Hey liturgists Michael Gunger here. I'm science Mike. I'm William Matthews and I'm Hillary McBride. Welcome to the liturgist podcast everybody

Just a real quick announcement up top about the Buddhist series in case you were expecting this episode to be Buddhist part three

apparently

The slice of our audience that is Buddhists or Buddhist curious is not very significant

According to the numbers my right Mike. I'll say the numbers were singular

So rather than just aborting mission entirely we're going to put up Buddhist part three for the patrons

For the six people that listen to this show that are interested in Buddhism you can head over to our patreon page

And

Hear the finale. Honestly the numbers on Buddhist part two made me afraid that the liturgist podcast had reached its end

Which interestingly enough is what this week's podcast is about fear and the way that it shapes our emotions

Shapes our actions our beliefs our behaviors. It's this constant undercurrent

We would experience and we got together with a few hundred friends at the liturgist gathering in Nashville Tennessee to

Explore what fear is and if there's a way that we can have the healthier relationship with it

Welcome to the liturgist podcast everybody

This is Jamie Lee Finch

A reading from the book of sapiens

One of the most common uses of early stone tools was to crack open bones in order to get the marrow

Some researchers believe this was our original niche

Just as woodpecker's specialized in extracting insects from the trunks of trees the first human specialize in extracting marrow from bones

Why marrow?

Well, suppose you observe a pride of lions take down and devour a giraffe

You wait patiently until they're done

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