Best Communion After Dark Podcasts (2025)

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Communion After Dark - 10/27/2025 Annual Halloween Episode 2:34:30

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Communion After Dark's Annual Halloween Episode - featuring new and old Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Wumpscut, Suicide Commando, Skinny Puppy, Leaether Strip, God Module, and many more artists from around the worldBy DJs Paradise, Maus, Winters, and Gold

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David French on Faith, Fear, and the Future of the Church 47:00

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David French checks in on a potpourri of important subjects. Watch the full conversation on YouTube For longtime friends Russell Moore and David French, talking about what’s happening and where things are going is virtually an everyday occurrence. This time, though, they decided to let us listen in. RDM refused to write notes to plan out this conve…

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Listener Question: Should Communion Be Open to All Believers? 16:02

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Russell takes a listener's question about church membership and the Communion table. Watch the video of this episode on YouTube here. Submit your own question for the show! Email [email protected] — and remember: attach a voice memo! Keep up with Russell: Sign up for the weekly newsletter where Russell shares thoughtful takes on big questi…

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JD Greear on What Culture Wars Are Doing to Us 48:55

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What if the real radicals right now are the ones who refuse to join the outrage mobs? Watch the full conversation on YouTube Russell Moore talks with pastor and author J.D. Greear about his new book Everyday Revolutionary and the surprising power of grace in an age addicted to “courage” and “clarity.” Starting with the story of how J.D. befriended …

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Communion After Dark - 10/20/2025 Episode 1:55:41

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Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Hocico, Assemblage 23, Diary of Dreams, Extize, Blutengel, and many more artists from around the worldBy DJs Paradise, Winters, and Gold

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Listener Question: How Can I Make Time for Writing? 15:11

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Russell answers a listener’s question about making time to be a better writer Watch the video of this episode on YouTube here. Submit your own question for the show! Email [email protected] — and remember: attach a voice memo! Keep up with Russell: Sign up for the weekly newsletter where Russell shares thoughtful takes on big questions, of…

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Beth Moore on Falling in Love with Ecclesiastes 57:03

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If you’ve ever wondered what a conversation about Ecclesiastes between Tigger and Eeyore sounds like, it’s your lucky day. Watch the full conversation on YouTube In a recent episode, Sho Baraka became the first guest to choose the book of Ecclesiastes for his Desert Island, “5 Books of the Bible” challenge we sometimes end our show with. So it seem…

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Communion After Dark - 10/13/2025 Episode 2:00:46

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Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from T.O.Y., God Module, Red Cell, Lebanon Hanover, Ultra Sunn, and many more artists from around the worldBy DJs Paradise, Winters, and Gold

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Listener Question: Should We Call Christian MAGA ‘Christian’? 11:56

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Russell takes a listener's question about what we should call religious participants in the MAGA movement. Watch the video of this episode on YouTube here. Submit your own question for the show! Email [email protected] — and remember: attach a voice memo! Keep up with Russell: Sign up for the weekly newsletter where Russell shares thoughtf…

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Ben Watson and Russell Moore on The Just Life 50:05

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Retired NFL player Benjamin Watson has been on this show several times over the years, and he’s recently released his own podcast, The Just Life. Russell was a guest on the show, and together they talked about Russell’s background along with matters of justice, gospel-centered living, and faithful action. Check out Ben’s show here. Resources mentio…

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Communion After Dark - 10/06/2025 Episode 1:55:03

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Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Diary of Dreams, Rotersand, Blaklight, Lights of Euphoria, Grausame Töchter, and many more artists from around the world.By DJs Paradise, Winters, and Gold

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Listener Question: Why Aren’t Christians Engaging in Humanitarian Aid? 15:36

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Russell answers a listener’s question regarding why Christians are not stepping in to help with the humanitarian aid crisis, and what needs to change. Watch the video of this episode on YouTube here. Submit your own question for the show! Email [email protected] — and remember: attach a voice memo! Keep up with Russell: Sign up for the wee…

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BONUS: Lecrae on Reconstruction After Disillusionment 36:34

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Lecrae joins Russell Moore to talk about reconstructing faith after crises of disillusionment. Watch the full conversation on YouTube Originally aired live on September 24th, Russell hosted a conversation for Christianity Today subscribers with Lecrae regarding his recent Christianity Today article, “An Exhortation to the Exhausted Black Christian.…

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Paul Kingsnorth on the Dark Powers Behind AI 1:01:22

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What if the world’s brightest engineers aren’t just building smarter tools—but opening a door to something older, darker, and more sinister? In this episode of The Russell Moore Show, RDM sits down with Paul Kingsnorth—novelist, essayist, and former pagan turned Orthodox Christian—to talk about his searing new book Against the Machine: On the Unmak…

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Communion After Dark - 09/29/2025 Episode 2:09:28

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Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Assemblage 23, De/Vision Redux, Synthattack, Frontal boundary, Die Sexual, and many more artists from around the world.By DJs Paradise, Winters, and Gold

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Tim Keller on Hope in Times in Fear (re-air) 36:21

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A conversation with Tim Keller from 2021, in honor of his birthday. Watch the full conversation on YouTube. Tim Keller would have turned 75 years old this week (September 23rd). To mark this, we are bringing back an episode from early in 2021 (back when the show was called Signposts). At the time of the conversation, Keller was a few months removed…

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Communion After Dark - 09/22/2025 with IAMX 3:11:13

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Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features an interview with IAMX + music from Bill Leeb, IAMX, spankthenun, Emmon, Deep Red, and many more artists from around the world.By DJs Paradise, Winters, Maus and Gold

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30 Things for 30 Years in Ministry 46:30

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Russell shares 30 things he’s learned in his 30 years of ordained ministry. Watch the full episode on YouTube This was originally shared in the Moore to the Point newsletter (sign up here), but Russell received so much feedback that it deserved its own episode. Have feedback? Email [email protected]. We’ll look forward to hearing from you.…

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Books about Digital Resistance with Ashley Hales: The New Wendell Berry Novel, Jon Haidt, David Zahl, and More 49:15

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Another quarterly conversation on books with Christianity Today’s Editorial Director, Ashley Hales, on the subject of resisting the digital era. Watch the full conversation on YouTube What’s the role of reading in a screen-saturated, distracted, AI world? Russell is joined once again by Ashley Hales, print editor at Christianity Today, to explore h…

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Communion After Dark - 09/15/2025 Episode 1:57:18

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Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Front Line Assembly, Alienare, Reaper, Ash Code, Ultra Sunn, and many more artists from around the world.By DJs Paradise, Winters, and Gold

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Listener Question: Is Screentime with Grandparents Dangerous for My Children? With Jon Haidt 7:47

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Russell is joined by Jon Haidt to answer a listener's question: “Is screentime with grandparents dangerous for my children?” Listen to the full interview with John HERE, and (ironically) watch the video of this conversation on YouTube here. Submit your own question for the show! Email [email protected] — and remember: attach a voice memo! …

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Jonathan Haidt’s Newest Thoughts on Technology, Anxiety, and the War for Our Attention 44:39

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It’s odd that one of our listeners’ favorite frequent guests is an atheist: Jonathan Haidt. And yet, it’s not really that unusual because Haidt, though not a believer, is perhaps the world’s foremost thinker on issues Christians face every day: the digital war on our attention spans, how technology is making us anxious, how removing obstacles and p…

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Communion After Dark - 09/08/2025 Episode 2:00:49

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Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Die Krupps, Combichrist, Blackbook, Rotersand, Das Ich, and many more artists from around the world.By DJs Paradise, Winters, and Gold

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Listener Question: How Can I Have Friendships With Atheists? 19:56

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Russell answers a listener's question: How can I be friends with atheists? Submit your own question for the show! Email [email protected] — and remember: attach a voice memo! Keep up with Russell: Sign up for the weekly newsletter where Russell shares thoughtful takes on big questions, offers a Christian perspective on life, and recommends…

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Philip Yancey on the Problem of Pain and Suffering 42:35

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You may know Philip Yancey as the bestselling author of What’s So Amazing About Grace?, Where Is God When It Hurts?, and The Jesus I Never Knew. We’ve even had him on the show a few times to talk about these books and more. For decades, his writing has guided Christians who are wrestling with disappointment, doubt, and suffering. But in recent year…

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Communion After Dark - 09/01/2025 Episode 2:17:05

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Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Bill Leeb, Molchat Doma, Rotersand, Wumpscut, Qual, and many more artists from around the world.By DJs Paradise, Winters, and Gold

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An Open Letter to Donald Trump 16:43

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A reading of the latest from Russell’s weekly newsletter. Sign up for the newsletter, Moore to the Point, where Russell shares thoughtful takes on big questions, offers a Christian perspective on life, and recommends books and music he's enjoying. Submit a question for the show (and include a voice memo!) at [email protected] Subscribe to …

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Sho Baraka on Matters of the Soul Post-2020 47:15

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Today we put the “Sho” in the Russell Moore Show with Sho Baraka, Christianity Today’s director of the Big Tent Initiative. Five years after the murder of George Floyd, many wondered if the United States—and the church—was headed toward lasting change. Talk of a “racial reckoning” filled headlines, pulpits, and boardrooms. But where do things stand…

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Communion After Dark - 08/25/2025 Episode 2:12:32

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Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Rotersand, Zynic, CattaC, Mono Inc., Vandal Moon, and many more artists from around the world.By DJs Paradise, Winters, and Gold

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Listener Question: Should Church Leaders Be Transparent About Finances? 15:33

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Russell answers a listener's question: Should church leaders be transparent about finances? Submit your own question for the show! Email [email protected] — and remember: attach a voice memo! Keep up with Russell: Sign up for the weekly newsletter where Russell shares thoughtful takes on big questions, offers a Christian perspective on lif…

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General Stanley McChrystal on Character 51:25

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What does it mean to have character in a world that doesn’t care? Or even worse: platforms and incentivizes a LACK of character? If anyone should know, it’s a retired four-star General whose career ended in resignation. In this episode, Russell talks with General Stanley McChrystal, former commander of U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan and a…

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Communion After Dark - 08/18/2025 Episode 2:05:21

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Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Till Lindemann, Rotersand, Vanguard, Miss FD, Corlyx, and many more artists from around the world.By DJs Paradise, Winters, and Gold

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Listener Question: Where Are All the Mature Christian Single Men? 8:09

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Russell answers a listener's question: Where Are All the mature, single christian men? Listen to the recent episode with Christine Emba about porn’s contribution to relational intimacy. Submit your own question for the show! Email [email protected] — and remember: attach a voice memo! Keep up with Russell: Sign up for the weekly newsletter…

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Christine Emba on the Fantasy of Porn’s Harmlessness 49:33

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Even where nobody talks about it, porn is everywhere--so much so that many, even those who think it's immoral, have concluded that it's an inextricable part of 21st century digital culture. But what if that attitude is leading us to levels of brokenness we never even imagined? In this episode, Christine Emba joins Russell to talk about what she cal…

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Communion After Dark - 08/11/2025 Music Podcast 2:02:24

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Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Das Ich, Ultra Sunn, Suicide Commando, Dead Lights, Dead Cool, and many more artists from around the world.By DJs Paradise, Winters and Gold

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Listener Question: Am I Disciplined—or Just Legalistic? 25:32

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Russell answers a listener's question: Am I Being Disciplined—or Just Legalistic? Submit your own question for the show! Email [email protected] — and remember: attach a voice memo! Keep up with Russell: Sign up for the weekly newsletter where Russell shares thoughtful takes on big questions, offers a Christian perspective on life, and rec…

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Tony Hale on Parenting, Powerlessness, and Processing Grief 34:01

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Maybe you know Tony Hale as the bumbling Buster Bluth on Arrested Development. Or maybe you know him as the bag-toting assistant to Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Selina Meyer on Veep. You might even know him as the googly-eyed Forky in Toy Story 4 or Riley’s Fear on Inside Out. No matter how you’ve come across him before, perhaps you haven’t heard him like …

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Communion After Dark - 08/04/2025 Music Podcast - with Aesthetic Perfection 2:40:53

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Communion After Dark - Featuring Daniel Graves from Aesthetic Perfection - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Psyche, Covenant, Unter Null, BlackBook, and many more artists worldwide.By DJs Paradise, Winters, and Gold

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Listener Question: Should I Go to a Church That Practices Infant Baptism? 13:26

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Russell answers a listener's question: Should I go to a church that practices infant baptism? Listen to the episode with Ligon Duncan: Ligon Duncan Tells Me Where I’m Wrong on Infant Baptism Listen to the recent episode with Jefferson Fisher: Jefferson Fisher on How to Have Difficult Conversations Keep up with Russell: Sign up for the weekly newsle…

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David Brooks on Moral Courage for a Soulless Age 59:38

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What happens when a movement built on moral seriousness gives way to one powered by cruelty, resentment, and nihilism? In this episode, New York Times columnist David Brooks joins to talk about what he calls one of the greatest ruptures of his lifetime: the implosion of the conservative movement’s moral center. Drawing from his widely discussed ess…

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Communion After Dark - 07/28/2025 Music Podcast 2:13:21

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Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Front 242, Suicide Commando, The Tear Garden, Ruined Conflict, Tyske Ludder, and many more artists from around the world.By DJs Paradise, Winters, and Gold

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Question: Does God Want Me To Have Fun? [with Beth Moore] 9:00

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Russell answers a listener's question. Does God want me to have fun? Keep up with Russell: Sign up for the weekly newsletter where Russell shares thoughtful takes on big questions, offers a Christian perspective on life, and recommends books and music he's enjoying. Submit a question for the show by emailing [email protected] Subscribe to …

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Beth Moore on All Manner of Good Things 51:30

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Beth is back for mo(o)re. It’s been a couple years since Beth Moore has been on the show, so it was high time to catch up with her. Russell and Beth (no relation) sit down for a free-wheeling conversation, starting with what’s been happening in her life these days. Amid the laughter, conversation touches on all manner of important topics: pain, suf…

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Communion After Dark - 07/21/2025 Podcast 1:55:09

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Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Lebanon Hanover, Til Lindemann, Massive Ego, Rotersand, Curse Mackey, and many more artists worldwide.By DJs Paradise, Winters, and Gold

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Why We Want to See the Epstein Files 13:14

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Russell reads his recent newsletter article on the public outcry for release of the Epstein files. Keep up with Russell: Sign up for the weekly newsletter where Russell shares thoughtful takes on big questions, offers a Christian perspective on life, and recommends books and music he's enjoying. Submit a question for the show by emailing questions@…

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Jefferson Fisher on How to Have Difficult Conversations 54:17

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How do you handle conflict? If you said “not well,” let conversation expert Jefferson Fisher offer you practical tips for navigating difficult conversation. And there’s good news: if you’re afraid of conflict, you don’t have to be. Jefferson Fisher is an attorney, author, and a bonafide conversation expert. His videos–about conversation and communi…

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Communion After Dark - 07/14/2025 Podcast 1:54:00

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Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from The Cure, Perturbator, Extize, Chrom, ESA, and music from many more artists worldwideBy DJs Bold, Winters, and Dave

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Nicholas Carr on Building Attention in a Digital Age 1:02:11

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Doomscrolling, algorithms, artificial intelligence—these concepts have become so familiar to us and such a part of our everyday monotony that they’ve become jokes. But Nicholas Carr isn’t laughing. Carr’s work in tech journalism has given him a front-row seat to watch the shift of culture around technology over the last decade. His recent book, Sup…

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Communion After Dark - 07/07/2025 Podcast 2:04:55

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Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Faderhead, Aesthetic Perfection, Elektrostaub, Tyske Ludder, Chainreactor, and music from many more artists worldwideBy DJs Paradise, Winters, and Gold

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Yuval Levin Provides Hope for American Unity 47:02

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For Independence Day, we are running an episode of particular relevance from our archives. Could the Constitution provide the antidote to polarization? Yuval Levin thinks so. The director of social, cultural, and constitutional studies at the American Enterprise Institute, Levin is the author of a new book titled American Covenant. In it, and durin…