Best Brian Chilton Podcasts (2024)

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S7E13 Genres of Biblical Literature 54:02

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By: Brian G. Chilton, M.Div., Ph.D. | December 7, 2023 S7E13 Genres of Biblical Literature on YouTube The following are the seven genres of biblical… Source The post S7E13 Genres of Biblical Literature appeared first on Bellator Christi.By Brian Chilton

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S7Q3 The Question Zone Episode 3 1:07:24

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By: Brian Chilton and Curtis Evelo | November 30, 2023 S7Q3 The Question Zone Episode 3 on YouTube Question Zone Episode 3 “1) What does… Source The post S7Q3 The Question Zone Episode 3 appeared first on Bellator Christi.By Brian Chilton

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S7E12 The Historicity of the Bible (w. Dr. Michelle Johnson) 1:07:51

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By: Brian Chilton, Ph.D., and Michelle Johnson, Ph.D. | November 30, 2023 S7E12 The Historicity of the Bible with Dr. Michelle Johnson on YouTube S7E12… Source The post S7E12 The Historicity of the Bible (w. Dr. Michelle Johnson) appeared first on Bellator Christi.By Brian Chilton

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S7E11 Intertestamental Period (w. Dr. Mark Phillips) 55:58

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By: Brian Chilton, Ph.D., and Mark Phillips, D.Min. | November 16, 2023 S7E11 Intertestamental Period (w. Dr. Mark Phillips) on YouTube Topics Discussed on S7E11… Source The post S7E11 Intertestamental Period (w. Dr. Mark Phillips) appeared first on Bellator Christi.By Brian Chilton

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S7E10 Creating the Canon (w. Dr. Benjamin Laird and Dr. Leo Percer) 56:26

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By: Brian Chilton, Ph.D., Benjamin Laird, Ph.D., and Leo Percer, Ph.D. | November 9, 2023 S7E10 Creating the Canon on YouTube Questions Covered on S7E10… Source The post S7E10 Creating the Canon (w. Dr. Benjamin Laird and Dr. Leo Percer) appeared first on Bellator Christi.By Brian Chilton

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S7E9 Oral Traditions and the Dependability of God’s Word 34:03

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By: Brian G. Chilton, Ph.D., M.Div. | November 2, 2023 S7E9 Oral Traditions and the Dependability of God’s Word on YouTube S7E9 Oral Traditions… Source The post S7E9 Oral Traditions and the Dependability of God’s Word appeared first on Bellator Christi.By Brian Chilton

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S7Q2 The Question Zone (Episode 2) 59:42

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By: Curtis Evelo and Brian G. Chilton, Ph.D. | October 26, 2023 The dynamic duo return for another episode of the Question Zone. On this… Source The post S7Q2 The Question Zone (Episode 2) appeared first on Bellator Christi.By Brian Chilton

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S7E8 Inerrancy: Does It Matter? 53:03

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By: Brian G. Chilton, Ph.D., M.Div. and T. J. Gentry, Ph.D., D.Min. | October 26th, 2023 S7E8 Inerrancy: Does It Matter? on YouTube Last week,… Source The post S7E8 Inerrancy: Does It Matter? appeared first on Bellator Christi.By Brian Chilton

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Episode 170: The Final Episode 51:09

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This is the final episode of The Cerebral Faith Podcast. Mr. Minton explains his reasons for ending the podcast, as well as listing 30 episodes of the podcast that he recommends newcomers listen to the most. He then gives a few testimonials. He ends with a heartfelt thank you to all those who tuned in over the years as well as the guests who came o…

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S7E7 Theopneustos and Biblical Inspiration 41:39

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By: Brian G. Chilton, Ph.D., M.Div. | October 19, 2023 S7E7 Theopneustos and Biblical Inspiration on YouTube What Do We Mean by Biblical Inspiration? On… Source The post S7E7 Theopneustos and Biblical Inspiration appeared first on Bellator Christi.By Brian Chilton

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Episode 169: What Evan Minton Thinks About The Bible - Part 2 50:05

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In this episode, Evan Minton will go on to talk about his view on inerrancy and how that relates to the theory of divine accommodation which encompasses such topics as Ancient Near Eastern Cosmology, the head covering issue of 1 Corinthians 11, God's Gender, and Jesus' Sonship. He will also talk about the differences between Bible reading and Bible…

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S7E6 Divine Covenants: Revelation of God Through History 39:25

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By: Brian G. Chilton, Ph.D., M.Div. | October 12, 2023 S7E6 Divine Covenants: Revelation of God Through History on YouTube Over the past few… Source The post S7E6 Divine Covenants: Revelation of God Through History appeared first on Bellator Christi.By Brian Chilton

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Episode 168: What Evan Minton Thinks About The Bible - Part 1 1:03:15

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This is a 2 part episode in Evan Minton thinks about The Bible. In this part, Evan Minton talks about biblical inspiration and what it means to say that The Bible is divinely inspired, as well as theories of divine inspiration (I.e how God and man worked together to bring about The Bible). He goes on to talk about different reasons to believe that …

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S7E5 Models and Theories of Biblical Inspiration 51:14

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By: Brian G. Chilton, Ph.D., and Deanna Huff, Ph.D. | October 5, 2023 S7E5 Models and Theories of Biblical Inspiration on YouTube When we speak… Source The post S7E5 Models and Theories of Biblical Inspiration appeared first on Bellator Christi.By Brian Chilton

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Episode 167: The Historical Reliability Of Acts - With Erik Manning 1:12:36

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In todays episode, Evan Minton talks about the case for the historical reliability of the book of Acts with Christian Apologist and YouTuber Erik Manning. Who wrote the book of Acts? When was Acts written? What extra biblical writings and archeological evidence can verify what Acts says? Are there any clues within the book of Acts itself that sugge…

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S7Q1 The Question Zone with Curtis Evelo (Episode 1) 54:38

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By: Curtis Evelo and Brian Chilton, Ph.D. | September 28, 2023 The dynamic duo are back with a fresh new segment on the Bellator Christi… Source The post S7Q1 The Question Zone with Curtis Evelo (Episode 1) appeared first on Bellator Christi.By Brian Chilton

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S7E4 How Has God Revealed Himself? 27:06

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By: Brian G. Chilton, Ph.D. | September 28, 2023 S7E4 How Has God Revealed Himself? on YouTube The Bellator Christi Podcast continues its exploration into… Source The post S7E4 How Has God Revealed Himself? appeared first on Bellator Christi.By Brian Chilton

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Episode 166: Responding To Open Theism - With Kirk MacGregor 1:03:36

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In this episode, Mr. Minton has Dr. Kirk MacGregor on the podcast to talk about a view known as Open Theism, and what the biblical and philosophical issues with such a view are. Primarily they will be responding to arguments for Open Theism such as the argument that if humans have libertarian free will, God cannot foreknow our libertarianly free ch…

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S7E3 What is the Bible? 33:25

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By: Brian G. Chilton, Ph.D., M.Div. | September 21, 2023 S7E3 What is the Bible on YouTube Modern Christians place a lot of attention… Source The post S7E3 What is the Bible? appeared first on Bellator Christi.By Brian Chilton

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Episode 165: Responding To David Tsumura’s Critique Of “The Lost World Of Genesis One” - With Zach Miller 45:31

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In this episode, it is also an episode of What Your Pastor Didn’t Tell You in which Zach Miller had Evan Minton on as a guest. Miller and Minton respond to David Tsumura’s criticism of The Functional Origins/Temple Inaguration view of Genesis 1 as defended in books such as John Walton’s “The Lost World Of Genesis One” and “Genesis 1 As Ancient Cosm…

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S7E2 Why Does God Seem So Hidden? 43:02

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By: Brian G. Chilton, Ph.D. | September 14, 2023 Have you ever looked for God and not found him? Perhaps you have been in situation… Source The post S7E2 Why Does God Seem So Hidden? appeared first on Bellator Christi.By Brian Chilton

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Episode 164: Responding To Noel Week’s Critique Of “The Lost World Of Genesis One” - with Zach Miller 1:16:01

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Back in 2022, Evan Minton was on Zach Miller's podcast "What Your Pastor Didn't Tell You". In this episode, they responded to criticisms of the interpretation of Genesis 1 defended by John Walton in books like "The Lost World Of Genesis One" and "Genesis 1 As Ancient Cosmology". To see more of Zach Miller's podcast, visit the following URLs for the…

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S7E1 A Preach Well Church with Dr. Josh Taylor 56:08

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By: Brian Chilton, Ph.D. | September 7, 2023 Amid these major problems, the church finds itself with a pastoral workforce that is becoming increasingly disenfranchised… Source The post S7E1 A Preach Well Church with Dr. Josh Taylor appeared first on Bellator Christi.By Brian Chilton

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Episode 163: Conversations About Heaven - With Brian Chilton 1:17:57

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Many people wonder about what's going to happen to them after they die. The Bible teaches that Christians will go to a place God has prepared for us called Heaven, whereas those who don't believe in Jesus go to a place called Hell. Yet as many tough questions as the latter place generates, there are also many questions about the former as well, eve…

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Episode 162: Only One Jesus: The Unity of Jesus’ Portrait in All Four Gospels - With Lydia McGrew 1:01:10

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New Testament scholars treat John's gospel as largely a-historical when it comes to things Jesus said and did. This is even true of some evangelical scholars. For example, Craig Evans has publicly said that Jesus just sounds too different from how he talks in the synoptics, so John more or less paints an interpretive portrait of Jesus, making up th…

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Episode 161: An Atheist Philosophy Professor Becomes A Christian - with John Wise 58:51

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In today's episode, Mr. Minton interviews John Wise; a philosophy professor who went from Christian to atheist to back to being a Christian again, a remarkable journey that spanned 25 years and culminated in 2019. Dr. Wise tells of his journey of faith and skepticism, and how he now views faith matters having been on both sides of "the looking glas…

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Episode 160: Christianity and Video Games - With Nick Peters 1:11:50

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In today's episode, I have Nick Peters of Deeper Waters ministries on the podcast. Nick Peters is a Christian Apologist and theologian who has recently devoted his research to, believe it or not, video games! Specifically, video games and the psychology surrounding it as well as the theological aspects of it. In fact, he gave an entire talk at the …

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Episode 159: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Conclusion 1:01:43

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In this podcast episode, we wrap up our series on the historical case for the reliability of the gospels. I will tell the non-Christian who has been convinced by the evidence and arguments surveyed in the series what he should do next. I also have a message for non-Christians who may be resisting the evidence for non-intellectual reasons. And final…

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Episode 158: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Part 9: The Resurrection Of Jesus 1:32:15

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Continuing on with the audio blog series on the historical reliability of the gospels, I now turn to the issue of the historicity of Jesus' resurrection. Having previously established that the gospels are eyewitness accounts that are early (not to mention verified to be telling the truth on a variety of different occasions), we must answer the ques…

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Episode 157: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Part 8: Can We Really Believe In Miracles? 41:58

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Continuing on with The Gospel Reliability Audio-Blog series, I examine the case against miracles. Are miracles really impossible? Or if they're possible, can they never be evidentially established? This is what the 18th century Scottish philosopher David Hume argued. In this episode of The Cerebral Faith Podcast, I will be giving my refutations of …

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Episode 156: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Part 7: What About Contradictions? 1:04:03

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In this episode, we continue our "psudeo-audiobook" of the Cerebral Faith blog post series; The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels. In this episode, I tackle the issues of alleged contradictions between the four gospel narratives. Do the gospels really contradict each other, and if so, what would that mean for their historical reliability? Lis…

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Episode 155: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Part 6: Even More Internal Evidence 1:29:58

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Continuing on with my gospel reliability audio blog series, I examine several pieces of internal evidence for the historical verisimilitude of the gospels; Undesigned Coincidences, Unnecessary Details, and Unexplained Allusions. To see the blog post, click here --> https://cerebralfaith.net/the-case-for-the-reliability-of-the-gospels-part-6-even-mo…

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SS 2023 E3 Is Heaven a Fantasy? A Response to Arnold Schwarzenegger 23:12

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By: Brian G. Chilton, Ph.D., M.Div. | July 7, 2023 Note: Please be advised that this article contains references to expletive material. Recently, hit movie… Source The post Is Heaven a Fantasy? appeared first on Bellator Christi.By Brian Chilton

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Episode 154: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Part 5: Some Internal Evidence 42:17

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In this podcast episode, I continue my series on the case for the historical trustworthiness of the gospels. I make a cumulative case for the gospel's trustworthiness from internal evidence. How can the criteria of authenticity help to build a cumulative case for the trustworthiness of the gospels? Listen to this episode to find out. Click here to …

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Episode 153: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Part 4: The External Evidence 1:05:55

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In this podcast episode, we continue our series on the case for the historical reliability of the gospels. In this episode, I talk about the various extra-biblical evidence that confirms the existence of persons and historicity of events that the gospels record. What corroboration can secular authors of that time period and archeological evidence g…

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Episode 152: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Part 3: The Dating Of The Gospels 43:33

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In this episode, I continue reading the essays I wrote as part of the Gospel Reliability series for the Cerebral Faith blog. First, I had an introduction episode, then we had an episode looking at the textual transmission of the New Testament documents. We saw in that episode that The New Testament documents were reliably preserved to 99.99% accura…

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SS 2023 E2 What Happens When We Die? 16:09

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By: Brian G. Chilton, Ph.D., M.Div. | June 16, 2023 Death is one of the greatest mysteries of life. The term “death” holds such a… Source The post What Happens When We Die? appeared first on Bellator Christi.By Brian Chilton

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Episode 151: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Part 2: The Case For Traditional Authorship 1:52:00

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In this episode, I continue reading aloud my Gospel Reliability blog post series. In this installment, I look at the external and internal evidences for the traditional authorship of the gospels. I argue that the evidence from the early church fathers as well as evidences from within the biblical text itself strongly supports the view that the gosp…

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Should a Preacher Be Well-Studied? 18:55

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By: Brian G. Chilton, Ph.D., M.Div. | June 9, 2023 As we travel down the road of life, we often come across events that cause… Source The post Should a Preacher Be Well-Studied? appeared first on Bellator Christi.By Brian Chilton

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Changing People’s Minds With David Goldbloom 45:18

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In this episode, Host Guy Pratte speaks with Dr. David Goldbloom, a well-known psychiatrist, best-selling author, tireless educator, promoter of mental health, an officer of the Order of Canada, and a member of the board of directors of the Royal Conservatory of Music. Their conversation diverges through the human mind’s ability to recognize patter…

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Episode 150: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Part 1: The Reliability Of The Manuscript Transmission 37:42

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In this episode, I read part one of my gospel, reliability blog post series. In the previous podcast episode, I read the introduction to the series. In this episode, I get into the first installment, which really gets up to the meat and potatoes. I look at the evidence of the manuscript transmission tradition of the New Testament documents, and I a…

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Persuading with Style with Tanya Taylor 34:30

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In this episode, Host Guy Pratte speaks with star fashion designer Tanya Taylor. What do designing and selling clothes have to do with persuasion? Well, quite a lot, in fact, as Tanya explains. During the conversation, she shares how she builds brand trust, how the in-store experience differs from online media, and how she helps clients project the…

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Episode 149: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels - Introduction 41:50

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In this episode, I go back to an audio only format and I explain a little bit of why before jumping into the main topic of the episode. But after the housecleaning, I read aloud my blog article "The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels - Introduction". This is the beginning of an 11 part series in which I read all 11 installments of my Gospel Re…

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S6E30 Semitic Residue 1:14:17

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By: Brian Chilton, Ph.D., and “The Cowboy Apologist” Curtis Evelo | May 25, 2023 In this final episode of Season 6 (S6E30 Semitic Residue), Curtis… Source The post S6E30 Semitic Residue appeared first on Bellator Christi.By Brian Chilton

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Conviction and Trust are the Keys to Persuasion with Alexander Shelley 52:21

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In this episode, Host Guy Pratte speaks with star conductor and maestro Alexander Shelley, music director of the National Arts Center Orchestra and principal associate conductor of London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. At first glance, it may seem surprising that we would discuss the art of persuasion with an orchestra conductor who uses gestures …

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The rules of persuasion with Lord David Pannick KC 43:54

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Lord Pannick KC is without a doubt one of the greatest advocates of his generation. He has been involved in some of the most important cases in the United Kingdom, including his successful challenge of PM Boris Johnson’s attempts to avoid Parliament review of his Brexit deal, yet recently representing former PM Johnson before a parliamentary commit…

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Jury persuasion with Chilton Varner 39:22

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There is perhaps no other context where the art of persuasion is put to the test as acutely as when a lawyer has to persuade a group of strangers, the jury, that her client is in the right. That is where this episode’s guest comes in: a senior partner at the prestigious law firm King and Spalding, Chilton Davis Varner was also president of the Amer…

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Persuasion through illusion and transformation with Actor Colm Feore 40:27

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Colm Feore is the most versatile and brilliant actor of his generation. From stage to films to television, he has played characters as diverse as Hamlet, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Cyrano de Bergerac, Glenn Gould, and the inimitable Detective Martin Ward in the comedy series Bon Cop, Bad Cop. With each role, Colm Feore has managed to persuade us that h…

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S6E29 Does God Still Speak? 56:39

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By: Dr. Brian Chilton and Curtis Evelo | May 4, 2023 On episode S6E29, Dr. Brian Chilton and Curtis Evelo discuss whether God still communicates… Source The post S6E29 Does God Still Speak? appeared first on Bellator Christi.By Brian Chilton

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Persuasive Politics with former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney 50:44

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It’s now almost 40 years since Brian Mulroney became Canada’s 18th prime minister and 30 years since he retired from politics in 1993. Even his harshest critics at the time now acknowledge him to have been one of Canada’s most significant statesmen both on the national and the international scene. In today’s podcast, Guy Pratte explores how Prime M…

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