Latest Bonhoeffer Podcast Episodes
Ep 326 What We Learned: The Final Episode
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - February 15, 2019 01:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsI am exhausted, emotionally and otherwise... hey all, Dan here... just posted this last episode with calls from listeners, and a song at the end with a story that wraps into ViW... So, this is it. Thank you all. Check out virtueinthewasteland.com for where you can find us, now that the curtain ...
Ep 325 The Second to Last Show
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - February 11, 2019 20:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsSo, if the title of the show doesn't give it away.... surprise! After 300+ weeks, 3 continents, dozens of states and hours of conversation, we are hanging up the microphones and turning the lights out on the ViW project. But, not without a bang. This is the second to last- we ask that you call t...
Religion, Empire, and Molech: Lessons from the Augsburg Interim
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - January 31, 2019 22:43 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsGiving shows their titles is a funny thing. I’ve probably done 250 or so of them, and I rarely think much about it. Also, when I myself look for podcasts, all I care about is the title of the episode. The very thing I wasn’t paying attention to! Preposition! To which, I had not paid my attention....
Dutch Radicals, The Reformation, and Wackysoup
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - January 25, 2019 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsI used to think it was really cool when people broke the 4th wall. You know, like, in Fight Club or the original Pink Panther when something happened to remind you that you were indeed watching a film reel. There is nothing as clever here, but a little twist which might make you take notice. Us...
The United States of America: An Experiment in Federalism
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - January 18, 2019 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsSometimes our shows start with really simple ideas. For instance, one of us might think of something that would be relevant to the podcast and send the article, idea, etc… via text. We do a little reading, figure out what the “bigger story” at play is, and… voila. An hour and a half later, plu...
Dvorak, Anti-Natalism, and Other Unrelated Issues: We Take Your Calls!
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - January 11, 2019 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsTime to clear out the old phone machine and respond to some of the more common, or curious questions we received. The first half hour of the show has us talking about 2019, Dan's favorite movies of the year, and reading a very revealing and honest email. the next hour is all your calls- a few n...
The Biggest and Best of 2018
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - January 04, 2019 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsHappy New Year! On today’s show we talk about the biggest and best of 2018 and what we might look forward to in 2019. It’s an episode with the two guys doing what they love most, chatting with each other about challenges in culture and the church. We decided to look at the “biggest” and “best” ...
Losing Our Religion: The Lost R.E.M. Show
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - December 28, 2018 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsLittle known fact: the original name of Virtue in the Wasteland was “Jeff and Dan’s Vanity Project to Explore Their Hobbies” but we decided to go a little more broad and talk about society and religion and stuff… Maybe that’s not exactly how it played out, but there is a funny bit of guilt we fee...
Jesus Politics and the Academy
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - December 21, 2018 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsAndrew Syed (formerly Andrew Paquin) visited Jeff recently, during which time Dan was in Dallas related to the new 1517 Academy (check it out). Andrew was Jeff's colleague at a previous institution, until politics and conceptions of Christian political beliefs resulted in a controversy. Andrew an...
the 2018 Christmas Spectacular
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - December 14, 2018 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsChristmas movies and carols and traditions and….. we could go on and on. And in fact, we have gone “on and on” for over 5 years now doing a special Christmas show. On today’s show the guys are back together again in the comfy confines of the ViW Irvine studios and it felt like old times. The the...
The Theology of the Cross and EGBOK- Live from HWSS2018
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - December 07, 2018 01:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsI don’t have any naked baby photos. Frankly, I don’t have any baby photos. I blame either a house fire or parental indifference. Nonetheless, I wonder if I might not start subtitling my talks as “naked baby photos” not because there are, but because when I overshare, that’s the closest thing I ca...
The Bears and the Butterflies- HWSS2018
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - November 30, 2018 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsFrom Here We Still Stand 2018: This is a talk with Jeff blowing up any ideas of works righteousness and refuses to settle with a message that’s just another doctrine to keep straight or moral code to live up to. Maybe you’re a bear, maybe you’re a butterfly, listen to this talk and it will make s...
Seculosity with David Zahl
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - November 23, 2018 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsDavid Zahl leads Mockingbird Ministries and has a forthcoming book about secular religion and self-righteousness in America. We talk virtue signaling, popular music, Bob Dylan's Christian era, and Charlottesville, VA. Pre-order Dave's book ! virtueinthewasteland.com
"I Survived I Kissed Dating Goodbye" an Interview with Joshua Harris and Jessica van Der Wyngaard
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - November 15, 2018 20:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsSo, this show was a long time coming. Since earlier in this year we had been playing phone and email tag with student filmmaker Jessica van der Wyngaard regarding her new documentary project that chronicles the lives of those influenced by Josh Harris, for good or ill. The first interveiw is...
#Churchtoo with Emily Joy in Nashville
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - November 09, 2018 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsOn this weeks episode we welcome back an old guest of the show: Emily Joy. Since last being on our show, Emily Joy has contributed to Jeff's book Sexy as well as co-founded the #churchtoo movement and has become something of a lightning rod for issues of abuse in the church. We interviewed Emil...
LIVE at Here We Still Stand 2018
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - November 01, 2018 23:52 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsOn this weeks’ episode we take you back to the 2nd Annual Here We Still Stand conference in beautiful, if slightly milquetoast, San Diego (just kidding San Diego, we love you, as we have recorded at least once a year from your confines only to eventually praise your street food, socio-economic di...
Going Conservative in the Age of Trump
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - October 26, 2018 00:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsEric Dorman discusses his personal transition from progressivism to classic conservatism despite being a never Trumper, and the pragmatic nature of Tennessee politics. He works for a nonprofit news source that serves the homeless in Nashville, is a frequent contributor to Mockingbird, and runs hi...
Character Matters
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - October 19, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsAfter five plus years of the podcast, we finally get around to a proper discussion of virtue ethics. We do so with the leading active scholar in America today: Christian Miller of Wake Forest University. (The Roman Catholic Alisdair McIntyre and Lutheran Gilbert Meilaender have both recently reti...
Conversations with the Reverend Dr Victor Singingeagle
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - October 12, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsOn today's show we travel into the deep south, racecar country, to meet up with Fr. Victor Singingeagle to talk about Potowatomi religion and Christianity, the pre-columbian social world of 15th c. America, and life as an outsider looking in. We first met Fr. Victor Singingeagle through our f...
Expectations v Reality on the Road
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - October 08, 2018 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsReflections on first leg of the road trip through the American Southeast, and an interview of three committed Christian kids in the Bible belt who defy easy categorization. Julia, Luke and Calista share their candid thoughts on hot button topics. Not a debate but fact finding. virtueinthewastela...
Star Wars and Jesus in Orlando
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - October 05, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsThe #VIWROADTRIP2018 is underway, and this is our first show from the road. While we are on the trip to visit a few people and places in the south, we started our RV trip in Orlando at the home of one of Jeff's best childhood friends. The beginning of the show is a little different than others, ...
The Not-So-Sacred Enneagram?
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - September 27, 2018 18:22 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsOh, that title almost sounds cynical. You know, like the kind of show that goes “you know that one incredibly popular thing? yeah? We, and God, disapprove”. That’s not our vibe, so, if you’re looking to slam on the Enneagram, that’s not what’s happening. In fact, you might be surprised at what we...
On Superheroes and the Heliand
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - September 21, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsOn today's show we talk about heroes and superheroes as an entrance into talking about one of the great lost "superhero" stories of all time: the Heliand. This story, a kind of Beowulf meets King Arthur meets the Gospels, was super important during a few critical times in our history. The story...
Ep 303: History, Sex, and Community: Your Phone Calls
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - September 14, 2018 00:20 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsSo, last week we gave you a show that clocked in at over two hours- we always recommend that you break the show up in to bits, and so it might take some time for you to get to this next show. But fear not, this one is a shorter show, comprised of a few questions and calls from listeners. Lest you...
Back to School Special V- Everything Has a Story: Interviews at Tyler Station
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - September 07, 2018 00:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsWhoa boy, this is a long one. But well worth it, and we hope you will agree. Break it up into a few listens, the show consists of three long form interviews. A few weeks ago we played the stunningly raw April Kirby discuss her own story of abuse in the church, but we didn't head down to a cre...
Ep 301 Death, Sex, and McCain
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - August 31, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsOk, so we have these interviews, and we have listener calls, and we wanted to get to all or most of these things this week. And then things changed, unfortunately. On this episode we talk about the place of public mourning, we answer your pressing questions on tyrannosaurus procreation, talk ab...
How To Listen: Tension, Faith, and Art, An Interview with April Kirby
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - August 23, 2018 20:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsSo this is show 300. And it's recorded on location in Dallas, TX. This interview was going to be in a series of interviews on craftsmanship, vocation and creativity. And trust us, April is one talented woman. You can check out her stuff on Aprilkirby.com- she tells stories, makes videos, and h...
Spirit (Animal) in the Sky
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - August 17, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsSeriously, a show about animals. Which, of course would be interesting to a large majority of people given the fact we have an entire television networks devoted to animals. The problem is, neither of these two Drs are a zoologist, and we're pretty sure Dan couldn't tell you the difference betw...
Spoiling Saint Augustine
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - August 09, 2018 22:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 230 ratingsAugustine, his importance, the City of God, the Confessions, and what he means for Western Christianity. Also, is there any legitimate criticism or concern about his views on the relations between church and empire? Also, Jeff gives his take on the Beverly Hills Chihuahua franchise.
The Virtue in the Wasteland Hotline (Bling): Your Calls, Our Answers
Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast - August 02, 2018 23:37 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 230 ratings"Why don't you guys talk about [fill in the blank] more often?" We've gotten this comment throughout the years, and as a show about everything, it's hard to give all of our topics the appropriate time. So- we opened the Virtue in the Wasteland Hotline at 1-844-393-0012. And, as you may have hea...
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