All Episodes

E144 THE FINAL EPISODE + A Big Announcement and Read/Watch/Listen!

E143 Fall Read/Watch/Listen Recommendations w/Elena Forsythe

E142 The American Solidarity Party w/Amar Patel (CC Crossover)

E141 The False Promise of Safetyism w/Maria Berggren

E140 The Meaning of Words w/Nick Clairmont

E139 The Plight of the Uighurs

E138 Race and Grace in Flannery O'Connor's Work w/Jessica Hooten Wilson

E137 Race and Friendship w/Trey Lowman

E136 Why Black Lives Matter w/Gloria Purvis (Creedal Catholic Crossover)

E135 Unpacking Terrence Malick's "Tree of Life" w/ the Ryds

E134 Spring Read/Watch/Listen Recommendations

E133 Flannery's Short Stories w/Elena Forsythe

E132 What Qualifies a Film as Art? w/Chandler Ryd

E131 Love in the Time of Corona

E130 What's Missing in Salman Rushdie's Arabian Nights

E129 Food News (February 2020) w/Elena

E128 Heavy Lies the Crown (The Crown, Season 3) w/Jordan and Catherine Short

E127 Winter Read/Watch/Listen Recommendations!

E126 "Safe, Legal, and Good"? The Tragic New Abortion Paradigm

E125 In Review: "Rise of Skywalker" w/Chandler Ryd

E124 Holiday Food News w/Margaret Perry

The Popped Cast: Christmas Music Merry Madness

E123 Making Room for Christ(mas)

E122 Fighting Cancer, "Improved" Gene Editing, and More Bioethics News

E121 Food News (October) w/ Elena

E120 Does "Ad Astra" fulfill its ambitions? w/Lara & Chandler Ryd and Josh Goldman

E119 Fall Read/Watch/Listen Recommendations!

E118 Food News w/Zac and Sally

E117 Philosophy and NBC's "The Good Place" w/Alexi Sargeant

E116 Dad Pod: Talking Fatherhood w/Nate Seibt

E115 Messy Motherhood w/ Maureen Goldman and Caitlin Brian

E114 Resisting Throwaway Culture w/Dr. Charlie Camosy

*Bonus Episode* "Creedal Catholic" with Meg Hunter-Kilmer

E113 Our Accidental Experiment in Minimalism

E112 Summer Read/Watch/Listen Recommendations!

E111 Upping Your Coffee Game w/Nathan Seibt

E110 Book Club: J.K. Rowling's Cormoran Strike series w/Theresa Breslin

E109 How We Learned to Distrust Social Media

BONUS: Introducing Breaking Pod

E108 how to be more human in a throwaway culture w/ Haley Stewart

E107 Helping Families Flourish, Part 3 of 3

E106 Helping Families Flourish, Part 2 of 3

E105 Helping Families Flourish, Part 1: A Vernacular Podcast Network / Center for Public Justice Collaboration

E104 Dealing with Difficult People

E103 two peas in a pod(cast): marriage and being human

E102 How our kids make us more human: a conversation on parenting

From the Archives: 46 years after Roe

E101 more human in 2019: hospitality, books, job searching, counseling, and priorities

E100 more human for the holidays

E99 for the love of the games: sports and being human

E98 why everyone should read more

E97 the environment: caring for our common home

E96 The Popped Cast Crossover

E95 more food for thought: we are how we eat

E94 food for thought: a pastry chef dishes on bread and life

E93 show me the money!

E92 disability and body diversity

E91 conveying humanity through film

bonus episode: the popped cast!

E90 living immediately

E89 Golfing in the Dark (Part 2)

E88 Golfing in the Dark: Tiger Woods and Fatherhood

E87 the necessity of suffering

E86 "the crown" season 2: it's still not easy being queen

E85 a patreon lightning round + zac & sally chat

E84 why not immortality?

E83 the stages and shape of a human life

E82 embodied souls and ensouled bodies

E81 travel, mental health, and being human

E80 the end of medicine

E79 a truly human science

E78 beauty in imperfection

E77 announcing a new vernacular!

E76 45 Years Since Roe: Abortion in America

E75 everyone needs a therapist

E74 christmas greetings from poland

E73 an upside-down christmas

E72 stronger is always better

E71 it's not easy being queen

E70 the one where we talk about unintended pregnancy, rock climbing, and mental health

E69 the one about home for the holidays

E68 the one where we talk about how to make a haus a home

***bonus episode*** Announcing 3rd String, the newest Vernacular podcast!

E67 the one where we talk with a vintage watch expert

E66 the one where we talk about city planning and the 24/7 news cycle

From the Archives: 'the one where we talk to a former Googler and current Uber-er' (s4e6)

E65 two nights at the round table because zac forgot to hit 'record'

E64 the one where we talk about CRISPR

E63 the one where we start something new

E62 the one where we talk about drinking wine under the eclipsed tuscan sun

E61 the one where we talk about the future

E60 the one where we talk about Dunkirk and Nolan time

E59 the one where we talk about going to mars and eating algae (not at the same time)

E58 the one where we talk about avocado toast and buying a house

E57 the one where we talk about latte art

E56 the one where we talk about parenting, uncertainty, and the confessional

E55 the one where we talk about ancient Rome, Xanax, and fidget spinners

E54 the one where we talk about imagination

E53 the one where we come to grips with our personalities

E52 the one where we talk about being mortal