My Favorite Podcasts of 2023

Episodes on faith, historic Christianity, and our muddling through this life

Mark Hackett
9 min readDec 22, 2023

Hello friends,

In what has become one of two year-end traditions (books here), I’m sharing my favorite podcast episodes from 2023 with you. This year includes 15 conversations that stuck with me.

Before we get to that, a humble request. Running this site isn’t free. I’m not trying to turn a profit from my writings and conversations, but it would be great if fees like website hosting, email service, etc were covered. If one more person signs up, we’ll be covered for 2024!

Now, on to some podcasts! I’m definitely biased, but my top two episodes are from Extra Words.

What did the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus actually do? I dived down the rabbit hole into the complex, wild world of Christian atonement theory with Dr. Jennifer Garcia Bashaw. She is a respected biblical scholar and ordained pastor.

In her powerful book Scapegoats: The Gospel through the Eyes of Victims

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Mark Hackett

Writings about faith and culture from Memphis, TN. “That relentless, tall guy.”