The Christian Humanist

Stream or download this episode. In today’s episode, Coyle again talks to Andrew Walker about freedom of religion and his new book Liberty for All: Defending Everyone’s Religious Freedom in…

Wondering what implications that developing person-like artificial intelligence has on actual human relationships? Listen in as Christina Bieber Lake, Alexis Neal, and Kim Feldman discuss the brilliant 2015 novel Speak,…

Stream or download this episode. Mathew Block and David Grubbs talk about the English translation of the Psalms undertaken by Mary Sidney Herbert and her brother, Sir Philip Sidney. John…

In the popular imagination, J.R.R. Tolkien was a man born for another time, a medieval anachronism—like his friend C.S. Lewis, a self-proclaimed dinosaur. There’s some truth in that: he was…

Laurie Norris, Katie Grubbs, and Victoria Reynolds Farmer talk about Bad Girls Club: the rise of the female anti-hero Knowing What is an antihero and how is she different from…

Stream or download this episode. Josh and Michial talk about Disney’s 39th full-length animated feature, 2000’s Dinosaur.

Stream or download this episode. Michial Farmer talks to David Grubbs and Mathew Block about Louise Glück’s poems “The Drowned Children,” “Vespers,” and “Vita Nova.”

Stream or download this episode. In today’s episode, Coyle talks to Jenny Hoops about reading the Washington Post, the audiobook industry, and the challenges of professional recording. Mentioned in the…

Stream or download this episode. David Grubbs talks to Michial Farmer and Mathew Block about Aelfric of Eynsham’s “Colloquy,” a tenth-century aid to teaching Latin.

Stream or download this episode. In today’s episode Coyle talks to Dr. Peter Wood, author of 1620: A Critical Response to the 1619 Project.

Image above: Esther, Jean Francois Portaels, 1869 -Introductions -Why we wanted to talk about Esther Knowing -What have you been taught about Esther in the past? How have you always…

Stream or download this episode. In today’s episode, Coyle talks to infectious disease specialist Jessica Hardin about what we’ve learned over a year of pandemic, vaccines, and how we might…

Stream or download this episode. Mathew Block talks to David Grubbs and Michial Farmer about Sinclair Ross’s bleak short story “The Lamp at Noon.”

Stream or download this episode. In today’s episode, Coyle talks to John Wilsey about his new biography of John Foster Dulles, God’s Cold Warrior: the Life and Faith of John…

Stream or download this episode. When Abraham Joshua Heschel died in late December 1972, the world lost a major figure in contemporary Judaism—but it lost more than that, too. Heschel…