I talk to Justin Camp about why he quit a high-powered career in venture capital to found Gather Ministries with his wife. Also discussed: Is the ability to write actually a curse? Are teenage boys actually sociopaths? Why capitalism?
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I talk to Jason Kettinger about his conversion from Catholicism to Presbyterianism. Also discussed: Julia Child, Roach Motels, Bigfoot, UFOs.
Read MoreI talk to Adina Holmes and Anna Davey about how they became close friends, despite disagreeing about nearly everything. Also: poutine, Canadian Flanders, and my thoughts on BLM and general political unrest.
Read MoreI talk to James Blake Ewing about how ‘Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II’ changed his understanding of morality. Also discussed: Tim Schafer; Lord of the Rings; Western vs. Japanese RPGs.
Read MoreI talk to novelist K.B. Hoyle about how a close friend’s death made her realize she couldn’t be a Republican anymore. Also discussed: Why is the South so patriotic for the country they lost to in the Civil War? Is Fox News brainwashing? And is K.B. secretly living in a God’s Not Dead movie?
Read MoreI talk to British expatriate Ian Barrs on why he’s come around to the “American” view of gun rights. Also discussed: the deceptiveness of “common sense”; Eddie Murphy; why hunter stereotypes are complete opposites on the two sides of the pond.
Read MoreI talk to Cheryl Siedband about why she ditched Jesus to worship the Goddess. Also discussed: face masks; head shaving; Don Bluth.
Read MoreI talk to Blake Collier about how he came to realize that all history is revisionist history. Also discussed: Salt-n-Pepa; Extra Credits; why is every ‘80s romance film so violent?
Read MoreI talk to Brad Williams about why he quit Team Chevy to get himself a Ford. Also discussed: the Obama-era bailouts; Back to the Future; my newfound love of Mazdas.
Read MoreI talk to activist Albany Rose about why she's a pro-life atheist. Also discussed: her abortion, The Secret, and her father who may or may not be the reincarnation of Jesus's brother.
Read MoreI talk to Dr. Christian Tiews about why, despite multiple geology degrees and decades as an agnostic, he's now a young-earth creationist. Also discussed: horseshoe crabs, Buddhist young-earthers, growing up in Munich.
Read MoreI talk to Luke Hansen, a former Republican who now believes all government is illegitimate. Also discussed: roofing; the Portuguese war on drugs; T.S. Eliot.
Read MoreI talk to Cap Stewart about why he's stopped worrying about how Hollywood could be a thorn in his side and started worrying about how he can be a thorn in Hollywood's side. Also discussed: Monty Python; Star Trek; are leftist sexual ethics actual neoliberal?
Read MoreI talk to Calvin Moore about why he left evangelicalism behind. Also discussed: Francis Schaeffer, Mark Driscoll, being a black man in white spaces.
Read MoreI talk to Tom Darrow, who used to think Christmas was an attempt by Christians to co-opt pagan solstice celebrations, but changed his mind after some serious research. Also discussed: Descent, the murderous pirate Hans Sprungfeld, and why depressed people are bad at making sandwiches.
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