Episode 191: Listener Feedback
Nathan Gilmour talks with Michial Farmer and David Grubbs about some recent emails, Facebook messages, and blog comments from our listeners.
Aug 09, 2016•1 hr 4 min
The Christian Humanist Podcast
Three Christians, teachers, and intellectuals gather digitally to hold forth on literature, theology, philosophy, and other things human beings do well. Taking the question at hand utterly seriously and ourselves not at all, the Christian Humanists attempt to record weekly during the school year and take on some interesting questions. Our website, should you wish to visit us, is http://www.christianhumanist.org, and our email is thechristianhumanist@gmail.com.
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Episode 190: The Right Use of School Studies
David Grubbs talks with Michial Farmer and Nathan Gilmour about Simone Weil's mystical essay about geometry, Latin verbs, and the love of God.
May 10, 2016•1 hr 2 min
Episode 189: For Common Things, Part Three
Michial Farmer talks with Nathan Gilmour and David Grubbs about the final chapters of Jedediah Purdy's 1999 book "For Common Things."
May 03, 2016•1 hr 7 min
Episode 188: For Common Things, Part Two
Nathan Gilmour talks with Michial Farmer and David Grubbs about the middle chapters of Jedediah Purdy's 1999 book "For Common Things."
Apr 26, 2016•1 hr 17 min
Episode 187: For Common Things, Part One
David Grubbs leads off this semester's trilogy with a discussion of the first part of Jedediah Purdy's 1999 book "For Common Things."
Apr 19, 2016•1 hr 17 min
Episode 186: Blister Soul
Michial Farmer talks with David Grubbs and Nathan Gilmour about the 1995 Vigilantes of Love album "Blister Soul."
Apr 12, 2016•1 hr 19 min
The Christian Humanist Radio Network Presents City of Man
The CHRN is pleased to offer you City of Man, a new show from Ed Song and Coyle Neal. If you like what you hear, you can hear more by subscribing to City of Man via iTunes!
Apr 11, 2016•49 min
Episode 185: Top Gun
Nathan Gilmour talks with David Grubbs and Michial Farmer about the 1986 movie Top Gun.
Apr 05, 2016•1 hr 2 min
Episode 184.2: Listener Feedback
Michial Farmer and Nathan Gilmour respond to listener emails. The time stamps for subject matters are thus: [03:30- 07:40] Fandom email of gratitude [07:45- 10:03] Peter's pronunciation guide [10:05-16:15] Eucharist wars: The Seven Year Battle [16:15- 24:50] Faith and Fiction [24:50- 30:10] The first schism [30:13- 37:30] The honorable Baseball [37:33- 39:17] Lionel Trilling essay, erm, episode [39:19- 45:00] Hitchhiker's Guide
Mar 22, 2016•47 min
Episode 184.1: Saint Patrick
David Grubbs talks with Nathan Gilmour about two texts from the fifth-century Christian writer Saint Patrick.
Mar 17, 2016•1 hr 22 min
Episode 184: Joseph
Michial Farmer talks with David Grubbs and Nathan Gilmour about the Biblical narrative of Joseph, found in the latter chapters of Genesis.
Mar 08, 2016•1 hr 11 min
Episode 183: Teaching Modern Literature
Michial Farmer talks with David Grubbs and Danny Anderson about Lionel Trilling's essay "On the Teaching of Modern Literature."
Mar 01, 2016•1 hr 20 min
Episode 182: Baseball
Nathan Gilmour talks with David Grubbs and Michial Farmer about the trio's experiences watching, playing, and thinking about baseball.
Feb 23, 2016•1 hr 9 min
Episode 181: All My Sons
Michial Farmer talks with David Grubbs and Nathan Gilmour about Arthur Miller's modern tragedy "All My Sons," and episode dedicated to Baxter Chase.
Feb 16, 2016•1 hr 2 min
Episode 180.1: Listener Feedback
Michial Farmer and Nathan Gilmour respond to listeners' emails while David Grubbs tends to a lovely new child and a temperamental old automobile. [2:50- 6:20] Calculus, engineers, and mathematical education [6:20 – 11:40] Oldies and Neo-Calvinism/Emergent [11:40- 16:50] Medieval thinking and interactive sites [16:50- 39:05] Nathan and Michial fight about the Eucharist [39:10- 44:50] The Brothers Karamazov and other novels [44:55- 52:05] Radical Orthodoxy vs. Radical Theology [52:05- 59:30] Ya’ll...
Feb 09, 2016•1 hr 1 min
Episode 180: Names and Naming
David Grubbs talks with Michial Farmer and Nathan Gilmour about their own names, names for God, names in the Bible, names in literature, and why David won't reveal potential names for Grubbs baby three.
Feb 02, 2016•1 hr 23 min
Episode 179: Silence
Nathan Gilmour talks with Michial Farmer and Todd Pedlar about Shusaku Endo's great novel "Silence."
Jan 26, 2016•1 hr 15 min
Episode 178.01: Nick at Nicea
For your Christmas enjoyment, Christian Humanist Podcast brings back David Grubbs reciting his original (mostly) poem "Nick at Nice."
Dec 22, 2015•8 min
Episode 178: Firefly
Nathan Gilmour tees up Alexis Neal and Charles Hackney to talk about the cult-classic Joss Whedon show "Firefly."
Dec 15, 2015•1 hr 36 min
Episode 177: The Literature of Exhaustion
Michial Farmer talks with David Grubbs and Nathan Gilmour about John Barth's articles "The Literature of Exhaustion" and "The Literature of Replenishment" along with his short story "Title."
Dec 08, 2015•58 min
Episode 176: Listener Feedback
Nathan Gilmour, David Grubbs, and Michial Farmer respond to listener emails. The Subject Matter breaks down thus: [02:07-05:50] Speaking about things Greek [05:50-13:30] The Christian Humanist Journal [13:30-16:48] A Defense of a Sequel [16:49-22:25] Christian Existentialism [22:27-26:03] Greetings from Trinity Western [26:05-32:04] Hobbits and Tolkien [32:05-34:34] Tillich and Laches [34:34-37:50] Faustus [37:50-41:16] Silence
Dec 01, 2015•43 min
The Christian Humanist Thanksgiving Special
Victoria Reynolds Farmer, along with other CHRN hosts and listeners, talks turkey and explores one holiday in which food is what human beings do well.
Nov 25, 2015•51 min
Episode 175: The Lost Tools of Learning
David Grubbs, Michial Farmer, and Nathan Gilmour consider the trivium as they talk together about her essay "The Lost Tools of Learning."
Nov 17, 2015•1 hr 4 min
Episode 174: Tolkien for the Hostile
Michial Farmer, Nathan Gilmour, and David Grubbs talk for a spell about the work and the legacy of J.R.R. Tolkien.
Nov 10, 2015•1 hr 21 min
Episode 173: Doctor Faustus
Nathan Gilmour, David Grubbs, and Michial Farmer wax dramatic with a conversation about Christopher Marlowe's "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus."
Nov 03, 2015•59 min
Episode 172: Catholic Colleges
David Grubbs, Danny Anderson, and Nathan Gilmour talk about Catholic colleges, seminaries, and universities, tracing their history and talking about parallels with and distinctives from the evangelical colleges that they have served.
Oct 27, 2015•1 hr 22 min
Episode 171: Back to the Future
Michial Farmer, David Grubbs, and Nathan Gilmour talk about the Back to the Future films.
Oct 21, 2015•1 hr 30 min
Episode 170: The Seventh Seal
Todd Pedlar, David Grubbs, and Nathan Gilmour talk about Ingmar Bergman's 1957 film "The Seventh Seal," getting medieval and existential all at once.
Oct 13, 2015•1 hr 12 min
Episode 169: Listener Feedback
Nathan Gilmour, David Grubbs, and Danny Anderson talk back to the listeners as they respond to emails and Facebook messages. The subject matter breaks down thus: 3:00-9:35 [The Excluded Catholic] 9:36-14:33 [Ages Past: Since the Beginning] 14:35-16:05 [Lucrative Project] 16:06- 18:55 [Sex and Children's Tales] 18:56-26:09 [Challenges in Expertise and German Struggles] 26:11-29:45 [The Office] 29:49- 35:09 [Aviation Stories and the Fox in the Desert] 35:10 - 40:18 [Johnathan Dudley Interview] 40:...
Oct 06, 2015•49 min
Episode 168: G.K. Chesterton
David Grubbs, Todd Pedlar, and Nathan Gilmour talk about "Hammer of God" and "The Miracle of Moon Crescent," two Father Brown mysteries from G.K. Chesterton.
Sep 29, 2015•1 hr 15 min
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