Best Nathan Sherman Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 11 - The Guild of the Cowry Catchers – Book 1 44:06

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Visit https://www.patreon.com/abigailhilton to view the original illustrations for each episode, painted by Sarah Cloutier. Maps and species charts are also available. Patrons get new episodes one week early, along with artwork, Discord access, and additional updates from the author. The Pirates of Wefrivain is a complete saga with a satisfying con…

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When Meditation Replaces Detention, with Atman Smith 36:38

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In this episode of Educating to be Human, Lisa speaks with Atman Smith, founder of the Holistic Life Foundation, about the transformative power of bringing mindfulness, yoga, and meditation into not just schools, but also rehab centers and senior living centers. What began as a personal journey in search of deeper meaning evolved into a community-l…

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The Unexpected Advance Of The Gospel [Philippians 1:12-18] 46:39

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By Benjamin Johnson

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Episode 10 - The Guild of the Cowry Catchers – Book 1 35:50

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Visit https://www.patreon.com/abigailhilton to view the original illustrations for each episode, painted by Sarah Cloutier. Maps and species charts are also available. Patrons get new episodes one week early, along with artwork, Discord access, and additional updates from the author. The Pirates of Wefrivain is a complete saga with a satisfying con…

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Servants and Saints [Philippians 1:1-11] 36:17

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By Kyle Stevens

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Edwidge Danticat Reads Zadie Smith 44:06

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Edwidge Danticat joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Two Men Arrive in a Village,” by Zadie Smith, which was published in The New Yorker in 2016. Danticat, a MacArthur Fellow and a winner of the Vilcek Prize in Literature, has published six books of fiction, including “Breath, Eyes, Memory,” “The Farming of Bones,” “Claire of the Sea Light,…

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Episode 9 - The Guild of the Cowry Catchers – Book 1 38:35

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Visit https://www.patreon.com/abigailhilton to view the original illustrations for each episode, painted by Sarah Cloutier. Maps and species charts are also available. Patrons get new episodes one week early, along with artwork, Discord access, and additional updates from the author. The Pirates of Wefrivain is a complete saga with a satisfying con…

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A Thousand Pounds of Learning with Wendy Millet 38:00

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Welcome to Season 2 of Educating to Be Human! In this premiere episode, host Lisa Petrides speaks with Wendy Millet— co-founder of Gallop Ventures, and Director of TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation. Together, Lisa and Wendy explore what it means to learn in a way that engages both body and mind, restores connection with nature, and builds the kin…

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Gospel Friendship [Galatians 4:12-20] 41:37

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By Chase Jacobs

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Episode 8 - The Guild of the Cowry Catchers – Book 1 49:01

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Visit https://www.patreon.com/abigailhilton to view the original illustrations for each episode, painted by Sarah Cloutier. Maps and species charts are also available. Patrons get new episodes one week early, along with artwork, Discord access, and additional updates from the author. The Pirates of Wefrivain is a complete saga with a satisfying con…

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What Is A Church [Ephesians 4:11-16] 37:36

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By Nathan Sherman

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#20 Frances Lorenz on the emotional side of AI x-risk, being a woman in a male-dominated online space & more 51:42

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In this episode, I chatted with Frances Lorenz, events associate at the Centre for Effective Altruism. We covered our respective paths into AI safety, the emotional impact of learning about x-risk, what it's like to be female in a male-dominated community and more! Follow Frances on Twitter Subscribe to her Substack Apply for EAG London!…

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Episode 7 - The Guild of the Cowry Catchers – Book 1 1:01:51

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Visit https://www.patreon.com/abigailhilton to view the original illustrations for each episode, painted by Sarah Cloutier. Maps and species charts are also available. Patrons get new episodes one week early, along with artwork, Discord access, and additional updates from the author. The Pirates of Wefrivain is a complete saga with a satisfying con…

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Devote Themselves To Good Works [Titus 3:3-15] 43:52

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By Nathan Sherman

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Episode 6 - The Guild of the Cowry Catchers – Book 1 59:15

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Visit https://www.patreon.com/abigailhilton to view the original illustrations for each episode, painted by Sarah Cloutier. Maps and species charts are also available. Patrons get new episodes one week early, along with artwork, Discord access, and additional updates from the author. The Pirates of Wefrivain is a complete saga with a satisfying con…

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The Grace of God Has Appeared [Titus 2:11-32] 42:18

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By Nathan Sherman

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Yiyun Li Reads William Trevor 1:11:01

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Yiyun Li joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Piano Tuner’s Wives,” by William Trevor, which was published in The New Yorker in 1995. Li has published eight books of fiction, including the novels “Must I Go” and “Book of Goose,” a winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and the story collection “Wednesday’s Child,” which was a fina…

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Episode 5 - The Guild of the Cowry Catchers – Book 1 54:28

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Visit https://www.patreon.com/abigailhilton to view the original illustrations for each episode, painted by Sarah Cloutier. Maps and species charts are also available. Patrons get new episodes one week early, along with artwork, Discord access, and additional updates from the author. The Pirates of Wefrivain is a complete saga with a satisfying con…

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Adorn the Doctrine of God [Titus 2:6-10] 40:28

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By Nathan Sherman

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Episode 4 - The Guild of the Cowry Catchers – Book 1 47:53

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Visit https://www.patreon.com/abigailhilton to view the original illustrations for each episode, painted by Sarah Cloutier. Maps and species charts are also available. Patrons get new episodes one week early, along with artwork, Discord access, and additional updates from the author. The Pirates of Wefrivain is a complete saga with a satisfying con…

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Worthy Is the Lamb [Revelation 5] 41:09

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By Nathan Sherman

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Reflecting on Season 1: Lessons in Community, Creativity, and Change 9:36

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In Season 1 of Educating to Be Human, we asked questions—about creativity and curiosity, change and adaptation, empathy and self-worth. We spoke with changemakers in classrooms, communities, and prisons, all committed to reimagining education as a powerful lever for transformation. In this special bonus episode, host Lisa Petrides looks back at the…

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What Accords With Sound Doctrine [Titus 2:1-5] 44:56

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By Nathan Sherman

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Episode 3 - The Guild of the Cowry Catchers - 2 50:13

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Visit https://www.patreon.com/abigailhilton to view the original illustrations for each episode, painted by Sarah Cloutier. Maps and species charts are also available. Patrons get new episodes one week early, along with artwork, Discord access, and additional updates from the author. The Pirates of Wefrivain is a complete saga with a satisfying con…

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Episode 2 - The Guild of the Cowry Catchers - 1 54:02

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Visit https://www.patreon.com/abigailhilton to view the original illustrations for each episode, painted by Sarah Cloutier. Maps and species charts are also available. Patrons get new episodes one week early, along with artwork, Discord access, and additional updates from the author. The Pirates of Wefrivain is a complete saga with a satisfying con…

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Episode 1 - Trailer and Context 9:10

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Abbie talks about the circumstances under which this production was created over a decade ago and what she intends to do with it now. Visit https://www.patreon.com/abigailhilton to view the original illustrations for each episode, painted by Sarah Cloutier. Maps and species charts are also available. Patrons get new episodes one week early, along w…

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#19 Gabe Alfour on why AI alignment is hard, what it would mean to solve it & what ordinary people can do about existential risk 1:36:40

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Gabe Alfour is a co-founder of Conjecture and an advisor to Control AI, both organisations working to reduce risks from advanced AI. We discussed why AI poses an existential risk to humanity, what makes this problem very hard to solve, why Gabe believes we need to prevent the development of superintelligence for at least the next two decades, and m…

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Pure Faith [Titus 1:10-16] 48:50

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By Kyle Stevens

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David Wright Faladé Reads Madeleine Thien 1:16:54

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David Wright Faladé joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Lu, Reshaping,” by Madeleine Thien, which was published in The New Yorker in 2021. Falade is the author of the novels “Black Cloud Rising” and “The New Internationals,” and the nonfiction work “Fire on the Beach: Recovering the Lost Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesav…

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Put Into Order [Titus 1] 44:31

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By Nathan Sherman

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To Everlasting Life [Daniel 12] 29:02

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By Nathan Sherman

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I Will Show You the Truth [Daniel 11] 38:40

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By Nathan Sherman

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Fear Not, Daniel [Daniel 10] 45:21

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By Nathan Sherman

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Seventy Weeks Are Decreed [Daniel 9] 49:09

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By Nathan Sherman

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#18 Nathan Labenz on reinforcement learning, reasoning models, emergent misalignment & more 1:46:17

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A lot has happened in AI since the last time I spoke to Nathan Labenz of The Cognitive Revolution, so I invited him back on for a whistlestop tour of the most important developments we've seen over the last year! We covered reasoning models, DeepSeek, the many spooky alignment failures we've observed in the last few months & much more! Follow Natha…

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Paul Theroux Reads V. S. Pritchett 1:05:25

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Paul Theroux joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Necklace,” by V. S. Pritchett, which was published in The New Yorker in 1958. Theroux’s nonfiction books include “The Great Railway Bazaar” and “On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey.” A winner of the James Tait Black Award and the Whitbread Prize, he has published thirty-nine books o…

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The Time of the End [Daniel 8] 44:08

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By Nathan Sherman

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The Ancient of Days [Daniel 7] 50:29

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By Nathan Sherman

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Shut the Lions' Mouth [Daniel 6] 44:13

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By Nathan Sherman

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The Writing On the Wall [Daniel 5] 45:22

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By Kyle Stevens

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Anne Enright Reads John McGahern 1:07:34

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Anne Enright joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Sierra Leone,” by John McGahern, which was published in The New Yorker in 1977. Enright, a winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and the Man Booker Prize, among others, has published eleven books of fiction, including the story collection “Yesterday’s Weather” and the novels …

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Honor the King of Heaven [Daniel 4] 50:08

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By Nathan Sherman

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Into the Fiery Furnace [Daniel 3] 46:20

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By Nathan Sherman

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The Stone Struck the Image [Daniel 2] 50:04

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By Nathan Sherman

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God Gave Daniel Favor [Daniel 1] 49:19

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By Nathan Sherman

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Jennifer Egan Reads Margaret Atwood 1:07:24

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Jennifer Egan joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Kat,” by Margaret Atwood, which was published in The New Yorker in 1990. Egan’s books of fiction include “The Keep,” “A Visit from the Goon Squad,” “Manhattan Beach,” and “The Candy House.” She is a winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the Andrew Carnegie…

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Keep Them In Your Name [John 17] 40:29

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By Raybeau Richardson