Religion Tagged Episodes

May 17, 2026

Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky was a practicing Christian, and his writings often feature characters who…

April 19, 2026

In April 2024, we lost one of the greatest American philosophers of our time—Daniel Dennett.…

January 11, 2026

William James is one of the great American philosophers, historically important as a philosopher (pragmatism…

December 14, 2025

Over 400 years after his death, Shakespeare is still widely regarded as the greatest dramatist…

September 14, 2025

Hildegard von Bingen was a 12th century mystic, polymath, and composer whose work spanned visionary…

July 20, 2025

What movies of the past year challenged your assumptions and made you think about things…

February 12, 2023

More than a century and a half after On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin’s…

December 25, 2022

Some people think Jesus was the son of God, though many who are skeptical about…

June 19, 2022

Antisemitism is an old problem with roots that reach back to medieval Europe. While earlier…

October 3, 2021

Whether for economic reasons or to flee violence and persecution, immigration rates continue to climb…

December 20, 2020

Some would argue that faith requires that one blindly—rather than rationally— believe. Faith in one…

October 14, 2018

According to a report from the Jubilee Debt Campaign, there are currently 24 countries facing…

December 24, 2017

The question of what happens to us after we die remains as mysterious now as…

January 31, 2016

It sounds plausible to require that all our beliefs be based on evidence and sound…

December 13, 2015

Taoism (sometimes Daoism) is one of the great philosophical traditions of China. Lao-Tzu, who is…

January 18, 2015

Morality tells us how we ought to behave, if we want to do the right…