Rob talks to Dr. Paul D. Miller about his recent Dispatch Article “Fascist Rhetoric or Fascist Actions?” as well as Dr. Miller’s favorite war movies, and Jan. 6. https://thedispatch.com/article/fascist-rhetoric-or-fascist-actions/

Dr. Miller is a Georgetown political science professor, former National Security Advisor to both Bush II and Obama, as well as a CIA analyst.https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000015aqRIAAY/paul-miller-phd

Follow Dr. Miller on Twitter: https://x.com/PaulDMiller2

Follow Rob’s posts on Substack @ churchcoffeeccc.substack Currently, he is doing a year pericope study of the Gospel of Mark

Dr. Shaily Patel of Virginia Tech joins Rob to talk about the Historical Jesus, along with demons and magic in the ancient world, and a little bit of Jesus mythicism.

Dr. Patel’s VT page: https://liberalarts.vt.edu/departments-and-schools/department-of-religion-and-culture/faculty/shaily-patel.html

Mark Goodacre’s blog: https://ntweblog.blogspot.com/

Travis Proctor’s “Demonic Bodies” book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/demonic-bodies-and-the-dark-ecologies-of-early-christian-culture-9780197581162?cc=us&lang=en&

Eric Vanden Eykel’s “The Magi” book: https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9781506473734/The-Magi

Radcliffe Edmonds’ “Drawing Down the Moon” book: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691156934/drawing-down-the-moon

Bart Ehrman’s “Did Jesus Exist?” book: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/did-jesus-exist-bart-d-ehrman?variant=32206747271202

Rob is joined by Dr. Joshua Little to talk about the Historical Muhammad: traditional biography, how do we know that story and holes in that narrative, and problems with the hadith, and many other avenues. If you find this interview too daunting because of the length, be sure to check out the shorter version published along side this one, which is just over an hour. If you found this episode interesting, be sure to check out Dr. Little’s blog: https://islamicorigins.com/ .

Rob is joined by Dr. Joshua Little to talk about the Historical Muhammad: traditional biography, how do we know that story and holes in that narrative, and problems with the hadith. If you find this interview interesting, be sure to check out the longer version published as well; or check out Dr. Little’s blog: https://islamicorigins.com/ .

Rob and Walter are joined by friends of the Pod Jessica and Matt to discuss Matt Walsh’s documentary “Am I a Racist?”

Matt mentioned Columbia sociologist Musa al-Gharbi’s book We Have Never Been Woke.

Fr. Dr. Anthony Giambrone is a professor at the French Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem, and author of A Quest for the Historical Christ. He talks with Rob today about the academic study of who Jesus was. This is the first of three interviews about the secular inquiry of Jesus.

Fr. Anthony’s academic page: https://www.ebaf.edu/les-enseignants/anthony-giambrone-op-2/

Fr. Anthony’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Quest-Historical-Christ-Scientia-Christi/dp/0813234875

Fr. Anthony’s interview with Dr. Reynolds:

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International Neighbors’ Director of Programs Becky Bassett joins Rob to talk about the organization’s work and activity in the Charlottesville area.

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Professor Michael McConnell of Stanford Law School - and former George W. Bush appointee to 10th Circuit Court of Appeals (2002-2009), talks about the 2020 election report Lost, not Stolen, looking at election integrity in 2024.

Read more about Prof. McConnell here: https://law.stanford.edu/michael-w-mcconnell/

Read his report here: https://lostnotstolen.org/

Rob interviews the executive director and associate director of Charlottesville’s LifeSpring Pregnacy Center about what their organization does, special services it offers, and some political points.

If you need something from LifeSpring, contact them here: https://www.lifeva.org/contact

If you would like to help support LifeSpring, go here: https://www.lifeva.org/give

If you want to get some coffee that helps pregnancy centers: https://www.lifeva.org/sevenweeks

Rob interviews the executive director and associate director of Charlottesville’s LifeSpring Pregnacy Center about what their organization does, special services it offers, and some political points.

If you need something from LifeSpring, contact them here: https://www.lifeva.org/contact

If you would like to help support LifeSpring, go here: https://www.lifeva.org/give

If you want to get some coffee that helps pregnancy centers: https://www.lifeva.org/sevenweeks