The Mockingcast

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

268 episodes of The Mockingcast since the first episode, which aired on October 30th, 2015.

  • Episode 76: Pastrix

    February 3rd, 2017  |  1 hr 15 mins

    Our guest this week is Nadia Bolz-Weber. She is a pastor, author, speaker, fitness jedi and poster child for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. Then the roundtable tackles fat shaming, date hating, food solidarity and the definition of a sermon.

  • Episode 75: A Path Revealed

    January 27th, 2017  |  56 mins 7 secs

    Our guest this week is Carlen Maddux, author of A Path Revealed: How Hope, Love And Joy Found Us In A Deep Maze Called Alzheimer's. Then the roundtable talks "people analytics", living in bubbles and the foolish culture of the carnival.

  • Episode 74: The Stories We Tell Ourselves

    January 20th, 2017  |  1 hr 11 mins

    This week our guest is Paul Walker. Paul is the Rector at Christ Episcopal Church, where Mockingbird is headquartered. He’s also a longtime friend of Mockingbird and spoke at the first Mockingbird conference in New York City. After our conversation with Paul the usual suspects talk about the death of the American dream, frames of mind and the stories we tell ourselves.

  • Episode 73: Shameless

    January 13th, 2017  |  1 hr 2 mins

    Our guest this week is Jennifer Underwood. Jennifer is a lawyer, wife and mother of 3. She  blogs at the Houston Moms Blog. Then the roundtable talks about profanity and honest, shame, forgiveness and Silence.

  • Episode 72: Good Riddance

    January 6th, 2017  |  49 mins 18 secs

    Dr. Todd Brewer, New Testament Professor at General Theological Seminary, comes on the podcast to talk about Mockingbird’s best theology book list of 2016. Then the roundtable talks about, among other things, Good Riddance Day.

  • Episode 71: Star of Wonder, Star of Night

    December 23rd, 2016  |  57 mins 49 secs

    Our guest on our Christmas episode is Rev. Mandy Smith. She has recently written about dealing with mixed emotions during the holidays.  She also created an advent art exercise to help cultivate child-likeness.  

  • Episode 70: Oh What A Feeling

    December 16th, 2016  |  1 hr 27 mins

    This week’s guest is Simeon Zahl. Simeon is a theologian who teaches at the University of Nottingham. His work focuses on the role of emotion and feeling in the spiritual life. He’s also David Zahl’s brother. Then David, Sarah and Scott talk about judgyness, the significance of place and reflect on the legacy of Henri Nouwen.

  • Episode 69: Special Episode: The Holiday Survival Guide

    December 15th, 2016  |  31 mins 52 secs

    In this special episode of the Mockingcast Scott Jones is joined by Duo Dickinson, the renowned architect and episcopalian. They talk about what you do when your holiday is not so happy.

  • Episode 68: By Faith And Not By Sight

    December 9th, 2016  |  55 mins 27 secs

    Our guest this week is Benson Shelton, Rector of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Culpeper, Virginia. Then the roundtable talks empathy, reality myths and Charlie Brown.

  • Episode 67: Silence

    December 2nd, 2016  |  1 hr 3 mins

    This week’s guest is Makoto Fujimura, author most recently of Silence And Beauty: Hidden Faith Born Of Suffering. His book is a personal engagement with the great Shusaku Endo novel Silence, adapted recently to film by Martin Scorsese. Following the interview our roundtable discusses comprehensive credit ratings, atheism, and the forthcoming Scorsese film.

  • Episode 66: Happy Thanksgiving!

    November 24th, 2016  |  16 mins 40 secs

    Please enjoy this special Thanksgiving holiday episode of the podcast. Sarah and Scott with the help of some material from Evolving Out Loud reflect on what our Thanksgiving dinner tables tell us about ourselves.

  • Episode 65: Don’t Go Breakin’ My Heart!

    November 18th, 2016  |  59 mins 37 secs

    Our guest this week is one of America’s great theologians, Robert Jenson. He’s joined by Adam Eitel, who helped put together Jenson’s most recent book A Theology In Outline: Can These Bones Live? Then we talk Episcopal heartbreak, attachment theory and the cult of progress.

  • Episode 64: Come Healing

    November 12th, 2016  |  1 hr 7 mins

    This week’s guest is Suzanne Stabile, co-author of a new book on The Enneagram entitled The Road Back To You. Then the roundtable talks about the past week’s events and the passing of Leonard Cohen.

  • Episode 63: Special Election Hangover Edition, With Jim Knable

    November 10th, 2016  |  1 hr 18 mins

    On this special episode of the podcast Scott sits down in NYC with singer, songwriter and playwright Jim Knable. For more about Jim you can go to www.jimknable.com.

  • Episode 62: He’s Back…

    November 4th, 2016  |  49 mins 40 secs

    Friend of the show Mark Oppenheimer returns to share about his recent adventure with Episcopalians. He also explains why he quit the NY Times and why he still writes to his daughter in cursive. Then the usual suspects talk Bill Murray, teen anxiety and Cormac McCarthy.

  • Episode 61: Happy Birthday To Us, Let’s Do The Monster Mash!

    October 31st, 2016  |  58 mins 25 secs

    The Mockingcast turned one year old yesterday and what a year it’s been! On this special episode we reflect on the past year and reflect on the Reformation rediscovery of 100 proof Gospel that inspires everything that Mockingbird is and does.