Risking Enchantment

Risking Enchantment is a discussion about beauty in art and culture, and its place in the Catholic faith. The show is hosted by Rachel Sherlock, and she is joined every week by a friend to dive into a particular theme or topic. We discuss literature, music, poetry, art, architecture and more, and talk about how experiencing these can hint at the transcendental and better inform our Catholic faith and how we live it out.

Risking Enchantment is a religion podcast hosted by Rachel Sherlock, with 93 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Rachel Sherlock hosts Risking Enchantment, a religion show with 93 episodes published.

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  Episode #94

  Painting with Sunlight: The Stained Glass Art of Harry Clarke

  Apr 30, 20251h 5mS0

  <p>“The glory of colour, which was his chief gift, is a strange blend of dark beauty and almost spectral luminosity.” - A.Kelly</p> <p> </p> <p>In this episode Rachel and Phoebe put a spotlight on one of Ireland’s great artists: Harry Clarke. Famed for his stained glass art, Clarke’s work can be found in churches throughout Ireland, exhibiting his astounding use of colour and his distinctive figurative style. We discuss his place in Irish art history and his work establishing a distinctively Irish style in the 20th century. We contrast his religious work with his secular...

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  Episode #93

  In Defence of Frodo: The Trial and Heroism of Self-Sacrifice

  Mar 14, 20251h 44mS0

  <p>"I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not for me. It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: some one has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them."</p> <p>- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King </p> <p>In this episode, Jacob Moran returns to join me on a dive back into Middle-Earth, this time to explore the character of Frodo Baggins. Even among fans of The Lord of the Rings, Frodo comes in for a deal of criticism and even maligning...

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  Episode #92

  Strange Desire and the Mystery of Love in the Music of Bleachers

  Feb 8, 20251h 34mS0

  <p>"I was feeling like I never was young</p> <p>Followed a dream and a strange desire</p> <p>You picked me up in the dead of the night</p> <p>And gave me a chance to move on inside of your mystery"</p> <p>- You're Still a Mystery, Bleachers</p> <p> </p> <p>In this February episode of Risking Enchantment, Matthias Conroy joins after a five year absence to talk about one of our favourite bands and albums, Strange Desire by Bleachers.</p> <p>Bleachers is founded and fronted by pop producer extraordinaire Jack Antonoff. While he i...

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  Episode #91

  The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness: John the Baptist, an Imaginative Exploration

  Jan 11, 20251h 16mS0

  <p></p> <p>"[T]he life and work of the Forerunner, especially as presented in the gospel of John, greatly illuminates the poetic character of Christian life—indeed of all life"</p> <p>- Dwight Lindley, "The Poetics of John the Baptist"</p> <p > </p> <p >Risking Enchantment is back for 2025 and for our first episode of the year we’re taking a look at St. John the Baptist. We discuss a fictionalised depiction of his imprisonment by Henriette Brey, a 20th-century Catholic writer, as well at looking at how this foremost of saints is represented in art and how his v...

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  Episode #90

  The Ends of the Affairs: Medieval Ideals, Modern Trysts and the Offering of Redemption in the Works of Graham Greene and T. H. White

  Nov 9, 202431 minS0

  <p>"I can imagine that if there existed a God who loved, the devil would be driven to destroy even the weakest, most faulty imitation of that love. Wouldn’t he be afraid that the habit of love might grow, and wouldn’t he try to trap us all into being traitors, into helping him extinguish love."</p> <p>- Graham Greene</p> <p> </p> <p>This episode of Risking Enchantment features a recording of paper given by Rachel Sherlock at this year's Fall Conference held by the de Nicola Institute for Ethics in Culture in Notre Dame University, held in co...

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