New Persuasive Words

New Persuasive Words


Latest Episodes

Episode 110: Love & The Zacchaeus Option
March 13, 2017

In this episode we give a response to Rod Dreher's "Benedict Option", inspired by Tomas Halik.

Episode 109: Crazy Little Thing Called Love
March 11, 2017

We continue to reflect on the nature of love, inspired by the work of Tomas Halik.

Episode 108: To Know Is To Love
March 09, 2017

In this episode we keep talking about love. And we recorded it on Scott's birthday.

Episode 107: All You Need Is Love?
March 06, 2017

In this episode we talk about what may be the most important thing in human existence: love. Our conversation is inspired by Tomas Halik's newest book.

Episode 106: Science Versus Faith?
February 21, 2017

In this episode we look at the relationship between science and faith.

Episode 105: The Age of Rudeness?
February 19, 2017

In this episode we talk about the role of rudeness and manners in contemporary life, inspired by a piece in the NY Times magazine.

Episode 104: Trump Around
February 16, 2017

We were going to talk about the history and philosophy of science. Then the press conferences happened!

Episode 103: A New Relativism?
February 10, 2017

Traditionally relativism has been something that conservatives blamed on liberals. But in a new world of alternative facts is there a new relativism on the rise? We talk about this, and Bill's frustrations after doing a google search.

Episode 102: American Exceptionalism
February 06, 2017

In this episode we discuss the concept of American Exceptionalism, in addition to rehashing Bill's recent chastisement by a Facebook Group administrator.

Episode 101: Natural Law
February 04, 2017

The most recent Supreme Court Nominee is Neil Gorsuch. Mr. Gorsuch is a respected legal scholar and intellectual whose work has focused on, among other things, natural law. He wrote a monograph on the topic which served as his doctoral thesis at Oxford. W