How to Ruin Dinner

How to Ruin Dinner

Conversations in Religious Studies

Episodes

  1. 11/25/2025

    Episode #92 – Virtue of Confinement

    “Stayin’ Inside, Stayin’ Inside (Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh… Stayin’ Inside)” I don’t often feel the need to explain how an episode fits into the semester’s […] Read More

    1h 13m

  2. 11/14/2025

    EPISODE #91 – Hope as a Communal Virtue

    Guest: Dr. Aaron Cobb, Ph.D. – Wake Forest University In this episode, we welcome Dr. Aaron Cobb for a conversation about hope—not just as a […] Read More

    59 min

  3. 10/31/2025

    EPISODE #90 – The Virtue of Poetry and the Failure of Language

    Episode #90 Guest: Dr. Clark Lunberry, Ph.D. The French poet Charles Baudelaire famously wrote: “You have to be always drunk… But on what? Wine, poetry, […] Read More

    59 min

  4. 10/17/2025

    EPISODE #89 – Are We There Yet? Brandon, Are We Da?

    Some say boredom is the heart and soul of philosophy—and they’re right, but not in the way they think they’re right! Brandon Underwood joins HTRD […] Read More

    1h 6m

  5. 10/06/2025

    EPISODE #88 – Holy Hero, Batman, They are Talkin’ Rebel with a Cause

    Our first guest , Dr. Mitchell Haney has ruined dinner before, in episode  58 of HTRD, we discussed the state of our ethical climate – […] Read More

    1h 6m

  6. 07/01/2025

    Episode #87 – How To Podcast (with bonus video)

    How to Ruin Dinner: Conversations from the University In this bonus episode, Hudson and I discuss why we podcast and how we make go about […] Read More

    1h 3m

  7. 05/15/2025

    Episode #86 – Student AI Discussion

    As a wrap-up episode for the semester, we’ve chosen two undergraduate students to lead a discussion on AI within the student body. We’re delighted that […] Read More

    1h 25m

  8. 04/22/2025

    Episode #85 – And the Beat Goes On: Creating with Passion

    Scholars seem to fall into two camps of AI critics: those who see AI as a stealing machine and those who see it as a […] Read More

    47 min

  9. 04/14/2025

    Episode #84 – AI The World’s Largest Theft Machine?

    This is a critical conversation on the applications of and the incentive structures behind Artificial Intelligence. Is this large language model really intelligent? Who is […] Read More

    1h 9m

  10. 03/19/2025

    Episode #83 – Pathologically Positive: Children, AI, and the Internet

    The dinner-ruining moment of this conversation must be John Zoltner’s unblinking assessment of AI and the internet’s harm to children. Despite his clear-eyed considerations, John […] Read More

    52 min
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Conversations in Religious Studies

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  • Creator
    How to Ruin Dinner
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2020 How to Ruin Dinner
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