{"podcast":{"title":"Good Faith","slug":"good-faith-4507856","podcast_index_feed_id":4507856,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/460248/rss","website_url":"https://redeemingbabel.org/podcast/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/f/d/8/d/fd8db46436f6be6c16c3140a3186d450/Podcast_Square_Logo1.png","author":"Good Faith","episode_count":256,"summary":"Join host Curtis Chang and his friends as they follow Jesus and make sense of the world. With expertise, thoughtfulness, and humor, they discuss how Christian faith intersects with culture, politics, work, entertainment, and other aspects of life. Good Faith is produced by Redeeming Babel. Good Faith is ranked in the top .5 percent of all podcasts.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T18:22:48.323993+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-faith-4507856"},"episode":{"title":"Malcolm Guite pt. 2: When Doubt Meets Divine Beauty and Nightingales Lead to a Grail","slug":"malcolm-guite-pt-2-when-doubt-meets-divine-beauty-and-nightingales-lead-to-a-grail","published_at":"2026-05-11T08:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-faith-4507856/malcolm-guite-pt-2-when-doubt-meets-divine-beauty-and-nightingales-lead-to-a-grail","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-faith-4507856","url":"https://6d05c356-6d50-44a9-9115-39d578e09935.libsyn.com/malcolm-guite-pt-2-when-doubt-meets-divine-beauty-and-nightingales-lead-to-a-grail","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/6d05c356-6d50-44a9-9115-39d578e09935/Malcolm_Pt2_Audio.mp3?dest-id=3880785","summary":"What Can Lead a Weary Soul to the Divine in a Post-Christian World? Malcolm Guite is back for part two of our chat with him, and this time we go from atheism to awe, from the Psalms to the Holy Grail, and from Keats to King Arthur. Malcolm tells the wild story of how poetry cracked open his imagination and shattered his unbelief, leading him into the living presence of God — then shows why Galahad and the Grail might be the ancient, weird, luminous story our burned-out, disenchanted world needs now. 00:00 - The Sonnet Epiphany 1. Magi 01:28 - Introduction to Malcolm Guite Part 2 03:37 - From Atheism to Wonder 06:27 - Encountering Keats's \"Ode to a Nightingale\" 12:11 - The Augustinian Idea of Beauty 15:18 - You Are Not the Center of the Universe 20:44 - \"Take Up the Tale\" A Ballad Introducing Guite's Arthurian Epic 23:54 - Why Does Retelling the Arthurian Legends Matter Now? 25:06 - The Truth of the Wasteland in the Modern World 27:19 - Conclusion and Credits Listen to Malcolm Guite pt. 1: Does Theology Need an Imaginative Spark to Grasp God's Mystery? Sign up for The After Party Informational Webinars Mentioned In This Episode: Malcolm Guite's Galahad in the Grail Malcolm Guite's Epiphany 1 The magi Malcolm Guite's Sounding the Seasons C.S. Lewis's Surprised by Joy John Keats' Ode to a Nightingale Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo's The Confessions Of Saint Augustine Scriptures Referenced In This Episode: Psalm 145 (1928 BCP) The Psalms (Coverdale edition) PDF version More from Malcolm Guite: Malcolm Guite's website and blog Malcolm Guite's Youtube channel Malcolm Guite's books Follow Us: Good Faith on Instagram Good Faith on X (formerly Twitter) Good Faith on Facebook The Good Faith Podcast is a production of a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan organization that does not engage in…","meta_description":"What Can Lead a Weary Soul to the Divine in a Post-Christian World? Malcolm Guite is back for part two of our chat with him, and this time we go from athe…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1783,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/good-faith-4507856/episodes/malcolm-guite-pt-2-when-doubt-meets-divine-beauty-and-nightingales-lead-to-a-grail/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-faith-4507856/malcolm-guite-pt-2-when-doubt-meets-divine-beauty-and-nightingales-lead-to-a-grail.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}