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The Understory

In late May 2026, more than a thousand people gathered for three days beneath the vaults of Washington National Cathedral to ask what it means to be human in the light of Christ. This podcast carries the festival’s talks, sessions, and experiences to everyone who wasn’t in the room—and to everyone who was, who wishes to return.
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October 14, 202642m

Deep Roots or Open Arms?

The deepest resources of the Christian tradition refuse the false binary of root...
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October 7, 20261h 10m

Getting Unstuck on Immigration

Immigration debates tend to oscillate between abstract policy positions and indi...
  • David Lapp
    David Lapp
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    Diego Sánchez
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    Jennie Murray
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    Jim Robb
  • Peter Skerry
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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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October 13, 202640m

Spiritual Formation at Global Scale

How can a Christian humanitarian organization keep Christ at the center of its m...
  • Gary Haugen
  • Kevin Jenkins
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October 6, 202654m

Permanent Questions: Celebrating Ten Years of Conversing

What if the deepest problems in American life were pre-political? It’s often s...
  • David Brooks
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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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October 7, 202651m

Art, Friendship and Trust Across the Israeli-Palestinian Divide

What does it take to create a shared home in a divided city? In Jerusalem, two w...
  • Riman Barakat
  • Karen Brunwasser
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September 23, 202658m

Can Bourgeois Values Save Britain?

Can you really vote your way to a good society—or does it have to be built hou...
  • James Vitali
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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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October 12, 20261h 13m

Holy Feminism? Muslim and Christian Feminists Discuss

Leah Libresco Sargeant and Hadia Mubarak join Matt and Shadi to discuss what fem...
  • Leah Libresco Sargeant
  • Hadia Mubarak
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September 28, 202657m

Can Trump Bomb Iran Into Democracy?

Matt and Shadi’s initiative, The Faith and Future of Democracy Initiative, is ...
  • Nader Hashemi
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MATERIAL MYSTICISM

Matthew J. Milliner

Art Haters Anonymous

The art world is as secular as you want it to be.

Addison Hodges Hart

The Skeptical Mystic

An interview with Addison Hodges Hart.

Matthew J. Milliner

On Christ and Coral

A prayer 500 million years in the making.

Glenn McCullough

The Transfiguration of Psychoanalysis

An interview with Toronto psychotherapist and theologian Glenn McCullough.

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POPULAR ESSAYS

Kevin Gary

To the Bored All Things Are Boring

Are we busy and overstimulated because we’re bored, or are we bored because we’re busy and overstimulated?

Jared Michelson

Tim Keller or Machiavelli?

A modest defence of third wayism.

Katherine Dee

Internet Overexposure Syndrome

A taxonomy of adaptations to online life.

Chris Owen

The Truth Will Lead You Home

Why do we cling to our denials, delusions, and deceits?

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