General Introduction – We read the poem – Listener feedback – The best listener email ever The Back Story – Laudanum – Seeing images – The disruptive doorbell – The…

General Introduction – We read the poem—and it takes awhile – Committee meetings – A lot of listener feedback Theory and Poetry – Ordinary language – Why you need the…

General Introduction – Grubbs is back! – Old English – Snow – Listener feedback Etymology – Not promising – Madness and wood Biblical Forests – The Epic of Gilgamesh –…

General Introduction – A month of decimals – What’s David teaching? John Donne and Death – Does he appeal to the bodily resurrection? – Quippiness, chipperness – Taking death seriously…

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Well, I lost the show notes–but feel free to comment on this post anyway.                           (Just adding some…

General Introduction – Being-towards-the-end-of-semester – Emmanuels far and near – Thanks, Theology Nerd Throwdown! – Chess update What is a Dystopia? – Topos – Utopias and dystopias – The great…

General Introduction – This time David’s sick – Advising time – Old English – Listener feedback Who Was Flannery O’Connor? – Contemporary popularity – Iowa Writer’s Workshop – Christian theology…

The Big Howdy  – Pronouncing city names – Nathan has (almost) recovered – Listener feedback – Facebook etiquette What Is Preaching? – The kerygma – Proclamation of an act of…

General Introduction – Nathan’s snottier than usual – David goes back to bed – Listener feedback Death in the Bible – A Psalm of Moses – Daniel speaks out –…

General Introduction – Facebook official – No listener feedback—so write us! – The Christian Dilettante Podcast Our Own Experience With Chess – Michial’s great victory – David’s Duplo set –…

General Introduction – Midterm grades – Grubbs is alone again, naturally – Listener feedback – On clip shows and soundclips The Legislative Branch – Elected by the people and by…

General Introduction – Whose campus smells worst? – Nathan pokes another hornet’s nest – A beer for your stomach Etymologies – Marine is boring – Okeanos – Are marines soldiers…

General Introduction – Why we don’t have a Dr. Who episode – The Facebook page So What Is Realism? – The Oxford Guide weighs in – Realism vs. unbelievability –…

The Road Trip That Changed the World By Mark Sayers 285 pp. Moody Publishers. $14.99. Mark Sayers’s The Road Trip That Changed the World is a piece of cultural criticism…