(00:00-7:09): Should we celebrate Columbus Day? Brian and Aubrey talked about this and commented on the following news stories: 

“Columbus Day is not a holiday the U.S. — and Italian Americans — should celebrate”

“Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples Day? Getting to the heart of the American identity crisis”

“Celebrate Columbus’s Achievements”

(7:09-16:07): Brian and Aubrey shared their thoughts on a tweet from Jen Wilkin, “The antidote to anxiety about the future is not to discern the future, but to remember the past. Instead of straining your gaze forward, look over your shoulder and rehearse God’s faithfulness to you, and to all generations.”

(16:07-24:42): Is there a right and a wrong way to make an apology? Brian and Aubrey talked about this and shared their thoughts on an apology from Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden about a 2011 email. 

(24:42-34:06): Brian and Aubrey discussed Emily McFarlan Miller’s Religion News Service article, “How one Chicago church is stepping up to help Afghan evacuees.” They also talked about faith-based organizations working with Afghans overseas and in the U.S.

(34:06-51:54): Karen Swallow Prior, Research Professor of English and Christianity & Culture at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Author of “On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books,” joined Brian and Aubrey to chat about her Religion News Service article, “Beauty is the extravagance that makes us human,” and her New York Times opinion piece, “Texas’ Abortion Law Should Force America to Change Its Ways.”

Learn more about Karen and her books at karenswallowprior.com and connect with her on Twitter at @KSPrior