The Bioethics Podcast

In this episode of the podcast, Dr. Jonathan Lett presents for us his recent article addressing the phenomenon of boredom and the particular contours it bears in our present, digital age.

Show Notes
Bored in a Digital Age https://www.cbhd.org/intersections/bored-in-a-digital-age
Jonathan Lett, PhD https://www.letu.edu/academics/theology-and-vocation/fac-bio-lett.html
Faith, Science, and Technology Initiative at LeTourneau University https://www.letu.edu/academics/faith-science-technology-initiative/
Intersections Forum https://www.cbhd.org/intersections
Shared Convictions: CBHD and LeTourneau on Mission https://www.cbhd.org/resource-type/shared-convictions-cbhd-and-letourneau-on-mission

Show Notes:
The Challenge of Pastoral Leadership Today: What Is Our Technological Age Doing to Us?
Kelly Liebengood, Ph.D.
Intersections Forum
Shared Convictions: CBHD and LeTourneau on Mission
2026 Annual Conference, Polytechnic Bioethics, June 25-27

This episode of the podcast celebrates the 20th anniversary of The Bioethics Podcast. The inaugural episode was uploaded on February 3, 2006, and we thought it might be interesting to listen again to that first episode as we mark the 20th anniversary of this project.
Show Notes
Ross Douthat’s interview with Noor Siddiqui: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/opinion/genetics-children-noor-siddiqui.html

This poem, written by and read for us by CBHD Research Scholar Anna Vollema, intersperses poetic reflection with quotations from Scripture and excerpts from “O Come, O Come Emmanuel.”
Read the poem at https://www.cbhd.org/intersections/emmanuel-the-word-made-flesh

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