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Ryan Lauterio and The Maker Institute [The Pugcast]

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4.7957 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Today the Pugs are pleased to welcome Ryan Lauterio of The Maker Institute of Richmond, Virginia onto the show! Ryan is an academic and artist who taught at Virginia Commonwealth University and is now the Chief Executive Officer of The Maker Institute. The mission of the Institute is to develop Gospel-gripped, theologically minded, adept culture makers who faithfully seek to glorify Christ in all things. The Pugs enjoyed a free ranging conversation about the arts generally speaking and the current state of arts education.

 

Learn more about The Maker Institute: https://themakerinstitute.org/

 

The Builder documentary referenced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z74o1Ld5eUE

 

Support the Pugcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thetheologypugcast?fbclid=IwAR17UHhfzjphO52C_kkZfursA_C784t0ldFix0wyB4fd-YOJpmOQ3dyqGf8

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, welcome to Theology Podcast. We're really glad to have you here for this special episode.

0:06.2

We've got a guest, and we're going to let him introduce himself in a minute. But just give you a little bit of background on who the hosts are in case is your first time tuning in.

0:15.5

I'm C.R. Wiley. I'm a pastor. I serve a church in the Pacific Northwest. I've written a number of books. My most recent book is entitled, in the House of Tom Bombadil. I'm working on another book,

0:25.6

just wrapping up, entitled St. Anthony's Guide to Surviving the AI Apocalypse.

0:31.6

Just a low bar of, like, in terms of what I'm striving for there.

0:39.4

Anyway, by the way, just another piece of background in case folks didn't know and it's

0:47.4

relevant to the show, I come from a family of artists and academics, and I've actually

0:53.3

illustrated some books and done some things in the art scene.

0:56.9

And I wanted to be a comic book artist when I was a kid. That was my big dream.

1:00.8

Anyway, you'll see why that's relevant in the minute.

1:03.8

Okay, Tom.

1:04.9

I'm Tom Price. I do not draw that well. Neither do I paint well.

1:09.5

But I do play the guitar, did my undergraduate in classical and jazz

1:13.8

guitar, actually. And I also teach theology, Christian ethics, and philosophy. One of the places is

1:19.3

Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. Okay, Glenn, tell us about bagpipes. Yes, I'm Glenn Sunshine.

1:27.2

We're on a steady decline in artistic ability here.

1:32.0

I am a historian specializing in Renaissance and Reformation Europe, now retired from Central

1:38.3

Connecticut State University. I am a ministry associate at Reflections Ministries, sort of.

1:45.0

Senior fellow, it's Colson's inner Christian worldview.

1:48.0

I've got my own ministry, every square inch ministries.

1:51.0

I play a variety of instruments at an amateur level, almost all of which involve wind,

1:57.0

and that includes a 16th century German bagpipe. In terms of visual arts, my godfather

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