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Introducing Chesterton's Gateway: The Podcast. Hosted by Ethan Nicolle, author of the book of the same name, former Creative Director of The Babylon Bee, and co-creator of the webcomic and TV series Axe Cop, alongside medieval and church history expert Michael Grumbine, this podcast explores the timeless works of G.K. Chesterton. Each episode delves into a single Chesterton essay, offering thoughtful commentary and conversation to illuminate its meaning for both new readers and seasoned enthusiasts. Beyond unpacking the profound ideas within Chesterton's writing, the hosts provide context for dated references and obscure allusions, bridging the gap between past and present. Buckle your Chesterbelts for an engaging exploration of one of literature's most enduring voices.
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This week's book: Chesterton's Gateway (the book) This week's chapter: Chapter 1, Tremendous Trifles This is Chesterton's Gateway. The casual Chesterton commentary podcast with Ethan Nicolle and Michael Grumbine, making Chesterton accessible to everyone (or at least trying to). This week's special guest is graphic novelist and commentator Doug TenNapel. Check out his news channel https://www.youtube.com/@UCDfyHqCqtItNH46Ffls2Fhw This week's chapter is chapter one of Ethan's book (also called Chesterton's Gateway). Get the book on Amazon https://a.co/d/dVQUesb Join us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/chestertonsgateway Send questions to GKCinfo@AXECOP.com
Early release for premiere week! This week's book: Chesterton's Gateway (the book) This week's chapter: Chapter 2, A Piece of Chalk This is Chesterton's Gateway. The casual Chesterton commentary podcast with Ethan Nicolle and Michael Grumbine, making Chesterton accessible to everyone (or at least trying to). This week's chapter is chapter two of Ethan's book (also called Chesterton's Gateway). Get the book on Amazon https://a.co/d/dVQUesb Join us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/chestertonsgateway Send questions to GKCinfo@AXECOP.com
This week's book: Chesterton's Gateway (the book) This week's chapter: Chapter 3, Introductory Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy This is Chesterton's Gateway. The casual Chesterton commentary podcast with Ethan Nicolle and Michael Grumbine, making Chesterton accessible to everyone (or at least trying to). This week's chapter is chapter three of Ethan's book (also called Chesterton's Gateway). Get the book on Amazon https://a.co/d/dVQUesb Join us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/chestertonsgateway Send questions to GKCinfo@AXECOP.com
This week's book: Chesterton's Gateway (the book) This week's chapter: Chapter 3, Introductory Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy (part 2) This is Chesterton's Gateway. The casual Chesterton commentary podcast with Ethan Nicolle and Michael Grumbine, making Chesterton accessible to everyone (or at least trying to). This week's chapter is the second half of chapter three of Ethan's book (also called Chesterton's Gateway). Get the book on Amazon https://a.co/d/dVQUesb Join us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/chestertonsgateway Send questions to GKCinfo@AXECOP.com
This week's book: Chesterton's Gateway (the book) This week's chapter: Chapter 4, On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family (Part 1) This is Chesterton's Gateway. The casual Chesterton commentary podcast with Ethan Nicolle and Michael Grumbine, making Chesterton accessible to everyone (or at least trying to). This week's chapter is the first half of chapter four of Ethan's book (also called Chesterton's Gateway). Get the book on Amazon https://a.co/d/dVQUesb Join us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/chestertonsgateway Send questions to GKCinfo@AXECOP.com
This week's book: Chesterton's Gateway (the book) This week's chapter: Chapter 4, On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family (Part 2) This is Chesterton's Gateway. The casual Chesterton commentary podcast with Ethan Nicolle and Michael Grumbine, making Chesterton accessible to everyone (or at least trying to). This week's chapter is the second half of chapter four of Ethan's book (also called Chesterton's Gateway). Get the book on Amazon https://a.co/d/dVQUesb Join us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/chestertonsgateway Send questions to GKCinfo@AXECOP.com
This week's book: Chesterton's Gateway (the book) This week's chapter: Chapter 5, On Lying In Bed This is Chesterton's Gateway. The casual Chesterton commentary podcast with Ethan Nicolle and Michael Grumbine, making Chesterton accessible to everyone (or at least trying to). This week's chapter is chapter five of Ethan's book (also called Chesterton's Gateway). Get the book on Amazon https://a.co/d/dVQUesb Join us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/chestertonsgateway Send questions to GKCinfo@AXECOP.com
This week's book: Chesterton's Gateway (the book) This week's chapter: Chapter 6, On Running After One's Hat This is Chesterton's Gateway. The casual Chesterton commentary podcast with Ethan Nicolle and Michael Grumbine, making Chesterton accessible to everyone (or at least trying to). This week's special guest is novelist and Babylon Bee writer Frank J. Fleming, follow him on X: https://x.com/IMAO_ This week's chapter is chapter six of Ethan's book (also called Chesterton's Gateway). Get the book on Amazon https://a.co/d/dVQUesb Join us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/chestertonsgateway Send questions to GKCinfo@AXECOP.com
This week's book: Chesterton's Gateway (the book) This week's chapter: Chapter 8, The Medical Mistake (We skipped Cheese and will be making it the final chapter of the series) This is Chesterton's Gateway. The casual Chesterton commentary podcast with Ethan Nicolle and Michael Grumbine, making Chesterton accessible to everyone (or at least trying to). This week's chapter is chapter eight of Ethan's book (also called Chesterton's Gateway). Get the book on Amazon https://a.co/d/dVQUesb Join us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/chestertonsgateway Send questions to chestertonsgateway@gmail.com.
This week's book: Chesterton's Gateway (the book) This week's chapter: Chapter 12, The Drift From Domesticity (We are skipping Orthodoxy Chapters and saving them for when we do Orthodoxy, and saving Cheese for last.) This is Chesterton's Gateway. The casual Chesterton commentary podcast with Ethan Nicolle and Michael Grumbine, making Chesterton accessible to everyone (or at least trying to). This week's chapter is chapter twelve of Ethan's book (also called Chesterton's Gateway). Get the book on Amazon https://a.co/d/dVQUesb Join us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/chestertonsgateway Send questions to chestertonsgateway@gmail.com.
This week's book: Chesterton's Gateway (the book) This week's chapter: Chapter 12, The Drift From Domesticity (We are skipping Orthodoxy Chapters and saving them for when we do Orthodoxy, and saving Cheese for last.) This is Chesterton's Gateway. The casual Chesterton commentary podcast with Ethan Nicolle and Michael Grumbine, making Chesterton accessible to everyone (or at least trying to). T his week's chapter is chapter twelve of Ethan's book (also called Chesterton's Gateway). Get the book on Amazon https://a.co/d/dVQUesb Join us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/chestertonsgateway Send questions to chestertonsgateway@gmail.com.
This week's book: Chesterton's Gateway (the book) This week's chapter: Chapter 12, The Drift From Domesticity (We are skipping Orthodoxy Chapters and saving them for when we do Orthodoxy, and saving Cheese for last.) This is Chesterton's Gateway. The casual Chesterton commentary podcast with Ethan Nicolle and Michael Grumbine, making Chesterton accessible to everyone (or at least trying to). T his week's chapter is chapter twelve of Ethan's book (also called Chesterton's Gateway). Get the book on Amazon https://a.co/d/dVQUesb Join us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/chestertonsgateway Send questions to chestertonsgateway@gmail.com.
This week's book: Chesterton's Gateway (the book) This week's chapter: Chapter 13, The Book of Job (We are skipping Orthodoxy Chapters and saving them for when we do Orthodoxy, and saving Cheese for last.) This is Chesterton's Gateway. The casual Chesterton commentary podcast with Ethan Nicolle and Michael Grumbine, making Chesterton accessible to everyone (or at least trying to). This week's chapter is from Ethan's book (also called Chesterton's Gateway). Get the book on Amazon https://a.co/d/dVQUesb Join us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/chestertonsgateway Send questions to chestertonsgateway@gmail.com.
This week's book: Chesterton's Gateway (the book) This week's chapter: Chapter 13, The Book of Job (part 2 of 3) (We are skipping Orthodoxy Chapters and saving them for when we do Orthodoxy, and saving Cheese for last.) This is Chesterton's Gateway. The casual Chesterton commentary podcast with Ethan Nicolle and Michael Grumbine, making Chesterton accessible to everyone (or at least trying to). This week's chapter is from Ethan's book (also called Chesterton's Gateway). Get the book on Amazon https://a.co/d/dVQUesb Join us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/chestertonsgateway Send questions to chestertonsgateway@gmail.com.
This week's book: Chesterton's Gateway (the book) This week's chapter: Chapter 13, The Book of Job (part 3 of 3) (We are skipping Orthodoxy Chapters and saving them for when we do Orthodoxy, and saving Cheese for last.) This is Chesterton's Gateway. The casual Chesterton commentary podcast with Ethan Nicolle and Michael Grumbine, making Chesterton accessible to everyone (or at least trying to). This week's chapter is from Ethan's book (also called Chesterton's Gateway). Get the book on Amazon https://a.co/d/dVQUesb Join us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/chestertonsgateway Send questions to chestertonsgateway@gmail.com.
Sorry for missing a week, we have over 4 weeks of travel between us for summer and while we thought we had recorded enough ahead, we did not, so we had to take a week off! This week's book: Chesterton's Gateway (the book) This week's chapter: What's Right With the World (We are skipping Orthodoxy Chapters and saving them for when we do Orthodoxy, and saving Cheese for last.) This is Chesterton's Gateway. The casual Chesterton commentary podcast with Ethan Nicolle and Michael Grumbine, making Chesterton accessible to everyone (or at least trying to). This week's chapter is from Ethan's book (also called Chesterton's Gateway). Get the book on Amazon https://a.co/d/dVQUesb Join us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/chestertonsgateway Send questions to chestertonsgateway@gmail.com.
This week's book: Chesterton's Gateway (the book) This week's chapter: What's Right With the World (We are skipping Orthodoxy Chapters and saving them for when we do Orthodoxy, and saving Cheese for last.) This is Chesterton's Gateway. The casual Chesterton commentary podcast with Ethan Nicolle and Michael Grumbine, making Chesterton accessible to everyone (or at least trying to). This week's chapter is from Ethan's book (also called Chesterton's Gateway). Get the book on Amazon https://a.co/d/dVQUesb Join us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/chestertonsgateway Send questions to chestertonsgateway@gmail.com.
This week's book: Chesterton's Gateway (the book) This week's chapter: Cheese (We are skipping Orthodoxy Chapters and saving them for when we do Orthodoxy, which is next!) This is Chesterton's Gateway. The casual Chesterton commentary podcast with Ethan Nicolle and Michael Grumbine, making Chesterton accessible to everyone (or at least trying to). This week's chapter is from Ethan's book (also called Chesterton's Gateway). Get the book on Amazon https://a.co/d/dVQUesb Special thanks to Mike Nelson for joining us on this episode. Join us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/chestertonsgateway Send questions to chestertonsgateway@gmail.com.
Current book: Orthodoxy This week's chapter: Preface and Introduction If you are reading along with us in Orthodoxy, this is the FIRST episode in that series. This is Chesterton's Gateway. The casual Chesterton commentary podcast with Ethan Nicolle and Michael Grumbine, making Chesterton accessible to everyone (or at least trying to). Get Ethan's book (also called Chesterton's Gateway), the perfect introduction to GK Chesterton. Get the book on Amazon https://a.co/d/dVQUesb Join us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/chestertonsgateway Send questions to chestertonsgateway@gmail.com.
Current book: Orthodoxy This week's chapter: The Maniac, Chapter 1 part 1 If you are reading along with us in Orthodoxy, this is the SECOND episode in that series. This is Chesterton's Gateway. The casual Chesterton commentary podcast with Ethan Nicolle and Michael Grumbine, making Chesterton accessible to everyone (or at least trying to). Get Ethan's book (also called Chesterton's Gateway), the perfect introduction to GK Chesterton. Get the book on Amazon https://a.co/d/dVQUesb Join us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/chestertonsgateway Send questions to chestertonsgateway@gmail.com.
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