Plodcast

In the Plodcast, pastor Douglas Wilson covers anything related to theology and culture with his usual entertaining style.

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Show overview

Plodcast has been publishing since 2017, and across the 9 years since has built a catalogue of 425 episodes. That works out to roughly 120 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 15 min and 18 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Religion & Spirituality show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 18 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Canon Press.

Episodes

425

Running

2017–2026 · 9y

Median length

16 min

Cadence

Weekly

From the publisher

In the Plodcast, pastor Douglas Wilson covers anything related to theology and culture with his usual entertaining style. Whether it involves talking about Chestertonian Calvinism (not an oxymoron), the benefits of a Classical Christian education (not in that order), or the latest pomosexuality farce, the plodcast aims to apply all of Christ to all of life, for all the world. Douglas Wilson is an evangelical, postmill, Calvinist, Reformed, and Presbyterian (pretty much in that order) and is politically to the right of Jeb Stuart.

Latest Episodes

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Ep 420The Problem with Edgelords | (Ep. 420)

In this episode, Douglas Wilson opens with an observation about the edgelords on the right who know how to attack but do not know how to govern, then continues his hamartiology series with a study of the New Testament word for hate and Christ’s command to return good for evil. He closes with a review of How the British Invented Communism (and Blamed It on the Jews), a provocative book about British intrigue, the Bolsheviks, and the Russian Revolution.For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/

Apr 1, 202618 min

Ep 1Conquered, Not Stolen | (Ep. 419)

In this episode, Douglas Wilson reflects on the domestic political fallout of the Iran war and argues that what voters reject is not war itself so much as “forever war.” He then turns to the New Testament word miasmos to describe the “lust of uncleanness” as a deepening pattern of moral slavery, and closes with a review of Not Stolen by Jeff Fynn-Paul, a historical response to the claim that America is simply “stolen land.” For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/

Mar 25, 202616 min

Ep 1You are the Carbon They Want to Reduce | (Ep. 418)

In this episode, Douglas Wilson celebrates the Trump EPA’s rollback of the greenhouse-gas endangerment finding as a blow against economic overreach, then turns to hamartiology and the New Testament word miasma to reflect on moral pollution, false conversion, and the danger of falling back into sin. He closes with a warm recommendation of A Gentleman in Moscow as a deeply engaging novel about life in captivity under communism. For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/

Mar 18, 202614 min

Ep 1The Jury’s Still Out | (Ep. 417)

In this episode, Douglas Wilson argues that the jury is still out on Trump’s tariffs, and the predicted instantaneous ruin did not materialize. He continues his hamartiological curriculum on miaino, or defilement, tracing its use from ceremonial uncleanness to moral corruption, bitterness, and false teaching, before closing with a review of Augustine and the Jews by Paula Fredrickson. For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/

Mar 11, 202616 min

Ep 1Garbage In, Garbage Out | (Ep. 416)

In this episode, Douglas Wilson considers artificial intelligence as a modern speaking idol and discusses how to make distinctions between the useful and the demonic. Then he examines the New Testament word metraloas, or murderers of mothers, to underscore the weight and breadth of the fifth commandment in the Christian life. Finally, he reviews Bruce Gordon’s biography of John Calvin’s Institutes, tracing how that monumental work rose, declined, and was recovered across the centuries of church history. For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/

Mar 4, 202612 min

Ep 1Our Friend, Bad Bunny | (Ep. 415)

In this episode, Douglas Wilson reflects on the Super Bowl halftime show and its cultural meaning, then continues his study of sin by explaining what Scripture means by having a doubtful mind and why worry is ultimately rooted in unbelief. He closes by discussing Philip Hamburger’s Separation of Church and State, clarifying the history of the phrase and what the First Amendment actually requires. For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/

Feb 25, 202614 min

Ep 1Importing the Third World | (Ep. 414)

In this episode, Douglas Wilson returns to the question of immigration, arguing that the real issue is not immigration versus no immigration but rates of immigration. He then explores the morally neutral verb metastrepho, to turn, showing how turning from vice to virtue is repentance while turning the gospel is to pervert the gospel of Christ, before concluding with a review of Plato’s Revenge and its case that the spiritual world is a necessary, empirically demonstrable reality. For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/

Feb 18, 202613 min

Ep 1AI Gone Wild | (Ep. 413)

Douglas Wilson discusses large-scale daycare fraud in Minnesota and the human nature that enables it, explores the New Testament term mempsimoros ("complainer") from the book of Jude, and reviews Wild and Glorious by Aaron Youngren—a theological reflection on artificial intelligence, its promises, pitfalls, and demonic dangers. For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/

Feb 5, 202615 min