Podcast Episodes

BONUS | So This is Christmas

A reflection on what it means to cultivate joy even if you don't feel very merry. 

Theme song and credits music by Breakmaster Cylinder. Other music …

1 year, 8 months ago

BONUS | Live from COP29

Jim and Colin report on location from Baku, Azerbaijan where they are attending COP29, the United Nations Climate Change conference. In this bonus ep…

1 year, 9 months ago

181. Norman Wirzba | Textures of Hope

Hope has sometimes been made out to be something we possess, something we hold like a shield to protect us from pain. But Norman wants to recast hope…

1 year, 9 months ago

180. Hans Madueme | A Better Way to Disagree

Hans Madueme is a Young-Earth Creationist. In this conversation, the goal was not to come to an agreement about the age of the earth but instead to u…

1 year, 10 months ago

179. Francis Collins | Truth, Science, Faith, Trust

After many years working at the very top levels of science and medicine, pursuing knowledge that would lead to better and healthier lives for so many…

1 year, 11 months ago

178. Brian McLaren | Showing Up in the Face of Doom

The title of Brian McLaren’s new book, Life After Doom, might at first be imposing…that word, “doom" looms large, but there is also life. McLaren has…

1 year, 11 months ago

177. Extinction | You Can't Love What You Don't Know

It is hard to care for, protect, or even to mourn those we have no relationship with. We try to develop a relationship with a few creatures that are …

1 year, 11 months ago

176. Extinction | Will There Be Wild Things Out There?

We look to present times to see how extinctions are actually happening and what we know about them and we explore the work of biological conservation…

1 year, 11 months ago

175. Extinction | Creatures Here and Gone

Extinction is a familiar idea for almost everyone, but it wasn’t long ago that no one would have thought a species could go out of existence. We expl…

1 year, 11 months ago

174. From Play to Purpose | How Culture and Faith Made and Make Us Human

The story of evolution is often centered around genes and randomness. More and more, scientists are finding that culture is also a driver of evolutio…

2 years, 1 month ago