Episode 85 kicks off with Carl railing against the Winter Olympics being held in Italy -- not because he hates pasta or gondolas, but because the time difference and the internet have completely destroyed the magic. After the usual weekend riff, the crew runs through a packed News of the Week: The Mansfield Inn is officially emptied after the vacate order, a major roundabout project is coming to Lexington-Springmill and Home Roads and a gang-related case ends in a prison sentence.

Then the show takes a sharp turn into the mysterious and fascinating: Carl and the guys sit down with Maddalena, a Mansfield mom of four and independent researcher/translator exploring ancient Greek biblical texts through a poetic, Hellenic lens. She walks through how she got into the work, what separates her approach from traditional biblical scholarship and what she believes gets lost across time, translation and power. It’s an open-minded deep dive into language, symbolism, myth, early Christianity and the kinds of interpretations that challenge what many people assume the text “has to mean.”

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Related links:

• Follow Maddalena on Instagram
• Follow Dr. Ammon on YouTube
• Links to the Soma library
• Orphic Vox Glossary
• Sabachthani
• Mark 14:51-52
• Queen Medea
• News of the Week links
• Vacate order fulfilled: Last tenant leaves Mansfield Inn in Mifflin Township
• Bids sought for roundabout at Lexington-Springmill/Home Road intersection
• Mansfield police CAT team credited as gang member pleads guilty in court

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