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The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #109: Country Music
General Introduction - No listener feedback – Our sister podcasts Our Stories with Country Music - West Virginia immigrants – Neo-Traditionalism – Country music and the Klan – The Dixie Chicks’ fall...
View ArticleThe Christian Feminist Podcast, Episode #3.1: Third Wave and Riot Grrrl
Knowing When was the Third Wave? Why was the Third Wave? Pop culture and “The personal is political.” Reading http://www.girlstothefront.com/ Laurie was a punk rocker: anger, class consciousness, and...
View ArticleThe Christian Feminist Podcast, Episode 5.2: Feminism at the Movies
Author’s Note: Marie’s microphone was being a bit spotty. We’re sorry! Introductions KNOWING A review of the Bechdel Test...
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The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #126: American Folk Music
General Introduction - Listener feedback – Tarantino and meaning – Harper Lee, the great American novelist? – More fake papers for us – The mascot of the CHU – The Nobel Prize Personal Experiences -...
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The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #138: Mark Heard
Michial Farmer leads a discussion with Nathan Gilmour and David Grubbs about the late singer/songwriter Mark Heard’s 1992 greatest-hits album High Noon. Heard died unexpected of a heart attack in 1992,...
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The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #140: Answers to Your Questions
We answer your emails today! If you’d like to be included on a future listener-feedback episode, send your comments, complaints, critiques, or criticism to thechristianhumanist@gmail.com. Here are the...
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The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #142: The Suburbs
Michial Farmer leads a discussion with Nathan Gilmour and a very ill David Grubbs on the peculiarly modern ecosystem of suburbia. Listen and hear why we hate American Beauty, what sorts of virtues are...
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Gene Simmons, Capitalism, and Why I’m Torn about the Death of Rock
Gene Simmons: “Rock Is Finally Dead” The Parable of the Madman from The Gay Science might seem a strange partner for a Gene Simmons interview, but the latter made me think of the former. Of course,...
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Anonymity, Fame, and Alienation
In 1966, Ralph Harper, the Episcopal priest and expositor of existentialism, found himself in the middle of the alienating twentieth century. Spiritual alienation, of course, existed long before 1966,...
View ArticleThe Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #146: Psalm 119
Nathan Gilmour chats a spell with David Grubbs and Michial Farmer about Psalm 119. The trio ranges from the literary form of the verse to the ways that the Psalm has shaped the identities of monks and...
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The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #160: Kalhoun
Michial Farmer leads Nathan Gilmour and David Grubbs in a discussion of the 1991 Daniel Amos album Kalhoun.
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The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #163: Listener Feedback
The Christian Humanists respond to listener emails. [0:00] An announcement from David Grubbs! [5:05] Why Christian Existentialism? [9:12] Kierkegaard and Christendom [17:41] John McAdams and academic...
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The Christian Feminist Podcast, Episode # 34: Taylor Swift
Intros Listener e-mail and thanks Knowing Are the CFPers Swifties? A quick bio Reading The Gospel According to Taylor Swift 5 Ways Taylor Swift Exemplifies White Feminism A CF take on several songs...
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The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #186: Blister Soul
Michial Farmer leads Nathan Gilmour and David Grubbs in a discussion of the 1995 Vigilantes of Love album Blister Soul.
View ArticleSectarian Review 8: Merle Haggard
Download or Stream this Episode Danny Anderson is joined by the Christian Humanist Podcast’s Michial Farmer and are joined by special guest….Mike Farmer, Michial’s dad! Join in for a nostalgic...
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The Christian Feminist Podcast, Episode # 39: Hamilton
Knowing Background on Hamilton and Lin-Manuel Miranda How we discovered the show and why it’s interesting Songs we love: “Burn,” “Guns and Ships,” “The Schuyler Sisters” Reading The Villain in Your...
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A Primer on Christian Alternative Rock: The Choir
This is the first entry in what will be a regular ongoing series, in which I examine the history and discography of some of the best artists in the underground Christian rock scene of the 1980s and...
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A Primer on Christian Alternative Rock: Mark Heard
This is part of a regular ongoing series, in which I examine the history and discography of some of the best artists in the underground Christian rock scene of the 1980s and 1990s. That scene doesn’t...
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A Primer on Christian Alternative Rock: L.S.U.
A Primer on Christian Alternative Rock: L.S.U. WHO ARE THEY? The hardest-working man in Christian show business is almost certainly Mike Knott, who fronts L.S.U. (and about forty other bands, as well...
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The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #202: Highway 61 Revisited
Michial Farmer talks with Nathan Gilmour and David Grubbs about Bob Dylan’s 1965 album Highway 61 Revisited.
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