Senior Climatologist for Environment and Climate Change Canada David Phillips returns to the show to share his analysis of major weather events over the past year, including a recent warm spell in April. Plus, he responds to the eco-anxiety among young people, and explains how he finds hope for the future of the earth. 

The majority of young Evangelical Christians in Canada (18-40) are worried about climate change and nature loss and believe the time to act is now.  Groundbreaking findings from a full-on 2023 survey compiled by Tearfund and A Rocha indicate this. Tearfund Director of Marketing and Communication Matthew Schroeder helps flesh out the results.

Derek Ross of the Christian Legal Fellowship is back on the show to chat about the government's recent delays to expand medical assisted dying to be included for those who are mentally unwell. Derek raises where the backlash is coming for this, and challenges us to consider the ramifications it could have on a person's dignity. 

In this special 'Power of the Cross' episode, Josh Tymciw shares about how God tracked him down in the midst of living for himself. He shares about his harsh rejection of youth group, his personal struggles as a teenager, and what he thought was sweet freedom as a university student. Plus, how God has him using his faith to intersect with his career in sports. 

Bible scholar and Crandall University professor John Stackhouse Jr. returns to the program to talk about Easter. We discuss how to generate fresh wonder for this sacred time of year, why the blood of Christ is so significant, and why this is so starkly different than the bunnies and chocolate. 

Globe and Mail reporter and author Josh O'Kane joins the show to talk about the story behind the development that was being considered on Queen's Quay in Toronto that was being considered to be turned into almost like a robotic city. Josh will get into why the incompatibility of democracy and efficiency contributed the outcome in Toronto. He'll also shed light on what he's learned as social fabrics for holding communities together. 

Leading epidemiologist from the University of Toronto Dr. David Fisman is back on the show. This time we dive into where the pandemic has taken us today. He shares what's driving the pivot for him as a disease specialist to pool resources with engineers and delve into the role of shared air. With this we also consider the social inequity that the pandemic exposed and what that means now. 

As high interest rates and inflation continue to strain Canadians, Peter Duraisami of Scott Mission helps us understand what this has meant for those on the streets, plus how it has many using food shelters who have never walked through these doors before. 

Journalist, author and former celloist Adriana Barton joins the show to discuss the riveting findings she has discovered in researching for her new book, Wired For Music. She helps us see the unique connection that our brains have with musical rhythms that may run deeper than speech itself. Plus, don't miss our deep dive into music's ability to unify as a tool and how it intersects with spirituality.  

Pastor, writer, and Into The Word Bible teacher Paul Carter joins the show to talk about how his show has shot into the top 1 percentile of podcasts. He shares about the unique vision for his show that goes verse by verse through the Bible, where his conviction for understanding scripture comes from, and how he's been equipped to lead as a pastor.