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Give and Take — 319 episodes
Episode 321: Will The Future Like You?...with Patricia Martin
Episode 320: Do the Reformers Need Reforming?...with David Fitch
Episode 319: From Fat Tuesday to Peak Performance, with Lindsay Lombardi
Episode 318: What Might Be: Confronting Racism to Transform our Institutions, with Susan Sturm
Episode 317: God, Sex, and Rich People: A Recovering Evangelical Testimony, with Mattie Jo Cowsert
Episode 316: Mary, Protestants, and the Mystery of Christmas
Episode 315: The Gospels as History, with Edward J. Watts
Episode 314: What Makes a Movie a Christmas Movie?, with Todd McGowan and Ryan Engley
Episode 313: Can Deliberation Cure the Ills of Democracy?, with James S. Fishkin
Episode 312: Finding Grace in the Holiday Grind, with Mandy Smith
Episode 311: How to Stay Fit When the Holidays Hit, with Lindsay Lombardi
Episode 310: The Conservative Civil War, with Bryce Eddy
Episode 309: Reclaiming Jewish Identity in an Antisemitic World, with Sarah Hurwitz
Episode 308: The Romans: A 2,000-Year History, with Edward J. Watts
Episode 307: Hamilton vs. Jefferson: The Battle That Still Shapes America, with Jeffrey Rosen
Episode 306: Nations Apart: How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America, with Colin Woodard
Episode 305: Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump, and Christian Nationalism, with Bryce Eddy
Episode 304: Playback, with Carla Malden
Episode 303: The Politics We Can't Escape, with J. Kameron Carter
Episode 302: Is the Earth Growing a Brain?...with Topher McDougal
Episode 301: Morbidly Curious: A Scientist Explains Why We Can't Look Away, with Coltan Scrivner
Episode 300: My Guest Is Scott Jones...
Episode 299: Confessions of an Amateur Saint, with Mandy Smith
Episode 298: Is Theology Dying?...with Beatrice Marovich
Episode 297: Spellbound: How Charisma Shaped American History From The Puritans To Donald Trump, with Molly Worthen
Episode 296: Swimming With The Sharks: Leading the Full Spectrum Church in a Red-and-Blue World, with Jack Haberer
Episode 295: Believing, with Lauren Jackson
Episode 294: It's Only Drowning: A True Story of Learning to Surf and the Search for Common Ground, with David Litt
Episode 293: The Rise of the Not-Left, with William Deresiewicz
Episode 292: What To Do With Data, with Justin Evans
Episode 291: Universality and Identity Politics, with Todd McGowan
Episode 290: Is the War in Gaza Just?...with Thane Rosenbaum
Episode 289: Forget the Camel: The Madcap World of Animal Festivals and What They Say about Being Human, with Elizabeth Melampy
Episode 288: Godstruck: Seven Women's Unexpected Journeys to Religious Conversion, with Kelsey Osgood
Episode 287: Why Nazis spent World War II in a luxury West Virginia resort, with Benyamin Cohen
Episode 286: Shelter and Storm, with Tamara Dean
Episode 285: The Big Relief, with David Zahl
Episode 284: Smokebirds, with Daniel Breyer
Episode 283: Talking with Eminent Americans, with Daniel Oppenheimer
Episode 282: Indivisible: How to Forge Our Differences into a Stronger Future, with Denise Hamilton
Episode 281: Elon Musk, Christian Nationalism, and the Battle for Truth, with Amanda Marcotte
Episode 280: How To End Christian Nationalism, with Amanda Tyler
Episode 279: Considering the State of the Union, with Jennifer Briney
Episode 278: What Every American Should Know About Ukraine, with Marci Shore
Episode 277: Pure Excess: Capitalism and the Commodity, with Todd McGowan
Episode 276: Christian Witness in a Post-Democratic Age, with Lisa Sharon Harper
Episode 275: Are Evangelicals Going To Take Over America?...with Mark Oppenheimer
Episode 274: The Future of King's Dream, with Harold Dean Trulear
Episode 273: Black Girl In The Middle, with Shenequa Golding
Episode 272: Is David Brooks a Christian or a Jew? With Mark Oppenheimer
Episode 271: History Lessons from Gladiator 2, with Edward J. Watts
Episode 270: Antisemitism, Identity and the Crisis of Liberalism, with Thane Rosenbaum
Episode 269: So You Want to Write a Book..., with Leah Paulos
Episode 268: Embracing Alienation, with Todd McGowan
Episode 267: Lack, Excess and the 2024 Election
Episode 266: Theology Without God, with Beatrice Marovich
Episode 265: Love Is Still Winning, with Fabienne Doucet
Episode 264: Behold The Pierced One, with David Shields
Episode 263: Biden's Tragic Flaw
Episode 262: The Cultural Politics of the WNBA, with David Shields and Josh Rosenblatt
Episode 261: Being a Wartime Rabbi, with Rabbi Raphael Davidovich
Episode 260: Doing Faith Holistically, with Rabbi Uri Allen
Episode 259: The Einstein Effect: How the World's Favorite Genius Got into Our Cars, Our Bathrooms, and Our Minds, with Benyamin Cohen
Episode 258: Humanism, Healing and Hope, with Jane Rosenzweig
Episode 257: You're Only Human, with Kelly Kapic
Episode 256: Saving Grace: Speak Your Truth, Stay Centered, and Learn to Coexist with People Who Drive You Nuts, with Kirsten Powers
Episode 255: The Rise of Post-Liberal Man
Episode 254: The 40 Day Challenge, with Rabbi Mark Wildes
Episode 253: Supreme Court Recap, with Steve Krone
Episode 252: Talking Politics, Pop-Culture, and Podcasting, with Roifield Brown
Episode 251: Candles in the Dark, with Rowan Williams
Episode 250: Everybody Prays, with James Martin
Episode 249: To Reach the Spring: From Complicity to Consciousness in the Age of Eco-Crisis, with Nathaniel Popkin
Episode 248: Human Work in the Age of Smart Machines, with Jamie Merisotis
Episode 247: The Very Last Interview: with David Shields, Nick Toti, and Rachel Kempf
Episode 246: 6 Spiritual Truths that Won’t Change with the Election, with Frederick Schmidt
Episode 245: Presidential Playbook 2020: 16 Nonpartisan Solutions to Save America, with John Burke
Episode 244: Healing Politics: A Doctor’s Journey into the Heart of Our Political Epidemic, Abdul El-Sayed
Episode 243: Breaking Bread With The Dead, with Alan Jacobs
Episode 242: Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife, with Ariel Sabar
Episode 241: Spiritual Directions and Spiritual Direction, with David Norling
Episode 240: You're a Miracle (and a Pain in the Ass), with Mike McHargue
Episode 239: The Campaign of Miner Bo, with Todd Drezner
Episode 238: Break It Up, with Richard Kreitner
Episode 237: Nobody Hates Trump More Than Trump Revisited, with David Shields
Episode 236: Leave It As It Is, with David Gessner
Episode 235: How to Watch Porn, with Alice Vaughn
Episode 234: The Character Gap, with Christian Miller
Episode 233: Life At The End Of Us Vs Them, with Marcus Rempel
Episode 232: Grandstanding: The Use and Abuse of Moral Talk, with Justin Tosi and Brandon Warmke
Episode 231: In Good Faith: Questioning Religion and Atheism, with Scott Shay
Episode 230: Corona Means Kissing Sports Goodbye...For Now, with Bradley Klein
Episode 229: Taking Children, with Laura Briggs
Episode 228: The Way Up Is Down, with Marlena Graves
Episode 227: Lost In Thought, with Zena Hitz
Episode 226: Monetizing Your Podcast, with Satish Gaire
Episode 225: Not Forsaken, with Jennifer Michelle Greenberg
Episode 224: The Economics of Health Care in the midst of a Pandemic, with Jordan Al-Zu’Bi
Episode 223: Pre and Post President Trump, with Bradley S. Klein and David Shields
Episode 222: Tanking To The Top, with Yaron Weitzman
Episode 221: A Poet Talks Pandemics, with Bob Holman
Episode 220: Critical Thinking, with Jonathan Haber
Episode 219: The Scientific Attitude: Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience in the midst of Corona, with Lee McIntyre
Episode 218: The Hot Hand, with Ben Cohen
Episode 217: Pandemics and Polling, with Patrick Murray
Episode 216: The Nail in the Tree: Essays on Art, Violence, and Childhood, with Carol Ann Davis
Episode 215: The Reverend Hunter, with Tony Jones
Episode 214: Industrial-Strength Denial: Eight Stories of Corporations Defending the Indefensible, from the Slave Trade to Climate Change, with Barbara Freese
Episode 213: Why Conservatives and Liberals Are Not Experiencing the Same Pandemic, with Luke Conway
Episode 212: Corona and The Congressional Dish, with Jennifer Briney.
Episode 211: Stan Lee: A Life in Comics, with Liel Leibovitz
Episode 210: This Is All I Got: A New Mother's Search for Home, with Lauren Sandler
Episode 209: Pandemics Old and New, with Edward J. Watts
Episode 208: Commentary and Corona, with Noah Rothman
Episode 207: The Power Worshipers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism, with Katherine Stewart
Episode 206: Power in Modernity, with Isaac Ariail Reed
Episode 205: Conservatism and Corona, with David French
Episode 204: Spirituality and Purpose in the midst of Corona, with Rabbi Daniel Cohen
Episode 203: Saving Free Speech...from Itself, with Thane Rosenbaum
Episode 202: The Pleasure Gap, with Katherine Rowland
Episode 201: Trains, Jesus, and Murder: The Gospel according to Johnny Cash, with Richard Beck
Episode 200: The Unspoken, with Bob Holman
Episode 199: How to Start a Revolution: Young People and the Future of American Politics, with Lauren Duca
Episode 198: Modern Technology and the Human Future, with Craig Gay
Episode 197: Revolution of Values, with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Episode 196: Why We Need the Electoral College, with Tara Ross
Episode 195: The Tutor, with Marilee Albert
Episode 194: Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life--in Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There), with Sarah Hurwitz
Episode 193: How Charts Lie, with Alberto Cairo
Episode 192: The Fire Is Upon Us, with Nicholas Buccola
Episode 191: Only Americans Burn in Hell, with Jarett Kobek
Episode 190: The Church of Us vs. Them, with David Fitch
Episode 189: Twelve Lies That Hold America Captive, with Jonathan Walton
Episode 188: How to Think about War: An Ancient Guide to Foreign Policy, with Johanna Hanink
Episode 187: Miller's Children: Why Giving Teenage Killers a Second Chance Matters for All of Us, with James Garbarino
Episode 186: She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity, with Carl Zimmer
Episode 185: Exodus Preaching, with Kenyatta Gilbert
Episode 184: What Does It Feel Like to Die?, with Jennie Dear
Episode 183: How Reason Can Lead to God, with Joshua Rasmussen
Episode 182: Why Church, with Scott Sunquist
Episode 181: Up In Arms, with John Temple
Episode 180: Walter Kaufmann: Philosopher, Humanist, Heretic, with Stanley Corngold
Episode 179: The Art of Less Doing, with Ari Meisel
Episode 178: Love Over Fear, with Dan White Jr.
Episode 177: Sacred and Profane Love, with Jennifer Frey
Episode 175: Two Guys Talk Chesterton in New York City, with David Shields
Episode 174: Marshawn Lynch: A History, with David Shields
Episode 173: Confessions of a Crypto Millionaire, with Dan Conway
Episode 172: Color Me In, with Natasha Díaz
Episode 171: Bless This Mess, with Molly Baskette and Ellen O'Donnell
Episode 170: Know-It-All Society: Truth and Arrogance in Political Culture, with Michael Patrick Lynch
Episode 169: 100 Times: A Memoir of Sexism, with Chavisa Woods
Episode 168: Reading Romans Backwards, with Scot McKnight
Episode 167: The Year of Return, with Nathaniel Popkin
Episode 166: Addiction Nation, with Timothy McMahan King
Episode 165: The Meaning of Protestant Theology, with Phillip Cary
Episode 164: In Search of there Common Good, with Jake Meador
Episode 163: How to Make a Plant Love You, with Summer Rayne Oakes
Episode 162: Elie Wiesel: An Extraordinary Life and Legacy, with Nadine Epstein
Episode 161: Against French-ism, with David French
Episode 160: The Scientific Attitude: Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience, with Lee McIntyre
Episode 159: Divorcing Mom: A Memoir of Psychoanalysis, with Melissa Knox
Episode 158: The Perils of Partnership, with Jonathan H. Marks
Episode 157: The Risk Of Us, with Rachel Howard
Episode 156: To Be A Runner, with Martin Dugard
Episode 155: Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do about It, with David Zahl
Episode 154: The Girl In The Back, with Laura Davis-Chanin
Episode 153: The Trouble With Men, with David Shields
Episode 152: First the Jews: Combating the World’s Longest-Running Hate Campaign, Evan Moffic
Episode 151: In this World of Wonders, with Nicholas Wolterstorff
Episode 150: Hustle and Gig: Struggling and Surviving in the Sharing Economy, with Alexandrea J. Ravenelle
Episode 149: The Middleman, with Olen Steinhauer
Episode 148: A Bright Future: How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and the Rest Can Follow, with Joshua S. Goldstein
Episode 147: How To Be Loved, with Eva Hagberg Fisher
Episode 146: Healing a Community: Lessons for Recovery after a Large-Scale Trauma, with Melissa Glaser
Episode 145: Aristotle's Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life, with Edith Hall
Episode 144: Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell Into Tyranny, Edward J. Watts
Episode 143: Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books, with Karen Swallow Prior
Episode 142: God Is In The Crowd, with Tal Keinan
Episode 141: Thanks A Thousand: A Gratitude Journey, with A.J. Jacobs
Episode 140: Justification, with Michael Horton
Episode 139: A River Could Be a Tree, with Angela Himsel
Episode 138: God Over Good, with Luke Norsworthy
Episode 137: Halakhah: The Rabbinic Idea of Law, with Chaim Saiman
Episode 136: Flawed Church, Faithful God
Episode 135: I Think Therefore I Eat, with Martin Cohen
Episode 134: Doctor, with Andrew Bomback
Episode 133: Road to Disaster, with Brian VanDeMark
Episode 132: White Picket Fences: Turning Toward Love in a World Divided by Privilege, with Amy Julia Becker
Episode 131: Why Theory, with Todd McGowan and Ryan Engley
Episode 130: Whole Again, with Jackson MacKenzie
Episode 129: Tradition and its ‘use’: the ethics of theological retrieval, with Simeon Zahl
Episode 128: Hitler's American Friends, with Bradley W. Hart
Episode 127: Nobody Hates Trump More Than Trump: An Intervention, with David Shields
Episode 126: Weather Woman, with Cai Emmons
Episode 125: Faith in the Shadows, with Austin Fischer
Episode 124: The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life, with David Quammen
Episode 123: Eating NAFTA, with Alyshia Gálvez
Episode 122: Idleness, with Brian O'Connor
Episode 121: American Hate: Survivors Speak Out, with Arjun Sethi
Episode 120: Talking Tariffs and International Trade, with Steven Wallace
Episode 119: Learning To Speak God From Scratch, with Jonathan Merritt
Episode 118: From Politics to the Pews: How Partisanship and the Political Environment Shape Religious Identity, with Michele F. Margolis
Episode 117: Redeeming Capitalism, with Kenneth J. Barnes
Episode 116: Disruptive Witness: Speaking Truth in a Distracted Age, with Alan Noble
Episode 115: Jell-O Girls, with Allie Rowbottom
Episode 114: Believe Me: The Evangelical Road To Donald Trump, with John Fea
Episode 113: Friends Bearing Gifts, with Joseph Cicio
Episode 112: The Blessing of Sorrow, with Rabbi Ben Kamin
Episode 111: Kosher Movies
Episode 110: Who Will Speak For America?, with Stephanie Feldman
Episode 109: God, Improv and the Art of Living, with MaryAnn McKibben Dana
Episode 108: Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together, with Andrew Selee
Episode 107: Vodka Is Vegan: A Vegan Bros Manifesto for Better Living and Not Being an A**hole, with Matt & Phil Letten
Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done, with Laura Vanderkam
Episode 105: Gravity Leadership, with Matt Tebbe
Episode 104: My Jesus Year: A Rabbi's Son Wanders the Bible Belt in Search of His Own Faith, with Benyamin Cohen
Episode 103: Everything Is Borrowed, with Nathaniel Popkin
Episode 102: To Lose the Madness: Field Notes on Trauma, Loss and Radical Authenticity, with L.M. Browning
Episode 101: Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear, with Matthew Kaemingk
Episode 100: Troll Nation, with Amanda Marcotte
Episode 99: The Path Between Us: An Enneagram Journey To Healthy Relationships, with Suzanne Stabile
Episode 98: Portrait of an Unreasonable Man, with Michèle Gerber Klein
Episode 97: Sexy: The Quest for Erotic Virtue in Perplexing Times, with Jeff Mallinson
Episode 96: Martin Luther's Theology of Beauty, with Mark C. Mattes
Episode 95: The Very Worst Missionary, with Jamie Wright
Episode 94: My Old Faithful, with Yang Huang
Episode 93: Unafraid, with Adam Hamilton
Episode 92: The Delight of Being Ordinary, with Roland Merullo
Episode 91: The Talmudic Account of the Trial of Jesus, with Chaim Saiman
Episode 90: The Ashokan Way, with Gail Straub
Episode 89: Reconstructing The Gospel: Finding Freedom From Slaveholder Religion, with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Episode 88: Democracy In Exile, with Daniel Bessner
Episode 86: The Gender Effect, with Kathryn Moeller
Episode 85: The Character of Virtue: Letters to a Godson, with Stanley Hauerwas
Episode 84: Paul: An Apostle's Journey, with Douglas Campbell
Episode 83: Age of Discovery: Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance, with Chris Kutarna
Episode 82: Billy Graham: A Grandson's Reflection, with Tullian Tchividjian
Episode 81: How To Break Up With Your Phone, with Catherine Price
Episode 80: Breaking The Ruhls, with Larry Ruhl
Episode 79: Catholic Modern: The Challenge of Totalitarianism and the Remaking of the Catholic Church, with James Chappel
Episode 78: Love And Trouble, with Claire Dederer
Episode 77: Closing A Start Up Church, with Ryan Egli
Episode 76: Why the Last Jedi is more "Spiritual" than "Religious", with Chaim Saiman
Episode 75: The Dream and The Preacher King, with Kenyatta Gilbert
Episode 74: UnTrumped, with Doug Pagitt
Episode 73: The Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of Revolution, with Marci Shore
Episode 72: Meet The Nativity, with Glen Scrivener
Episode 71: Areas of Fog, with Will Dowd
Episode 70: Only a Joke Can Save Us: A Theory of Comedy, with Todd McGowan
Episode 69: Obroni And The Chocolate Factory, with Steven Wallace
Episode 68: Sexual Harassment & Sexual Desire, with Jocelyn Olcott
Episode 67: Net Neutrality, with Jennifer Briney
Episode 66: Roy Moore and The Rise of Creepy Christianity, with David French
Episode 65: Is That Rhetorical?..., with Johanna Hartelius
Episode 64: Gangsters to Governors: The New Bosses of Gambling in America, with David Clary
Episode 63: Babette's Feast, with Julia Beardsley O'Brien and Abigail Killeen
Episode 62: Philadelphia: Finding The Hidden City, with Nathaniel Popkin
Episode 61: When Dust Becomes Mercy, with Tullian Tchividjian
Episode 60: The Zombie Gospel, with Danielle Strickland
Episode 59: Thanks, Obama...My Hopey, Changey White House Years, with David Litt
Episode 58: Same Kind Of Different As Me, with Darren Moorman
Episode 57: The American Religious Landscape, with Robert P. Jones
Episode 56: Sucking Up: A Brief Consideration of Sycophancy, with Deborah & Mark Parker
Episode 55: How To Think: A Survival Guide For A World At Odds, With Alan Jacobs
Episode 54: Vintage Saints And Sinners, with Karen Wright Marsh
Episode 53: Havana Without Makeup, with Herman Portocarero
Episode 52: Midlife: A Philosophical Guide, with Kieran Setiya
Episode 51: Abandon Me, with Melissa Febos
Episode 50: Reading Jesus's Bible, with John Goldingay
Episode 49: Recapturing the Wonder: Transcendent Faith in a Disenchanted World, with Mike Cosper
Episode 48: Single, Gay, Christian (and celibate), with Gregory Coles
Episode 47: The Humanity of God, with Kenneth Tanner
Episode 46: The Brand/Design Connection, with MacKenzie Kuhns
Episode 45: Money Talks, with Evan Money
Episode 44: White Privilege and the Myth of Equality, with Ken Wytsma
Episode 43: No Longer Alone, with Melinda Inman
Episode 42: Nurture The Wow, with Danya Ruttenberg
Episode 41: Girls Gone Old, with Fiona Helmsley
Episode 40: What Is Neo-Liberalism & Why It Matters, with Michael Konczal
Episode 39: Game of Thrones and the Games Politicians Play, with David French
Episode 38: Live Show At The Philly Podcast Festival, with Peter Crimmins
Episode 37: Strange Beauty, with Eliza Factor
Episode 36: Faithful Presence, with David Fitch
Episode 35: Eat Your Heart Out, with Tiffany Ann Dwyer
Episode 34: All The Beautiful People We Once Knew, With Edward Carlson
Episode 33: Evolution 2.0, with Perry Marshall
Episode 32: International Women's Year: The Greatest Consciousness-Raising Event In History, with Jocelyn Olcott
Episode 31: Singer, Songwriter and Playwright Jim Knable
Episode 30: Movies Are Prayers, with Josh Larsen
Episode 29: Embodied Hope: A Theological Meditation on Pain and Suffering, with Kelly Kapic
Episode 28: The Collapse of American Identity, with Robert P. Jones
Episode 27: The Congressional Dish, with Jennifer Briney
Episode 26: How to Love Your Ideological Enemy, with Karen Swallow Prior
Episode 25: Cancer Is Funny, with Jason Micheli
Episode 24: The Vulnerable Pastor, with Mandy Smith
Episode 23: Talking Life, Loss and Love, with Jace Broadhurst
Episode 22: What's Your Story? Seeing Your Life Through God’s Eyes, with Sarah Heath
Episode 21: Saved By Design...Talking Architecture, with Duo Dickinson
Episode 20: Reclaiming Hope, with Michael Wear
Episode 19: Getting Jesus Wrong, with Matt Johnson
Episode 18: The Death of Expertise, with Tom Nichols
Episode 17: Considering Conservatism, with David French
Episode 16: Mel Talks, with Melissa Shoshahi
Episode 15: Religionless Christianity, with Jeffrey Pugh
Episode 14: The Return of the Strong Gods, with R.R. Reno
Episode 13: Liturgy of the Ordinary, with Tish Harrison Warren
Episode 12: Savage Love...With Dan Savage (Who Else?)
Episode 11: Why Don't Democrats Take Religion Seriously?, and Other Big Questions...with The Atlantic's Emma Green
Episode 10: What Is The Bible?...with Rob Bell
Episode 9: Reclaiming The Word "Jew", with Mark Oppenheimer
Episode 8: The Bible For Normal People, With Pete Enns
Episode 7: Talking Religion and Politics with Molly Worthen
Everything Belongs To Us, With Yoojin Grace Wuertz
Episode 5: Things To Do When You're Goth In The Country
Episode 4: Rockstar Lilly Inman
Episode 3: Fully Belly Laughs, As Do I With Brian Durkin
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