Aired 10 months ago 49:02

Honesty: The Eye of the Snake (Book 5, Chapter 21)

Vanessa and Casper explore the theme of Honesty in chapter twenty-one of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This week, Vanessa and Casper are joined by Nora McInerny, the host of one of our favorite podcasts: Terrible, Thanks for Asking. We discuss Ron’s bro-iness, Harry’s kiss with Cho, and the Thestrals as witnesses of grief. Our question this week is:  When is honesty actually the best policy? This week’s voicemail is thanks to Ricker Bailey. Next week we're reading chapter twenty-two, St. Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, through the theme of Distance.

Aired 8 months ago 4:51

Baptist pastor grieves for Notre Dame burning: How to prove that every day is Easter

THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR APRIL 22, 2019 How is Christianity relevant to tragedy? Today’s podcast explores ways Christians have changed the world and invites us to demonstrate the relevance of Jesus through our engagement and character. ABOUT THE DENISON FORUM The Daily Article is a daily biblical commentary on the news of the day by Dr. Jim Denison. If you would like to learn more about the Denison Forum, please visit DenisonForum.org. You can always email us at comments@denisonforum.org. And, if you feel called to support the Denison Forum financially, you may give here.

Aired 8 months ago 13:40

Scientists at Work: Teaching Robots to Think

Stat: 20 percent. The share of Americans who find the concept of machines doing most human jobs in the future extremely realistic. Story: Will robots take our jobs? They’ll need a key human skill first—the ability to think. To find out just how near such a future is, we visited Ashley J. Llorens, chief of the Intelligent Systems Center at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. There, researchers are bridging the gap between machines programmed by humans and those that can teach themselves.

Aired 9 months ago 44:30

The Great Depression - Progress and Pushback | 5

After two of President Roosevelt’s closest advisors competed to create a new federal jobs program, the White House launched one of Roosevelt's keystone initiatives: the Works Progress Administration. Under this program, millions of Americans earned government salaries at a wide range of blue- and white-collar jobs — everything from building post offices and painting murals to delivering library books by horseback to rural communities. However, the federal government’s increased reach worried FDR’s opponents, especially a wildly popular Catholic radio preacher. Father Charles Coughlin once helped FDR get elected, but as the president’s power increased, Coughlin turned up the volume on hateful and anti-Semitic undertones in his attacks.Support us by supporting our sponsors!Robinhood - To get a FREE stock like Apple, Ford, or Sprint, go to tellers.robinhood.com Sleep Number - Visit sleepnumber.com/TELLERS to find the closest store nearest you!

Aired 3 months ago 4:43

Make Me a Match

Make Me a Match