The Dean Abbott Podcast

In this episode, I talk with Giff Lasta, a marriage coach, about what makes relationships work and exactly what is masculine frame.

In this episode, I talk with writer and Twitter personality Samia Shoaib about trauma, childhood sexual abuse, and its long-term effects on survivors.

In this episode, I talk to author Bruce Colbert about how we can stop negative thoughts.

In this episode, I talk with Caleb Kirtser who writes under the handle Guy Alaska about his life as a homesteader in, as you might imagine, Alaska.

In this episode, I talk with writer and Twitter personality Brad Demousio/ Survivor about his time in prison and the lessons it taught him.

In this episode, I talk with Ashley Fitzgerald about how we can maintain a positive orientation toward life in the face of modern challenges, about community and exactly what doomer optimism is.

In this episode, I talk to professor and writer Duncan Reyburn about Rene Girard, the human condition and why we do what we do.

In this episode, I talk with writer and teacher Kale Zelden about teaching, the crisis of meaning and the role of Great Books.

In this episode, I talk with Twitter personality Christiana Miller about gender and shame.

In this episode, I talk with writer and Twitter personality Scott Raines about Russian literature, music and the nature of dreams.

In this episode, I talk with plumber and theologian Nathaniel Marshall about his vocational journey, Basil the Great and garbage disposals.

In this episode, I talk to Jeremy Wayne Tate, founder of the Classic Learning Test, an alternative to the SAT and the ACT.

In this episode, I talk with Stephen Lum about 19th century Scottish writer George MacDonald.

In this episode, I talk with Joy Marie Clarkson about how the metaphors we use to understand ourselves influence the patterns of out lives.

In this episode, I speak to Dovid and Miriam Feldman about the essential ingredients for a great marriage, the excesses of the trad movement and the damage done by the Red Pill.

In this episode, I talk to Roobz about the dangers and limits of the tradlife meme, about transmitting real values and the health of the soul.

In this episode, I talk with writer Lafayette Lee about the American political tradition, religion and the limits of localism.

In this episode, I talk with writer Jeff Putnam about his journey to Catholicism.

In this episode, I speak with Christiana Miller, an online content creator, about her time growing up in the Independent Fundamental Baptist movement and about her views of contemporary women in Christian circles.

In this episode, I talk with writer and theological thinker Amy Maris about her quest to understand the role of the modern conservative woman and the fate of liberal feminism.

In this episode, I talk with author Jennifer Greenberg about abuse, church life, pornography and, of course, about the TheoBros.

In this episode, I talk with Matt Himes, editor of Align, a division of The Blaze. We talk about television, religion and culture.

In this episode, I talk with scholar Nancy Pearcey about the reaction to her book The Toxic War on Masculnity.

In this episode, I talk with therapist Mark Derian about psychology, the problems with mainstream therapy, conservatism and Jesus.

Joshua Gibbs is a teacher of classic literature, a theologian and an author. We talk about suffering, virtue meaning and Frog and Toad.