The Nick And Josh Podcast

In this interview, Josh interviews Rachel Held Evans, author of Evolving in Monkey Town. The two talk bout Rachel's life growing up in fundamentalist Christianity and her process of encountering new questions from unsuspecting places; namely other people's stories. This is a fun and light-hearted podcast that is surely to connect with anyone who's looking for a conversation about how to handle faith when all sure footing seems to be slipping away. Indeed, as Rachel jokes, this is a Donald Miller kind of read. And while you are buying books, don't forget to pick up Nick's book, The Hopeful Skeptic. Every time he sells a copy, his bones grow back together a little more. Oh and listening on to the podcast, my favorite part is at the end when Josh says, "so you can get the book at rachel held evans. . . or somewhere." Or somewhere? That's classic.

In this podcast, Josh talks to Krista Finch about her new book As Is: Unearthing Commonplace Glory. Krista and Josh talk about the way in which her book in content and form highlight living in expectation of the now, everyday moment. Krista's book is published on by her own label Swerve Press, and 10% of sales go to International Justice Mission .

This week we talk about: - Nick's scooter wreck - The Homebrewed Christianity Podcast - Matthew Sleeth and the oil spill - The first ever N & J Podcast with a prayer - Did Jesus make any errors? [from this blog post]   An extra link about a call to prayer for the oil on CNN.com via Josh

This week we have a podcast with Evan Drake Howard who talks about his new book The Galilean Secret. Nick also drops a bombshell, he is selling his soul back to Jesus, if you buy him an iPad, check it out. As always check out our podcast website for more info.

This week we have a lengthy intro where we poke at Zach Lind for poking at us. He is challeging us with his industrial intro music. He does so in his #2 Podcast Episode here The main interview is with Charity Dixon who talks about the organization that she works for called Greater Works. Find out more about them and their simple idea of getting clean water to people who need it at their website greaterworks.me And as always we would love to have your comments at our podcast site and we could use your support by picking up a copy of Nick's book The Hopeful Skeptic: Revisiting Christianity from the Outside

In this podcast Josh grabs another round table podcast with the likes of Julie Clawson, Ben Lowe, and Tom Sine. The four of them discuss the (lack of a) Christian response to the oil spill in the gulf of Mexico as well as other issues facing the American Christianity's move towards more active caring for creation. For more on the three guests click below: Julie Clawson, Everyday Justice Ben Lowe, Green Revolution Tom Sine, The New Conspirators and Mustard Seed Associates (also, see Christine Sine's blog)You can also read Josh's blog on the oil spill here.  If you wish to volunteer to help in the clean up efforts, please click here. Finally, there is a first in this podcast. Drop us a line if you think you know what it is!Nick & Josh

In this podcast, Josh grabs an interview with Dr. David Pacini from the Candler School of Theology. Dr. Pacini's current research focuses on problems in Kantian and post-Kantian philosophy and philosophical theology, especially those of aesthetics and psychology as they evolved in late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century texts that explore the boundaries of theological thinking. This podcast, with Sarah Alexander as a guest co-interviewer, focuses on Pacini's most recent work entitled Through Narcissus' Glass Darkly: The Modern Religion of Conscience .

This week we are basically yackin about. We mention Jennifer Knapp, the Sustainable Faith Conference, and little bits and pieces. We mention that you should follow @beckyrp because she tweeted something nick said during the conference. Enjoy.

This week Nick get’s Danielle Shroyer on the podcast to talk about the Sustainable Faith Conference, her church Journey Community Church, and her new book Boundary-Breaking God. As always head to http://thenickandjoshpodcast.com for more info.

This week we have part 1 of 3 of Philip Clayton and Tony Jones in Atlanta. Check out our podcast website to get the video and the show notes.

This week we have Brian McLaren, Bishop John Shelby Spong, and Phyllis Tickle talking about Christianity through their lifetime and into the future. It's an all star cast at an unbelievable price.   Check out the Show Notes at http://thenickandjoshpodcast.com where in the top left corner you can also buy your copy of, The Hopeful Skeptic: Revisiting Christianity from the Outside. Your purchases help make this podcast possible.   Also check out A Sustainable Faith, for more conference information April 22-24.

Well, this is about as good as it goes for dramatic readings! Based on the blog post by Rick Bennet entitled "an imagined conversation: Oscar Round-Table with Mark Driscoll, Brian McLaren, Ed Young, Jr, David Dark and the Rev. Smith, pastor of Berean Baptist Church," Josh grabbed this reading with a group of folk sitting around for dinner and drinks after the last session of Theology After Google (Claremont 2010).   Included in this mix are the following: CTT: Philip Clayton Mark Driscoll: Ryan Parker Brian McLaren: Joshua Case Ed Young Jr: Chad Crawford David Dark: Tony Jones Rev. Smith: Bob Cornwall   We hope you enjoy this mid-week lighter side of life cast. And thanks to Rick for a brilliant piece to dramatically read!

In this interview Josh interviews Dwight Friesen about his book Thy Kingdom Connected and Theology After Google (Claremont 2010). The two met in an airport after the conference and chatted it up. All links and show notes are up on The Nick and Josh Podcast

This week we have our most popular and reoccuring guest, Brian Mclaren to talk about his new book A New Kind of Christianity. He opens with a reading of Nick's book, The Hopeful Skeptic, and then things ramp up for this great podcast. For show notes and more visit our website thenickandjoshpodcast.com.    

This week we are posting a podcast that was recorded by Michael Dowd, author of Thank God for Evolution, on his podcast.After I listened to this podcast, I asked Michael if we could re-post it, I don't know how many of you may have had the chance to catch it on his podcast, so here it is.

This week Josh hooks us up with Kimberly Knight, a priestess avatar in Second Life, I know it sounds crazy, but we think you will enjoy the conversation. For show notes check out http://thenickandjoshpodcast.com and don't forget to support Nick and the Podcast by purchasing The Hopeful Skeptic: Revisiting Christianity from the Outside.

In this episode, Josh interviews Philip Clayton about his book Transforming Christian Theology. The two also talk about the upcoming Theology After Google event and Clayton's then pre-debate with Daniel Dennet. Enjoy!

Once a month Josh and I do a podcast about nothing. Just plain nothing. Sometimes there are nuggets hidden deep within. You can be the judge to find out if that has happened this week. We do mention a couple things coming down the pipe and bring up some relevant news topics.

This episode is a remix back from 2007. It's been a while and you will notice that the first co-host of the podcast, Josh Brown, is doing the interviewing. So here it is back from the archives and stored on the new server. We had a great conversation with Jessica Jackley Flannery of Kiva (co-founder with her husband Matt). If you're not familiar with Kiva . . . this is a great chance to get to know them and what they're about. And if you're already a fan and partner . . . then you can hear Jessica talk about a variety of things including social networking in giving, flattened relational models, the power of women in power, and Kiva's leveraging of their relationships with big business Silicon Valley giants for their role in micro-loans.http://thenickandjoshpodcast.comhttp://kiva.org