Catholic Minute 09 - Harry Potter, the Serpent and the Phoenix
Harry Potter is back this year, and so is his evil nemesis, Lord Voldemort. In this episode of Catholic Minute, Fr. Roderick explores the religious connotations of the symbols of the serpent and that of the phoenix. The battle in the world of Harry Potter seems to refer to an even bigger battle in the history of Mankind…
Another great video podcast! I liked the camera switching and cuts to the trailer for movie 5 but I couldn’t help notice that you seemed to be controlling which camera Vidblaster would be recording. It looked too small to be a mouse, so what was it?
I cannot wait until I can get my hands on vidblaster. I am trying to put my final touches on my podcast, and my mind is dreaming on things I could do with that program.
Keep up the good work, Father.
Hi Father,
I am sorry, this is complete off-topic…… I just stumbled across this brand-new “The Blogging Church” book and just wanted to share this information with you:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0787984876?tag2=leaveitbehind-20
Additionally a great audio-interview with the author:
http://books.typepad.com/podcasts/files/brian_bailey_the_blogging_church.mp3
Maybe another source of inspriration for you and SQPN ?
Keep up the great work !
:-)
Mike
Gosh, Father, every vidcast gets better. Keep up the great work!
Hello Father!
First I want to talk about the podcast itself, then the content.
1) I just love your video podcasts. They are great. You are good at audio presentation as well as video presentation. But I didn’t like you switching cameras, especially when the second camera had so low framerate and image quality. The sound volume on your “external” clips (the movie trailer and the SQPN bumper) is way higher than your voice. It is down right hazardous to watch this with headphones on.
I liked that you had the Harry Potter book beside you on screen. That was very neat!
2) You talked about the serpent as being the symbol of evil. That the serpent lured Adam and Eve into sin. But the one (among many) thing I don’t understand about the Genesis is why God let Satan (the serpent) in the Garden of Eden in the first place. And why place the Tree of Knowledge in reach for Adam and Eve if God didn’t mean for them to taste the fruits? And is knowledge such a bad thing according to Christianity? I’d love you to respond on these questions and explain these matters, either to me directly or via any of your podcasts. I’d appreciate that very much!
Thanks for yet another great show, Father!
I just want to add that I have written a review of this podcast on iTunes.
Hello Roderick,
there seems to be a problem with the RSS feed.
Your latest Catholic Minute 09 episode has the wrong description. It is “Part III of my Wii documentary.” and not “Harry Potter, the Serpent and the Phoenix”. As my podcast aggregator only shows the description test. I nearly didn’t noticed that there is a new video at sqpn.
Thanks for all your great shows.
Martin
Thanks Martin, I fixed the feed.
@ Johan: good question for the Peculiar Bunch! BTW, I’m still experimenting with Vidblaster, and the program is still a very early beta with many limitations, so the final production is flawed. But eventually over time, things will get better.
I really want to watch this episode, but no matter what I do, I can’t seem to view it. I have tried subscribing with iTunes, subscribing to the RSS feed and just clicking on the link on the page, but nothing works. Sometimes I get a message that the website requires me to login. On iTunes, I can’t even find this episode, the only one listed is #1. Is anyone else having this trouble?
BTW, I love all your content, Father Roderick - keep it up!!