

We talk about getting ready for the conference, what to bring.

Web sites:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=246636370657&index=1
http://Chesterton.org
http://americanchestertonsociety.blogspot.com
http://www.gilbertmagazine.com
@amchestertonsoc
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-American-Chesterton-Society/127651102300?created
http://music.mevio.com

Direct download: US27_Getting_Ready_for_ChesterTen.mp3
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US#26-Part Two I Don't Get Chesterton

Continuing discussion of the difficulty people have with Chesterton's style of writing, his verbosity, his use of popular people and events no longer relatant to our times, etc. Discuss the need for humility in association with reading Chesterton. http://chestertonstl.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/reading-chesterton/ http://thwordinc.blogspot.com/ http://www.thewordinc.org/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBCwYJU5IMg http://www.amazon.com/Priest-Forever-Father-Eugene-Hamilton/dp/0879739444 http://www.jaredmahone.com/ http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=246636370657&index=1 http://Chesterton.org http://americanchestertonsociety.blogspot.com http://www.gilbertmagazine.com @amchestertonsoc http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-American-Chesterton-Society/127651102300?created http://www.jaredmahone.com/

Direct download: US26_Part_2_I_Dont_Get_Chesterton.mp3
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US#25-I Don't Get Chesterton Part One

Part One-What If I Just Don't Get Chesterton? What does it say about me if I don't get Chesterton? Everyone seems to love him, but I just can't get into reading him. His stuff is too dense, too wordy, too lengthy, too unwieldy. I *want* to like Chesterton, but I just don't get him. If any of this rings a bell, this and the next episode of Uncommon Sense are for you. Web sites: http://chestertonstl.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/reading-chesterton/ http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=246636370657&index=1 http://Chesterton.org http://americanchestertonsociety.blogspot.com http://www.gilbertmagazine.com @amchestertonsoc http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-American-Chesterton-Society/127651102300?created http://music.mevio.com

Direct download: US25-I_Dont_Get_Chesterton.mp3
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US#24-Stanford Nutting

Meet Stanford Nutting, Father's Day, new music, and waiting for ChesterTen. Web sites: http://thwordinc.blogspot.com/ http://www.thewordinc.org/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBCwYJU5IMg http://www.amazon.com/Priest-Forever-Father-Eugene-Hamilton/dp/0879739444 http://www.jaredmahone.com/ http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=246636370657&index=1 http://Chesterton.org http://americanchestertonsociety.blogspot.com http://www.gilbertmagazine.com @amchestertonsoc http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-American-Chesterton-Society/127651102300?created

Direct download: US24-Whats_Wrong_with_Stanford_Nutting.mp3
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US#23-Dale Ahlquist and ChesterTen

Exclusive interview with Dale Ahlquist, talking about the conference in August in the Washington DC area. How to get there, where to stay, who will be speaking, and why you should come.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=246636370657&index=1

http://chesterton.org/acs/merchandise.htm

http://chesterton.org/donate

http://americanchestertonsociety.blogspot.com

http://www.gilbertmagazine.com

@amchestertonsoc

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-American-Chesterton-Society/127651102300?created

 

Direct download: US23-Dale_Ahlquist_ChesterTen.mp3
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US#22-Forgiveness

Forgiveness, and Chapter 2 of What's Wrong With the World. Dale sends word of a letter to the editor of the Daily News from 1905 written by GKC.

 

Kevin O'Brien caracature by Ted Schluenderfritz

http://www.5sparrows.com/

Web sites: http://chesterton.org/acs/wrongworld.htm http://Chesterton.org http://www.gilbertmagazine.com http://americanchestertonsociety.blogspot.com @amchestertonsoc http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-American-Chesterton-Society/127651102300?created http://music.mevio.com

Direct download: US22_Forgiveness.mp3
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US#21-What's Wrong With the World-Intro

What's Wrong with the World? The 100th anniversary of this book's publication gives us the opportunity to update the discussion to our times, and find out how relevant Chesterton still is today.

We begin by looking at reviews of the book from 1910.

Show Notes:
http://chesterton.org/acs/wrongworld.htm
http://www.gilbertmagazine.com
http://Chesterton.org
http://americanchestertonsociety.blogspot.com
@amchestertonsoc
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-American-Chesterton-Society/127651102300?created
http://music.mevio.com

Direct download: US21_Whats_Wrong_With_the_World.mp3
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US#20-Interview with James Kennedy

James Kennedy has written a Chesterton-inspired work of fiction called Order of Oddfish, and talks about his book, his fans, and the surprising and amazing fan art his book has inspired.
Web sites:
http://jameskennedy.com
http://www.gilbertmagazine.com
http://Chesterton.org
http://americanchestertonsociety.blogspot.com
@amchestertonsoc
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-American-Chesterton-Society/127651102300?created
http://music.mevio.com

Direct download: US20_Interview_w_James_Kennedy.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:42pm EDT

US#19-Getting Caught Up

Web sites: http://www.jameskennedy.com http://www.amazon.com/Whats-Wrong-World-G-Chesterton/dp/0898704898/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268959197&sr=1-2 http://www.amazon.com/Gods-Philosophers-Medieval-Foundations-Science/dp/1848310706/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264769576&sr=8-1 http://www.gilbertmagazine.com http://chesterton.org/acs/oddie.htm http://Chesterton.org http://americanchestertonsociety.blogspot.com @amchestertonsoc http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-American-Chesterton-Society/127651102300?created http://music.mevio.com

Direct download: US_19_Getting_Caught_Up_1.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:47pm EDT

US#18-Romance Chapter Four

Continuing discussion of William Oddie's biography of Chesterton, The Romance of Orthodoxy, chapter four

Web sites:
http://www.gilbertmagazine.com
http://chesterton.org/acs/oddie.htm
http://Chesterton.org
http://americanchestertonsociety.blogspot.com
@amchestertonsoc
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-American-Chesterton-Society/127651102300?created
http://music.mevio.com

Direct download: US18_Romance_of_Orthodoxy_Chapter_4.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:08pm EDT

US#17-Richard Aleman

Interview with Richard Aleman, President of The  Society for Distributism


Web sites:
http://www.distributism.blogspot.com
http://www.distributist.org
http://www.distributist.blogspot.com
http://www.medaille.com/distributivism.htm
http://www.cesj.org
http://www.secondspring.co.uk
http://www.justpeace.org
http://www.thirdway.org
http://www.catholicworker.org/index.cfm
http://www.madeinusaforever.com
http://chesterton.org
uncommonsensepodcast@gmail.com
http://www.gilbertmagazine.com
http://chesterton.org/acs/oddie.htm
http://americanchestertonsociety.blogspot.com
http://www.twitter.com/amchestertonsoc
The Fan Page on Facebook of The American Chesterton Society
http://music.mevio.com
Jobs of Our Own: A New Book on Distributism
The Outline of Sanity
The Servile State
Essay on the Restoration of Property
The Vocation of Business: Social Justice in the Marketplace

Direct download: US17_Richard_Aleman.mp3
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US#16 Kevin O'Brien & Chpt.3 Happy New Year!
Interview with Kevin O'Brien, owner of Theater of the Word, Inc., actor in the Manalive movie, as well as To Follow the Light: The Conversion of John Henry Cardinal Newman, starring Frank C. Turner as Cardinal Newman.
Continuing discussion of William Oddie's biography of Chesterton, Chapter 3 Nightmare at the Slade


Links:
http://www.thewordinc.org/
http://manalivethemovie.com/
http://corpuschristiwatershed.org/
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs047/1101340708370/archive/1102832572306.html
http://www.newmancause.co.uk/
http://barberi.wordpress.com/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003964/
http://chesterton.org/acs/oddie.htm
Direct download: US16-Interview_Kevin_OBrien.mp3
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