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The Life of Luther (Part 33) - Katherine von Bora

In the THIRTY-THIRD episode in our Wingin’ It series on the life of Martin Luther, Mike and Wade introduce Katherine von Bora. The former nun and wife of Martin Luther, has an interesting story in her own right. We hope that you will enjoy the discussion of this remarkable woman who has been dubbed “The […]

The Death of Expertise

00:00 - Introduction 06:36 - Main Topic (The Death of Expertise) In episode ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT Wade and Mike take a look at Tom Nichols’ book The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters. Nichols makes the case that ignorance may be the biggest threat to a democratic republic. […]

The Life of Luther (Part 32) - Thomas Müntzer

In the THIRTY-SECOND episode in our Wingin’ It series on the life of Martin Luther, Mike and Wade discuss Thomas Müntzer. The radical reformer, who was once a student of Luther, turned to German mysticism that eventually to violence in his attempt to bring about a new age of Christendom. Take a listen as the […]

It Can’t Happen Here … or Can It?

00:00 - Introduction 15:16 - Main Topic (It Can't Happen Here ... or Can It?) In episode ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN Mike and Wade discuss Sinclair Lewis’ It Can’t Happen Here, a 1935 dystopian novel of how fascism took hold in the United States. The guys compare and contrast Lewis’ fiction with the current political […]

The American Revolution

00:00 - Introduction 08:00 - Free-for-All (What age of history you'd least/most like to have lived in?) 23:47 - Main Topic (The American Revolution) On episode ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX Mike and Wade are joined once again by Dr. Aaron Palmer from the history department at Wisconsin Lutheran College. Before getting to the American Revolution, […]

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