Welcome to The Cartographers, a podcast to help Christian leaders map a changing cultural landscape in the 21st century. Join us, Bryce Hales and Ashley Hales, Pastor and PhD, as we explore with our guests how to cultivate fruitful and resilient lives and communities.
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Are Men the Problem? A Conversation with Aaron Renn
What does healthy masculinity look like? This week, Aaron Renn joins Bryce and Ashley to discuss the formation of men today, how men lived in the past, and how men can live well in the future.
Aaron Renn: "The Three World's of Evangelicalism (https://firstthings.com/the-three-worlds-of-evangelicalism/)"
Mary Harrington: Feminism Against Progress (https://swiftpress.com/book/feminism-against-progress/)
Aaron Renn is a writer and consultant in Indianapolis. He is the author of Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture.
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The Cartographers is a production of The Willowbrae Institute, a think tank researching the intersection of American Christianity and the common good.
25 Nov 2025
Where are Men Going? A Conversation with Jake Meador
How have our modern technologies transformed the lives of young men? This week, Jake Meador joins Bryce and Ashley to discuss the cultural forces shaping men and masculinity today, the ways technology has reformed masculine formation, and the relationship of men to the new right.
Jake Meador: "Four Types of Christian Cultural Engagement"
Katherine Dee: "How the Internet Made the Far-Right"
Jake Meador is the editor-in-chief of Mere Orthodoxy. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, First Things, National Review, Christianity Today, and more. He is also a contributing editor at Plough and a contributing writer at The Dispatch.
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4 Nov 2025
Midseason Reflection: Double Standards and Hallucinogenic Violence
Take a peak behind the curtain with Bryce and Ashley as they discuss some of the articles they've been mulling over recently. Bryce and Ashley discuss the existence of double standards against men today, the cross-gender pornification of our culture, the desire men and women feel for discipleship, and how we can meet those desires in ways that are both affirmative and redemptive.
The Agenda:
- Jen Hatmaker and the double standard against men
- Is hypermasculinity a problem?
- The shift from individualism to mob identity
- Pornography is a violent hallucinogen
- Reflection questions!
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