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2025-12-30

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Introducing The End of the World As We Know It from How God Works: The Science Behind Spirituality. Follow the show: How God Works: The Science Behind Spirituality These days, it feels like the end of the world is always just around the corner. From RaptureTok to climate doom and geopolitical upheaval, someone always seems to be predicting an impending apocalypse. But how does believing in The End affect how we are in the world? And is there a healthier way to navigate living in uncertain times? On this episode, we’ll talk to writer Dina Nayeri about growing up in a community that saw the apocalypse as right around the corner, and what she now sees as the dangers of that worldview. We’ll also talk to historian Kim Haines-Eitzen about how the apocalypse was originally understood in ancient texts, and what’s been lost in modern interpretations. Dina Nayeri is the author of the essay “Yearning for the end of the world,” as well as several other novels, plays, short stories, essays, and memoirs, including her most recent book, Who Gets Believed: When the Truth Isn’t Enough. Learn more about her on her website. Dr. Kim Haines-Eitzen is a Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Religions at Cornell University, and a Fellow at the National Humanities Center, where she is working on a forthcoming book project about the apocalypse. Learn more about her other research on her website.  DISCLAIMER: Please note, this is an independent podcast episode not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced in conjunction with the host podcast feed or any of its media entities. The views and opinions expressed in this episode are solely those of the creators and guests. For any concerns, please reach out to team@podroll.fm.
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  • Late December always brings a certain mood.

  • A sense of endings, of cycles closing, of standing on the edge of something new.

  • And moments like that tend to make us reflect a little more than usual on where we've been and where we're headed.

  • But that instinct to think about what comes next sometimes goes much further.

  • In Focus this evening, a glitch that could short-circuit cyberspace.

  • On New Year's Day, 2000, is it possible that we're in for an international disaster?

  • Predictions about the end of the world have surfaced again and again over the centuries.

  • Even in my own lifetime, there was the Y2K tech pocalypse of 1999.

  • Fears of the Y2K bug are keeping many people grounded,

  • and most say they'll settle for being close to home with family and friends.

  • Everyone knows the failure of Uncle Sam's computers will be chaos.

  • Glitches in the air traffic control system, breakdowns in oversight of nuclear plants and weapons.

  • The Nibiru Cataclysm of 2003, where an unknown planet was supposed to pass by the Earth,

  • ending life as we know it.

  • Like his previous predictions,