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Ep. 114 - Moving With the Ocean
Season 1 Episode 114
With its frequent earthquakes, mudslides, wildfires, and other maladies, California is no stranger to environmental disaster. But in the long run, ev…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 113 - How to Abolish Poverty
Season 1 Episode 113
The fact that nearly 40 million Americans live in poverty is a national embarrassment. But it’s also a choice. If poverty exists, it’s because we “wi…
2 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 112 - Has News Always Been ‘Fake’?
Season 1 Episode 112
The 2016 presidential election brought “fake news” to the center of national debates over media bias, election interference, free speech, and content…
2 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 111 - Writers Shouldn’t ‘Prance’
Season 1 Episode 111
John McPhee is widely regarded as America’s most prolific nonfiction author. Over a career spanning seven decades, McPhee has written more than thirt…
2 years, 7 months ago
Ep. 110 - Living for God Alone
Season 1 Episode 110
Religious life stands in radical opposition to much of modern culture. But what is it, exactly?
On this episode, philosopher Zena Hitz speaks with se…
2 years, 7 months ago
Ep. 109 - Bordering on Compassion
Season 1 Episode 109
The border is a place, but it is also a metaphor: for our complicated personal identities and political allegiances, and for the moral claims made on…
2 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 108 - God’s Editor
Season 1 Episode 108
Though you’ve probably never heard of him, book editor Eugene Exman (1900–1975) exerted tremendous influence on the shape of American religion in the…
2 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 107 - Rescuing Philosophy
Season 1 Episode 107
What should philosophy do? Despite record numbers of practitioners, today the discipline is in crisis, awash in abstraction and increasingly isolated…
2 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 106 - Belief in Something Big
Season 1 Episode 106
At first glance, John West’s Lessons and Carols: A Meditation on Recovery is an unconventional memoir about addiction and the healing power of commun…
2 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 105 - How Hospitals Could Be
Season 1 Episode 105
Is single-payer health care really feasible in America? For one Texas physician, the answer is an unqualified ‘yes.’
On this episode, Commonweal assoc…
2 years, 10 months ago