The Christian Humanist

Stream or download this episode. The weather in Texas kept us from recording this week, so enjoy our 2017 conversation about the L.S.U. album The Grape Prophet, recently reissued digitally…

Stream or download this episode. Mathew Block talks to David Grubbs and Michial Farmer about the important Lutheran document, the Augsburg Confession.

Stream or download this episode. Michial Farmer talks to David Grubbs and Mathew Block about two David Bowie songs: 1969’s “Space Oddity” and 1980’s “Ashes to Ashes.”

Stream or download this episode. In today’s episode, Coyle talks to Dr. Carl Trueman of Grove City College about his new book The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self.

Knowing Our experiences with the novel Neil Postman on why the novel is applicable to our lives Some historical background: Modernism, technology, governing social narratives, and bioethics Reading How this…

Stream or download this episode.Visit our website. Josh Altmanshofer and Michial Farmer talk about 1990’s Duck Tales: Treasure of the Lost Lamp.

Stream or download this episode. David Grubbs talks to Michial Farmer and Mathew Block about the uses Christian humanism can be put to in the Church.

Stream or download this episode. In today’s episode, Coyle, Michial, and Danny talk about the Dixie Chicks scandal of the early 2000s (before they were just “the Chicks”) and the…

Stream or download this episode. The poet Charles Hughes’s first collection of poems, 2014’s Cave Art, wasn’t published until he was in his sixties, after more than three decades working…

Stream or download this episode. Michial Farmer discusses Shirley Jackson’s 1943 short story “Afternoon in Linen” with David Grubbs and new regular co-host, Mathew Block.

What’s the deal with the Enneagram, and why is it so popular? Alexis Neal, Carla Godwin, and Katie Grubbs discuss the potential--and problems--of the popular personality model.

Stream or download this episode.  David Grubbs, Coyle Neal, Jordan Poss, and Jay Eldred discuss books 22, 23, and 24 of Homer’s Odyssey. SHOW NOTES Our translations of Homer: Robert Fitzgerald…

Stream or download this episode. In today’s episode, Coyle talks to Hunter Baker about his piece at The Public Discourse offering an apology to the Never Trump crowd. The introductory…

Stream or download this episode. In today’s episode, Coyle talks to Paul Matzko about his recent book The Radio Right (Profiles interview with Jay Eldred available here) and the rise…

Stream or download this episode.  Victoria Reynolds Farmer, Jordan Poss, and Christina Bieber Lake discuss Books 19, 20, and 21 of Homer’s Odyssey. SHOW NOTES Our translations of Homer: Robert Fagles…