Podcast Episodes

[Bible] Episode 314: Shayna Sheinfeld - The Complicated World of Second Temple Judaism

Season 9 Episode 314

In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete Enns and Anna Sieges Beal sit down with Shayna Sheinfeld to talk about the Second Temple period, spanning from 586 BCE to 70 CE. Shayna pre…

Published on 5 hours ago

[Bible] Episode 313: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Song of Songs

Season 9 Episode 313

In the final Pete Ruins episode of 2025, Pete Enns speaks to everyone who has ever read Song of Songs and wondered “why the heck is this in the Bible?”

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Published on 1 week ago

[Faith] Episode 67: Liz Charlotte Grant - The Gift of an Unclear Text

In this week’s episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete is joined by Liz Charlotte Grant to talk about using the Bible as a springboard for curiosity, inquiry, conversation, and community. This episo…

Published on 2 weeks ago

[Bible] Episode 312: Sarah Emanuel - The Meaning of Messiah

Season 9 Episode 312

In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Jared sits down with Sarah Emanuel to discuss the concept of “Messiah” from a Jewish theological perspective. Sarah explores what post-exilic Is…

Published on 3 weeks ago

[Faith] Episode 66: Angela Patterson - The Faith of Gen Z

In this episode of Faith for Normal People, Jared sits down with media psychologist Dr. Angela Patterson to discuss the trends she studies in the spiritual lives of Gen Z, or people born between 1997…

Published on 4 weeks ago

[Bible] Episode 311: Chauncey Diego Francisco Handy - The Afterlife of the Conquest of Canaan

Season 9 Episode 311

In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared are joined by Chauncey Diego Francisco Handy to discuss the conquest narrative in the book of Joshua. Delving into what the themes of em…

Published on 1 month ago

[Bible] Episode 310: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Ecclesiastes (REISSUE)

Season 9 Episode 310

In this reissue of The Bible for Normal People episode 56, Pete gets to the heart of the somber book of Ecclesiastes. He cautions against an optimistic reading as the author intends to question every…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

[Faith] Episode 65: James Kimmel, Jr. - This Is Your Brain on Revenge

In this episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with lawyer, lecturer, and author James Kimmel, Jr. about our primal desire for revenge against the people we feel have wronged us. Jam…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

[Bible] Episode 309: Elizabeth Shively - The Gospel of Mark, Explained

Season 9 Episode 309

In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Elizabeth Shively show some love to the shortest gospel and tell us why it shouldn’t be underestimated when it comes to understanding the Mess…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

[Faith] Episode 64: Drew G. I. Hart & Jarrod McKenna - Creative Resistance & the Joy of Nonviolence

In this episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared sit down with Drew G. I. Hart and Jarrod McKenna to talk about rethinking power and nonviolence. Through practices inspired by Anabaptism, t…

Published on 2 months ago