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Mass for Shut-ins: The Gin and Tacos Podcast

Jul 27, 2018

Story: THE MAN WHO SAVED THE WHALES - The true story of Abraham Gesner, the obscure Canadian geologist whose big discovery in 1846 made whaling unprofitable just as most whale species were on the brink of extinction. 

Guest: Dr. Ari Kohen, professor of political theory at University of Nebraska - Lincoln, curator of


Jul 12, 2018

A brief look at the ORIGINAL Mass for Shut-ins - not this podcast, but the 1962-1992 public service broadcast on WGN-TV out of Chicago.

I have discovered that the reference was not nearly as recognizable as I thought at first, so consider this an explainer if you've been curious what this seemingly random phrase...