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The Understory

In May 2026, more than a thousand people gathered at Washington National Cathedral to ask what it means to be human in the light of Christ. This podcast carries the festival outward.
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November 11, 202613M

Covenantal Community

Elizabeth Oldfield has spent six years in intentional community in South London. What can daily life together, with nowhere to hide, reveal about sin and grace?
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    Krish Kandiah
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    Lee Camp
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    Elizabeth Oldfield
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November 4, 20261h 23m

Assistance in Living, Assistance in Dying

Assisted dying is spreading across the West as palliative care goes underfunded. Physicians, a chaplain, and a design researcher ask what dying well requires.
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    Rebecca Vachon
  • Leonie Herx
  • J.S. Park
  • Sara Hendren
  • Louis Kim
  • Dr. Lydia Dugdale
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Conversing

Conversing with Mark Labberton invites listeners into transformative encounters with leaders and creators shaping our world at the intersection of Christian faith, culture, and public life.
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November 10, 20261h

Honesty, Cheating, and Performativity

Students and pastors can now hand their work to AI and pass it off as their own. What becomes of honesty, the trait people rank above every other?
  • Christian Miller
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November 3, 202652m

Change, Prophets, and Power

Emory political scientist Andra Gillespie reads the 2026 midterms through the lens of the prophets. What does Christian hope look like in a hyper-partisan age?
  • Andra Gillespie
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The Sacred

The Sacred is a podcast interested in the real people behind their public personas. Elizabeth Oldfield hosts unhurried conversations that go deeper, in search of what might heal our fractured world.
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November 4, 20261h 5m

Rachel Parris on Comedy, Anxiety and Finding Peace

Though Rachel Parris performs for a living, she’s never far from anxiety. Where does a comedian who’s often told she doesn’t seem like one find peace?
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October 21, 20261h 23m

What AI Reveals About Human Nature

Many people use AI daily, yet few think it's good for humanity. Journalist Jamie Bartlett explores what that gap says about us—and how to stay human.
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Zealots at the Gate

Muslim political thinker Shadi Hamid and Christian theologian Matthew Kaemingk explore the future of democracy and religion, charting a new paradigm for navigating difference.
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November 11, 202657M

Reflections on the Blue Wave

America elected its first Muslim US senator and a pastor in Kansas. What did faith do in the 2026 midterms, and can an election tell us about God?
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October 29, 202655m

Have Progressives Found Faith Again?

Faith-forward Democrats are back on the ballot. Former Obama faith adviser Michael Wear asks whether the left’s openness to religion will outlast the midterms.
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Proverbs & Policy

Ray Pennings and Andreae Sennyah bring Christian social thought to today’s defining cultural and policy questions, in conversation with thinkers and leaders shaping our future.
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November 12, 20261H 3M

Election Month in Canada — Ian Brodie

BC and Quebec ousted their governments, and Alberta put separation on the ballot. Is there one story in all three?
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October 29, 20261h

Why Aren’t Young People Dating or Having Kids?

Fertility rates are at historic lows in Canada and the US, and most single young adults aren’t dating. Christine Emba asks why young people are opting out.
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MATERIAL MYSTICISMA column by Matthew J. MillinerAll Material Mysticism

Matthew J. Milliner

The Gentrification of the Saints

In Praise of Lev Gillet (1893–1980).

Matthew J. Milliner

That Man of Understanding

A material introduction to Evagrius of Pontus.

Matthew J. Milliner

The Wildest Christianity of All

A field guide to Cynthia Bourgeault.

Glenn McCullough

The Transfiguration of Psychoanalysis

An interview with Toronto psychotherapist and theologian Glenn McCullough.

POPULAR ESSAYS

Philip D. Bunn

Devices and Desires

Addressing the link between smartphones and mental illness among our children.

David Brooks

The Feminine Way to Wisdom

Learning from Etty Hillesum, Edith Stein, and Simone Weil.

Jeff Reimer

How Not to Be a Schismatic

Wayfaring through a broken ecclesial landscape.

Katherine Dee

Internet Overexposure Syndrome

A taxonomy of adaptations to online life.

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