The PloughCast

How can we live well together? What gives life purpose? What about technology, education, faith, capitalism, work, family? Is another life possible? Plough editor Peter Mommsen and senior editor Susannah Black Roberts dig deeper into perspectives from a wide variety of writers and thinkers appearing in the pages of Plough.

Episodes

Following the Clues of the Universe by Alister McGrath

May 21, 2025 • 12 mins

Can Sherlock Holmes help us find meaning in life? Detective stories and murder mysteries hint at how to make sense of our world.

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Passing On the Farm to My Daughter by James Rebanks

May 14, 2025 • 17 mins

A record-breaking bull showed that my seventeen-year-old is ready to start taking my place.

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Warehouse Workers of Paris Find Their Voice by Benoît Gautier

May 7, 2025 • 25 mins

In de-industrializing France, a shuttle bus is workers’ last link to stability.

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Stanley Hauerwas’s Provocations by Tish Harrison Warren

April 30, 2025 • 19 mins

America’s theologian isn’t worried about the death of cultural Christianity.

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Building Solidarity in Europe’s Gig Economy by Ben Wray

April 23, 2025 • 20 mins

Food-delivery bike riders in London, Berlin, and Copenhagen are pushing back against their algorithmic bosses.

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In the Holy Land, Seeking the Solace of the Cross by Stephanie Saldaña

April 16, 2025 • 8 mins

In a year wracked by violence, I remember the crucifixion to find comfort.

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The Quest to Emancipate Labor by Peter Mommsen

April 9, 2025 • 30 mins

Why do we work? The dream of a truly human economy spans millennia, from Genesis to Marx to Martin Luther King.

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Deerassic Park by Tim Maendel

April 2, 2025 • 14 mins

A high-school science teacher and his students practice conservation in the woods and ponds of upstate New York.

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Sister Penelope in Expectation by Grace Hamman

March 26, 2025 • 20 mins

The mysterious friend of C. S. Lewis teaches how to know and be known in Christ.

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Should I Read Scary Fairy Tales to My Child? by Stephanie Ebert

March 19, 2025 • 15 mins

My kids already know the world is not safe. Will dragons and goblins make it worse?

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Teaching the One Percent by Dhananjay Jagannathan

March 12, 2025 • 15 mins

Dhananjay Jagannathan defends the spiritual worth of liberal education at Columbia University.

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Jesus Changes Everything: An Afternoon with Stanley Hauerwas

March 7, 2025 • 67 mins

For decades, Stanley Hauerwas has been provoking Christians with his insistence that if they would only follow their Master, it would impact all areas of life, from the personal to the societal. In his new book, *Jesus Changes Everything*, his timely and prophetic voice speaks to another generation of followers of Jesus tired of religion as usual. On March 4, 2025, Stanley Hauerwas, Brian Zahnd, and Charles E. Moore had a convers...

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Tell an Old Story for Modern Times by Lisabeth Button

March 5, 2025 • 26 mins

A Bruderhof teacher applies lessons from her mentors and Homer in her classroom and beyond.

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Why We’re Failing to Pass on Christianity by Benjamin Crosby

February 26, 2025 • 20 mins

How do you teach Christian basics to those who think they know all about it?

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The School that Escaped to the Alps by Marianne Wright

February 19, 2025 • 23 mins

Faced with a Nazi takeover, the first Bruderhof school took refuge in Liechtenstein.

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Does Teaching Literature and Writing Have a Future? by Phil Christman

February 12, 2025 • 26 mins

Learning that one’s job might soon be eliminated by the emergence of an overhyped new technology puts one in good company.

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Why I Became a Firefighter by Brit Frazier

February 5, 2025 • 16 mins

A priest joins her local volunteer fire department.

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Schools for Philosopher-Carpenters by Alex Sosler

January 29, 2025 • 22 mins

A new crop of innovative schools encourages all students to use their minds and their hands.

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Educating for Freedom by Peter Mommsen

January 22, 2025 • 26 mins

Peter Mommsen asks whether our society has lost sight of how to raise young humans.

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The PloughRead: An Exodus From China by Pan Yongguang

January 15, 2025 • 14 mins

Pan Youngguang describes how his persecuted house church chooses to flee together as a community.

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Episodes

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Warehouse Workers of Paris Find Their Voice by Benoît Gautier

Stanley Hauerwas’s Provocations by Tish Harrison Warren

Building Solidarity in Europe’s Gig Economy by Ben Wray

In the Holy Land, Seeking the Solace of the Cross by Stephanie Saldaña

The Quest to Emancipate Labor by Peter Mommsen

Deerassic Park by Tim Maendel

Sister Penelope in Expectation by Grace Hamman

Should I Read Scary Fairy Tales to My Child? by Stephanie Ebert

Teaching the One Percent by Dhananjay Jagannathan

Jesus Changes Everything: An Afternoon with Stanley Hauerwas

Tell an Old Story for Modern Times by Lisabeth Button

Why We’re Failing to Pass on Christianity by Benjamin Crosby

The School that Escaped to the Alps by Marianne Wright

Does Teaching Literature and Writing Have a Future? by Phil Christman

Why I Became a Firefighter by Brit Frazier

Schools for Philosopher-Carpenters by Alex Sosler

Educating for Freedom by Peter Mommsen

The PloughRead: An Exodus From China by Pan Yongguang

Popular Podcasts

Following the Clues of the Universe by Alister McGrath

Passing On the Farm to My Daughter by James Rebanks