New Persuasive Words

By: Scott Jones & Bill Borror
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  • New Persuasive Words started as two guys talking about life with what we thought (hoped?) was wit and insight, on our good days anyway. Then...a podcast.
    © 2025 Scott Jones & Bill Borror
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Episodes
  • Episode 331: The Philosophical Roots of "Wokeism"

    Episode 331: The Philosophical Roots of "Wokeism"
    Jan 9 2025
    In this episode we engage with a talk given by Bishop Robert Barron at the Acton institute. The topic of the address is the philosophical roots of "wokeism." You can listen to the talk here, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNP3kdBx-Oo) or read a transcript of it here. (https://www.acton.org/religion-liberty/volume-34-number-1/philosophical-roots-wokeism)
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    42 mins
  • Episode 330: The Quest for the Historical Adam

    Episode 330: The Quest for the Historical Adam
    Jan 4 2025
    In this episode we talk about Original Sin and human origins, inspired in part by an essay on the work of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that appeared in a recent issue of the Christian Century. You can find the article we reference here.. (https://www.christiancentury.org/article/critical-essay/pierre-teilhard-de-chardins-theological-trouble)
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    42 mins
  • Episode 329: A Shocking Faith

    Episode 329: A Shocking Faith
    Dec 28 2024
    In this episode we talk about a recent piece by New York Times columnist David Brooks Entitled "The Shock of Faith: It’s Nothing Like I Thought It Would Be." We also consider some of the response it's generated in public discourse by people of many faiths and no faith at all. You can find the original David Brooks piece here. (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/opinion/faith-god-christianity.html) You can find Mark Oppenheimer's responses here (https://arcmag.org/david-brooks-please-stop-saying-you-are-jewish/) and here. (https://markoppenheimer.substack.com/p/apparently-lots-of-people-dislike) You can listen to Scott's conversation with Mark here. (https://giveandtake.fireside.fm/272) To see what states received campaign visits during the 2024 Presidential election click here. (https://fairvote.org/presidential-campaign-events-in-2024/) If you're curious about the Dead Poet's Society poetry scale reference, you can watch the clip here. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x0COtH4Vrw) You can go here (patreon.com/scottkentjones) to become a Patreon sponsor of the show. If you want to make a one time gift to contribute to the work of the show you can do so here. (https://venmo.com/u/scottkentjones1974) Lastly here's Scott's Amazon podcast production wishlist. (https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2IM64WWH0QU3V/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1)
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    48 mins

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