Podcast Episodes
Back to Searchexploring the moral impact of movies parts 1 & 2
Episode 276
Carl Plantinga is a professor of film and media at Calvin University, where he has taught since 2000. Carl's books include ‘Screen Stories: Emotion …
3 years, 7 months ago
The Story of the Yazidis Parts 1 & 2
Episode 275
Most of us have never heard of the ancient people known as the Yazidis. It has been only in recent times since the invasion of ISIS that resulted an …
3 years, 8 months ago
Khalistan: Anatomy of Terror Parts 1 & 2
Episode 274
There are several forces at work to break up India into separate ethno-religious states. The odd thing here is that the vast majority of Sikhs in the…
3 years, 8 months ago
Race, Religion & The Future of Democracy Parts 1 & 2 Featuring Lisa Sharon Harper
Episode 273
As I say in the beginning of Part 1, I met Lisa at the Council on Foreign Relations conference on Religion & Foreign Policy in 2016. We reconnected a…
3 years, 9 months ago
The Medium & The Minister Parts 1 & 2
Episode 272
You don't have to 'be religious' to believe there may be a life after death. The Medium and the Minister explores psychical and religious approaches…
3 years, 10 months ago
Is Wokeism Becoming a Religion? Parts 1 & 2
Episode 271
Close to the top of Culture War issues is the concept of Wokeism. It's such a loaded word. And the thing is, it not only riles those on the right, bu…
3 years, 11 months ago
From Jerusalem to Delhi Parts 1 & 2
Episode 270
At 1st glance, it would seem that Jews and Hindus have very little in common. Judaism is known as one of "the great monotheistic religions of the wor…
4 years ago
Hindu and Black Americans: An Important Alliance in Civil Rights Parts 1 & 2
Episode 269
When we think about the religious communities that offered assistance to the civil rights struggles of the past and present, we don't usually think o…
4 years, 1 month ago
In Good Faith: Questioning Religion & Atheism Parts 1 & 2
Episode 268
As I mention in the introduction to Part 1, it is rare that you find someone from the theist crowd acknowledging that the other camp has something im…
4 years, 2 months ago
Breakfast With Seneca: The Brilliance of Stoicism Parts 1 & 2
Episode 267
Today our use of the word "stoic" is so far removed from how it is used classically. I'm so glad our old friend & colleague David Fideler decided t…
4 years, 2 months ago