The Hinterlands

Abram Hagstrom
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Courage for the journey beyond the status quo. Topics include education, culture, and economics, as well as faith, family, and philosophy. (Podcast postponed as of Jan 2021. Writing can be found at https://medium.com/the-hinterlands).

  1. 01/13/2022

    Tracking Truth, Part 2

    This is the second part of my conversation with Matt Leavenworth. On his suggestion, we recorded a conversation on trying to tease out the truth about God, the Bible, and mythology. How should we understand these ancient human fixtures in light of changing standards of truth? What we intended as a guest-hosted interview to help me sort through my changing views on these topics turned out to be more of a heart-to-heart between two earnest seekers. Story mentioned on parenting: https://lin...

    52 min

  2. 01/01/2022

    Tracking Truth, Part 1

    Matt Leavenworth is a new friend of mine. On his suggestion, we recorded a conversation on trying to tease out the truth about God, the Bible, and mythology. How should we understand these ancient human fixtures in light of changing standards of truth? What we intended as a guest-hosted interview to help me sort through my changing views on these topics turned out to be more of a heart-to-heart between two earnest seekers. Support the show

    54 min

  3. 01/22/2021

    A Farewell Confessional

    The way we handle our knowledge of good and evil divides the world, philosophically, into two camps. On the one side are those who implicitly rely on their grasp of good and evil to inform and justify their attempts to control the world. On the other are those who hold loosely or doubt or reject their own ability to parse good and evil. The first type ends up doing things like making laws to condemn particular behaviors and beliefs. The second type sees the futility of condemnation as a solution—not out of a denial of moral values, but because the one who condemns the world must try to control it, and because those changed by condemnation will extend that condemnation to others. The Hinterlands publication on Medium: https://medium.com/the-hinterlands Transcript of episode (with images): https://medium.com/the-hinterlands/a-farewell-confessional-dca7a0cedd04 Support the show

    1h 16m

  4. 12/04/2020

    Acknowledging Difficulties In The Bible

    Given the scope of the topic, this discussion is bound to be both insufficient and controversial. Be that as it may, I'm grateful to have such an experienced voice on the podcast. Steve Scansen shares some of his background in the faith and suggests three categories of biblical difficulties--similarity to other ancient texts, internal discrepancies, and OT citations in the NT--while I press him with my hopelessly anachronistic expectations of the text. Am I a child of the Enlightenment? Guilty as charged.    Books referenced and recommended by Steve: The Enuma Elish The Epic of Gilgamesh The Code of Hammurabi The Bible Tells Me So, Peter Enns Cross Vision, Gregory Boyd Support the show

    1h 23m

  5. 11/10/2020

    Rule 9: Assume Interlocutor Intelligence (The Full Embrace of Seth Hirschkorn)

    In the process of discussing Rule 9 on the topic of listening to the person you're talking to, Seth and I stumble into religion and politics, personhood, self-examination, advice-giving, the divide between love and truth, intellectual blindspots, and coping with the discomfort of disagreement, among other amusing conversational pitfalls.  Email comments to: abram.hinterlands@gmail.com Support the show

    1h 27m

  6. 10/02/2020

    Alcoholism & Loving What Is, Pt. 2

    Have you ever thought of yourself as a character in your own story--the story you tell yourself to make sense of the world? Do you feel the stress of needing others to be different so that you can be okay? How does emotional maturity arise? Henry and I continue our discussion of these questions and others, including the nature of a God who doesn't protect us from the pain and discomfort of our lives.  Support the show

    1h 1m

  7. 09/21/2020

    Alcoholism & Loving What Is, Pt. 1

    How do you deal with the things you can't change? What stories do you tell yourself to make sense of your experiences? How do we relate to truth and reality when they seem to be bent on taking us apart? In this two-part interview, Henry Kennah and I discuss these and related questions through the lens of Byron Katie's book, Loving What Is, and Henry's experience with addiction and sobriety.  Support the show

    1h 11m

  8. 08/28/2020

    Apostasy & Honesty

    A cordial conversation of differing perspectives on the fallibility of the Bible, the cultural relevance of Christianity, roles in relationships, spiritual leadership, and how agriculture whetted man's appetite for controlling the world around him.  Support the show

    1h 35m
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Courage for the journey beyond the status quo. Topics include education, culture, and economics, as well as faith, family, and philosophy. (Podcast postponed as of Jan 2021. Writing can be found at https://medium.com/the-hinterlands).

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  • Creator
    Abram Hagstrom
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2022
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Hinterlands
  • Show Website
    The Hinterlands