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POAAS

by H.E. Negash · English · History

-self-published short and longform conversations on art and science -book and film reviews -homilies aksum.substack.com

New episodes: Every two weeks
Typical length: 54 min
Latest: 5 Sep 2026
Language: English

Latest episode

5 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

EL TONTO POR CRISTO

Editorial Note: I have trusted Google Meet for six years, but today it betrayed me tremendously. There is some bug it has with file type compatibility where it works online in workspace, but I had to troubleshoot for hours to get that downloaded file to be compatible with Substack. Youtube is of course the giant in this field, and connected with Google, so there was no trouble uploading this conversation there. Mea culpa, I originally sent out a five minute clip to your email, and now it should be the full hour plus conversation. Pray to God, and any patron saint(s) of technology that…

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20 Mar 2026 · 59 min
Mount of Olives
The Fifth Sunday of the Great Fast, Lent in the EOTC, is called Mount of Olives. Pascha is a stone’s throw away. Keep fighting . The lectionary assigns the Gospel According to Matthew Chapter 24 to be read aloud before the great gathering (Psalm 39/40:9). I was called upon, by my former and beloved archdiocese of the great city of Los Angeles dba Southern California Orthodox Tewahdo Youth (SCOTY), to share a reflection on these words ( debarim ) of the Lord ( yahweh ). Praytell they edify. Aksum Review of Books (ARB) is a reader-supported literary review. Free subscribers help it grow by…
12 Jan 2026 · 1 hr 9 min
Guest Spot
OTYG invited me back to wish their great gathering a Merry Christmas. I decided to do so with the Gospel According to Matthew. Aksum Review of Books (ARB) is a reader-supported literary review. Free subscribers help it grow by liking, commenting, and sharing with friends, strangers, and especially enemies. Paid subscribers help keep the lights on, for the price of a cup of coffee a month. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aksum.substack.com/subscribe
19 Dec 2025 · 54 min
Dcn. Mihret's Book Launch in Seattle
Mihret Melaku, an Ethiopian Orthodox deacon who went viral defending the apostolic teaching on the eucharist and on baptism, is on a book launch tour for his second book Defending the Ancient Faith: An Orthodox Response to the Knechtle Debate . The first stop was our hometown of Los Angeles. The second stop was Washington D.C. This is a snippet of the third stop in Seattle. The next stop is scheduled for this weekend in Dallas. And after that, Godwilling, Adees Abeba, Ethiopia. h/t OTYG Seattle. Aksum Review of Books (ARB) is a reader-supported literary review. Free subscribers help it grow…
6 Dec 2025 · 13 min
Hate Your Father
Here is a guest spot from last Sunday (11/30/25 A.D.) at Abouna Lazarus’ Christ the Good Shepherd Coptic Orthodox Church in the LBC (Long Beach, CA). I was home for the holidays. I hope that you are edified by my words as I was edified by the words of the gospel and the eucharistic liturgy which is its context. Remember me in your holy prayers! Aksum Review of Books (ARB) is a reader and watcher supported review. Free subscribers help it grow by liking, commenting, and sharing with friends, strangers, and enemies. Paid subscribers keep ARB’s lights bright for the price of a cup of coffee a…
1 Nov 2025 · 22 min
The Martyrs of Arethas
My top piece here at ARB is my book review of Saints of Ethiopia by Scriptorium Press . This video is a reading of Chapters 7, 8, and 9, with the most minimal commentary short of no commentary. I hope you enjoy the reading, buy and read the whole book, and share this scary and spooky story with others. For this post, comments are open-to-all. Aksum Review of Books (ARB) is a reader-supported review. Free subscribers help it grow by liking, commenting, and sharing with friends, strangers, and enemies. Paid subscribers keep ARB’s lights bright for the price of a cup of coffee a month. Notes: -…
18 Oct 2025 · 2 hr 10 min
On Orthodoxy
When maximally polemical, I refer to the communion that I serve as deacon in as Apostolic Orthodoxy ; short for the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. This is the communion that began in Alexandria and Antioch, very quickly added Armenia and Aksum, and one thousand years later grafted in the Malabar Coast. When I am being more neutral, I refer to our communion as Afroasiatic Orthodoxy, because Coptic (Alexandria) and Syriac (Antioch) and Ge’ez (Classical Ethiopic) are Afroasiatic tongues, and Egypt, the Levant, Mesopotamia, Greater Armenia, Greater Ethiopia, and India are all…
15 Aug 2025 · 1 hr 9 min
Subdeacon Moses Barjon
I am joined on the latest philosophy of art and science broadcast by Subdeacon Moses Barjon of the Coptic Orthodox jurisdiction (specifically the Los Angeles and Hawaii archdiocese which gives us the gift of the saints Athanasius and Cyril Theological School (ACTS) and the In Spirit and Truth app) of the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church. Aksum Review of Books (ARB) is a reader-supported publication. Free subscribers help amplify this project by liking, commenting, and sharing with friends, strangers, and enemies. Paid subscribers keep ARB’s incandescent lights bright, for the price…
2 Aug 2025 · 14 min
The Emperor by Ryszard Kapuściński
They say the number one way to get you to read or hear something is to be recommended it by someone whom you trust. A dear reader (and hearer ) recommended the True Anon broadcast to me with gumption, and I gave it a try. I like it in the way that you smell something you do not like but it is so unique that it keeps beckoning you back to smell it again, an olfactorial siren. Some experience this feeling with smelling salts . I have experienced it with Newcastle Brown Ale, black drip coffee, and now True Anon . The episode that lured me in was about Ethiopia’s neighbor and newest African…
9 Jul 2025 · 1 hr 34 min
Guest Spot
Friend of the online zine and show, Childish Wiseguy , invited me to speak to his adult English group that he runs for his Eritrean Orthodox parish in London, United Kingdom. The advantage of this digital age is that geographic distance and eight hours of time zone difference are stumbling blocks that we are able to overcome for the sake of the euangelion . I discuss love, as it is written (John 21). And as I have written . Aksum Review of Books (ARB) is a reader-supported publication. Free subscribers help amplify this project by liking, commenting, and sharing with friends, strangers, and…
28 Jun 2025 · 51 min
10 Books that point to Alexandria
Editorial Note: When I write these editorial notes I assume you all understand that the editor is Deacon Enoch (Henok; חנוך ), authorially H.E. Negash . The video here is produced by Derek Cummins. He is one of the online friends I have made over the years, and alongside the angels (Luke 15:10), I rejoiced when he entered the Coptic Orthodox Church which is the right and just successor of St. Mark the Evangelist’s See (seat;throne) of Alexandria. Of course, in full communion with Antioch (Syriac Orthodox Church including our Indian St. Thomas Christian brethren of the Malabar Coast in the…
19 Jun 2025 · 18 min
On Intercession
There are bishops in the Ethiopian synod right now that should immediately repent or be defrocked for denying the intercession and mediation of Christ ( Romans 8:34 ; 1 Timothy 2:5 ; Hebrews 9:15 ). They tried to excommunicate my beloved former bishop his beatitude Abune Barnabas. They failed again. Their last attempt was in 2018 when there were two competing synods and he was vindicated then on both sides. This time they took advantage of ethnic strife and separatist sectarianism exasperated by government foment. Instead, he won. Kinda. Three bishops were accused of heresy. Initially, it…
5 May 2025 · 2 hr 35 min
Guest Spot
Orthodox Christian broadcaster , author , and patron of missionary activity in Cambodia Craig Trulia invited Evangelos Nikitopoulos (who recently put together a compendium of Saints of Ethiopia , understood broadly, which I recently reviewed) and I to discuss the book and potential for unity (including a reëxamination of the post-Chalcedon past) amongst Greek Orthodox and Afroasiatic Orthodox Christians prior to getting the green light for full communion from our hierarchs. Aksum Review of Books (ARB) is a reader-supported publication. Free subscribers help amplify by liking, commenting, and…
2 May 2025 · 1 hr 21 min
Dr. Lucas Mather
The professor who introduced me to Philosophy and Logic joins me on the latest Philosophy of Art and Science. In addition to philosophy, he is interested in all matters bible, constitutional law, and higher education related. Aksum Review of Books (ARB) is a reader-supported publication. Free subscribers help amplify by liking, commenting, and sharing. Paid subscribers keep ARB’s incandescent lights on, for the price of one cup of buna a month. በእንተ : ስማ : ለማርያም This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit…
26 Apr 2025 · 1 hr 53 min
Dcn. Mihret Melaku
Fresh off of his viral video , which is well over 2 million views on X alone let alone all platforms (X, Youtube, Instagram, Tiktok etc.) combined, Dcn. Mihret Melaku returns to the Philosophy of Art and Science to discuss this moment, his background, the EOTC, and his Burning Bush Podcast , where like here he covers the timely and the timeless in Orthodox Christianity. Aksum Review of Books (ARB) is a reader-supported publication. Free subscribers help amplify by liking, commenting, and sharing. Paid subscribers keep ARB’s incandescent lights on, for the price of one cup of buna a month.…
25 Mar 2025 · 1 hr 15 min
Subdeacon Daniel Kakish
Subdcn. Daniel Kakish returns to the Philosophy of Art and Science (technically he was on my channel before it was POAAS; and I did a guest spot on his show last year this time) to talk about the beauty of the Syriac Orthodox Church, which is the rightful heir of the See of Antioch in communion with the Coptic Orthodox Church which is the rightful heir of the See of Alexandria. A See is an apostolic throne, an area of apostolic activity in a major metropolis. In the Early Church, there were three Sees: Rome, Antioch, and Alexandria. Some splits occurred, for us the major one was in 451 A.D.…
9 Mar 2025 · 2 min
ምኵራብ
ቦአ ኢየሱስ ምኵራበ አይሁድ ወመሀረ ቃለ ሃይማኖት ወይቤሎሙ ምጽዋተ አበድር እመሥዋዕተ አነ ውእቱ እግዚአ ለሰንበት ወአቡሃ ለምሕረት እግዚአ ውእቱ ለሰንበት ወልደ እጓለ እመሕያው ኢትግበሩ ቤተ አቡየ ቤተ ምሥያጥ ቤትየሰ ቤተ ጸሎት ይሠመይ ቦአ ምኵራቦሙ ወገሠፆሙ ያርምሙ አንከሩ ምህሮቶ ሞገሰ ቃሉ ወጣዕመ ነገሩ ወሣዕሣዓ አፉሁ boa eeyesus mkwrabe ayhud wemehare qale haymanot weybelomu mitswate abedr imeswa3te ane wiitu igzeea lesenbet weabuha lemhret igzeea wiitu lesenbet welde igwale imehiyaw eetgberu bete abuye bete msyaT betiyese bete tselot ysemey boa mkwrabomu wegesetsomu yarmimu enkeru mhroto mogese qalu weTaimu negeru we sa3sa3a afuhu Jesus went to the Synagogue of the Judahites and taught a word of…
5 Feb 2025 · 22 min
Homily
Mt. Mercy St. Michael’s Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Cathedral in Dallas, TX, under the auspices of his beatitude Archbishop Aba Severus, invited me to speak to their youth on a Saturday and a Sunday. On Saturday, we covered the wedding at Cana of Galilee according to the Gospel of John Chapter 2. On Sunday, we covered 2 Corinthians Chapter 5, especially verse 17, Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. This is also the trip where I seized the opportune-moment to have fellowship with the Right Reverend Bishop…
30 Dec 2024 · 20 min
Scroll of Daniel
Under the auspices of His Beatitude Archbishop Mark of the EOTC’s Pacific Northwest archdiocese, during the bi-annual feast day of St. Gabriel the Archangel, I share a word of life from the Scroll of Daniel. As homework, I recommend watching and listening to this topical Coptic hymn . Blessed feast! Free subscribers help amplify by liking and sharing. Paid subscribers keep ARB ’ s incandescent lights on, for the price of one cup of buna a month. በእንተ : ስማ : ለማርያም This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit…
14 Dec 2024 · 1 hr 49 min
Nic Nakis
Nicholas ( amha'silasé ) Nakis joins me on the latest Philosophy of Art and Science to talk about his journey to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church. He has lived and traveled through the Pacific Northwest, Thailand, Kenya, and Jamaica. His background is in fitness and film. He was one of the first one hundred people involved in CrossFit, and has made films about reggae music and functional fitness. Here is his conversation with Fr. hayle’melekot , based in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. He is currently raising funds for the EOTC community there. If you would like to contribute, please click the…
5 Dec 2024 · 2 min
The Bible as Literature
h/t Blaise who sent this my way today. The original link from the homepage can be found here . May those with ears to hear, hear. There is no podcast I have pushed on my friends and family harder than The Bible as Literature . And yet only a handful have ever taken me up on that offer, and even fewer have become students of scripture (and as true students also teachers and sowers of the word of life) after this exposure. “For many are called, but few are chosen.” This clip was recorded from a voicemail I left the podcast hosts of my favorite show ten years ago, when I was a 24 year old…
29 Nov 2024 · 39 min
Scott Horton
Despite being besieged by technical difficulties (my sincere apologies for the abrupt end) that I can only spiritually attribute to Our Enemy, The State, I had a blast conversing again with Scott Horton. This is why I sent you our conversation from three years ago, which if you have not seen and heard you should go do so in advance of this one. His latest book Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine (690 pages. The Libertarian Institute. November 16, 2024.), dispels the favorite spell and incantation of the legacy media, ‘unprovoked’. He…
28 Nov 2024 · 1 hr 48 min
Scott Horton
This is a Throwback Thursday on this lovely Thanksgiving Day to the great and powerful Scott Horton’s first appearance on the Philosophy of Art and Science broadcast. I have been following him for at least twelve years (I reference his conversation with Wendy McElroy here and Jeremy Scahill here ), and he is the most consistent voice critiquing the actions of USFG across multiple White House occupants. Learn about North Hollywood (where I went to middle school) based KPFK 90.7 FM, a listener-sponsored radio station. And The John Birch Society, whom the twat William F. Buckley Jr. tried to…
10 Nov 2024 · 1 hr 32 min
Raymond Silverman
Raymond Silverman , Professor Emeritus of History of Art, Afroamerican, and African Studies at University of Michigan, joins me on the latest Philosophy of Art and Science to discuss the Afroasiatic art of Aksum. Aksum Review of Books is a reader-supported publication. Free subscribers help amplify by liking and sharing. Paid subscribers keep ARB ’ s incandescent lights on, for the price of one cup of buna a month. በእንተ : ስማ : ለማርያም This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aksum.substack.com/subscribe
31 Oct 2024 · 14 min
Stephanos means Crown (of glory)
This is an audio recording of my homily from the throne of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church’s bishop of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. I delivered this homily during communion, and the cameraman rightly took the camera away from the mystery of qwrban ( qurban ; sacrifice; communion), whilst keeping the audio recording on. I spliced the meaningless video away here for a smoother listen. I mostly just read aloud chapters six and seven of the Acts of the Apostles, which I just sent you in written form in my last post. Enjoy. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with…
19 Oct 2024 · 19 min
The Parchment Makers
Raymond Silverman, Professor Emeritus of History of Art, Professor Emeritus of Afroamerican and African Studies, asked me to share this beautiful video with you on the creation of brana (manuscripts) in contemporary Ethiopia. As the subtitle says, it is an ancient art, but one not lost to the ash heap of history, rather it is a living, breathing art in no less a city than the namesake of this blog! Aksum . There are also some good folks doing this work in the capital city Adees Abeba . I have one manuscript of my own, a family heirloom psalter of a couple hundred (if not a few hundred)…
14 Oct 2024 · 47 min
The Scroll of Jacob
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? (1-4) -the faith (the trust we were entrusted with from the Lord of Glory) has no room for partiality,…
23 Jul 2024 · 11 min
Homily
Stay in the boat, and be saved. Do not be afraid! Free subscribers help amplify by liking and sharing. Paid subscribers keep ARB ’ s incandescent lights on, for the price of one cup of buna a month. በእንተ : ስማ : ለማርያም This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aksum.substack.com/subscribe
17 Jul 2024 · 18 min
Homily on Sts. Peter and Paul
This is the video followup to my last post . Blaise gave me a shoutout on his latest post , which references a talk I gave in Houston (Dec. 2019). From his post: During a Hebrew lesson with my mentor Fr. Paul Tarazi, a retired Greek Orthodox priest and biblical scholar from Palestine, he said something that struck me… The two words that the NATO people use that are not found in the Semitic languages are the verbs (to have) and (to be). And those two are the downfall of Western civilization and an explanation for the current events in the news. It is crucial for understanding scripture. If…
3 Jul 2024 · 1 hr 19 min
Bethlehem Abate
I am joined by Bethlehem on the latest Philosophy of Art and Science to discuss her journey of faith within the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church. She has found a lane as a lay woman in high-quality photography and videography of church services. And currently attends the Ladder of Light Saint Paul ’s Ethiopian-led English-parish in the D.M.V. (D.C., Maryland, Virginia metropolitan area). Her portfolio . And Youtube channel . Please subscribe. Free subscribers help amplify by liking and sharing posts. Paid subscribers keep ARB ’s incandescent lights bright, for the price of one buna cup a…

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-self-published short and longform conversations on art and science -book and film reviews -homilies aksum.substack.com

POAAS is a English history podcast from H.E. Negash. Melo plays each episode straight from the publisher's own feed — no ads added, no account needed — and remembers where you stopped, in this browser only.

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Language: English
Category: History
New episodes: Every two weeks
Typical length: 54 min
Latest episode: 5 Sep 2026
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