Mar 18

#147 What is PURE Consciousness? - Thomas Metzinger

Get Huel today with this exclusive offer for New Customers of 15% OFF with code alexoconnor at https://huel.com/alexoconnor (Minimum $50 purchase).For early, ad-free access to videos, and to support the channel, subscribe to my Substack: https://www.alexoconnor.com.Thomas Metzing ... Show More

2h 3m

Mar 8

#146 The Most Complicated Thing in the Universe: What is the Brain?

Matthew Cobb is a British zoologist and Emeritus professor of zoology at the University of Manchester.Get his book, The Idea of the Brain: A HistoryCloser to Truth's Map of Consciousness: loc.closertotruth.com/mapTIMESTAMPS:0:00 The Heart or the Head?4:13 Medicine in the Ancient ... Show More

2h 24m

Mar 4

#145 The Algorithm is God Now - The Etymology Nerd

Get Huel today with this exclusive offer for New Customers of 15% OFF with code alexoconnor at https://huel.com/alexoconnor (Minimum $50 purchase).For early, ad-free access to videos, and to support the channel, subscribe to my Substack: https://www.alexoconnor.com. - VIDEO NOTES ... Show More

1h 15m

Jul 2024

The History of Secret Christians

In this episode of The Catholic Talk Show, the guys talk explore the history of persecuted and underground Christians from Rome, Mexico, Japan, and the modern day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

52m 5s

Jul 2025

How an Empire Ends: Gothic Christianity

⁠⁠⁠⁠Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! When Alaric of the Visigoths sacked Rome, it shocked the world—not least because Rome hadn’t been sacked in a thousand years. But also, while Rome was a Christian city by now—it had been for decades—the Visigoths wer ... Show More

1h 33m

May 2024

Christianity as a Strange Religion? (with Nijay Gupta)

What made the first Christians so different from their surrounding culture? How did their worship differ from the way the average Roman citizen viewed the gods? Why did the early church view themselves as a family and why is that so significant? We’ll discuss these question ... Show More

29m 55s

Dec 2019

Surviving the AIDS crisis as a gay Catholic

Please support "Plague" by getting a digital subscription to America: tap or click here! In this episode of "Plague," Michael O'Loughlin tells the story of David Pais, whose journey exemplifies the experience of many gay Catholics who were personally affected by the AIDS epidemic ... Show More

40m 37s

Apr 2024

The Case for Christian Case Making

In this Cold-Case Christianity video broadcast / podcast, J. Warner makes a case for an evidential, reasoned, case-making form of Christian belief. Using the New Testament gospels and letters as a guide, Jim articulates the foundation for a reasonable faith in Jesus and our commo ... Show More

27m 59s

Oct 2022

Reza Aslan (scholar of sociology of religion)

Reza Aslan is an author and expert on world religions. Reza joins the Armchair Expert to discuss where the idea of Christianity came from, the history of religious conversion in Iran and Persia, and what part religion plays in global conflicts. Reza and Dax talk about whether or ... Show More

2h 10m

Jan 2025

Hidden Wisdom or Heresy? The Enigma of the Gospel of Thomas

Start talking about the Gospels, and most people will have a rough idea of what you're talking about - a narrative account of Jesus' life. Today, however, we throw all of that familiarity out of the window and ... Show More

50m 37s

Apr 2024

Newly Discovered PROOF: Jesus Was an Illusionist

<span data-sheets-root="1" data-sheets-value= "{"1":2,"2":"In an absolutely shocking turn of events, Bart has learned of a first-century Gospel that will overturn everything scholars think they know about Jesus, showing that he was a charlatan exposed by the Roman government f ... Show More

42m 14s

Oct 2024

Are the New Testament Eyewitness Accounts Reliable? Part 1

In this episode of the Cold-Case Christianity Podcast, J. Warner reviews the evidence for the reliability of the New Testament eyewitness accounts. What are the criteria we use to determine if eyewitnesses are reliable? Do the authors of the New Testament Gospels measure up? J. W ... Show More

27m 59s

Nov 2018

Love Poems, Vineyards, and Rocks - Gospel of Matthew Part 28

We look at a story from a controversy that Jesus was involved in in this episode. During his final week in Jerusalem for Passover, he ends up telling this famous story of God’s covenant with Israel leading up to Jesus. He tells it through a story about a landowner who owns a v ... Show More

51m 47s

#149 Blaise Pascal: Philosopher, Mathema...