Reacquainted

Reacquainted

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Reacquainted episodes

  • 11: Topical Race

    Joe & Adam tackle six of their most pressing concerns, and each other, in a Presidential debate-style preview of their upcoming political episodes.

    • Let’s Do Some Lightning Rounds
    • 1 — Healthcare
    • 2 — Minimum Wage
    • 3 — Supreme Court
    • 4 — Political Extremism
    • 5 — Democracy vs Republic
    • 6 — Abortion
    • 0 min
    • 10: My Butt On That Throne

      It’s the calm before the storm, as Adam and Joe set the stage for their coming debates by updating each other on their political views.

      Chapters
      • Raving Conservatives
      • My Journey to Libertarianism
        • Milton Friedman
        • Friedman on YouTube
        • Free to Choose (book)
        • Free to Choose (PBS series)
        • Away from Libertarianism …
        • 1 hr 38 min
        • 9: When We're Not Being Responsible

          From music to sports and from fine dining to video games, Adam ’n’ Joe cover the spectrum of modern hobbies, what they get out of theirs, and how much we all ought to let our recreational activities define us.

          • Introduction
          • Comic Books
          • Talking TV
          • Discomfort With Fandom
          • Geeks and Sport …
          • 2 hr 18 min
          • 8: All of My Past Is Prologue

            As Adam's grand plan moves towards its masterful finale, listen to a recap of the opening acts of his forthcoming autohagiography. This one’s all about writing books, managing hostels, and teaching English in South Korea!

            • We All Have That Story
            • On Literature
            • Book Recommendations
            • On Literature
            • An English Teacher …
            • 2 hr 29 min
            • 7: Break Out of the Technical

              In the first of our job-focused episodes, Joe manfully accepts the challenge of explaining to Adam his work at a healthcare software company that affects over half of all hospital patients nationwide. It’s pretty epic.

              • Getting Off the Runway
              • Learning Programming
              • What Is Your Job, Joe?
              • Moving Beyond Programming …
              • 1 hr 46 min
              • 6: Intertwined Adventures

                Adam recalls how his very Christian courtship of Anna in college almost killed him, literally and figuratively. As a bonus, hear how he and his new bride became illegal immigrants in South Korea.

                1. Flor de Caña Rum (0:00)
                2. Clad in a Bathrobe (1:12)
                  • Shorter College
                  • I Kissed Dating …
                  • 1 hr 41 min
                  • 5: The Parameters of Our Relationship

                    It's time to talk family, and every family starts with a love story. When Joe met Christine in college, the two Trekkies seemed perfect for one another. But could love overcome red hair?

                    1. Take Me Back to 2001
                    2. Asking Christine Out
                      • Unchained Melody (Spotify, Apple Music, Google Music, YouTube)
                      • Time …
                      • 1 hr 27 min
                      • 4: Like a Jenga Game

                        Adam's journey to deconversion started when he earnestly sought God.

                        1. I Will Be Drinking Tonight
                          • Soju
                          • Transformations
                          • In the Land of the Morning Calm
                            • Podcast: Reading in Church and Other Distractions
                            • Where the Spiritual Could Still Be Found
                            • Course in Comparative Religion
                              • Dr. Robert Alter
                              • A Brief Interlude on Reading …
                              • 1 hr 47 min
                              • 3: That Least Contentious of Topics

                                Adam quizzes Joe on how his religious views have changed since they attended a fundamentalist youth group together.

                                • A Very, Very Unique Niche
                                  • The Theocrats
                                  • Minor Thoughts
                                  • But, for Now, Religion!
                                  • What Has Changed for You?
                                    • Antipope (Multiple claimants to the papacy)
                                    • Views on Biblical Inerrancy
                                      • "Run From Your Life …
                                      • 1 hr 12 min
                                      • Reacquainted 2: The Wood Chipper That Is Teenage Love

                                        Adam and Joe go back to the beginning, reminiscing about first jobs, first loves, and whether being homeschooled worked for them.

                                        • Joe's Homeschool Life
                                          • A Beka Video Academy
                                          • Adam Sees the Real World
                                          • Additional Words About Schooling
                                          • Joe's First Jobs
                                          • A Vacuum Salesman
                                          • Joe's Hobbies
                                          • It's Always Been Writing
                                          • Roleplaying …
                                          • 1 hr 44 min

                                          About Reacquainted

                                          From the publisher's feed

                                          Adam and Joe were childhood friends, but life pulled them apart. 20 years later, they're very different people.