On today's episode, Nick and his younger brother Jonathan discuss the beauty and symbolism of music. Jonathan is an accomplished pianist, a budding producer of his own music, and a seminarian at Gonzaga's Bishop White Seminary. He shares how his musical journey morphed from an emotional outlet into an encounter with the transcendent. Although Jonathan is classically trained, he's not afraid to bust some rhymes and drop the beats!

Show Highlights

• What makes music beautiful, true, and good?
• The symbolism of music.
• The connection between symmetry and simplicity.
• How music has the power to spare someone from the brink of death by murder.
• J.R.R. Tolkien and the music of the Silmarillion.
• Should patriotic hymns be played and sung at Mass?
• How music can be an emotional and creative outlet.
• And Jonny's scoop on Christian rap, Elvis, Taylor Swift, and Cardi B!

Links

• "Ease Up" by Jonny Padrnos (feat. Christian Bodilla)
• Instagram @jonnypadrnos
• Learn more about the seminarians at Gonzaga's Bishop White Seminary
• "Can't Help Falling in Love" by Elvis

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