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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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September 2, 20269m

Screw-Ups

Amber Lapp has spent years living among the people and places she writes about, ...
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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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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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September 1, 20261h 5m

Win or Lose, Run for Something

In February 2026, Jeanelle Austin filed for Minnesota Senate District 62. She st...
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    Jeanelle Austin
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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...
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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...
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MATERIAL MYSTICISM

Matthew J. Milliner

Art Haters Anonymous

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

Matthew J. Milliner

Our Lady of Emptiness

The Dark Virgin of Guadalupe as a model of contemplative prayer (the second in a two-part Advent series).

Matthew J. Milliner

The Chief of Mystics at the Met

Minding my own business in Manhattan, I met a time-travelling saint.

Matthew J. Milliner

The Perfect Mirror

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

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POPULAR ESSAYS

Jake Meador

The Long Defeat of History

Tolkien’s hope for the entropy of ages.

Chris Owen

The Truth Will Lead You Home

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

Luke Bretherton

The Conversion of Public Intellectuals

Two pathways.

Matthew J. Milliner

Merton’s Nurse

How Mary helped rescue America’s most famous monk.

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