Jeanne Petrolle and Jennifer Bird

Wild Olive

Religion EN ↓ 65 Folgen

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 literar...

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Jeanne Petrolle and Jennifer Bird

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Religion

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Neueste Folge

17. Mai 2026

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#67: Waiting For Godot with Andy Peterson & Eric Levy 17.05.2026

Jeanne talks with Andy Peterson and Eric Levy about Samuel Beckett's "Waiting For Godot". Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

#66: American Lazarus with Joanna Brooks 13.02.2026

Wild Olive is back! Join Jeanne as she talks with literature scholar and Mormon influencer Joanna Brooks about the Lazarus tradition in early American literature. Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

#65: The War Within Us with Prof. Liam Corley 14.11.2025

Jeanne talks with Liam Corley, a Professor, Scholar, Poet and Solider. Together they discuss his article "The Jouissance" of Belief: Devotional Reading and the (Re)Turn to Religion" as well as how war and prose go hand in hand. Prof. Corley's article can be found here: https://www.jstor.org/stable/44314029 Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook  ...

#64: Storytelling and Identity with Peggy Sturba 03.10.2025

Jeanne talks with Peggy Sturba, Visiting Asst. Professor of Honors at Coastal Carolina University and author of "‘That Which Remains: Memory, Identity, and Gothic Modernism in McCormack’s Solar Bones". Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use...

#63: The Bible As A Survival Tool with Courtney Hitson 12.09.2025

Jeanne talks with Courtney Hitson! Together they discuss their spiritual origins, atheism and the work of Flannery O'Connor.  Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

#62: Liberating The Bible with Jody Ondich 01.08.2025

Joining Jeanne this week is Jody Ondich, Professor of Philosophy at Lake Superior College! Together, they discuss the benefits of open text resources, humor in the bible and the choice of abstaining from religion. Read Jody Ondich's Book "Reading the Bible as Literature: a Journey" Here!: https://minnstate.pressbooks.pub/bible/ Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Inst...

#61: Reverend Doctor Yolanda Pierce 04.07.2025

Jeanne talks with Reverend Doctor Yolanda Pierce about the Chicago Black Renaissance, Poet Margaret Walker and Dr. Pierce's new book 'The Wounds Are the Witness' Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

#60: Dr. Miranda Zapor Cruz on Christian Nationalism and the Jesus-Way 06.06.2025

Jeanne sits down with Professor Miranda Zapor Cruz. Join them for conversation about the nature of power,  citizenship, and the Jesus-Way. As Cruz explains in her book Faithful Politics, Christian Nationalism and the Jesus-Way do not go together. Professor Miranda Zapor Cruz's Book "Faithful Politics" available at these links: https://mirandazaporcruz.com/faithful-politics/ Help support Wild Olive...

S4 Episode 3: Dreams-- with Jennifer! 25.04.2025

Jennifer is back! --And joining in on this season's conversation of dreams in the bible! Joining us is citizen scholar, Luke Moss. Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

S4 Episode 2: The Dreamings of Abimelech 04.04.2025

Jeanne and citizen scholar, Luke Moss are back to analyze the twenty-one dreams featured in the Bible! Torrance Church - Dreamscapes of Divine Revelation: Unveiling the 21 Dreams In The Bible Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of person...

S4 Episode 1: Dreams with Gen Z 14.03.2025

This week, Jeanne is joined by her Wild Olive colleagues (Matt, Klara & Luke) to discuss Levertov's poem "The Jacob's Ladder" and kick off this season's theme of "Dreams". Together they analyze dreams as they appear in the Hebrew Bible, specifically Genesis and Jacob's Dream at Bethel. Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast,...

S3 Episode 19: The Sauciness of "Song of Songs" 28.02.2025

This week, Jennifer and Jeanne entertain ideas found in chapter nine of Jennifer's book "Marriage and The Bible" through analyzation of "Song of Songs" as love poetry, and a saucy one at that!  DISCLAIMER: Technical difficulties on Jeanne's mic, apologies for sound quality! Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz...

S3 Episode 18: Four Scandalous Women (Not Including Us) 14.02.2025

Jeanne and Jennifer return! With them, they bring a new discussion on the four women who appear in the genealogy for Jesus; Tamar, Rahab, Ruth and Bathsheba. Together, their stories give an insight into the biblical portrayal of femininity, motherhood and marriage.  Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company....

Annunciation & Virginity 17.01.2025

Continuing our hiatus, we present an episode from season one  as Jennifer and Jeanne dive deep into "The Annunciation" by Edward Muir. Pairing it with Luke Chapter 1, they discuss conception, purity, motherhood and how other interpretations can affect our understanding of the story.  Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, a...

Mrs. Lazarus & The Idea of Resurrection 03.01.2025

While Jeanne and Jennifer take a short hiatus for the next batch of episodes, hear an episode from our back catalog that relates to this seasons theme of "Marriage and the Bible"! This episode explore "Mrs. Lazarus," a poem by the Scottish poet Carol Ann Duffy. The poem remixes the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. As they engage the Gospel story alongside Duffy's poem, your hosts disc...

S3 Episode 17: Christmas Stories: One Birth, Two Accounts 20.12.2024

In the spirit of the holiday season, Jennifer and Jeanne discuss two different accounts of Jesus' birth. One from Luke, the other from Matthew in the New Testament. Together they analyze how these two separate tales have been blended together over time to create the story we think we know today. Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by S...

S3 Episode 16: Why You Shouldn't Get Married (According to Paul) 06.12.2024

This week, Jeanne and Jennifer discuss the biblical concept of staying unmarried, celibate or widowed as outlined by Paul in 1 Corinthians. Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

S3 Episode 15: A Tale of Two Bathshebas 23.11.2024

It's an analyzation of two fascinating literary characters! Jennifer and Jeanne dissect the parallels between the Bathsheba, as found in The Book of Samuel, and her inspiration by the same name in Thomas Hardy's "Far From The Madding Crowd" (1874).  Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz....

S3 Episode 14: The Power of The Name 08.11.2024

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". Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertisin...

S3 Episode 13: How The Suffragettes Took The Bible Back 25.10.2024

Jennifer is back! And this week, she and Jeanne discuss the significance and impact of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's "The Woman's Bible" (1895). Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

S3 Episode 12: Bechdel, Brides & The Bible 11.10.2024

Feminism and the Bible don't typically go hand-in-hand, but could they? This week, Jeanne discusses Christian feminism through depictions of women in the Bible and classic literature, as well as modern interpretations from notable feminist authors Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Rachel Blau DuPlessis and Alison Bechdel. Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Face...

S3 Episode 11: The Book of Esther 27.09.2024

Jeanne goes solo to talk on biblical marriages within the bible, specifically those found in the Book of Esther. Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

S3 Episode 10: Talking Jesus With Gen Z - Luke Moss 13.09.2024

Jeanne interviews former student, Luke Moss. Together they discuss Luke's religious upbringing, his philosophical beliefs, concepts of "topos" and Darwinism. Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

S3 Episode 9: Deadly Joy & Victorian Marriage 30.08.2024

Jeanne and Jennifer chat about Kate Chopin's short story "Story of an Hour," as it relates to the Bible, feminism, marriage and a matter of life and death. Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

S3 Episode 8: Victorian Marriage & The Yellow Wallpaper | Part 2 16.08.2024

Jennifer and Jeanne continue their discussion on Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper". Together, they dig deep into the gender roles of Victorian period, the psychological impact of Stockholm syndrome and the act of putting women on a pedestal.  Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.c...

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