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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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August 26, 20267m

It Is Now, It Is Not

Is reality itself a settled fact or an ongoing act of creation? Is some new chap...
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    Christian Wiman
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August 19, 20261h 21m

Can You Build AI That Serves Human Flourishing?

What is a human being? One of the convictions in the seedbed of the Understory i...
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    Adam Kronk
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    Meghan Sullivan
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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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August 25, 202643m

Women, Misogyny, and the Bible

Growing up, Beth Moore was taught that 1 Timothy 2 and 1 Corinthians 14 were the...
  • Beth Moore
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August 18, 202657m

The Human Heart

Mark Labberton discusses matters of the heart with his close friend Dr. David An...
  • David Anderson
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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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August 19, 20267m

Why We Need to Be in Our Bodies Together

What are we losing by spending so much of our lives behind screens? Covid-19 bro...
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August 5, 20261h 12m

How to Belong When You’ve Always Been An Outsider

What do you do when you feel like an outsider? We spoke to Rabbi Angela Buchdahl...
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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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August 31, 20261h 3m

A Christian Case Against Christian Nationalism

In the previous episode, Matthew and Shadi sat down with self-described Christia...
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August 31, 20261h 40m

What Do Christian Nationalists Actually Want?

In one of their most revealing—and at times unsettling—conversations to date...
  • William Wolfe
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MATERIAL MYSTICISM

Matthew J. Milliner

On Christ and Coral

A prayer 500 million years in the making.

Matthew J. Milliner

The Perfect Mirror

How I broke AI (and how it almost broke me).

Jonathan A. Anderson

The Invisibility of Religion in Contemporary Art

An interview with Jonathan A. Anderson.

Bruce Herman

Broken Beauty Revisited

An interview with Bruce Herman.

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POPULAR ESSAYS

Jason Ferris

The Healing Power of Church Architecture

Why we need holy spaces more than ever.

Anastasia Berg

Why Have Children?

Thinking with patience, rigour, and generosity about a contentious topic.

Richard V. Reeves

What Men Are For

When Lone Ranger masculinity bottoms out.

Jared Michelson

Tim Keller or Machiavelli?

A modest defence of third wayism.

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