Wild Olive

Jeanne Petrolle and Jennifer Bird
  • 4.6 (9)
  • CHRISTIANITY
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Wild Olive

The Wild Olive Podcast brings you game-changing conversations about literature, culture, and the Bible. With co-hosts Jeanne Petrolle and Jennifer Bird, Wild Olive serves up idea-feasts: tasty insights about biblical texts and contemporary (or classic!) literature, with generous side-portions of cultural commentary and hearty laughter. One literature professor + one biblical studies professor = uncontrolled, out-of-bounds, untamed conversation: ideal listening for the post-evangelical, the spiritual-but-not-religious, the Bible-curious secularist, the free-thinking religionist, and the literary-but-not-stodgy! New episodes every other Friday!

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    S3 Episode 17: Christmas Stories: One Birth, Two Accounts

    In the spirit of the holiday season, Jennifer and Jeanne discuss two different accounts of Jesus' birth. One from Luke, the other from Matthew in the New Testament. Together they analyze how these two separate tales have been blended together over time to create the story we think we know today.

    39 min

  2. DEC 6

    S3 Episode 16: Why You Shouldn't Get Married (According to Paul)

    This week, Jeanne and Jennifer discuss the biblical concept of staying unmarried, celibate or widowed as outlined by Paul in 1 Corinthians.

    36 min

  3. NOV 23

    S3 Episode 15: A Tale of Two Bathshebas

    It's an analyzation of two fascinating literary characters! Jennifer and Jeanne dissect the parallels between the Bathsheba, as found in The Book of Samuel, and her inspiration by the same name in Thomas Hardy's "Far From The Madding Crowd" (1874).

    38 min

  4. NOV 8

    S3 Episode 14: The Power of The Name

    This week, Jeanne and Jennifer discuss the concept of labels, language and the power to use them, through the lens of Ursula K. Le Guin's short story "She Unnames Them".

    33 min

  5. OCT 25

    S3 Episode 13: How The Suffragettes Took The Bible Back

    Jennifer is back! And this week, she and Jeanne discuss the significance and impact of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's "The Woman's Bible" (1895).

    51 min

  6. OCT 11

    S3 Episode 12: Bechdel, Brides & The Bible

    Feminism and the Bible don't typically go hand-in-hand, but could they? This week, Jeanne discusses Christian feminism through depictions of women in the Bible and classic literature, as well as modern interpretations from notable feminist authors Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Rachel Blau DuPlessis and Alison Bechdel.

    17 min

  7. SEP 27

    S3 Episode 11: The Book of Esther

    Jeanne goes solo to talk on biblical marriages within the bible, specifically those found in the Book of Esther.

    20 min

  8. SEP 13

    S3 Episode 10: Talking Jesus With Gen Z - Luke Moss

    Jeanne interviews former student, Luke Moss. Together they discuss Luke's religious upbringing, his philosophical beliefs, concepts of "topos" and Darwinism.

    45 min
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Ratings & Reviews

4.6
out of 5
9 Ratings

About

The Wild Olive Podcast brings you game-changing conversations about literature, culture, and the Bible. With co-hosts Jeanne Petrolle and Jennifer Bird, Wild Olive serves up idea-feasts: tasty insights about biblical texts and contemporary (or classic!) literature, with generous side-portions of cultural commentary and hearty laughter. One literature professor + one biblical studies professor = uncontrolled, out-of-bounds, untamed conversation: ideal listening for the post-evangelical, the spiritual-but-not-religious, the Bible-curious secularist, the free-thinking religionist, and the literary-but-not-stodgy! New episodes every other Friday!

Information

  • Creator
    Jeanne Petrolle and Jennifer Bird
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    50
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2023 Wild Olive
  • Show Website
    Wild Olive

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