Filling a Charlie Kirk-size  hole in our discourse about the gospel (RNS)  … GUEST Dr Charles Camosy … Prof at the  Catholic University of America in the nation’s capitol.

Drought: everything on hold til we get  some rain … + … time to plant trees, shrubs,  perennials, cool weather veggies/flowers and bulbs … + … dormant lawns … + … right way & wrong way to water … GUEST Doug Oster … Editor of Gardening with Doug.

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Higher education and the rise of political violence … GUEST Paul J McNulty ... spent over 30 yrs in Washington DC as an attorney in public service and private practice ... In 2005, the US Senate unanimously confirmed Paul McNulty to the positon of Deputy Attorney General, the second in command at the US Department of Justice, and the Chief Operating Officer of the department’s 100,000 employees … he’s also just finished his tenure as the 9th president of Grove City College.

The spirituality of Recovery … GUESTS Drs Olivia M Matthews & Eric Kocian … Dr Eric Kocian Associate Prof and Chair of the Criminology, Law, and Society Department at Saint Vincent College … Kocian is a prior service United States Marine Corps Reservist and was trained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2012 … Dr. Olivia Matthews … has been serving on the frontlines of the drug and alcohol addiction epidemic for ten years in several professional capacities; from an inpatient Christian D&A therapist to a chairperson of a non-profit Christ-centered addiction recovery ministry … she has a PhD in criminal justice.

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Should Christians pray for Parking spots? (Luke 11) … GUEST Rev Jay Slocum … rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia.

What is the Tree of Life? … GUEST Fr Tom Soroka … St Nicholas Orthodox Church, McKees Rocks.

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Holy Ghost Mama: 21 Old School Lessons that Saved my Life … GUEST Sherri Lynn …. nationally syndicated radio co-host of the Brant Hansen Show and co-creator of the Brant & Sherry Oddcast, but still is a native Pittsburgher … w a background in comedy, playwriting, and podcast production, Sherri brings her trademark humor and authenticity to every medium.

The Gospel After Christendom: An Introduction to Cultural Apologetics … GUEST Skyler Flowers … Assoc Pastor as Grace Bible Church in Oxford Miss and the assoc program director at The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics.

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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (VP Vance hosts the Charlie Kirk show today … + … Trump blames left for political violence … + … Fed Reserve week … + … Trump/UK visit this week)… GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.

Weekend to Remember … GUESTS Tony & Lymari Navarro, Speakers @ Weekend to Remember … Pgh Marriott North, Nov 7-9, 2025.

On Kneeling … GUEST Heidie Senseman … MFA candidate in the Univ of Iowa’s Nonfiction Writing Program … Her essays have previously appeared in Vita Poetica, Dappled Things, and Plough.

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 Charlie Kirk’s Obituary …  GUEST Daniel Silliman … News Editor,  Christianity Today ... author of, "Reading  Evangelicals: How Christian Fiction Shaped a  Culture and a Faith" and his latest, “One Lost  Soul: Richard Nixon’s Search for Salvation”.

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A special edition of This  Week in the Nation’s Capitol: the  assassination of Charlie Kirk and the 24th  anniv of 9/11 … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN  News White House Correspondent.

The murder of Charlie  Kirk ... GUEST Dr Paul Kengor ... Senior  Director and Chief Academic Fellow for the  Center for Vision and Values, and Professor of  Political Science at Grove City College ...  author of over a dozen books, including the  NYT bestseller “God and Ronald Reagan” ...  his latest is “Reagan’s Legacy in a World  Transformed (which he co-authored with  Jeffrey Chidester) and "The Divine Plan".

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Why read a poem at a time like this?… GUEST Marilyn McEntyre … writer, prof, speaker … award-winning author of multiple books on language & faith, incl “Where the Eye Alights,” “Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict,” “Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies”.

GUEST Kathryn Post … Pittsburgh-based reporter for RNS covering topics such as Gen Z spirituality, pop culture and abuse in religious contexts (Before joining RNS, she earned a Master of Arts in Religion from Yale, interned at RNS in 2020 and has degrees in writing and political science from Calvin University in Grand Rapids MI … her writing has appeared in the WashPost, Sojourners, the Christian Century, Broadview Magazine and more.

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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Trump addresses his religious liberty commission at The Museum of the Bible … + … Trump’s apocalyptic meme aimed at Chicago … + … Hyundai plant raid= Trump’s investment policies vs immigration policies)… GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.

What’s good to watch?… GUEST Abby Olcese… writer on film, pop culture and faith … she’s written for Think Christian and RogerEbert.com … author of “Films for All Seasons: Experiencing the Church Year at the Movies”

GUEST Father Lou Vallone ... was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Pgh in 1973 ... Since his ordination, Fr. Lou has shepherded the faith communities of 9 diff parishes, 6 of them as pastor ... Now retired as a Pastor & Adjunct Professor at Duquesne University, he spends his time as a Charter Member and Master Coach for the Human Formation Coalition and gives retreats, days of recollections and missions for clergy & parishes, as well as consulting & lecturing in Canon Law as an Advocate.

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