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Yup Still alive!

I am in production on the next show. It is called "Being Grand" and it is about what it is like to be Grandmaster. The delay has been in scheduling the interview with the Grandmaster and of course....work. Hopefully the show will be up by Monday. Fingers crossed...

Again, thanks to all who have written. It makes me feel as if I were a member of a world-wide Lodge!

Episode 2: The Answer To the Second Question

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Show Log
00:00 Hello! Welcome international listeners

00:26 Aloha to the Lodge Le Progres de l'Oceanie, F. & A.M

02:00 Chapter 1: Asking the First Question

04:29 A hard question to answer (interviews)

08:33 Understanding what Freemasonry offers: common experiences?

10:42 MUSIC: "The Girl Who Has Everything" by Motherboard, available at Podcast NYC

14:25 Chapter 2: Understanding Manhood in America

14:32 Interview with Robert G. Davis, author of Understanding Manhood in America: Freemasonry's Enduring Path to the Mature Masculine

16:53 Three male archetypes

19:19 The Self-Made Man and the cult of individualism

20:26 Davis on initiating men into manhood

22:57 Davis on what Freemasonry offers young men

24:37 Davis on bringing Masonry back from irrelevance

28:16 MUSIC: "In a Long Time" by 46 Bliss, available on the PodSafe Music Network

32:50 Chapter 3: The Second Question: It's About Getting Along

34:10 The difference between friends and brothers

36:28 The answer to the Second Question

39:10 Outro

40:13 CODA: Appeal for victims of Hurricane Katrina

Special thanks to our guests: Bro. Joe; Bro. Nick , Bro. Howard, Bro. Alex, W. Bro. Robert G. Davis.
Special thanks to Bro. Antonio Quevedo of Campinas, Brazil

UPDATE: HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF: The Masonic Service Foundation of North America is coordinating a relief effort for brethren and their families that have been stricken by Hurricane Katrina. You can get details of the effort here, or you can make an online donation via the Philalethes Society web site. Brothers, please be generous.