In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer

Updated: 21 Nov 2025 • 241 episodes
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Conversations with the Artists, Authors, Activists, and Change-Makers Who Are Shaping Our World Today.

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What happens when a former evangelical-turned-atheist-who-prays sits down with a Catholic engineer–philosopher who nearly became a priest… and then founded a medical device company… and then wrote a book arguing that logic, science, and divinity aren’t enemies but dance partners? Frank Schaeffer speaks with Brian Cranl

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Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Karen Elliott House joins Frank Schaeffer to talk about her remarkable new book, The Man Who Would Be King, Muhammad bin Salman and the Transformation of Saudi Arabia. Across four decades of reporting on the Middle East and Saudi Arabia, Karen has developed rare access to the kingdom’s

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Engineer and author Barbara Oakley joins Frank Schaeffer to explore how censorship damages the brain, why education is broken, and how real thinking can save democracy. _____ https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn https://www.lovechildrenplanet.com/events/barbara-oakley-how-free-speech-amp-cognitive-flexi

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Unpacking The Gospel with Christian Smith, PhD Frank Schaeffer joins sociologist Christian Smith, PhD, author of "Why Religion Went Obsolete" and "Moral Believing Animals", for a deep conversation about Frank’s new book, "The Gospel of Zip." Together they explore the book’s central themes: how dogs teach us humility, f

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The Gospel of Zip

Why am I giving my book away for free? I’ve been a writer my whole life, but this book—The Gospel of Zip—is different. It’s about my dog, Zip. It’s about my fifty-six-year relationship with my wife, Genie. It’s about what I’ve learned really matters: love, caregiving, family, friendship. In a world that feels more divi

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Dr. Clint Heacock spent decades pursuing the “victorious Christian life” promised by Bill Gothard and conservative Christianity. Instead, he witnessed spiritual control, family harm, and the failure of authoritarian religion. In this conversation, Clint shares:Growing up in Gothard-influenced ChristianityHis journey th

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