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In Medias Res with Glanz & Jerončić
Oliver Glanz & Ante Jerončić
48 episodes
2 months ago
Shame is a powerful and elusive emotion—often unnamed, yet deeply formative. In this episode, Ante and Oliver explore the nature of shame: what it is, where it comes from, and why it matters. They consider whether shame is universal or culturally accentuated, how it emerges early in life, and how it is bound up with our sense of standing and visibility before others. Drawing on insights from psychology, philosophy, and theology, they examine shame as a profoundly social emotion—one that can p...
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Shame is a powerful and elusive emotion—often unnamed, yet deeply formative. In this episode, Ante and Oliver explore the nature of shame: what it is, where it comes from, and why it matters. They consider whether shame is universal or culturally accentuated, how it emerges early in life, and how it is bound up with our sense of standing and visibility before others. Drawing on insights from psychology, philosophy, and theology, they examine shame as a profoundly social emotion—one that can p...
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Philosophy
Religion & Spirituality,
Society & Culture
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In Medias Res with Glanz & Jerončić
42. GUEST EPISODE: Fear and Authoritarian Structures
For this episode, Oliver and Ante are delighted to connect with their good friends, Oleg Kostyuk, Assistant to the President for Mission at AdventHealth University, and Torben Bergland, a psychiatrist from Norway. Building on their previous discussion of fear, they use this conversation to deepen their understanding of fear, particularly as it relates to the dynamics of memory, trauma, and authoritarian structures. * * * * * NEW TO THE PODCAST? In this podcast, we engage in free-ranging conve...
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1 month ago
1 hour 5 minutes

In Medias Res with Glanz & Jerončić
41. On Fear
Fear is an incredibly complex emotion, differing in expressions as it does in its causes. Ante and Oliver try to tackle it from different angles, including its neurobiology, connection with human identity, personal and social manifestations, negative effects, strategies for addressing them, and place in the life of Christians. * * * * * NEW TO THE PODCAST? In this podcast, we engage in free-ranging conversations on life, faith, philosophy, ethics, relationships, culture, experience, and all m...
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2 months ago
1 hour 5 minutes

In Medias Res with Glanz & Jerončić
40. On Doubt
Doubt shows up in many different guises. What accounts for the variety of such human experiences? What is its relation to faith? What are the different causes and expressions of doubt? What is it about our cultural moment that makes doubt such a widespread phenomenon? Can doubt sometimes be an expression of laziness? To what extent is doubt central to intellectual and spiritual growth?... These are some of the questions that Ante and Oliver tackle in discussing this important topic. * * * * *...
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2 months ago
1 hour

In Medias Res with Glanz & Jerončić
39. Education and Ancient Texts
Send us your comments. We appreciate those! This time, the starting point for the conversation is Oliver's upcoming article, "A Critical Look at Modern Graduate Education Through the Lens of Ancient Texts." They explore some strengths and weaknesses of contemporary education, how some of those weaknesses are engendered and reinforced through the use of modern textbooks, the kind of cognitive (fore)closure these texts encourage, what the relationship between knowledge and understanding might b...
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2 months ago
1 hour 1 minute

In Medias Res with Glanz & Jerončić
38. Objectivity as Love and Death to Self
Send us your comments. We appreciate those! Back in November 2024, Ante presented a paper at the Society of Adventist Philosophers titled The Anthropotechnics of Freedom: Training in Objectivity and the Ethics of Epistemic Authenticity. In this episode, Oliver and Ante take up that topic to explore the meaning and possibility of objectivity—so often a term of derision. They ask: Why does truth matter? Can we ever attain objective knowledge? What is the "view from nowhere"? What does it mean t...
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3 months ago
58 minutes

In Medias Res with Glanz & Jerončić
37. What Homer's Odyssey has Taught Us
Send us your comments. We appreciate those!In this episode, Oliver and Ante delve into the enduring legacy of Homer's Odyssey. They explore its profound impact over the centuries, discussing why this epic poem remains so significant today. The conversation covers a breadth of existential themes presented in the Odyssey, such as destiny, homecoming, virtue, identity, and the human condition. Additionally, they examine the benefits of studying the Bible alongside classical works like the Odysse...
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4 months ago
52 minutes

In Medias Res with Glanz & Jerončić
36. The Objectification of Reality
Send us your comments. We appreciate those! This time around, Ante and Oliver have a free-ranging conversation on a number of issues. After a brief life debrief and some discussion of AI tools, they delve into a US presidential election post-mortem, questions of objectification in relation to human subjectivity, how objectification leads to alienation and conflict, how the deepening of relationships with people who are different from us requires moving beyond such tendencies, and how working ...
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4 months ago
1 hour 2 minutes

In Medias Res with Glanz & Jerončić
35. Vagaries of Understanding
Send us your comments. We appreciate those!After a longish break, Oliver and Ante are back recording new IMR episodes. In this one, they tackle different aspects of understanding, ranging from problematic self-perceptions, to evaluations and surveys, to the problem of objectification, and much more.CONNECT WITH USEmail* * * * * NEW TO THE PODCAST?In this podcast, we engage in free-ranging conversations on life, faith, philosophy, ethics, relationships, culture, experience, and all matters exi...
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6 months ago
1 hour 1 minute

In Medias Res with Glanz & Jerončić
34. Manifesting: Claiming Reality into Being
Send us your comments. We appreciate those!In recent years, "manifesting" has gained significant traction in pop culture and social media. It is the idea of willing the universe to bring into being our desires, in the sense of already possessing them in the act of wishing. As this rides on many interesting ideas and has a lot to say about our current cultural moment, Oliver and Ante have decided to discuss the issue to wrap their minds around it somewhat. What is this phenomenon about? Why is...
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10 months ago
54 minutes

In Medias Res with Glanz & Jerončić
33. Trophy Culture, Parenting, & Education
Send us your comments. We appreciate those!In recent weeks, all across the country, students have received countless awards, recognitions, and trophies. That state of affairs prompted Ante and Oliver to examine the participation trophy phenomenon to probe the underlying forces that fuel it. For instance, what does it say about how we view parenting, psychological development, personal well-being, growth and resiliency, self-esteem, and motivation? To what extent is all that connected to shame...
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12 months ago
1 hour

In Medias Res with Glanz & Jerončić
32. Golden Rule 2.0?: Kant at 300
Send us your comments. We appreciate those!Continuing in the spirit of Kant's 300th anniversary, Oliver and Ante are taking another crack at this monumental thinker. This time, they focus more specifically on his moral thought, running with the contention, partially tongue in cheek, that a consistent application of his principles of morality might lead to a revival in Christian communities. Among others, they discuss Derek Parfit's reformulation of Kant's formula: "It is wrong to treat ...
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1 year ago
1 hour

In Medias Res with Glanz & Jerončić
31. Dare to Think: Kant at 300
Send us your comments. We appreciate those!In light of the 300th anniversary of Immanuel Kant's birth, Ante and Oliver discuss his status as one of the most influential thinkers of the modern era. It is hard to fully capture all the ways in which he has influenced our culture. In a way, we are all Kantians to some degree, whether we know it or not. To that end, they explore his background, the context in which he worked, some troublesome aspects of his legacy, his groundbreaking essay "What i...
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1 year ago
59 minutes

In Medias Res with Glanz & Jerončić
30. A Depth Psychology Reading of Exodus
Send us your comments. We appreciate those!In this fascinating episode, Oliver and Ante discuss the importance of Eugen Drewermann, a leading 20th-century theologian, particularly his integration of exegesis and depth psychology. Using his ideas as a springboard, they explore insights that a psycho-existential reading of Exodus might bring to understanding various life experiences and key turning points. CONNECT WITH USEmailWebsite* * * * * NEW TO THE PODCAST?In this podcast, we e...
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1 year ago
1 hour 3 minutes

In Medias Res with Glanz & Jerončić
29. Life, Theology, and Trauma Literature
Send us your comments. We appreciate those!As mentioned in their previous episode, Oliver and Ante continue discussing the topic of trauma rooted in personal experience. They examine the rise of trauma literature, how it has impacted biblical studies and theology, and the new insights it has brought to the table. While such reflections are not new--people have forever struggled with suffering, loss, grief, tragedy, and meaning--trauma discourse, with its strong connection to embodied experien...
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1 year ago
57 minutes

In Medias Res with Glanz & Jerončić
28. GUEST EPISODE: On Trauma, with Steve Yeagley
Send us your comments. We appreciate those!In another guest episode, Oliver and Ante connect with Steve Yeagley, the Assistant Vice President for Campus & Student Life at Andrews University, to discuss various aspects of trauma. After some introductory remarks, they discuss the definition of trauma, the state of current trauma literature, the meaning of inter-generational trauma, the problem of moral injury and its relationship to trauma, the origins and ill effects of cultural war rhetor...
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1 year ago
59 minutes

In Medias Res with Glanz & Jerončić
27. Interpretation is Everything
Send us your comments. We appreciate those!The main theme of this episode concerns the ubiquity of interpretation or hermeneutics. As Oliver and Ante stress in the beginning, there is no dimension of being in the world that does not have an interpretive dimension to it, ranging from ordinary acts of orientation and judgments on a daily basis to broader considerations about the meaning of texts, societal events, and life in general. In developing this topic, they consider some important thinke...
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1 year ago
1 hour

In Medias Res with Glanz & Jerončić
26. A Health and Fitness Episode
Send us your comments. We appreciate those!This time around, Oliver and Ante take a slightly different track by tackling the theme of health and fitness, sharing some of the lessons learned concerning fasting, the psychology of fitness, exercise protocols, diet, and wholeness in general. While their sharing should not be taken as medical advice, they hope to share some insights and encouragement to people finding themselves on different stations in their health journey. RESOURCES MENTIONEDPet...
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1 year ago
1 hour 10 minutes

In Medias Res with Glanz & Jerončić
25. GUEST EPISODE: With Torben Bergland on Fanaticism
Send us your comments. We appreciate those!This guest episode features the psychiatrist Dr. Torben Bergland on the topic of fanaticism. What is fanaticism? How prevalent is it? What are the best angles to explore it? Is it a matter of cognitive closure or a type of psychopathology? If neither, then what is it? Could the concept be wielded as powerplay where others, simply by virtue of being different than us, get labeled so? How is it related to the post-truth phenomenon? Are there positive a...
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1 year ago
1 hour 2 minutes

In Medias Res with Glanz & Jerončić
24. Rethinking Cain, Rethinking Interpretations
Send us your comments. We appreciate those!The story of Cain and Able has been explored through many angles, each adding to a rich history of interpretation of the narrative. In this episode, Oliver and Ante take a fresh look at it, trying to attend to the multiple meanings the text affords and how that, in turn, might offer some important life and spiritual lessons.Episode theme: 06:20CONNECT WITH USEmailWebsite* * * * * NEW TO THE PODCAST?In this podcast, we engage in free-ranging conversat...
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1 year ago
58 minutes

In Medias Res with Glanz & Jerončić
23. Looking Back at 2023
Send us your comments. We appreciate those!All in all, this is a debrief episode where Ante and Oliver look back at 2023, share some lessons learned, reflect on the nature of resolutions, and consider some of the promises and decisions for the coming year. CONNECT WITH USEmailWebsite* * * * * NEW TO THE PODCAST?In this podcast, we engage in free-ranging conversations on life, faith, philosophy, ethics, relationships, culture, experience, and all matters existential. As the show title points o...
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1 year ago
49 minutes

In Medias Res with Glanz & Jerončić
Shame is a powerful and elusive emotion—often unnamed, yet deeply formative. In this episode, Ante and Oliver explore the nature of shame: what it is, where it comes from, and why it matters. They consider whether shame is universal or culturally accentuated, how it emerges early in life, and how it is bound up with our sense of standing and visibility before others. Drawing on insights from psychology, philosophy, and theology, they examine shame as a profoundly social emotion—one that can p...