Hunger for Wholeness
Story matters. Our lives are shaped around immersive, powerful stories that thrive at the heart of our religious traditions, scientific inquiries, and cultural landscapes. As Bertrand Russell and Albert Einstein claimed, science without religion is lame and religion without science is blind. This podcast will hear from speakers in interdisciplinary fields of science and religion who are finding answers for how to live wholistic lives. This podcast is made possible by funding from the Fetzer Institute. We are very grateful for their generosity and support. (Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC; Ultraviolet: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSC; Optical: NASA/STScI [M. Meixner]/ESA/NRAO [T.A. Rector]; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech/K.)
Episodes
77 episodes
How to Pursue Religious Depth with John D. Caputo (Part 2)
How to Pursue Religious Depth with John D. Caputo (Part 2)In our final episode of this season, Ilia Delio asks philosopher-theologian Jack Caputo more about religious depth in light of what he calls weak theology. Plus, Jack compares AI ...
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Season 5
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Episode 14
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Is God-Talk Necessary? with John D. Caputo (Part 1)
Ilia Delio sits down with philosopher-theologian John D. Saputo (Jack). Ilia asks Jack about how he got from Continental Philosophy to what he calls weak theology, and theo-poetics. Then they tackle the big, enduring question Jack and Ilia like...
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Season 5
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Episode 13
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When Wholeness Arrives with Bayo Akomolafe (Part 2)
When Wholeness Arrives with Bayo Akomolafe (Part 2)Ilia Delio and Bayo Akomolafe continue their conversation about navigating the legacy of modernity and our journey into the future as a species. Bayo shares his perspective on the legaci...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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How (Post-)Humans Evolve with Bayo Akomolafe (Part 1)
How (Post-)Humans Evolve with Bayo Akomolafe (Part 1)Ilia Delio is joined by the prolific writer and activist Bayo Akomolafe. Bayo shares with us about his Christian background, growing up as the son of a diplomat in Nigeria. Ilia...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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How to Write a Catechism for AIs with Kevin Kelly (Part 4)
How to Write a Catechism for AIs with Kevin Kelly (Part 4)In the final part of this four-part series, futurist Kevin Kelly asks Ilia Delio to propose a catechism for AIs. Likewise, they discuss what our relationships with the AIs of the ...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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Can AIs and Global Myths Make Us Better Humans with Kevin Kelly (Part 3)
Can AIs and Global Myths Make Us Better Humans with Kevin Kelly (Part 3)Ilia Delio brings religion into focus in the third of her four-part series with futurist Kevin Kelly. Ilia outlines her own, cutting-edge perspective to get K...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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How to Face the Future with Kevin Kelly (Part 2)
How to Face the Future with Kevin Kelly (Part 2)In part two of this four part series, Ilia Delio and Kevin Kelly discuss the potential social and economic impacts of AIs–whether these fears are founded, and where there is hope it ...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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How AIs are Children and Mirrors with Kevin Kelly (Part 1)
How AIs are Children and Mirrors with Kevin Kelly (Part 1)In the first part of this special four part series, Ilia Delio learns more about Wired founding editor and futurist Kevin Kelly’s story with technology. It begins with his world t...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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Do Science, Black Theology and AI Mix with Dr. Reggie Williams (Part 2)
Do Science, Black Theology and AI Mix with Dr. Reggie Williams (Part 2)In the second part of this two-part interview, Ilia Delio speaks with Dr. Reggie Williams about just that black theology. From her Teilhardian perspective, Ili...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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What (Black) Bonhoeffer Might Say Today with Dr. Reggie Williams (Part 1)
What (Black) Bonhoeffer Might Say Today with Dr. Reggie Williams (Part 1)Ilia Delio welcomes Dr. Reggie Williams, the newly appointed Associate Professor of Black Theology at St Louis University, to unpack the life, work of Dietrich Bonh...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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How the World Could Use a Sabbath with Rabbi Bradley S. Artson (Part 2)
How the World Could Use a Sabbath with Rabbi Bradley S. Artson (Part 2)In the second part of this very special conversation, Ilia Delio and Rabbi Bradley Artson tackle everything from life after death, to concerns about technology...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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What We Mean When We Talk About “God” with Rabbi Bradley S. Artson (Part 1)
What We Mean When We Talk About “God” with Rabbi Bradley S. Artson (Part 1)In part one of their conversation Ilia Delio speaks with Rabbi Bradley S. Artson, writer and Jewish process thinker. Rabbi Artson tells us about his journe...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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Why AI Optimism and Our Values can Synergize with Francis Heylighen (Part 2)
Why AI Optimism and Our Values can Synergize with Francis Heylighen (Part 2)In the second part of their conversation, Ilia Delio asks Francis Heylighen “what values do we need to focus on to guide this global transformation?” Professor H...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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How All this Complexity is Unified with Francis Heylighen (Part 1)
How All this Complexity is Unified with Francis Heylighen (Part 1)Ilia Delio talks with cyberneticist Francis Heylighen. In part one of their conversation, Ilia asks Francis about his interest in complexity theory, and the basics ...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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Finding Consciousness at the Heart of it All with Neil Theise (Part 2)
Finding Consciousness at the Heart of it All with Neil Theise (Part 2)Episode DescriptionIn part two, Ilia Delio and Neil Theise unpack the implications of complexity theory for human life, especially consciousness, our technology...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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How Deep Down the Complexity Goes with Neil Theise (Part 1)
How Deep Down the Complexity Goes with Neil Theise (Part 1)In the first part of their conversation Ilia Delio asks stem cell researcher and author, Neil Theise, about this journey from science to complexity theory. Ilia and Neil ask big ...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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How Fear Arrested Our Theological Imagination with Fr. Dan Horan (Part 2)
“How Fear Arrested Our Theological Imagination with Fr. Dan Horan” (Part 2)In part two of their discussion Ilia Delio asks Fr. Dan Horan about the way forward, and how fear arrests our theological imaginations. They discuss whether it wi...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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What Thomas Merton Would Say Today with Fr. Dan Horan (Part 1)
What Thomas Merton Would Say Today with Fr. Dan Horan (Part 1)Ilia Delio interviews Fr. Dan Horan, professor of Philosophy, Religious Studies and Theology at Saint Mary’s College and author of Engaging Thomas Merton: Spirituality, Ju...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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Will There Ever Be Conscious AI with Philip Goff (Part 2)
Will There Ever Be Conscious AI with Philip Goff (Part 2)In part 2 of their interview, Ilia Delio and Philip Goff continue their conversation about consciousness and how science and theology can better work together to understand it. Tog...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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What is Consciousness and Where is It (Panpsychism) with Philip Goff (Part 1)
Ilia Delio interviews philosopher and author Philip Goff on the big questions of consciousness. What is it? And how does modern panpsychism explain the relationship between consciousness and matter? Ilia and Philip also discuss how consciousnes...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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Can Sacrifices Make a Better Future with Bruce Epperly (Part 2)
Building on their conversation in Part 1, Ilia Delio and Bruce Epperly unpack what it means to see the divine in the other. They discuss the need for sacrificial living and a return to some of the basic practices of global spiritual traditions....
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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How Process Heals Divisions with Bruce Epperly (Part 1)
Ilia Delio is joined by process theologian Bruce Epperly for an honest conversation looking at the divisiveness at work in our communities and politics. Bruce gives an introduction to process theology (or process relational theology) and togeth...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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How We Change the Direction of the Wind with Ronald Rolheiser (Part 2)
In the second part of Ilia Delio’s conversation with Fr. Ronald Rolheiser, Ilia asks what Ron’s hope is for the future—is it the church? They share their concerns for theology and doctrines which are increasingly out of touch with the current s...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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What’s Our Ambition for the Common Good with Ronald Rolheiser (Part 1)
Ilia Delio is joined by theologian Fr. Ronald Rolheiser. They discuss his book The Holy Longing, and what he observes in the world today especially considering the direction and impact of technology like AI. Ilia and Ron explore the challenges ...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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The Not-Yet God with Ilia Delio and Robert Ellsberg
The roles are reversed in this special episode that kicks off our next season of Hunger for Wholeness. In this one-part, special episode our esteemed host Ilia Delio is interviewed by Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Ilia’s latest book <...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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