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  1. Episode 113: On the Skilled Trades

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    04/21/21
    4 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    Mike and Wade sit down to discuss the skilled trades, a liberal arts education, and what to say to a child who simply isn't interested in going on to college. Before getting to a discussion of the Impossible Whopper the importance of both the liberal arts and the skilled trades.
    Episode 113: On the Skilled Trades

  2. Episode 112: On Elizabeth Gaskell

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    04/21/21
    5 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    Mike and Wade are joined in the studio by Dr. Rebecca Parker Fedewa, who is an English professor at Wisconsin Lutheran College. Dr. Parker Fedewa's dissertation focused on Elizabeth Gaskell, so the guys figured she couldn't say "no" if they asked her on to discuss Gaskell....and they were right (but just barely).
    Episode 112: On Elizabeth Gaskell

  3. Episode 111: Saints

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    04/21/21
    4 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    Mike and Wade sit down in Wade's backyard once again, this time to discuss Saints (and many of the different ways we use that term). They are joined for the Free-for-All by Sophia (Wade's youngest daughter) to discuss favorite Bible characters.
    Episode 111: Saints

  4. Wednesday, April 21, 2021

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    04/21/21
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1109. Today we remember one of the “Big A’s” Anselm of Canterbury. The reading is from T.S. Eliot.
    Wednesday, April 21, 2021

  5. The Gospel on Social Media?

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    04/20/21
    1 min
    By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik
    How does one share the gospel on social media?
    The Gospel on Social Media?

  6. Secularity

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    04/20/21
    2 mins
    By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson
    On this episode, Dr. Paulson addresses the critique that Luther unleashed a slide into meaninglessness on society.
    Secularity

  7. Tuesday, April 20, 2021

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    04/20/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1962. Today we remember Karl Barth and his featured cover story in the popular TIME Magazine. The reading is from Barth.
    Tuesday, April 20, 2021

  8. Thoughts and Prayers and Other Cliches

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    04/19/21
    2 mins
    By Joel Hess | Paul Koch
    Need a break from philanthropic looting and virtue signaling? Sit down in your nice new Pottery Barn fluffy sofa, grab your oat milk latte from the ‘bucks and join a real revolution: Ringside.
    Thoughts and Prayers and Other Cliches

  9. Monday, April 19, 2021

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    04/19/21
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1529. Today we remember the birth of “Protestantism” and its development over the centuries. The reading is from the Protestant Richard Baxter.
    Monday, April 19, 2021

  10. Sunday, April 18, 2021

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    04/18/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1521. Today we remember the famous Reformation soliloquy of Martin Luther. The reading is from Luther’s most famous hymn. #OTD #1517 #christianhistory
    Sunday, April 18, 2021

  11. Saturday, April 17, 2021

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    04/17/21
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1843. Today we remember the Moravian Jamaican missionary in Ghana. The reading is from Alfred Lord Tennyson's "In Memoriam."
    Saturday, April 17, 2021

  12. Friday, April 16, 2021

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    04/16/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1218. Today we remember the mysterious and enigmatic Peter Waldo. The reading is from Alexander Pope.
    Friday, April 16, 2021