A conversation between Paul and Lynn with Seth Ehorn, a new colleague at Houston Christian University and Houston Theological Seminary. Seth is an Assistant Professor of Classics and Biblical Languages.Houston Christian University による

Lynn and Paul speak with one of their newer HCU colleagues, Dr. Scot X. McKnight, Professor and Student Supervisor in the Doctor of Ministry Program, about his NT translation, “The Second Testament”, his new work and research on trauma and pastors, and other matters of interestHouston Christian University による

Lynn and Paul discuss with their HCU colleague Dr. Michael Licona, professor of New Testament and Program Director, Christian Thought (MA) and the Master of Divinity, his new book, “Jesus Contradicted”Houston Christian University による

Lynn and Paul sit down with Dr. Joseph Dodson, who holds the Craig L. Blomberg Endowed Chair of New Testament at Denver Seminary, discussing his new book on Romans, “Conquerers Not Captives: Reframing Romans 7 for the Christian Life”Houston Christian University による

Lynn and Paul talk about … and Lynn sets him straight on all his crazy ideas 😊Houston Christian University による

Lynn and Paul sit down with their colleague, Jason Maston, to talk about his research into 1 Peter.Houston Christian University による

Lynn and Paul connect with Jason Staples about his new book Paul and the Resurrection of Israel. The conversation centers on Dr. Staples’ argument about Paul’s view of Israel, a hotly contested debate among scholars.Houston Christian University による

Lynn and Paul talk with Amy Peeler about her book, Women and the Gender of God. This ground-breaker work analyzes the role of Mary the mother of Jesus in the theology of the church. We discuss her arguments for retaining masculine language for God in Scripture, such as Father and Son, while also asserting that God is not male or masculine.…

Lynn and Paul review ideas of atonement with the world renown Hebrews scholar, David M. Moffitt. The conversation revolves around his new book, * Rethinking Atonement, includes discussions on ancient practices of sacrifice, and how notions of sacrifice pertain to a greater understanding of the atonement. Dr. Moffitt explains how the resurrection an…

Lynn and Paul explore the theological and historical debates surrounding Paul’s letter to the Galatians. Dr. Nijay Gupta recently published a book on Galatians in the New Word Biblical Themes series, a new series developed by Zondervan Academic, with Dr. Gupta as the series editor. This follows Dr. Gupta’s commentary on Galatians in the Story of Go…

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Mary Ann Shadd descendant Irene Moore Davis speaks with sculptor Donna Mayne! The Life of Black Abolitionist Mary Ann Shadd by Scholar Irene Moore Davis and sculptor Donna Mayne. A ceremony unveiling the statue of Mary Ann Shadd took place Thursday, May 12, 2022, at the University of Windsor in Canada. Join Scholar and Historian Irene Moore Davis a…

When whistleblowers have been tried under the Espionage Act, the US government has successfully barred them telling the jury about what it is they are on trial for exposing. It’s clear the US government is afraid of juries hearing about the realities of drone strikes, mass surveillance, torture, and other abuses of power. When war crimes are expose…

"A prosecution is when you use court proceedings to prosecute a crime. When you misuse judicial institutions to persecute, to silence a dissident who has committed no crime and you're using the judicial machinery to silence him and to punish him, that's persecution." This is how UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer describes to host Chip Gi…

This is the story of one of the largest leaks of classified information in US history, leaks which exposed US war crimes and other abuses of power. From 2010 to 2011, WikiLeaks worked with media the world over, to publish the Collateral Murder Video, Iraq and Afghan War Logs, State Department Cables, and Guantanamo Bay Detainee Assessments. It is a…

The prosecution of Julian Assange marks the first time a publisher of truthful information has been indicted under the Espionage Act. In the first of a series of episodes exploring what WikiLeaks exposed and the lengths the US government went to silence them, Primary Sources looks at WikiLeaks' role in exposing human rights abuses at the notorious …

Those in the drone program have witnessed first hand the serious human costs of the US's global assassinations program. For years, veterans of the drone program have worked to alert the public to the realities of the drone warfare. The Kabul Strike, which killed 10 civilians, including 7 children, shocks the conscience of all thinking people. But a…

"There's been one systemic process of lying throughout the Afghan War. From the Bush Administration to the Obama Administration to the Trump Administration it has just been systemic lying from the American government about the war." This is what Matthew Hoh says about the US war in Afghanistan during this episode of Primary Sources. Hoh would know.…

After September 11, 2001, the Central Intelligence Agency, with the approval of President George W. Bush, began a highly classified program of renditions and torture. While torture violates both US and international law, President Obama declined to hold any one accountable for the program, saying he was looking forwards, not backwards. That policy,…

Thomas Drake swore an oath to defend the US Constitution on multiple occasions. His fidelity to that oath put him on a collision course with his employer, the National Security Agency. Drake assisted in an inspector general complaint concerning a costly intelligence boondoggle and aided Congressional investigations into intelligence failures in the…

Jeffrey Sterling has described himself as an unwanted spy. In the early 2000s, he attempted to take the CIA on over its racial discrimination against him. Citing the state secrets doctrine, his case was never considered on its merits. Later, he would go to the Senate Intelligence Committee to alert them about Operation Merlin, a plan to give Iran f…

Attorney Jesselyn Radack has been at the forefront of opposing the government's War on Whistleblowers. She has represented numerous clients indicted under the Espionage Act, including Edward Snowden, Daniel Hale, Thomas Drake, and John Kiriakou. Jesselyn knows first hand the perils of being a whistleblower. Before becoming one of the leading attorn…

Passed during World War I, the Espionage Act was President Woodrow Wilson's "firm hand of repression" that he used to silence antiwar voices. Touted as a law against spies and saboteurs, the Espionage Act has in fact been a tool to control the flow of information and suppress dissent. Over the interceding years, the Espionage Act became a way to re…

Truthtelling can be an act of resistance. Join Defending Rights & Dissent policy director Chip Gibbons as he brings you the stories of whistleblowers and other truthtellers who expose civil liberties and human rights abuses committed under the guise of national security and the attempts to silence them. Support the show…

When The New York Times published the Pentagon Papers it sparked one of the greatest battles for press freedom in US history. In an unprecedented move, the Nixon administration sought to bar The New York Times from publishing further. The Times's outside counsel had told them they would not defend them if they chose to publish the top-secret histor…

Daniel Ellsberg is the most iconic whistleblower in US history. On our inaugural episode, he joins host Chip Gibbons for an in-depth conversation. On the 50th anniversary of the Pentagon Papers release, Ellsberg explains how the top secret history of the Vietnam War led him to believe the war was not merely a mistake, but a crime. Ellsberg explains…

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Did You Know... with Robert Green and Black Aviators Historian Guy E. Franklin Emory Conrad Malick In 2004, Pennsylvania native Mary Groce was going through a box of family papers with her cousin Aileen when she found a sheet of old letterhead for an “Emory C. Malick, Licensee: Pilot No. 105.” Included on the letterhead was a photograph of a handso…

Descendant Tamara Lanier Explains Suit Against Harvard And Slavery Images The Gist of Freedom and Guest host Kimberly Simmons welcomes Tamara Lanier. Join us as Mrs. Lanier updates us on her suit against Harvard Lawsuit by gr-gr-gr-granddaughter of slavery survivor blasts Harvard for collecting licensing fees on the photos of her ancestors which we…

Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott sits down with Matt DeCample to talk about growing up in Southwest Little Rock, what he hopes to see change as a newly elected mayor, and the unique path he took from being a shy child to an outspoken public speaker and politician.

In a special edition of Primary Sources, James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic, speaks about his book Our Towns, a vivid, surprising portrait of the civic and economic reinvention taking place in America, town by town and generally out of view of the national media.” This CALS’ J.N. Heiskell Distinguished Lecture for journalism too…

From 1959 to 1961, George McKinney helped lead the Arkansas Razorbacks to three shared or outright Southwest Conference championships in football, getting new Coach Frank Broyles off to a good start. He sat down with a teammate from his freshman year, U.S. District Judge Billy R. Wilson, to recall some of the great moments in Arkansas sports histor…

Agriculture Secretary Wes Ward discusses the present and future state of Arkansas's biggest industry, how his time in the Marines has helped him as a leader, and about growing up in Lake City, Arkansas.

Outgoing Associated Press Bureau Chief Kelly Kissel talks with Matt DeCample about 24 years of covering Arkansas people and politics.

Matt DeCample has conversations with three authors featured at the 2018 Arkansas Literary Festival: Carmen Boullosa, author of seven volumes of poetry, two books of essays, ten plays, and eighteen novels, including "La otra mano de Lepanto" which has been deemed among the top works of literature written in Spanish in the last twenty-five years; Kor…

Matt DeCample has conversations with four authors featured at the 2018 Arkansas Literary Festival: Bill Worthen, co-author of "A Sure Defense: The Bowie Knife in America"; Laverne Bell-Tolliver, associate professor at the UA Little Rock's School of Social Work and the author of "The First Twenty-Five: An Oral History of the Desegregation of Little …

Arkansas Department of Health Director Nate Smith sits down with Matt DeCample to discuss how his work as a Kenyan medical missionary shaped his approach to public health, this year's rough flu season, and the impact the opioid epidemic continues to have on Arkansas and the nation.

From the 2007 Ira Sanders Distinguished Lecture, Dr. James H. Cone dicusses the Central High Crisis and it's effect on his development of Black Liberation Theology.

Dr. Billie Jean Calloway discusses growing up in Jonesboro, Arkansas and her time as an educator duringintegration.

Willie Booker, Jr., describes growing up in the delta and his experience in the segregated education system. He also discusses his time as a county extension agent and his civic activities.

A conversation with Vietnam veteran Randall Aragon, lieutenant, and later captain, with the 551st Transportation Company. His unit was responsible for stevedore operations and port security at Newport Army Terminal, near Saigon.

An immigrant from Nicaragua by way of Canada, Yolanda Amaya works with the Hispanic community in Arkansas assisting with translation services. among other things. She describes the changes she has seen in the Hispanic communities of Arkansas and difficulties they face.

Arkansas native Al Bell is considered the driving force behind Stax Records as a producer, songwriter, and executive during the company’s most productive period, from 1965 to 1975. He was responsible for promoting the careers of such talent as the Staple Singers, Isaac Hayes, and Otis Redding, among many others.…

James R. Blaylock enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve in January 1948 at the age of seventeen. He served in the Korean War as a gunner in a machine gun platoon. He participated in the Inchon Landing and the subsequent recapturing of Seoul as well as in action at the Chosin Reservoir. Here Blaylock talks about his experiences with Brian Robertson, …

Vietnam War veteran Eddie Odle talks to the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies Research Services Division Manager Brian Robertson. Mr. Odle discusses his service as a rifleman in the Marines, including a year spent near the Demilitarized Zone.

Eddie Pannell, a Vietnam War veteran who joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1967, talks to the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies Research Services Division Manager Brian Robertson. Mr. Pannell details his experience as an interpreter who assisted South Vietnamese civilians with medical treatment, infrastructure growth, and other humanitarian missions…

Traci Berry, organizer of the annual Raid the Rock Adventure Race, talks with David Stricklin about the challenges and rewards of competing in and organizing expedition races.

This week's Primary Sources podcast features Booker Worthen prize winner Kenneth C. Barnes speaking with the Butler Center's Director David Stricklin about Barnes's new book, "Anti-Catholicism in Arkansas: How Politicians, the Press, the Klan, and Religious Leaders Imagined an Enemy, 1910-1960". Barnes is a professor of history at the University of…

Mark Christ, Outreach Director for the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, talks with Matt DeCample about the Arkansas World War I Commemoration Committee and how Arkansans dealt with the war effort a hundred years ago.