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Tuesday, November 29, 2022

11/29/22

13 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Today on the show, we remember author Madeleine L’Engle.
The Book Draft…and a Food Truck Idea

11/17/22

9 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND FIVE, Mike, Wade, and Jason continue to help you populate your bookshelves.
- Book Reviews
Tuesday, October 25, 2022

10/25/22

12 mins

By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie

Today on the Almanac, we remember the saint behind the title of a popular book and miniseries about World War 2.
Friday, October 21, 2022

10/21/22

10 mins

By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie

Today on the show, we remember the religious aspects of the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.
Is Your Bible the Bible? Museum of the Bible with Dr. Jeff Kloha

05/07/21

2 mins

By Joel Hess | Paul Koch

Put down all the other documents you take for granted, light a cuban, drip some water on your sugar sitting in spoon over your Pernod’s, and consider the possibility that God’s thoughts are recorded down on papyrus.
The Spiritual Age: What Lurks Beyond Postmodernism

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.
- Literature
- ARTS AND CULTURE
It Can’t Happen Here … or Can It?

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.
- Literature
- ARTS AND CULTURE
Episode 119: Let My People Go

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

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.
- Literature
- ARTS AND CULTURE
Episode 116: Mark Twain

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.
- Literature
- ARTS AND CULTURE
Episode 112: On Elizabeth Gaskell

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).
- Literature
- ARTS AND CULTURE
Q&A: Lewis, Tolkien, and Hearing the Gospel

03/10/21

2 mins

By Scott Keith | Caleb Keith

Caleb and Scott take some time to answer listener questions.