Another Life with Joy Marie Clarkson

Episodi

• Existential Gratitude 19.05.2026 29min

  There’s something about the experience of being in the world that evokes wonder. Listen to Joy Marie Clarkson’s conversation with King-Ho Leung. 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.
• Life on the Edge of Catastrophe 05.05.2026 41min

  Katja Hoyer, a German historian discusses her new book on Weimar and how the Communists stifled religion. 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.
• Faith in China 21.04.2026 39min

  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.
• All Shall Be Well 07.04.2026 34min

  In the latest episode of Another Life, Karen Kilby and Joy Clarkson discuss how should Christians should respond to a declining church. 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.
• An Artist Reinterprets Classic Nature Poems 24.03.2026 44min

  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.
• A Season of Unveiling 03.03.2026 35min

  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.
• On Beauty and Justice 17.02.2026 45min

  ⁠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 Defense of Iconoclasm 03.02.2026 48min

  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.
• Unexpected Beauty 20.01.2026 50min

  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.
• How Does Scripture Talk About Beauty? 06.01.2026 41min

  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.
• Bonus episode: Paul Kingsnorth gives a talk called “Six Ways to Resist the Machine” 30.12.2025 1h 59min

  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.
• Humans Aren’t the Only Pebble on the Cosmic Beach 09.12.2025 56min

  Joy Marie Clarkson and Alison Milbank discuss the importance of angels and why parishes are good. 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.
• When You Believe in a Living God 25.11.2025 1h 7min

  Sarah Killam Crosby, Benjamin Crosby, and Joy Marie Clarkson discuss what happens to your life, church, and marriage when you actually believe in the Holy Spirit. 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.
• The Collective Burden of War 11.11.2025 48min

  US Marines veteran Phil Klay talks to Joy Clarkson about going to war, honor, penance, and the burden we should all share. 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.
• Why Are People Returning to Church? 28.10.2025 1h

  We are seeing an unexpected resurgence of openness to God and spiritual matters, and an uptick in religious participation. What’s behind it? 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.
• Introducing Another Life Podcast 14.10.2025 57min

  To live in better we have to begin with the conviction that another life is possible. That is what this podcast aims to explore. In today's inaugural episode, Joy interviews Plough Editor-in-chief Peter Mommsen, and senior editor Maureen Swinger and her husband, Jason. 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 Defense of Pint and Pipe by Malcolm Guite 07.09.2025 15min

  Smoking and drinking carry known risks. Here’s why I haven’t given them up.
• Against Self-Optimization by David Zahl 06.09.2025 21min

  The wellness industry sells you a version of yourself it can’t deliver. Hope lies elsewhere.
• The Exploitation of Immigrant Care Workers by Hazel Thompson 05.09.2025 19min

  Hidden in plain sight, foreign health aides in UK care homes face exploitation.
• What My First Psychiatric Patient Taught Me by Abraham M. Nussbaum 04.09.2025 21min

  Sharon could hardly leave the house. She showed me the wonder and limits of therapy.