Love Thy Niebuhr

Interview with John Shelton

The hosts interview John Shelton on his latest piece drawing out the personal connections between Niebuhr and T.S. Eliot.

Interview with Dr. Josefin Graef & Dr. Joshua Mauldin

The hosts interview Niebuhr scholars Josefin Graef and Joshua Mauldin on both of their essays, updating Niebuhr’s Children of Light/Darkness for a new world of global far right violence and shaky democratic domestic policy, respectively.

Tech Series Pt. 5: Dr. Clif Bailey & Dr. Jason Hudson Conversation

The hosts hold a dialogue between Dr. Jason Hudson and Dr. Clif Bailey as they parse out their similarities and differences in how each approach the technological society; the latter holding a Niebuhrian view, the former influenced primarily by Jacques Ellul & Wendell Berry.

Tech Series Pt. 4: Dr. Braden Molhoek

The hosts interview Braden Molhoek on his research interests regarding the place where theology and science mutually benefit one another, and discuss some of the more disturbing problems emerging from technological progress in the way of transhumanism.

Tech Series Pt. 3: Dr. Charles McDaniel

The hosts interview Dr. Charles McDaniel to discuss economic-technical fusion within culture, the moral influences regarding the shape of technological progress, and how the church should understand technology in light of Niebuhr's critical insights.

Tech Series Pt. 2: Dr. Noreen Herzfeld

In this second installment of the LTN tech series, the hosts interview Dr. Noreen Herzfeld on the challenges of AI and why we’re even interested in creating AGI to begin with. 

Tech Series Pt. 1: Dr. Jeremy Sabella

The hosts welcome back Dr. Jeremy Sabella to discuss his 2012 article on technology, communities, and Niebuhr.

Love Letters of a Tamed Cynic

On this special Valentine's Day episode, the hosts are joined by researcher, Jen Treloar, to discuss Reinhold and Ursula's personal correspondences.  It's about to get SPICY. 

Interview with Dr. John Milbank

The hosts discuss Milbank's thoughts on Niebuhr and a range of issues, including Church & State, Foreign Relations, the West post-Nietzsche, technology, and even modal collapse.

Interview with Dr. Charles Mathewes

In a very merry episode of LTN, the hosts interview Dr. Charles Mathewes about two of his articles--one, using Niebuhr's anthropology to critique his theology, and the other, an investigation of how Niebuhr relates to Virtue Ethics.