Episodes

  • #63: The Bible As A Survival Tool with Courtney Hitson
    Sep 12 2025

    Jeanne talks with Courtney Hitson! Together they discuss their spiritual origins, atheism and the work of Flannery O'Connor.

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    47 mins
  • #62: Liberating The Bible with Jody Ondich
    Aug 1 2025

    Joining Jeanne this week is Jody Ondich, Professor of Philosophy at Lake Superior College! Together, they discuss the benefits of open text resources, humor in the bible and the choice of abstaining from religion.

    Read Jody Ondich's Book "Reading the Bible as Literature: a Journey" Here!: https://minnstate.pressbooks.pub/bible/

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    36 mins
  • #61: Reverend Doctor Yolanda Pierce
    Jul 4 2025

    Jeanne talks with Reverend Doctor Yolanda Pierce about the Chicago Black Renaissance, Poet Margaret Walker and Dr. Pierce's new book 'The Wounds Are the Witness'

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • #60: Dr. Miranda Zapor Cruz on Christian Nationalism and the Jesus-Way
    Jun 6 2025

    Jeanne sits down with Professor Miranda Zapor Cruz. Join them for conversation about the nature of power, citizenship, and the Jesus-Way. As Cruz explains in her book Faithful Politics, Christian Nationalism and the Jesus-Way do not go together.

    Professor Miranda Zapor Cruz's Book "Faithful Politics" available at these links: https://mirandazaporcruz.com/faithful-politics/

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    54 mins
  • S4 Episode 3: Dreams-- with Jennifer!
    Apr 25 2025

    Jennifer is back! --And joining in on this season's conversation of dreams in the bible! Joining us is citizen scholar, Luke Moss.

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    49 mins
  • S4 Episode 2: The Dreamings of Abimelech
    Apr 4 2025

    Jeanne and citizen scholar, Luke Moss are back to analyze the twenty-one dreams featured in the Bible!

    Torrance Church - Dreamscapes of Divine Revelation: Unveiling the 21 Dreams In The Bible

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    32 mins
  • S4 Episode 1: Dreams with Gen Z
    Mar 14 2025

    This week, Jeanne is joined by her Wild Olive colleagues (Matt, Klara & Luke) to discuss Levertov's poem "The Jacob's Ladder" and kick off this season's theme of "Dreams". Together they analyze dreams as they appear in the Hebrew Bible, specifically Genesis and Jacob's Dream at Bethel.

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    36 mins
  • S3 Episode 19: The Sauciness of "Song of Songs"
    Feb 28 2025

    This week, Jennifer and Jeanne entertain ideas found in chapter nine of Jennifer's book "Marriage and The Bible" through analyzation of "Song of Songs" as love poetry, and a saucy one at that!

    DISCLAIMER: Technical difficulties on Jeanne's mic, apologies for sound quality!

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    41 mins