Rob and Walter are joined by friends of the Pod Jessica and Matt to discuss Matt Walsh’s documentary “Am I a Racist?”

Matt mentioned Columbia sociologist Musa al-Gharbi’s book We Have Never Been Woke.

Fr. Dr. Anthony Giambrone is a professor at the French Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem, and author of A Quest for the Historical Christ. He talks with Rob today about the academic study of who Jesus was. This is the first of three interviews about the secular inquiry of Jesus.

Fr. Anthony’s academic page: https://www.ebaf.edu/les-enseignants/anthony-giambrone-op-2/

Fr. Anthony’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Quest-Historical-Christ-Scientia-Christi/dp/0813234875

Fr. Anthony’s interview with Dr. Reynolds:

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International Neighbors’ Director of Programs Becky Bassett joins Rob to talk about the organization’s work and activity in the Charlottesville area.

Support International Neighbors here: https://internationalneighbors.org/

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Professor Michael McConnell of Stanford Law School - and former George W. Bush appointee to 10th Circuit Court of Appeals (2002-2009), talks about the 2020 election report Lost, not Stolen, looking at election integrity in 2024.

Read more about Prof. McConnell here: https://law.stanford.edu/michael-w-mcconnell/

Read his report here: https://lostnotstolen.org/

Rob interviews the executive director and associate director of Charlottesville’s LifeSpring Pregnacy Center about what their organization does, special services it offers, and some political points.

If you need something from LifeSpring, contact them here: https://www.lifeva.org/contact

If you would like to help support LifeSpring, go here: https://www.lifeva.org/give

If you want to get some coffee that helps pregnancy centers: https://www.lifeva.org/sevenweeks

Rob is joined by History for Atheists founder and writer Tim O’Neill to talk about myths surrounding Halloween.

A deeper dive from Tim here: https://historyforatheists.com/2021/10/is-halloween-pagan/ .Subscribe to History for Atheists podcast and YouTube Channel.Tim is very active on Twitter, follow him here: https://x.com/timoneill007

See Tim previously on Church Coffee:

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The Director of Virginia’s International Rescue Committee joins Rob to talk about refugees in Charlottesville.

Learn more, donate or volunteer at IRC’s Cville branch here: https://www.rescue.org/united-states/charlottesville-va.

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Rob is joined by Loaves and Fishes executive director Jane Colony Mills

Get involved with L&F here: https://cvillefoodpantry.org/volunteer/

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