In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer
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Conversations with the Artists, Authors, Activists, and Change-Makers Who Are Shaping Our World Today.
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S6 “Scratch” by Kate Cohen | Why Making Things Is a Radical Act
Writer Kate Cohen joins Frank Schaeffer to talk about her new Substack “Scratch,” a project devoted to the things we make that keep us human.From cooking and sewing to carpentry and farming, Cohen…
S6E9 Marianne Leone: Catholic Guilt, Italian Fire & Becoming Bold
Marianne Leone joins Frank Schaeffer to discuss her novel Christina the Astonishing, growing up Italian-American under Irish Catholic nuns, religious trauma, losing faith after her father’s death,…
S6E8 My Conversation with Andrew Lownie, The Author Who Brought Down The House of York
In this revealing Conversation, I speak with historian, publisher, and author Andrew Lownie about his investigation into Prince Andrew, the aura of untouchable royal privilege, and the culture that…
S6 Too Precious to Lose: Jason G. Green on Obama, His Grandmother, and the Work of Community
Jason G. Green joins me to discuss his memoir Too Precious to Lose. We talk about his years serving President Obama, the lessons he learned from his grandmother, and why community, not chaos, must…
S6E7 America’s Best Idea: Randall Balmer on Church, State & Christian Nationalism
Historian and ordained Episcopal priest Randall Balmer joins Frank Schaeffer to discuss his powerful new book, America’s Best Idea. Together they explore the true history of church-state separation,…
S6E6 Furious Minds: The Intellectual Engine Behind Trumpism with Laura K. Field
Why the MAGA movement is far smarter, and far more dangerous, than liberals want to admit.Political theorist Laura K. Field joins me to expose the philosophical, religious, and institutional ideas…
S6E5 When Evangelicals Put Guns Where Faith Used to Be | In Guns We Trust by William J. Kole
Journalist William J. Kole joins me to talk about In Guns We Trust and the rise of gun culture inside white evangelical Christianity. We discuss fear, politics, self-defense myths, suicide, and why…
S6E4 Why Play Matters for Children and Families | Making It Up with Christopher Mannino
Why Play Matters for Children and Families | Making It Up with Christopher ManninoA conversation about play, attention, and why being fully present with children is some of the most important work we…
S6E3 Doing Small Things With Great Love — Sharon Eubank
In this conversation, I speak with Sharon Eubank about what it really means to help other people without stripping them of dignity or agency.Drawing on decades of humanitarian work, Sharon reflects…
S6E2 The Christian Nationalist Dystopia We Pretended Was Fiction with TJ Poortinga
Novelist TJ Poortinga joins me to discuss Electric Orange, a prophetic satire exposing Christian nationalism, evangelical power, masculinity, and political rage — written by someone who knows the…
S6E1 Apocalypse in the Tropics: Faith, Power, and the Fall of Democracy
Filmmaker Petra Costa and producer Alessandra Orofino join Frank Schaeffer to explore how evangelical movements fused with authoritarian politics in Brazil—and why the same forces are reshaping…
S5E31 LAB DOG: A Beagle and His Human Investigate the Surprising World of Animal Research
What happens when a beagle bred for laboratory research gets a second life—and changes a human forever?Journalist and author Melanie D.G. Kaplan joins me for a conversation about her book Lab Dog: A…
S5 Lynn A. Cooper: Interfaith Friendship as Survival Practice
Frank Schaeffer talks with Tufts University Catholic Chaplain Lynn A. Cooper, author of Embracing Our Time: The Sacrament of Interfaith Friendship, about building real connection across difference in…
S5E30 McNamara At War: Guilt, Power, and America’s Unlearned Lessons
What happens when the architect of a war knows—deep down—that it cannot be won?In this episode of In Conversation with Frank Schaeffer, I speak with William Taubman and Philip Taubman about their new…
S5 Steve Griggs: Straight Dirt on Wealth, Work, and the Art of Landscape Design
Landscape designer Steve Griggs joins Frank Schaeffer for a raw, funny, deeply human conversation about rising from a working-class New York childhood to becoming one of America’s premier landscape…
S5 Fear Not: Diana Butler Bass on Light, Darkness, and A Beautiful Year
Frank Schaeffer talks with bestselling author and theologian Diana Butler Bass about Advent, spiritual resilience, and her new book A Beautiful Year. In this powerful conversation, they explore the…
S5E29 Medical Gaslighting, Grief & a Golden Retriever Healer with Dr. Carolyn Larkin Taylor, MD
Neurologist Dr. Carolyn Larkin Taylor, MD joins Frank Schaeffer to talk about her powerful new memoir Whispers of the Mind — a life in neurology, grief, intuition, near-death stories, medical…
S5 Brian Cranley: Wonder, Logic, and the God of Reason
What happens when a former evangelical-turned-atheist-who-prays sits down with a Catholic engineer–philosopher who nearly became a priest… and then founded a medical device company… and then wrote a…
S5E28 Karen Elliott House on MBS, Saudi Arabia, and the Future of Faith and Power
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Karen Elliott House joins Frank Schaeffer to talk about her remarkable new book, The Man Who Would Be King, Muhammad bin Salman and the Transformation of Saudi…
S5 Barbara Oakley: The Neuroscience of Free Speech and the Death of Real Learning
Engineer and author Barbara Oakley joins Frank Schaeffer to explore how censorship damages the brain, why education is broken, and how real thinking can save…
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In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer has published 258 episodes since June 2021, covering topics in Arts, Religion & Spirituality.
In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 1h 7m.
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