The Bulletin

Mar 25 2025 161 ep. 49 mins 639
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The Bulletin is a podcast for Christians seeking insights into the events, questions, and people that are shaping their world. Each episode will help Christians consider the intersection of faith, culture and spiritual formation. Subscribe today!

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What COVID Left Behind, part 1

Mar 25 2025 39 mins  
The Bulletin reflects on the COVID pandemic, five years later. Find us on YouTube. In this two-part series of The Bulletin, we revisit the COVID-19 pandemic through the eyes of our listeners and those who served our communities on the front lines. This episode examines the environment in which the pandemic entered and the initial response by health officials, schools, and hospit

A Little Help From My Friends

Mar 21 2025 63 mins  
Chuck Schumer, a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire, and airline pilot mental health woes. Find us on YouTube. This week, Russell, Mike, and Clarissa discuss Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer’s decision to side with Republicans, the Russia-Ukraine cease-fire and Ukraine’s missing children, and mental health struggles for pilots in the Federal Aviation Administration and why we need

The Darién Gap with Caitlin Dickerson and Marvin Olasky

Mar 18 2025 42 mins  
The Bulletin welcomes award-winning investigative reporter Caitlin Dickerson for a conversation with Marvin Olasky about her experience in Columbia’s Darién Gap. Find us on YouTube. In this special episode of The Bulletin, Executive Editor Marvin Olasky leads a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Caitlin Dickerson. Dickerson spent weeks on the ground in the Dar

Words You Throw Away

Mar 14 2025 60 mins  
The Bulletin discusses Trump disruptions, university investigations, and the recent Syrian massacre. Find us on YouTube. Clarissa and Mike cover this week’s headlines as they ask, “Is this the MAGA Americans wanted?” Political commentator Charlie Sykes joins the show to talk about the disruptiveness of Trump’s first 50 days in office. Then, The Atlantic’s Peter Wehner sto

Faith and Pilgrimage with Rick Steves

Mar 11 2025 35 mins  
The Bulletin welcomes acclaimed travel writer Rick Steves for a conversation about how travel connects us to our global brothers and sisters. Find us on YouTube. For Rick Steves, travel offers an antidote to the false allure of nationalism, an opportunity to engage with world politics with humility, and for people of faith, a vital connection to our global brothers and sisters. Ri

Acts of Man

Mar 07 2025 54 mins  
Trump and Ukraine, the Tate brothers, and the Pew study. Find us on YouTube. This week, Mike and Russell welcome The Atlantic’s Tom Nichols to discuss Trump and Zelensky and the relevance of how we approach the Ukraine conversation. Then, we look at toxic masculinity through the lens of the Tate brothers with Zachary Wagner before welcoming CT’s Daniel Silliman to explore the f

Middle Eastern Martyrdom with Mariam Wahba

Mar 04 2025 36 mins  
The Bulletin welcomes Mariam Wahba for a conversation with Mike Cosper about Coptic Christian martyrdom in the modern world. Find us on YouTube. Mike Cosper sits down with Mariam Wahba, research analyst and Coptic Christian, at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies for a sobering, sacred conversation about the 21 Christians martyred on a beach in Libya in 2015 and how their m

Whatchu Mean

Feb 28 2025 62 mins  
The Bulletin covers Germany’s elections, C.S. Lewis on Ukraine, and why you can trust your Bible translation. Find us on YouTube. This week, Clarissa, Russell, and Mike talk about complex topics with nuance at their core. First, Mona Charen joins to talk about Germany’s recent elections and US extremism. Then, Mark Meynell joins to explore how C. S. Lewis inspired him to go t

The Legacy of Black Journalism with Frances Murphy Draper

Feb 25 2025 27 mins  
The Bulletin welcomes The Afro’s Frances (Toni) Murphy Draper for a conversation about the importance of journalism. Find us on Youtube. In this episode, Clarissa Moll and Nicole Martin welcome Frances (Toni) Murphy Draper, publisher of The Afro newspaper, in conversation about the role of the media in telling stories and documenting history from a Black perspective. Draper’s

Gimme Some Truth

Feb 21 2025 65 mins  
The Bulletin talks about tradwives and theobros, Trump and Ukraine, and Eric Adams in New York City. Find us on Youtube. This week we discuss the downfall of the popular online tradwife “Patriarchy Hannah” with Nicole Martin. Then, we talk about President Trump’s Truth Social post about Ukraine. Finally, we cover the federal prosecutors who’ve resigned following appeals to