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Episode 1 – “You’re Already Becoming Someone”
In this opening episode, the AI hosts introduce Tending the Garden: Rebuilding Moral Infrastructure in a Fractured World by J. Daniel Alejos — a work at the crossroads of theology, psychology, and philosophy that maps the hidden architecture of how identity and morality are formed. The hosts invite listeners to explore what it means to be constantly shaped by the forces around us.
They unpack Alejos’ striking claim that formation is inevitable — that there is “no off switch” for the process that molds our souls. If you leave your inner life on autopilot, it doesn’t stay neutral; it decays, becoming “malformed.” Through accessible, thoughtful dialogue, the hosts examine how identity isn’t a fixed statement but a living conversation — and why our participation in that process determines whether we grow toward coherence or drift toward distortion.
The episode sets the stage for the series by reframing moral and spiritual life as active architecture: something that must be tended, not simply believed. It’s both a wake-up call and an invitation — to become attentive to what’s shaping you, to question inherited assumptions, and to engage critically with ideas that challenge the modern illusion of neutrality.
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Episode 1 – “You’re Already Becoming Someone”
In this opening episode, the AI hosts introduce Tending the Garden: Rebuilding Moral Infrastructure in a Fractured World by J. Daniel Alejos — a work at the crossroads of theology, psychology, and philosophy that maps the hidden architecture of how identity and morality are formed. The hosts invite listeners to explore what it means to be constantly shaped by the forces around us.
They unpack Alejos’ striking claim that formation is inevitable — that there is “no off switch” for the process that molds our souls. If you leave your inner life on autopilot, it doesn’t stay neutral; it decays, becoming “malformed.” Through accessible, thoughtful dialogue, the hosts examine how identity isn’t a fixed statement but a living conversation — and why our participation in that process determines whether we grow toward coherence or drift toward distortion.
The episode sets the stage for the series by reframing moral and spiritual life as active architecture: something that must be tended, not simply believed. It’s both a wake-up call and an invitation — to become attentive to what’s shaping you, to question inherited assumptions, and to engage critically with ideas that challenge the modern illusion of neutrality.