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For What It's Worth
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46: Scriptural Misconceptions
Shawn and James turn from logical fallacies to biblical misconceptions and misinterpretations. Before looking at specific passages, they lay some groundwork: what is exegesis, what is hermeneutics, and why do those concepts matter for ordinary Bible readers? They talk about the distance between…
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45: Where We've Been and Why We're Back
After nearly ten months of silence, James and Shawn are back behind the mics to catch up and look ahead. In this candid episode, we talk about what pulled us away from the podcast (spoiler: life got full), how things have changed, and why we’re returning now. From new babies and internet upgrades...
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44: Is Pleasure Sinful?
Shawn and James talk about their guilty pleasures. They also discuss what place pleasure and recreation should play in the life of a believer. We don't have all the answers, but we do have a lot of questions. Are difficult and unpleasant things more holy? What is the balance between being…
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43: Bible Translation Journey
James and Shawn talk about their journey from KJV into other translations. What was it that led us to try another translation for the first time? What versions have we read? Do we have a favorite translation? We talk about these and other questions. What has your Bible translation journey been?…
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42: Are Stained-glass Windows Sinful?
James and Shawn enjoy discussing the value of beautifying our places of worship—or not. What are your thoughts? Do you think there is benefit for beautiful church buildings? What about the need or benefit of dressing ourselves up for church? We'd love to hear from you. Email:...
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41: Refrigerators Are Awesome!
James and Shawn talk about James' passion for refrigeration. Refrigerators are quite amazing pieces of technology that many of us take for granted. Well, no longer! James will help you understand just how grateful you should be. What is your favorite piece of modern technology? Are you as amazed…
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40: Listener Suggestion: Gardening Differences Between the Hemispheres
Shawn and James discuss one of your ideas: What's the difference between gardening in the northern hemisphere or the southern hemisphere? While James is headed into spring and enjoying all the blooming forsythia, Shawn is headed toward winter and the dry season. Do you enjoy gardening? What are...
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39: Should We Go to Mars?
James and Shawn discuss the pros and cons of man going to Mars, both from a secular and a spiritual perspective. Email: [email protected] Website: lookingoverlife.com
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38: Common Misconceptions
Shawn gives James another Wikipedia article. We discuss all sorts of common misconceptions. Are microwaves dangerous? How long is the memory span of a goldfish, actually? Did Albert Einstein fail mathematics? Do we use more or less than 10% of our brain? What is the color of blood in the human...
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37: Do UFOs exist?
James reveals to Shawn that he is actually a conspiracy theorist who was once abducted by extraterrestrials. What is your take on UFOs or UAPs? Have you ever seen one? What is your explanation? Send us an email! Email: [email protected] Website: lookingoverlife.com Invisible...
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36: Talking to the Past
Shawn and James imagine what it would be like to talk with figures from the past. If you could ask anyone a question from the past, who would it be, and what would be the question? We couldn't follow our own rules, but we had fun imagining what it could be like. We'd love to hear who you would…
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35: What Food Makes You Gag?
Shawn gets an impromptu interview about odd foods from James. Have you tried all the foods we mentioned? We're curious if you would consider yourself adventurous or safe in your food choice. What is the most exotic thing you've tried? Send us an email! Email: [email protected] Website:...
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34: Where Do You Want to Live?
Shawn and James go on an imaginary adventure, dreaming about where they may want to live someday. Some like seasons, some like temperate zones. Some like snow, some hate it. Some love mountains, others look for the coast. Where would you like to live if there were no constraints? Why aren't you...
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33: Life Update
James and Shawn get caught up on life. Where have we been? And why haven't you heard from us? Well, we've been busy. Join us for a chat about the latest in our lives. Email: [email protected] Website: lookingoverlife.com Invisible Things Blog Juan David, a blog
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32: Our Best-Loved Apps
Shawn and James talk phones and computers and the apps we use. Why do we hate WhatsApp but love Telegram? What do we use to do our writing or to organize the podcast (assuming we are organized)? That's what we discuss in this episode. Email: [email protected] Website…
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31: How does radiation work?
James and Shawn talk about different forms of radioactivity. From Marie Curie's discoveries to Australia's losing a radioactive device, we traveled through all the various sorts of radioactivity. Email: [email protected] Website: lookingoverlife.com Lost radioactive device in Australia...
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7 Habits: Episode 6 - Habit 6: Synergize!
Shawn and James discuss Habit 6 from 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey. In this episode, we discuss what "synergy" is and why we want it. How can you synergize in both positive and negative situations? How can you have a Win-Win mindset, and how might that change your life?…
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30: James's Pretzel Experiment
Shawn gets an update on James's pretzel experiment. The moral of the story: Be careful using caustic substance for food! Do you have a good pretzel recipe? Send it our way. Email: [email protected] Website: lookingoverlife.com
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29: What's Going on in Peru?
James listens to Shawn talk about the current situation in Peru. Political violence, a home birth, the near-death of his wife, being blocked from returning home by angry mobs—Shawn has had quite the few weeks. Email: [email protected] Website: lookingoverlife.com
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28: WiFi: Black Magic or Science?
Shawn and James discuss how wireless communication works. It's really incredible to consider how electronic pulses and light and so on is shot around the world to arrive nearly instantaneously at its destination. A huge amount of data is sent every second, and we hardly think about it. Can you...
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7 Habits: Episode 5 - Habit 5: Seek First to Understand
James and Shawn discuss Habit 5 from 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey. We talked about how to listen empathically, or maybe empathetically. We weren't totally sure. How do you listen so that they other person feels heard, understood, and cared about yet without always agreeing...
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27: The 40 Jobs of Christopher Magoo (with guest Christopher Slabaugh)
Christopher Slabaugh talks to us about his diverse experience in his many jobs in his short life. Apologies for the audio, there was a lot of movement on the table where the mic was held, and that got picked up on the recording. We hope you can enjoy it regardless. What has been your most…
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26: Pet Peeves
Shawn and James have one of their most annoying episodes—then why are we laughing so much? We enjoyed learning to know each other a bit better by sharing some of our pet peeves. Do you have a pet peeve? We'd like to hear what it is. Please send us an email! Maybe we can read some of them out on…
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25: Why Do We Dream?
James and Shawn talk about dreams in this episode. Do you like to share your dreams? We all have at least one friend who seemingly can't get started with their day without first telling someone about what they dreamed last night. We discuss whether or not everyone dreams, if dreams mean anything,...
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24: Over the Mountains and Through the Desert
Shawn and James talk about Shawn's very odd way of traveling. Shawn struggles with getting from here to there without getting lost—even when he's at home! So, we have a lot of fun laughing at how things turned out for him in his family's trip from Cusco to Lima and back again, though by different...
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7 Habits: Episode 4 - Habits 2 & 3: Begin with the End in Mind and Put First Things First
James and Shawn look at Habits 2 & 3 in James Covey's The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. We talk about what it means to have the end in mind before you begin a project and how to put first things first. How do you go about your planning? It would be interesting to hear from you. Send us...
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23: Adventures With Naoma
James and Shawn talk with guest Naoma Lee about some of her adventures in Central America. Blood on the steps, learning sign language in El Salvador, delivering a baby at the pharmacy—these are quite the stories! Email: [email protected] Website: lookingoverlife.com
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Seven Habits: Episode 3 - Habit 1: Be Proactive
James and Shawn continue the 7 Habits series with Habit 1 - Be Proactive. This chapter may very well be where the modern buzzword intentional came from. We talk about moving from dependence to independence by taking action to affect your circles of influence and concern. What did you think about...
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22: If I Were to Write a Book...
James and Shawn talk about some book ideas. They say the best way to keep a book from ever being written is to discuss the idea with someone, so what better place to do it than on the pod? Maybe some of these ideas won't come about until we're retired, but now we have them on record! Email:...
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21: Why Is There Only One ISS? And Is Covid-19 Just Like the Common Cold?
Shawn and James talk about why there is only one International Space Station. James explains some of the reasons that make the ISS a cost-prohibitive venture. We consider nostalgically that the ISS will be de-orbited not too far in the future, but we are excited as we look at the technological...
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20: Marine Snow, Lake Titicaca, and the Common Cold
James and Shawn talk about life at the lowest depths of the sea, the highest navigable lake in the world, and the common cold. This would be a great opportunity for feedback! What do you do to get over a cold quickly? Send us an email with your tried-and-true home remedies. Email:...
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19: Tiny Book Review: The Tech-Wise Family by Andy Crouch
Shawn and James talk about how big the moon is and what that even means. We also look a bit at the famous Peruvian hairless dog—gorgeous! The main part of our episode centered around a book James recently read, The Tech-Wise Family by Andy Crouch. James shared several nuggets that should whet…
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7 Habits: Episode 2 - Overview of the 7 Habits
In this episode, we look at an overview of the seven habits from the book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey. Apologies up front, but Shawn's audio is not great. He didn't have his podcasting mic turned on, so we have only the audio from his laptop speakers. We'd really like to...
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18: Hiking and Pain
In this episode, Shawn listens in shocked horror to James Goering and James Shank recount some of their hiking escapades. Sprained ankles, bottomed-out electrolytes, frostbite—we've got it all! Please share your hiking stories with us. James will be delighted, and Shawn will listen with morbid...
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17: Energy and Spanish Study
Shawn and James talk about the energy it takes to run the universe and the energy it takes to learn a new language. James gives a loving soliloquy to energy. It really seems to mean everything to him. Shawn recently returned from two weeks of fairly intense Spanish study; his brain hurts now....
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16: Krakatoa, Faith Builders, and Leonardo da Vinci
James and Shawn are finally back! We plan to do a few shorter FWIW episodes like this over the next several weeks (We haven't forgotten 7 Habits, either.). Hopefully, you enjoy them. This episode, James brings a science fact about the loudest sound ever recorded. Then we talk a bit about James's...
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7 Habits: Episode 1 - Paradigms and Principles
In which Shawn and James read through The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and record their conversation about it. James almost never re-reads books, but this one was good enough that he wanted to read it again. We hope this mostly unedited conversation will inspire you to pick up this book…
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15: Internet in Space
Shawn and James talk about internet in space, thanks to all the satellites that groups like Star-Link are putting into near-earth orbit. This high-speed, low-latency internet is actually available in Peru, but we're just a few Patrons away from Shawn being able to afford it. Thanks for being a...
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14: Effects of High Elevation
James and Shawn talk about how high elevation—or is it altitude?—effects various everyday things. Shawn is just getting over Covid (again), so being able to breathe seems more important to him than sometimes. We talk about how to bake cakes, how to hatch eggs, and how to climb mountains, all in...
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13: Were There Ever Inca People in Peru?
Shawn and James talk about the Inca—and whether or not they ever existed. This topic is not limited to the country of Peru but has been repeated throughout history whenever a people was conquered. Do we call the people what they call themselves? Or should we keep the name the conquering nation...
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12: How Deep Have Men Gone Into the Earth?
Shawn and James talk about how big the earth is and how little of it we've actually experienced from a geological standpoint. Earth's crust - Wikipedia Pitch Drop experiment - School of Mathematics and Physics - University of Queensland (uq.edu.au) Kola Superdeep Borehole - Wikipedi The Siberian...
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11: LOL - 2022 Yearly Themes (prerelease)
Here's the themes episode! We decided to give you Patrons the prerelease of the episode--now you know why we edit it! Hopefully, you can find some enjoyment out of the early access even though it is a little bit raw. Many thanks again, and Happy New Year's! -James and Shawn
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10: Quiverfull Teaser and Pre-show talk about stuff middle-aged guys find interesting
Shawn and James talk about having lots of babies, trips to Costco, new cook stoves, launching telescopes into space, and other very middle-aged topics. Blessed holidays to you all, and a very happy new year! Stroopwafel - Wikiwand Sugar Rush Peach Hot Pepper Seeds - Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co...
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9: Book Review of "13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do" by Amy Morin
Shawn talks with James about a book he really didn't like that much. Hopefully you can mine some diamonds from the dirt. Cover of 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do Self-help Books - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-help_book Impressionism - Wikipedia Cal Newport books
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8: The Truck, the Snake, and the Hacker (with guest John Perfect)
In this episode, we have story time with Uncle John. If you like hair-raising thrillers, this is the sort of story for you. Buckle up! It's going to be a bumpy ride. Thank you to our Patrons for making this possible. Ransomware — FBI What is Social Engineering? Mark Rober Scammer Video Air gap...
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7: Wolves and Lyme Disease
Shawn and James talk about Lyme Disease. Do you know that wolves are responsible for the rise in cases of Lyme Disease on the eastern seaboard? We take a rambling trail to get to that fact, but also discuss a bit the number of cases and how they are happening. Thanks again for being a Patron. We...
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6: Over the Mountain and Through the Woods
James tells Shawn a story about harrowing experience he had biking from Harrisonburg, Virginia through Crozet to Free Union. Some poor choices were made, but it ends up being a great story. Thank you to our Patrons! We're glad to have you. Faith Mission Home
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5: Shawn's Return to Peru
James and Shawn talk about Shawn's return to Peru. They discuss the travel down and what it means to be "home." Email: [email protected] Website: lookingoverlife.com Wikipedia: The Pan-American Highway
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4: Do We Really Need Leaders? - LOL pre-release
James and Shawn have Andrew Crider on the podcast again to talk about leadership. This is the bootleg version with all of our banter and other stuff that normally gets cut out of the main episode. We thought it may be fun for you to hear a bit of what goes on behind the scenes. *Note: There are…
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3: The Coriolis Effect
Shawn and James discuss the Coriolis Effect. What makes water go clockwise or counter-clockwise down a sink drain? Or does that even happen? Thank to our Patron! We are thankful for your support. Email: [email protected] The Coriolis Force The Coriolis Effect
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