New Persuasive Words

By Scott Jones & Bill BorrorNews Religion & Spirituality Christianity

New Persuasive Words episodes

June 02, 2017 Episode 135: Friday Night Lights: Gods Old & New
We talk about an article in the Aeon journal on the Frankfurt School entitled "Theory from the ruins", among other things.
Show Notes:
The article we reference is here: https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-frankfurt-school-diagnosed-the-ills-of-western-civilisation.
33 min
May 30, 2017 Episode 134: Monuments and Memory
In this episode we talk about the recent removal of Confederate Civil War monuments in New Orleans and the nature of historical memory.
37 min
May 25, 2017 Episode 133: Ascension Matters
Today is Ascension day 2017, the most overlooked day on the Christian religious calendar. We think that's a shame. It's an important doctrine that offers real hope to real people living a complex, messy world.
29 min
May 23, 2017 Episode 132: The Alienated Mind
This is a bullgeschichte episode where we're joined by Jace Broadhurst to talk about a recent David Brooks column in the NY Times entitled "The Alienated Mind".
Show Notes:
-You can find the Brooks article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/opinion/alienated-mind-trump-supporters.html?_r=0.
Special Guest: Jace Broadhurst.
39 min
May 20, 2017 Episode 131: Where Do Words Come From?
In this episode, inspired by a short essay written by the renowned novelist Cormac McCarthy. It deals with the origins of human language, and whether evolutionary explanations do it justice.
Show Notes:
The essay that inspired the podcast can be found here: http://nautil.us/issue/47/consciousness/the-kekul-problem?utm_campaign=5.11+Bill+Ringa+%28PVZrqH%29&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Official+-+The+Newsletter+%28US+-+East+Coast%29+.
33 min
May 16, 2017 Episode 130: From Russia With Love
In this episode we discuss President Trump's recent sharing of code-word clearance intelligence information with the Russian Foreign Minister and the Russian Ambassador to the United States.
Show Notes:
The Washington Post article that first broke the story can be found here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-revealed-highly-classified-information-to-russian-foreign-minister-and-ambassador/2017/05/15/530c172a-3960-11e7-9e48-c4f199710b69_story.html?utm_term=.45503c59605f.
25 min
May 15, 2017 Episode 129: The Road Not Taken
In this episode we consider the meaning of a poem often quoted during commencement season, Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken".
26 min
May 12, 2017 Episode 128: Faith, Fragility and Friendship
In this episode, which is a combo of our Friday Night Lights and Bullgeschichte episodes, we talk with Matt Milliner. Our conversation is all about friendship, life's fragility and the life of faith.
Special Guest: Matt Milliner.
38 min
May 08, 2017 Episode 127: What Is Sophistry?
In this episode we talk about Sophistry and its role in contemporary public life.
Show Notes:
We reference a NY Times Op-Ed piece by Bret Stephens. It can be found here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/opinion/climate-of-complete-certainty.html?_r=0.
31 min
May 05, 2017 Episode 126: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
In this episode we talk about break ups. It happens to friends, families, lovers, churches, even countries. Break ups and loss are a part of life, but can you come out of them ever feeling alive again?
38 min

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New Persuasive Words is a sharp and insightful podcast that dissects the intersections of culture, politics, and theology with intellectual rigor and a conversational ease. Hosted by Scott Jones and…