Centre for Public Christianity‘s (CPX) Life & Faith is one of my favourite podcasts. I’ve listened to every episode on their website, some multiple times. They’ve done over 250 episodes! I recently transcribed some of their episodes:
- CPX Interview the Director of Hellbound
- John Dickson & Simon Smart discuss hell
- Non-violence—Twice As Effective As Violence?
- Christianity—Motivating Violence & Non-violence?
- A surprising conversion, an unusual childhood, & an apologist’s apology—Orr-Ewing interview
- Can a loving God judge evil & hold people to account?—Orr-Ewing interview
- The Ring of Truth, the Keeper of the Holy Quran, & a Visceral Struggle—Orr-Ewing interview
I’ve also engaged with CPX:
- Engaging Shumack: justice and the death penalty
- Engaging with CPX’s discussion of hell—part 1
- Engaging Dickson & Smart: Loving Judgment, Shalom, & Eternal Proportionality?
- Doubt & Desire: Peter Rollins vs John Dickson
Anyway, just for fun, I wrote a Python program that scanned their website to find details on every episode—from that, I was able to determine the top 10 most downloaded episodes (as of 4/3/2017).
Top 10 Life & Faith episodes
Episode # | Title | Downloads |
129 | Halloween | 2574 |
127 | Rewriting Jesus | 2476 |
206 | Beautiful Proof | 2387 |
226 | Transgender Identity | 1545 |
173 | Wise Science | 1481 |
202 | Exceptional | 1423 |
183 | Was There a Baby in the Manger? | 1390 |
232 | Things You Cannot Prove | 1359 |
204 | Freedom Regained | 1343 |
211 | How Would Jesus Vote | 1338 |
I also plotted the “Downloads vs Age” of all the episodes, which shows the growth in the podcast’s popularity:

