1. Little Plastic Castles. In this episode, we read the first Inkling, Owen Barfield, as he defends the use of old words, old stories, and old ways of expressing what’s good, beautiful, and true against modern proponents that argued for more modern “scientific” ways of judging language, esp., poetics and myth, as well as religion and culture.
  2. Liturgy Amongst the Rubble. In this episode, we read poems by W.H. Auden about pulp fiction, ancient myths, conversion, liturgy, poetics, and how industrialization and corporatism build a new Babel inside and around the churches.
  3. What Do You Mean, There’s More to This? In this episode, we answer a listener's question about Taylor Swift that leads us into a conversation about symbols and meaning, religious iconography, wild truth, and seeing reality through what’s occurring in the sacraments.
  4. In this episode of Outside Ourselves: Summer Break, author, 1517 contributor, and internet theology whiz kid, Amy Mantravadi discuss theological themes in Charlotte Bronte's novel, Jane Eyre.
  5. Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the unveiling of what is, perhaps, the most famous altarpiece in history.
  6. Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about the church and celebrity culture.
  7. Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the first name in Jazz and his Sacred Recordings.
  8. . . . and these three testify. Testify to what?
  9. Craig, Troy, and the Blessed Vicar Mike dive into 1 John 4:13-21.