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On this podcast, we engage in free-ranging conversations on life, faith, philosophy, ethics, relationships, culture, experience, and all matters existential. And as the title of the show points to, we approach these things "in the middle of things," that is, by grabbing hold of them unsystematically and provisionally. Concerning "about us," we are friends and verbal sparring partners who also happen to be colleagues at Andrews University.
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52. Christ Against Civilization? On Paul Kingsnorth
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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51. Spiritual Displacement in Lamentations
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May 07, 2026 |
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50. Resurrection and Doubt
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May 05, 2026 |
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49. Miscellanies on Life - A Catching-Up Episode
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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48. On Shame
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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47. Desire, Imitation, and Scapegoating: A Tribute to R. Girard
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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46. IMR Bites: Wisdom and Discernment [AJ]
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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45. Sexuality and Gender
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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44. IMR Bites: Archetypes and the Shaping of the Self [AJ]
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Jun 14, 2025 |
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43. GUEST EPISODE: Memory and the Stories We Live By
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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42. GUEST EPISODE: Fear and Authoritarian Structures
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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41. On Fear
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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40. On Doubt
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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39. Education and Ancient Texts
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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38. Objectivity as Love and Death to Self
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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37. What Homer's Odyssey has Taught Us
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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36. The Objectification of Reality
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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35. Vagaries of Understanding
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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34. Manifesting: Claiming Reality into Being
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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33. Trophy Culture, Parenting, & Education
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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32. Golden Rule 2.0?: Kant at 300
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May 29, 2024 |
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31. Dare to Think: Kant at 300
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May 12, 2024 |
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30. A Depth Psychology Reading of Exodus
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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29. Life, Theology, and Trauma Literature
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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28. GUEST EPISODE: On Trauma, with Steve Yeagley
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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27. Interpretation is Everything
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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26. A Health and Fitness Episode
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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25. GUEST EPISODE: With Torben Bergland on Fanaticism
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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24. Rethinking Cain, Rethinking Interpretations
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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23. Looking Back at 2023
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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22. Marriage, Eschatology, and Ethics
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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21. Oliver's Approach to Life & Productivity
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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20. LIVE FROM AAR/SBL: Presentations that Spoke to Us
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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19. Ante's Approach to Life & Productivity
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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18. LIVE EPISODE: Is the Bible Still Relevant?
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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17. GUEST EPISODE: With Andrew Tompkins on Resonance
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Oct 22, 2023 |
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16. Culture, Reality, and Belief
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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15. Knowing God's Will
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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14. The Absence and Presence of God
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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13. Mainly on Life Miscellanies, and some on the Suffering God
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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12. Existential Restlessness
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Jun 25, 2023 |
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11. On Mothers: An Ode of Gratitude and Awe
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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10. Faith and Spirituality in a Secular Age
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May 29, 2023 |
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9. Attention, and why It Matters
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May 17, 2023 |
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8. Memory, Learning, and the Good Life
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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7. Across the Divide: Lessons from Jeremiah
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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6. The Promises and Perils of Philosophy
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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5. Why Philosophy? Some Autobiographical Takes
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Mar 19, 2023 |
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4. Identity, Narcissism, and Contemporary Culture
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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3. Identity and Change: Good or Bad?
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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2. Identity, Self, and the Flux of Life
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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1. What is In Media Res?
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Jan 22, 2023 |