Best Of: This Conversation With Richard Powers Is a Gift
Today we're revisiting one of our favorite conversations from 2021 with the novelist Richard Powers. Enjoy!There are certain conversations I fear trying to fit into a description. There’s just more to...
2 Sep 20221h 24min
A Grammy-Nominated Singer Performs and Explores Music's Power
In times of deep sorrow or joy, humans have always turned to music. Archaeologists have found evidence of instruments among very early civilizations. Spiritual communities have centered on music for c...
30 Aug 20221h 21min
Best Of: Margaret Atwood on the Bible and the Future
Today we're revisiting one of our favorite episodes from this year, with the prolific writer Margaret Atwood.A good rule of thumb is that whatever Margaret Atwood is worried about now is likely what t...
26 Aug 20221h 8min
Why the Evangelical Movement Is in ‘Disarray’ After Dobbs
With Roe now overturned, the evangelical movement has achieved one of its decades-old political priorities. But for many evangelicals, this isn’t the moment of celebration and unity it may have first ...
23 Aug 20221h 4min
Best of: A Life-Changing Philosophy of Games
Today, we’re re-airing one of my favorite episodes of all time. It was originally recorded in February of 2022, but I've been unable to stop thinking about it ever since.When we play Monopoly or baske...
19 Aug 20221h 12min
The Office is Dying. It’s Time to Rethink How We Work.
Over the past year, many places have returned to something approximating a prepandemic normal. Restaurants are filling up again. Airports and hotels are packed. Even movie theaters have made a comebac...
16 Aug 20221h 32min
How Do We Face Loss With Dignity?
In his latest work, “The Last White Man,” the award-winning writer Mohsin Hamid imagines a world that is very like our own, with one major exception: On various days, white people wake up to discover ...
12 Aug 20221h 16min
Three Sentences That Could Change the World — and Your Life
Today’s show is built around three simple sentences: “Future people count. There could be a lot of them. And we can make their lives better.” Those sentences form the foundation of an ethical framewor...
9 Aug 20221h 8min
