I am exhausted, emotionally and otherwise... hey all, Dan here... just posted this last episode with calls from listeners, and a song at the end with a story that wraps into ViW... So, this is it. Thank you all. Check out virtueinthewasteland

Ep 325 The Second to Last Show

Feb 11th, 2019 1h

So, if the title of the show doesn't give it away.... surprise! After 300+ weeks, 3 continents, dozens of states and hours of conversation, we are hanging up the microphones and turning the lights out on the ViW project. But, not without a ban

Religion, Empire, and Molech: Lessons from the Augsburg Interim

Jan 31st, 2019 1h 10m

Giving shows their titles is a funny thing. I’ve probably done 250 or so of them, and I rarely think much about it. Also, when I myself look for podcasts, all I care about is the title of the episode. The very thing I wasn’t paying attention to

Dutch Radicals, The Reformation, and Wackysoup

Jan 25th, 2019 1h 27m

I used to think it was really cool when people broke the 4th wall. You know, like, in Fight Club or the original Pink Panther when something happened to remind you that you were indeed watching a film reel. There is nothing as clever here, but

The United States of America: An Experiment in Federalism

Jan 18th, 2019 1h 39m

Sometimes our shows start with really simple ideas. For instance, one of us might think of something that would be relevant to the podcast and send the article, idea, etc… via text. We do a little reading, figure out what the “bigger story” a

Dvorak, Anti-Natalism, and Other Unrelated Issues: We Take Your Calls!

Jan 11th, 2019 1h 24m

Time to clear out the old phone machine and respond to some of the more common, or curious questions we received. The first half hour of the show has us talking about 2019, Dan's favorite movies of the year, and reading a very revealing and h

The Biggest and Best of 2018

Jan 4th, 2019 1h 3m

Happy New Year! On today’s show we talk about the biggest and best of 2018 and what we might look forward to in 2019. It’s an episode with the two guys doing what they love most, chatting with each other about challenges in culture and the chu

Losing Our Religion: The Lost R.E.M. Show

Dec 28th, 2018 1h 38m

Little known fact: the original name of Virtue in the Wasteland was “Jeff and Dan’s Vanity Project to Explore Their Hobbies” but we decided to go a little more broad and talk about society and religion and stuff… Maybe that’s not exactly how it

Jesus Politics and the Academy

Dec 21st, 2018 1h 20m

Andrew Syed (formerly Andrew Paquin) visited Jeff recently, during which time Dan was in Dallas related to the new 1517 Academy (check it out). Andrew was Jeff's colleague at a previous institution, until politics and conceptions of Christian p

the 2018 Christmas Spectacular

Dec 14th, 2018 1h 47m

Christmas movies and carols and traditions and….. we could go on and on. And in fact, we have gone “on and on” for over 5 years now doing a special Christmas show. On today’s show the guys are back together again in the comfy confines of the V

The Theology of the Cross and EGBOK- Live from HWSS2018

Dec 7th, 2018 40m 35s

I don’t have any naked baby photos. Frankly, I don’t have any baby photos. I blame either a house fire or parental indifference. Nonetheless, I wonder if I might not start subtitling my talks as “naked baby photos” not because there are, but be

The Bears and the Butterflies- HWSS2018

Nov 30th, 2018 1h 4m

From Here We Still Stand 2018: This is a talk with Jeff blowing up any ideas of works righteousness and refuses to settle with a message that’s just another doctrine to keep straight or moral code to live up to. Maybe you’re a bear, maybe you’r

Seculosity with David Zahl

Nov 23rd, 2018 1h 20m

David Zahl leads Mockingbird Ministries and has a forthcoming book about secular religion and self-righteousness in America. We talk virtue signaling, popular music, Bob Dylan's Christian era, and Charlottesville, VA. Pre-order Dave's book ! vi

"I Survived I Kissed Dating Goodbye" an Interview with Joshua Harris and Jessica van Der Wyngaard

Nov 15th, 2018 1h 19m

So, this show was a long time coming. Since earlier in this year we had been playing phone and email tag with student filmmaker Jessica van der Wyngaard regarding her new documentary project that chronicles the lives of those influenced by Jos

#Churchtoo with Emily Joy in Nashville

Nov 9th, 2018 1h 25m

On this weeks episode we welcome back an old guest of the show: Emily Joy. Since last being on our show, Emily Joy has contributed to Jeff's book Sexy as well as co-founded the #churchtoo movement and has become something of a lightning rod fo

Live at Here We Still Stand 2018

Nov 1st, 2018 50m 1s

On this weeks’ episode we take you back to the 2nd Annual Here We Still Stand conference in beautiful, if slightly milquetoast, San Diego (just kidding San Diego, we love you, as we have recorded at least once a year from your confines only to

Going Conservative in the Age of Trump

Oct 26th, 2018 52m 10s

Eric Dorman discusses his personal transition from progressivism to classic conservatism despite being a never Trumper, and the pragmatic nature of Tennessee politics. He works for a nonprofit news source that serves the homeless in Nashville,

Character Matters

Oct 19th, 2018 1h 6m

After five plus years of the podcast, we finally get around to a proper discussion of virtue ethics. We do so with the leading active scholar in America today: Christian Miller of Wake Forest University. (The Roman Catholic Alisdair McIntyre an

Conversations with the Reverend Dr Victor Singingeagle

Oct 12th, 2018 1h 12m

On today's show we travel into the deep south, racecar country, to meet up with Fr. Victor Singingeagle to talk about Potowatomi religion and Christianity, the pre-columbian social world of 15th c. America, and life as an outsider looking in.

Expectations v Reality on the Road

Oct 8th, 2018 1h 46m

Reflections on first leg of the road trip through the American Southeast, and an interview of three committed Christian kids in the Bible belt who defy easy categorization. Julia, Luke and Calista share their candid thoughts on hot button topic

Star Wars and Jesus in Orlando

Oct 5th, 2018 1h 2m

The #VIWROADTRIP2018 is underway, and this is our first show from the road. While we are on the trip to visit a few people and places in the south, we started our RV trip in Orlando at the home of one of Jeff's best childhood friends. The begi

The Not-So-Sacred Enneagram?

Sep 27th, 2018 1h 4m

Oh, that title almost sounds cynical. You know, like the kind of show that goes “you know that one incredibly popular thing? yeah? We, and God, disapprove”. That’s not our vibe, so, if you’re looking to slam on the Enneagram, that’s not what’s

On Superheroes and the Heliand

Sep 21st, 2018 1h 10m

On today's show we talk about heroes and superheroes as an entrance into talking about one of the great lost "superhero" stories of all time: the Heliand. This story, a kind of Beowulf meets King Arthur meets the Gospels, was super important d

Ep 303: History, Sex, and Community: Your Phone Calls

Sep 14th, 2018 42m 53s

So, last week we gave you a show that clocked in at over two hours- we always recommend that you break the show up in to bits, and so it might take some time for you to get to this next show. But fear not, this one is a shorter show, comprised

Back to School Special V- Everything Has a Story: Interviews at Tyler Station

Sep 7th, 2018 2h 21m

Whoa boy, this is a long one. But well worth it, and we hope you will agree. Break it up into a few listens, the show consists of three long form interviews. A few weeks ago we played the stunningly raw April Kirby discuss her own story of