Another Life with Joy Marie Clarkson
A Plough Quarterly Podcast
Plough · Plough Publishing
Show overview
Another Life with Joy Marie Clarkson has been publishing since 2021, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 304 episodes. That works out to roughly 170 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 18 min and 51 min — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Society & Culture show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 weeks ago, with 9 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2023, with 77 episodes published. Published by Plough Publishing.
From the publisher
How can we live well together? What gives life purpose? How do technology, education, faith, capitalism, work, family change the way we live? Is another life possible? Plough editor Joy Marie Clarkson digs deeper into perspectives from a wide variety of writers and thinkers appearing in the pages of Plough.
Latest Episodes
View all 304 episodesLife on the Edge of Catastrophe
Faith in China
All Shall Be Well
In the latest episode of Another Life, Karen Kilby and Joy Clarkson discuss how should Christians should respond to a declining church. Read transcript here. This podcast is from Plough Quarterly, a magazine of stories, ideas, and culture to inspire faith and action. Subscribe at our introductory rate to learn how another life is possible.
An Artist Reinterprets Classic Nature Poems
Julian Peters, the comic artist behind Plough’s new anthology of nature poems, talks to Joy Clarkson. Read transcript here. Get Nature Poems to See By. This podcast is from Plough Quarterly, a magazine of stories, ideas, and culture to inspire faith and action. Subscribe at our introductory rate to learn how another life is possible.
A Season of Unveiling
Norann Voll and Joy Marie Clarkson discuss how they are observing Lent and a book of Lenten and Easter devotions that you shouldn’t miss. Read transcript here. This podcast is from Plough Quarterly, a magazine of stories, ideas, and culture to inspire faith and action. Subscribe at our introductory rate to learn how another life is possible.
On Beauty and Justice
Makoto Fujimura, Haejin Fujimura and Joy Marie Clarkson discuss how art can serve as a means of envisioning a just future. Read transcript here. This podcast is from Plough Quarterly, a magazine of stories, ideas, and culture to inspire faith and action. Subscribe at our introductory rate to learn how another life is possible.
In Defense of Iconoclasm
In this episode of Another Life, Joy Clarkson speaks with Natalie Carnes, a professor of theology at Duke University, about the role of images in worship. Read the transcript. This podcast is from Plough Quarterly, a magazine of stories, ideas, and culture to inspire faith and action. Subscribe at our introductory rate to learn how another life is possible.
Unexpected Beauty
Brandon Vaidyanathan: I discovered beauty through betrayal by my girlfriend, studying business, and my mother's mental illness. Read the transcript. This podcast is from Plough Quarterly, a magazine of stories, ideas, and culture to inspire faith and action. Subscribe at our introductory rate to learn how another life is possible.
How Does Scripture Talk About Beauty?
In a new season of the Another Life podcast, Joy Marie Clarkson and Ben Quash look at beauty in the Old and New Testaments. Read transcript here. This podcast is from Plough Quarterly, a magazine of stories, ideas, and culture to inspire faith and action. Subscribe at our introductory rate to learn how another life is possible.
Bonus episode: Paul Kingsnorth gives a talk called “Six Ways to Resist the Machine”
In his new book *Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity*, English writer Paul Kingsnorth argues that forces of economic globalization have treated people as means not ends, leading to homogenized culture and widespread nihilism. With the force of this “machine” sucking us in, how can we remain human? How can we fend off despair and cynicism when it threatens to crush our very soul? Is another life really possible after the “machine”? On October 1, 2025, Paul Kingsnorth gave this talk, sponsored by Plough. Following remarks from Kingsnorth, Jacqueline Rivers and Sean D. Kelly responded. Read the transcript here. This podcast is from Plough Quarterly, a magazine of stories, ideas, and culture to inspire faith and action. Subscribe at our introductory rate to learn how another life is possible.
Humans Aren’t the Only Pebble on the Cosmic Beach
Joy Marie Clarkson and Alison Milbank discuss the importance of angels and why parishes are good. Read transcript here. This podcast is from Plough Quarterly, a magazine of stories, ideas, and culture to inspire faith and action. Subscribe at our introductory rate to learn how another life is possible.
When You Believe in a Living God
Sarah Killam Crosby, Benjamin Crosby, and Joy Marie Clarkson discuss what happens to your life, church, and marriage when you actually believe in the Holy Spirit. Read transcript here. This podcast is from Plough Quarterly, a magazine of stories, ideas, and culture to inspire faith and action. Subscribe at our introductory rate to learn how another life is possible.
The Collective Burden of War
US Marines veteran Phil Klay talks to Joy Clarkson about going to war, honor, penance, and the burden we should all share. Read transcript here. This podcast is from Plough Quarterly, a magazine of stories, ideas, and culture to inspire faith and action. Subscribe at our introductory rate to learn how another life is possible.
Why Are People Returning to Church?
We are seeing an unexpected resurgence of openness to God and spiritual matters, and an uptick in religious participation. What’s behind it? Read the transcript. This podcast is from Plough Quarterly, a magazine of stories, ideas, and culture to inspire faith and action. Subscribe at our introductory rate to learn how another life is possible.
Introducing Another Life Podcast
To live in better we have to begin with the conviction that another life is possible. That is what this podcast aims to explore. In today's inaugural episode, Joy interviews Plough Editor-in-chief Peter Mommsen, and senior editor Maureen Swinger and her husband, Jason. Read the transcript. This podcast is from Plough Quarterly, a magazine of stories, ideas, and culture to inspire faith and action. Subscribe at our introductory rate to learn how another life is possible.
In Defense of Pint and Pipe by Malcolm Guite
Smoking and drinking carry known risks. Here’s why I haven’t given them up.
Against Self-Optimization by David Zahl
The wellness industry sells you a version of yourself it can’t deliver. Hope lies elsewhere.
The Exploitation of Immigrant Care Workers by Hazel Thompson
Hidden in plain sight, foreign health aides in UK care homes face exploitation.
What My First Psychiatric Patient Taught Me by Abraham M. Nussbaum
Sharon could hardly leave the house. She showed me the wonder and limits of therapy.
Abraham’s Warring Children by Kelsey Osgood
After October 7, can a Muslim-Christian-Jewish center in Abu Dhabi make any difference?