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Theology Beer Camp was an amazing three days of fermented fun. I was extremely grateful that James Younger, executive producer of The Story of God with Morgan Freeman on the National Geographic Channel, was able to join us for a special screening and a live Homebrewed Podcast. You will here James discusses his journey from British scientist, to journalist, to producing a popular re

Does God exist and can we know it? This question has occupied so many people across time and cultures. In the final episode of The Story of God with Morgan Freeman on the National Geographic we see a bunch of different responses to the question. During the episode you will hear me and Barry chat it up about divine intervention, divination, ice-box meditation, the Burning-Man and Gr

Nothing brings the people together like discussing heaven and hell? Well if Morgan Freeman is involved it does. Get ready for me and Barry to rock out our discussion of episode 2 – Heaven and Hell – from The Story of God with Morgan Freeman on the National Geographic Channel. In this episode we discuss the role of ancestors, emergence of the afterlife, anxiety about dea

In the first episode of The Story of God with Morgan Freeman this season things take a different trajectory… Morgan goes on a search for ‘The Chosen One.’ Almost every faith has a figure believed to be chosen by God and some of them are alive today. The episode centers around Morgan’s interaction with a number of different ‘chosen ones’ and the d

The second season of The Story of God with Morgan Freeman kicks off this week on Monday night, January 16th. I am pretty excited about the National Geographic Channel picking the show back up. I have enjoyed the show and all the conversations Morgan and friends have inspired. We are living in a time where awareness and understanding of the diversity of religions across the globe is

This is the first in a trinity of podcasts exploring the intersection of Jesus and film. Think of these as companion podcasts to help you unpack all of the cinematic and theological nuggets. Round one is Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ. Before diving into the movie, Tripp, Ryan, and Barry talk about Jesus films in general, what it means to interpret a film (es

On this special edition of the Story of God-cast you will hear from the one and only Morgan Freeman! It is kind of like talking to the voice of God about God. He joined fellow producer of The Story of God on the National Geographic Channel, Lori McCreary, for a conversation with Tripp about the series. Afterwards Barry and Tripp dig into the sixth and final episode of the series o

The problem of evil has occupied humanity ever since it realized it was born to suffer, kill, and die. Every religious tradition has to deal with this reality and today we are gonna discuss it. In this episode we talk about the fifth episode of The Story of God with Morgan Freeman – Evil. In this week’s podcast Barry, Tripp, and Princess Alice discuss eternal conscious

  Who doesn’t want to know the story of the story of God with Morgan Freeman? It is super meta and fascinating. In this episode Barry Taylor and I talk to the show’ producer James Younger. We cover all sorts of topics and get some fascinating insights about the process of creating the National Geographic Channel series. If you love us make sure to go to iTunes &

Religion, science, faith, God, history, anthropology, prayer, and a few other topics all solicit questions. At least a few of them get tentative answers this week. In this episode we talk about the fourth episode of The Story of God with Morgan Freeman – Creation.   In this week’s podcast Barry and Tripp discuss bones, ancestor veneration, SoCal pseudo-religion, Ad