Family estrangement, scarcity, and wild turkeys. Find us on Youtube . The Bulletin welcomes Alison Cook to talk about family estrangement. Then, Russell, Mike, and Clarissa get honest about Black Friday shopping and the scarcity mindsets that shape our gratitude. Finally, our associate producer, Leslie Thompson, joins the show to chat with New England Patriots Super Bowl champion Matt Light and retired archaeologist Mary Weahkee about how wild turkeys are bringing people together. GO DEEPER WITH...
Nov 29, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 127
On the slow work of learning how to cultivate attention and wisdom. Find us on Youtube . On this deep-dive episode of The Bulletin, Mike Cosper sits down with Krista Tippett for an intimate conversation about the rewards of deep attention. GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN : Follow the show in your podcast app of choice. Find us on YouTube . Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. Leave a comment in Spotify with your feedback on the discussion—we may even respond! ABOUT THE GUEST: Kris...
Nov 26, 2024•39 min•Ep. 126
RFK and autism, missiles to Ukraine, and Tammy Faye. Find us on Youtube . The Bulletin welcomes Jill Escher (National Council on Severe Autism) to talk about autism in light of the RFK appointment as health secretary. Then, Dalibor Rohac (American Enterprise Institute) joins us to talk about President Biden’s provision of missiles to Ukraine. Finally, Clarissa, Russell, and Mike check in on a grab bag of topics, from the Tammy Faye Broadway musical to Bluesky and more. GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETI...
Nov 22, 2024•59 min•Ep. 125
What’s the future of American universities? Find us on Youtube . On this deep-dive episode of The Bulletin, Mike Cosper welcomes Yuval Levin for a conversation about the problems of the modern American university and the possibilities for its future. GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN : Find Yuval’s essay mentioned here . Follow the show in your podcast app of choice. Find us on YouTube . Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. Leave a comment in Spotify with your feedback on the discus...
Nov 19, 2024•36 min•Ep. 124
Trump’s cabinet picks, the future of the parties, and veteran mental health. Content warning: Suicide Find us on Youtube . Mike and Clarissa welcome Mary Trimble ( The Dispatch) to recap and react to Trump’s cabinet picks. Then CT’s Nicole Martin and former Congressman Adam Kinzinger talk about the future of the Republican and Democrat parties post-election. Finally, we talk to Kinzinger about veteran mental health and the military suicide crisis. GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN : Email us with your...
Nov 15, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 123
How Donald Trump built a movement. Find us on Youtube . On this deep-dive episode of The Bulletin, Mike Cosper welcomes Roger Berkowitz for a conversation about political movements and what liberals got wrong about MAGA. GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN : Find Roger’s books here . Order Mike Cosper’s book The Church in Dark Times (releasing November 19) Follow the show in your podcast app of choice. Find us on YouTube . Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. Leave a comment in Spotif...
Nov 12, 2024•43 min•Ep. 122
Let’s talk about the election. Find us on Youtube . The Bulletin welcomes guests Michael Wear (Center for Christianity and Public Life), Harvest Prude (Christianity Today), Justin Giboney (AND Campaign), Nicole Martin (Christianity Today), and Marvin Olasky (author and senior fellow, Discovery Institute) to discuss the results of the 2024 presidential election. We cover general election results and what the voting tells us about constituents; how the results will affect issues of human dignity; ...
Nov 08, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 121
Final presidential campaign days, screen-free churches, and the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in Gaza. Find us on Youtube . This week on the show, Clarissa, Mike, and Russell talk about campaign trail updates with less than a week before the presidential election. Then, we consider how churches can effectively and appropriately engage the world in the age of screens and digital media. Finally, Mark Tooley joins us to talk about the UN’s work in Gaza amid the ongoing Israel-H...
Nov 01, 2024•54 min•Ep. 120
Voting for the Republican party candidate in this year’s presidential election. Find us on Youtube . This is the final episode in our special Stop. Look. Listen. miniseries, which features thoughtful reflections from Christians on who they’re voting for in November’s presidential election. Eric Teetsel is voting for the Republican party candidate, Donald Trump. Teetsel was vice president of government relations at The Heritage Foundation, was chief of staff to US senator Josh Hawley of Missouri,...
Oct 29, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 119
Campaign updates and China. Find us on Youtube . The presidential campaign has hit the swing states in full force. We welcome Mike Murphy, who spent many years as a campaign manager, to talk about what’s happening on the road. Then, Jonathan Schanzer joins us to consider China’s recent military posturing and its powerful axis of adversaries. GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN : Email us with your favorite segment from today’s show at podcasts@christianitytoday.com. Follow the show in your podcast app o...
Oct 25, 2024•56 min•Ep. 118
Voting for the Democrat party candidate in this year’s presidential election. Find us on Youtube . This is the second episode in our special Stop. Look. Listen. miniseries, which features thoughtful reflections from Christians on who they’re voting for in November’s presidential election. David French is voting for the Democrat party candidate, Kamala Harris. He’s a columnist for The New York Times and a former senior editor of The Dispatch . He’s the author most recently of Divided We Fall: Ame...
Oct 22, 2024•40 min•Ep. 117
The Houthi attack, the Black vote, and Kmart’s closing. Find us on Youtube . This week, we discuss the breaking news that US B-2 bombers attacked the Houthis in Yemen. Then, we welcome Christianity Today’s Big Tent editorial director, Sho Baraka, to talk about the presidential candidates and their appeal to Black male voters. Finally, the closure of the last Kmart invites conversation on the community implications of retail closures and why nostalgia holds such power. GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN...
Oct 18, 2024•50 min•Ep. 116
Voting for a third-party candidate in this year’s presidential election. Find us on Youtube . This is the first episode in our special Stop. Look. Listen. miniseries, which features thoughtful reflections from Christians on who they’re voting for in November’s presidential election. Matt Martens is voting for a third-party candidate from the American Solidarity Party. He’s a trial lawyer, a former federal prosecutor, a seminary graduate, a legal ethics professor, and an award-winning author. Mar...
Oct 15, 2024•36 min•Ep. 115
Presidential podcasts, hurricane rumors, Israel and Iran. The Bulletin discusses the latest presidential podcast appearances, the rumors surrounding recent hurricanes, and the spiritual histories of Israel and Iran. GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN : Email us with your favorite segment from today’s show at podcasts@christianitytoday.com. Follow the show in your podcast app of choice. Find us on YouTube . Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. Leave a comment in Spotify with your feed...
Oct 11, 2024•56 min•Ep. 114
The Bulletin welcomes American-Jewish journalist Yossi Klein Halevi to recall the tragic events that took place in Israel on October 7, 2023 and discuss the year of turmoil that has come after. GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN : Follow the show in your podcast app of choice. Find us on YouTube . Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. Leave a comment in Spotify with your feedback on the discussion—we may even respond! ABOUT THE GUEST: Yossi Klein Halevi is a senior fellow at the Shalo...
Oct 08, 2024•45 min•Ep. 113
Vice presidential debate, global religious persecution, and famous Christians. Find us on Youtube . This week, The Bulletin team recaps the 2024 vice presidential debate with Christianity Today’s chief impact officer Nicole Martin, who is fresh off of a weekend at the Lausanne conference on global missions in South Korea. Then, Clarissa welcomes Knox Thames to discuss religious persecution around the world based on his book, Ending Persecution. Finally, Nicole, Russell, Mike, and Clarissa talk a...
Oct 04, 2024•54 min
A special one-on-one with Switchfoot's Jon Foreman. Find us on Youtube . On this special episode of The Bulletin, Clarissa Moll sits with Switchfoot frontman Jon Foreman before his show in Portland, Maine for a conversation about hope in the face of suffering and living well in light of our mortality. GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN : Listen to Jon’s newest record, In Bloom Follow the show in your podcast app of choice. Find us on YouTube . Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. Lea...
Oct 01, 2024•41 min
Israel attacks Hezbollah, the soul of MAGA, and Olivia Nuzzi. Find us on Youtube . This week, we are joined by Jonathan Schanzer (senior vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies) to talk about Israel’s attacks in Lebanon. Then, Tim Alberta of The Atlantic joins to explore the soul of MAGA, and finally, Mike and Clarissa discuss shamelessness in the scandalous story of Olivia Nuzzi. “The Soul of MAGA” by Mike Cosper Boz Tchividjian discusses sexual abuse in episode ...
Sep 27, 2024•56 min•Ep. 110
One-on-one with Francis Collins on his new book and a career lived in public service. Find us on Youtube . This week on The Bulletin, Mike Cosper sits down for an intimate conversation with Francis Collins about the COVID-19 pandemic, truth and skepticism in a polarized society, and the surprising honor of admitting your mistakes. GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN : Find Collins’s book, The Road to Wisdom: On Truth, Science, Faith, and Trust . Follow the show in your podcast app of choice. Find us on ...
Sep 24, 2024•52 min•Ep. 109
Assassination attempts, forgiveness, and threats to elected officials. Find us on Youtube . This week on The Bulletin , Clarissa Moll and Russell Moore welcome Alan Noble (writer and professor at Oklahoma Baptist University) to help us consider the second assassination attempt on Donald Trump and the concerns it raises. Then, they examine the role of forgiveness after tragedy as they remember the life of Rosanna King, a survivor of the 2006 Amish schoolhouse shooting, who died this week. Finally...
Sep 20, 2024•49 min•Ep. 108
One-on-one with Rebeccah Heinrichs on national security. Find us on Youtube . The Bulletin ’s Mike Cosper sits down with Rebeccah Heinrichs, senior fellow at Hudson Institute, for a conversation about national security and America’s role in geopolitics. GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN : Follow the show in your podcast app of choice. Find us on YouTube . Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. Leave a comment in Spotify with your feedback on the discussion—we may even respond! TODAY’S...
Sep 17, 2024•50 min•Ep. 107
Chinese adoptions halt, debate recap, and Taylor Swift. Find us on Youtube . Today’s episode considers the recent end of Chinese international adoptions with guest Aimee Welch (former journalist and an adoptive parent and advocate), who has been waiting for her adopted daughter to come stateside since before adoptions were paused during COVID-19. Then, Clarissa and Mike recap the week’s presidential debate. Finally, Bob Smietana (national reporter for Religion News Service ) drops by to talk abo...
Sep 13, 2024•56 min•Ep. 106
Gen Z in the workplace, Israeli hostages, and astronauts stuck in space. Find us on Youtube . This week on The Bulletin , we discuss Gen Z in the workplace with Skot Welch (organizational development expert), the deaths of six Israeli hostages with Mona Charen (policy editor at The Bulwark) , and the two American astronauts stuck in space with Jeff Williams (former NASA astronaut). GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN : Follow the show in your podcast app of choice. Find us on YouTube . Rate and review t...
Sep 06, 2024•48 min•Ep. 105
This week on The Bulletin , we check in on the presidential election with Mike Murphy (political consultant), review the Taliban’s new code of laws with Luma Simms (fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center), and consider how we can care for our souls in hard times with Sheila Wise Rowe (author of Young, Gifted, and Black). GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN : Follow the show in your podcast app of choice. Find us on YouTube. Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. Leave a comment i...
Aug 30, 2024•46 min•Ep. 104
A special one-on-one conversation with Sharon McMahon–aka @sharonsayso–and Mike Cosper Find us on Youtube. Mike Cosper welcomes America’s Government Teacher, Sharon McMahon, who is better known as @sharonsaysso to her million-plus instagram followers. Sharon and Mike talk about civil discourse and critical thinking while engaging in political conversation, and dive into her new book, The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civ...
Aug 27, 2024•40 min•Ep. 103
DNC recap and Trad-Wives. Find us on Youtube. Russell, Mike, and Clarissa are joined by David Zahl (Mockingbird Ministries) to talk about the Democratic National Convention – what happened and what opponents and “those on the outside” are saying about the Harris-Walz ticket, and what Christians who feel homeless can do about political involvement. Then Katelyn Beaty joins us to explore the trad-wife social media movement and why both men and women deserve something better. GO DEEPER WITH THE BUL...
Aug 23, 2024•47 min•Ep. 102
Charlie Vickers (Sauron), Daniel Weyman (The Stranger) and showrunners Patrick McKay & JD Payne join Mike Cosper in a conversation about the second season of Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power . * CAUTION: THERE WILL BE SPOILERS FROM SEASON 1* Find us on Youtube. Mike is joined by actors Charlie Vickers (Sauron) and Daniel Weyman (The Stranger), and showrunners Patrick McKay & JD Payne in a conversation about the second season of Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings ...
Aug 20, 2024•34 min•Ep. 101
Tolkien and the “fantasy generation,” rising abortion rates, and cell phones in schools. Find us on Youtube. This week on The Bulletin, Russell, Mike, and Clarissa cover J.D. Vance’s esteem for J.R.R. Tolkien and the millennial interest in The Lord of the Rings with Karen Swallow Prior (Author, Religion News Service). Then, the four engage on the subject of rising abortion rates in a post-Dobbs world. Finally, we welcome Krista Boan (founder, Screen Sanity) to discuss the cell phone bans in scho...
Aug 16, 2024•56 min•Ep. 100
Kamala Harris’ VP Pick and Iran’s impending attack. Find us on Youtube. Russell, Clarissa, and Mike welcome Tim Alberta (The Atlantic) to review the Democrats’ vice presidential candidate Tim Walz and discuss the impending attack on Israel from Iran with David French (New York Times). GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN: Follow the show in your podcast app of choice Find us on Youtube. Episode 97 referenced: “We’re Not Gonna Take It” Rate and Review the show in your podcast app of choice Leave a comment...
Aug 09, 2024•46 min•Ep. 99
The prisoners come home from Russia. Find us on Youtube. Russell, Clarissa, and Mike welcome Noah Rothman (National Review) to discuss the prisoner return of Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva, and Paul Whelan from Russia. GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN: Follow the show in your podcast app of choice Find us on Youtube. Rate and Review the show in your podcast app of choice Leave a comment in Spotify with your feedback on the discussion–we may even respond! TODAY’S GUEST: Noah Rothman is an American ...
Aug 06, 2024•21 min•Ep. 98
