The PloughCast

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The PloughCast

How can we live well together? What gives life purpose? What about technology, education, faith, capitalism, work, family? Is another life possible? Plough editor Peter Mommsen and senior editor Susannah Black Roberts dig deeper into perspectives from a wide variety of writers and thinkers appearing in the pages of Plough.

  1. MAY 21

    Following the Clues of the Universe by Alister McGrath

    Can Sherlock Holmes help us find meaning in life? Detective stories and murder mysteries hint at how to make sense of our world.

    12 min

  2. MAY 14

    Passing On the Farm to My Daughter by James Rebanks

    A record-breaking bull showed that my seventeen-year-old is ready to start taking my place.

    17 min

  3. MAY 7

    Warehouse Workers of Paris Find Their Voice by Benoît Gautier

    In de-industrializing France, a shuttle bus is workers’ last link to stability.

    26 min

  4. APR 30

    Stanley Hauerwas’s Provocations by Tish Harrison Warren

    America’s theologian isn’t worried about the death of cultural Christianity.

    19 min

  5. APR 23

    Building Solidarity in Europe’s Gig Economy by Ben Wray

    Food-delivery bike riders in London, Berlin, and Copenhagen are pushing back against their algorithmic bosses.

    20 min

  6. APR 16

    In the Holy Land, Seeking the Solace of the Cross by Stephanie Saldaña

    In a year wracked by violence, I remember the crucifixion to find comfort.

    9 min

  7. APR 9

    The Quest to Emancipate Labor by Peter Mommsen

    Why do we work? The dream of a truly human economy spans millennia, from Genesis to Marx to Martin Luther King.

    31 min

  8. APR 2

    Deerassic Park by Tim Maendel

    A high-school science teacher and his students practice conservation in the woods and ponds of upstate New York.

    14 min
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How can we live well together? What gives life purpose? What about technology, education, faith, capitalism, work, family? Is another life possible? Plough editor Peter Mommsen and senior editor Susannah Black Roberts dig deeper into perspectives from a wide variety of writers and thinkers appearing in the pages of Plough.

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    Plough
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    276
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