Born of Wonder

Born of Wonder

bornofwonder

Episodes 100
Avg. Duration 36m
Activity Dormant
Apple Rating 5.0 (82)
Since Nov 2021
Latest Episode Oct 2025

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Every 2 Weeks
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About This Podcast

"We make idols of our concepts but wisdom is born of wonder." Host Katie Marquette takes listeners on a sound-rich, audio adventure for your ears, exploring beauty, aesthetics, theology, literature, and art. www.bornofwonder.com

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Recent Episodes

A New Podcast! If This be Magic

Oct 15, 2025 11m

Hello Born of Wonder listeners! A little note for you on this feed that I've started a NEW podcast - If This Be Magic. You can find it wherever you download your podcasts. I hope you'll tune…

S8:9 EP116: An Ending

Dec 31, 2024 9m

The final episode!  116 episodes, 76k+ downloads, and we’re calling it a day.  Thank you sincerely so much to everyone who has listened, written in, and shared this podcast over the years. I'll…

S8:8 EP115: Haley Stewart on Honoring Women's Experiences and Exploring The Catholic Imagination

Dec 11, 2024 52m

On this podcast episode Katie and Haley discuss her two new books, focusing in particular on the Catholic Imagination (what exactly is that?), the sacramental reality of the world, and how reading a…

S8:7 EP114: Creative Niches, The Joy of Research, + Celebrating Women's Lives: Interview with Ann Kennedy Smith

Nov 14, 2024 48m

Ann Kennedy Smith takes seriously the old saying “behind every great man is a great woman,” bringing to light the complicated, illuminating, fascinating stories of women who made their mark and maybe…

S8:6 EP113: Not A Hillbilly Nihilist; A Hillbilly Thomist: Interview with Fr. Justin Bolger, O.P.

Sep 19, 2024 49m

The Hillbilly Thomists are a band of friars of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans). After playing music together for several years, they released their debut album (The Hillbilly Thomists) in 2017,…

S8:5 EP112: Behind-the-Scenes at The Library of Congress

Sep 11, 2024 24m

Katie recently visited The Library of Congress for the first time. Her guide was a dear friend, Joanna Colclough - a reference librarian specializing in newspapers and current periodicals at the…

S8:4 EP111: The Analog Family - Interview with Katherine Johnson Martinko

Aug 27, 2024 52m

“Analog” technology (things like clocks, dimmer switches, speakers, microphones, walkie-talkies, thermometers, etc.) are directly related to the function which they are performing. They are, in other…

S8:3 EP110: Discernment, Creativity in Mothering, and the Still Small Voice: Interview with Kerri Christopher

Aug 20, 2024 49m

What is the right thing to do?  This is a question that we're all confronted with at some point. Big decisions, little decisions, all can be incredibly difficult to discern what to do. And making…

S8:2 EP109: My Husband Got a Flip Phone

Aug 13, 2024 59m

On this interview Katie chats with her husband Chris who decided to take the plunge and switch back to a flip phone. We talk about how it's going, what he loves about it, and the genuine…

S8:1 EP108: Madeleine L'Engle and the Power of Doubt

Aug 06, 2024 30m

The cosmic battle for Good and Evil - the power of the individual - The Triumph of Love - the malleability of time - Our place in the Cosmos - Doubt - Hope - Art - These are the many topics of…

SS1: EP107: Accepting (and Embracing) The Season You're In

Jul 08, 2024 23m

Whether it's a season of the year or a season of life, living joyfully requires us to accept the season we are in - and even to embrace it! Maybe in summer you need to cook 'no heat' recipes, drink…

S7:14 EP106: Healing, Hope, and Grace through Poetry with Grace E. Kelley

Jun 18, 2024 51m

Today on the podcast we are joined by Grace E. Kelley, mother, farmer, and poet. She is the author of a debut poetry collection, As the Sparrow Flies. On this episode, Grace and Katie discuss…

S7:13 EP105: Smartphone Solutions + Embracing Eccentricity + Spring Joy

May 14, 2024 20m

A 'check in' hello episode from Katie - with some life things she's really enjoying - including discovering a smartphone middle ground that allows you to disconnect (without giving up all the…

S7:12 EP 104: The Economy of Love in Les Miserables with Maddie Dobrowski

May 07, 2024 57m

Les Miserables is one of those profound stories that somehow encompasses the full depth of human experience. We have birth, death, falling in love, disappointment, justice, despair, young…

S7:11 EP103: Finding Our Rhythm in the Liturgical Year with Kristin Haakenson

Apr 30, 2024 55m

When you first encounter the liturgical year, it can be completely overwhelming. There is a saint's feast day every day! What season are we in again? Is it Eastertide? Ordinary Time? Who can keep…

S7:10 EP102: Taylor Swift and the Power of Collective Experience with Rachel Sherlock

Apr 16, 2024 1h 4m

Love her, hate her, you can't ignore her: Taylor Swift is a global phenomena. Today on the podcast, Katie is joined by Rachel Sherlock to discuss the power of girlhood, joy, dressing up, collective…

S7:9 EP101: Dr. Larry Chapp on Dorothy Day and Re-Weirding Christianity

Apr 09, 2024 50m

Today on the podcast Dr. Larry Chapp - former professor and current popular blogger, writer, theologian and founder of the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker Farm - joins us to talk all about Dorothy Day.…

S7:8 EP100: 3-2-1 Blast off! A Musical Tour of the Planets

Mar 27, 2024 34m

Happy 100 episodes! To celebrate, we're launching off into space - exploring that 'Love which moves the sun and other stars' - guided by Gustav Holst's epic 7 part orchestral suite 'The Planets.'…

S7:7 E99: Persephone and the Promise of Spring

Mar 19, 2024 27m

Happy first day of Spring! Happy feast of St. Joseph! Today we'll hear the magical, sad, beautiful story of Persephone and how she became the wife of Hades, God of the Underworld. Persephone's yearly…

S7:6 EP98: The Land of Magic

Mar 12, 2024 54m

Happy St. Patrick's Day week! Today on the podcast we'll be exploring a medley of stories, with audio taken from the many episodes I've done in the past on Celtic legends and folklore, including the…

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Born of Wonder is currently dormant with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 36m.

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