Host Curtis Chang and “founding friend” David French dive into the five stories that dominated David’s summer. From Ukraine’s bold advance into Russia and the failed assassination attempt on Donald Trump to Joe Biden’s unexpected exit from the presidential race and a pair of astronauts lost in space, they cover it all. They even offer a moment of awe in honor of Steph Curry’s golden moment at the Paris Olympics. The Psalms and Tolkien get obligatory shout outs, too. It’s been one wild summer, and the original Good Faith team is here to unpack it all.

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Referenced in this episode by Curtis and David:

• Learn more about Buzz Aldrin’s lunar communion (with photos of his handwritten Psalm 8 quote)

• Read Psalm 8 HERE

• Steph Curry gets Team USA over the finish line in gold medal game

• Scholarly paper on religion in Tolkien’s work, including a reference to: “The wind is in the West”

• Read Psalm 133 HERE

• David French writes about Ukraine’s advance into Russia

• Read about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s rejection of a United States’ evacuation offer in 2022

• Learn more about George Washington’s Society of the Cincinnati

• Read about “Workism” and the Pew Research that unpacks it

• Read “The Business of Being Lorne Michaels”

• After the Trump assassination attempt failed, Kimberly Cheatle, the Secret Service Director, resigns

More From David French:

• Read David French’s opinion pieces HERE

• Follow David French on Threads