Best Tim Whitaker Podcasts (2025)

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16. Tim Whitaker (The New Evangelicals) – Rebuilding Faith Beyond Fundamentalism 50:06

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🎙 Episode 16. Tim Whitaker – Rebuilding Faith Beyond Fundamentalism This week, Alexis welcomes Tim Whitaker @timwhitakerspeaks, founder and host of The New Evangelicals@thenewevangelicals, a digital-first community holding space for honesty, justice, and theological exploration. Tim’s story mirrors so many of ours: deep roots in white evangelical s…

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When the Church Forgets Christ with Tim Whitaker 1:40:45

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In this episode, Tim Whitaker from the New Evangelical joined me for one of those sprawling conversations that somehow manages to connect Christian nationalism, the Democratic Party’s moral cowardice, process theology, and whether buying burritos on payment plans signals the end of civilization. We started with our upcoming “God of Justice” class a…

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Christian Witness in Catastrophic Times with Cornel West 1:54:15

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I had the privilege of sitting down with Dr. Cornel West, one of America’s most distinguished public intellectuals and philosophers, to discuss his historic Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh. The Gifford Lectures represent philosophy’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize, and West’s series marked a watershed moment – bringing a jazz-soaked …

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Christian Witness in Catastrophic Times with Cornel West 1:56:07

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I had the privilege of sitting down with Dr. Cornel West, one of America's most distinguished public intellectuals and philosophers, to discuss his historic Gifford Lectures, which marked a watershed moment in the series - bringing a jazz-soaked philosophical methodology to this centuries-old tradition of natural theology. West has spent decades at…

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Mark Vernon: Awake! William Blake and the Power of the Imagination 1:19:30

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In this episode, we turn to the radical vision of William Blake with brilliant scholar and psychotherapist Mark Vernon. Mark argues that Blake isn’t just a historical curiosity—he’s a guide for rewilding our humanity in an age of spiritual flatness. We explore how Blake saw the collapse of cultural imagination coming 200 years ago, offering us a wa…

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Mark Vernon: Awake! William Blake and the Power of the Imagination 1:20:22

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In this episode, we turn to the radical vision of William Blake with brilliant scholar and psychotherapist Mark Vernon. Mark argues that Blake isn't just a historical curiosity—he's a guide for rewilding our humanity in an age of spiritual flatness. We explore how Blake saw the collapse of cultural imagination coming 200 years ago, offering us a wa…

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The New Season 6:13

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We'll see you next week with our regular release! ____________________________________________________ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠If you'd like to support our work, you can DONATE here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Us On Instagram @thenewevangelicals Subscribe On YouTube @thenewevangelicals The New Evangelicals exists to support those who are tired of how evangelical chu…

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Interviews with White House Senior Director for Counterterrorism Sebastian Gorka; Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar; Ambassador Cindy McCain 43:56

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On CNN’s State of the Union, Brianna Keilar and White House Senior Director for Counterterrorism Sebastian Gorka spar over right-wing claims about the prevalence of mass shootings by transgender people. Next, Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar joins to respond and discuss how her community is dealing with the aftermath of the Minneapolis school sho…

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Heidegger Dreams and Chicken Interruptions: An Onto-Theological Throwdown 1:46:49

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Bo and I dove deep into onto-theology after he texted me wanting to explore its “upside” – which led to a sprawling conversation about everything from James Dobson’s recent death and its impact on evangelical parenting, to Taylor Swift’s engagement, to my chickens interrupting the show. We unpacked how onto-theology (the problematic conflation of B…

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Nichole Torbitzky: Student Beliefs & The Evolution of Faith on Campus 1:27:01

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I got an email from a retired university chaplain who’d hit a wall – after decades of ministry, he felt so culturally alienated from undergrad students that he didn’t think he could do the job anymore. It made me think about my friend Nicole Torbitzky, who serves as both philosophy professor and university chaplain at Lindenwood University in Misso…

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Nichole Torbitzky: Student Beliefs & The Evolution of Faith on Campus 1:28:53

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I got an email from a retired university chaplain who'd hit a wall - after decades of ministry, he felt so culturally alienated from undergrad students that he didn't think he could do the job anymore. It made me think about my friend Nicole Torbitzky, who serves as both philosophy professor and university chaplain at Lindenwood University in Misso…

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Aizaiah Yong – Sitting by the River with Jesus: Trauma, Mysticism, and Communal Healing 1:22:12

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What if everything we think we know about trauma and healing is backwards? Today I’m talking with Aizaiah Young about his incredible new book “Trauma and Renewal” and honestly, this conversation blew me away. Isaiah survived a near-death motorcycle accident right after passing his PhD comprehensive exams (talk about terrible timing), and during a 1…

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Sitting by the River with Jesus: Trauma, Mysticism, and Communal Healing with Aizaiah Yong 1:24:03

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What if everything we think we know about trauma and healing is backwards? Today I'm talking with Aizaiah Young about his incredible new book "Trauma and Renewal" and honestly, this conversation blew me away. Isaiah survived a near-death motorcycle accident right after passing his PhD comprehensive exams (talk about terrible timing), and during a 1…

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Best of TNE: Israel and Palestine Pt 1: Blame the British! 1:23:48

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Original Episode #176 | ⁠Understanding Israel and Palestine Pt 1: Blame the British ____________________________________________________ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠If you'd like to support our work, you can DONATE here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Us On Instagram @thenewevangelicals Subscribe On YouTube @thenewevangelicals The New Evangelicals exists to support th…

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15. Rev. Roberto Che Espinoza, PhD (Baptist) – Becoming Human With One Another 50:06

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🎙 Episode 15. Rev. Roberto Che Espinoza (Baptist) – Becoming Human With One Another This week, Alexis Rice welcomes Rev. Dr. Roberto Che Espinoza, PhD (@drrobertoche), pastor, scholar, and founder of Activist Theology and Our Collective Becoming. Roberto’s life and ministry embody a theology rooted in interdependence, tenderness, and justice. A Lat…

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Interviews with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel 41:36

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On CNN's State of the Union, Democratic House Leader Hakeem Jeffries discusses with Dana Bash New York's redistricting plans, the party's loss of voters, and the President reviewing exhibits within the Smithsonian museums. Former Chicago Mayor and U-S Ambassador Rahm Emanuel slams President Trump's new plans to send troops into Chicago and reacts t…

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When the Church Forgets Christ with Tim Whitaker 1:44:17

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In this episode, Tim Whitaker from the New Evangelical joined me for one of those sprawling conversations that somehow manages to connect Christian nationalism, the Democratic Party's moral cowardice, process theology, and whether buying burritos on payment plans signals the end of civilization. We started with our upcoming "God of Justice" class a…

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Randall Balmer: Myth Busting Evangelical Activism & Its Origins 1:26:55

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What if everything you thought you knew about why evangelical Christians became politically active was completely wrong? Today I sit down with one of America’s greatest historians of religion, Randall Balmer, to do some serious myth-busting. We dive deep into what Balmer calls “the abortion myth” – the widely believed but false story that evangelic…

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Randall Balmer: Myth Busting Evangelical Activism & Its Origins 1:29:46

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What if everything you thought you knew about why evangelical Christians became politically active was completely wrong? Today I sit down with one of America's greatest historians of religion, Randall Balmer, to do some serious myth-busting. We dive deep into what Balmer calls "the abortion myth" - the widely believed but false story that evangelic…

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Guillermo Bervejillo: Kojin Karatani’s The Structure of World History 1:31:32

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So I got pulled into this fascinating email exchange with Brian McLaren about Kojin Karatani’s The Structure of World History, and it turns out there’s this whole crew of organizers and academics who’ve been quietly working with these ideas to rethink everything from social movements to economic theory. My guest Guillermo Bervejillo—who went from b…

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Guillermo Bervejillo: The Structure of World History 1:34:22

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So I got pulled into this fascinating email exchange with Brian McLaren about Kojin Karatani's The Structure of World History, and it turns out there's this whole crew of organizers and academics who've been quietly working with these ideas to rethink everything from social movements to economic theory. My guest Guillermo Bervejillo—who went from b…

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Best of TNE: Myth Busting Sunday School with James McGrath 59:16

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Original Episode #217 | Myth-Busting Sunday School // Dr. James McGrath ____________________________________________________ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠If you'd like to support our work, you can DONATE here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Us On Instagram @thenewevangelicals Subscribe On YouTube @thenewevangelicals The New Evangelicals exists to support those who are tired …

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14. Pastor Zach Lambert (Non-Denominational) – Better Ways to Read the Bible 43:06

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🎙 Episode 14: Better Ways to Read the Bible — with Pastor Zach Lambert This week, Alexis Rice welcomes Pastor Zach W. Lambert (@zachwlambert), founding pastor of Restore Austin and author of Better Ways to Read the Bible: Transforming a Weapon of Harm into a Tool of Healing. Zach’s work calls us to examine the lenses we bring to Scripture. He argue…

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Interviews with US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff; Former Vice President Mike Pence 41:26

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On CNN’s State of the Union, US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff joins Jake to discuss what he says was “substantial progress” in the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska. Then, Trump’s former vice president Mike Pence joins Jake to react to Trump rolling out the red carpet for Putin. Next, CNN Political Commentators Bakari Sellers, Brad Todd, Kristen Soltis An…

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Love at the Center: Tom Oord’s Systematic Theology Project 2:16:31

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What’s up, theology nerds! Today I got to sit down with my longtime friend Tom Oord, who’s in the middle of writing what might be the first ever systematic theology with “love” right there in the title. We dove deep into how systematic theology actually works – you know, the difference between someone like Wayne Grudem who treats the Bible like a c…

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Why Your Politics Need a Better Cosmology (Whether You Know It or Not) w/ Matt Segall & Aaron Simmons 1:58:28

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Y’all, this was our third live stream for the Democracy in Tension Summit, and boy did we get nerdy! I got Aaron Simmons (the Kierkegaard guru and summit co-pilot) and Matt Segall (our process philosophy friend fresh back from Europe) together to wrestle with Carl Schmitt, Christian nationalism, cosmology, and why the heck a new vision of reality m…

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Why Your Politics Need a Better Cosmology (Whether You Know It or Not) w/ Matthew Segall & Aaron Simmons 2:00:04

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You can join the Democracy in Tension online summit and get access to all the lectures today.⁠ You can WATCH this conversation on YouTube Dr. Matthew Segall is a transdisciplinary researcher and teacher who applies process philosophy to various natural and social sciences, including consciousness. He is also an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy…

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13. Semler (Singer-Songwriter) Faith, Queerness, and Why Sometimes the Most Rebellious Act of All Is Staying 1:07:17

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🎙Episode 13. Semler (Singer-Songwriter) – Faith, Queerness, and Why Sometimes the Most Rebellious Act of All Is Staying 🌈 Faith & Courage | Music as Resistance Semler @gracebaldridge made history when their independent release Preacher’s Kid became the first openly queer Christian album to reach #1 on the iTunes Christian charts—an accomplishment t…

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Ryan Burge: Gen Z Revival?: The Next Chapter in American Religious Life 1:16:34

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Well, Ryan Burge is back with a bunch of graphs about the possible Gez Z revival. We ended up spending two and a half hours doing what we do best – meandering through vacation stories about all-inclusive resorts in Mexico, reports on Tripp’s sneaky chickens, and somehow ending up talking about Prince documentaries and Epstein files. We covered the …

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Ryan Burge: Gen Z Revival?: The Next Chapter in American Religious Life 1:18:10

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Well, Ryan Burge is back with a bunch of graphs about religion. We covered the supposed "Gen Z revival" (spoiler alert: Ryan's data says it's not happening), dove deep into some philosophical sociology about why people are leaving religion, and I went on my usual tangents about Charles Taylor and Hartmut Rosa, while Ryan kept bringing us back to ea…