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Merely Human

Jay Watts•www.merelyhumanministries.org
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#10 Merely Human Things with Scott Klusendorf Part 2

The last of season one of Merely Human Things. We are finishing up the interview with Scott Klusendorf. The intro has some very specific ramblings from Jay concerning how easily he can get invested in silly things that would normally have little weight on greater world matters. We've got a comparison from Brooklyn Nine-Nine about just how deeply Jay feels about the misuse of language. After the intro Scott finishes off his list of three things. Scott Klusendorf is one of the best minds in the pr...

May 12, 2023•1 hr 43 min

#9 Merely Human Things with Scott Klusendorf

Summary Episode 9 This episode begins with an explanation of the long form podcast as our mothership. The vision is to produce longer content that takes it time to consider points of view. From this longer format, we will excerpt shorter segments and videos to offer more concise material. The first segment discusses the idea that peak Star Wars requires both Han Solo played by Harrison Ford and Darth Vader. They make Star Wars work better in every way. Segment two discusses the Burning Research ...

Apr 27, 2023•1 hr

#8 Merely Human Things with Megan Almon

Life Training Institute’s Megan Almon joins the show to discuss Nobel Prize winning author Annie Ernaux’s Happening, a novelized telling of her experience with illegal abortion in Paris in 1963. Megan shares her Three Things in evaluating the story as a work of literature and political statement about contemporary abortion politics. More about Megan Almon https://prolifetraining.com/about-speaker/megan-almon/ Annie Ernaux's Happening... https://www.amazon.com/Happening-World-Literature-Translati...

Apr 19, 2023•1 hr 20 min

#7 Merely Human Things with Jay Watts - Pro-Choice Objections

We asked people who disagree with us to tell us why. We received a long message; one our producer began to reference as the The Letter. I tried to answer as briefly as possible as a segment of an episode, but the objections are wide ranging and require some discussion in unpacking. We went back into the studio and addressed it in a longer form, ultimately deciding to let the segment stand alone. Here is what we call “The Letter Episode.”

Apr 10, 2023•1 hr 11 min

#6 Human Things with Jay Watts - Due Process etc,

Episode 6 is the first of three episodes originally recorded to be one single episode. Segment one features a discussion of creator verses organizer, inventor versus promoter, the underappreciated genius verses the public face of success. Jay explains why he takes sides with Jack Kirby and Nikolai Tesla versus Stan Lee and Thomas Edison with as much respect as he can muster. Segment two focuses on Jane Fonda’s extremely tacky joke about murdering pro-lifers and the resulting commentary by some o...

Apr 04, 2023•50 min

#5 Human Things with Jay Watts - Leah Savas

Episode 5 of Human Things 2.0 starts with a rousing defense of the work of Hall & Oats including slightly messing up the names of two of their songs. Segment 2 discusses a short clip from a 2018 Oxford Union Panel on Abortion Rights where pro-abortion activist Ilyse Hogue of NARAL makes the claim that most people believe in three exceptions to restricting abortion: life of the mother, rape, and me. Her point, though most people seem to believe abortion is morally unpleasant, they wish to pre...

Mar 17, 2023•1 hr 26 min

#4 Human Things with Jay Watts - Sho Nuff Bias

On this episode, Jay is going Eric Carmen style, all by himself. Bad Movie Night gets explained, Streets of Fire comes up (not for the last time), and midi-chlorians are identified as the bane of the Star Wars universe. On a more serious note, segment two evaluates the actions of 19th century abortionists through the criteria of principled civil disobedience against unjust laws restricting abortion. Their character and behavior reveal them to be unprincipled and primarily driven by self-interest...

Mar 07, 2023•1 hr 5 min

#3 Human Things with Jay Watts

On this episode, we discuss the idea of making a case for making a case for life. Why do those opposed to abortion engage this issue with such passion? Because the right or wrong of abortion centers on how we answer one question, “Is the unborn one of us?” People who agree that it is wrong to kill one of us share a common intuition, human life matters. All parties must address the question of the unborn before declaring abortion is either an absolute right or a grave moral wrong. Por-life advoca...

Feb 23, 2023•1 hr 20 min

#2 HumanThings with Jonathan Noyes

This episode addresses despair and community. We discuss how assessing human dignity through instrumental criteria or immediately practicable capacities leads to troubling issues in end of life care. The view that all human beings have value by virtue of what we are, intrinsic dignity grounded in our humanity, ought to lead to stronger community and better care for everyone. Then Jonathan Noyes from Stand to Reason joins us to discuss suicide and three things he most want us to know surrounding ...

Feb 21, 2023•1 hr 31 min

MHM Human Things Podcast #3 - Life is Pain

The fear of pain and suffering is often used to justify terrible decisions. This episode explores experiencing pain with hope and whether a life without it is possible or even desirable.

Apr 24, 2020•45 min
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