Can Christianity stand up against history’s greatest critics?
In Season 1, Brandon Vogt talks with eight legendary critics—Kant, Nietzsche, Hume, and others—for sharp, honest conversations that pull no punches.
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Episode 1: “Is God Dead?” with Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche shook the modern world with his claim that God was dead and that humanity must create its own meaning. In this electric episode of Dead Men Talking, Brandon Vogt sits down with the father of modern atheism to ask: If God is dead, what’s there instead? And can the world survive without God? Watch as we find out whether the death of God was really the end, or just the beginning.
Episode 2: “Can Morality Exist Without God?” with Immanuel Kant
What if right and wrong could be built on reason alone? In this mind-bending encounter, Brandon Vogt challenges philosopher Immanuel Kant, who believed human reason, rather than God or religion, could anchor morality. But if God is removed, what gives moral law its authority? Watch as faith and philosophy collide in a debate that asks whether morality is merely a product of logic or something much greater.
Episode 3: “Is Belief in God Just Wish Fulfillment?” with Sigmund Freud
In this face-off, Brandon Vogt confronts Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, who claimed religion was a fantasy built to soothe the human psyche. But if faith is just wishful thinking, why does every culture keep wishing for God? Watch as psychology meets theology in a debate that exposes whether God is merely in our heads or has been speaking to our hearts all along.
Episode 4: “Is Religion the Opiate of the People?” with Karl Marx
Karl Marx saw religion as a drug, the “opium of the people.” He believed it existed to numb the poor to their suffering and keep the powerful in control. But what if faith isn’t a sedative, but a spark? In this exchange, Brandon Vogt and Marx go head-to-head over the soul of society, asking whether Christianity pacifies the oppressed or empowers them to transform the world. Watch as Brandon turns Marx’s famous critique on its head, showing that the Gospel doesn’t dull the pain of injustice; it transforms it.
Episode 5: “Has Christianity Done More Harm than Good?” with Voltaire
Voltaire was the Enlightenment’s sharpest critic of religion, convinced that Christianity had caused more bloodshed than blessing. In this heated debate, Brandon Vogt faces him to ask: Has faith truly poisoned history, or has it healed it? From crusades and corruption to hospitals, human rights, and the rise of science, the two clash over whether the evidence against the Church saves or condemns it.
Episode 6: “Can We Believe in Miracles?” with David Hume
David Hume, the philosopher who dismantled belief in the supernatural, claimed that no rational person could believe in miracles. In this sharp exchange, Brandon Vogt confronts him head-on, asking whether reason truly rules out revelation—or whether miracles are not violations of nature, but signs of something greater than it. Watch as faith and skepticism collide in a debate over evidence, probability, and the possibility that God might still act in the world.
Episode 7: “Can Life Have Meaning Without God?” with Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre believed life has no given purpose—that we must create meaning in a universe of silence. In this haunting conversation, Brandon Vogt sits down with the father of existentialism to ask whether freedom without God is liberation or despair. Together they wrestle with the ache of modern man: Can love, morality, and hope survive once heaven is empty? Watch as Brandon challenges Sartre’s defiant humanism with a vision where meaning isn’t invented, but discovered.
Episode 8: “Is the Bible Divine Revelation or Human Invention?” with Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza, the philosopher who redefined God as impersonal nature, dared to treat the Bible like any other book. In this groundbreaking debate, Brandon Vogt questions whether revelation can be reduced to human imagination, or whether its very endurance points to something divine. From prophecy to inspiration, from reason to revelation, they explore whether the Word of God was merely written about God—or written by Him.
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Enjoy “Dead Men Talking“? Learn how to dialogue like Brandon...
Get all THREE volumes of his bestselling book series What to Say and How to Say It for just $7 (with free shipping!) plus one FREE month of ClaritasU!
3 books + ClaritasU =
$7 (w/ free shipping)
ClaritasU is an ever-growing library of online courses designed to help you share your Catholic faith with clarity and confidence. Never get tongue-tied again when a family member, friend or coworker asks questions like:
- Why is the Church against IVF when it claims to be pro-life?
- What’s the big deal with two men getting married?
- How could a loving, all-powerful God allow so much suffering in the world?
- Shouldn’t couples be able to use contraception to plan their family size?
- And more!
MEET BRANDON VOGT
Brandon Vogt is a Catholic new media pioneer. He is the bestselling author of 13 books and the founder of ClaritasU, which trains Catholics to talk about their faith, especially on hot-button issues.
He works as the Senior Publishing Director for Bishop Robert Barron’s Word on Fire Catholic Ministries, where he has published over 150 books, selling 7 million copies.
Brandon has been named one of the Top 30 Catholics Under 30 and was identified as “one of the U.S. Catholic leaders of today” by The Catholic Herald. His books have been #1 Amazon bestsellers and earned multiple first-place awards from the Catholic Press Association and the Association of Catholic Publishers.
Several media outlets, including NPR, Fox News, CBS, EWTN, Vatican Radio, Our Sunday Visitor, National Review, and Christianity Today, have featured Brandon's work.
MEET
BRANDON VOGT
Brandon Vogt is a Catholic new media pioneer. He is the bestselling author of 13 books and the founder of ClaritasU, which trains Catholics to talk about their faith, especially on hot-button issues.
He works as the Senior Publishing Director for Bishop Robert Barron’s Word on Fire Catholic Ministries, where he has published over 150 books, selling 7 million copies.
Brandon has been named one of the Top 30 Catholics Under 30 and was identified as “one of the U.S. Catholic leaders of today” by The Catholic Herald. His books have been #1 Amazon bestsellers and earned multiple first-place awards from the Catholic Press Association and the Association of Catholic Publishers.
Several media outlets, including NPR, Fox News, CBS, EWTN, Vatican Radio, Our Sunday Visitor, National Review, and Christianity Today, have featured Brandon's work.
