Another Life with Joy Marie Clarkson

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How can we live well together? What gives life purpose? How do technology, education, faith, capitalism, work, family change the way we live? Is another life possible? Plough editor Joy Marie Clarkson digs deeper into perspectives from a wide variety of writers and thinkers appearing in the pages of Plough.

  1. 6H AGO

    How Does Scripture Talk About Beauty?

    In a new season of the Another Life podcast, Joy Marie Clarkson and Ben Quash look at beauty in the Old and New Testaments.

    42 min

  2. 6D AGO

    Bonus episode: Paul Kingsnorth gives a talk called “Six Ways to Resist the Machine”

    In his new book *Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity*, English writer Paul Kingsnorth argues that forces of economic globalization have treated people as means not ends, leading to homogenized culture and widespread nihilism. With the force of this “machine” sucking us in, how can we remain human? How can we fend off despair and cynicism when it threatens to crush our very soul? Is another life really possible after the “machine”? On October 1, 2025, Paul Kingsnorth gave this talk, sponsored by Plough. Following remarks from Kingsnorth, Jacqueline Rivers and Sean D. Kelly responded. Read the transcript here.

    1h 59m

  3. 12/09/2025

    Humans Aren’t the Only Pebble on the Cosmic Beach

    Joy Marie Clarkson and Alison Milbank discuss the importance of angels and why parishes are good. Read transcript here.

    56 min

  4. 11/25/2025

    When You Believe in a Living God

    Sarah Killam Crosby, Benjamin Crosby, and Joy Marie Clarkson discuss what happens to your life, church, and marriage when you actually believe in the Holy Spirit. Read transcript here

    1h 7m

  5. 11/11/2025

    The Collective Burden of War

    US Marines veteran Phil Klay talks to Joy Clarkson about going to war, honor, penance, and the burden we should all share. Read transcript here.

    49 min

  6. 10/28/2025

    Why Are People Returning to Church?

    We are seeing an unexpected resurgence of openness to God and spiritual matters, and an uptick in religious participation. What’s behind it? Read the transcript.

    1 hr

  7. 10/14/2025

    Introducing Another Life Podcast

    To live in better we have to begin with the conviction that another life is possible. That is what this podcast aims to explore. In today's inaugural episode, Joy interviews Plough Editor-in-chief Peter Mommsen, and senior editor Maureen Swinger and her husband, Jason. View the transcript Learn more: plough.com/podcast

    57 min

  8. 09/07/2025

    In Defense of Pint and Pipe by Malcolm Guite

    Smoking and drinking carry known risks. Here’s why I haven’t given them up.

    15 min
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How can we live well together? What gives life purpose? How do technology, education, faith, capitalism, work, family change the way we live? Is another life possible? Plough editor Joy Marie Clarkson digs deeper into perspectives from a wide variety of writers and thinkers appearing in the pages of Plough.

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