{"podcast":{"title":"Mythic Mind","slug":"mythic-mind-4015256","podcast_index_feed_id":4015256,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5808321/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/mythic-mind","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/08b9ca7565c1c6b57db8c194c6b00a55.jpg","author":"Andrew Snyder","episode_count":183,"summary":"Mythic Mind pursues wisdom on the pathways between primary and secondary worlds. Tolkien, Lewis, and adjacent material tend to take a leading role. To support my work and gain access to exclusive and early content, voting power, and more, head over to https://www.patreon.com/mythicmind Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mythic-mind--5808321/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T08:19:06.578487+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mythic-mind-4015256"},"episode":{"title":"167 - Has Science Answered the Religious Question?","slug":"167-has-science-answered-the-religious-question","published_at":"2026-05-25T15:35:47+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mythic-mind-4015256/167-has-science-answered-the-religious-question","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mythic-mind-4015256","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/167-has-science-answered-the-religious-question--72156012","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72156012/mux_media_audio_extraction_5a7a4022_03ad_4cb9_a4f4_2cf2c34a95a8.mp3","summary":"Neil deGrasse Tyson told Piers Morgan that we do not need to appeal to God to answer cosmological questions because the empirical sciences have demonstrated sufficient explanatory power. In the final episode of this C.S. Lewis and the News series, I use this exchange as an occasion to discuss Lewis's thoughts on the supposed challenges that modern science levies against theological explanations of causation. If you would like to see C.S. Lewis and the News become a regular show, become a patron and encourage others to do likewise! Watch the video of this episode and subscribe to my YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/NQ2MHTUFNbc Become a patron of Mythic Mind at patreon.com/mythicmind Listen to all THREE Mythic Mind podcasts: Mythic Mind Mythic Mind Games Mythic Mind Movies & Shows (or become a patron to get all three shows in one ad-free feed) Once we hit 100 paid patrons, C.S. Lewis and the News will become a regular show! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mythic-mind--5808321/support .","meta_description":"Neil deGrasse Tyson told Piers Morgan that we do not need to appeal to God to answer cosmological questions because the empirical sciences have demonstrat…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2073,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mythic-mind-4015256/episodes/167-has-science-answered-the-religious-question/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mythic-mind-4015256/167-has-science-answered-the-religious-question.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}