This week Nick talks to Andrew Farley, the lead pastor at Ecclesia in Texas.

Andrew talks about his newest book, God Without Religion and spells out a faith that is Jesus plus nothing.

You can follow Andrew @DrAndrewFarley and Nick @nicktheskeptic

Our website is thenickandjoshpodcast.com

Nick and Josh have another stunning ramblecast. So if you can take 30 minutes of Nick wishing he could sell books like Rob Bell and spouting his bitterness. Join us.

You can help ease that bitterness by purchasing The Hopeful Skeptic from Amazon. And by following Nick and Josh @nicholasfiedler and @neuprovoker

In this interview, Josh interviews Kyle T. Kramer, author of A Time to Plant: Life Lessons in Work, Prayer and Dirt. Just in time for Good Friday and Earth Day, this podcast comes in a long line of other environmentally concerned podcasts by the Nick and Josh crew. Remember: An Oil Spill Round Table Discussion with Ben Lowe, Tom Sine and Julie Clawson, Matthew Sleeth, and Tom Sine of the Mustard Seed Associates? Kyle is not only a farmer, academic, father and eco-ascetic, but also a alumni of Emory's Youth Theological Initiative and the Candler School of Theology. For more information on this subject, listen to the first few minutes of the interview.

This week we have Cliff Shiepe talking about self publishing his new novel.

Cliff has an interesting life that mixes ministry with the entertainment industry and his first novel puts one foot in each of those spheres. What I found most interesting about Cliff's story is that he did not intend to write a novel and when it was all said and done, he did all the work and it took him ten years. I thought that was a powerful story for those of us anxious to get some thoughts on paper and get them out there.

Cliff gives some good advise for artists/writers and he talks about his novel.

In this interview Josh talks with Cartlon Mackey about his most recent project 17 Degrees Ain't Nothing. Carlton Mackey is the Assistant Director of the D. Abbott Turner Program in Ethics and Servant Leadership and the Chair of the Ethics & the Arts Initiative for the Emory University Center for Ethics. Carlton serves on the Board of Directors for the Wonderroot Community Arts Center and the Advisory Board for the Youth Theological Initiative. Carlton is also a professional photographer and local filmmaker. He was awarded a grant from the Emory University Center for Creativity and the Arts to create a photography exhibit to accompany his documentary 17 DEGREES AIN’T NOTHING, an intimate profile of 5 individuals living on the streets of Atlanta, Georgia. For this work, Carlton was awarded the first Emory College for Creativity & Arts Emory University and Healthcare Staff Creativity and the Arts Award.

If you are interested in screening 17 Degrees, please contact Josh at: case [dot] joshua [at] gmail [dot] com

In this amazing ramblecast we talk about Evolutionary Christianity, WikiLeaks, Big Tent, and Red Mountain Music. Enjoy.

This week Nick talks to Thom Stark about his new book, The Human Faces of God.

It's a good conversation that covers the topics of inspiration and inerrancy while looking at the ideas the authors of the Bible had about God.

Nick and Josh are back again with snarky intro banter and filler topics.

This week Nick talks to Reverand Dr. Amy Laura Hall about Proper 29 Project. A project aimed to raise awareness of unjust tragedies in the wars that the US is involved in.

This week Nick talks to Adam Taylor who recently wrote Mobilizing Hope, a book about justice, change, religion, and activism. I think you will enjoy this conversation.

Jim Wallis does the forward and says this about the book:"is a story of how Adam and many of his cohorts are shaping the next strategies for faith-based social change; a theology for social justice; a spirituality for young activists; a handbook for those who want to experiment with activism and search out their own vocation in the world; and a strategy manual that draws lessons from past movements for change."

 

Adam's IVP author info is here, and book info is here

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This week Nick talks to Anne Jackson and they talk about her new book, Permission to Speak Freely. As always check out the podcast website for more show notes and links.

This week Josh talked to Jeff Sharlet who discusses a couple of his books about secret fundamentalist groups alive and well in our government. Please visit our website to leave comments.

This week we interview Matt Litton and he talks about education and his new book The Mockingbird Parables.

An intro with Nick and Josh, and a conversation with Kimberly Knight.

This week Nick talks to Jack Jenkins about Social Media, Church, Obama and Jacks website, The Church is Alive.

This week we have John Dominic Crossan, the author and scholar who started the Jesus Seminar 25 years ago. We reflect on the seminar and his latest book, The Greatest Prayer.

This week we have a long awaited Ramblecast with Nick and Josh, and very great intro music.

Topics we cover:

Big Tent Christianity

Something about Ground Zero

See You At the Pole

Josh's Sickness

Wild Goose Festival

 

and

John Eldredge

Philip Yancey

 

So you know it's good. Here's the direct link.

This is a throwback. The old Damien Jurado interview is back up. One of our first 25 interviews. A classic.

This week we have a full intro with both Nick and Josh. Nick also interviews Becky Garrison about her book, Jesus Died for This?

We talk about christian writing and marketing a good bit.

 

Becky has started podcasting here, and she is tweeting @JesusDied4This

This week Nick jumps back in the interview saddle and talks with Jason Boyett about faith and doubt, and his newest book O Me of Little Faith.

Jason blog's here.

Enjoy the interview and pick up the book. And while you are book shopping don't forget to support the podcast by purchasing Nick's book.

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

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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

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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, <a href="http://iamjoshbrown.com/blog">Josh Brown</a>, 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.com
http://kiva.org

This week we interview Thomas Jay Oord.

Thomas Jay Oord is a theologian, philosopher, and scholar of multi-disciplinary studies.  He is the author or editor of a dozen books and professor at Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, Idaho.  Oord is known for his contributions to research on love, relational theology, science and religion, Wesleyan/Holiness/Church of the Nazarene thought, Evangelical theology, and postmodernism.

Check out http://thenickandjoshpodcast.com for links and more info.

In this episode Josh Case turns the tables and interviews Nick about his recently released book, The Hopeful Skeptic.

Check out his website at

http://thehopefulskeptic.com

You can order the book straight from the main page by clicking on the icon.

There was an invitation for the first two emailers to get a free copy of the book in exchange for a review on their blog, if you are taking Nick up on this offer email him at [nickfiedler@me.com]

This week we talked to Troy Bronsink of Neighbors Abbey, Church As Art, and Emergent Village fame about ministry and emergence.

Nick and Josh rip the Home-brewed guys up and talk about a possibly quiz-off. And Nick's book, The Hopeful Skeptic, is now available online and soon to be in stores.

Enjoy. Links and show notes are at

thenickandjoshpodcast.com

This week Nick talks to Samir Selmanovic author of It’s Really All About God.

This book is a well needed piece in the conversation about faith and interfaith connections.

Here is the New York Times Review and here is the Pomomusing’s Review

You can follow Samir on twitter at @SamirSelmanovic

And here are links to

His website

and

Faith House Manhattan

Let us know what you think about the book and about the podcast.

Where is episode 132 you may ask? Well, it was in the can. It is a brilliant conversation with the NT scholar Luke Timothy Johnson, however I am having some problems with the audio and instead of putting it up and then the next episode, I wanted to toy with it some more.

Notes for this episode, you will hear references to the LTJ podcast, it did happen, but it is not up.

This youth camp is fictional. . . but it doesn't have to be.

We apologize in advance for anyone offended.

There was a blog on Out of Ur (which I think is owned by Christianity Today) about Virtual Church.

http://www.outofur.com/archives/2009/10/in_defense_of_v.html

Apparently there were some others too

http://www.outofur.com/archives/2009/08/there_is_no_vir.html

http://www.outofur.com/archives/2009/02/shane_hipps_on.html

So Zach and I ramble about it for a little bit, I cut it off where I did because I thought it was a great final thought.

This week for a special Remix Edition we give you Dr. Bob Price, who is adequately named "The Bible Geek". He is an author, professor, has been a pastor, a fellow of the Jesus Seminar, on the board of The Jesus Project and a lover of H.P. Lovecraft.

Nick gets about 40 minutes on the phone with him to fly through scripture and biblical narrative. We hope you enjoy this unique addition to the podcast.

He has an official Bible Geek site as well as a personal homepage for you to learn more about him.

All links on - http://thenickandjoshpodcast.com

This week we have the great honor to interview Bishop John Shelby Spong. This is his second time on the Nick and Josh Podcast and his last interview was our most downloaded podcast. Perhaps we strike gold again with this interview about his latest book, Eternal Life: A New Vision.

We talk about his book and his life.

This week Nick and Josh intro a Brian Mclaren podcast with all sorts of craziness and drinks in hand.

There is talk about the historical jesus and homebrewing and josh's rejection of the historical jesus for a more neo-conservative approach

Then Nick interviews Brian McLaren about Emergent, Health Care, new Books and more.

For a midweek podcast we have Jim Henderson talking about the Off The Map Conference in Seattle, Nov. 20-21.

He talks about what will be going on and how inexpensive it is to go.

We mentioned

http://offthemap.com/
http://offthemap.com/live
http://churchrater.com


Enjoy

This week Josh< and I sit down and talk about Emergent Conversations, Spirituality, Derek Webb, Off-The-Map, and the like.

Here is info about Off-The-Map

http://www.offthemap.com/live/

Josh's new website http://joshuacase.net same address, new look.

We also mentioned http://purgatorio1.com, Purgatorio the website and Derek Webb's new music video

We did a Moltmann Twitter searc

Ohh, and Doug Pagitt Radio with all it's goodness.

We noted Ariah Fine, a friend of the podcast, is trying to get to Christianity21, you can help him get there by typing in 'ariah' as your promo code when you sign up to go.

Welcoming the Stranger: Matthew Soerens & Jenny Hwang Interview

Please ignore the buzz of someones G4 12inch PowerBook fan (cough cough Josh) and ignore the fact that this is actually episode 124 instead of the mentioned 123.

In this interview Josh talks with Matthew and Jenny about their recent book entitled Welcoming the Stranger: Justice,Compassion, & Truth in the Immigration Debate. Matthew and Jenny speak a good deal in this interview about the way in which they perceive the Bible to speak to the core issues of immigration. Near the end of the interview, both also speak about how far they think their hermeneutic allows them to see reform go in the American debate. For more information on Matthew and Jenny, visit www.welcomingthestranger.com, or World Relief. 

This week we sit down with Mark Van Steenwyk and talk about monastic communities, the empire, john piper, and more.

Mark Van S, works with the Misseo Dei Community and the web zine The Jesus Manifesto.

Enjoy the interview and check out the websites.

www.markvans.info
www.jesusmanifesto.com
www.thecommonroot.org
www.christarchy.com
www.missio-dei.com

Shane Claiborne joins us this week for the podcast. Shane is his usual hospitable, nicest guy in the world, self. He waxes poetic with us about justice, poverty, and economics with his east Tennessee southern drawl.

At one point, Nick accused Shane of spamming him for money after his home burned to the ground. Which almost made Shane cry. But Nick recovered and apologized and we all moved ahead better people because of it.

If you know anything about Shane, you know that he's a stand up guy and beyond gracious. Josh even tried to bait him into civil disobedience talk once and Shane stayed above the fray as usual.For more information about Shane, check out his community over at <a href="http://thesimpleway.org/">thesimpleway.com</a>.

The Nick and Josh Podcast gets David Bazan on to talk about his new album Curse Your Branches.

He talks about music, faith, touring, and the Bible.

Shownotes are available at - thenickandjoshpodcast.com.

A People's History of Christianity: Diana Butler Bass Interview

In this interview Nick and Josh interview Diana about her most recent book A People's History of Christianity. Among other things Diana speaks about the connections between this book and her book Christianity for the Rest of Us. She also spends time talking about the role of memory, tradition, and history in the lives of Christians past and present. Towards the end of the interview, Diana says that the content of this podcast concerns "the passions that lie behind the book."

For more information on Diana visit her website online at www.dianabutlerbass.com.

Pete Rollins rejoins the Nick & Josh Podcast as our European/American correspondent Joshua Case talks with him about his new book, The Fidelity of Betrayal.

This is a Wednesday Remix, a podcast from yesteryear reintroduced today on the new server. Originally Aired 6/30/08

In this episode we head down toward the Emory Campus in Atlanta to talk to Dan Ra about Asianamergence.

Dan Ra meets with groups of second generation Asians monthly to talk about the effects of living as a second generation Asian, in America, in a Christian post modern context.

Nick and Josh are back from a short vacation and staycation.

This week they talk about whats new in the emerging world. What Nick can't understand about Christian speakers. And much much more.

Make sure you are telling everyone Nick and Josh are back on their weekly schedule.

In this episode, Joshua Case gives us a talk given by Marian Wright Edelman, president, Children’s Defense Fund at the Re-Envisioning Leadership conference hosted by The Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Marian Wright Edelman has been a lifelong advocate for the disadvantaged worldwide. Under her leadership, the Children’s Defense Fund has become one of the strongest known voices for children and families. Its mission is to "leave no child behind" and to ensure every child a "healthy and fair" start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. Her writings include Families in Peril: An Agenda for Social Change; The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours; and I Can Make a Difference: A Treasury to Inspire Our Children.

Eboo Patel, as a new friend of the podcast, works to build mutual respect and pluralism among religiously diverse young people by empowering them to work together in service to others through the Chicago-based Interfaith Youth Core. He is the author of Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation. He holds a doctorate in the sociology of religion from Oxford University and serves as an online panelist for the “On Faith” blog, co-hosted by The Washington Post and Newsweek Magazine. He has written for The Chicago Tribune, The Journal of Muslim Law and Culture, and The Harvard Divinity School Bulletin, and appeared on National Public Radio.

Another old episode with a new intro.

Josh Case and I are in an airy outside venue to get the organic intro, pieced together from patches of awesomeness.

A.J. Jacobs is an author that not only works for Esquire, but wrote the smash hit, A Year of Living Biblically.

Here is A.J.'s site.

This week we have another stunning intro and a conversation with Kevin Roose who tried on a whole different personality for a semester of school.

"What would happen if a student at one of America’s most secular colleges spent a semester at Reverend Jerry Falwell’s “Bible Boot Camp” for young evangelicals?"

http://www.kevinroose.com/
http://thenickandjoshpodcast.com

Another awesome intro by Nick and Josh C.

So this week Nick interviews Phyllis Tickle the Matron Saint of the Great Emergence. She is also the author of many books, most notably The Divine Hours and The Night Offices. She is also an incredible speaker and you may have caught her at some emergent gatherings.

In the second part she gives an incredible illustration of society and how societal changes relate to our concepts of truth, religion, and understanding.

We have been working with this one for a while now. Sorry its short, but it was choppy due to some technical problems, instead of putting up the crappy parts, we saved the best for you guys.

Josh Case and Nick are together for an intro that lasts almost as long as the podcast, sorry about that, but there is some classic stuff in it.

Please make sure you are subscribed, and please rate us in iTunes.

Anyway, here it is, and check out Bart Ehrman's new book, Jesus Interrupted.

This week I give a brief intro about going back to a weekly schedule, and who we will have on for next week's show. Then we get to the meat and potatoes and have a great phone interview with the honorable Bishop John Shelby Spong. He talks about his newest book Jesus for the Non-Religious - a book I would call a must read.

Patrick Fore did our newest album art, check out his design at http://www.patrickforedesign.com/

And as I mentioned there is a Mailing List on the top right corner of our website, that I would be delighted if you joined. There is also a free eBook available from our website.

This is the same exact episode we posted about a year ago, but it is no longer available online. So we are storing it here on our new server. Sorry if you have already heard it.

Thanks to our friend <a href="http://pomomusings.com">Adam</a>, the podcast now has an interview with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zach_Lind">Zach Lind</a>. Zach is the drummer for the rock powerhouse <a href="http://www.jimmyeatworld.com/">Jimmy Eat World</a>. If you don't know who this band is, we can't help you.

Josh Case interviews Barbara Brown Taylor and talks about her latest book, An Alter in the World.

From her website:

In her critically acclaimed memoir Leaving Church, Taylor wrote about leaving parish ministry to become a teacher, a decision that rearranged everything from her wardrobe to her faith. Now in her stunning follow-up, An Altar in the World, she reveals how she learned to encounter the God who does not live in church.

Describing spiritual practices as basic as walking, carrying water, being with other people, and saying blessings, she calls conventional distinctions between the sacred and the secular into question. Delving into darker practices of getting lost, falling ill, feeling pain, and grieving loss, she challenges the notion that God does God’s best work in the light. Throughout this richly personal narrative, she suggests that no physical act is too earthbound to become a path to the divine. The world is full of altars, she says, for those willing to welcome the truth that comes to them in the flesh.

The original interview with the Tall Skinny Kiwi has been edited and only the nuggets are used in this remix.

In this podcast Joshua Case talks with Alan Mann, author of A Permanent Becoming: A Contemporary Look at the Fruit of the Spirit.