John Garth is the most epic living scholar of JRR Tolkien. He dropped an amazing lecture for the Tolkien Heads class we are currently running, and yesterday he joined our live stream for some nerdy fun. It was too much fun not to share. Plus some of you may not have joined the class to get those ohh … Read more about John Garth: Exploring Tolkien’s Life and Legendarium

Philip Clayton returns to the podcast! This conversation was inspired by an online academic conference I put together as part of the God & the Book of Nature project at the University of Edinburgh titled the Mindfulness of Nature. You can find videos of all the papers from the gathering … Read more about Philip Clayton: on the Mindfulness of Nature

I am thrilled to have Rev. Dr. Ben Bosell on the podcast and honored to be a part of his book launch for Confronting Whiteness. Our conversation was recorded live at Common Market Southend in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it was a blast.  Ben and I became friends in undergrad at Campbell … Read more about Ben Boswell: Confronting Whiteness

This is a preview stream for our upcoming online class - Tolkien Heads. The class is for those who want to go deeper into Middle-earth, but don't know where to start. In this class you'll be accompanied by fellow Tolkien heads and guided by Tolkien experts like John Garth and Flemming Rutledge to … Read more about Tolken Heads: a Nerdy Journey into Middle-earth

In this special episode, I am joined by Carmen Butcher and Mike Morrell to have a convo about everyday mysticism. They are the hosts for The Mystics Summit and just finished interviewing more than 30 scholars, teachers, and contemporary mystics — including Heiwa No Bushi, Mirabai Starr, Banafsheh … Read more about Everyday Mysticism & the Wisdom of Brother Lawrence

We just finished the Christianity in Process class with John Cobb and had a bunch of lingering questions. So I called in my friend and super nerd, Tom Oord, for a little Process Theology QnA. These questions were all submitted by class members, but they ended up inspiring a conversation worth … Read more about Thomas Jay Oord: Process Theology QnA

This is a Fantasy Draft!!  Joining me for all the fun are three friends with plenty of CCM wisdom for the fantasy battle. After you listen to the episode head down below and vote for the winner. Whoever wins the battle will be selecting a song for the four of us to rock during the karaoke session at … Read more about The CCM Fantasy Draft

Jon Ivan Gill is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Gustavus Adolphus College (St Peter, Mn.) And Cross-Community Coordinator at the Center for Process Studies (Salem, Or. and Claremont, Ca.). He is an avid scholar of Whiteheadian process thought, metaphysics, cultural studies, aesthetics, … Read more about Jon Gill: Aesthetic Religion

What a treat! Joseph A. Bracken, SJ, is back on the podcast! He is an emeritus professor of theology at Xavier University and one of my favorite philosophical theologians. I even wrote a chapter about him in my last book. In the conversation we discuss... how he found the work of Whitehead … Read more about Joseph Bracken: Theology in an Event-Filled World

Occasionally this theology nerd comes out as the other kind of nerd, a comic book nerd. My absolute favorite comic book run is Jason Arron's time on Thor and it is at the center of the next MCU film, Thor: Love and Thunder. In this episode, HBC's Guru of Geekdom, Rev. Will Rose, is here with a Thor … Read more about The Mighty Thor & the God Butcher Revival

BOOM! Jake Erickson is back on the podcast. This one is a complete blast. In our conversation we discuss... - The origin story of a Lutheran queer eco-process theologian from North Dakota - an exploration of religion & violence - exploring sexuality, queerness and desire - god is queer - … Read more about Jacob Erickson: The Becoming of a Lutheran Queer Eco-Process Theologian from North Dakota