Episode 23: Grandfathers of History, part 7
Among legends scattered across a continent, some stories keep showing up.
Apr 18, 2025•26 min•Season 2Ep. 11
WiderBible
Created by an engineer, WiderBible is a podcast of Bible stories for anyone who likes history, archeology, geography, chemistry, physics, and the word ‘unabridged.’
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Episode 22: Grandfathers of History, part 6
Hints of the true history of the world might be scattered among the islands of the world’s largest ocean.
Sep 13, 2024•37 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Episode 21: Grandfathers of History, part 5
Northeast of Babel, beyond the world’s largest mountains, an ancient culture has pieces of the early history of the world.
Apr 12, 2024•36 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Episode 20: Grandfathers of History, part 4
Southeast of Babel lay an ocean. Along its shores are stories of a common past.
Feb 02, 2024•33 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Episode 19: Grandfathers of History, part 3
Some evidence suggests the branches of the European family tree… go back to the same trunk.
Jun 30, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Episode 18: Grandfathers of History, part 2
As people moved further and further away from Babel, they still talked about where they came from.
Feb 03, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Episode 17: Grandfathers of History, part 1
Most people left Babel and settled in other places, but they took their memories with them.
Sep 30, 2022•40 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Episode 16: The Tower
God told people to be fruitful and multiply and fill the Earth, but most people had a different design in mind.
May 27, 2022•38 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Episode 15: Old Seeds in a New World
After the Flood, everyone planted something in the New World, but what would they end up harvesting?
Jan 07, 2022•31 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Episode 14: The Great Deep, part 2
There’s only one storm that wrapped around the entire planet. This is the story of the sailors who lived through it.
Sep 10, 2021•40 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Episode 13: The Great Deep, part 1
This is the story of a storm, and the people who saw it.
Jul 09, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Episode 12: The Millennials, part 4
With chemistry, logistics, and one last chance for the world’s original Millennials, this is the story of building history’s most famous boat.
Mar 12, 2021•39 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Episode 11: The Millennials, part 3
We usually start the story of Noah when he was already middle aged, but what did it take to get there? When the world left God behind, what made Noah different?
Jan 08, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Episode 10: The Millennials, part 2
This is the second part of the story of two civilizations. It’s about family, technology, crime, and the betrayal that was the beginning of the end.
Oct 30, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Episode 9: The Millennials, part 1
After Cain murdered Abel and left God behind, Genesis tells the story of two families. It’s a story of faith, civilization, technology, and men who lived to be nearly a thousand years old. This is the story of the Millennials.
Jul 24, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Episode 8: A Tale of Two Altars
One of the world’s oldest debates began outside the Garden’s gates. This is the story of two men and one God.
Apr 17, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Episode 7: Memories of Eden, part 4
From ancient temples to African legends to fishermen in Nicaragua, stories all over the globe seem to be connected with one another. This episode is about those stories, how they got confused, and the message Adam might’ve wanted everyone to remember.
Jan 31, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Episode 6: Memories of Eden, part 3
If the first two parts of the series were the setting and the crime, this part is the trial. It’s the story of the last evening in Eden, but it’s a tragedy with a twist.
Dec 27, 2019•37 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Episode 5: Memories of Eden, part 2
Part 2 brings heaven’s civil war to the Earth. So far, Lucifer’s rebellion hadn’t gone how he had hoped. Now it was time for a back-up plan.
Nov 29, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Episode 4: Memories of Eden, part 1
With ancient geography, forgotten biology, and an uninvited guest with a past, this episode is the story of Eden.
Oct 25, 2019•28 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Episode 3: A Forgotten History, part 2
There are a lot of versions of history. How do you know yours is the right one?
Jun 28, 2019•35 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Episode 2: A Forgotten History, part 1
There are a lot of versions of history. How do you know yours is the right one?
May 31, 2019•31 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Episode 1: Foundations
For a long time, the Bible was the most important book in the western world, …then something changed. This first episode of WiderBible is the prologue. It looks at the history of the Bible, where it came from, and why so many people disagree about whether its stories are fact or fiction. Christianity makes more sense with a little background.
Feb 22, 2019•31 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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