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The Socratic Sessions

The Socratic Sessions explores humanity’s biggest questions—delving into philosophy, theology, history, science, and the enduring mysteries of religion.

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00:04:15

DNA vs. School: What Really Shapes Your Child’s...

The Socratic Sessions ·

2025/02/18

🔍 Overview: In this clip, Robert Plomin explains how genetics, not just schooling, drives academic success—shaping both school choice and achievement.🤝 Support The Show 🤘⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Locals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠📚 Episode Resources (affiliate links where possible - thanks!)⁠⁠Blueprint⁠⁠: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are by Robert Plomin⁠⁠King's College London⁠⁠⁠⁠Common Disorders are Quantitative Traits⁠⁠ by Robert Plomin⁠⁠Gattaca⁠⁠ (1997)🌐

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00:04:15

The HIDDEN POWER of Gene-Environment Correlation w/...

The Socratic Sessions ·

2025/02/14

🔍 Overview: In this clip, Robert Plomin reveals how genetic self-selection shapes our environment, showing it’s not just ‘out there’ but driven by our genetic propensities.🤝 Support The Show 🤘⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Locals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠📚 Episode Resources (affiliate links where possible - thanks!)⁠⁠Blueprint⁠⁠: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are by Robert Plomin⁠⁠King's College London⁠⁠⁠⁠Common Disorders are Quantitative Traits⁠⁠ by Robert Plomin⁠⁠Gattaca⁠⁠

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00:06:42

Are Dyslexia, Schizophrenia, and Autism Really Binary...

The Socratic Sessions ·

2025/02/11

🔍 Overview: In this clip, Robert Plomin explores how quantitative genetics challenges rigid medical categories, revealing these conditions as part of a continuous spectrum.🤝 Support The Show 🤘⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Locals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠📚 Episode Resources (affiliate links where possible - thanks!)⁠Blueprint⁠: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are by Robert Plomin⁠King's College London⁠⁠Common Disorders are Quantitative Traits⁠ by Robert Plomin⁠Gattaca⁠ (1997)🌐

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01:39:56

Ethics and Animals: Navigating Veganism | Michael...

The Socratic Sessions ·

2025/02/07

🔍 Overview: This episode with Professor Michael Huemer aims to explore the ethical and moral landscape that surrounds Veganism.🤝 Support The Show 🤘 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Locals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🗣️ Highlights [Highlight 1]: Where does our food actually come from? [Highlight 2]: Is there any ethical justification for consuming animal products? [Highlight 3]: How do we weigh our pleasure against a sentient animal's suffering? 👀 Previous Conversations w/ Michael

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00:05:33

Michael Huemer on Veganism, Health and Influencer Diets

The Socratic Sessions ·

2025/02/04

🔍 Overview: In this clip, Professor Michael Huemer shares his thoughts on the impact big names, such as Mikhaila Peterson and Jordan Peterson, have had on veganism and people's views about what is and is not 'healthy' to consume.🤝 Support The Show 🤘 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Locals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👀 Previous Conversations w/ Michael Huemer ⁠⁠⁠⁠Philosophy: An Introduction⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Michael Huemer | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #7 ⁠⁠Epistemology: An Introduction⁠⁠ |

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00:12:13

Unpacking Fatalism: Are We Fated or Free? 🎭✨

The Socratic Sessions ·

2025/02/02

✍️ Substack: If you'd rather read than listen, you can do so over on ⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠! 🔍 Overview: In this video, I dive into the challenges that emerge from fatalism when explored through a philosophical lens. This is Part One of 'The Free Will Series' - The Battle Between Fate and Choice. 🤝 Support The Show 🤘 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Locals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👀 Previous Videos ⁠Christianity⁠: My Desires For and Some Arguments Against

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00:09:14

Animal Suffering and Cognitive Capabilities and w/...

The Socratic Sessions ·

2025/01/31

🔍 Overview: In this clip, Professor Michael Huemer examines the claim that factual uncertainty could provide a basis to justify the consumption of animals.📷 Richard Swinburne - Photo Credit: Cameron Bertuzzi from Capturing Christianity 🤝 Support The Show 🤘 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Locals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👀 Previous Conversations w/ Michael Huemer ⁠⁠⁠⁠Philosophy: An Introduction⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Michael Huemer | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #7 ⁠⁠Epistemology: An

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00:08:03

Are Most Humans REALLY Amoral?! w/ Michael Huemer

The Socratic Sessions ·

2025/01/28

🔍 Overview: In this clip, Professor Michael Huemer explores why societal reality often doesn't conform to ethical reality.🤝 Support The Show 🤘 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Locals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👀 Previous Conversations w/ Michael Huemer ⁠⁠⁠Philosophy: An Introduction⁠⁠⁠ | Michael Huemer | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #7 ⁠Epistemology: An Introduction⁠ | Michael Huemer | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #15 📚 Episode Resources (affiliate links where possible - thanks!) Substack

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02:10:32

Evolutionary Design: Nature's Watchmaker | Jon Perry...

The Socratic Sessions ·

2025/01/24

🔍 Overview: In this episode, Jon Perry joins us to break down the science and misconceptions surrounding evolution. We explore how evolution works, what drives it forward, and whether the process points to a blind or guided watchmaker.🤝 Support The Show 🤘 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Locals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🗣️ Highlights [Highlight 1]: What is evolution, how does it work, and what drives it forward? [Highlight 2]: Does the

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00:14:11

Jon Perry Exposes Smarter Every Day's 'God of the...

The Socratic Sessions ·

2025/01/21

🔍 Overview: In this clip, Jon Perry examines some controversial claims from Destin in his now-viral video about Bacterial Flagellar Motors...🤝 Support The Show 🤘 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Locals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📚 Episode Resources (affiliate links where possible - thanks!) Jon's ⁠⁠Website⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Stated Clearly⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Stated Casually⁠⁠ Jon's ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠The Blind Watchmaker⁠⁠ by Richard Dawkins ⁠⁠Climbing Mount

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00:00:54

Introductions | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #0

The Socratic Sessions ·

2025/01/18

🔍 Overview: This episode introduces the show.🤝 Support The Show 🤘 ⁠Locals⁠⁠ ⁠⁠PayPal⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Bitcoin⁠⁠ 🌐 Connect ⁠⁠Linktree⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠Facebook Page⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Goodreads⁠⁠ ⁠Bluesky⁠ ⁠Threads⁠⁠ ⁠LinkedIn Page⁠⁠ 📺 Subscribe - Video Platforms ⁠YouTube⁠⁠ ⁠Rumble⁠⁠ 📷 Gear (affiliate links - thanks!) Camera (⁠⁠Sony A6400⁠⁠) Lens (⁠⁠Sigma 16mm⁠⁠) Audio Interface (⁠⁠Focusrite Scarlett 4i4⁠⁠) Microphone Amplifier (⁠⁠Cloudlifter CL-1⁠⁠) Mic (⁠⁠RØDE PodMic⁠⁠) Lights

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00:09:30

An Evolutionary Dichotomy? On Chance and God w/ Jon...

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2025/01/17

🔍 Overview: In this clip, Jon Perry explores the often-presented false dichotomy that life's existence must either be based on pure chance or brought into fruition by God. 🤝 Support The Show 🤘 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Locals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📚 Episode Resources (affiliate links where possible - thanks!) Jon's ⁠⁠Website⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Stated Clearly⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Stated Casually⁠⁠ Jon's ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠The Blind Watchmaker⁠⁠ by

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00:09:50

Cataclysmic Events and Evolutionary Mutations w/ Jon...

The Socratic Sessions ·

2025/01/14

🔍 Overview: In this clip, Jon Perry explores how and why imperfections and mutations enable rapid evolutionary novelties to arise during mass extinction events, such as the dinosaurs being 'almost' wiped out from across the globe 65 million years ago.🤝 Support The Show 🤘 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Locals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📚 Episode Resources (affiliate links where possible - thanks!) Jon's ⁠Website⁠ ⁠Stated

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01:41:06

Do We Really Have 'Free Will'? Examining the Debate |...

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2025/01/10

🔍 Overview: In this episode, philosopher Taylor Cyr joins us to explore the complex landscape of free will. Together, Taylor and Sam clarify essential terms and dive into key concepts shaping the free will debate.🤝 Support The Show 🤘 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Locals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🗣️ Highlights [Highlight 1]: What does 'moral responsibility' have to do with the Free Will debate? [Highlight 2]: What arguments suggest that we

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00:09:24

Taylor Cyr on Divine Foreknowledge and Determinism

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2025/01/07

🔍 Overview: In this clip, philosopher Taylor Cyr examines the argument for determinism rooted in Divine Foreknowledge. If God, being infallible, knew before your existence that you would do X, do you genuinely have the ability to avoid doing X? Cyr explores this philosophical puzzle that challenges free will, as any deviation from what God foreknows would make God wrong—an impossibility for an infallible being. 🤝 Support The Show

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00:15:49

Free Will, Source Compatibilism and Frankfurt Cases...

The Socratic Sessions ·

2025/01/03

🔍 Overview: In this clip, philosopher Taylor Cyr unpacks Source Compatibilism through the lens of Harry Frankfurt's ground-breaking 1969 paper. We explore what it means for free will to be compatible with determinism, focusing on whether individuals can be the true instantiating agents of their decisions and their consequences. The discussion examines Frankfurt cases, which challenge the Principle of Alternative Possibilities (PAP), and how these scenarios reshape our understanding of control and

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00:09:45

Popular Missteps: Sapolsky, Harris, and the Free Will...

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2024/12/31

🔍 Overview: In this clip, philosopher Taylor Cyr examines how incompatibilists like Robert Sapolsky and Sam Harris promote determinism whilst bypassing philosophical definitions of free will. Given their prominence in non-philosophical circles, we also discuss the dangers of their widespread influence.🤝 Support The Show 🤘 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Locals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📚 Episode Resources (affiliate links where possible

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01:08:37

God's Existence: Ultimacy, Souls, and Evil | Richard...

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2024/12/27

🔍 Overview: In this episode, Professor Richard Swinburne and Sam explore key ideas within philosophy of religion to understand whether God does, in fact, exist. 📷 Richard Swinburne - Photo Credit: Cameron Bertuzzi from Capturing Christianity 🤝 Support The Show 🤘 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Locals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🗣️ Highlights [Highlight 1]: What is the foundation of everything [Highlight 2]: How do Souls deal with the 'hard problem of

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00:10:58

Animal Suffering and the Goodness of God w/ Richard...

The Socratic Sessions ·

2024/12/24

🔍 Overview: In this clip, philosopher Richard Swinburne addresses the issue of animal suffering in relation to the existence of a good God.📷 Richard Swinburne - Photo Credit: Cameron Bertuzzi from Capturing Christianity 🤝 Support The Show 🤘 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Locals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📚 Episode Resources (affiliate links where possible - thanks!) ⁠⁠Is There a God?⁠⁠ by Richard Swinburne ⁠⁠Could a Good God Permit So

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00:06:26

Souls and the Hard Problem of Consciousness w/...

The Socratic Sessions ·

2024/12/20

🔍 Overview: In this clip, philosopher Richard Swinburne discusses the implications of positing the existence of a soul for theories of consciousness. 📷 Richard Swinburne - Photo Credit: Cameron Bertuzzi from Capturing Christianity 🤝 Support The Show 🤘 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Locals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📚 Episode Resources (affiliate links where possible - thanks!) ⁠⁠Is There a God?⁠⁠ by Richard Swinburne ⁠⁠Could a Good God

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