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Podcast #531, Politics: Liberals Eating their Own

In this week’s Politics Block we engage with Bill Maher’s latest “New Rule” on the topic of liberals insisting on purity tests to judge how enlightened and woke their fellow Democrats are. We also apply…

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Podcast #530, Culture: Deadbots and Living Humans

In this week’s Culture Block we discuss the latest AI marvel: “Deadbots,” which enable grieving people to continue “talking” with their deceased loved ones. We weigh in on whether this is a good or bad…

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Podcast #529, Religion: The American Pope

In our Religion Block we talk about Bishop Robert Prevost’s election to the papacy as Pope Leo XIV, addressing the question of to what degree, if any, the conservative trajectory among American Catholics informed or…

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Podcast #528, Politics: Health Care and the President’s Personality

In this week’s Politics Block we share some firsthand experience of how broken our health care system is in this country, and then we hear from a listener with some push-back against our coverage of…

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Podcast #527, Culture: 5 Most Impactful Albums, Part 2

In this week’s Culture Block we continue our discussion about the five albums that have had the greatest personal impact on our lives, albums that we have listened to from start to finish more often…

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Podcast #526, Religion: Suspicion of (Catholic) Empire and the “Meanin...

In our Religion Block we address a question from a patron about balancing an admiration of the Catholic Church with a healthy and Exilic suspicion of Empire. We then launch into another segment of “Pastor…

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Podcast #525, Politics: Trump’s First 100 Days

In DXP’s Politics Block we discuss the historic polling about Trump’s performance after his first 100 days in office, as well as how trustworthy and helpful polling such as this is.

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Podcast #524, Culture: 5 Most Impactful Albums, Part 1

In this week’s Culture Block we discuss the five albums that have had the greatest personal impact on our lives, albums that we have listened to from start to finish more often than any others.

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Podcast #523, Religion: Jack Hibbs, Pope Francis, and being “Born Agai...

In this week’s Religion Block we listen to Pastor Jack Hibbs report of the death of Pope Francis, discussing the former’s insistence on the pope being born again as well as the connection between the…

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Podcast # 522, Politics: Mr. Maher Goes to Washington

In this week’s DXP Politics Block we discuss Bill Maher’s recounting of his visit to the White House and spending a few hours with his mortal enemy, Donald Trump. We reflect on Maher’s surprising (even…

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