In this episode we talk about a recent piece by New York Times columnist David Brooks Entitled "The Shock of Faith: It’s Nothing Like I Thought It Would Be." We also consider some of the response it's generated in public discourse by people of many faiths and no faith at all.

You can find the original David Brooks piece here.

You can find Mark Oppenheimer's responses here and here.

You can listen to Scott's conversation with Mark here.

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If you're curious about the Dead Poet's Society poetry scale reference, you can watch the clip here.

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