Everything Happens with Kate Bowler

Everything Happens with Kate Bowler

Everything Happens Studios

Episodes 286
Avg. Duration 42m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.8 (4,977)
Since Jan 2018
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
79%
Hosting
feeds.megaphone.fm

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About This Podcast

Are you living your best life now? Not always? This is a podcast for you. Duke Professor Kate Bowler is an expert in the stories we tell about success and failure, suffering and happiness. She had Stage IV cancer. Then she didn’t. And since then, all she wants to do is talk to funny and wise people about how to live with the knowledge that, well, everything happens.  Find her online at @katecbowler. Sales and Distribution by Lemonada Media https://lemonadamedia.com/

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Recent Episodes

Listen Again: Stay Curious with Alan Alda

Jun 09, 2026 55m

We don’t usually have repeat guests on this podcast… except we’re making an exception for the wonderful and wise Alan Alda. Alan Alda, of course, is an award-winning actor, writer, director, and…

Listen Again: The Mystery of God with N.T. Wright

May 26, 2026 51m

Scripture can become a weapon in the hands of the ultra-certain. As if every pain or suffering is part of “God’s divine plan.” So how should we understand and apply the Bible to our real lives with…

Listen Again: Everyone’s From Somewhere with Erin & Ben Napier

May 12, 2026 32m

Erin and Ben Napier didn’t plan on becoming household names. They were just trying to build a beautiful life in their beloved hometown of Laurel, Mississippi, one house, one neighbor, one Main Street…

Doubt, Depth, and the Future of Belief with Tomáš Halík

Apr 28, 2026 42m

What happens to faith when certainty collapses? Kate Bowler sits down with theologian and former underground priest Tomáš Halík to explore belief forged under surveillance, the spiritual value of…

How to Love the World Anyway with Nadia Bolz-Weber and Sarah Bessey

Apr 21, 2026 51m

Kate Bowler is joined by Nadia Bolz-Weber and Sarah Bessey for an honest, funny, and deeply tender conversation about what it means to be people of faith right now. When the world feels…

S16E10 Joy, Absurdity, and the Weird Ways We Survive with Rhett McLaughlin and Jenny Lawson

Apr 14, 2026 56m

What if humor isn’t just a personality trait—but a survival strategy? Kate Bowler sits down with writer Jenny Lawson and entertaining YouTuber Rhett McLaughlin to talk about the strange, often dark…

S16E9 Joyful Anyway (Yes, Even Now)

Apr 07, 2026 10m

On the day her new book Joyful Anyway releases, Kate pauses before the interviews and travel to reflect on a harder question: what does it mean to talk about joy in a world that feels fractured,…

S16E8 The Strange Gift of Joy with Rowan Williams

Mar 31, 2026 50m

As Holy Week arrives, Kate talks with theologian, poet, and former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams about joy that doesn’t erase sorrow. Together they explore longing, grief, music, gratitude,…

S16E7 Living the Questions (Without Fixing Yourself) with Suleika Jaouad

Mar 24, 2026 38m

There’s a particular kind of pressure that creeps in when we start measuring our lives—where we thought we’d be by now, who we imagined we’d become, how things were supposed to feel. The instinct is…

S16E6 What If Prayer Isn’t What You Think It Is? with Malcolm Guite

Mar 17, 2026 36m

What if Lent isn’t about giving something up, but about learning how to sit with what’s already gone? In this episode, Kate talks with poet, priest, and theologian Malcolm Guite about the kind of…

S16E5 The Randomness of Everything with Mark Rank

Mar 10, 2026 48m

We live in a world that wants life to be fair. Work hard, make good choices, believe the right things—and things should turn out okay. But what happens when they don’t? In this live conversation,…

S16E4 The New Shape of American Religion with Ross Douthat and Molly Worthen

Mar 03, 2026 50m

Kate Bowler invites two of her sharpest friends—Ross Douthat and Molly Worthen—to help her make sense of the current American religious landscape: why the long “decline” story may be shifting, why…

S16E3 What If Happiness Isn’t What You Think It Is? with Patrik Hagman

Feb 24, 2026 49m

What does it mean to live well when danger, loss, and grief are never far away? Kate Bowler talks with theologian, pastor, and writer Patrik Hagman, whose life has been shaped by profound…

S16E2 There Is More Good Among Us Than We Think with Bishop Michael Curry

Feb 17, 2026 39m

When many people hear the word Christian today, it comes with a lot of baggage—power, certainty, exclusion, and culture-war posturing. But there are still people of faith whose lives look nothing…

S16E1 Anne Lamott on Love, Shame, and Being Human

Feb 10, 2026 49m

What do we do when the world feels unbearably heavy—and no one is coming to save us? To kick off Season 16 of Everything Happens, Kate Bowler sits down live with beloved author and truth-teller Anne…

S15 Listen Again: Clear Eyes, Full Hearts with Minka Kelly

Feb 03, 2026 40m

How do we stay soft in a world that has taught us to be tough? Actress Minka Kelly is known for her roles as Lyla Garrity on Friday Night Lights or as Samantha in HBO’s Euphoria. Despite her fame on…

S15 Listen Again: Life After Dark with Barbara Brown Taylor

Jan 27, 2026 34m

Author and Episcopal priest Barbara Brown Taylor is no stranger to darkness. After experiencing devastating loss, Barbara explores our culture’s pursuit of the sunny side of life. But perhaps there…

S15 Listen Again: Loving Mercy with Bryan Stevenson

Jan 20, 2026 1h 3m

Bryan Stevenson (founder of the Equal Justice Initiative) is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic…

S15 Listen Again: Living with the End in Mind with Kathryn Mannix

Jan 13, 2026 59m

What if you started thinking really concretely about small, hard choices? That’s exactly what palliative care physicians do every day. They help us think about what we really want—knowing that we…

S15 Listen Again: Oliver Burkeman on New Year, Same Me

Jan 06, 2026 46m

Does life ever feel like an endless to-do list? Like if you could just wake up tomorrow with a little more discipline, you’d finally master your schedule, achieve balance, and feel…enough?  On…

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