Best Tim Guzman Podcasts (2025)

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God Squad: America Fourth? 1:03:10

4d ago1:03:10

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https://tlh.villagesquare.us/event/america-fourth/Riffing along with our civic hero Dr. Danielle Allen, you have to start with basic agreements that are foundational (nonviolence as a basic norm, a supermajority for constitutional democracy, and full inclusion for all citizens). We’re also wondering if the secret to a healthy America is to… wait fo…

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Carom Shots: Why Working Upstream From Conflict is So Powerful OR how to become a civility pool shark 30:51

21d ago30:51

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Introducing the newest thing in higher (and we really mean higher — like look UP) education: The Flying Pig Academy. A dream of The Village Square (with support from Florida Humanities) for many years, it’s finally aloft. The division in American society is big and seems impossible at times to address. The bigger, gnarlier and more all-encompassing…

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Flying Pig Academy: How Jonathan Haidt Wrote THE Book for Pigs with Higher Aspirations 1:15:10

1M ago1:15:10

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Introducing the newest thing in higher (and we really mean higher — like look UP) education: The Flying Pig Academy. A dream of The Village Square (with support from Florida Humanities) for many years, it’s finally aloft. The division in American society is big and seems impossible at times to address. The second in the series, after "Location, Loc…

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UNUM Series: OUTRAGED with Dr. Kurt Gray 1:36:36

2M ago1:36:36

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Why does it feel like those on the “other side” are not just different but dangerous? According to our special guest UNC psychologist Kurt Gray in his new book OUTRAGED: Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground the conflict lies in our human instinct to protect ourselves and the ones we love from harm. Find the program…

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God Squad: Ten Paces at High Noon 1:05:15

2M ago1:05:15

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We have become a most tediously offended people. We’re not talking about the big stuff — it’s the “little” things we wonder about. “Sticks and stones may break my bones” and “water off a duck’s back” seem quaint and anachronistic in today’s culture of maximal aggrievement. Provoked by even the slightest offense — that, mind you, we seem to be on co…

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Flying Pig Academy: Location, Location, Location 1:05:56

3M ago1:05:56

1:05:56

Introducing the newest thing in higher (and we really mean higher — like look UP) education: The Flying Pig Academy. A dream of The Village Square (with support from Florida Humanities) for many years, it’s finally aloft. The division in American society is big and seems impossible at times to address. The first, second and third rule? Like buying …

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Dr. Theodore R. Johnson: If We Are Brave | UNUM Series 1:34:26

3M ago1:34:26

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We claim to be a nation founded on an idea. But, especially in these times of civic rupture, are we even all talking about the same idea? Contributing Washington Post opinion writer Dr. Ted Johnson joins us again to discuss his beautiful, powerful new book “If We are Brave: Essays of Black Americana.” The program is faciliated by Dr. Nashid Madyun,…

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Mónica Guzmán: One Step Closer | UNUM series 1:26:50

6M ago1:26:50

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As we contemplated who we might invite for this post-election UNUM gathering, we were (temporarily) flummoxed. A week after the election would we be in need of an expert in election law, a therapist or an exorcist? Could we just place all three on speed dial? Then we realized that no matter what happens during – and after – the 2024 election, there…

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God Squad: Lost & Found 1:06:47

6M ago1:06:47

1:06:47

America’s young adults are telling us they’re not OK — in ways large and small. It’s high time to take a good, close listen and have a frank conversation about the spiking anxiety & depression among adults coming of age in this time of disruption and disconnection. We’re losing more young adults than we can bear. As successive generations move away…

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Tim Urban: What's Our Problem? 1:36:58

7M ago1:36:58

1:36:58

What, exactly, is our problem? Author Tim Urban, known for his extended riff on procrastination in his endlessly wise, sidesplittingly funny, stick-figure illustrated Wait But Why blog, emerged from a 6-year deep think with an answer that has the power to save humanity (from itself). In Urban’s analysis, the primitive mind is a furry orange monster…

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God Squad: Church v. State 1:05:14

7M ago1:05:14

1:05:14

As we barrel toward America’s 250th, one could argue that if we crack up before we get there (some bad days we’d take even odds), it’ll have something to do with the complexity of being in charge of executing one of the founders’ biggest ideas — that the church and the state were to be separate in this new nation of theirs. (It had been so much “ea…

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Frenemies: Berny + Geston both love their country. 1:36:03

7M ago1:36:03

1:36:03

Friends since middle school, Berny Jacques and Geston Pierre are both children of Haitian political refugees who fled political instability that put their families at risk – with Geston’s parents arriving a little earlier than Berny’s. Despite their friendship and shared family immigration story, they have reached very different conclusions about p…

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Wisdom from Conflict: Resetting The Table 1:38:40

12M ago1:38:40

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Drawing on decades of experience addressing volatile disagreements surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Resetting the Table works to transform toxic polarization and destructive political conflict in the U.S. We’ll be joined by Resetting the Table’s Co-Founding CEO, Melissa Weintraub, a veteran peacebuilder and social entrepreneur who has …

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God Squad: Seeking High Ground in the School Wars 59:53

1y ago59:53

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In a culturally, religiously and racially diverse society like ours — with a single public school system designed to educate America’s children — maybe we shouldn’t be surprised that the culture wars have Officially Hit Our Schools. When you clear away the noise, at the core of the struggle is this: what should our schools teach our children—and wh…

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Jonathan Haidt: The Anxious Generation 52:11

1y ago52:11

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We were honored to hang out with our intellectual hero, Dr. Jonathan Haidt, a few weeks before the release of his recent book The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness. Unsurprisingly, the book became an instant #1 New York Times bestseller. If you have kids, if you know kids — heck, if you…

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UNUM Series: The Soul of Civility 1:35:52

1y ago1:35:52

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Find the program online here: https://tlh.villagesquare.us/event/soul-of-civility/ While our special guest Alexandra O. Hudson, author of “The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves,” finds the challenges to civility today dire, she thinks they’re not new — and they’re most definitely not about being more polite. Lexi b…

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Fragile Neighborhoods with Dr. Seth Kaplan 1:24:49

1y ago1:24:49

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“Fragile Neighborhoods is an essential and engaging read for everyone who wants to better understand the challenges facing our cities, towns and our nation at large.” Richard Florida – Bestselling Author of “The Rise of the Creative Class” Find the full program online here — https://tlh.villagesquare.us/event/fragile-neighborhoods/ As we continue o…

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God Squad: Everyone is Canceled! 1:07:34

1y ago1:07:34

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Find the full program online here — and meet The God Squad: https://tlh.villagesquare.us/event/canceled/. We’re living in a time when a bad choice of words (much less a deeply held countercultural opinion) can tank your career, in a media environment where some are doing a near-professional job of elevating being offensive to an art form—almost beg…

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MVS Episode 2: How much gaming is too much?, marriage & gaming, kid gamers, Kingmakers reaction 53:30

1y ago53:30

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How much is too much? what if you are married to a non-gamer? should your kids play video games? We go over all this and more in this episode of Man vs Screen. Join the fight with us! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/ManVsScreen MattackGaming: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqcXlH7B1-2ssVH3Dvuf8LA Shadow of the Erdtree Trailer Breakdown: https:…

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Dr. Jonathan Haidt | After Babel: "The Fragmentation of Everything" 1:42:47

1y ago1:42:47

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We wanted you wonderful SquareCast listeners to know that we didn't plan for this episode to drop on Leap Day and we didn't plan on it being (we kid you not) Episode 100. But both things just happened. At the very least, we think that's a sign that you really ought to listen. Were we "the universe has a plan" maximalists, though, we'd say it means …

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The Big Sort with Bill Bishop 1:10:04

1y ago1:10:04

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Pulitzer Prize finalist journalist Bill Bishop joins The Village Square for Dinner at the Square. (See photos from the event here.) Turns out Americans have been sorting ourselves in every aspect of our lives – in the news we watch, the books we read, the churches we attend, even the neighborhoods we live in. Our special guest Pulitzer Prize finali…

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Being Human in Divided Times: A fireside chat with Village Square founder Liz Joyner 1:26:29

1+ y ago1:26:29

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In this episode of SquareCast Village Square Founder & CEO Liz Joyner let Village SquareCast Corey Nathan talk her into being the guest in an episode. It’s hard to get away from the doom scroll that typifies our life and times right now — we’re clobbered with toxic sludge when we turn on the news, catch up with friends on social media or just try t…

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Rachel Brown: The Roots of Belonging & The Risks of Othering 1:37:50

1+ y ago1:37:50

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In this episode of SquareCast we're joined by the extraordinary Rachel Brown, the Founder of Over Zero—named in reference to the “zero sum game” that exists in sporting events, but becomes dangerous when it overtakes a society, as it has ours. Over Zero was founded to prevent identity-based violence and other forms of group-targeted harm around the…

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Stephen P. Kiernan: Authentic Patriotism 51:45

1+ y ago51:45

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In this age of deep and growing civic divisions, perhaps it's time to revise the comic strip Pogo's iteration of U.S. Navy Master Commandant Oliver Perry's quote from the War of 1812: "We have met the enemy and it is us." From our special Dinner at the Square guest Stephen Kiernan's masterpiece book Authentic Patriotism: “The problems America faces…

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God Squad: Ending the Cycle of Mean 1:06:42

1+ y ago1:06:42

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Americans are sad and lonely, and we don’t feel like we belong. With depression and “deaths of despair” on the rise, over half of us say that no one knows us well—a truly alarming statistic that doesn’t bode well for our future. As if matters weren’t bad enough, we’re not just sad and alone—we’re becoming more mean to each other, and it’s likely pa…

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God Squad: Shut Up and (Don't) Sing 1:05:51

1+ y ago1:05:51

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With our culture wars at a full rolling boil, apparently all it takes to send our enmity over the edge is…a good old-fashioned country song?? The furor over Jason Aldean’s “Try That in A Small Town” (and then there’s Oliver Anthony’s “Rich Men North of Richmond”) is reminiscent of the old furor over The Dixie Chicks—only the “sides” have switched u…

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Dr. Todd Rose | Collective Illusions: Conformity, Complicity and the Science of Why We Make Bad Decisions 1:24:33

1+ y ago1:24:33

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At the core of the deep societal divisions we navigate every day is an assumption that we share little with “those people” with whom we share a country—a belief that leaves us on dangerous ground as a nation. But author and entrepreneur Dr. Todd Rose says we’ve got that all wrong. According to Dr. Rose, not only do we agree more often than we think…

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Robert Putnam & Shaylyn Romney Garrett | Join or Die: Why you should join a club — and why the fate of America depends on it 1:36:48

1+ y ago1:36:48

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“Our national myths often exaggerate the role of the individual heroes and understate the importance of collective effort. —Robert Putnam This is when you meet a living legend and get the benefit of his thinking on the topic he’s been brilliantly, prophetically right about for more than three decades: the deterioration of our connectedness with eac…

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The Way Out: Overcoming Toxic Polarization, with Dr. Peter T. Coleman 1:29:26

1+ y ago1:29:26

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“A remarkable combination of scientific insight, practical guidance, and grounded hope.” —Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of THINK AGAIN Toxic polarization and conflict is exhausting. Whether it’s in your family, at work or in our perpetually acrimonious civic life, it’s like a suitcase full of big ole rocks we lug around while we …

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TP&R Feed Drop | Tim Keller and Michael Gerson, A Tribute with Pete Wehner and Jonathan Rauch 25:01

1+ y ago25:01

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The Village Square is truly delighted to offer you a feed drop episode of Talkin' Politics & Religion Without Killin' Each Other—a podcast we loved so much, we convinced its host to also be our host (that's fandom). Along with Village SquareCast, TP&R is also a proud member of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken i…

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When the People Decide Feed Drop | Libraries as civic spaces 26:13

1+ y ago26:13

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The Village Square is truly delighted to offer you a feed drop episode of When The People Decide, a podcast about how everyday people are shaping democracy. Along with Village SquareCast, they're a member of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it. Listen to When…

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How Do We Fix It Feed Drop | The Middle 70%. In This Together: Bill Shireman 31:37

2y ago31:37

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The Village Square is truly delighted to offer you a feed drop episode of the "How Do We Fix It?" podcast, from the coolest podcast hosting dynamic duo we know and love, Richard Davies and Jim Meigs. These two have real fun together and with their guests—and we all get to listen. This episode of How Do We Fix It? "The Middle 70%: In This Together" …

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Let's Find Common Ground Feed Drop | Patriotism: Pride, Race and Reckoning 31:29

2y ago31:29

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The Village Square is truly delighted to offer you a feed drop episode of the "Let's Find Common Ground" podcast, from the extraordinary national leader in bridging divides Common Ground Committee. (Shout out to the co-founders Bruce Bond and Erik Olsen. We're groupie fans.) Meet them: With polarization dominating public discourse, can we find a pa…

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Democracy Works Feed Drop: Separating News From Noise 49:46

2y ago49:46

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The Village Square is truly delighted to offer you an episode of one of the best podcasts in the democracy space—Democracy Works. Meet them: The Democracy Works podcast seeks to answer that question by examining a different aspect of democratic life each week — from voting to criminal justice to the free press and everything in between. We intervie…

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TP&R Feed Drop: Bob Cusack, Editor in Chief at THE HILL 59:57

2y ago59:57

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The Village Square is truly delighted to offer our very favorite listeners (you) this feed drop of one of our very favorite podcasts (that isn't Village SquareCast)—Talkin' Politics & Religion Without Killin' Each Other—with its host the one and only Corey Nathan. (Corey just happens to also be our co-host too we like him so much.) In this episode …

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A Braver Story: The Braver Angels Story of American Citizenship 1:35:08

2y ago1:35:08

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The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. —Abraham Lincoln. This episodes tells the story of one group of people who have risen. Built by patriotic volunteers, Braver Angels is a national movement to bridge the partisan divide, equally balanced between conservatives and progressives at every level of leadership…

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God Squad: Political Football, Inc. 1:08:02

2y ago1:08:02

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Is political branding of everything really good for anyone? These days politicians aren’t the only ones who have to state their opinion on every single political disagreement du jour. It seems like practically every religious, nonprofit and for-profit company has to do the same, with everyone from mom-and-pop operations to Fortune 500 companies for…

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Created Equal | Walking Up Hill Both Ways: Black Women & The Fight for Equality 1:06:34

2y ago1:06:34

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Throughout American history, Black women have been expected to serve and support others. Now, what should be done to support Black women? Despite Black women being the anchor for their families, networks, and community, they continue to be disregarded for economic opportunities, dismissed in health care, and deprioritized in society. Black women in…

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Broken News with Chris Stirewalt 1:27:32

2y ago1:27:32

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Don’t miss this warm, funny professional’s guided tour of an industry that is failing us—the "Broken News." You'll laugh, you'll cry. You'll know a thing or two to do to fix it. Our very special guest, Chris Stirewalt—a former Fox News political editor— gives us an inside view of the rage-driven political environment we’ve found ourselves plunged i…

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God Squad: Love Thy Neighbor. No Exceptions? 1:04:40

2y ago1:04:40

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Love Thy Neighbor. No Exceptions? Does the admonition to love one’s neighbor really come without exceptions? Must churches welcome white nationalists? Gay couples? January 6 sympathizers? BLM activists? Is everyone my neighbor? And what does love really mean? Joining us for God Squad are Father Tim Holeda of St. Thomas More Co-Cathedral, Pastor Joe…

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Peter Kageyama: For the Love of Cities 1:00:06

2y ago1:00:06

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Why do we connect emotionally with some places and not others? And why does that matter? Author and speaker Peter Kageyama loves cities. Big cities, small cities, villages and small towns. Our special podcast guest is Peter Kageyama on his extraordinary book. Wherever you live, this program is for you. In fact, wherever you live, we think you ought…

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Local Patriotism: The "David" of local community vs the "Goliath" of national dysfunction 1:30:27

2y ago1:30:27

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The forces that divide us are big, strong, viral, international in scope and have seemingly infected every system of our body politic. It’s the degree of that rot that has led us back this year to where it all began — to people we’ve come to know over these years — to this place, these people. Through this tumultuous time, we have come to believe t…

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Hate, Undone. With Daryl Davis. 1:36:17

2y ago1:36:17

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"WHEN TWO ENEMIES ARE TALKING, THEY'RE NOT FIGHTING." When Daryl Davis was ten, he didn’t understand hate yet. But then he was the only black scout in a parade to honor Paul Revere’s ride to Concord, when he began getting hit by bottles. It was then that he formed a question in his mind that he’s spent much of a lifetime answering: “How can you hat…

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God Squad: Let Friendship Redeem the Republic 54:30

2+ y ago54:30

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In our year-long celebration of the superpower of healthy friendships across differences, you’ll meet God Squad’s friends who they don’t quite agree with. Then we’ll let friendly disagreement rip (and live to tell). Join us for this chat about how to tackle difficult topics within the relationships that matter to us the most… and how to keep friend…

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God Squad: Holy Misconceptions, Batman!! 1:07:15

2+ y ago1:07:15

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Isn't Hanukkah the most important holiday to Jews? Don't Catholics object to sex unless reproduction is the goal? Don't all religions worship the same God and (more or less) teach the same things? Doesn't the Bible say that God helps those who help themselves? The God Squad will consider many of the myths, truths, and misunderstandings that everyda…

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Who Stole the American Dream? 1:17:20

2+ y ago1:17:20

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Hedrick Smith, Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times reporter and editor and Emmy award-winning producer/correspondent, has established himself over the past 50 years as one of America’s premier journalists. His best-seller, “Who Stole the American Dream” is a startling and revealing portrait of the past 30 years of U.S. political and econom…

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The Theory of Enchantment with Chloé Valdary 1:27:00

2+ y ago1:27:00

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“Chloé has an independent cast of mind and a roving curiosity that leads her to ask probing questions, pursue original lines of inquiry, and reach provocative and often brilliant conclusions. Every time I see her, I walk away with my mind buzzing with new ideas—her ideas.”—New York Times columnist Bret Stephens Chloé Valdary has a refreshing and hu…

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Respect, Rebel, Repeat: Subversive Friendships for Divided Times 40:20

2+ y ago40:20

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Back in the day, many political foes were friends in real life—hanging out for a beer after a tough legislative floor fight, attending their kids’ weddings over the weekends. It’s a sure sign of the times when any across-the-aisle friends that still exist out there in the wild tend to keep their friendship on the down low, in case they’d be accused…

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“I Never Thought of it That Way" with Mónica Guzmán 1:34:28

2+ y ago1:34:28

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‘The way you show people that they matter is aiming your curiosity at them. Ask yourself “what kinds of people do I talk about, but never with?” Whoever is underrepresented in your life will be overrepresented in your imagination.’ —Mónica Guzmán Ready to fight back against the confusion, heartbreak, and madness of our dangerously divided times? Fi…

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God Squad: Souls to the Polls? 58:34

2+ y ago58:34

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It’s an election year. Should churches have political candidates speak at Sunday services? Should clergy tell congregants how to vote? Should congregations organize political rallies or get-out-the-vote efforts? What are the proper lines for religious involvement in politics? And what are the consequences (to the body politic and to religious commu…

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