Category: Culture
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Our Favorite Christmas Movies (Podcast)
Read more: Our Favorite Christmas Movies (Podcast)In this episode, we talk about our favorite Christmas movies. We give some nods to Christmas classics as well as more than a few surprises. Listen and see if your favorites end up on each of our top five Christmas films lists! Team members on the episode from The Two Cities include: Rev. Dr. Nathaniel…
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From Dropout to Doctorate with Dr. Terence Lester (Podcast)
Read more: From Dropout to Doctorate with Dr. Terence Lester (Podcast)In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Terence Lester, who is a minister, speaker, community activist, author, and founder of Love Beyond Walls, a not-for-profit organization focused on poverty awareness and community mobilization. He also serves as the director of public policy and social change and as a professor at Simmons College of Kentucky (HBCU).…
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Political Polarization with Tim Dixon (Podcast)
Read more: Political Polarization with Tim Dixon (Podcast)In this episode, we’re joined by Tim Dixon, who is the co-founder of More in Common, an organization that works to build stronger and more inclusive democratic societies that are resilient to the threats of populism and division. In our conversation, we discuss political polarization and perceptions of “the other side’s” willingness to perpetuate violence…
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Drunk with Professor Edward Slingerland
Read more: Drunk with Professor Edward SlingerlandCW: Adult themes and language. In this episode we’re joined by Professor Edward Slingerland, who is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Distinguished University Scholar and Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia, and the author of Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization (published by Little,…
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The Church & Alcoholics Anonymous with Professor Stephen R. Haynes (Podcast)
Read more: The Church & Alcoholics Anonymous with Professor Stephen R. Haynes (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Professor Stephen R. Haynes, who is Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, and the author of several books, including the one we’re excited to discuss in this episode, Why Can’t Church Be More Like an AA Meeting? And Other Questions Christians Ask about Recovery (published…
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Wrestling with Cancer and the Reality of the Resurrection
Read more: Wrestling with Cancer and the Reality of the ResurrectionPhoto credit: “Defocused tree bokeh” by freestocks.org is marked with CC0 1.0. This past November 2024 I heard the words none of us ever want to hear: I had cancer. Sure, as some might say, mine was only prostate cancer – very treatable and easily survived. However, my cancer was advanced enough that the oncologist determined I needed…
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Drinking with the Saints with Professor Michael Foley (Podcast)
Read more: Drinking with the Saints with Professor Michael Foley (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Professor Michael Foley, who is Professor of Patristics in the Great Texts program at Baylor University, and the author of Drinking with the Saints: The Sinner’s Guide to a Holy Happy Hour (published by Regnery History). Professor explains how is book is designed to pair beer, wine, and cocktail recipes…
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Reviewing Squid Game 3 (Podcast)
Read more: Reviewing Squid Game 3 (Podcast)Spoiler alert and content warning! In this episode we review the third season of the smash hit Korean show on Netflix, Squid Game. As we debrief our experience watching the third season, we talk about the crazy ending, what surprised us the most about what the third season did and didn’t do, what we appreciated…
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Reviewing Black Mirror Season 7
Read more: Reviewing Black Mirror Season 7In this episode we review and debrief the seventh season of Black Mirror, the technologically-dystopian anthology series on Netflix (on which Amber Bowen and John Anthony Dunne produced a collection of essays). We talk about key themes and new emphases that appear this season as we work through each of the six episodes in detail.…
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Reviewing Severance Season 2 with Dr. Nick Fox (Podcast)
Read more: Reviewing Severance Season 2 with Dr. Nick Fox (Podcast)In this episode we review season 2 of the hit streaming show on Apple+ called Severance. We’re joined by Dr. Nick Fox, who is Assistant Professor of Christian Studies and the Chair of the Biblical, Theological, and Ministry Studies at Crown College, and the editor of the forthcoming volume, Theology, Philosophy, and Severance (published by…
