@bthall Hi Brandon. Thanks for following back. I'm thrilled to find someone here who's both a believer and is into Econ. ;)
@MikeGastin Hey Mike, you're welcome! It's nice to meet you too. :) The intersection of faith and economics is really interesting. You might find this org for such interesting: https://tifwe.org And there's some other good resources online. :) #faith #christianity #economics #works
@MikeGastin O_O Way cool! What was the podcast? Is there a place one can listen to it, still?
I'm studying at California State University, Sacramento. :) I should tweak my profile, as I'm studying Economics formally at that university and philosophy on my own. :)
@bthall It was called The Subject. I nixed it a while back, but Hugh was an excellent guest. And, sadly, it's gone. I pulled it from iTunes a while back ... the only place it now lives is on my hard drive and a Libsyn server. Here's a link to that episode:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/thesubject/008_-_Hugh_Whelchel_on_Why_Our_Work_Matters.mp3
@MikeGastin :D Thanks for sending it to me! What was the subject(s) of The Subject?
@bthall It was really about living out the Kingdom. Work, economics, entrepreneurialism, politics, etc but all within the context of Christ.
@MikeGastin Very cool! I wish that it were publicly available, even if you've decided to discontinue it. :)
@MikeGastin I'm listening to this episode now, and I'm so surprised about how Hugh's thinking about work was changed by his analysis of the parable of the talents, when my analysis of it also changed my thoughts about such. I've been meaning to write up my analysis for a while, and I think I will soon. :)
@MikeGastin Thank you again for sharing this with me. :)
@bthall It's a pleasure. I'm glad you listened and that you got something out of it.
I always thought it was the other way around.
@lnxw48a1 Yeah, I changed my major before this last semester. The course material in philosophy triggered my panic attacks a lot, so I changed to Econ, where I suspected things would be better. I've since gotten onto better meds and things have been better for me, and I enjoy Econ. (I get into the theory of it with little issue, & that gives me an advntge.) When I'm around my philosophy major friends and they discuss what they're studying, I can tell that I made the right choice.
@bthall Yeah, I'm familiar with TIFWE and actually interviewed their director for a now-defunct podcast I was doing back in the day. Great stuff. :)
Where are you studying, may I ask?