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The Christian Humanist Podcast

Michial Farmer•www.christianhumanist.org
Religion & Spirituality
Christianity
Arts
Books
Literature
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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Episodes

Episode 289: Homeboys

Michial Farmer talks with Nathan Gilmour and David Grubbs about Adam Again's album "Homeboys."

Mar 24, 2020•1 hr 5 min

Revisiting Episode 183: Teaching Modern Literature

For the run-up to our episode on MassCult and MidCult, listen as Michial Farmer talks with David Grubbs and Danny Anderson about Lionel Trilling's essay "On the Teaching of Modern Literature."

Jan 14, 2020•1 hr 20 min

Revisiting Episode 93: Christmas Specials

In a throwback to 2012, Michial Farmer moderates a conversation with David Grubbs, Nathan Gilmour, and special guest hosts Stephen Sandridge and Tim Rhodes (from the Night Cheese podcast) about the television Christmas special. Starting with adaptations of A Christmas Carol and moving through the weirdness of Rankin-Bass, the crossover crew digs into the ways that sentimentality gives way to irony in the course of television's brief Christmas history but never quite overcomes Charlie Brown. Amon...

Dec 24, 2019•1 hr 12 min

Episode 281: Old Christmas

Nathan Gilmour talks with Michial Farmer and David Grubbs about Washington Irving's Christmas stories from "The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon."

Dec 17, 2019•54 min

Episode 280: Two Advent Sermons

David Grubbs talks with Michial Farmer and Nathan Gilmour about a sermon on Matthew 3 by John Chrysostom and one on Luke 3 by Aelfric.

Dec 10, 2019•55 min

Episode 279: Taxi Driver

Michial Farmer talks with Nathan Gilmour and David Grubbs about Martin Scorsese's 1976 film Taxi Driver and the recent Internet chatter about what makes films art or something other than art.

Nov 26, 2019•1 hr 31 min

Revisiting Episode 31: Dogma and Doctrine

Calling back to 2010, a younger Christian Humanist trio discusses the distinctions and common grounds between Church teaching, certainty in dogmatic pronouncement, and other such meta-theological matters.

Nov 05, 2019•1 hr 1 min

Episode 276: Misery

As part of our 2019 Halloween Crossover Event, Michial Farmer talks about Stephen King's novel Misery with Christina Bieber Lake and Katie Grubbs . . . you dirty bird.

Oct 29, 2019•1 hr 12 min

Episode 273: Woodstock

Nathan Gilmour talks with David Grubbs and Michial Farmer about Woodstock, the legendary and controversial 1969 music festival.

Oct 08, 2019•58 min

Episode 272: Letter to Can Grande

David Grubbs talks with Nathan Gilmour and Michial Farmer about Dante Allighieri's letter to the Veronese nobleman Can Grande (Big Dog).

Oct 01, 2019•56 min

Episode 271: Ash-Wednesday

Michial Farmer talks with Nathan Gilmour and David Grubbs about T.S. Eliot's poem "Ash-Wednesday."

Sep 24, 2019•54 min

Episode 270: Circles

Nathan Gilmour talks with Michial Farmer and David Grubbs about Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay "Circles."

Sep 17, 2019•1 hr 10 min

Episode 269: Graduation

Michial Farmer talks with Nathan Gilmour and David Grubbs about the traditions and the follies of college graduation ceremonies.

May 14, 2019•1 hr 8 min

Episode 268: Leaf by Niggle

David Grubbs talks with Nathan Gilmour and Michial Farmer about J.R.R. Tolkien's short story "Leaf by Niggle."

May 07, 2019•57 min

Episode 267: Loyalty

Nathan Gilmour talks with David Grubbs and Michial Farmer about philosophical problems that emerge when we think about loyalty.

Apr 30, 2019•1 hr 7 min

Episode 266: The 77s

Michial Farmer talks with Danny Anderson, David Grubbs, and Nathan Gilmour about the album "77s" by the 77s.

Apr 23, 2019•1 hr 11 min

Episode 265: Being Alone

David Grubbs talks with Michial Farmer and Nathan Gilmour about the Old English poem "Guthlac" and a section of Bonhoeffer's "Life Together" on the topic of solitude.

Apr 16, 2019•1 hr 12 min
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