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Ye Gods With Scott Carter

NPR Network

Host Scott Carter, an award-winning executive producer and writer, known for his work on Real Time with Bill Maher and Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, explores codes of religious, cultural and secular conduct. Among Carter's diverse celebrity guests are Martin Short, Bob Costas, Ken Burns, Patricia Heaton, Killer Mike, Sam Harris, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Larry Wilmore, Moon Zappa, Rainn Wilson, Yvonne Orji, Rabbi Steve Leder and Tim Gunn.

© Ye Gods 2025 - 2027

Host Scott Carter, an award-winning executive producer and writer, known for his work on Real Time with Bill Maher and Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, explores codes of religious, cultural and secular conduct. Among Carter's diverse celebrity guests are Martin Short, Bob Costas, Ken Burns, Patricia Heaton, Killer Mike, Sam Harris, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Larry Wilmore, Moon Zappa, Rainn Wilson, Yvonne Orji, Rabbi Steve Leder and Tim Gunn.

© Ye Gods 2025 - 2027
31hr 49min
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May 6, 202650min 35sec48.57 MB
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May 13, 202650min 43sec48.69 MB
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April 29, 202650min 30sec48.48 MB
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April 22, 202650min 30sec48.48 MB
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April 15, 202650min 30sec48.48 MB
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April 8, 202650min 30sec48.48 MB
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April 1, 202650min 30sec48.48 MB
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March 25, 202650min 29sec48.48 MB
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March 18, 202650min 30sec48.48 MB
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March 11, 202650min 26sec48.42 MB
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March 4, 202650min 30sec48.48 MB
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February 25, 202650min 30sec48.48 MB
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February 18, 202650min 46sec48.74 MB
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February 11, 202650min 30sec48.48 MB
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February 4, 202650min 41sec48.67 MB
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January 28, 202650min 43sec48.7 MB
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January 21, 202650min 30sec48.48 MB
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January 14, 202650min 31sec48.51 MB
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January 7, 202650min48.01 MB
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December 31, 202512min 9sec11.67 MB
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December 22, 202549min 40sec47.68 MB
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December 17, 202550min 30sec48.48 MB
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December 10, 202548min 25sec46.48 MB
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December 3, 202550min 30sec48.48 MB
Thumbnail for "Susie Essman - The God of Comedy/Armin Shimerman - Humor, Humanity, and the Unknown".
November 26, 202550min 29sec267.25 MB
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November 19, 202550min 29sec48.36 MB
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November 12, 202552min 18sec50.22 MB
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November 5, 202550min 30sec48.48 MB
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November 3, 202527min 9sec26.08 MB
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October 29, 202550min 45sec48.73 MB
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October 22, 202549min 46sec263.44 MB
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October 15, 202550min 30sec48.48 MB
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October 8, 202550min 29sec48.47 MB
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October 1, 202550min 30sec48.48 MB
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September 24, 202550min 30sec48.48 MB
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September 17, 202550min 30sec48.48 MB
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September 10, 202550min 30sec48.48 MB
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September 3, 202550min 30sec48.48 MB
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August 27, 202550min 37sec48.6 MB
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August 20, 20251min 51sec1.78 MB
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August 14, 202515sec1.32 MB

Stephen Mitchell

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May 6, 202650min 35sec

Stephen Mitchell is an author, editor, and translator of classic and spiritual literature. His 1988 translation into English of the TAO TE CHING by Lao Tzu, and its accompanying audio book have been indispensable guides to millions of seekers. 

We discuss how spiritual texts come to be written, the history of the translating and compiling of the Christian gospels, and why Stephen was compelled to untangle Jesus’s teachings for himself.

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