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Two Kinds of Apocalypse
There are two kinds of apocalypse. One is the question of survival in which one inevitably loses. Night of the Living Dead and Cormac McCarthy’s The Road are in this category. Here one attempts to survive, but fails. We see protagonists struggle against impossible odds that ultimately overwhelm them.
Read MoreTheology Cast 202: Academic Fads
Another great discussion with Ryan Reeves. Topics include academic fads, hotels and traveling, doing voices and channeling Karl Barth, and the oddity of the "van Gogh effect."
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Lin-Manuel’s hero is really Eliza Hamilton
The PBS special, Hamilton’s America (beyond what I guess should be called a donation-wall), is really remarkable in and of itself. You get glimpses of the show, interviews, and locations. Bbrief interviews range from President George W. Bush to Senator Elizabeth Warren, and there’s a great shot of Lin-Manuel Miranda looking up at Hamilton’s statue in Grand Central Park. Miranda, working with Ron Chernow’s magisterial biography, has revitalized Hamilton’s place in American history. He is no longer an outsider, but an insider.
Read MoreTheology Cast Season 2 is here!
Season 1 ended with a cliffhanger episode with our first guest, Jason Fout. How did things end? Find out with season 2, as we chat about the oddity that is the American Academy of Religion.
Read MoreThe KonMari Method and Computer Storage
Marie Kondo’s approach to organization is, in many ways, very ancient, as it sees material things as a burden. She is deeply opposed to keeping things just for the sake of keeping them. To hang onto things, simply because we “might” want them someday, creates a burden in the psyche.
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