Beneath the Headlines
Each month, pastor Mike Woodruff sits down with a thoughtful guest to trace the quiet forces shaping tomorrow’s news.
No hot‑take sparring. Just brisk questions on birthrates, algorithms, ideas, and idols, all aimed at giving thoughtful Christians a clearer map of the moment and a steadier hope within it.
Expect solid data, memorable lines, and a nod toward grace.
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Podcasting since 2020 • 139 episodes
Beneath the Headlines
Latest Episodes
The Age of Hitler with Alec Ryrie
For the past 75 years, our culture has been more united by what we oppose than by what we believe. We don't know what we're for, but we know we're against the Nazis.This "anti-Hitler ethos" has served as society's shared moral compass, b...
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The Pour Over with Jason Woodruff
Mike sits down with Jason Woodruff—founder and editor-in-chief of The Pour Over—for a conversation about news, anxiety, and why everyone's relationship with information is probably broken.Full trans...
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Democracy Needs Christianity with Jonathan Rauch
In 2003, Jonathan Rauch—a man who describes himself as an "unrepentantly atheistic Jewish homosexual"—argued that religion's decline in the U.S. was "nothing less than a major civilizational achievement." Today, he thinks that artic...
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The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God with Justin Brierley
20 years ago, Atheism seemed unstoppable in its growth on both sides of The Atlantic. Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris, and Dennet were the four horsemen of faith's apocalypse. Belief was on the back foot. Reason was on the rise, and scientific materi...
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