With tongue firmly in cheek, Jack “The Agnostic” Garcia provides in depth and entertaining analysis of the religious turmoils and political shenanigans in not so Merry Olde England. In part one of an epic three part series , Jack examines Pagan Anglo-Saxon warrior culture, the conversion to Christianity, the Norman conquest, the early Norman kings of England and the murder in the Cathedral of Thomas Becket. You won’t find this kind of descriptive details (with all the juicy and naughty bits left intact) on satellite radio or cable television networks, only on GRR.

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Jack “The Agnostic” Garcia examines the evolution of the lover’s holiday celebrated around the world on February the 14th, that is marked by the exchange of romantic cards, flowers, candies and gifts. From the murky legends surrounding St. Valentine/Valentinus of Rome and the feast days link to pagan love festivals and fertility rites (Lupercalia). To the development of the Christianized holiday across the Middle Ages and into the Modern Era as a celebration of love and it’s rise into a major mass industry in the 19th Century. Jack also examines the darker side of the holiday and it’s association with Chicago gangsters and the infamous mass killing (The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre).
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In the second part of our program, Jack “The Agnostic” Garcia continues his in depth analysis, during his final years Kafka would become involved with radical politics, have two more intimate relationships and create three brilliant but unfinished novels (“The Castle” ,”The Trial”, and “Amerika”). Jack also examines the role of the Kafkaesque in contemporary literature and the salvaging of the Kafka literary legacy by his close friend Max Brod. Who would spend many years of his life editing and publishing the jumble of literature that Kafka left behind.

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Jack “The Agnostic” Garcia examines the origin, history and celebration rituals of the Festival of Lights (Hanukkah). In the 2nd Century BC, the Maccabees (an old priest and his 5 sons) emerge as the leaders of the Jewish resistance against the mighty (Greek/Syrian) Seleucid empires , deadly religious persecution and political oppression. The Maccabees were skilled in both warfare and diplomacy establishing a ruling dynasty over an independent Jewish state that would last until the arrival of Pompey and the Roman Legions. Jack also examines the Hanukkah celebration itself from the flickering Lights, Blessings and hymns . to the Dreidel games and yummy fried foods.

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