#681 Sister Wendy Beckett - Interview with Robert Ellsberg
The Not Old - Better Show
Paul Vogelzang
4.7 • 107 Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Sister Wendy Beckett - Interview with Robert Ellsberg: Dearest Wendy: A Story of Faith and Friendship
The Not Old Better Show, Author Interview Series
Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, Art of Living author Interview series on radio and podcast. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and today's show is brought to you by POM Wonderful; 100% Pomegranate Juice is "health in a bottle." We have an excellent holiday program about a surprising story of faith and friendship.
Thank you so much for listening. As I say, we've got a great guest today, who, after reading his new book, I've been looking forward to for a while and whom I'll introduce in just a moment…But, quickly, if you missed any episodes, last week was our 680th episode, and I spoke with physicist, NASA scientist, author, and Smithsonian Associate Les Johnson about A Traveler's Guide to the Stars: The Possibilities of Interstellar Exploration
Two weeks ago, I spoke to Smithsonian Associate Clay Jenkinson about Gulliver's Travels and the fascinating story within a story, not just for children. Wonderful stuff…If you missed those shows, along with any others, you can go back and check them out with my entire back catalog of shows, all free for you there on our website, NotOld-Better.com…and if you leave a review, we will read it at the end of each show…leave reviews on Apple Podcasts for us.
Many people, as I did, first came to know Sr. Wendy Beckett in the 1990s through her popular television program, "Sister Wendy's Odyssey." She was an unlikely celebrity: diminutive, dressed in a medieval-looking black habit of her own design, her lively and intelligent features offset by large spectacles. Yet countless viewers became entranced by her tour of famous galleries around the world, and by her incisive and empathetic commentary on the works of art she encountered along the way.
In 2018 Sister Wendy Beckett passed away. Several years prior to Sis Wendy's passing she began corresponding with our guest today author Robert Ellsberg. The book Dearest Sister Wendy . . . A Surprising Story of Faith and Friendship that resulted from those letters, emails, conversations and contact is out now, I've read it, and we'll be talking with Robert Ellsberg about it today on The Not Old Better Show on radio and podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, Art of Living Author Interview Series on Radio and |
| 0:09.4 | Podcast. |
| 0:10.4 | I'm Paul Vogel saying, and today's show is brought to you by Palm Wonderful, 100% Palm |
| 0:16.7 | Granted Juice. |
| 0:18.0 | It's health in a bottle. |
| 0:19.3 | We have an excellent holiday program today about a surprising story of faith and friendship. |
| 0:26.9 | Thanks so much for listening as I say we've got this great program and guest today who, |
| 0:32.5 | after reading his new book, I've been looking forward to talking to him for a while, I'm |
| 0:37.2 | going to introduce him in just a moment but quickly. |
| 0:40.5 | If you missed any episodes last week was our 680th episode and I spoke with physicist, |
| 0:46.9 | NASA scientist, author and Smithsonian associate, Les Johnson about a traveler's guide to |
| 0:53.2 | the stars, the possibilities of interstellar exploration. |
| 0:57.7 | Two weeks ago I spoke to Smithsonian associate Clay Jenkinson about gulliver's travels |
| 1:03.8 | and the fascinating story within a story not just for children. |
| 1:09.3 | Wonderful stuff. |
| 1:10.3 | If you missed those shows, along with any others you can go back and check them out, along |
| 1:14.5 | with my entire back catalog of shows all free for you there on our website, notold-better.com |
| 1:21.0 | and if you leave a review, we will read it at the end of each show, please leave reviews |
| 1:26.5 | for us on Apple podcasts, thanks very much. |
| 1:30.5 | What many people, as I did, first came to know Sister Wendy Beckett in the 1990s through |
| 1:36.5 | her popular television show on PBS Sister Wendy's Odyssey. |
| 1:42.1 | She was an unlikely celebrity, diminutive, dressed in a medieval looking black habit of |
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