Confronting modernity through farming

Confronting modernity through farming

Jesse Straight, who nurtures the life of Whiffletree Farm in Warrenton, Virginia, talks about how he decided to pursue a vocation as a farmer in an effort to discover a way of life that worked against the characteristic fragmentation so dispiriting in modern culture. (24 minutes)
Lessons from quarantine: Making do with tinned fruit

Lessons from quarantine: Making do with tinned fruit

In this audio reprint of “Wendell Berry and Zoom,” Front Porch Republic editor Jeffrey Bilbro reflects on two metaphors that can help put our new-found “dependency” on web-based video conferencing into perspective: tinned fruit and a prosthetic limb. (17 minutes)
When "follow the science" doesn't work

When “follow the science” doesn’t work

Peter Leithart reflects on the all-too-human nature of science and the effects of quarantine on the Church's embodied mission. (32 minutes)
Perceiving the common good during a pandemic

Perceiving the common good during a pandemic

D. C. Schindler reflects on the shape of our way of life in wake of a killer virus, seeing signs both encouraging and sinister. (35 minutes)
Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 113

Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 113

FEATURED GUESTS: Steven Shapin, Arthur Boers, Christine Pohl, Norman Wirzba, Craig Bartholomew, and David I. Smith
Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 104

Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 104

FEATURED GUESTS: James Le Fanu, Garret Keizer, Daniel Ritchie, Monica Ganas, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, and Peter J. Leithart
Are Christians Human? An Exploration of True Spirituality, by Nigel Cameron

Are Christians Human? An Exploration of True Spirituality, by Nigel Cameron

As Nigel Cameron points out, being human as Jesus Christ is human has profound implications for daily living. Many Christians, however, do not believe in the humanity of Jesus and consequently find it hard to affirm and live out their own humanity. (4 hours)
Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 81

Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 81

FEATURED GUESTS: Nigel Cameron, Joel James Shuman, Brian Volck, Russell Hittinger, Mark Noll, and Stephen Miller
Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 62

Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 62

FEATURED GUESTS: Craig A. Bernthal, James Turner Johnson, Alissa Quart, Stephen M. Barr, Lilian Calles Barger, and Corby Kummer
Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 47

Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 47

FEATURED GUESTS: Christopher Clausen, Don Eberly, George Weigel, Luci Shaw, Steve Wilkens, David Harvey, John Durham Peters, and Masaaki Suzuki