Wouldn't we all benefit from a better understanding of what it means to think well? If so, why don't we do it?

Alan Jacobs is the author of "How to Think." He serves as a Distinguished Professor of Humanities in the Honors Program at Baylor University and a Senior Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia. He writes, "Relatively few people want to think. Thinking troubles us; thinking tires us. Thinking can force us out of familiar, comforting habits; thinking can complicate our lives; thinking can set us at odds, or at least complicate our relationships, with those we admire or live or follow. Who needs thinking?" Would you agree?

Alan Jacobs finishes his book by giving The Thinking Person's Checklist. This 12-point checklist is designed to help us think well, and have better conversations. This conversation will offer "hope that each of us can reclaim our mental lives from the impediments that plague us all. Because if we can learn to think together, maybe we can learn to live together, too." Join the conversation, learn to Think Well, and bring your questions so we can put this checklist into practice. Callers are welcome!


Content Discussed
0:00-7:52 Announcements, Merch Launch, and upcoming shows
7:53-54:09 The Thinking Person's Checklist 
54:10-1:28:30 CALLER
1:28:31-1:45:07 LIVE QUESTIONS

12 Steps to Break Free from Reactive Thinking

Wind Angle – a visual and poetic dialogue on sustainability by Lukas Kroulik and Zillah Bridget Bosworth-Coleman. 

Zillah, with a background in public art, brings participatory engagement, while Lukas’ photography explores nature’s resilience and human impact. 

Framed by Earth

That Will Stand Alone

Ratnapura - The Treasure (Theme)

I år, 2025, er det femti år siden atomfysikeren og dissidenten Andrej Sakharov mottok Nobels fredspris. Hvem var han, hvorfor fikk han prisen og hvilke paralleller kan vi trekke til dagens Russland?


I denne samtalen hører du: 
Morten Jentoft, tidligere utenriksmedarbeider og mangeårig Moskva-korrespondent i NRK.
Bjørn Helge Vangen, Hovedbibliotekar, Det Norske Nobelinstitutt.
Kjersti Fløgstad, direktør Nobels Fredssenter (moderator).

Historiske fredsprisvinnere: Andrej Sakharov

comprising (in order of appearance)...
dialogue from the series "Tracker"
Season 1, E6 - Lexington

Mary Spender
www.instagram.com/maryspender

Elemí
www.instagram.com/elemi_music

err: Rawr
www.instagram.com/err.rawr

Day 29 (ft. Mary Spender, Elemí, err: Rawr)

Can we be in relationship with things, ideas, people, politics, and still stand outside someone else’s unique relationship with those very same things?

- Dropping the lens of perception
- Finding the gold in people
- Bill Maher meets Trump
- What is good art?
- Identity is a co-residence of heart
- Gandolf not coming to a conclusion
- Accepting and extending invitations

Matt’s forthcoming book - https://mattmccloskey.substack.com/p/introducing-good-morning
Matt’s dad’s eulogy - https://mattmccloskey.substack.com/p/a-good-man
Bill Maher monologue - https://youtu.be/RxlopbcfXpQ
Megyn Kelly on Kid Rock - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-Bw453hCBI

Find us here:
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x.com/michaelvaclav
All Matt’s Links - https://solo.to/mattmccloskey
All Michael’s Links - https://solo.to/michaelvaclav
Sovereign Goods - www.etsy.com/shop/SovereignThreadGoods
Cafe Medici - mediciroasting.com/?srsltid=AfmBOo…9eDe2OliQmjTc2A


EP 236: An invitation to relationship

Naave Bhagyavantaru

Raja Vishnu Shankara

Y€ R!ght

Raja Whisky

Training Christians to THINK WELL by curating conversations with Christian thinkers and giving a framework for engaging the culture with a biblical worldview.

Ryan Pauly has been working with students for over a decade as a high school teacher, missionary, and apologist. He is the Founder and President of Think Well, an organization focused on training Christians to engage the culture with a biblical worldview, and the Director of Immersive Experiences at MAVEN. Ryan holds a B.A. in theology and youth leadership from Vanguard University, an M.A. in Christian apologetics from Biola University, and is pursuing a doctorate in cultural engagement from Talbot School of Theology. Ryan lives in Southern California with his wife and two sons. He enjoys watching hockey, roasting coffee, and playing with his boys.

The Nobel Peace Center is the museum about the Nobel Peace Prize, and an arena for exhibitions, guided tours, debates and family activities. #VisitPeace #InspiredByPeace

A podcast by Matt McCloskey and Michael Vaclav

New tracks tagged #dialogue