What do you expect when you visit a farm? Maybe fields with crops, or pastures with cattle, pigs, chicken and a picturesque farmer on a tractor. I visited a farm in Washington state recently. Along the shores of the Elwa River on the Olympic Pe

Nero: Christian Slaying Madman or Misunderstood Genius?

Mar 23rd, 2023 44m 23s

Perhaps one of the most captivating portrayals of emperor Nero is that of Peter Ustinov in the 1951 movie Quo Vadis. He portrays Nero as a self-absorbed psychopath who collects his tears in little bottles for posterity to behold and who fiddles

03-Does Santa drink Ginger Ale? A jolly career from ancient saint to marketing icon.

Dec 1st, 2022 16m 26s

In the season when Americans begin a love affair with a maid from Switzerland, soft drink sales plummet. To make a brown bubble brew from Atlanta into an integral part of the Winter Wonderland, marketing executives employ an ancient saint to be

02-A Masterpiece of Malice. The wicked way emperor Nero tries to end his mother Agrippina.

Nov 24th, 2022 13m 25s

No one in the history of mad emperors is more notorious than emperor Nero. That is more than a modern sentiment, created by novels and Hollywood movies. Nero was already notorious in antiquity. Ancient historians write that there is no act of d

01-Nasty Natives & Thanksgiving

Nov 17th, 2022 15m 44s

It was on a nice Thanksgiving day in 1970 when Massachusets wanted to celebrate 350 years of the Pilgrim Fathers setting foot on Plymouth rock. A great party was to mark the occasion. The governor would host a Turkey dinner with dignitaries, mu

00-Episode Zero - What To Expect

Oct 26th, 2022 3m 12s

Hello and welcome to torrents of time. This is episode zero of my podcast and this is what you can expect. I am John Lucas Bowman. I am a writer and I want to tell you stories that move my heart as I try to understand the human condition. The s

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