{"podcast":{"title":"Podcast Benomtad","slug":"podcast-benomtad-7087193","podcast_index_feed_id":7087193,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/benomtad/feed.xml","website_url":"https://benomtad.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/18753353/PodcastBenomtadLogo8.jpeg","author":"Ben Lundy","episode_count":100,"summary":"Open, philosophically-oriented conversations about almost any topic with almost anyone, but focusing on culture, spirituality and personal growth.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T06:20:40.123528+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/podcast-benomtad-7087193"},"episode":{"title":"Religious Revival for Cultural Renewal","slug":"religious-revival-for-cultural-renewal","published_at":"2026-04-09T02:29:58+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/podcast-benomtad-7087193/religious-revival-for-cultural-renewal","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/podcast-benomtad-7087193","url":"https://benomtad.podbean.com/e/religious-revival-for-cultural-renewal/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/8qw4288p35qdkdyr/ReligiousRevival_Renewal7h88q.mp3","summary":"Is there a religious revival in America? We used data from Pew to answer this question, and we talk about cultural malaise and how religion falls on deaf ears, and how it may speak to us again. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:30 Meditation & Contemplation 10:09 Key Questions about the Religious Revival 12:46 Religious Decline Has Stopped 15:40 Why are People Turning Away from Religion? 24:34 Traditional vs Liberal Mass 28:23 There’s No Such Thing as Dragons 32:23 Narrow Philosophy 35:42 Strange Philosophies in Our Time 37:21 Where is Our Agora? 42:50 The Need for Community and Meaning 49:15 Why I Started this Podcast 50:52 A New Religious Way Out of Our Zombie Life (From a discussion on Religious Revival and Renewal) See this doc for description ideas: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ek66Ru4HpNJtYQWP6crrus5-Z_x-3aBKV5RnD7lGcE0/edit?tab=t.0 Pew Article: https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/12/08/religion-holds-steady-in-america/?utm_source=chatgpt.com Richard Reeves’ Post: ​​https://x.com/RichardvReeves/status/2002400790208463046?s=20 AP Article about Modern Orthodoxy: https://apnews.com/article/young-converts-online-eastern-orthodoxy-eef496dcd83a061d90a0b7aba33b6113 Thank you for watching! I love and have faith in dialogue. Please leave a suggestion for new guests, topics, or this conversation. How I can expand this Open Minded Thought and Discussion? And if you’re interested, please check out the following: The full video episode: Audio episode: The Podcast Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMIlJwXEK2vqfEOVgfclRgZNXO4boyP3T The Episode Playlist: For more in this podcast, please go to: Podbean: https://benomtad.podbean.com Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-benomtad/id1748320863 YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/@scis…","meta_description":"Is there a religious revival in America? We used data from Pew to answer this question, and we talk about cultural malaise and how religion falls on deaf…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3475,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/podcast-benomtad-7087193/episodes/religious-revival-for-cultural-renewal/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/podcast-benomtad-7087193/religious-revival-for-cultural-renewal.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}