Episodes

Thursday May 18, 2023
145. Dawn Wright | A Divine Abyss
Thursday May 18, 2023
Thursday May 18, 2023
In the summer of 2022 Dawn Wright became only the 27th person ever, the fifth woman, and the first Black person to descend into the deepest part of the ocean, a place called Challenger Deep. As a scientist, Dawn has been studying and helping to map the depths of the ocean, but being there in person uncovered a new dimension and deepened her connection with the mysterious underwater world. In the episode, Colin and Dawn talk about the science of mapping, the world of deep sea submersibles, and how finding trash in the most remote places of our planet might spark a renewed sense of stewardship for all of God’s creation.
Additional Resources
Story Map of Dawn's Challenger Deep Dive
Explore Challenger Deep Map in GIS
Animated video of Alvin Dive
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Thursday May 11, 2023
144. Francis Collins & Deb Liu | Live from Silicon Valley
Thursday May 11, 2023
Thursday May 11, 2023
Deb Liu, the CEO of Ancestry, and Francis Collins, the previous director of the NIH and leader of the Human Genome project, delve into the fascinating world of genetic science, exploring its implications on our understanding of human identity, ancestry and health. Throughout the conversation they also share stories and reflections on how their Christian faith motivates their work and sheds light on the ethical and moral considerations that arise when navigating the complex world of genetic research and its applications.
The episode was recorded in front of a live audience in San Francisco in late April 2023.
Additional Resources
All of Us Research Program
Take Back Your Power by Deb Liu
Ancestry.com
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Thursday May 04, 2023
91. Jason Fileta | Faith, Justice, Climate
Thursday May 04, 2023
Thursday May 04, 2023
Jason Fileta didn’t start out as an environmental activist. His first passion was to alleviate the suffering of the poor and hungry. As he met and heard the stories from those struggling with poverty and hunger he often asked them the question: if we could get a million Christians in North America to raise their voices on an issue that impacts your community, what would it be? He was surprised when a farmer in Uganda said climate change. But then he started to hear story after story of how climate change has made the lives of people harder, and this has led Jason to understand the deep connection between our caring for the planet and the lives of the poor and hungry around the world.
This episode original aired on September 30th, 2021.
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Thursday Apr 27, 2023
143. The Ocean Declares | Horseshoe Crabs, Hospitality & Creatureliness
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
When the wind is just right, on a small beach in Titusville, Florida, horseshoe crabs crawl out of the water and onto the beach to lay their eggs. Jim and Colin joined up with two marine biologists—Bob Sluka who works with A Rocha, a Christian conservation organization and Margaret Miller, a coral biologist who works with SECORE International—and three A Rocha interns to survey the horseshoe crabs. That experience began an exploration into paying attention to many of the creatures that surround us, extending hospitality, and learning from the creatures, even from the ocean itself, about how we might better worship the creator of it all.
Additional Resources:
Learn about A Rocha
Do your own nurdle hunt
Atlantic Article about Synthetic alternatives to LAL
Radiolab Episode about Horseshoe Crabs
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Thursday Apr 20, 2023
142. Kyle Meyaard-Schaap | Environmental Evangelism
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
When Kyle Meyaard-Schaap joins a climate march or calls a senator to talk about his concerns about climate change, he sees it as an act of evangelism. His new book Following Jesus in a Warming World: A Christian Call to Climate Action tells the story of how he came to understand that acting on climate is necessary and urgent and that it fits within the call to follow Jesus. He tells some of his story here and also talks about parenting, imagination, and the role a pastor can play in bringing about the change we hope to see.
Learn more about Kyle's book, Following Jesus in A Warming World.
Check out Evangelical Environmental Network at creationcare.org
Check out Young Evangelicals for Climate Action at yecaction.org
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Thursday Apr 06, 2023
141. Gayle Boss | Let Compassion Take Root
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
Over the season of lent we’ve been reading excerpts from Gayle Boss’ Book Wild Hope. In this episode we talk to Gayle about where the book came from and about how the stories of wild and imperiled creatures can help us into the story of Christ and his journey to the cross.
Find out More about Wild Hope and Gayle's other books.
Thanks to Paraclete Press which gave permission for the experts from Wild Hope throughout lent. www.paracletepress.com
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Thursday Mar 30, 2023
140. Brandon Vaidyanathan | Beauty in Science
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
As a sociologist, Brandon Vaidyanathan has been studying what scientists think about beauty. Some people might be surprised that scientists think much about beauty at all, but for many scientists, beauty is an important reason for why they do the work that they do. Brandon talks about his research and the different ways scientists understand beauty to be a part of understanding the world and also tells the story of his conversion to Christianity and how he found his way to sociology.
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Monday Mar 27, 2023
LENT | Reflections from Wild Hope: The Hawksbill Turtle
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Monday Mar 27, 2023
This Lent we’re reading reflections from Wild Hope: Stories for Lent from the Vanishing, by Gayle Boss. We’ll end with an interview with Gayle Boss in the last week of Lent.
The reflections from Wild Hope are grouped into five different weeks, with four creatures in each week, through the season of Lent and four more during Holy Week. Week five is "the Hunted" and the story is about the hawksbill turtle.
Wild Hope: Stories for Lent from the Vanishing by Gayle Boss, illustrated by David G. Klein
Copyright 2020: text by Gayle Boss, illustrations by David G. Klein
Used by permission of Paraclete Press www.paracletepress.com

Thursday Mar 23, 2023
139. BioLogos Book Club | Transcendent Kingdom
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
In the debut of a new podcast Book Club feature we take on the novel Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi about a young PhD candidate in neuroscience struggling with questions about mental health, the problem of evil, and how to reconcile the evangelical faith she grew up with and her career in science. We asked three guests to join us to discuss the book. Lynette Strickland recently finished a PhD in biology, Rachel Wahlberg is a neuroscience graduate student herself, and Christina Bieber Lake is a literature professor.
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Monday Mar 20, 2023
LENT | Reflections from Wild Hope: The Olm
Monday Mar 20, 2023
Monday Mar 20, 2023
This Lent we’re reading reflections from Wild Hope: Stories for Lent from the Vanishing, by Gayle Boss. We’ll end with an interview with Gayle Boss in the last week of Lent.
The reflections from Wild Hope are grouped into five different weeks, with four creatures in each week, through the season of Lent and four more during Holy Week. Week four is "the Poisoned" and the story is about the olm.
Wild Hope: Stories for Lent from the Vanishing by Gayle Boss, illustrated by David G. Klein
Copyright 2020: text by Gayle Boss, illustrations by David G. Klein
Used by permission of Paraclete Press www.paracletepress.com