In the grand finale of Orthopraxis podcast's epic epochal extravaganza, Jaymes, our ever-present co-host, finds himself dethroned and demoted to 'guest expert' as Ravi flips the script. Buckle up as we blitz through the 70s and 80s, accusing them of ruining... well, pretty much everything! From MTV-inspired movie pacing to the dawn of emotionally charged postmodernism, it's a whirlwind tour of change. We brave the digital age, exploring screen-induced posture problems, the obliteration of boundaries thanks to incessant notifications, and the troubling rise of societal ADHD, all while fighting off disinhibition and comparison fatigue in an Instagram-filtered world. From paperback novels to TikTok, it's a rollercoaster ride through time you don’t want to miss!

Welcome to the rise of the industrial revolution, when everything from humanity to theology to community became mechanized! All hail the Machine-god! Erm, perhaps that's not a good thing... Ravi and Jaymes take this month's episode to explore the penultimate epoch of this series: the industrial revolutions. So much awesomeness and such excellent coolness has come from this explosion of innovation, that it's often hard to see the contrasting dark side. We aren't Luddites and we aren't here to turn the clock back, but we are here to encourage us all to take a second glance at what was left behind, the consequences to society, and how we can mitigate those problems.

Were there ever actual atheists before modernity? Was the Enlightenment really all that enlightening? Continuing our trek through major epochs of history, we tackle the recent few centuries and the pros and cons of various aspects of progress.

Continuing our series on historical epochs, we dive right into the entirely non-controversial time period surrounding the first Christian Emperor: St Constantine the Great. We touch on a lot of previous episodes in this one, but we mostly constrain ourselves to pagan-bashing.

We are undertaking a new series dedicated to history! We'll be exploring various major epochal shifts through time and how they are still impacting us today. In this first episode we lay out our motivations for doing this kind of exploration in the first place, as well as cover all the time leading up to Christ -- which is kinda  a lot. Wish us luck!

We return with our annual tradition of dedicating an episode to the Banquet & Ball. This time, we are joined by a few of Jaymes' siblings to explore the experience through their eyes. We don't go over what the Ball experience is itself as much in this one, so if you haven't listened to our previous episodes on the Banquet & Ball, go and listen to those first! Then come back and hear these powerful testimonies of how God is working in this culture.

This time in our summer ramblings (which is when we recorded it, even if it's winter now...) we discuss our first reactions to Rings of Power as well as a smattering of other related topics like shoes!

Today's summer ramblings meander from a new breathing technique Jaymes is experimenting with, and some curiosity on both our parts about a certain kind of episodic hero-fiction.

Today in our summer ramblings, we talk about dance and its importance to culture, as well as potentially why and how we stopped doing it properly. Relevant article: https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/when-and-why-did-we-all-stop-learning-how-to-dance

Continuing in our summer ramblings, we grouch about people who are too grouchy!