King of Stuff

The King welcomes Alexandra Hudson, creator of the new series "Storytelling and the Human Condition" for Wondrium (formerly known as The Great Courses). Alexandra is an author, an award-winning journalist, and an adjunct faculty member at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. She is the founder of Civic Renaissance, an intellectual community and newsletter dedicated to personal and cultural renewal, You can pre-order her upcoming book, The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves, which will be published in October.

Then Jon wraps up the news of the week, including Ukraine one year on, the House GOP's field hearing on the border,

Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon’s song of the week is “Engine” by Neutral Milk Hotel.

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The King welcomes Robert Nicholson, President and Executive Director of The Philos Project. Their Abraham's Missing Child Initiative is a groundbreaking project that leverages recent developments in the Near East to support and sustain indigenous Christian communities. Listen to their podcast, The Deep Map, here.

Robert is also an advisory board member of In Defense of Christians, co-founded Passages Israel, and is an adjunct professor at The King’s College in New York City. He holds a BA in Hebrew Studies from Binghamton University, and a JD and MA in Middle Eastern history from Syracuse University. A former US Marine and a 2012-13 Tikvah Fellow, Robert founded Philos in 2014 to stimulate a new generation of religious and cultural exchange between the Near East and the West. His written work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Telegraph, New York Post, Jerusalem Post, Newsweek, Providence, First Things, The Hill, and National Interest.

Then Jon talks about banned words at Stanford University and the latest from the Twitter Files. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends a Finnish Christmas carol, "Heinillä Härkien Kaukalon" by choral ensemble Rajaton.

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