Virtue In The Wasteland Podcast

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Synopsis

A podcast about religion, culture, and issues that truly matter. Hosted by Dr. Jeff Mallinson and Dr. Dan van Voorhis.

Episodes

  • ViW15 Funerals

    13/10/2013 Duration: 01h38min

    How culture faces death, with clacissist Dr. C. J. Armstrong.  A quiz game on world funeral traditions.  The history of funerals from the ancient word to today.  

  • ViW14 Fear Itself

    06/10/2013 Duration: 01h26min

    What do you fear?  What do Dan and Jeff fear?  How do we face our fears?  We address this in this podcast that kicks off our October theme of things that scare us.  

  • ViW13c "Breaking Bad" in the Wasteland

    02/10/2013 Duration: 01h04min

    Breaking Bad gets broken down.  Dan shares the top television shows of all time, by category.  We talk television but especially we talk about the choices we make in this chaotic world.  Break virtuous, friends.

  • ViW13 Art in the Wasteland with Micah Bournes

    29/09/2013 Duration: 01h20min

    Spoken word and hip hop artist Micah Bournes chats with us about life in Long Beach, faith and art, and contemporary hip hop culture.  We discuss ways in which people of faith can enter into their cultural conversation with good art, rather than with religious parodies of popular culture. Micah shares what he's listening to lately, a couple poems (one previously unheard). 

  • ViW12 Fighting for the Forgotten with Justin Wren

    22/09/2013 Duration: 02h11min

    Former UFC fighter describes his work with the Mbuti Pygmies.  He tells heartbreaking stories but also uplifting developments in his work to fight for the freedom of these slaves, their reestablishment in hunter-gatherer land, and his future work to bring culturally-appropriate housing technology.  There was audio interference in almost every room and with every piece of equipment, but we pieced together the best parts from the day, especially Justin's presentation to students about Fight for the Forgotten.

  • ViW11b MMA--Pure, Brutal, Virtue with Justin Wren

    18/09/2013 Duration: 59min

    UFC star and advocate for the Mbuti (Pygmy) people of the Congo joins us to answer the question whether it is virtuous to compete in and watch mixed martial arts competition.  Gladiators or artists?  You'll get a chance to find out the inner details of the sport and decide for yourself.  

  • ViW11 Would You Rather?

    15/09/2013 Duration: 01h27min

    Ethical dilemmas in our alleged wasteland.  Dan poses tough questions to college students and tells them "the right answer".  Syria, homeschooling, government internet snooping.  

  • ViW 10 Tattoos--Body art or Vandalism?

    08/09/2013 Duration: 01h35min

    Dan shares his top ten rules to follow before getting a tattoo.  Jeff's pop comes and explains why tattoos are a horrible idea.  Dr. Jack Schultz, an anthropology professor, discusses tattoos in traditional cultures.

  • ViW9c Precarious Week in the Wasteland? [Bonus C-Side]

    04/09/2013 Duration: 01h46s

    Syria, Miley Cyrus, Club Music.  We share our takes on what's going on locally, in our own lives, and in the world.  This is a current events show [C-Side] that we record on the fly and post within 24 hours to provide commentary on what's going on in the news.  

  • ViW9 Jesus the Rock 'n Roll Icon

    01/09/2013 Duration: 01h29min

    The top 10 songs that talk about Jesus but aren't from explicitly religious artists.  We discuss the role of Jesus in Western culture, artist Mark Wallinger, the nature of blasphemy, and some interesting artists you might not have heard before.

  • ViW8 Back to School Special

    25/08/2013 Duration: 01h58min

    We go deep into the cultural value of education, whether you should go or send your children, and the affects of reductionism and secularism on higher education in the West.  

  • ViW7c Another Week in the Wasteland [Bonus C-Side]

    21/08/2013 Duration: 01h10min

    Current events, including Egypt, Wikileaks, journalism and the nature of the news itself. 

  • ViW7 The Road to Happiness

    18/08/2013 Duration: 01h06min

    The history, philosophy, and psychology of happiness.  Dr. John Lu, a colleague and social psychologist joins us.  We play a game to guess the happiest US states and countries around the globe.  We find out from Dr. Lu whether money can buy happiness.  

  • ViW6b Our Muslim Neighbors [Bonus B-Side]

    14/08/2013 Duration: 01h25min

    To help us understand our Muslim neighbors, and the ways in which thoughtful dialog can take place without being disengenous, we brought in an expert in historical and contemporary Christian-Muslim relations, Dr. Adam Francisco.  Adam is an Oxford alumnus, an author of a book on the topic and Assoc. Prof. of History at Concordia University Irvine.

  • ViW6 Where to Live in The Wasteland

    11/08/2013 Duration: 01h05min

    Location, location, location.  Choosing where to live can be one of life's most important concerns, but it's also a decision we often give little sophisticated attention.  Chosing a hometown affects your and your children's ability to fulfil your vocation, and be as virtuous as possible.  It can also affect your potential earning power.  We share about our experience in suburban wastelands, ask whether a good person should live in an urban environment, and why some who grew up in the city are nervous in the country.

  • ViW5c This Week in the Wasteland

    07/08/2013 Duration: 01h04min

    Alex Rodriguez, the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post.  Before we get to those trending stories, we share a couple anecdotes each about our wild week.  Not that wild, but fun.  

  • ViW5 America and the World

    04/08/2013 Duration: 01h18min

    How can we effectively be good neighbors to human beings around the world?  Dan shares the top events that connected America to the world in history.  We interview Andrew Syed about various ways to care about others, including the nonprofit, NGO, and for-profit world.  

  • ViW4b Virtue and Knowledge [Bonus B-Side]

    31/07/2013 Duration: 01h16min

    Interview with Dan Deen, philosophy prof, on the relationship between virtue and knowledge.  We talk about Dan's doctoral adviser Michael Ruse and ways of doing debate between atheists and theists.  

  • ViW4 Bread & Circuses

    28/07/2013 Duration: 01h26min

    Should a virtuous person waste time on sports?  We chat with classical scholar (that means ancient Greece and Rome), Dr. C.J. Armsrong about the history and ethics of sports.  We share the top five banned sports and the top ten most culturally significant American sports moments. This is a show for people who are fanatics as well as those who hate professional sports.  It's about its prominent role in our world and it might be the most fun we've had to date thinking through this stuff.  

  • ViW3b Social Networks and Theology

    23/07/2013 Duration: 01h15min

    Dan and Jeff interview Prof. Joel Oesch about his doctoral research on facebook and theology.  

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