GOD: An Autobiography, As Told to a Philosopher - The Podcast

Updated: 09 Oct 2025 • 252 episodes
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GOD: An Autobiography, As Told to a Philosopher - The Podcast is a true story of a philosopher’s conversations with God. Dr. Jerry L. Martin was a lifelong agnostic. But one day he had occasion to pray. To his vast surprise, God answered - in words. Being a philosopher, he had a lot of questions. And God had a lot to tell him. Dr. Martin served as head of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the University of Colorado philosophy department. Find out more at www.GodAnAutobiography.com

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Questions? Comments? Text Us! What happens when a lifelong agnostic philosopher prays for the first time—and God answers? In this episode, Jerry L. Martin reflects on the experience that transformed his life and inspired God: An Autobiography, As Told to a Philosopher. Through love, gratitude, and trust, Jerry moves fr

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Questions? Comments? Text Us! In this What’s On Our Mind episode, we ask: how do you know when a task has your name on it?  In a noisy world full of choices, it can be hard to discern your true path. Is it just hard work, or a sign you’re on the wrong road? We explore stories of callings, intuition, and spiritual disce

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Questions? Comments? Text Us! Five years. 250 episodes. Countless stories of faith, struggle, and discovery. This milestone episode of God: An Autobiography, The Podcast is a deep reflection on what it means to grow spiritually through suffering, to find joy again, and to experience divine love as a personal reality. I

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Questions? Comments? Text Us! In this wide-ranging conversation, Jerry and Abigail pick up where last week’s episode left off, turning from the idea of swadharma — one’s unique calling — to how that calling actually plays out in a real life. Jerry reflects on the Bhagavad Gita’s teaching that it is better to follow you

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Questions? Comments? Text Us! What does the ancient Hindu epic Mahabharata, often called “India’s Iliad,” have to say about your life today?  In this From God to Jerry to You, philosopher Jerry L. Martin shares what God revealed to him while praying through the pages of this vast epic and its centerpiece, the Bhagavad

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Questions? Comments? Text Us! In this episode of God: An Autobiography, The Podcast, host Scott Langdon and philosopher Jerry L. Martin explore the meaning of the New Axial Age: a transformative era of spiritual development that God revealed to Jerry during their dialogues.  What does it mean that “the old religions ar

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