Best Macie Bridge Podcasts (2025)

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Christopher Williams on Building a More Courageous Arts Sector 25:35

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It's Boot Camp week! In this special mini episode, Capacity's President Christopher Williams joins host Monica Holt to pull back the curtain on Boot Camp, the leading conference for arts and culture professionals. They dive into how this year's program came together, the sessions they're most excited about, and how courage and curiosity are the key…

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Women Alone with God: Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women / Hetta Howes (SOLO Part 4) 50:19

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What is the role of solitude in Christian history? Medievalist Hetta Howes comments on the allure of enclosure, how seeking solitude supports community, and what these ancient lives reveal about our modern search for connection. “Even those moments of solitude that she’s carving for herself are surprisingly sociable.” This episode is part 1 of a 5-…

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Episode 188: Microtransit 2:09:56

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it's so small you can't even see it Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod/ marcus's article: https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/experiencing-navi-the-ultimate-urban-circulator/ the ATU study: https://www.atu.org/pdfs/ATU_FalsePromiseofMicrotransit.pdf?link_id=0&can_id=cd24f759fa3e8cdb724f5115b807a48f&source=email-not-your-average-joe-the-a…

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Shanta Thake on Curiosity, Collaboration, and Building the Next Chapter of Lincoln Center 48:48

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Shanta Thake sees artistic curation as a practice rooted in curiosity and community connection. As the Ehrenkranz Chief Artistic Officer at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Shanta is helping redefine what one of the world's most storied institutions can be. Since joining in 2021, she's helped usher in an era of experimentation and access to …

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Lonely Tech: AI, Isolation, Solitude, and Grace / Felicia Wu Song (SOLO Part 3) 51:18

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Is technology the source or salve of social isolation? Given the realities of increasing division, the epidemic of loneliness, and unwanted isolation today, how should we think about the theological, ethical, and spiritual dimensions of the human experience of aloneness? “AI technologies aren’t capable of creating conditions in which grace can happ…

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Rachel Moore on The Music Center, Community, and the Arts within Democracy 42:22

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For Rachel S. Moore, the arts aren't just a mirror for society. They're a means of shaping it. As President and CEO of The Music Center in Los Angeles, she oversees one of the largest performing arts centers in North America, stewarding $3 billion in county assets and programming that reaches hundreds of thousands of Angelenos each year. A former p…

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Episode 187: National Airlines Flight 102 1:54:48

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war is bad folks, avoid it can't believe we have to say it two episodes in a row Support Groove for Good at Lutheran Settlement House: https://givebutter.com/grooveforgood2025/team-wtyp/liammcanderson Help James get necessary surgery: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/james-needs-surgery-urgently Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod/ …

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Notice the Absence: Ecological Loneliness, Local Attention, and Interspecies Connection / Laura Marris (SOLO Part 2) 39:55

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Consider human ecological loneliness and our longing for reconnection with all creation. What healing is available in an era defined by environmental loss and exploitation? Can we strengthen the fragile connection between modern society and the space we inhabit? “Loneliness is the symptom that desires its cure.” In this episode Macie Bridge welcome…

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Babatunde Akinboboye on Hip Hopera, Authenticity, and Letting Audiences Lead 43:35

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Reimagining a centuries-old art form takes more than talent; it takes courage, curiosity, and a deep belief that tradition can evolve. Few embody that spirit like Babatunde Akinboboye. A classically trained baritone and viral "hip hopera" artist, Babatunde is redefining what opera can sound like—and who it's for. His mashups of rap and arias have c…

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Flourishing Alone / Miroslav Volf (SOLO Part 1) 42:27

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Theologian Miroslav Volf reflects on solitude, loneliness, and how being alone can reveal our humanity, selfhood, and relationship with God. This episode is part 1 of a 5-part series, SOLO, which explores the theological, moral, and psychological dimensions of loneliness, solitude, and being alone. “Solitude brings one back in touch with who one is…

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Tom Gabbard on Cultivating Creative Cities and Building Space for Innovation 37:43

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Can a performing arts center change the identity of a city? Tom Gabbard has spent more than two decades proving it can as CEO of Blumenthal Arts in Charlotte, NC. Under his leadership, Blumenthal has grown from a regional performing arts center into a national force. Charlotte now ranks among North America's Top 10 markets for touring Broadway show…

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Christian Faith and Public Service / Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) 32:57

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From bipartisan cooperation to prayerful gratitude, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joins Drew Collins to reflect on joy, wisdom, and love of enemy in a divided nation—offering a vision of public service grounded in the way of Jesus. “Jesus defied expectations—he welcomed the stranger, he fed the hungry, he loved his enemies.” Together they discuss the …

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Episode 186: The Quintinshill Wreck(s) 2:28:23

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War is bad folks Support Groove for Good at Lutheran Settlement House: https://givebutter.com/grooveforgood2025/team-wtyp/liammcanderson Help James get necessary surgery: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/james-needs-surgery-urgently Follow Gareth: https://bsky.app/profile/garethdennis.uk Check out Railnatter: https://www.youtube.com/@GarethD…

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Irrevocable Covenant: Against Supersessionism / R. Kendall Soulen 1:11:50

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“The gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.” Theologian R. Kendall Soulen joins Drew Collins to discuss supersessionism, the name of God (tetragrammaton), the irrevocable covenant between God and the Jews, and the enduring significance of Judaism for Christian theology. Together they explore religious and ethnic heritage, cultural identity, …

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Jane Raleigh on Curatorial Vision and Bridging Tradition with Innovation 46:13

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How do you bring audiences along as you expand their definition of an art form? That's the question Jane Raleigh has grappled with throughout her career. As the former Director of Dance Programming at the Kennedy Center, she spent more than a decade transforming the institution's siloed approach to dance into a continuum that celebrates both classi…

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Kate Lumpkin on Casting Masquerade NYC, Building Community, and Trusting Your Audience 47:59

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Audiences don't just want to watch theater; they want to step inside it. Few people understand that better than casting director Kate Lumpkin. Kate has become a go-to voice in immersive performance, shaping productions that dissolve the line between stage and audience. Her latest project? Masquerade NYC: an immersive Phantom of the Opera revival no…

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Michael J. Bobbitt on Turning Creative Power into Political Power 40:35

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Arts and culture don't thrive in isolation. They thrive when artists, institutions, and policymakers work in concert. Michael J. Bobbitt, Executive Director of Mass Cultural Council, is making that bridge his life's work, showing how government and the arts can partner to create healthier, stronger, more sustainable communities. From his early days…

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Macy Schmidt on Creative Risks, Audience-Centered Experiences, and Barbie 41:46

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How do you invite new audiences into the symphony in a way that feels fresh, joyful, and unforgettable? Macy Schmidt has been asking that question with every project she takes on. As the founder of The Sinfonietta and CEO of Overture Global Entertainment, she's not just producing concerts—she's designing live experiences that feel transformative fo…

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Burnout and Sabbath / Alexis Abernethy 48:11

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Clinical psychologist Alexis Abernethy explores burnout, Sabbath rest, and resilience—reframing rest as spiritual practice for individuals and communities. “For me, it’s knowing that the Lord has made me as much to work as much to be and to be still and know that he is God.” On this episode, clinical psychologist Alexis Abernethy (Fuller Seminary) …

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Bonus Episode 50 PREVIEW: The Dining Car 10:29

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full episode on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/138556268 have some sources: Porterfield, James D. 1998. Dining by Rail : The History and the Recipes of America’s Golden Age of Railroad Cuisine. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin. White, John H. 1985. The American Railroad Passenger Car. JHU Press. thumbnail image from roger puta https://www.fli…

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How to Read the Gospel of John / David Ford 48:30

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The Gospel of John is a gospel of superabundance. The cosmic Christ made incarnate would of course yield an absolute superabundance of grace, love, and unity. What makes John’s Gospel so distinct from the Synoptics? Why does it continue to draw readers into inexhaustible depths of meaning? In this conversation, theologian David Ford reflects on his…

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Erin Harkey, CEO of Americans for the Arts, on Advocacy, Resilience, and the Power of Community 37:28

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Few leaders expect their first months on the job to coincide with a fight for the future of the arts in America. For Erin Harkey, that became the reality when she stepped in as CEO of Americans for the Arts earlier this year—just as the federal government proposed eliminating national arts funding. In this episode, Erin reflects on her career journ…

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Episode 185: The 1919 Motor Transport Corps Convoy 2:07:06

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we got a great big convoy, ain't she a tragic sight follow victoria on bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/victoriascott.bsky.social buy victoria's book: https://www.carrarabooks.com/store/we-deserve-this Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod/ Send us stuff! our address: Well There's Your Podcasting Company PO Box 26929 Philadelphia, PA 19134 …

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David Jammy on Story-First Producing and the 2025 Mark Twain Prize 43:28

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What turns a live event into a cultural moment people never forget? David Jammy has some answers. As Executive Producer at Done+Dusted, he's helped shape global broadcasts from the Emmys and Kennedy Center Honors to the Global Citizen Festival and the Mark Twain Prize. In this conversation, David traces his path from student activist in apartheid-e…

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Amor Mundi Part 5: Humility and Glory of Love / Miroslav Volf's 2025 Gifford Lectures 1:02:10

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Miroslav Volf critiques ambition, love of status, and superiority, offering a Christ-shaped vision of agapic love and humble glory. “’And if you received it, why do you boast as if it were not a gift?’ If you received everything you have as a gift and if your existence as the recipient is also a gift, all ground for boasting is gone. Correspondingl…

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Jen Taylor on Building AI Strategy That Serves Your Mission 36:06

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AI is changing how we work. What does that mean for arts and culture? Jen Taylor, Capacity Interactive's Director of AI Strategy and Integration, shares what her research with over 100 arts leaders and administrators reveals about where the field really stands with AI: a mix of curiosity, caution, and untapped opportunity. In this episode, Jen and …

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Episode 184: The United States Standard Light Rail Vehicle 1:59:33

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"we can build a plane, how hard can it be to build a train?" - a plane company miles's youtube: https://www.youtube.com/interurbanera miles's patreon: https://www.patreon.com/interurbanera Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod/ Send us stuff! our address: Well There's Your Podcasting Company PO Box 26929 Philadelphia, PA 19134 DO NOT SEND US…

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Amor Mundi Part 4: The Earth Embraced / Miroslav Volf's 2025 Gifford Lectures 1:03:42

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Miroslav Volf explores agapic love, creation’s goodness, and God’s grief—an alternative to despair, power, and world rejection. “When a wanted child is born, the immense joy of many parents often renders them mute, but their radiant faces speak of surprised delight: ‘Just look at you! It is so very good that you are here!’ This delight precedes any…

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Kendra Whitlock Ingram on Building Arts-Fueled Cities 43:44

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What happens when a cultural district leads a city's revival? As President and CEO of Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Kendra Whitlock Ingram is leading the cultural district through a new era of civic transformation—building public spaces, breaking down barriers to access, and reimagining what a cultural district can be. In this episode, Kendra and Moni…

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Amor Mundi Part 3: Loving Our Fate? / Miroslav Volf's 2025 Gifford Lectures 1:03:48

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Miroslav Volf critiques Nietzsche’s vision of power, love, and suffering—and offers Jesus’s unconditional love as a more excellent way. The idea that competitive and goalless striving to increase one's power is the final Good, does very important work in Nietzsche’s philosophy. For Nietzsche, striving is good. Happiness does not rest in feeling tha…

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Clive Chang on Innovation and the Rise of the Multi‑Hyphenate Artist 39:52

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Can legacy arts institutions innovate like start-ups? Clive Chang thinks so. As President and CEO of YoungArts, he's reimagining how a 40-year-old organization can support today's multi-disciplinary artists—by questioning everything, embracing experimentation, and making space for creative risk. In this conversation, Clive and host Monica Holt unpa…

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Amor Mundi Part 2: Hating the World, Unquenchable Thirst / Miroslav Volf's 2025 Gifford Lectures 1:06:04

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Miroslav Volf confronts Schopenhauer’s pessimism and unquenchable thirst with a vision of love that affirms the world. “Unquenchable thirst makes for ceaseless pain. This befits our nature as objectification of the ceaseless and aimless will at the heart of reality. ... For Schopenhauer, the pleasure of satisfaction are the lights of fireflies in t…

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Amor Mundi Part 1: Unchained from Our Sun / Miroslav Volf's 2025 Gifford Lectures 1:00:36

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Miroslav Volf on how to rightly love a radically ambivalent world. “The world, our planetary home, certainly needs to be changed, improved. But what it needs even more is to be rightly loved.” Miroslav Volf begins his 2025 Gifford Lectures at the University of Aberdeen with a provocative theological inquiry: What difference does belief in God make …

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How Striving to Be Better Than Others Makes Us Worse / Miroslav Volf 33:54

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What if our relentless drive to be better than others is quietly breaking us? Miroslav Volf unpacks the core themes of his 2025 book, The Cost of Ambition: How Striving to Be Better Than Others Makes Us Worse. In this book, Volf offers a penetrating critique of comparison culture, diagnosing the hidden moral and spiritual wounds caused by competiti…

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Episode 183: SL-1 Nuclear Reactor Explosion 2:56:03

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in which we talk about an extremely gruesome and also extremely looney toons accident check out scooter on bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/angryscooter77.bsky.social or on the horrible website for bad people: https://x.com/Angryscooter77 LINK TO BUY A VAN FOR LIAM’S COWORKER: https://helphopelive.org/campaign/24216/ Our Patreon: https://www.patre…

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Episode 182: The Life and Death of Love Park 3:05:55

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one weird trick to destroy a beloved public space for the sake of parking june's bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rittsq.bsky.social https://www.friendsofrittenhouse.org/ LINK TO BUY A VAN FOR LIAM’S COWORKER: https://helphopelive.org/campaign/24216/ Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod/ Send us stuff! our address: Well There's Your Podcas…

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CI to Eye | Monica Holt On Curiosity, Leadership, and Evita 17:41

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A bold new chapter. A brilliant new voice. CI's President Christopher Williams kicks off a new season of CI to Eye by welcoming Monica Holt, this season's host and Senior Advisor to Capacity Interactive. Monica reflects on her 16-year journey at the Kennedy Center, the passion that's driven her work, and all things Evita—plus what to expect from up…

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Episode 181: Swissair Flight 111 2:40:23

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turns out there is actually a "plane falls out of the sky" button on your infotainment system, it just takes a while to work check out maya's new podcast https://x.com/qotmpod?s=21 and maya's internet webzone: https://mayawalkwith.me/ LINK TO BUY A VAN FOR LIAM’S COWORKER https://helphopelive.org/campaign/24216/ Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com…

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Episode 180: Times Beach 1:46:44

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the most dangerous thing in the world: a man with a truck. new SHIRT: https://www.bonfire.com/pls-dont-sue-us-either/ links to help out gazan families from DEVON: https://www.gofundme.com/f/to-preserve-whats-left-of-humanity-global-solidarity https://chuffed.org/project/124906-help-ahmed-and-family-evacuate-gaza https://chuffed.org/project/121901-h…

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CI to Eye | Bridging the Marketing-Development Divide 1:00:36

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Marketing and development teams in arts and cultural organizations work toward the same goals: generating revenue, deepening relationships, and advancing the mission. But too often, they're doing that work in silos—on separate timelines, using different tools, and speaking to the same audiences in different ways. The result? Missed opportunities an…

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Bonus Episode 49 PREVIEW: The LA Transit Mass Delirium Incident 35:23

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folks we did it we made one too silly for the main feed full episode on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/129273512?pr=trueBy WTYP is Justin Roczniak, November Kelly, Liam McAnderson, and friends.

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CI to Eye | Political Shifts and Cultural Stakes of 2025 33:43

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Recent political developments in the U.S.—from executive orders to proposed agency closures and evolving federal funding guidelines—have placed cultural organizations at the center of a national conversation about how institutions uphold their values and navigate their role in a rapidly changing America. In this episode, Brett Egan of the DeVos Ins…

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The Body as Sacred Offering: Ballet and Embodied Faith / New York City Ballet Dancer Silas Farley 1:02:42

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Silas Farley, former New York City Ballet dancer and current Dean of the Colburn School's Trudl Zipper Dance Institute, explores the profound connections between classical ballet, Christian worship, and embodied spirituality. From his early exposure to liturgical dance in a charismatic Lutheran church to his career as a professional dancer and chor…

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Episode 179: The Boeing 777X 2:33:40

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it's all happening on 777X, the everything plane new SHIRT: https://www.bonfire.com/pls-dont-sue-us-either/ check out maya's article: https://laserdyke.substack.com/p/a-monument-to-the-death-of-america and maya's internet webzone: https://mayawalkwith.me/ check out our TOUR: April 29: New York City (NOW WITH CHEAPER TICKETS) https://sonyhall.com/ev…

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Remembering Pope Francis / Nichole Flores and Ryan McAnnally-Linz 34:43

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Pope Francis died on Monday April 21, 2025. And to remember and celebrate his life, we’re bringing out an episode from our archives featuring social ethicist and Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, Nichole M. Flores. Ryan McAnnally-Linz interviewed her in early 2021 about Fratelli Tutti, an encyclical teaching he…

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Episode 178: The Bermuda Triangle 3:04:18

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spooky angles follow tom pain on the butterfly site: https://bsky.app/profile/tompain.bsky.social or the horrible site: https://x.com/tohickontpain new SHIRT: https://www.bonfire.com/pennsylvania-dutch-air-force/ check out our TOUR: April 29: New York City (NOW WITH CHEAPER TICKETS) https://sonyhall.com/events/well-theres-your-problem/?id=18162 Apr…

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Art and Sacred Resistance: Art as Prayer, Love, Resistance and Relationship / Bruce Herman 1:01:48

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“Art is a form of prayer … a way to enter into relationship.” Artist and theologian Bruce Herman reflects on the sacred vocation of making, resisting consumerism, and the divine invitation to become co-creators. From Mark Rothko to Rainer Maria Rilke, to Andres Serrano’s “Piss Christ” and T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets, he comments on the holy risk of …

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Bonus Episode 48 PREVIEW: Catholicism 15:23

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a great institution, if you're into institutions full episode on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/dirty-papists-126230197 help alea help trans people at https://www.sculptr.co/By WTYP is Justin Roczniak, November Kelly, Liam McAnderson, and friends.

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CI to Eye | What Zoos Can Teach Us About Exceptional Guest Experiences 43:03

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Great experiences don't happen by accident—they're designed with intention. From the first click on a website to the moment a visitor steps through your door to engagement after they leave, every interaction shapes how people feel about an organization. So what does it take to create a truly exceptional guest experience? Emily O'Hara, Senior Direct…

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Episode 177: The Balvano Rail Disaster 2:00:28

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don't stall check out Hyce: https://www.youtube.com/@Hyce777 check out Century of Steam: https://www.youtube.com/@_Studio346 check out our TOUR (new dates added!): April 29: New York City (NOW WITH CHEAPER TICKETS) https://sonyhall.com/events/well-theres-your-problem/?id=18162 April 30: Somerville Mass (SOLD OUT!) https://artsatthearmory.org/events…