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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.