Danny Bryant, pastor of St. Mary of Bethany Anglican Parish, and Steve Guthrie, professor of Religion and the Arts at Belmont University, enter a discussion centered around the question, “Can we call the crucifixion beautiful?” Danny and Steve have explored the question with gentleness and wisdom, Danny in his sermons and Steve in his lectures as well as his book, Creator Spirit. We have much to learn by answering “yes” as well as “no.”

John Barber and Pete Peterson reveal and discuss their favorite 10 films of 2017. Pete Peterson cheats.

In which John Barber and Pete Peterson discuss the War for the Planet of the Men of Dunkirk of Christopher Nolan of the Apes. 

In which John Barber and Pete Peterson discuss the dubious merits of Kong: Skull Island and Logan.

Pete Peterson and John Barber count off their top 10 films of 2016 and discuss their Oscar picks.

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 Silence and Beauty.

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 discuss the enduring power of the book and other similar works like The Power and the Glory and the film Calvary.

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 should all be reading MacDonald, and how to get started.

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 expertise leads to a discussion of the nature of expertise, the relationship between truth and doubt, and the heartache of writer's block.

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 show Nashville with unexpected good humor.

Happy Election Year! If ever we needed a booster shot of civility in public discourse, surely we need it in 2016. In this episode, Thomas McKenzie narrates a series of events in which he is subjected to most uncivil discourse, and A. E. Graham discusses the importance of civility and the via media in her own career as a political speechwriter.

Ben Shive is one of Nashville’s great musical collaborators. In this episode, he discusses the calling of the collaborator with Jonathan Rogers and Pete Peterson.

Pete Peterson and John Barber discuss Jeff Nichols’ latest film, Midnight Special. 

John Barber and Pete Peterson discuss Batman vs. Superman and try their very best to say only good things about it--like praising the performances of Michael Shannon's rubber dummy, which leads to a much healthier conversation about Jeff Nichols' film Take Shelter.

This special edition of The Rabbit Room Podcast is a preview of Andrew Peterson's new podcast The Burning Edge. In this episode, Andrew talks with 14-time Grammy-winner Ron Block of Alison Krauss & Union Station about his new album, Hogan's House of Music.

Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jenny Youngman recently released her new album titled The Girl with Good Intentions, and in this episode of the Rabbit Room podcast, producer Andrew Osenga interviews Youngman about the creative process and difficulty of making the record.

In the days before its release, Jill Phillips and Andy Gullahorn fell in love with Ben Shive's The Cymbal Crashing Clouds. They decided to corner Ben in the kitchen and make him reveal all his super-secret powers of writing and recording. This podcast is the result.

This episode is taken from the Hutchmoot 2012 session titled “Tales of New Creation” by Thomas McKenzie, Jennifer Trafton, and Pete Peterson. In this third part (of three), author A. S. "Pete" Peterson discusses the ways in which our world, our lives, and our art are the context out of which the great epic of a new age is being written.

This episode is taken from the Hutchmoot 2012 session titled "Tales of New Creation" by Thomas McKenzie, Jennifer Trafton, and Pete Peterson. In this second part (of three), children's book author Jennifer Trafton talks about what she writes, why she writes, and as George MacDonald said, the "great good that is coming, is coming, is coming."

This episode is taken from the Hutchmoot 2012 session titled "Tales of New Creation" by Thomas McKenzie, Jennifer Trafton, and Pete Peterson. In this first part (of three) Father Thomas lays down the theological underpinnings of the session in which we discuss the ultimate hope of the Christian faith and the ways in which we engage that hope in our creative efforts.

At Hutchmoot 2012 Andrew Peterson and Travis Prinzi led a session titled "Tales of the Fall." Here in part two, Andrew discusses the ways in which sadness plays an important part in our literature and our lives.

On July the 4th, 2013, Under the Radar (RadarRadio.net) is holding its first-ever music festival. It's called Escape to the Lake and we sat down with founder Dave Trout to talk a little bit about the genesis of the event.

At Hutchmoot 2012 Andrew Peterson and Travis Prinzi led a session titled "Tales of the Fall." Here in part one, Travis discusses the ways in which our fallen world is reflected in the literature we read.

At Hutchmoot 2012 we invited Greg Greene and Wes driver, the creative team behind Nashville’s Blackbird Theater Company, as well as Broadway actor Stephen Trafton, who has appeared in shows such as Les Miserables and The Phantom of the Opera, to discuss the many ways in which faith and theater interact to provide a deep and meaningful experience. This is part 2 of that discussion.

At Hutchmoot 2012 we invited Greg Greene and Wes driver, the creative team behind Nashville's Blackbird Theater Company, as well as Broadway actor Stephen Trafton, who has appeared in shows such as Les Miserables and Phantom of the Opera, to discuss the many ways in which faith and theater interact to provide a deep and meaningful experience.