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The Plunge with Derek Holser
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The Plunge is a serial podcast, hosted by Derek Holser, and anchored by conversations about Theology, Philosophy, and Culture. The Plunge is a forum for producing extended conversations with a variety of guests that invite the listener to explore stories and their creators, thinkers and their ideas, artists and athletes, and their unique aesthetics. The Plunge endeavors to dive into the deep waters of life’s meaning and purpose safely and freely, by welcoming guest conversationalists from various areas of human flourishing. Each topic will be presented with a variety of guest conversationalists, over a period of 8-12 weeks and each series is intended to be accessible and enjoyable for the curious and the studious. Welcome to the Plunge: Let’s Dive In!
Episodes
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Tony Hale | Artists & Athletes: The Path to Transcendent Beauty
Welcome to Artists & Athletes: The Path to Transcendent Beauty. This is Episode Two of our second season of The Human Series. This series is an attempt to explore the full range, depth, and wonder of this mystery of being human. Joining me today is Tony Hale. Tony Hale is a three time Emmy award...
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Artists & Athletes: The Path to Transcendent Beauty | Ellery Hatfield
Welcome to Artists & Athletes: The Path to Transcendent Beauty. This is Episode One of our second seaons of The Human Series, an attempt to explore the full range, depth, and wonder of this mystery of being human. Joining me today is Ellery Hatfield, Hairdresser, Soprano, and Poet. Born and…
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Tolkien's Greatest Characters, Part Two | Summer Replay Series
Welcome to Episode Six in our Summer Replay Series. Today's conversation features Bradley Birzer, Leah Holser, Turner Burnett, and Sørina Higgins. The discussion covers perspectives on Pippin, Smeagol/Gollum, Sauron, and Tolkien as The Narrator. To listen to the entire conversation with Bradley,...
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Tolkien's Greatest Characters, Part One | Summer Replay Series
Welcome to Episode Five in our Summer Replay Series. Today's conversation features Holly Ordway, Landon Loftin, Alison Milbank, and Michael Ward. The discussion covers perspectives on Éowyn, Faramir, Gandalf, and Cormallen. To listen to the entire conversation with Holly, click here:...
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C.S. Lewis: The Great Divorce | Summer Replay Series
Welcome to Episode Four in our Summer Replay Series. Today's conversation features Jess Lederman, Elizabeth Hardy, David Burnett, and Turner Burnett. The discussion covers perspectives on the C.S. Lewis novel The Great Divorce, with an emphasis on Lewis's relationship with George MacDonald, and...
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Human Relationships and the Image of God | Summer Replay Series
Welcome to Episode Three in our Summer Replay Series. Today's conversation features Dr. Heather Huckett, Dr. Don Lichi, Margaret Fay, and Pastor Justin Bryeans. As psychologists, counselors, and pastors, they work at the intersection of human identity, relationships, and spirituality. These...
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Owen Barfield: The Evolution of Consciousness | Summer Replay Series
Welcome to Episode Two in our Summer Replay Series. Today's conversation features Laura Van Dyke, Owen A. Barfield, Landon Loftin, and Max Leyf. The discussion covers some biographical elements of Owen Barfield's life, along with his work on the imagination, his "Great War" with C.S. Lewis, and…
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George MacDonald: Community, Death, and Beyond | Summer Replay Series
Welcome to Episode One in our Summer Replay Series. Today's conversation features Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson, Kerry Dearborn, Chris Green, and Jordan Daniel Wood. The discussion ranges from George MacDonald's conception and practice of true community, his theology of aging, suffering, and death, and...
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William Blake: Mystic for Modernity, Episode 6 | Valentin Gerlier
Welcome to Episode 6, our final installment in our series William Blake: Mystic for Modernity. Today's guest is Valentin Gerlier. Valentin is a scholar, songwriter, and musician, and our conversation is a poetic and lyrical gem. Full of light and wisdom, like William Blake himself! Valentin is…
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G.K. Chesterton on William Blake | featuring Landon Loftin
Welcome to Episode Five in our latest series: William Blake: Mystic for Modernity. As we continue to explore the life and majesty of William Blake, I am joined by a returning Plunge favorite: Landon Loftin. This conversation explores G.K. Chesterton's thoughts on William Blake. Two great souls...
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William Blake: Mystic for Modernity, Episode 4 | Ron Dart
Welcome to Episode Four in our latest series: William Blake: Mystic for Modernity. As we continue to explore the life and majesty of William Blake, I am joined by a returning Plunge favorite: the Inimitable Ron Dart! Ron has had an abiding interest in Blake since his teens in the 1960s. Ron was…
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William Blake: Mystic for Modernity, Episode 3 | Susanne Sklar
Welcome to Episode Three in our latest series: William Blake: Mystic for Modernity. As we continue to explore the life and majesty of William Blake, I am joined by a most enchanting guest: Susanne Sklar. Susanne Sklar, PhD, is a leading international authority on William Blake, with a particular...
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William Blake: Mystic for Modernity, Episode 2 | Jason Whittaker
Welcome to the second episode in our latest series, William Blake: Mystic for Modernity. William Blake (1757–1827) was a visionary English poet, painter, and printmaker of the Romantic Age. Jason Whittaker is a writer and academic at the University of Lincoln, who spends his time alternating...
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William Blake: Mystic for Modernity, Episode 1 | Mark Vernon
Welcome to the first episode in our latest series, William Blake: Mystic for Modernity. William Blake (1757–1827) was a visionary English poet, painter, and printmaker of the Romantic Age. My guest today is Mark Vernon. Mark is a writer and psychotherapist. A keen podcaster, including over 100...
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The Hundred Acre Wood: Animals in Literature | Brenton Dickieson
Welcome to Episode Twelve in our Animals in Literature series. Today's conversation features a fun, nostalgic, endearing discussion of Christopher Robin and his friends in The Hundred Acre Wood, created by A.A. Milne. Today's guest is returning Plunge favorite and great friend, Brenton Dickieson....
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Watership Down: Animals in Literature | Olga-Maria Cruz
Welcome to Episode Eleven in our Animals in Literature Series. Today's guest is the Rev. Dr. Olga-Maria Cruz, to regale us on the glories, virtues, and meaning in the novel Watership Down. Watership Down by Richard Adams is widely celebrated for its phenomenal world-building, authentic…
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The Redwall Series: Animals in Literature | Thomas Cannariato
Welcome to Episode Eleven in our Animals in Literature series. Today's episode features a riveting and rambling conversation about The Redwall Series, by Brian Jacques. This beloved series features many anthropomorphic creatures (mostly of the burrowing type) and has served as a great guide to...
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Lions & Bears & Menageries, OH MY!: Animals in Literature | Sørina Higgins
Welcome to Episode 9 in our Animals in Literature Series. This series aims to explore the origins, conventions, and meanings we find in stories featuring anthropomorphic animals. Today's guest is Sørina Higgins, PhD. Sørina and I discuss Charles Williams' novel The Place of the Lion, and his...
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The Creatures of Narnia: Animals in Literature | Simon Horobin
Welcome to Episode 7 in our Animals in Literature series. This series aims to explore the origins, conventions, and meanings we find in stories featuring anthropomorphic animals. Today's guest is Simon Horobin, PhD. Simon and I discuss a number of the creatures of Narnia, from C.S. Lewis's…
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Animals in Literature | David Bentley Hart
Welcome to Episode 7 in our Animals in Literature series. This series aims to explore the origins, conventions, and meanings we find in stories featuring anthropomorphic animals. Today's guest is David Bentley Hart, PhD. David and I share a lively conversation featuring iconic characters from…
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Easter Interlude: The Resurrection | Jordan Daniel Wood
Welcome to our Easter interlude, as we take a one-episode hiatus from our Animals in Literature series. Joining me once again is the effervescent and egalitarian Jordan Daniel Wood. Jordan and I discuss the events of the weekend, beginning with Good Friday, through Holy Saturday, and on to...
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CATS! : Animals in Literature | Laura Burnett
Welcome to Episode 6 in our Animals in Literature series. This series aims to explore the origins, conventions, and meanings we find in stories featuring anthropomorphic animals. Joining me for today's conversation on all things CATS! in stories is Laura Burnett, a newcomer to The Plunge. We...
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Charlotte's Web, The Finale: Animals in Literature | Elizabeth Hardy
Welcome to Episode 5 in our Animals in Literature series. This series aims to explore the origins, conventions, and meanings we find in stories featuring anthropomorphic animals. Joining me today is Elizabeth Hardy as we conclude our chapter-by-chapter journey through the beloved Charlotte's Web…
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NYT Bestselling Middle Grade Novel: AKU: Journey to Ibra | Micah Johnson
Welcome to a bonus episode, special edition of The Plunge. Today's guest is Micah Johnson, author of the New York Times Bestselling Middle-Grade Novel AKU: Journey to Ibra. Micah and I discuss his inspiration for creating AKU's first novel, the meaning and purpose he discovered in telling the…
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Charlotte's Web, Part 3: Animals in Literature | Elizabeth Hardy
Welcome to Episode 4 in our Animals in Literature series. This series aims to explore the origins, conventions, and meanings we find in stories featuring anthropomorphic animals. Joining me today is Elizabeth Hardy as we continue our chapter-by-chapter journey through the beloved Charlotte's Web…
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Charlotte's Web, Part 2: Animals in Literature | Elizabeth Hardy
Welcome to Episode 3 in our Animals in Literature series. This series aims to explore the origins, conventions, and meanings we find in stories featuring anthropomorphic animals. Joining me today is Elizabeth Hardy for the second in our multi-part conversation about the beloved Charlotte's Web by...
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Charlotte's Web, Part 1: Animals in Literature | Elizabeth Hardy
Welcome to Episode 2 in our Animals in Literature series. This series aims to explore the origins, conventions, and meanings we find in stories featuring anthropomorphic animals. Joining me today is Elizabeth Hardy for the first in our multi-part conversation about the beloved Charlotte's Web by...
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The Wind in the Willows: Animals in Literature | Landon Loftin
Welcome to Episode One in our series Animals in Literature. This series aims to explore the origins, conventions and meaning found in stories featuring anthropomorphic animals. How the beloved fables and literary masterpieces featuring animals who live and talk as humans do blur the lines between...
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Tolkien's Greatest Characters: SMEAGOL | Leah Holser
Welcome to Episode Eighteen in our Tolkien's Greatest Characters series. Today's conversation explores the transformation of Smeagol into Gollum, and entertains the possibility that maybe Smeagol found his way back to the light at the bottom of the fires of Mt. Doom... Leah Holser returns for her...
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Tolkien's Greatest Characters: SAURON | Turner Burnett
Welcome to Episode Seventeen in our Tolkien's Greatest Characters series. Today's conversation shines the spotlight on the dark lord himself, SAURON. Turner Burnett returns for his third appearance on The Plunge. We explore the meaning and nature of evil, Sauron's backstory, the power of the…
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Tolkien's Greatest Characters: Gimli & Boromir | Chris Tansey
Welcome to Episode Sixteen in our Tolkien's Greatest Characters series. Today's conversation shines the spotlight on two central characters in the Fellowship: Boromir & Gimli. My guest, Chris Tansey, shares how each character has inspired him at different points in his life, and offers us a…
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Tolkien's Greatest Characters: Faramir | Landon Loftin
Welcome to Episode Fifteen in our series entitled Tolkien's Greatest Characters. Today's conversation features returning guest Landon Loftin, who enlightens us on the earnest, the venerable, the ever-inspiring: Faramir. Landon Loftin has a BA in Religion and Philosophy from Southwest Baptist...
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Tolkien's Greatest Characters: Elrond | Chris Skaggs
Welcome to Episode 14 of our Tolkien's Greatest Characters series. Today's conversation features Chris Skaggs, sharing a host of delightful insights and endearing inspirations found in the life of Elrond. Chris Skaggs is the Founder and Chief Operations Officer of Soma Games and Soma SoulWorks....
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Tolkien's Greatest Characters: Cormallen + Fatty Bolger | Michael Ward
Welcome to Episode Thirteen of our series entitled "Tolkien's Greatest Characters. Today's conversation features Dr. Michael Ward, discussing his fantastic essay Peak Middle Earth: Why Mount Doom is not the Climax of The Lord of the Rings, with a bonus discussion on the oft-overlooked Hobbit…
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Tolkien's Greatest Characters: Gandalf | Alison Milbank
Welcome to Episode Twelve in our Tolkien's Greatest Characters series! This episode is a delightful defense of the glory and goodness found in that great wizard, Gandalf. Today's conversation features Rev'd Canon Dr Alison Milbank. Alison is a British Anglican Priest, who served as Canon…
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Advent Interlude: The Implications of the Incarnation | Jordan Daniel Wood
Welcome to our Advent interlude, as we take a one-episode hiatus from our Tolkien's Greatest Characters series. I was recently in Nashville and took the opportunity to record with the incomparable Jordan Daniel Wood. In this episode, Jordan and I discuss The Implications of the Incarnation.…
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Tolkien's Greatest Characters: Samwise Gamgee | Brenton Dickieson
Welcome to Episode Eleven in our Tolkien's Greatest Characters series. Today's conversation features Brenton Dickieson. Brenton is a returning guest and a great friend. In this episode, we discuss the beloved and heroic Samwise Gamgee. Brenton is a father, husband, friend, university lecturer…
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Tolkien's Greatest Characters: Eärendil | Taylor Crandall
Welcome to Episode Ten in our Tolkien's Greatest Characters Series. Joining me today is Taylor Crandall. Taylor is a thoughtful and insightful Tolkien aficionado, and she brings a clearly illuminated perspective to the character Eärendil, the half-Elven mariner depicted in The Silmarillion. We…
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Tolkien's Greatest Characters: Éowyn | Holly Ordway
Welcome to Episode Nine of Tolkien's Greatest Characters. Joining me for today's fabulous conversation on the shieldmaiden of Rohan, the ever-inspiring Éowyn, is Holly Ordway. Among the many riveting aspects of this discussion, Holly provides meaningful insight about Tolkien's deft nuance in...
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Tolkien's Greatest Characters: Treebeard | Eugene Terekhin
Welcome to Episode Eight in our Tolkien's Greatest Characters Series. Today's episode features Eugene Terekhin. Eugene is a philologist, philosopher, translator, as well as the author of Elven Hidden Gems and the Works of the Inklings, The Music of Illuvatar in the Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S....
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Halloween Interlude: George MacDonald's Imagination | Jordan Daniel Wood
Welcome to our Halloween interlude, as we take a one-episode hiatus from our Tolkien's Greatest Characters series. I was recently in Nashville and took the opportunity to record with the incomparable Jordan Daniel Wood. In this episode, Jordan and I discuss George MacDonald's essay "The...
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Tom Bombadil: Tolkien's Greatest Characters | Brian Zahnd
Welcome to Episode Seven in our Tolkien's Greatest Characters series. Today's conversation is enlightening and uplifting, a discussion of the whimsical and winsome Tom Bombadil. Joining me today is Brian Zahnd. Brian is the founding pastor of Word of Life Church in St. Joseph, Missouri. He is the...
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Tolkien's Greatest Characters: Aragorn | Robert Hulett
Welcome to Episode Six in our Tolkien's Greatest Characters Series. Today's conversation is an inspired yearning for the true nobility within it us all. Today's conversation features the king-to-be, Aragorn. Today's guest is Robert Hulett. Robert is a former student of mine and a long-time…
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Tolkien's Greatest Characters: PIPPIN | Bradley J. Birzer
Welcome to Episode Five in our Tolkien's Greatest Characters Series. Today's conversation is a wide-ranging one, featuring the hobbit prince, Pippin. Today's guest is Bradley J. Birzer. Brad is the Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies and Professor of History, Hillsdale College. He loves…
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Tolkien's Greatest Characters: Frodo's Dreme | Bret van den Brink
Welcome to Episode Four of Tolkien's Greatest Characters. This week's episode is an insightful presentation of The Sea Bell, or Frodo's Dreame, the poem by J.R.R. Tolkien. Today's guest is Bret van den Brink. Bret is a PhD student at the University of Toronto, where he also earned his MA. He…
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Tolkien's Greatest Characters: Bilbo Baggins | Thalia Toha
Welcome to Episode Three of Tolkien's Greatest Characters. This week's episode is a lively conversation about Bilbo Baggins, the meaning and nature of place, and the opportunity for everyone to determine where their story ends. We touch on the Shire, the Ring, and Bilbo's journey There and Back...
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Tolkien's Greatest Characters: Frodo Baggins | Dr. Andrew Snyder
Welcome to Episode Two of Tolkien's Greatest Characters. This week's episode is an inspiring discussion of Frodo Baggins, the humble hobbit thrust into a quest for the ages. Joining me is Dr. Andrew Snyder, a professor of philosophy and theology, author of the forthcoming book Divine Honour in…
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Tolkien's Greatest Characters: The Narrator | Dr. Sørina Higgins
Welcome to Episode One of our mega-series entitled Tolkien's Greatest Characters. Each week for the next sixteen weeks, we will host a conversation exploring the virtues, flaws, symbolism, and story development advanced by a unique character from the J.R.R. Tolkien Universe. This week's episode…
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A Child of God Perhaps: Cormac McCarthy | Joel J. Miller
"He moves in the dry chaff among the dust and slats of sunlight with a constrained truculence. Saxon and Celtic bloods. A child of God much like yourself perhaps." Today's episode is a singular one, for a singular writer. This is a conversation about Cormac McCarthy, and his novel Child of God....
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A Pint with Derek | Hosted by David Bates
Today's episode flips the script. Turns the tables. I recently sat down with David Bates, host of Pints with Jack, a popular YouTube channel featuring C.S. Lewis and all things Inklings. We chatted about why I started the Plunge and how I came to explore Owen Barfield. I hope you'll enjoy this...
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The Plunge is a serial podcast, hosted by Derek Holser, and anchored by conversations about Theology, Philosophy, and Culture. The Plunge is a forum for producing extended conversations with a variety of guests that invite the listener to explore stories and their creators, thinkers and their ideas, artists and athletes, and their unique aesthetics. The Plunge endeavors to dive into the deep waters of life’s meaning and purpose safely and freely, by welcoming guest conversationalists from various areas of human flourishing. Each topic will be presented with a variety of guest conversationalists, over a period of 8-12 weeks and each series is intended to be accessible and enjoyable for the curious and the studious. Welcome to the Plunge: Let’s Dive In!
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