Support the showAutor: Crispin Schroeder

Support the showAutor: Crispin Schroeder

Support the showAutor: Crispin Schroeder

Support the showAutor: Crispin Schroeder

How an old fable sheds light on our current political climate. Support the showAutor: Crispin Schroeder

Brian Jeansonne is a pastor and spiritual director who was recently diagnosed with ALS. Support the showAutor: Crispin Schroeder

Religion has been blamed for many wars, conflicts and human suffering over the centuries, but would the world be better without religion or is the impulse towards religion so fundamental to human existence that suppressing it will only cause the religious impulse to manifest in other ways such as political ideologies? Support the show…

When the devil came he was not red, he was chrome and he said, "Come with me, you must go"... Support the showAutor: Crispin Schroeder

Crispin talks with Bobby McDonald about the record they have been collaborating on for the past 3 years and features some of the songs from the album. Support the showAutor: Crispin Schroeder

Brian Jeansonne is the director of Seeds and Souls, an organization dedicated to spiritual direction and soul care. He is also the pastor of Mid City church in the Mid City neighborhood of New Orleans. Support the showAutor: Crispin Schroeder

Darrell Galatas is a musician, songwriter and psychotherapist. This episode features a conversation on mental/emotional health, music, truth and beauty as well as in studio performances of Darrell's original songs. Support the showAutor: Crispin Schroeder

In this episode Crispin looks at how intention and attention can lead one into an experience of beauty, truth, wisdom and transcendence in music, art, nature and even loved ones. Support the showAutor: Crispin Schroeder

Silicone Boone is a songwriter and recording artist from Campbellsville Kentucky. Boone spent the early years of his childhood in the Amish church where he was never allowed to listen to much in the way of music. In his 20s he discovered the work of Carl Sagan which he describes as a kind of conversion experience which, in part, inspired the making…

Dan Caro is a drummer and speaker who has an incredibly inspirational story of overcoming adversity. After being burned over 80 percent of his body at age 2 and losing his hands, Dan went on to become a professional drummer who has played all over the U.S. and Canada. Bless your ears and your soul with this inspirational conversation! Support the s…

Brian Stoltz is a musician, songwriter, producer famous for his guitar work with The Neville Brothers, The Funky Meters and Bob Dylan. Support the showAutor: Brian Stoltz

In this episode Crispin looks into the world of quantum physics, brain science, philosophy and creativity to explore how to live in a world that is more open. Support the showAutor: Crispin Schroeder

We are addicted to knowing good and evil, to dividing the world into us versus them, and yet our own judgments are so compromised by our lack of true understanding. How then shall we live? Support the showAutor: Crispin Schroeder

How blindly we trust in our own sight... In this episode Crispin discusses how easy it is to succumb to the idolatry of ideology. When we hold too tightly to our beliefs we can easily become blind to seeing people and experiencing truth all around us. Support the showAutor: Crispin Schroeder

Brad Jersak is a patristics scholar, author, and spiritual practitioner. Support the showAutor: Brad Jersak

John Barnett is a prolific songwriter, singer, and musician known for writing songs of worship with lyrical depth firmly rooted in the tradition of American roots music. Support the showAutor: John Barnett

Hope is oftentimes connected to experiences of awe and wonder. In this episode we explore this connection through the poetry of Bob Dylan, Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot, the lyrics of an ancient Psalm as well as some original music and insights from host Crispin Schroeder. Support the showAutor: Crispin Schroeder

We can only truly see what we have experienced and what we are prepared to see. Great suffering and great love can lead to transformation and to a new way of seeing. Support the showAutor: Crispin Schroeder

Seeking happiness is a sure way to miss it while facing that which one most fears can oftentimes result in contentment and joy within. This is the paradox of happiness. Support the showAutor: Crispin Schroeder

Music, film, and literature are all windows into truth and beauty and they cause a resonance with the truth within us. Support the showAutor: Crispin Schroeder

Crispin shares a bit of his struggles with anxiety and depression and some helpful ways to journey towards peace and trust. Support the showAutor: Crispin Schroeder

Too often when it comes to religion, morality or one's stance on social issues it is very tempting to engage the issues primarily from the ego and for the applause of others. In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus invites us to look into our motives and learn a way of life that is not based on the approval of others but in living from a more hidden conne…

Henri Nouwen wrote a very insightful commentary on the wilderness temptation of Jesus. The three temptations of Christ in the wilderness can be understood as the temptations to be relevant, powerful, and spectacular. Nouwen observed that we don't usually even see these as temptations at all but a calling. However, if we don't gain master over these…

Paul Meany discusses the creative and spiritual journey of Mutemath. Support the showAutor: Paul Meany

Paul Meany is the frontman of Mutemath as well as a music producer who recently coproduced Trench, the lates album by Twenty One Pilots. Support the showAutor: Paul Meany

This episode explores how research from modern psychology and brain science can illuminate questions regarding mysticism and religion. Support the showAutor: Crispin Schroeder

In this episode we look into how human development, both large scale and individual, factors into how we see God as well as why mysticism and religion are both necessary in one's spiritual journey. Support the showAutor: Crispin Schroeder

Pt. 1 of a series of episodes exploring faith, mysticism, and the frameworks through which we understand the scriptures. Support the showAutor: Crispin Schroeder

The Extra Crispy Groundhog Day Episode! In this episode we look into Groundhog Day, a movie many mistake for a simple romantic comedy, which underneath its humorous surface, gets to some of the most profound questions on existence and transformation. Support the showAutor: Crispin Schroeder

Pete Enns is a Professor, Author, Bible Scholar and host of the podcast The Bible For Normal People. His newest book, How the Bible Actually Works will be released on February 19. Support the showAutor: Pete Enns

In this episode we are talking Sci-Fi, Consciousness, and the newest interactive episode of Black Mirror: Bandersnatch Support the showAutor: Crispin Schroeder

Jonathan Merritt is an award-winning writer on religion, culture, and politics. He currently serves as a contributing writer for The Atlantic and contributing editor for The Week. Jonathan has published more than 3500 articles in respected outlets such as The New York Times, USA Today, Buzzfeed, The Washington Post and Christianity Today. Jonathan'…

Christmas is a mixed bag of traditions, symbols, and customs from various cultures and times lumped in with the story of the birth of Christ and filtered through consumerism and marketing. Yet, in spite of all that, there still remains the aspect of anticipation and surprise which captures one of the most impactful aspects of the Advent story which…

Joe Badon is an artist, musician and filmmaker. His first feature length film The God Inside My Ear has been making the rounds at festivals this year and has just landed a distribution deal. This episode features music from the soundtrack of God Inside My Ear in the transitions between sections. Support the show…

The feeling of being in love is the greatest feeling ever but becoming a loving person is an arduous path, yet it is the most necessary pursuit of our lives and the very hope for a world that is so very divided. Support the showAutor: Crispin Schroeder

David Hayward is an artist and cartoonist most famously known for his cartoons which offer a thoughtful, humorous, and at times painful critique of religion and social issues. Support the showAutor: Naked Pastor - David Hayward

Social media, for all it's benefits, seems to empower some of the worst aspects of our personalities when it comes to how we relate to one another. Add to this the highly addictive nature of social media and you have the makings of an epidemic of addiction to moral outrage which threatens our very existence. Support the show…

Most people would recognize Taylor Mroski cutting his teeth as a professional in the New Orleans jazz scene, but they might be surprised to hear that he has been secretly honing his songwriting skills for years. Taylor has been singing and playing guitar in church since his adolescence, but it is only recently that he has taken his own songwriting …

In this episode we are reflecting on the work, life and example of Biblical Scholar, Author, and Pastor Eugene Peterson featuring guest contributors Brian Jeansonne, Jonathan Martin, Joseph Phillips, Brian Metzger, Brent Henderson, and Brad Jersak. Support the showAutor: Brian Jeansonne, Jonathan Martin, Joseph Phillips, Brian Metzger, Brent Henderson, Brad Jersak

John Preble is an artist who specializes in Southern folk art and the proprietor of The Abita Mystery House, Abita Springs La. Support the showAutor: John Preble

Scott Erickson aka Scott the Painter is a prolific visual artist who creates works of art around themes of spirituality and religion. You can find his work on Instagram under Scott the Painter. Support the showAutor: Scott Erickson aka Scott the Painter

What if the Bible doesn't primarily exist to give us answers to our questions but rather to reveal what wrestling with God through suffering, meaning, morality, and justice look like in the lives of men and women throughout the ages. Support the showAutor: Crispin Schroeder

Brad Jersak is an author, speaker, and teacher who serves on the faculty of Westminster Theological Center (UK), and adjunct faculty at St. Stephen's University (New Brunswick). He has written several books including Her Gates Will Never Be Shut and A More Christlike God. Support the showAutor: Brad Jersak

Vanessa Niemann is the lead singer and songwriter for Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Review. Hailing from New Orleans, Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Review have been winning fans over across the country with their unique blend of Honky Tonk, Americana, and Gulf Coast Country music. In this episode Vanessa Niemann discusses their new album Lost and…

In this MonoCrisp episode Crispin reflects on work and example of Anthony Bourdain as well as some thoughts on Henri Nouwen and Bela Fleck. Support the showAutor: Crispin Schroeder

In this MonoCrisp episode (Crispin solo) Crispin discusses podcasting, mass shootings and how one ancient story speaks wisdom to these tragedies. Crispin also discusses Michael Pollan's new book How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression and Transcendence. Support the s…