Jim Thurmond is well known in the rock climbing community and has helped with the development of rock climbing crags in the Midwest.  In recent years he has purchased Fountain Bluff in Southern Ill and made that available to rock climbers.

Jim Thurmond

CiCi is from Indonesia.  She enjoys rock climbing, and she enjoys her religion of Islam.  We talk about Islam and some of the ways it contrasts or is similar to my religion, Christianity.  And we also talk a bit about Indonesia and rock climbing.

CiCi

After my conversation with Sydney, we trade places.  She was a very good guest host!

Will

Sydney talks about her history with abortion, conversion, and how she values truth.

Sydney

Dan and Alex grew up in American Evangelicalism.  Dan is a skeptic.  Alex is still a Christian.  We talk about the Christian story ... is it good?  How Evangelical Christians regard the Christian scriptures, especially in America.  And we touch just a bit on politics.

Dan and Alex's coffee cups. I forgot to take a picture when they were here.

Sedric has a rare skin disease called scleromyxedema that effects his body and caused him to have both legs amputated.  Sedric has grown through this experience and has a positive view of life at this point.  He's 63, climbs rock, cycles, and is active.

Sedric

Rob is a Christian with a particular viewpoint of the return of Jesus, the kingdom of God, and things pertaining to the "end times".  The study of this type of thing is called eschatology.  Rob's viewpoint is called premillennialism and dispensationalism.

Rob

Francesc is a young woman who enjoys climbing, is studying computer science in Germany, and enjoys talking about Jesus.

Francesca

Jana is an apologist and the host of ex-skeptic podcast, where former atheists and ex-skeptics tell their stories.

Jana's website exskeptic.org

Jana

Mac just turned 80.  He enjoys contra dancing, pickle ball, and volunteering at the zoo, and being around happy people.

Mac