Another Life with Joy Marie Clarkson

Katja Hoyer, a German historian discusses her new book on Weimar and how the Communists stifled religion. This podcast is from ⁠⁠⁠Plough Quarterly⁠⁠⁠, a magazine of stories, ideas, and culture to inspire faith and action. ⁠⁠⁠Subscribe at our introductory rate⁠⁠⁠ to learn how another life is possible.

In the latest episode of Another Life, Dr. Easten Law sheds light on the complexities of faith in contemporary China. Read transcript here. This podcast is from ⁠⁠Plough Quarterly⁠⁠, a magazine of stories, ideas, and culture to inspire faith and action. ⁠⁠Subscribe at our introductory rate⁠⁠ to learn how another life is possible.

Karen Kilby, Catholic theologian and Durham professor, reflects on the decline of Western Christianity and its shifting centers. She contrasts common reactions like genealogical blame and Pollyanna optimism. They talk about real losses, hopeful signs in young believers and schools, grief that keeps faith, and patient, grounded ways forward.

Julian Peters, the comic artist behind Plough’s new anthology of nature poems, talks to Joy Clarkson. Read transcript here. Get Nature Poems to See By. This podcast is from ⁠Plough Quarterly⁠, a magazine of stories, ideas, and culture to inspire faith and action. ⁠Subscribe at our introductory rate⁠ to learn how another life is possible.

Norann Voll and Joy Marie Clarkson discuss how they are observing Lent and a book of Lenten and Easter devotions that you shouldn’t miss. Read transcript here. This podcast is from Plough Quarterly, a magazine of stories, ideas, and culture to inspire faith and action. Subscribe at our introductory rate to learn how another life is possible.

⁠Makoto Fujimura⁠, ⁠Haejin Fujimura⁠ and ⁠Joy Marie Clarkson⁠ discuss how art can serve as a means of envisioning a just future. Read transcript here. This podcast is from ⁠Plough Quarterly⁠, a magazine of stories, ideas, and culture to inspire faith and action. ⁠Subscribe at our introductory rate⁠ to learn how another life is possible.

In this episode of Another Life, Joy Clarkson speaks with Natalie Carnes, a professor of theology at Duke University, about the role of images in worship. Read the transcript. This podcast is from ⁠Plough Quarterly⁠, a magazine of stories, ideas, and culture to inspire faith and action. ⁠Subscribe at our introductory rate⁠ to learn how another life is possible.

Brandon Vaidyanathan: I discovered beauty through betrayal by my girlfriend, studying business, and my mother's mental illness. Read the transcript. This podcast is from ⁠Plough Quarterly⁠, a magazine of stories, ideas, and culture to inspire faith and action. ⁠Subscribe at our introductory rate⁠ to learn how another life is possible.

In a new season of the Another Life podcast, Joy Marie Clarkson and Ben Quash look at beauty in the Old and New Testaments. Read transcript here. This podcast is from ⁠Plough Quarterly⁠, a magazine of stories, ideas, and culture to inspire faith and action. ⁠Subscribe at our introductory rate⁠ to learn how another life is possible.

In his new book *Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity*, English writer Paul Kingsnorth argues that forces of economic globalization have treated people as means not ends, leading to homogenized culture and widespread nihilism. With the force of this “machine” sucking us in, how can we remain human? How can we fend off despair and cynicism when it threatens to crush our very soul? Is another life really possible after the “machine”? On October 1, 2025, Paul Kingsnorth gave this talk, sponsored by Plough. Following remarks from Kingsnorth, Jacqueline Rivers and Sean D. Kelly responded. Read the transcript here. This podcast is from ⁠Plough Quarterly⁠, a magazine of stories, ideas, and culture to inspire faith and action. ⁠Subscribe at our introductory rate⁠ to learn how another life is possible.