David Grubbs and Nathan Gilmour attempt to defend the works of J.R.R. Tolkien against Michial Farmer–a well-known hater. CORRECTION: Grubbs mentions Faramir meditating sympathetically about a dead human soldier allied…

Download or Stream this Episode To work with wood changes the formal character of the matter, shaping what once was a tree into a house here and a table there;…

In the early second century, Pliny, the governor of the Roman province of Pontus and Bithynia, wrote a letter to his emperor, Trajan, about Christians who “were accustomed to meet…

Download or Stream this Episode David Grubbs takes Danny Anderson and Nathan Gilmour on a walk through the Catholic university, giving attention to their history, sociology, eschatology, and all sorts…

“Feed my sheep,” Christ commanded Peter, and Peter passed on that command to others: “shepherd the flock of God that is among you … [so that] when the chief Shepherd…

Michial Farmer, back from 2015, leads a discussion of the Back to the Future trilogy with Nathan Gilmour and David Grubbs.

Download or Stream this Episode Some would say we’re all on a journey throughout life. We might be a career woman, stuck in a ditch after our son died. We…

Download or Stream this Episode In the latest episode of Sectarian Review, Danny Anderson chats with Mark Trump and Thom Dawkins about “Voice in the Age of Mansplaining.” This month’s…

Download or Stream this Episode The Seventh Seal on IMDB Todd Pedlar, David Grubbs, and Nathan Gilmour dig into The Seventh Seal, a movie at once medieval and modern, digging into questions…

Download or Stream this Episode Marie Hause, Kristen Filipic, and Victoria Reynolds Farmer recap and respond to the recent “Why Christian?” conference held at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral in Minneapolis…

Download or Stream This Episode In this episode, Todd Pedlar leads a discussion with Dan Dawson and Charles Hackney concerning the erstwhile planet, Pluto, an episode topic sparked by the fascinating recent…

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. So says Francis Bacon; but who will help us design this literary…

Download or Stream this Episode G.K. Chesterton, “The Miracle of Moon Crescent” G.K. Chesterton, “The Hammer of God” Get the Grubbses the Internet: Mission Accomplished! David Grubbs, Todd Pedlar, and…

Download or Stream this Episode “This Is Water” transcript “This Is Water” on YouTube Danny Anderson chats with David Grubbs and Nathan Gilmour about David Foster Wallace’s graduation speech “This…

Download or stream this episode Laches on The Internet Classics Archive After a misfire on the opening (yes, Gilmour realizes now that this is episode 166), Christian Humanists Nathan Gilmour, Todd…