Episodes 26
Avg. Duration 21m
Activity Dormant
Since Oct 2024
Latest Episode Apr 2025

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Podcast on what it means to be American, what it means to be a Christian, and what it means to be a Christian in America beyond the Culture Wars.

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Ride the Wave

Apr 02, 2025 15m

Reflections on the present moment and Romans 8:18-24Intro/Outro attribution: David Bowman, “Se fue del Tiempo,” WikiCommonsRoosevelt, Theodore, and Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. The…

MLK's Call to Conservatives

Jan 29, 2025 26m

We build on Part I in order to make the following argument: Dr. King’s message to moderates in 1963 defines a path between extremes that those who consider themselves moderates or conservatives…

MLK's Message to Moderates

Jan 20, 2025 20m

Read the Dr. King’s text in full here. Intro/Outro attribution: David Bowman, “Se fue del Tiempo,” WikiCommonsRoosevelt, Theodore, and Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. The Right of the…

American Pragmatism and Political Economy

Dec 19, 2024 31m

Final part of our series on theories of political economy. This is a bit of a “cheat,” since pragmatism isn’t a popular theory of political economy, but I make an argument that it gives a name to a…

S1E22 A Texan Reads Marx

Dec 17, 2024 35m

We build on the previous episode on anarcho-capitalism by discussing “socialism,” as it appears in the writing of its opponents, in the context of 18th-19th century history, and through the…

Frédéric Bastiat and the Origins of Anarcho-Capitalism

Dec 11, 2024 29m

We take our first look at contemporary theories of Political Economy by introducing “Anarcho-Capitalism” through Frédéric Bastiat’s The Law (1850)Intro/Outro attribution: David Bowman, “Se fue del…

Teddy Roosevelt's "Square Deal"

Dec 05, 2024 27m

We take a look at Teddy Roosevelt and his “Square Deal” to deepen our discussion of Political Economy in the context of American History.Intro/Outro attribution: David Bowman, “Se fue del Tiempo,”…

Tariffs and the Nullification Crisis (1832)

Dec 03, 2024 27m

We take a look at the hot topic of tariffs in the context of American history through the “Nullification Crisis,” the dispute over the Tariff of 1828 that nearly split the country in two—three…

"A Republic, If You Can Keep It"

Nov 28, 2024 36m

Leftover thoughts from the two part episode on the Constitutional Convention, beginning with comments from Benjamin Franklin, quoted in the episode title. We discuss some of the philosophical…

What is Political Economy?

Nov 26, 2024 18m

What is the relationship between trade and government? This is the broad guiding question of “Political Economy.” We walk through the basic terms of this discussion and how they change from the…

God and Morality

Nov 20, 2024 22m

Is belief in God necessary to be a moral person? Does religious belief make someone moral or immoral? How do our answers to these questions affect us Americans, Christian or otherwise? Intro/Outro…

The Scopes Trial (1925)

Nov 18, 2024 26m

We take a look at the famous 1925 show trial that publicized the Faith vs. Science debate concerning the teaching of evolution in public schools. Learn a bit about the beginnings of Christian…

Race and Reason at the Constitutional Convention (Pt 2)

Nov 14, 2024 31m

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Reason and Race at the Constitutional Convention (Pt 1)

Nov 13, 2024 28m

Here’s the text I’m quoting from: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/105988/the-constitutional-convention-by-edward-j-larson-and-michael-p-winship/ This is a public episode. If you would like…

Where Liberals are "Stuck," What Conservatives Get Right

Nov 09, 2024 18m

Intro/Outro attribution: David Bowman, “Se fue del Tiempo,” WikiCommonsRoosevelt, Theodore, and Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. The Right of the People to Rule. New York: Thomas A. Edison,…

You Say You Want a Revolution

Nov 05, 2024 13m

We take a look at a quote from Richard Rorty’s Achieving Our Country and discuss calls to revolution from the left and right This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other…

Nevertheless

Nov 01, 2024 15m

This is an All Saint’s Day companion to the Halloween “Nevermore” episode on hope for people of faith and non-faith through a reflection on resurrection in the Bible. This is a public episode. If…

Nevermore

Oct 28, 2024 12m

A special Spooktober episode on an American Horror classic, Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven.” Read the full transcript here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other…

"Good News" for Whom?

Oct 25, 2024 17m

What does the Gospel have to do with society? We build on our last episode (The Civil War as a Theological Crisis) by examining the prophetic roots of the Gospel—the “good news” for the individual…

The Civil War as a Theological Crisis

Oct 22, 2024 27m

This episode breaks down evangelical historian Mark Noll’s 2006 book The Civil War as a Theological Crisis, which describes the crisis of biblical interpretation regarding slavery and race leading up…

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