{"id":15591,"date":"2011-11-15T09:23:26","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T14:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christandpopculture.com\/?p=15591"},"modified":"2011-11-15T09:23:26","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T14:23:26","slug":"podcast-105-meditating-on-penn-states-moral-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/christandpopculture\/2011\/11\/podcast-105-meditating-on-penn-states-moral-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #105: Meditating on Penn State&#039;s Moral Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/christandpopculture\/11152011.mp3\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Podcast #105: Meditating on Penn State\u2019s Moral Failure<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What happened at Penn State is more than a typical sports-related scandal \u2013 it\u2019s a moral failure that violates inherent human law and a social agreement of common human decency. The public is rightly outraged. But what does it mean? What do we do now? Why did it happen? And what can we learn from it? This week, editor-in-chief Richard Clark hosts two CaPC writers, Nick Olson (who wrote <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christandpopculture.com\/featured\/happy-valley-the-delusion-of-penn-states-paradise-lost\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">yesterday\u2019s must-read article<\/a> addressing this issue) and Jason Morehead who discuss the ins and outs of the situation.<\/p>\n<p><em>Every week, various Christ and Pop Culture writers delve deeper into recent articles and address some of the bigger issues in popular culture.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We love feedback. If you\u2019d like to respond, you can comment on the Web site or send an e-mail to christandpopculture@gmail.com<\/em><em>. 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