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  1. The Spiritual Age: What Lurks Beyond Postmodernism

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    04/23/21
    4 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    Wade and Mike discuss the ebb and flow of culture throughout history through the lens of two men: Pitirim Sorokin and Frederic Baue. Sorokin was the Russian born sociologist who founded the Sociology department at Harvard University.
    The Spiritual Age: What Lurks Beyond Postmodernism

  2. It Can’t Happen Here … or Can It?

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    04/23/21
    4 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    ike and Wade discuss Sinclair Lewis’ It Can’t Happen Here, a 1935 dystopian novel of how fascism took hold in the United States. The guys compare and contrast Lewis’ fiction with the current political climate.
    It Can’t Happen Here … or Can It?

  3. The American Revolution

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    04/23/21
    10 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    On episode ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX Mike and Wade are joined once again by Dr. Aaron Palmer from the history department at Wisconsin Lutheran College. Before getting to the American Revolution, which is Dr. Palmer's area of expertise, the guys ask and answer the question: In what age of history would you least/most like to have lived? in the Free-for-All.
    The American Revolution

  4. Friday, April 23, 2021

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    04/23/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1960. Today we remember Toyohiko Kagawa. The reading is Anya Krugovoy Silver's "No, It's Not."
    Friday, April 23, 2021

  5. Episode 119: Let My People Go

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    04/22/21
    4 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    On episode ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN Wade and Mike sit down with Rev. Raleigh Sadler and Rev. Dr. Josh Branum while at the 2019 Here We Still Stand Conference. Dr. Branum is pastor at Faithbridge Church in Jacksonville, Florida and serves with Rev. Sadler at the Let My People Go ministry. Rev. Sadler is the founder and executive director of Let My People Go and author the book Vulnerable.
    Episode 119: Let My People Go

  6. Episode 117: Let the Bird Fly – Life in a World Given Back to Us

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    04/22/21
    4 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    Mike sits down with Wade to discuss Wade's new book, Let the Bird Fly: Life in a World Given Back to Us. Before letting Wade talk about his book, though, the guys discuss their favorite thing in their office, as well as something they'd like to have in their office.
    Episode 117: Let the Bird Fly – Life in a World Given Back to Us

  7. Episode 116: Mark Twain

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    04/22/21
    3 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    Wade and Mike welcome back Dr. Martin Moldenhauer to discuss Mark Twain. Before getting to the main topic, the guys discuss the one publication that they would subscribe to if they could only get one publication. A big thanks to Dr. Moldenhauer for joining us on this episode.
    Episode 116: Mark Twain

  8. Wingin’ It 113.1: The Life of Luther (Part 25) – At the Wartburg

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    04/22/21
    3 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    In the TWENTY-FIFTH episode in our Wingin' It series on the life of Martin Luther, Wade and Mike keep on with their discussion of the life of Luther. This time they are discussing Luther's time at the Wartburg castle, or should one say Junker Jörg's time at the Wartburg castle.
    Wingin’ It 113.1: The Life of Luther (Part 25) – At the Wartburg

  9. Thursday, April 22, 2021

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    04/22/21
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1775. Today we remember Georg Hermes and the Catholic Enlightenment in Germany. The reading is “The Empty Tomb” by Tania Runyon.
    Thursday, April 22, 2021

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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