The Substance

Welcome to our first holiday themed Substantive Cinema show! Little Women 2019 Written and Directed by Greta Gerwig Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timo...

20 Dec 20201h 5min

This week we welcome the hip hop artist, activist, teacher, podcaster, upcoming author, and all around creative, Sho Baraka to The Substance. We discuss Sho’s faith journey, his political and social w...

13 Dec 202059min

Topic Toss Up time again! This week we’re talking about how some Christians with public platforms are calling for their so-called woke brethren to be expelled from their churches, the Joe Rogan articl...

6 Dec 202052min

J. C. Ryle’s Thoughts For Young Men is an important and accessible work that’s valuable for everyone. Not just the young and not just the men. And though the material in TFYM is over 130 years old, it...

29 Nov 202059min

Chris Nolan’s Interstellar is an interesting film in many regards, one of them being that it’s the first Substantive Cinema episode we’ve done where we have significant disagreements on the subject ma...

22 Nov 202059min

Part of why this subject is so difficult, is because “cancel culture” is such an ambiguous term. Join us as we consider what Cancel Culture is and isn’t, the benefits and challenges it has (and the wh...

15 Nov 202059min

It’s Topic Toss Up time again! This week we field a listener question about the loving rebuke of a fellow believer (and in general how to relate well to one another in a politically divisive climate),...

8 Nov 20201h 5min

This week The Substance welcomes Robert P. Jones to the show. Robert is the CEO and Founder of the Public Religion Research Institute, he holds an MDiv and a PhD in religion, and is the author of the ...

1 Nov 202059min