Latest Episode: The Darkness of God
Shores of Ignorance is a weekly conversation between Matt McCloskey and Michael Vaclav. Each week they wade into the questions that sit at the edge of what they understand — faith, culture, philosophy, and the ordinary mysteries of being human.
No experts. No tidy answers. Just two friends trying to think out loud.
“As the island of Knowledge grows, so do the shores of our ignorance.”
“As the island of Knowledge grows, so do the shores of our ignorance – the boundary between the known and the unknown. Learning more about the world doesn’t lead to a point closer to a final destination but to more questions and mysteries.”
— Marcelo Gleiser
Conversations on theology, philosophy, culture, and the questions we keep returning to.
Matt and Michael open with T.S. Eliot's East Coker III, a dense meditation on darkness, waiting, and the limits of human understanding. The poem's command to wait without hope and wait without love sparks a conversation…
Matt and Michael open by celebrating Medici's 20th anniversary. Michael reflects on two decades of coffee shops, community, heartbreak, and over a thousand baristas hired. The conversation turns to the cost of building…
Matt and Michael open with a meditation on purpose. Why do they do this podcast? No agenda, no growth targets, no monetization strategy. Just two friends showing up every Wednesday for six years. Matt connects this to…
Matt and Michael open with the paradox of getting your ass kicked and somehow feeling more alive because of it. Matt shares his realization that there is no "there" to arrive at. The car ride IS the destination. Flat…
Matt and Michael mark eight years of the podcast with a question someone recently asked Michael. Does the devil exist? What follows is a winding conversation through evil, morality, materialism, and the logic of the…
Matt and Michael open with a toast to Glenn Hansard, who passed away that morning at 56. Matt reflects on how musicians he's never met have shaped his life in real, relational ways. This sparks a conversation about what…
Shores of Ignorance is a weekly podcast hosted by Matt McCloskey and Michael Vaclav. Each week we wade into the questions that sit at the edge of what we understand — faith, culture, philosophy, and the ordinary mysteries of being human.
No experts. No tidy answers. Just two friends trying to think out loud.
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