Episodes

  • The Jess Jennings Incident - An Anxious Poet's Miniseries - Ninth Report
    Apr 16 2026

    The books or articles quoted in my commentary are:

    Binding the Strong Man: A Political Reading of Mark's Gospel by Ched Myers

    Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind, by Tom Holland.

    The Secret Message of Jesus: Uncovering the Truth that Could Change Everything by Brian D McLaren.

    Any reflections, comments, thoughts, and perhaps your own idea of a retelling in your setting, please send them to me at

    theanxiouspoetspodcast@gmail.com

    You can read the text and see accompanying material on my Substack - https://adriangrscott.substack.com

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    46 mins
  • The Jess Jennings Incident - An Anxious Poet's Miniseries - Eighth Report
    Apr 9 2026

    The books or articles quoted in my commentary are:

    Binding the Strong Man : A Political Reading of Mark's Gospel by Ched Myers

    What Jesus Meant by Gary Wills

    The World, the Flesh, and the Devil: The Spiral of Violence - Wednesday, October 21, 2015 -

    https://cac.org/daily-meditations/world-flesh-devil-spiral-violence-2015-10-21/

    Any reflections, comments, thoughts, and perhaps your own idea of a retelling in your setting, please send to me at

    theanxiouspoetspodcast@gmail.com

    You can read the text and see accompanying material on my substack - https://adriangrscott.substack.com

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    49 mins
  • The Jess Jennings Incident - An Anxious Poet's Miniseries - Seventh Report
    Apr 1 2026

    The books quoted in my commentary are:

    A Poor Man Called Jesus by Jose Cardenas Pallares

    The Secret Message of Jesus by Brian D. McLaren

    Pope Leo's Homily for Palm Sunday - Read Here

    Any reflections, comments, thoughts, and perhaps your own idea of a retelling in your setting, please send to me at

    theanxiouspoetspodcast@gmail.com

    You can read the text and see accompanying material on my substack - https://adriangrscott.substack.com

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    36 mins
  • The Jess Jennings Incident - An Anxious Poet's Miniseries - Sixth Report
    Mar 25 2026

    The books quoted in my commentary are:

    The Gospel In Solentiname - Ernesto Cardenal

    Jon Sobrino - Spiritual Writings - Ed Robert Lassalle-Klein

    Christology At The Crossroads- Jon Sobrino

    The Secret Message of Jesus by Brian D. McLaren

    Any reflections, comments, thoughts, and perhaps your own idea of a retelling in your setting, please send to me at

    theanxiouspoetspodcast@gmail.com

    You can read the text and see accompanying material on my substack - https://adriangrscott.substack.com

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    47 mins
  • The Jess Jennings Incident - An Anxious Poet's Miniseries - Fifth Report
    Mar 18 2026

    The books quoted in my commentary are:

    The Secret Message of Jesus by Brian D. McLaren

    A Poor Man Called Jesus by Jose Cardenas Pallares

    Any reflections, comments, thoughts, and perhaps your own idea of a retelling in your setting, please send to me at

    theanxiouspoetspodcast@gmail.com

    You can read the text and see accompanying material on my substack - https://adriangrscott.substack.com

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    47 mins
  • The Jess Jennings Incident - An Anxious Poet's Miniseries - Fourth Report
    Mar 11 2026

    The book quoted in my commentary is:

    The Secret Message of Jesus by Brian D. McLaren

    Any reflections, comments, thoughts, and perhaps your own idea of a retelling in your setting, please send them to me at

    theanxiouspoetspodcast@gmail.com

    You can read the text and see accompanying material on my Substack - https://adriangrscott.substack.com

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    44 mins
  • The Jess Jennings Incident - An Anxious Poet's Miniseries - Third Report
    Mar 5 2026

    The books quoted in my commentary are:

    The Secret Message of Jesus by Brian D. McLaren

    A Poor Man Called Jesus by Jose Cardenas Pallares

    The Great Turning - From Empire to Earth Community by David C Korten

    Any reflections, comments, thoughts, and perhaps your own idea of a retelling in your setting, please send to me at

    theanxiouspoetspodcast@gmail.com

    You can read the text and see accompanying material on my substack - https://adriangrscott.substack.com

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    47 mins
  • The Jess Jennigs Incident - An Anxious Poet's Miniseries - Second Report
    Feb 25 2026

    The Hermeneutic Circle I mention is from this book: The Liberation of Theology (1976), written by Juan Luis Segundo, S.J., translated by John Drury, and published by Orbis Books. The second book mentioned is The Secret Message of Jesus by Brian D. McLaren. The Third is The Great Emergence by Phyllis Tickle.

    Here is a link to the Good News translation that I reference. Good News Translation

    Here is a link to the Message Translation, which is useful if you are very familiar with the text and need a fresh take. The Message Translation

    To read along with the test of the reports, go to my Substack - https://adriangrscott.substack.com/

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    34 mins