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by Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor
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- 2 weeks ago1h 4m
What Do We Owe the Guilty? Capital Punishment and the Demands of Justice
Enoch and Tim examine capital punishment in the United States, not only whether the death penalty can be morally justified, but whether the modern state can carry it out justly and humanely. From lethal injection and nitrogen gas to the return of the firing squad, they explore recent failed and contested executions, the arguments for and against the death penalty, and what these cases reveal about justice, human dignity, repentance, and the limits of state power.Recording Date: October 6, 2026Credits: Drew Elliot (music)
- 4 weeks ago1h 0m
Can We Still Go to Church Together? Polarization and Identity
Longtime behind-the-scenes listener and former student Donovan Gleeson joins Enoch and Tim to ask why political disagreement now feels more personal than religious disagreement. They explore what happens when politics shifts from facts and opinions to belief and identity, why masks and yard signs became tribal signals, and how COVID forced churches to pick sides and sorted congregations along political lines. Recording Date: September 18, 2026Credits: Drew Elliot (music)
- Sep 18, 20261h 4m
"It's Just Wrong": Making Moral Arguments in Public Spaces
Is freedom doing whatever you want, or becoming what you were made to be? Enoch and Tim trace the shift from classical to modern freedom, from Adam Smith to John Stuart Mill's harm principle, and ask what we lost along the way. Why can we only argue about usury, cheating, or assisted suicide in terms of harm and victims, when what many of us really believe is "it's just wrong"? Recording Date: March 26, 2026Credits: Drew Elliot (music)
- Sep 4, 202658 min
The Age of AI Surveillance: Flock Cameras and the Future of Privacy
Enoch and Tim discuss privacy in an age of data, AI, and mass surveillance. Using Flock cameras as a central example, they explore the benefits and drawbacks of the new technology that has drawn such backlash. They compare Flock tocorporate data systems like Ring, consider how privacy laws might have such a hard time catching up with technology, and challenge the idea that “nothing to hide” means nothing to fear. Correction: In the episode Enoch incorrectly stated that each vehicle in the US gets scanned an average of over 800 times per day that should have been per year.Recording Date: September 1, 2026 Credits: Drew Elliot (music)
- Aug 21, 20261h 2m
Marriage and America Coming Apart: How We Sort in Who We Marry and Where We Live
America is coming apart. The most likely place for a college educated adult to meet their spouse is at university. This is not just true for some college and universities; it is true for just about every university. But what happens when intelligent people leave their hometowns for university study, meet “the one”, and then settle down? We begin to sort our very neighborhoods and towns my education and merit. Fewer than half of Americans have a college degree, yet most people with a college degree live in towns where most of their neighbors also have college degrees. Join Enoch and Tim as they explain this social problem and throw out some ideas on how to fix it.Note: We accidentally posted these in reverse order, so last week was part two on this topic and this week is part I. Hope you enjoy!Reference: Coming Apart by Charles Murray (2012).Recording Date: May 7, 2026Credits: Drew Elliot (music)
- Aug 7, 20261h 2m
Marriage and America Coming Apart: How We Sort in Who We Marry and Where We Live
America is coming apart. The most likely place for a college educated adult to meet their spouse is at university. This is not just true for some college and universities; it is true for just about every university. But what happens when intelligent people leave their hometowns for university study, meet “the one”, and then settle down? We begin to sort our very neighborhoods and towns by education and merit. Fewer than half of Americans have a college degree, yet most people with a college degree live in towns where most of their neighbors also have college degrees. Join Enoch and Tim as they explain this social problem and throw out some ideas on how to fix it.Reference: Coming Apart by Charles Murray (2012).Recording Date: May 7, 2026Credits: Drew Elliot (music)
- Jul 24, 20261h 6m
The Selection Effect: Prenatal Screening and the Quiet Disappearance of Down Syndrome
When does prenatal screening determine whether a child will be born at all? In this episode of Choosing Better, Enoch and Tim explore Down syndrome, abortion, eugenics, and the quiet social pressures that shape “choice.” From viral controversy and global termination rates to Tim’s research on Down syndrome birthrates, they ask what we are missing when children with disabilities are screened out and disappear from our communities. The conversation ends with a call to choose better by building communities where families facing a pregnancy with Down syndrome are met with courage, support, and love.Commercial referenced in the episode can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju-q4OnBtNU. Tim’s full public lecture can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULqFaSh3nG0.
- Jul 10, 20261h 2m
Deterrence in the Desert: General Joe Rank on the Future of Middle East Security
Brigadier General Joe Rank, U.S. Army (Ret.), joins Choosing Better to discuss what recent events in the Middle East reveal about deterrence, resilience, and the future of regional security. General Rank and Tim explore how missile, drone, cyber, and information threats are reshaping modern conflict; why integrated air and missile defense and interoperability matter more than ever; and how Gulf states are balancing diplomacy, deterrence, and national resilience. The conversation looks ahead to the capabilities, partnerships, and choices that will define Middle East security in the years to come.Recording Date: July 1, 2026Credits: Drew Elliot (music)
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