2024

Ben Merkle, Tom Price, and What They Learned about Learning at Oxford https://youtu.be/43o1aIrrxrQ Today begins the first of the shows recorded in Oxford! Tom and Chris are joined by Dr. Ben Merkle, President of New Saint Andrews College. Ben was visiting Oxford at the same time as the Pugs, and this afforded an opportunity to …

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A Look at the Sacraments https://youtu.be/ghVoQNIwFd4 On today’s show the Pugsters consider the definitions of sacraments vs. ordinances before taking a closer look at baptism and the Lord’s Supper. They spend some time on the less discussed images of baptism in the New Testament (the Flood and the Exodus) and the use of the Greek …

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If We’re Not Saved by Our Works Why Work at All? https://youtu.be/OYVF2-ZK0o4 Today the Pugs interview Dr. Steve Jeffery, one of the minds behind The Works Based Conference being held in the Dallas/Fort Worth area June 28-29. The guys not only discuss the nature of the conference, the conversation addresses a theology of work, and …

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Academic Herd-Minds and Twitter Mobs https://youtu.be/EHbs86XyKdI Today the Pugs react to an article in New Oxford Review entitled, “How Cowardice, the Herd Mind & Twitter Mobs Threaten Academia by Jason M. Morgan and Mark Ramseyer. If you’re still under the impression that higher education is a disinterested pursuit of truth, think again. It has been …

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Boredom, Nihilism, and Endless Entertainment https://youtu.be/XmbdU1_itRM On today’s show Tom introduces the topic of boredom and its relation to a world that finds no meaning apart from the endless choices we draw from to gratify and distract ourselves. Glenn and Chris help unpack this timely topic, with its spiritual and historical roots and its impact …

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The Pugs Answer Your Questions! https://youtu.be/3vMPnC-hT7U Today the Pugs answer questions prosed by supporters of the show on Patreon. Listen in to learn (among other things), where the guys first met and became friends, what they think about Annihilationism, why it really might come down to choosing between Aristotle and Nietzsche, why getting dressed up …

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The 4B Movement, Misandry, and Anti-Natalism https://youtu.be/izU2ZQny0L0 In this episode, the guys talk about the 4B movement that originated in Korea and is getting some buzz in America. The 4Bs (in Korean) are no dating, no sex, no marriage, and no children. It’s partly responsible for the collapsing birthrate in Korea. The guys discuss the …

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Men & Social Status, Women & College Debt, Hypergamy, and More! https://youtu.be/kQ2XPmewohw Today Chris takes the Pugs into the dark recesses of social status and asks questions few are willing to ask. For example: Why do so many women who apply to rent Chris’s apartments have so much student loan debt, and such low credit …

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Creation, Theophany, and Transcendence https://youtu.be/VOzJ-Uh6CCw Today’s show builds on the conversation about imagination and C. S. Lewis last week. Tom and the guys continue the interaction with Lewis’ rich sacramental vision and its implications for how our human created natures are enriched and helped to come into their own principally by the vertical, our relation …

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Imagination and Meaning https://youtu.be/koKTvlYzY8Y C.S. Lewis said, “Reason is the natural organ of understanding, but imagination is the organ of meaning.” “Working off Holly Ordway’s book “Apologetics and the Christian Imagination,” the guys discuss what imagination is, how it connects to meaning, and how it is foundational to reason. They also discuss the role of …

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