MAGI Podcasts
MAGI Podcasts description of what the podcasts are and what people can expect when looking at them. Needs to be written
MAGI Reviews: Season 1
Weekly short episodes review one Masonic-related publication or address issues relating to Masonic history. Each of the 20 episodes are approximately 15 minutes, beginning with a one-minute introduction, a five to seven-minute overview of the book or topic by the lead reviewer, with five to seven minutes of additional comments by the secondary reviewer; these are followed by two, three-to-four-minute responses with further information and comments. A final one-to-two-minute conclusion sum-up and provide a final assessment of the book or topic. Finally, based on MAGI’s standards, a negative, fair, or a positive seal of approval is assigned.
MAGI Reviews: Season 2
The MAGI Season Two podcasts offers a diverse range of segments including weekly reviews of Masonic history books, interviews with experts, and readings by authors, providing free and subscriber-only content to enrich your understanding of the Craft. Free weekly short topical papers and reports from Masonic libraries and museums provide good introductions to MAGI mission and repositories that serve the mission. For those who wish to engage MAGI with a subscription level receive weekly short Masonic book reviews and audio chapters of Masonic history books. And just to lighten the mood, they also receive a weekly podcast presenting a variety of either Masonic prose, poetry, humor or plays. For those who subscribe to MAGI at the Student level, they receive four additional extended podcasts. First interviews with academic historians who have studied and published
Masonic history. Second, lectures from MAGI approved Masonic scholars or historians on topics in Freemasonry. Third, in-depth reviews of Masonic history books, publication, and productions. Fourth, either critical essays on understanding Masonic history, or more light-hearted stories of the Masonic adventures and events in the life of Masonic scholars. Please see descriptions below.
SEASON TWO GUEST REVIEWERS
Jesse Chariton, Ph.D., Iowa State University
Adam Kendall, M.A., Curator, Okland Scottish Rite, CA, Editor of the SRRS Heredom
S. Brent Morris, Ph.D., “The Dean of American Masonic Historians”
Prof. Andrew Prescott, Ph.D. - University of Glasgow, Director of Digital Humanities
R. Chris Ruli, M.A., Freemason and author of "Brother Lafayette”
Prof. Chernoh Sesay Jr. Ph.D., Religious Studies, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Prof. Susan Sommers, Ph.D. European History, St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA
Basilos E. Tsingos, Ph.D., Rhode Scholar, Past DGM, Grand Lodge of Masons in MA
