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Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast

Culture, religion and ideas that matter.

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ViW41 Can Virtue Be Taught?

ViW41 Can Virtue Be Taught?

What is virtue anyway, and can it be taught?  This is not our dissertation on the subject, just some friendly conversati... Read more

13 Apr 2014

1hr 16mins

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ViW39 Wrapped Up In Books

ViW39 Wrapped Up In Books

We list great classical, early modern, and modern books and why they are worth reading.

30 Mar 2014

1hr 10mins

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ViW28 Narcissism Classic & Contemporary

ViW28 Narcissism Classic & Contemporary

The myth of Narcissus with classicist and Faithful Masks Fellow Dr. C. J. Armstrong.  We each take an online narcissism ... Read more

12 Jan 2014

1hr 15mins

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Dating

Dating

How should we talk to our children about dating?  How should we date ourselves? Dr. C. J. Armstrong comes along for the ... Read more

7 Apr 2015

1hr 7mins

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Before you Leave the Church: Come Hell Or High-water pt 1

Before you Leave the Church: Come Hell Or High-water pt 1

On today's episode we talk about an upcoming podcast on the 1517 network of podcasts.  We are talking about why people l... Read more

6 Apr 2018

1hr 41mins

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ViW47 Youth Gone Wild

ViW47 Youth Gone Wild

The Winriches are former Jesus Freaks.  They are currently highly involved in youth work, music, and nonprofit organizat... Read more

25 May 2014

1hr 36mins

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Climate Change

Climate Change

Climate change, desertification, ethics, ecology, fisheries, and caring for our neighbors around the world.  Dr. Bignmam... Read more

26 May 2015

1hr 15mins

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The Sin of Onan

The Sin of Onan

Onanism is an old word for masturbation. Why?  What is the historical background to the ways in which the church has und... Read more

31 Mar 2015

1hr 28mins

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ViW22 Nihilism

ViW22 Nihilism

We do our best to define what we mean by nihilism, the history of reductionism, meaninglessness, and the ways in which t... Read more

1 Dec 2013

1hr 22mins

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VIW35 Are You Insane?

VIW35 Are You Insane?

On this, our 50th episode (enter fanfare) we discuss the nature of sanity and insanity. Wait, before you think that this... Read more

2 Mar 2014

1hr 3mins

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"I Survived I Kissed Dating Goodbye" an Interview with Joshua Harris and Jessica van Der Wyngaard

"I Survived I Kissed Dating Goodbye" an Interview with Joshua Harris and Jessica van Der Wyngaard

So, this show was a long time coming.  Since earlier in this year we had been playing phone and email tag with student f... Read more

15 Nov 2018

1hr 19mins

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ViW36 You Asked for It

ViW36 You Asked for It

Dan and Jeff start by a list of regrets, clarifications and retractions from prior shows. Then they talk about MBTI (Mey... Read more

9 Mar 2014

1hr 10mins

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ViW33b Rethinking Immigration

ViW33b Rethinking Immigration

We discuss the history of immigration in the United States and converse with Joe Laughon, a contributor to Cafeconlecher... Read more

19 Feb 2014

1hr 3mins

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All That Power

All That Power

The corruption of power, why people want it, why we don't always realize that power is behind other "causes" and why peo... Read more

31 Jan 2017

1hr 36mins

Ranked #15

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I Love it When You Call Me Big Papa, On Italian and American Popes

I Love it When You Call Me Big Papa, On Italian and American Popes

On Today's show we discuss current events coming out of the Vatican and with Evangelical leader Franklin Graham on curre... Read more

26 Jan 2018

2hr 1min

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A Religion of Cruel Power: The Church of Moloch

A Religion of Cruel Power: The Church of Moloch

On today's episode we discuss an ancient religion with modern implications.

9 Feb 2018

1hr 26mins

Ranked #17

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ViW11b MMA--Pure, Brutal, Virtue with Justin Wren

ViW11b MMA--Pure, Brutal, Virtue with Justin Wren

UFC star and advocate for the Mbuti (Pygmy) people of the Congo joins us to answer the question whether it is virtuous t... Read more

18 Sep 2013

59mins

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Social Movements

Social Movements

Social movements with a real live sociologist.

28 Feb 2017

1hr 32mins

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The Trials of Gina Eilers Part 2

The Trials of Gina Eilers Part 2

This is the second, and longer part, of the story of Gina Eilers, former Lutheran pastor who now identifies as a woman, ... Read more

4 Oct 2016

1hr 56mins

Ranked #20

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Spirit (Animal) in the Sky

Spirit (Animal) in the Sky

Seriously, a show about animals.  Which, of course would be interesting to a large majority of people given the fact we ... Read more

17 Aug 2018

1hr 23mins

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