Conversations from the Pale Blue Dot
By Luke Muehlhauser
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Podcast Description
Conversations from the Pale Blue Dot is an interfaith interview show, featuring experts from all religions and worldviews, but focusing on the divide between Christianity and atheism.
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090: Toby Ord - Dealing with Moral Uncertainty | What do you do if you don't know which moral theory is correct? | 12/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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089: John Shook – Dewey, Quine, and Some Varieties of Naturalism | John and I discuss a variety of naturalistic perspectives. | 9/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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088: Eliezer Yudkowsky - Becoming a Rationalist | Eliezer explains his journey from traditional rationality to BayesCraft. | 2/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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087: Nick Beckstead - Morality and Global Catastrophic Risks | Nick Beckstead explains the moral issues involved in catastrophic risks. | 1/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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086: Peter Rollins - The Role of Atheism in Christianity | Peter Rollins explains the role of doubt and disbelief in Christian practice. | 1/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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085: Marcel Brass - The Neuroscience of Free Will | Marcel Brass explains some of the latest research on intentional action on free will. | 1/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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084: Eddie Tabash - Engaging Religion in Politics and Debate | Eddie Tabash explains the importance of engaging religion in politics and debate. | 1/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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083: Richard Carrier - Historical Method and Jesus of Nazareth | Richard Carrier explains how to do history correctly, and the implications of these methods for our understanding of Jesus. | 1/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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082: Eric Schwitzgebel - The Unreliability of Naive Introspection | We are not so good at perceiving our own internal states. | 12/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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081: Neil Sinhababu - The Humean Theory of Motivation | Sinhababu defends a Humean theory of motivation. | 12/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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080: Robert Gressis - Christian Theism vs. Naturalism | Gressis and I chat about our competing worldviews. | 11/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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079: Robert Price - The Crisis of Biblical Authority | Price explains the current debate over Biblical authority in evangelical circles. | 11/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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078: Liane Young - How to Change Someone's Moral Judgments with Magnets | Young explains recent moral psychology and its implications for moral philosophy. | 11/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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077: Valerie Tiberius - Wisdom and Well-Being | Tiberius analyzes well-being and the notion of a wisely-lived life. | 11/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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076: Stephen Batchelor - Secular Buddhism | -- | 10/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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075: Russell Miller - L. Ron Hubbard Was a Fraud | -- | 10/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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074: Michael Bishop - An Epistemology for James Randi | Michael Bishop discusses Strategic Reliabilism. | 10/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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073: Wynne LeGrow - An Atheist Runs for U.S. Congress | Wynne LeGrow is an atheist political challenger for Virginia's 4th congressional district. | 10/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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072: Tyler Wunder - Why Plantinga's Reformed Epistemology Fails | Tyler Wunder explains why Alvin Plantinga's reformed epistemology fails. | 10/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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071: Lydia McGrew - The Probability of Christianity | Lydia McGrew discusses evidentialist Christianity. | 10/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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070: Ron Mallon - Experimental Ethics | Ron Mallon discusses experimental ethi | 10/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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069: Nathan Nobis – Moral Realism and Animals | Nathan Nobis and I debate moral realism, and then discuss the ethical treatment of animals. | 9/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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068: Matt Jordan - A Defense of Theistic Ethics | Matt Jordan discusses the criteria for an adequate moral theory, and explains the advantages of theism over naturalism when it comes to morality. | 9/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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067: Robin Hanson - Overcoming Bias | Robin Hanson discusses how to overcome our biases. | 9/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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066: Andrew Chignell – Debating the Ethics of Belief | Andrew Chignell discusses the problem of infant suffering for theism, and also the ethics of belief. | 9/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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065: John Caputo - Postmodernism and Religion | John Caputo discusses postmodernism and religion. | 9/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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064: Zachary Moore - How to Build Atheist Communities | Zachary Moore discusses his experience at the head of two atheist organizations and offers his advice on how to build and maintain a successful atheist community. | 9/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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063: John Doris - Does Moral Character Exist? | John Doris discusses the possibility that we may not, after all, have much of anything like a robust moral character. | 9/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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062: Eric Steinhart - Dawkins and Theism | Eric Steinhart discusses Richard Dawkins' central argument for atheism, NeoPlatonic theology vs. Biblical theology, and also a naturalistic theory of resurrection. | 8/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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061: Paul Almond - Why God is a Terrible Explanation for Anything | Paul Almond discusses why 'God did it' is such a terrible explanation for cosmology, design, or anything else. | 8/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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060: Stephen Law - The Evil God Challenge | Stephen Law asks: If we can be so sure the universe doesn't exist because an omnipotent evil god made it, why can't we be just as sure an omnipotent good god made it? | 8/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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059: Andrew Melnyk - A Humble Physicalism | Philosopher Andrew Melnyk discusses how to define physicalism and the evidence for and against it. | 8/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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058: Jaco Gericke - Fundamentalism on Stilts | Bible scholar Jaco Gericke discusses the problems encountered by philosophical theologians when they encounter mainstream Biblical criticism. | 8/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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057: Tim Schroeder - Desire and Morality | Philosopher Tim Schroeder explains the major theories of what desire is, and how they relate to moral theories. | 7/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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056: Jesse Prinz - Emotions and Moral Judgement | Philosopher of psychology Jesse Prinz discusses emotions and moral judgment. | 7/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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055: Massimo Pigliucci - The Limits of Science | Massimo Pigliucci discusses the limits of science and his new book, 'Nonsense on Stilts.' | 7/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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B03: Luke on Euthyphro, Ignosticism, and More | I discuss the Euthyphro Dilemma, ignosticism, and the question of why atheists find God disgusting. | 7/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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054: Bob Price - The Case Against the Case for Christ | Bob Price discusses his latest book, 'The Case Against the Case for Christ.' | 7/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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053: Tom Clark - Naturalism as a Positive Worldview | Tom Clark presents naturalism as a robust metaphysical and moral worldview to compete with Christianity, Islam, and other religious worldviews. | 7/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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052: Steve Porter - In Defense of Atonement | Philosopher Steve Porter offers his defense of the penal substitutionary theory of the atonement in Christian theology. | 7/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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051: Neil Manson - The Design Argument | I interview philosopher Neil Manson about the design argument for God's existence, in all its forms. | 6/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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050: David Basinger - Miracles and Open Theism | I interview philosopher and theologian David Basinger about open theism, and also about the nature of miracles. | 6/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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049: Jesse Graham - The Morality of Liberals and Conservatives | I interview psychologist Jesse Graham about his research on how we make our moral judgments, and why liberals and conservatives have different moral values. | 6/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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048: Konrad Talmont-Kaminski - Naturalism and Supernaturalism | I interview philosopher Konrad Talmont-Kaminski about some varieties of philosophical naturalism and the differences between naturalism and supernaturalism. | 6/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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047: Darrel Ray - The God Virus | I interview psychologist Darrel Ray about how religion is like a virus. | 6/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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046: James McGrath - Bible Scholarship and the Golden Rule | I interview Bible scholar James McGrath about how he does history according to the Golden Rule. | 6/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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045: Richard Carrier - Is Christianity Responsible for Science? | I interview historian and philosopher Richard Carrier about the Christian apologist's claim that Christianity is responsible for modern science. | 6/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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044: Greg Ganssle - The New Atheism | I interview Yale philosopher Greg Ganssle about the new atheists: Richard Dawkins and company. | 6/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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043: Tim Mawson - A Fine-Tuned Universe | I interview Oxford philosopher and theologian Tim Mawson. | 6/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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B02: Luke Answers More Questions | I respond directly to the audio questions you submitted to me in response to Ask the Atheist... Audio Edition! | 5/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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042: Sean McDowell - Christian Apologetics | Today I interview Christian apologist Sean McDowell, the son of Josh McDowell. | 5/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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041: Jaco Gericke - Philosophy of Ancient Israelite Religion | I interview Bible scholar Jaco Gericke about the philosophy of Ancient Israelite religion, as revealed in the Hebrew Bible. | 5/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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040: Luke Barnes - 11 Responses to Fine-Tuning | In one of my funniest and most useful episodes yet, I interview astronomer Luke Barnes about the plausibility of 11 responses to the fine-tuning of the universe. Frankly, once you listen to this episode you will be better equipped to discuss fine-tuning than 90% of the people who discuss it on the internet. | 5/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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039: Ashley Paramore and Jonathan Weyer - Atheists and Believers Working Together | Today I interview Ashley Paramore, an atheist who works closely with Christians, and Jonathan Weyer, a Christian who works closely with atheists. We discuss the value of getting atheists and believers working together and how to make that happen. | 5/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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038: Taner Edis - Science and Nonbelief | I interview physicist Taner Edis about science and religion. | 5/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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037: John Loftus - The Christian Delusion | Today I interview John Loftus, author of 'The Christian Delusion. | 4/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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036: Scott Sehon - The Problem with "God is Mysterious" | Today I interview philosopher Scott Sehon about the "God is Mysterious" reply to the problem of evil. | 4/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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035: Timothy O'Connor - Theism and Ultimate Explanation | Today I interview philosopher Timothy O'Connor about God as an ultimate explanation for why something exists rather than nothing. | 4/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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034: Robert Price - How to Study the Historical Jesus | Today I interview New Testament scholar Robert Price about historical method. | 4/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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033: Zachary Moore - Evolution 101 | Today I interview Dr. Zach from the podcast 'Evolution 101' to discuss what evolutionary theory claims, and why it's true. | 4/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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B01: Luke Answers Your Questions | I respond directly to the audio questions you submitted to me in response to Ask the Atheist... Audio Edition! | 4/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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032: Chris Hallquist - Christianity and Pseudoscience | I interview philosophy graduate student at the University of Notre Dame, Chris Hallquist, about his book 'UFOs, Ghosts, and a Rising God.' | 3/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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031: Thomas Crisp - Is the Bible Divinely Inspired? | I interview philosopher Thomas Crisp about three possible ways to justify belief in the divine inspiration of the Bible. | 3/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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030: David McNaughton - Divine Command Morality | Today I interview philosopher David McNaughton about divine command morality. | 3/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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029: Erik Wielenberg - Non-Natural Moral Realism | Today I interview philosopher Erik Wielenberg. | 3/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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028: Eric Reitan - Christianity Beyond Fundamentalism | I interview philosopher and theologian Eric Reitan. | 3/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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027: Ken Pulliam - Encouragement to Doubting Christians | Dr. Ken Pulliam left Christianity not because it fell apart when he looked at it from the outside, but because it fell apart when he looked at it from the inside. | 3/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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026: John Shook - Naturalism, Humanism, and Democracy | I interview John Shook about positive replacements for a religious worldview - in particular: Naturalism, Humanism, and Democracy. | 3/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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025: Stephen Maitzen - Can Theism Ground Morality? | Today I interview atheist philosopher Stephen Maitzen. | 3/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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024: Hector Avalos - The End of Biblical Studies | Today I interview Bible scholar Hector Avalos. | 3/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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023: James Spiegel - How Immorality Leads to Atheism | I interview James Spiegel about his book: 'The Making of an Atheist: How Immorality Leads to Unbelief.' | 2/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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022: Roger Trigg - Religion in the Public Square | I interview Roger Trigg about religion in the public square. | 2/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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021: Ruth Chang - What is Morality? | I interview moral philosopher Ruth Chang about contemporary meta-ethics. | 2/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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020: James Sennett - The Renaissance of Christian Philosophy | I interview Christian philosopher James Sennett about the religious inclusivism of C.S. Lewis, the renaissance of Christian philosophy, and natural theology vs. the theology of nature. | 2/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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019: Kevin Timpe - God and Free Will | I interview Christian philosopher Kevin Timpe about God, free will, philosophy, and theology. | 2/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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018: Erik Baldwin - Plantinga and Pluralism | I interview philosopher Erik Baldwin about the three stages of Alvin Plantinga's career, and how religious pluralism poses a challenge to Plantinga's epistemology. | 2/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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017: Matt McCormick - Theism and Double Standards | I interview philosopher of religion Matt McCormick about philosophical atheism. | 2/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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016: Andrei Buckareff - Belief, Acceptance, and Panentheism | I interview philosopher of religion Andrei Buckareff about acceptance, belief, knowledge, and pantheism. | 2/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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015: Wes Morriston - God, Genocide, Craig, and Infinity | I interview Christian philosopher Wes Morriston about God, Genocide, William Lane Craig's Kalam Cosmological Argument, and the nature of infinity. | 1/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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014: Brian Hayden - Prehistoric Religion | I interview archaeologists and expert on prehistoric religion Brian Hayden. | 1/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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013: Richard Otte - Evil and Miracles | I interview philosopher of religion Richard Otte about the problem of evil, Plantinga's free will defense, and Hume's argument against miracles. | 1/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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012: Nick Trakakis - The End of Philosophy of Religion | I interview Nick Trakakis about the problem of evil and other issues in philosophy of religion. | 1/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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011: Graham Oppy - Contemporary Atheism | I interview Graham Oppy about the current state of philosophical atheism. | 12/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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010: Jessica Pierce - Animal Morality | I interview Jessica Pierce about her book "Wild Justice: The Moral Lives of Animals." | 11/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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009: Don Loeb - Moral Irrealism | I interview ethical philosopher Don Loeb about moral irrealism. | 10/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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008: Stephen Finlay - The Error in the Error Theory | I interview ethical philosopher Stephen Finlay about his 2008 journal article "The Error in the Error Theory." | 10/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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007: Gregory Dawes - Theism and Explanation | I interview Gregory Dawes about his book, 'Theism and Explanation.' | 5/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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006: Evan Fales - Reformed Epistemology | I interview atheist philosopher Evan Fales, an expert on the reformed epistemology of Christian philosophers like Alvin Plantinga and William Alston. | 4/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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005: Alonzo Fyfe - Desire Utilitarianism | I interview Alonzo Fyfe about his ethical theory, desire utilitarianism. | 4/18/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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004: Mark van Steenwyk - Missional Christianity | I interview Mark van Steenwyk, leader of a non-violent Christianity community. Mark mentored me during the last year of my Christian life. | 2/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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003: Alonzo Fyfe - Morality without God | I interview Alonzo Fyfe, who may have written the first ethical theory that has an account of objective moral value that really exists. | 1/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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002: Mike Licona - Debating the Resurrection | I interview Christian apologist Mike Licona. We discuss the resurrection, the nature of evidence and probability, gods of the gaps vs. naturalism of the gaps, and much more. | 1/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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001: Robert Russell - God and Physics | In the first episode of my new interfaith podcast, I tell my own deconversion story, interview Robert Russell (founder of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences), and answer my first listener question: "What is atheism?" | 1/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 93 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Quality naturalism/supernaturalism debating without the rigid format.
A refreshing departure from the more academic exhausting debate format that account for the lions share of this genre’s audio, this show allows for natural discussion to get past the veneer layer of the topic and flesh out the gritty-details of different positions in an honest and open manner that can appeal to almost anyone interested in philosophical naturalism/supernaturalism topics. Good work with the podcast and the revamped companion website with an incredible amount of archived debates and speeches. Hope you find some time to get it started back up. Good audio quality, good guests and great discussion.
Serious philosophy that is bearable...even enjoyable!
Philosophical discussion is not the sort of discourse that lends itself to a podcast. Rather, the tedious nature of logical argumentation is usually best digested in print where one has the time to stare, to think, to make notes, etc. So it was with low expectations that I downloaded an episode of Conversations from the Pale Blue Dot. Add the fact that I am an evangelical Christian, not an atheist or agnostic, and the bar was lower still. But, the diversity of guests, which included theists, atheists, and everything in between, piqued my interest. I am pleased to say after listening to several episodes that this is an excellent podcast. The guests are top notch, the host (lukeprog) is well informed and steers the conversation in the right direction, but still allows his guests control of the conversation. Those interested in philosophy, particularly philosophy of religion, should subscribe to this podcast.
In A Class All Its Own!
This is, hands down, one of the most enertaining, challenging, and informative podcasts out there. The guests are diverse, from Christian apologists to physicists to philosophers and historians. I love that Luke lets his guests do most of the talking and always seems to ask the questions that I would ask. No matter where you fall on the religious spectrum, don't miss this podcast!
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