Best Steven McMullen Podcasts (2024)

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171. Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire & Francis Collins | Live from Faith and Science 2024 1:15:40

1d ago1:15:40

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Francis Collins and Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire are both renowned scientists and both of them played special and important roles during the pandemic. In this conversation, the two of them remember some of the key moments in the scientific development of the COVID vaccine and talk about the many years of scientific work that prepared the way. They als…

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170. The Sacred Chain | The Challenge of Pain and Suffering 43:32

16d ago43:32

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The science of evolution has caused friction for many Christians. And science does pose some challenges to the way people have been taught to think about their faith, but those challenges don’t have to lead to a decision to reject faith—or to reject the findings of science. In fact, understanding science can lead to a deeper faith. Jim Stump, host …

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169. The Sacred Chain | The Challenge of Time 36:44

23d ago36:44

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The science of evolution has caused friction for many Christians. And science does pose some challenges to the way people have been taught to think about their faith, but those challenges don’t have to lead to a decision to reject faith—or to reject the findings of science. In fact, understanding science can lead to a deeper faith. Jim Stump, host …

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168. The Sacred Chain | The Challenge of the Bible 43:43

30d ago43:43

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The science of evolution has caused friction for many Christians. And science does pose some challenges to the way people have been taught to think about their faith, but those challenges don’t have to lead to a decision to reject faith—or to reject the findings of science. In fact, understanding science can lead to a deeper faith. Jim Stump, host …

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167. Jonathan Haidt & Francis Collins | Technology, Mental Health, & the Role of Faith 1:19:27

1M ago1:19:27

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Special guest-host Francis Collins discusses the children's mental health epidemic with Jonathan Haidt. Haidt has been studying the causes of the high rates of depression and suicide in children for many years and has found that social media is at the root of the worsening trends. But he doesn’t just have causes in mind. He also has solutions. In t…

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166. Molly Worthen | Science and the Journey to Faith 1:04:02

2M ago1:04:02

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Molly Worthen is a historian by training and wrote the book, Apostles of Reason, which explores the history of evangelicalism in America. When she wrote the book about 10 years ago, she approached the topic as an outsider, identifying as an agnostic. Then in 2022, she rather surprisingly found herself getting baptized at the front of a large evange…

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BONUS | Aminah Al-Attas Bradford on Feeding your Microbes 8:27

2M ago8:27

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A bonus clip from an interview with Aminah Al-Attas Bradford for our series The Gift of Food.By BioLogos

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BONUS | Steven McMullen on Food and Thankfulness 7:41

2M ago7:41

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A bonus clip from an interview with Steven McMullen for our series The Gift of Food.By BioLogos

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BONUS | Derrick Weston on Food not Lawns 9:48

2M ago9:48

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A bonus clip from an interview with Derrick Weston for our series The Gift of Food.By BioLogos

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BONUS | Shauna Niequist on Gathering around Food 11:49

2M ago11:49

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A bonus clip from an interview with Shauna Niequist for our series The Gift of Food.By BioLogos

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165. The Gift of Food | Economics, Justice, Fellowship (part 5) 48:48

2M ago48:48

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In the last episode of the series we ask several related questions: How does the idea of food as a gift fit with the fact that food is also an economic commodity? How does food play into issues of justice? And how can food, instead of dividing us, bring us together? Finally, we end by discussing what all this means about how we should eat. When we …

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164. The Gift of Food | Eating Meat (part 4) 55:03

3M ago55:03

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As creatures that must eat to live, human life is dependent on taking the lives of other creatures. In this episode, we explore ethics, science, and theology behind taking the lives of animals who become our food. In the process, we meet some of the animals and some of the people who raise them. We end up with at least as many questions as when we …

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163. The Gift of Food | The Science of Food (Part 3) 47:29

3M ago47:29

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Taste is a sense that sometimes gets overshadowed by sight and sound, but it has played a crucial role in the development of our species. Some expert guides help us understand what is happening in our brains when we eat. We also talk about food and cooking and the roles they have played in making humans what we are today. This is part three of a fi…

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162. The Gift of Food | God’s Love Made Delectable (Part 2) 48:06

3M ago48:06

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The idea of food as a gift is one that comes to us frequently in scripture. In this episode we look to the Bible and see if we can better understand God’s intended relationship to food. Beginning with the Old Testament, we explore how ancient Israelites might have thought about food. In the New Testament we see Jesus continually gathering around a …

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161. The Gift of Food | Sacred Morsels (Part 1) 46:12

3M ago46:12

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Food is a great connector. It can connect us to the ground and the soil that produces food, to the plants and animals that turn into food, and to one another. It also has the possibility of connecting us better to God. In part one of the series we talk about some of these connections, eventually leading us to the idea that food is a gift. In the re…

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160. David Brooks | To See and Be Seen 50:19

5M ago50:19

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Talking about any hard topic—science and faith included—requires first recognizing the person on the other end of the conversation. That’s what David Brooks set out to do and is the result of his most recent book, How to Know a Person, The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen. He draws on neuroscience in order to understand how to see …

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159. Andrew Davison | Cosmic Incarnation 1:03:07

5M ago1:03:07

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In the last couple of decades, we have solved the question of whether there are other earth-like planets in the universe by finding evidence of billions of them. But while we don’t know whether there could be life on those planets—or what it would be like if there was—we can still explore the theological questions that might arise if we did find li…

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158. Emily Smith | Science & Neighborliness 51:53

5M ago51:53

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Being a good neighbor in a wide and complicated world can be challenging. Emily Smith has attempted to share her scientific knowledge with the hopes that it can contribute to neighborliness and even help to identify those who are most in need of the caring that can come from medical help. Emily is known to many as the Friendly Neighbor Epidemiologi…

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157. Jessica Moerman | No Act Too Small 1:00:53

6M ago1:00:53

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Jessica Moerman’s scientific research has included the study of stalagmites in Bornean caves and digging up ancient lakes in Africa. Through this work, she and other paleoclimatologists—those who study the climate of the past—have started to piece together the puzzle of how earth’s climate has changed in the past, which helps us to understand how i…

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156. Joanna Ng | Data, Truth, & AI 58:57

6M ago58:57

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Joanna Ng has worked on many projects which have been turned into tools we use everyday. In the episode she talks about the journey to become a Master Inventor and some of the highlights of her career and then discusses some of the risks that come from putting too much trust in computers and artificial intelligence. Glossary of Terms: Groundtruth: …

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155. Sy Montgomery | Soul Deep Sameness 56:00

6M ago56:00

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Sy Montgomery has been writing about animals for over 30 years and has befriended many fascinating creatures in those years. Both turtles and octopuses, subjects of two of her books, are ancient relatives of ours, separated from humans by millions of years of evolution. That hasn’t stopped Sy from connecting with individuals of each of these specie…

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154. Janet Kellogg Ray | Science Denial and Christian Culture 1:02:17

7M ago1:02:17

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Janet Kellogg Ray is a Christian science educator and author. In the episode, she shares her personal journey of reconciling her faith with the science of evolution and discusses the challenges faced by Christians in accepting scientific evidence. She explores the connection between the denial of evolution, climate change, and COVID vaccines, highl…

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153. BioLogos Book Club | Braiding Sweetgrass 1:10:39

7M ago1:10:39

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In our second ever BioLogos book club, we bring you a discussion on the book Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Our expert guests include Carol Bremer-Bennett, the Executive Director of World Renew; Rick Lindroth, a retired professor of ecology; and Debra Rienstra, a Professor of English. They discuss various themes from the book, includin…

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66. Agustín Fuentes | To Believe is Human 58:09

7M ago58:09

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The question, what does it mean to be human, demands answers from many fields of study. Agustín Fuentes has looked to anthropology for answers to this question but the answers he has found speak to something that is bigger than science. He proposes that one of the things that make us human is our ability to believe. Fuentes teaches anthropology and…

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152. Lee C. Camp | Opening the Door to Faith and Flourishing 55:57

8M ago55:57

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As the host of his own podcast, No Small Endeavor, Lee C. Camp is well-practiced at conversations that explore what human flourishing could look like. In this conversation, he looks back to his own experiences in which doors were opened to him in his thinking about faith. He tells about his journey from preaching sermons against the theory of evolu…

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171. Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire & Francis Collins | Live from Faith and Science 2024 1:15:40

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170. The Sacred Chain | The Challenge of Pain and Suffering 43:32

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169. The Sacred Chain | The Challenge of Time 36:44

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168. The Sacred Chain | The Challenge of the Bible 43:43

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167. Jonathan Haidt & Francis Collins | Technology, Mental Health, & the Role of Faith 1:19:27

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166. Molly Worthen | Science and the Journey to Faith 1:04:02

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BONUS | Aminah Al-Attas Bradford on Feeding your Microbes 8:27

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BONUS | Steven McMullen on Food and Thankfulness 7:41

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BONUS | Derrick Weston on Food not Lawns 9:48

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BONUS | Shauna Niequist on Gathering around Food 11:49

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165. The Gift of Food | Economics, Justice, Fellowship (part 5) 48:48

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164. The Gift of Food | Eating Meat (part 4) 55:03

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163. The Gift of Food | The Science of Food (Part 3) 47:29

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162. The Gift of Food | God’s Love Made Delectable (Part 2) 48:06

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161. The Gift of Food | Sacred Morsels (Part 1) 46:12

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160. David Brooks | To See and Be Seen 50:19

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159. Andrew Davison | Cosmic Incarnation 1:03:07

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158. Emily Smith | Science & Neighborliness 51:53

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157. Jessica Moerman | No Act Too Small 1:00:53

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156. Joanna Ng | Data, Truth, & AI 58:57

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155. Sy Montgomery | Soul Deep Sameness 56:00

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154. Janet Kellogg Ray | Science Denial and Christian Culture 1:02:17

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153. BioLogos Book Club | Braiding Sweetgrass 1:10:39

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66. Agustín Fuentes | To Believe is Human 58:09

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152. Lee C. Camp | Opening the Door to Faith and Flourishing 55:57

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