Opinion: Public Education Is on Life Support—Time to Grab the Lifeboats

Opinion: Public Education Is on Life Support—Time to Grab the Lifeboats

The public education system in the United States is on life support. A few passionate educators work tirelessly to inspire their students, but their efforts can’t save a system increasingly defined by systemic inertia, burnout, and misplaced priorities. The structure...
Don Veinot: The Fad-Driven Life

Don Veinot: The Fad-Driven Life

Mary welcomes back Don Veinot to discuss the faddish tendency for church-goers to dumb down the faith, bringing every wind of doctrine to blow through and take as many biblically illiterate church-goers with them as possible. Why? For profit, mostly. It’s all...
Replay – Holly Varnum:  Fearfully and Wonderfully Made – The Human Brain

Replay – Holly Varnum: Fearfully and Wonderfully Made – The Human Brain

[Original airdate: 8/6/24] Mary chats with Holly Varnum of Reasons for Hope in her role as Director of Curriculum Development, writer, editor and proofreader. With a new school year looming, once again we turn our thoughts to how to best educate our kids, in the way...
Kyle Peart and Flynn Huseby: The Narrow Road of Truth, The Broad Path of Tradition

Kyle Peart and Flynn Huseby: The Narrow Road of Truth, The Broad Path of Tradition

[Original airdate: 6/28/24] We welcome back Kyle Peart and Flynn Huseby of Once Lost Ministries, apologists and evangelists who work tirelessly to bring truth and clarity to those caught up in false teaching. Today we discuss the Catholic faith and the various aspects...
Headlines, by the Numbers: Mega Churches, Exploding Tech, Big Brother

Headlines, by the Numbers: Mega Churches, Exploding Tech, Big Brother

Headline Day is always a process. A process of how to decide what stories have the most merit, and what stories can wait. There is no easy way, and this podcast is no different. So what made the cut? Well, if “weird” counts as a measure of importance, this...