A recent article offers a rare and intimate glimpse into the mindset of a pastor leaving his church. In this episode, we explore the pitfalls of a consumer approach to church, as well as some of the daunting challenges facing those who simply want to be faithful pastors, rather than CEOs and administrators.

There’s no avoiding it; this is an AI moment. But many of the fears about AI seem to vastly overestimate its nefarious capacities. In this episode, we explore the confusion surrounding this topic and consider how we might put our fears into perspective.

In a recent piece for First Things, Samuel Klumpenhouwer makes the case for displaced PhDs to find a home at classical schools. The job stability is better, the intellectual community is stimulating, and, perhaps most importantly, the students aren’t yet jaded and cynical. In this episode, we talk about the crisis in higher education and consider what form the education of our children ought to take.

According to a number of recent reports, not only are many evangelicals walking away from church; they’re holding onto their orthodox convictions. That is, they still believe in the Trinity, the virgin birth, and Jesus’ resurrection. They just stopped going to church. Join us, as we explore some of the steps it took to get us here, as well as the larger question of whether all of this waning attendance is really such a bad thing.

Yes, it’s a clunky title, but the topic came from a well-worded listener question about raising boys in today’s world. Join us as we chat about everything from “toxic masculinity” to the changing dynamics of household economies.

Oliver Anthony’s song has become a viral sensation and now every major cultural critic is eager to break the song down and examine its underpinnings. While we didn't want to dissect the song, we did want to explore it a bit, since it’s captured the public imagination in such a powerful way.

Fad diets and weight loss medication seem to offer long term benefits for short term costs. Even though we know these products can’t deliver on their full promises, we continue to buy into them. Why? Join us as we explore the considerable overlap between physical and spiritual health.

China’s refusal to abide by the terms of the Paris Agreement makes it clear that the West doesn’t speak for the world. In this episode, we consider the fact that other cultural perspectives remain a challenge for us, no matter how cosmopolitan we may believe ourselves to be.

The episode title was also the title of a talk that Nathan recently gave to a large gathering at a coffee shop. Here, Cameron and Nathan continue to explore the ways in which our culture seems to be trending away from the rugged individualism that dominated previous generations. But where exactly are we going? Join us as we explore the topic of community in the modern world.

Cameron recently delivered a series of faculty lectures on Critical Theory to a classical school in Oklahoma. In this episode, Nathan grills Cameron on the subject.