Our host, Jae Koo, talks with Dr. Carmen Imes. Imes is an Associate Professor of Old Testament. She appears on over 100 radio shows and podcasts like The Bible Project, Think Biblically, and the Holy Post, and she has a YouTube Channel where she releases “Torah Tuesday” videos. She writes for Christianity Today, Politics of Theology, and The Well and has written her own books like Bearing God's Name, Being God's Image, and her newest Becoming God's Family: Why the Church Still Matters which was released in October 2025.

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Our host, Jae Koo, talks with Dr. Arianna Molloy, an Associate Professor of Communication and an office hours expert. She is a scholar of organizational communication, so she knows how to use communication to help make businesses, nonprofits, churches and universities thrive. She focuses on meaningful work, work as a calling, and the connection between humility and burnout in vocation. Her first book Healthy Calling: From Toxic Burnout to Sustainable Work came out earlier this year.

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Our host, Jae Koo, talks with Dean Yamada, an award-winning filmmaker and Professor of Cinema and Media Arts at Biola University. He is a USC graduate and his work has screened at top international festivals. His short, Jitensha, earned major awards and aired on PBS. His first feature film, Cicada, shot in Tokyo alongside students and alumni and won eight awards, including the Grand Jury Award at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. As an educator, he challenges students to find their voices and empowers them to tell their stories.

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