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Republicans Want to Win. Democrats Want to Be Right.
Jul 3, 2026
55m 43s
Pastor As Gardener (Part 2)
Jun 12, 2026
52m 23s
Is Pastoring More Like a Startup or a Garden?
May 29, 2026
42m 39s
Why Preston Sprinkle Changed His Mind On Women Pastors
May 15, 2026
1h 08m 27s
Trump, Iran, and Where This All Might Be Headed: A Conversation With Mike Madrid
May 1, 2026
1h 26m 49s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/3/26 |  Republicans Want to Win. Democrats Want to Be Right. | Text us your questions! Democrats can pass huge bills and still lose the argument with the people those bills are meant to help. That’s the tension we dig into with Chuck Rocha, a longtime Democratic strategist, Bernie Sanders alum, and proud “Mexican redneck” from East Texas who learned politics through factory work and union life. He comes in hot on one theme: voters don’t just weigh policies, they decide whether they trust you, whether they feel seen, and whether your message fits their wo... | 55m 43s | ||||||
| 6/12/26 |  Pastor As Gardener (Part 2)✨ | church healthdiscipleship+3 | Matt Erickson | Eastbrook Church | Milwaukee | pastorgardener+3 | — | 52m 23s | |
| 5/29/26 |  Is Pastoring More Like a Startup or a Garden?✨ | pastoral ministrygardening metaphor+3 | Matt Erickson | The Pastor as Gardener: A Renewed Vision for Ministry | — | pastorgardener+6 | — | 42m 39s | |
| 5/15/26 |  Why Preston Sprinkle Changed His Mind On Women Pastors✨ | women pastorscomplementarianism+3 | Preston Sprinkle | From Genesis to Junia1 Timothy 2 | — | women in ministrychurch leadership+3 | — | 1h 08m 27s | |
| 5/1/26 |  Trump, Iran, and Where This All Might Be Headed: A Conversation With Mike Madrid✨ | politicsconservatism+5 | Mike Madrid | Lincoln Project | Minneapolis | TrumpIran+5 | — | 1h 26m 49s | |
| 4/17/26 |  Thinking About Nature With Brian McLaren✨ | naturespirituality+4 | Brian McLaren | — | — | naturespirituality+5 | — | 1h 23m 00s | |
| 4/3/26 |  Bart Ehrman: Is Jesus Responsible for Our Moral Common Sense?✨ | moralityethics+4 | Bart Ehrman | Love Thy Stranger | — | Bart EhrmanJesus+5 | — | 1h 27m 50s | |
| 3/20/26 |  Human Is The New Vinyl: Micah Voraritskul✨ | AIcreativity+4 | Micah Voraritskul | Human Is the New Vinyl: Why Human Creativity Still Wins in the AI Revolution | — | AIhuman creativity+5 | — | 1h 20m 48s | |
| 3/15/26 |  A Live Conversation on the Church, Healing, and Truth-Telling With David Gushee and Keri Ladouceur✨ | churchhealing+5 | David GusheeKeri Ladouceur | Post Evangelical CollectiveA Pastor and a Philosopher Walk into a Bar | — | churchhealing+5 | — | 1h 00m 23s | |
| 2/12/26 |  Backyard Update✨ | listener engagementsupport+3 | — | PatreonPayPal | — | podcastsupport+3 | — | 2m 39s | |
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| 12/12/25 |  Power, Love, and What God Can’t Do: More on Omnipotence With Tom Oord and Chris Lilley✨ | omnipotenceevil+4 | Thomas Jay OordChris Lilley | — | — | Godtrust+5 | — | 1h 18m 39s | |
| 11/28/25 |  Motives, Meaning, and the Enneagram with Jeff Cook✨ | Enneagramself-awareness+4 | Jeff Cook | Enneagramvolume 1 of a series | — | Enneagramself-awareness+5 | — | 1h 28m 02s | |
| 11/14/25 |  Miroslav Volf: How Striving to Be Better Than Others Makes Us Worse✨ | ambitioncomparison+5 | Miroslav Volf | The Cost of Ambition | — | ambitioncomparison+7 | — | 58m 34s | |
| 11/1/25 |  How Latino Voters Are Reshaping American Politics✨ | Latino votersAmerican politics+4 | Mike Madrid | Lincoln Project | — | Latino votepolitical strategy+6 | — | 1h 15m 25s | |
| 9/29/25 |  What Conservative LGBTQ+ Christians Can Teach Us About Love✨ | LGBTQ+ Christiansconservative identity+3 | Dawne MoonTheresa Tobin | Choosing Love | — | LGBTQ+Christians+5 | — | 1h 23m 28s | |
| 9/14/25 |  Deconstructing the Culture Wars with Laurie Johnson | Text us your questions! What happens when political labels lose their meaning? Dr. Laurie Johnson, political philosopher and president of the Maurin Academy, joins us to unpack the tangled roots of America's culture wars and explore pathways toward overcoming our divisions. We discuss her book The Gap in God's Country: A Longer View on Our Culture Wars. The conversation begins with a clarification of political terminology. Laurie explains how American understandings of "liberal" and "conserva... | 1h 22m 46s | ||||||
| 8/26/25 |  Reframing the Bible with Zach Lambert | Text us your questions! Ready to transform your relationship with the Bible? Zach Lambert, pastor of Restore Church in Austin and author of Better Ways to Read the Bible, offers a healing pathway for those wounded by scripture in this candid conversation. Growing up in a Southern Baptist megachurch during the "fundamentalist takeover," Lambert experienced firsthand how the Bible can be weaponized. Disagreeing with the pastor's interpretation is often treated as disagreeing with God. This aut... | 1h 06m 58s | ||||||
| 7/26/25 |  Do You Still Pray? | Text us your questions! What happens to prayer after you rethink religion and spirituality? Does it feel empty, confusing, or even impossible? If so, you're not alone. In this episode, the three of us discuss our journeys from structured, wordy, and sometimes demonstrative prayer lives to something altogether different. Randy reflects on his charismatic past where intercessory prayer dominated his spiritual practice, Kyle raises philosophical questions about whether prayer "works" in a tradit... | 1h 19m 31s | ||||||
| 6/29/25 |  Gender, Faith, and Privilege after Transitioning: Paula Stone Williams | Text us your questions! What happens when a successful religious leader transitions genders and loses everything? Reverend Dr. Paula Stone Williams takes us on her extraordinary journey from privilege to authenticity. Paula once stood at the pinnacle of evangelical success – CEO of a large nonprofit, television host, magazine editor. But beneath this accomplished exterior lived a truth she'd known since childhood: she was transgender. When she finally answered what she describes as a "callin... | 1h 11m 28s | ||||||
| 6/13/25 |  Adding to the Good Pile: Women's Ordination and the Role of the Pastor's Wife with Beth Allison Barr | Text us your questions! How did the role of "pastor's wife" replace ordination for women in church history? Is the news that there was women's ordination in church history hitting you unexpectedly right now? It's cool, we get it; take a moment and come back when you're ready. Historian and actual pastor's wife Beth Allison Barr returns for a potentially revelatory conversation about her latest book, Becoming the Pastor's Wife: How Marriage Replaced Ordination as a Woman's Path to Ministry. D... | 1h 09m 23s | ||||||
| 5/31/25 |  Sexual Ethics, Queer Theology, & Responding to Critics: Matthew Vines (Part 2) | Text us your questions! Matthew Vines returns to discuss how the revised edition of his book addresses critiques from prominent theologians, the distinction between affirming theology and queer theology, and the possibility of affirming, orthodox Christianity. Matthew unpacks the scholarly consensus that modern sexual orientation concepts simply didn't exist in biblical times—a fact many prominent theologians like NT Wright dismiss without substantial engagement. This historical disconnect c... | 1h 23m 11s | ||||||
| 5/6/25 |  Pope Francis' Legacy: A Global Church in Transition | Text us your questions! Pope Francis, a man who inspired even many Protestants and non-Christians with his refreshingly prophetic voice, has died. The process to select his successor is ongoing as we release this. To help us understand what's happening, as well as its historical significance, we're talking with our friend and returning guest Shaun Blanchard, a Catholic theologian and theological historian. He helps us understand the significance of Francis's papacy and what might come next. A... | 1h 14m 54s | ||||||
| 4/29/25 |  Does the Bible Affirm LGB Relationships? Interview with Matthew Vines (Part 1) | Text us your questions! Matthew Vines is here to discuss the revised and expanded edition of his influential book God and the Gay Christian, marking eleven years since its initial release. The book sent shockwaves through evangelical Christianity and remains a powerful and compelling case for an affirming reading of the Bible for those who want to hold onto biblical authority (if you're counting, that's exactly one of the hosts of this podcast). Matthew shares the backstory behind the book, ... | 58m 39s | ||||||
| 4/13/25 |  We Need to Talk About It | Text us your questions! This is a conversation we've been avoiding: how are we doing now that Donald Trump is president again? As we had a break between interviews, we decided to try to unpack how we're feeling, what we're doing, what we've learned about ourselves, and what we're worried and hopeful about. This is an unusually impromptu and unpolished conversation for us. We didn't plan much and the emotions and the thoughts are raw and relatively unprocessed. We hope that resonates, but if i... | 1h 12m 56s | ||||||
| 3/28/25 |  Re-Release - Outrage Porn, Echo Chambers, and the Seduction of Clarity: Interview with C. Thi Nguyen | Text us your questions! This is a re-release of an episode from our second season when we spoke with philosopher C Thi Nguyen. We think it bears re-listening in our current moment. ===== What happens when we seek simple answers in a complex world? Philosopher C Thi Nguyen takes us into the machinery of belief, understanding, and value formation, exploring how we navigate information landscapes designed to manipulate us. Thi introduces the concept of "moral outrage porn"—representations that g... | 1h 02m 25s | ||||||
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Chart history for A Pastor and a Philosopher Walk into a Bar
Peaked at #119 in CZ, currently #119 in CZ.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ | — | #119 | #119 | — |
Chart Positions
1 placement across 1 market.
Chart Positions
1 placement across 1 market.