Author: Bart
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525: Similar values, but contentious under the hood
Bart and John attempt to answer a listener question whose family, despite practically compatible values, insists on framing everything with respect to their religious beliefs. This is causing contentious conversations, and the listener wants to know how to handle it. LISTEN HERE
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524: Lessons from Haiti, with John Engle
John Engle, known for his work with Haiti Partners, joins Bart to answer the question, “What have you learned from your work in Haiti that may be relevant to the tough times we’re going through here in the United States this year?” https://blog.prepscholar.com/do-not-go-gentle-into-that-good-night-meaning-dylan-thomas Haitipartners.org LISTEN HERE
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523: The Death of the Artist, with Bill Deresiewicz
Bill Deresiewicz is an award-winning essayist and critic who has written a new book. The book warns that the art we all love – music, books, films and much more – is in jeopardy. Based on deep research and interviews with artists and content creators, Bill is worried that the digital economy isn’t supporting that…
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522: How should a humanist respond to the Falwell scandal?
A scandal for the ages has emerged about of one of the most prominent evangelical Christian leaders of the Trump era. In this episode, Bart and John attempt to answer the question, “What would make a humanistic response to the situation with the Falwells?” LISTEN HERE
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521: Christian culture, authenticity and Mega, with Holly Laurent and Greg Hess
Mega is an improvised satire from the staff of a fictional mega church, hosted by Holly Laurent and Greg Hess. In this conversation with Bart Campolo, Holly and Greg talk about satirizing American Christianity, what makes it funny, and the mental gymnastics it takes to twist Jesus into a capitalist. But it doesn’t take long…
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520: Speech, tolerance and open debates, with Mark Oppenheimer (Part 2)
In this Part 2 with Mark Oppenheimer, recorded later after both had listened back to their first conversation, Mark and Bart return to take the earlier convo in a practical direction. Including: Facebook versus Letter to the Editor, steel-manning, don’t act in ways you wouldn’t let your kids act, diversity including identity and ideology, features…
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519: BONUS: ‘Tragic optimism’ by Esther Perel, unauthorized edit by Bart Campolo
A recent blog post by Esther Perel caught Bart Campolo’s eye. In this brief, bonus episode, Bart reads his unauthorized edit of Perel’s piece, which is about what we’ve lost in the pandemic, and how to cultivate collective resilience and ‘tragic optimism’. Perel’s original essay can be found HERE. LISTEN HERE
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518: Speech, tolerance and open debates, with Mark Oppenheimer (Part 1)
Mark Oppenheimer is a friend of this podcast who is a signatory to a recent open letter published by Harper’s Magazine, in praise of open debate and tolerance for differing opinions, and against some aspects of ‘cancel culture’, dogmatism and censoriousness. In this conversation with Bart Campolo, Mark chats about why he signed the letter,…
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517: Is intimacy possible between people who have different worldviews?
“Hi Bart, I know in your podcast you talk a lot about people in ‘suddenly interfaith’ marriages, where one is a believer and the other has since left, and obviously there are obstacles, but what I want to know is: Does anything work? Is intimacy possible between people of radically different worldviews?” Bart’s perspective: Sometimes….
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516: Should we deconvert people on the brink? with Leah Helbling
Leah Helbling is a close friend of Humanize Me and a member of the team at the humanist community Cincinnati Caravan with Bart Campolo. In this episode, the two chat about Leah’s instinct to attempt to ‘deconvert’ those who are questioning their faith, and Bart’s belief that many people are better off staying where they are….