In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer Podcast
1) The Christian Nationalist Dystopia We Pretended Was Fiction with TJ Poortinga
Novelist TJ Poortinga joins me to discuss Electric Orange, a prophetic satire exposing Christian nationalism, evangelical power, masculinity, and political rage — written by someone who knows the cult...Show More
2) Apocalypse in the Tropics: Faith, Power, and the Fall of Democracy
Filmmaker Petra Costa and producer Alessandra Orofino join Frank Schaeffer to explore how evangelical movements fused with authoritarian politics in Brazil—and why the same forces are reshaping democr...Show More
3) LAB DOG: A Beagle and His Human Investigate the Surprising World of Animal Research
What happens when a beagle bred for laboratory research gets a second life—and changes a human forever? Journalist and author Melanie D.G. Kaplan joins me for a conversation about her book Lab Dog: A ...Show More
LAB DOG: A Beagle and His Human Investigate the Surprising World of Animal Research
1:05:32 | Dec 27th, 2025
4) Lynn A. Cooper: Interfaith Friendship as Survival Practice
Frank Schaeffer talks with Tufts University Catholic Chaplain Lynn A. Cooper, author of Embracing Our Time: The Sacrament of Interfaith Friendship, about building real connection across difference in ...Show More
5) McNamara At War: Guilt, Power, and America’s Unlearned Lessons
I have had the pleasure of talking to some of the leading authors, artists, activists, and change-makers of our time on this podcast, and I want to personally thank you for subscribing, listening, and...Show More
6) Steve Griggs: Straight Dirt on Wealth, Work, and the Art of Landscape Design
Landscape designer Steve Griggs joins Frank Schaeffer for a raw, funny, deeply human conversation about rising from a working-class New York childhood to becoming one of America’s premier landscape ar...Show More
Steve Griggs: Straight Dirt on Wealth, Work, and the Art of Landscape Design
58:28 | Dec 6th, 2025
7) Fear Not: Diana Butler Bass on Light, Darkness, and A Beautiful Year
Frank Schaeffer talks with bestselling author and theologian Diana Butler Bass about Advent, spiritual resilience, and her new book A Beautiful Year. In this powerful conversation, they explore the me...Show More
8) Medical Gaslighting, Grief & a Golden Retriever Healer with Dr. Carolyn Larkin Taylor, MD
Neurologist Dr. Carolyn Larkin Taylor, MD joins Frank Schaeffer to talk about her powerful new memoir Whispers of the Mind — a life in neurology, grief, intuition, near-death stories, medical gaslight...Show More
Medical Gaslighting, Grief & a Golden Retriever Healer with Dr. Carolyn Larkin Taylor, MD
1:23:38 | Nov 28th, 2025
9) Brian Cranley: Wonder, Logic, and the God of Reason
What happens when a former evangelical-turned-atheist-who-prays sits down with a Catholic engineer–philosopher who nearly became a priest… and then founded a medical device company… and then wrote a b...Show More
10) Karen Elliott House on MBS, Saudi Arabia, and the Future of Faith and Power
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Karen Elliott House joins Frank Schaeffer to talk about her remarkable new book, The Man Who Would Be King, Muhammad bin Salman and the Transformation of Saudi Arabia...Show More
Karen Elliott House on MBS, Saudi Arabia, and the Future of Faith and Power
1:08:27 | Nov 14th, 2025