Good conversation about great ideas. Opening Question is the official podcast of the Torrey Honors College at Biola University. Learn more about the Torrey Honors College at https://www.biola.edu/torrey
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Signup to Generate a PitchRecent episodes include "Where are all the women?" (12 May 2026, 45 minutes), "Doesn't everyone already know the ending?" (12 May 2026, 42 minutes), and "What is the noon-day demon?" (12 May 2026, 47 minutes).
Booking probability for Opening Question is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Opening Question requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Opening Question's contact route on record: public web form.
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Opening Question is a religion podcast with 40 episodes published.
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Episode #7
<p>Students often ask us, why does it take so long to get to a female author in our curriculum? Paul, Fred, Ellie, and guest faculty member Dr. Laurie Wilson discuss!</p><p><br/></p><p>Hosted by: Ellie Martin, Dr. Paul...
Episode #3
<p>SPOILERS! We talk about spoilers and we spoil some things. </p><p><br/></p><p>Hosted by: Ellie Martin, Dr. Paul Spears, and Dr. Fred Sanders<br/>Executive Producer: Ellie Martin<br/>Editor and Producer: Jack...
Episode #10
<p>Faculty guest Dr. Janelle Aijian joins Fred, Ellie, and Paul to talk through her research on acedia, or the "noon-day demon" - a sin that tempts you not to be lazy or slothful (as its usually translated) but rather...
Episode #8
<p>We know the drill: you choose your major based on the career you want, and the job you hope to get. Right? But what about that whole "liberal arts" part of your degree - what's all that for? Paul, Ellie, and Fred...
Opening Question
<p>In the Torrey Honors College curriculum, we spend four years marching through nothing but the Great Books, beginning with Homer and ending.... barely in the 20th century? What's going on? Paul, Ellie, and Fred talk...
Episode #6
<p>Ellie, Fred, and Paul bring it back to basics and ask: Why discuss in the first place? What makes discussion different from lecture, and why is it our favorite thing to do?</p><p><br/></p><p>Hosted by: Ellie Martin...
Episode #5
<p>Ah, the age old question for Torrey students. What happens if you have a few bad class sessions in a row. Is everything broken? Is your education a failure? Ellie, Fred, and Paul talk about not-so-good sessions and...
Episode #1
<p>It's the beginning of the academic year! And that means our incoming students are busy reading The Iliad and The Odyssey. In the first episode this season, Ellie, Fred, and Paul talk epics - what are they, why are...
Opening Question
<p>Ellie, Fred, and Paul are joined by faculty guest Dr. Isaac Blois to talk about the value of "pagan" literature. We ask: is reading just for fun, or just for learning? Can you learn from books other than the Bible...
Episode #2
<p>We open every class session with an Opening Question....but should it be an Answered Question by the time our three hours of class are up? Fred, Paul, and Ellie are joined by Dr. Siân Draycott to answer this question...
Episode #11
<p>Ellie, Fred, and Paul discuss what it means to be a "perpetual member" - our fancy name for alumni - and all that comes after you leave Torrey. </p><p><br/></p><p>Hosted by: Ellie Martin, Dr. Paul Spears, and Dr...
Episode #7
<p>As we wrap up our semester, it's a great time to discuss our end-of-semester oral exam, affectionately named "Don Rags." Join Ellie, Fred, and Paul as we talk through what an oral exam is, how it works, and why we do...
Episode #6
<p>Paul, Ellie, and Fred are joined by another Torrey faculty member, Dr. Greg Peters. Dr. Peters is a professor of monastic studies, and in this episode we discuss what it's like to be a specialist in a generalist...
Episode #5
<p>Join Fred, Paul, and Ellie in our discussion on the timelessness of truth. We've talked in the past about "chronological snobbery" - the impression that whatever comes out today must inherently be better than what...
Episode #4
<p>Join Ellie, Fred, and Paul as we finish our discussion on the Great Books tradition. We wrap up the convo we started last week on the roots of Torrey, so be sure to tune it to that episode if you haven't yet...
Episode #3
<p>Fred, Ellie, and Paul talk history in this two-part episode. We often describe the Torrey Honors College as a "Great Books Program", but what is the Great Books movement and how did it emerge? There was lots to talk...
Episode #2
<p>Torrey faculty member Dr. Adam Johnson joins Paul, Fred, and Ellie to talk about Torrey Parks, Traherne, and being outside. Learn more about one of our summer Off-Campus trips, Torrey Parks (led by Dr. Johnson), and...
Episode #1
<p>Welcome back for Season 4! In our opening episode, Ellie, Fred, and Paul discuss what the Socratic method is in general. We talk a lot about how we do what we do, but we wanted to take a step back to discuss what it...
Opening Question
<p>The life of reading and the mind seems like something you might get to do in college, but then never again. After all, who isn’t tired after working all day?! In our final episode of season 3, Ellie, Fred, and Paul...
Opening Question
<p>Ah, a question we get all the time from our incoming students: but surely I don’t need to read Antigone again, or The Odyssey, or Dante’s Inferno again - I read those already in high school! Paul, Ellie, and Fred...
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systematic theologian and professor, Torrey Honors College at Biola University
Director of Partnership Outreach, Youth For Christ (East Michigan)
Principal Product Engineer and Robotics & Automation Lead, Nashotah House Theological Seminary
assistant professor of surgery and assistant professor in population health science, American Podiatric Medical Association
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