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Ryan Lauterio and The Maker Institute
Season 7 Episode 338
Today the Pugs are pleased to welcome Ryan Lauterio of The Maker Institute of Richmond, Virginia onto the show! Ryan is an academic and artist who taught at Virginia Commonwealth University and is no…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
A Conversation with Malcolm Guite
Season 7 Episode 337
This week, the Pugsters are excited to welcome poet, priest, and theologian Malcolm Guite to the show. Chris leads off the conversation with Mariner, Guite’s biography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge whic…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
On the Atonement
Season 7 Episode 336
After the last episode on Anselm didn’t get to his theory of the atonement, our resident historian Glenn decided we needed to go back and take another look at Anselm. But along with Anselm’s satisfac…
Published on 5 months ago
Prayer and Contemplation with Saint Anselm
Season 7 Episode 335
On today's episode Tom introduces Saint Anselm, one of the most influential Western theologians whose impact remains significant on Western Christianity in particular. The pugs discussion of this fou…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
The Strong Gods Are Back!
Season 7 Episode 334
Today Chris presents Rusty Reno's thesis from his book, Return of the Strong Gods: Nationalism, Populism, and the Future of the West. Reno's thesis is that since WW2 western leaders and intellectuals…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Emerging Technopaganism
Season 7 Episode 333
The Pugsters take a walk on the weird side with a conversation on UFOs (or, as they are now called, UAPs), AI, and quantum computing as interrelated parts of a new, emerging religion that Glenn calls…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Moral Wisdom and Natural Law
Season 7 Episode 332
On today's show Tom, Glenn, and Chris trace the theological heritage of historic Christian and Reformed moral theology as it drew upon and developed natural law thinking as one resource for moral wis…
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Haunted Cosmos--The Interview and the Book!
Season 7 Episode 331
Today the Pugs are pleased to interview Brian Suave' and Benjamin Garrett about their new book, Haunted Cosmos. It's a fun and free-ranging interview about a cosmos that is more than just "stuff." Du…
Published on 6 months ago
Apple Pie and Rocket Ships, Is a Wholesome Technological Future Possible?
Season 7 Episode 330
Today Chris shares some of his work on artificial intelligence and the prospects for a wholesome humanism. The question he's attempting to answer is, "Is it possible to preserve permanent things such…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
Family Law & Manufactured Babies: An Interview of Jeff Shafer of the Hale Institute
Season 7 Episode 329
Today the Pugs interview Jeff Shafer about the brave new world of children without biological parents. What happens when children become products that we assemble from the gene pool and sell to the h…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago