Nathan Foster — Celebrating 300 Episodes

On this 300^th episode of Life With God, Nathan Foster takes the guest seat while Brian Morykon and Grace Pouch ask questions sent in by listeners. Nathan calls the episode, ​“A joyful reminder of all the goodness this little medium has brought.” 

From all of us on the Life With God podcasting team, thank you for listening! We love knowing that this work makes a difference in your life.

Questions from this episode:

[4:50] Pete from Illinois wonders how you determine who to invite onto the podcasts.

[12:30] This may be like asking a magician to reveal his tricks, but what questions do you use to throw somebody off their spiel? 

[13:35] Catherine in South Carolina asks, ​“What do you do if you disagree with a guest about something they say?”

[14:59] Betsy from Texas wants to know if any conversations have changed your mind or perspective on something.

[16:05] I’ve heard you say about writing that sometimes you don’t know something until you’ve tried to write it… is there something similar about saying it / discussing it?

[18:46] Nate, you have interviewed several wonderful people who are in their eighties and nineties (quite a few senior citizens) would you say there’s a special art to that or do you bring anything special into those conversations?

[20:28] Catherine also asks, ​“If you could interview someone from another time period — or if you could interview anyone living or dead… who would it be?”

[22:55] A listener asks: ​“One of my favorite episodes of all time was an audio meditation on the Serenity Prayer that came out in 2020, right after the start of Covid. I’ve returned to it many times and suggested it to others over the years. Do you remember making that one? And what did the prayer mean for you personally during that time?”

[25:45] You’ve logged 150 hours of conversations, and I’m wondering if there is a moment or two that just bubbles up in your consciousness from one of those conversations.

[27:55] Someone asked: ​“If you could take only three podcast guests to live with you on a desert island, who would you pick?”

[29:23] Lightning round… I’m going to say the name of a guest, then I want you to just say whatever pops into your mind, a word or two.

[32:05] We’re gonna close here with the question that you often will ask people about their book or effort, and that is: ​“What is your hope for listeners of this podcast?”

[33:22] Nate, would you have a prayer for us and for the listeners to go out on, on this 300^th episode?

[35:04] Just for kicks and so we’ll have space to play the ending theme song, try the credits from memory.