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Here you'll find recordings of our shows. Not every Sunday date is listed because of replays or quality control. Please click a show title below to access audio files and show overviews.

REPLAY A Dispassionate and Respectful Discussion about Evolution’s “Flaws" January 10, 2010 Guests: Paul Nelson and Karl Giberson
REPLAY Darwin Day: Can You Believe in Evolution and Still be A Christian? January 3, 2010 Guests: Karl Giberson and Paul Nelson


REPLAY The Bethlehem Star December 27, 2009 Guest: Professor Rick Larson
REPLAY Faith and Doubt December 20, 2009 Guest: John Ortberg


REPLAY Thoughts about Heaven on a Starbucks Venti Cup December 13, 2009 Guest: Joel Stein
REPLAY Jesus and Krishna discuss New Birth Vs. Rebirth December 6, 2009 Guest: Ravi Zacharias


REPLAY World-renowned Author and Medical Doctor November 29, 2009 Guest: Deepak Chopra
Information Coming November 22, 2009


REPLAY My Descent Into Death November 15, 2009 Guest: Howard Storm
Information Coming November 8, 2009


Information Coming November 1, 2009
REPLAY Purple State of Mind: Part 2 October 25, 2009 Guests: Craig Detweiler and John Marks


The Science of Spirituality - Part 2 October 18, 2009 Guest: Barbara Bradley Hagerty
Honest Christian and Muslim differences on God and Jesus October 11, 2009 Guest: Mary Jo Sharp


The Science of Spirituality October 4, 2009 Guest: Barbara Bradley Hagerty
C.S. Lewis: Not a Tame Lion September 27, 2009 Guest: Terry Glaspey


REPLAY Purple State of Mind: Part 1 September 20, 2009 Guests: Craig Detweiler and John Marks
Two Biographers: Two Views on Darwin September 13, 2009 Guests: Dr. Benjamin Wiker and Dr. Karl Giberson


Does Religion Destroy Your Intellect? September 6, 2009 Guest: Frederica Matthewes-Greene
How Can We Know What's True August 30, 2009 Guest: J.P Moreland


God's Signature in the Cell August 23, 2009 Guest: Dr. Stephen Meyer
REPLAY A VeggieTales View on the Reality of God August 16, 2009 Guest: Phil Vischer


Blessings from the West -- and the East August 9, 2009 Guest: Russill Paul
REPLAY A College Education in a Devotional August 2, 2009 Guest: Lael Arrington and Kelly Monroe Kulberg


The New Jew: One Woman's Transformation from Catholic to Jew July 26, 2009 Guest: Sally Srok Friedes
What Young People Really Think about Christianity July 19, 2009 Guest: David Kinnamon


Examining the Wisdom of the Human Body July 12, 2009 Guest: Kimerer LaMothe
Undercover Skeptic Attends Jerry Falwell's "Bible Boot Camp" July 5, 2009 Guest: Kevin Roose


Heart of Texas Documentary June 28, 2009 Guest: Dan Patrick
The Five-Star Chef and the Bread of Life June 21, 2009 Guest: Clive Berkman


REPLAY Walking Through 9 Religions June 7, 2009 Guest: Sage Bennet
What Spiritual Knowledge Can Do for You May 31 2009 Guest: Dallas Willard


Why You Can Trust Spiritual Knowledge, Harvard's Grant Study on Success May 24 2009 Guest: Dallas Willard
Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Scientology but were Afraid to Ask May 17 2009 Guest: Damian DeWitt


Peace in the Middle East May 10, 2009 Guest: Tom Doyle
REPLAY The Lost Gnostic Gospel of Judas May 3, 2009 Guests: Bart Ehrman and Darrell Bock


What Would Jesus Say About our Economic Crisis? April 26, 2009 Guest: David Cowan
All I Need to Know About Life I Learned in Prison April 19, 2009 Guest: Bill Dallas


Beyond Death: Evidence for Immortality April 12, 2008 Guest: Dr. Gary Habermas
The Marriage of Science and Spirituality April 5, 2008 Guest: Paul Bailey


The Persuasiveness of Jesus March 29, 2008 Guests: John Coleman and Pat Zuckeran
REPLAY Blasphemy Challenge March 22, 2008 Guest: Brian Sapient


A Screenwriter's Crash-and-Burn Life Straight from the Movies March 15, 2008 Guest: Joe Eszterhas
Understanding the Muslim Next Door March 8, 2008 Guest: Sumbul Ali-Karamali


Pastor Turned Atheist Talks to Atheist Turned Pastor March 1, 2008 Guests: Dave Schmelzer and John Loftus
REPLAY Shambhala February 22, 2008 Guest: Randall Spalinger


A Dispassionate and Respectful Discussion about Evolution’s “Flaws" February 15, 2009 Guests: Paul Nelson and Karl Giberson
Darwin Day: Can You Believe in Evolution and Still be A Christian? February 8, 2009 Guests: Karl Giberson and Paul Nelson


Is God Really Good? February 1, 2009 Guest: Wade Bradshaw
The Dark Knight: A Morality Tale for the New Millennium January 25, 2009 Guests: Craig Detweiler and Amy Bioncolli


What is Evil (or Good) and Where Does It Come From? Part II January 18, 2009 Guests: Michael Shermer and Ben Wiker
What is Evil (or Good) and Where Does It Come From? Part I January 11, 2009 Guests: Michael Shermer and Ben Wiker


A Seeker's Roadmap to the Quest for Meaning January 4, 2009 Guest: Os Guiness
Thoughts about Heaven on a Starbucks Venti Cup December 28, 2008 Guest: Joel Stein


Thrilled to Death December 21, 2008 Guest: Dr. Archibald Hart
The Birth of Christianity and The Dead Sea Scrolls December 14, 2008 Guest: Dr. Weston Fields


*NOVA’s The Bible’s Buried Secrets* reviewed by biblical archeologist December 7, 2008 Guest: Dr. Stephen Ortiz**
A Faith and Culture Devotional November 30, 2008 Guests: Kelly Monroe Kullberg and Lael Arrington


REPLAY The Limits of Tolerance November 23, 2008 Guest: Alp Aslandogan
Faith and Doubt November 16, 2008 Guest: John Ortberg


Murder By Family November 9, 2008 Guest: Kent Whitaker
What Can God Do For You Now November 2, 2008 Guest: Rabbi Robert Levine


REPLAY Author of On Bullshit discusses new book, On Truth October 26, 2008 Guest: Harry Frankfurt
What Does it Take to Believe in God? October 19, 2008 Guest: Bill Craig


Why People Reject Christianity: Honest Questions about God’s Injustice, Religious Hypocrisy, Biblical “Myths”, and More October 12, 2008 Guest: Ben Young
REPLAY Nothing: Something to Believe In October 5, 2008 Guest: Nica Lalli


Living with Unthinkable Circumstances September 28, 2008 Guest: Carol Kent
What's Good about Hurricane Ike? September 21, 2008 Guests: John Thomas and Gary Habermas


Do It Anyway: Living the Paradoxical Commandments September 7, 2008 Guest: Kent Keith
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not: New-Ager's Search for the Right Man leads to the Right God August 31, 2008 Guest: Trish Ryan

Surf and Soul: The Unlikely Spiritual Journey of Surfing Rabbi Nachum Shifen August 24, 2008 Guest: Rabbi Nachum Shifen	REPLAY "God the Failed Hypothesis" Part 2 August 17, 2008 Guest: Dr. Victor Stenger and Dr. Hugh Ross

Jesus and Krishna discuss New Birth Vs. Rebirth August 10, 2008 Guest: Ravi Zacharias	Does Science Make Belief in God Obsolete? August 3, 2008 Guest: Gary Rosen

Truth Behind Today's Pop Mysticisms July 27, 2008 Guest: Robert Price	REPLAY What a Million Monkeys Can and Can't Do July 20, 2008 Guest: Benjamin Wiker

10 Books That Screwed Up the World July 13, 2008 Guest: Benjamin Wiker	How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind July 6, 2008 Guest: Roy Varghese

World-renowned Author and Medical Doctor June 22, 2008 Guest: Deepak Chopra	Adolescence Expert on Helping Our Kids Find Purpose June 15, 2008 Guest: William Damon

Rwanda: The Enormous Power of Evil and Grace June 8, 2008 Guest: Peter Holmes	Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian June 1, 2008 Guest: Peter Schakel

How Beliefnet Helps People Find What They’re Looking For May 25, 2008 Guest: Steven Waldman	Amazing Grace: The William Wilberforce Story PART 2 May 18, 2008 Guest: Eric Metaxas

Amazing Grace: The William Wilberforce Story May 11, 2008 Guest: Eric Metaxas	Did Jesus Exist or Was He Just a Myth? May 4, 2008 Guest: Paul Maier

The New Atheist Crusaders April 27, 2008 Guest: Becky Garrison	EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed April 20, 2008 Guest: Mark Mathis

Purple State of Mind: Part 2 April 6, 2008 Guests: Craig Detweiler and John Marks	Purple State of Mind: Part 1 March 30, 2008 Guests: Craig Detweiler and John Marks

I Want to Believe: Finding Your Way in an Age of Many Faiths March 23, 2008 Guest: Mel Lawrenz	How Can We Know What Is True? March 16, 2008 Guest: J.P. Moreland

Darwin and Nietzsche at the Oscars March 2, 2008 Guests: Craig Detweiler & Ben Wiker	How Would You Live Differently If You Only Had One Month Left? February 24, 2008 Guests: Kerry & Chris Shook

The Law of Attraction and “Divine Right” to Prosperity February 17, 2008 Guest: Marilyn Jenett	The Year of Living Biblically February 10, 2008 Guest: A.J. Jacobs

How Reliable Is the Bible February 3, 2008 Guest: Pat Zukeran	Buddhist Lama Discusses How to Find Answers to Life's Mysteries January 27, 2008 Guest: Lama Surya Das

Putting Worldviews to the Credibility Test January 20, 2008 Guest: Ken Samples	Skeptic-in-Chief weighs in on Darwin and the Marketplace January 13, 2008 Guest: Michael Shermer

The Ultimate Gift movie December 23, 2007 Guest: Rick Eldridge	The Dangers of Religious Extremism December 9, 2007 Guest: Neil Kressel

Lead Guitarist from Nu-metal band KORN Finds Jesus December 2, 2007 Guest: Brian "Head" Welch	A fellow Oxford professor responds to strident atheist, Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion November 25, 2007 Guest: Alister McGrath

VeggieTales Creator Offers Evidence for the Reality of God November 18, 2007 Guest: Phil Vischer	A Hindu Prescription for Peace in Busy, Chaotic Times November 4, 2007 Guest: Ramu Mukundagiri

Walking Through 9 Religions October 28, 2007 Guest: Sage Bennet	Do I Know God? October 21, 2007 Guest: Tullian Tchividjian

Answering Tough Faith Questions October 14, 2007 Guest: Ken Samples	Agnostic Reader October 07, 2007 Guest: S. T. Joshi

The Case for the Real Jesus September 30, 2007 Guest: Lee Strobel	The Beautiful Ache September 23, 2007 Guest: Leigh McLeroy

Why Good Things Happen to Good People September 9, 2007 Guest: Stephen Post	Author of On Bullshit discusses new book, On Truth September 2, 2007 Guest: Harry Frankfurt

Everything Else You Always Wanted to Know about God August 19, 2007 Guests: VeggieTales Bob the Tomato, Larry the Cucumber and Eric Metaxas	God: The Failed Hypothesis PART 2 August 12, 2007 Guests: Victor Stenger & Hugh Ross

God: The Failed Hypothesis PART 1 August 5, 2007 Guests: Victor Stenger & Hugh Ross	Nothing: Something to Believe In July 29, 2007 Guest: Nica Lalli

Edge of Evolution July 15, 2007 Guest: Michael Behe	Writer/Humorist Discusses Spiritual Journey July 8, 2007 Guest: Joel Stein

Why Good Arguments Often Fail July 1, 2007 Guest: James Sire	Child Prodigy and Painter June 24, 2007 Guest: Akiane

Mr. Deity June 17, 2007 Guest: Brian Dalton	Is God Real or Imaginary? June 10, 2007 Guest: William Lane Craig

The Privileged Planet June 3, 2007 Guest: Guillermo Gonzalez	Jainism May 27, 2007 Guest: Aidan Rankin

Limits of Tolerance: Part 2 May 20, 2007 Guest: Greg Koukl	Limits of Tolerance May 13, 2007 Guest: Alp Aslandogan

Escaping Scientology May 6, 2007 Guest: Karen Pressley	Did God Write the Bible? April 29, 2007 Guest: Dan Hayden

The Geography of God April 15, 2007 Guest: Michael Lindvall	Kabbalah March 25, 2007 Guest: Yehuda Berg

The Lost Tomb of Jesus March 18, 2007 Guest: Gary Habermas	Can God Forgive Even Jeffrey Dahmer? March 11, 2007 Guest: Roy Ratcliff

Evidence for God Within Our Souls and Desires March 4, 2007 Guest: Erwin McManus	Blasphemy Challenge February 25, 2007 Guest: Brian Sapient

Seeing Through Cynicism February 18, 2007 Guest: Dick Keyes	Letting Go of God February 11, 2007 Guest: Julia Sweeney

*Nat'l Geographic's The Gospel of Judas: Two Experts Weigh In* February 4, 2007 Guests: Bart Ehrman & Darrell Bock	Secret Gospels: Sorting Through Alternative Christianities January 28, 2007 Guest: Darrell Bock

Shambhala January 21, 2007 Guest: Randall Spalinger	The Gospel According to Tony Soprano and Chris Seay January 14, 2007 Guest: Chris Seay

Reincarnation: A reason for hope? December 31, 2006 Guest: John Johnston	How everything from Shakespeare to the Periodic Table Reveals the Genius and Meaning Woven into Our World December 10, 2006 Guest: Dr. Ben Wiker

What a Million Monkeys Can and Can't Do December 3, 2006 Guest: Dr. Ben Wiker	Reaching our Youth: Can we offer hope and meaning without God? November 26, 2006 Guest: Lauren Sandler

Heaven: Where is it and how do we get there? November 19, 2006 Guest: Randy Alcorn	Finding "Real Magic"--Truth and purpose that satisfies our minds and our hearts November 12, 2006 Guest: John Eldredge

America's Most Trusted Stranger: PostSecret November 5, 2006 Guest: Frank Warren	My Life as an American-Muslim Convert October 29, 2006 Guest: Angela Collins

I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist October 22, 2006 Guest: Frank Turek	Letter to a Christian Nation - Part 2 October 15, 2006 Guest: Sam Harris

Letter to a Christian Nation October 8, 2006 Guest: Sam Harris	Is faith in God relevant in today’s complex, busy world? October 1, 2006 Guest: Luis Palau

When good and evil collide: War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning September 24, 2006 Guest: Chris Hedges	Searching for meaning in extreme sports September 17, 2006 Guest: Steven Kotler

Reasons to believe: Answers to some of life's toughest questions September 10, 2006 Guest: R C Sproul	Science & God: The head of the Human Genome project on how we harmonize the two September 3, 2006 Guest: Dr. Francis Collins

Do near-death experiences validate life after death or are they just a hallucination? August 27, 2006 Guests: Keith Augustine & Gary Habermas	Finding God Beyond Harvard August 20, 2006 Guest: Kelly Monroe Kullberg

I don't believe in God so I joined a church August 13, 2006 Guest: Robert Jensen	Answering the 5 big spiritual questions of the Bhagavad Gita August 6, 2006 Guest: Jack Hawley

Our First Anniversary: Discussing The Things That Matter Most with Dan Patrick July 30, 2006 Guest: Dan Patrick	Does God answer prayer? July 23, 2006 Guests: Duane Miller and Beth Irwin

What does archaeology tell us about the reliability of ancient Scriptures? July 2, 2006 Guest: Dr. Walter Kaiser	Am I More Than My Body and Brain? June 25, 2006 Guest: Peter Russell

Who Was Adam? June 18, 2006 Guest: Dr. Hugh Ross	Near-Death Experiences: Atheist and Christian Perspective June 11, 2006 Guests: Hemant Metha and Howard Storm

Truth Decay June 4, 2006 Guest: Doug Groothuis	Resurrection: Fact or Fiction? May 28, 2006 Guest: Dr. Gary Habermas

Breaking the Da Vinci Code: Part 2 May 21, 2006 Guest: Dr. Darrell Bock	Breaking the Da Vinci Code: Part 1 May 14, 2006 Guest: Dr. Darrell Bock

My Descent Into Death April 30, 2006 Guest: Howard Storm	An Atheist Walks Into a Church April 23, 2006 Guest: Hemant Mehta

Prophecies of the Passion April 16, 2006 Guest: Dr. Amnon Shor	Meet the Brights April 9, 2006 Guest: Drs. Paul Geisert & Mynga Futrell

Scientific Evidence for Answered Prayers April 2, 2006 Guest: Rich Deem	The Real Meaning of Life March 26, 2006 Guest: David Seaman

Spiritual Journeys: Christianity March 19, 2006 Guest: Frederica Mathewes-Green	The History of Islam March 12, 2006 Guest: Reza Aslan

Intelligent Design vs. Darwinian Evolution: Spotlight on the Dover Ruling March 5, 2006 Guest: Rob Crowther	Spiritual Journeys: New Age February 26, 2006 Guest: Roy Eugene Davis

Inside the Muslim Hajj February 19, 2006 Guest: Dr. Hesham Hassaballa	Godsight February 12, 2006 Co-host: Lael Arrington

The End of the Spear February 5, 2006 Guest: Steve Saint	Barbara Walters and Randy Alcorn on "Heaven" January 29, 2006 Guest: Randy Alcorn

A Rabbi and Stand-up comic on the Holiness of Daily Dramas January 22, 2006 Guest: Dr. Robert Alper	The Progress Paradox How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse January 15, 2006 Guest: Greg Easterbrook

Sex and Worldview 101 January 8, 2006 Guest: Professor J. Budziskzewski	Spiritual Journeys January 1, 2006 Guests: David Pyle Jeffrey Eernisse

The Bethlehem Star December 25, 2005 Guest: Professor Rick Larson	The Case for Christmas December 18, 2005 Guest: Lee Strobel

Chronicles of Narnia December 11, 2005 Guest: Frederica Mathews-Green	"90 Minutes in Heaven" December 4, 2005 Guest: Don Piper

Is the Koran the Word of God? November 20, 2005 Guest: Iesa Galloway	The Prophecies of Nostradamus and the Bible November 13, 2005

Darwin vs. Design November 6, 2005 Guest: Nancy Pearcy	"The Exorcism of Emily Rose" October 30, 2005 Guest: Burt Greenfield

The reality of God when a son commits murder October 23, 2005 Guest: Carol Kent	Law: How Do We Judge What is Right and Just? October 16, 2005 Guest: Professor Lino Gralia

Spiritual Journeys: Buddhism October 9, 2005 Guest: Rev Ross Hamilton Henry	Katrina & Rita: If a powerful and good God exists, how can he allow such suffering? October 2, 2005

*"Is God Dead?" September 2005 Newsweek* Takes Another Look** September 18, 2005	We Remember 9/11: A Survivor's Narrow Escape September 11, 2005 Guest: Sujo John

Spiritual Journeys: Scientology September 4, 2005 Guest: Mary Ann Durham	Spiritual Journeys: Hinduism August 28, 2005 Guest: Nisha Giri

Education: What's the Point? August 21, 2005 Guest: Dr. John Mark Reynolds	Spiritual Journeys: Christianity August 14, 2005 Host: Rick Davis

Origins: Darwinian Evolution vs. Intelligent Design August 7, 2005 Guests: Phillip Johnson, Charlotte Coffelt	Spiritual Journeys: Islam and Atheism July 31, 2005 Guests: Daniel Jou, Burt Greenfield