More Americans than ever are single but they’re not happy about it. A new article in The Atlantic examines how the sexes are drifting apart, why more men are looking for a partner than women, and the side-effects of using an app rather than community to find a date. Then, political scientist Hahrie Han’s new book “Undivided” explores why the racial solidarity program at an evangelical megachurch was more successful than corporate DEI programs, and how that success created unexpected challenges for the predominantly white church. Also this week: the Swiss make an A.I. Jesus, and a Chicago school kid makes a medical breakthrough.
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12:46 - AI Jesus Confessional
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21:46 - Are People Dating Anymore?
27:17 - Men’s Delayed Adulthood
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54:58 - Interview
58:00 - Why Write About the Undivided Program?
1:09:06 - What Problems Did Undivided’s Success Cause?
1:18:23 - Jesus and “Being Apolitical”
1:29:13 - End Credits
Links Mentioned in the News Segment:
Swiss ‘AI Jesus’ https://cbn.com/news/world/swiss-church-sets-ai-jesus-confessional-booth-critics-cry-blasphemous
The Death of America Romance
Other resources:
Undivided: The Quest for Racial Solidarity in an American Church by Hahrie Han: https://a.co/d/4k8R6z5
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Great podcast, as usual.
I thought Skye was going to jump in and mention this at the last minute, but it veered somewhere else. So here is my perspective both as a woman who has been married more than once, and as someone who has looked into this a lot: If the church wants to see people married and flourishing, then what they need to do is educate their boys and young men about how to be a proper partner.
For as long as I can remember, we girls were taught quite a lot about how to be "good wives." This was largely about making sure your husband never experienced any friction at home (so you always look pretty, make sure…