John is joined by Matt Williams, who holds a PhD in history and teaches American History at the Dalton School in New York City, to explore the films and philosophy of Terrence Malick (director of Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line, and The Tree of Life) and to discuss their mutual love of Malick’s 2005 film, The New World.

John is joined by fellow religious studies teacher (and real-life Catholic) Teddy Smith to discuss the Antichrist: what the heck is the Antichrist, where did the idea come from, and why does everybody always seem to think he’ll be President of the United States of America? Fun fact: Teddy’s band, Bugs in the Corner, wrote our theme song.

In the first episode of the podcast, John is joined by Joey Lewandowski to discuss the legacy of The X-Files – how it endures as a perfect reflection of the strange culture of religion in the 1990s, and how the character arcs of its protagonists cleverly depict the age-old conflict between faith and reason.