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The Practice of Humor
Episode 75
Might we all be happier if we stopped taking ourselves too seriously? Singer-songwriters Andy Gullahorn and Antsy McClain describe how humor…
3 years, 11 months ago
Past Hymns for the Present Moment: Phil Madeira, Leslie Jordan, Odessa Settles
Episode 74
Hymns are often sentimentalized in the American church, cast aside as merely retired songs with dated language, bearing no real appeal or re…
3 years, 11 months ago
The Social Consciousness of Bluegrass: Bryan Sutton and Greg Reish
Season 5 Episode 14
Bluegrass as “progressive”? Might bluegrass, supposedly the province of hillbilly white folks, be a great deal more than mere nostalgic banjo-picking…
4 years ago
Listen, Love, and Turn the Other Cheek: Joy Oladokun
Episode 73
How music gives voice to people on the margins; how lament and hope co-exist in songwriting; and wondering what one is really supposed to do…
4 years ago
Why The New Respects Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
Season 5 Episode 12
The New Respects discuss racism, religion, and what it’s like to be musicians who don’t quite fit the music industry mold: a predominantly female, al…
4 years ago
Giving Away My Happiness: K.S. Rhoads
Episode 72
Instagram culture, internet extremism, the Seven Deadly Sins, the hard work of parenting, learning how to grieve, and much more. Plus, KS pe…
4 years ago
Seven Ways to Ruin Your Life: Rebecca DeYoung
Episode 71
Are the “seven deadly sins” merely a medieval-era reflection upon divine finger-wagging? Rebecca DeYoung explains why the “seven deadly sins…
4 years ago
Does Evolutionary Theory Destroy Morality?: Justin Barrett
Episode 70
Does evolutionary theory destroy morality? Barrett contends that evolutionary psychology might instead provide guidance toward practices of …
4 years, 1 month ago
Enneagram Wisdom and Living Well: Suzanne Stabile
Episode 69
A helpful conversation with Suzanne Stabile on the Enneagram: what it is, what it isn’t, and why it can be a helpful tool for the flourishin…
4 years, 1 month ago
How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life: Edith Hall
Episode 68
Edith Hall offers timely commentary on the virtue ethics of Aristotle: and how contemporary society may be missing fundamental keys to livin…
4 years, 1 month ago