All Episodes

909: It's time to say goodbye, for now

908: Life After Doom, with Brian McLaren

907: What are the limits of our commitments to others?

906: The 'Nothing in Particulars', with Pew's Alan Cooperman

905: A humanist chaplain and a death row inmate, with Devin Moss

904: Cosmogenesis, with Brian Swimme

903: Getting to know a listener from scratch

902: A tool for connecting with someone

901: The power of self-disclosure in relationships, with Rich Slatcher

820: Doing the next right thing - a list

819: _______giving!

818: 'My truth' v 'The truth'

817: We of Little Faith, with Kate Cohen

816: A conversation across the faith divide, with Philip Yancey

815: Revisiting anti-natalism... should people have children?

814: The Practice of Belonging, with Lisa Kentgen

813: Criminal justice reform, with Robert Rooks

812: Worship the creator, not the created?

811: Religious naturalism, with Ursula Goodenough

810: The implications of AI for humanists

809: Morality for the rest of us, with Todd May

808: Consciousness and liberal Christian friends

807: Strange Customs, with Sasha Sagan

806: How surprised would you be by an afterlife?

805: How God becomes real, with TM Luhrmann

804: How to think about Effective Altruism

803: How the Bible shapes society, with Bart Ehrman

802: Bart is sick, but here's a hopeful thought

801: The ingredients of a good media diet, with Vanessa Otero

720: I wasn't with my grandfather at the end

719: The re-conversion of The Voice winner Josh Kaufman

718: How do I deal with difficult holiday conversations?

406: Pro-semitism, with the hosts of Unorthodox

717: My Big Fat Recovery, with Molly Robbins

716: My bad habits while alone make me feel bad about myself!

715: A listener's abortion story

714: Five questions and a tree

713: Childish Things, with Dave Warnock

712: Thoughtful meandering with William Deresiewicz

711: How to create meaning this weekend

710: What can play teach us about our fellow humans?

421: 'Leaving the Witness', with Amber Scorah

709: Should I marry my Christian girlfriend?

708: Disentangling from purity culture

707: How can I judge someone's character?

706: Bart gets his tarot read by a witch

705: A listener who has less tolerance for social interaction now

704: On open relationships

703: Should I let news about the war stress me out?

702: Reflecting on the state of the evangelical movement

701: Talking to Crazy, with Dr. Mark Goulston

620: Some people are hard to feel empathy for

619: We're creating meaning as we speak!

618: Should we form friendships with people who don't share our values? with Chrissy Stroop

617: Re-evaluating time in Christian urban ministry

616: Using emotional intelligence like a hostage negotiator, with Derek Gaunt

615: Recorded live at the Wild Goose Festival

614: Mental blocks

613: Mental Immunity, with Andy Norman

612: Life after lockdown

611: Israel and Palestine, with Salwa Duaibis and Gerard Horton

610: Do you believe in miracles?

609: Lost Connections, with Johann Hari

608: Transgender listener calls us out...

607: Political Junkies, with Claire Potter

606: Secular communities survey, with Joe Blankholm

605: Connection after deconstruction

604: Constructive disagreements, with David C. Smalley

603: Thoughts on the Inauguration

602: Coping with insecurity, with songwriter Ali Tamposi

601: Progressive Christians ALWAYS become atheists, with Konrad Benjamin

530: A very COVID Christmas

529: Better conversations II, with David Fleischer

528: Better conversations, with Anthony Magnabosco

527: Stream of consciousness

526: Re-Enchantment, with Daniel Shkolnik

525: Similar values, but contentious under the hood

524: Lessons from Haiti, with John Engle

523: The Death of the Artist, with Bill Deresiewicz

522: How should a humanist respond to the Falwell scandal?

521: Christian culture, authenticity and Mega, with Holly Laurent and Greg Hess

520: Speech, tolerance and open debates, with Mark Oppenheimer (Part 2)

519: 'Tragic optimism' by Esther Perel, unauthorized edit by Bart Campolo

518: Speech, tolerance and open debates, with Mark Oppenheimer (Part 1)

517: Is intimacy possible between people who have different worldviews?

516: Should we deconvert people on the brink? with Leah Helbling

515: Facing up to collective trauma

514: What are we to make of anti-natalism?

513: Heaven and hell, with Bart Ehrman

512: Missing Jesus in the pandemic

511: Aftermath of Roman, and relationships in lockdown

510: "You're out to ******* lunch, dad," with Roman Campolo

509: Post doom, with Michael Dowd

508: Connecting from afar

507: Initial thoughts on an emerging global crisis

506: When to tell people you've deconverted, and 2 other questions

505: A journey in human rights, with Greg Asbed

504: In the pew but questioning

503: Rituals and our nature, with Sasha Sagan

502: On answering your questions