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Jeanne Petrolle and Jennifer Bird
Wild Olive
The Wild Olive Podcast brings you game-changing conversations about literature, culture, and the Bible. With co-hosts Jeanne Petrolle and Jennifer Bird, Wild Olive serves up idea-feasts: tasty insights about biblical texts and contemporary (or classic!) literature, with generous side-portions of cultural commentary and hearty laughter. One literature professor + one biblical studies professor = uncontrolled, out-of-bounds, untamed conversation: ideal listening for the post-evangelical, the spiritual-but-not-religious, the Bible-curious secularist, the free-thinking religionist, and the...
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Ratings & Reviews
4.6 stars from 9 ratings
Love the format
Wild Olive has truly been a game changer as far as the way I view the Bible and read modern literature. Very grateful to Jeanne and Jennifer for their work in this area. I will continue and listen to their podcast as I enjoy the banter between them.
Wild Oliver #1 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 09/06/24
Grateful
Dr. Bird thank you for your continued Public Service, I’m glad you chose to teach. The insight you give of religion is indispensable to me.
Senior Chachy via Apple Podcasts · Canada · 07/06/23
Recent Episodes
This week, Jeanne and Jennifer discuss the concept of labels, language and the power to use them, through the lens of Ursula K. Le Guin's short story "She Unnames Them".
Published 11/08/24
Published 11/08/24
Jennifer is back! And this week, she and Jeanne discuss the significance and impact of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's "The Woman's Bible" (1895).
Published 10/25/24
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