In this episode Dan and Greg discuss fads, the way ideas circulate among human beings, language, and what makes it all both divine and open to the demonic.

Greg, Dan, and our host, Joe, hold a live conversation on a wide range of topics including: the origins of Men Among Demons, their friendship, the intersection of religion and the public sector, growth in the Orthodox Church, and (of course) demons.

Dan and Greg kick off with a discussion of cults and high control groups, and then shift to begin thinking about the relationship between cult, cultus, and culture. In what ways is the Church different from what are often called "cults" today? In what ways does the Church attempt to build a culture and community while avoiding the pitfalls of high control groups? And what happens to groups or entire societies when they fall into demonic traps either on the side of too much cult and control, or on the side of having no real "culture" at all?

Dan and Greg discuss the concept of social justice especially with regard to modern homelessness, aiming to elucidate some more complete Christians responses in the face of extremely complex problems for which there is no simple solution.

Greg and Dan discuss angels. What are they? How do they interact with the world? What experiences do we have of them? What do they...look like? And much more.

Dan, Greg, and guest Nick P. discuss martial arts, the body, competition and games seeking out what role they might play in a Christian life and in society at large. A possible need for more attention to bodily exercise and training among Christians emerges, and the three tackle the question of whether competition is fundamentally fallen or truly has a place in a Christian life and in God's Kingdom.

Greg and Dan discuss the new pope, the institution of the papacy, and the costs and benefits of various church and community structures within the Christian world.

In this episode, Dan and Greg discuss human intelligence and free will in the context of some problematic enlightenment assumptions about humanity. How do we as Christians grapple with the simple fact that human intelligence varies tremendously across individuals, and that while free will clearly exist it is difficult to exercise for all human beings? What problems arise in our political and social life owing to Enlightenment assumptions that all human beings are capable of "rational self interest," clear critical thinking, and the detached exercise of free will?

Greg and Dan discuss the cult of change and our culture's obsession with disruption for its own sake, reflecting on how change is an essential but differently oriented part of the life in Christ. The episode concludes with reflections on the importance of forgiveness in a world in which human beings are both dynamic and fallen.

Dan and Greg discuss the meaning of maturity, and the immaturity of our present age, looking for the demonic patterns that draw us to immature places and the telos of human life into which we are called to grow.