The Rabbit Room Podcast

How Technology Behaves: Part 2 (Andy Patton)

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How Technology Behaves: Part 1 (Andy Patton)

In the wake of the release of artificial intelligence, questions about the nature of technology, its impact on our daily lives, and our role in its uses and abuses have b

How to Build Community: A Training for Community Leaders

Building community is harder than most of us expected. How do you find the time? What if nobody comes? How do you move beyond small talk into real friendship? In this C

The Pit of Despair with John Hendrix

Every artist knows the feeling: the exhilarating spark of a new idea followed by the sinking realization that bringing it to life is much harder than imagined. Illustrato

The Hiding Place Production Journal: Part 3

As Rabbit Room Theatre’s The Hiding Place stage production runs in Nashville, hear how this stage play came to be in a three part series straight from the journal of play

The Hiding Place Production Journal: Part 2

As Rabbit Room Theatre’s The Hiding Place stage production runs in Nashville, hear how this stage play came to be in a three part series straight from the journal of play

The Hiding Place Production Journal: Part 1

As Rabbit Room Theatre’s The Hiding Place stage production runs in Nashville, hear how this stage play came to be in a three part series straight from the journal of play

BONUS: A.S. "Pete" Peterson and The Hiding Place

Co-hosts Drew Miller and Leslie Eiler Thompson are joined by playwright and Rabbit Room executive director A.S. "Pete" Peterson for a bonus conversation of the Rabbit Roo

(Re-)introducing the Rabbit Room Podcast

Co-hosts Drew Miller and Leslie Eiler Thompson discuss what June 2022 holds for the Rabbit Room, from new podcasts to new books to a new documentary series—and even a spe

Can We Call The Crucifixion Beautiful: Part II

Drew Miller discusses the question, “Can we call the Crucifixion beautiful?” with Danny Bryant, pastor of St. Mary of Bethany Anglican Parish, and Steve Guthrie, professo

Can We Call The Crucifixion Beautiful: Part I

Drew Miller discusses the question, “Can we call the Crucifixion beautiful?” with Danny Bryant, pastor of St. Mary of Bethany Anglican Parish, and Steve Guthrie, professo

Our Top Films of 2017

John Barber and Pete Peterson reveal and discuss their favorite 10 films of 2017 (and a few of their least favorites). Pete Peterson cheats. See omnystudio.com/listener

A Tale of Two War Movies

In which John Barber and Pete Peterson discuss the War for the Planet of the Men of Dunkirk of Christopher Nolan of the Apes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf

The Virtues of Monkey-Punching

In which John Barber and Pete Peterson discuss the dubious merits of Kong: Skull Island and Logan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Top 10 Films of 2016

Pete Peterson and John Barber discuss their top 10 films of 2016 and bat around a few Oscar picks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christ-Haunted Japan: Mako Fujimura on Silence and Beauty

In the previous podcast, we talked with Thomas McKenzie about the novel Silence. In this podcast, we sit down with Mako Fujimura to discuss the the film and his book Sile

Martyrs, not Saints: Thomas McKenzie on Endo’s Silence

Shusako Endo’s Silence is a powerful work of fiction, and is now a feature film by Martin Scorsese. Jonathan Rogers sits down with Thomas McKenzie and Pete Peterson to di

What’s So Great About George MacDonald?

C. S. Lewis saw George MacDonald as a kind of spiritual and literary father. These days, however, he’s not so widely read. In this episode, Ron Block explains why we shou

Doug McKelvey Tells All About Cassowaries — And That’s Not All

Doug McKelvey is a fountainhead of surprising and interesting facts about cassowaries, a kind of prehistoric ninja bird native to Papua New Guinea. His staggering experti

Joy Comes in the Mourning

Russ Ramsey and Andrew Osenga have found that jest is an important part of the grieving process. In this episode, they cover sickness, death, floods, and the television s