The Sun Also Rises

Hosted by Jeremiah Jacques

The news keeps getting darker. The world seems to keep getting bleaker. But Solomon wrote, “the sun also ariseth.” The Sun Also Rises transmits the true, the bright and the beautiful, glints of light in a world going black. Each week, host Jeremiah Jacques brings you stories of refreshing accomplishment, intriguing science and inspiring lives—glimmers of hope that hint at a better world to come.

#46: 'It Was Impossible'—The Starry-Eyed Dream that Launched Us to the Moon

Aired Monday, July 15, 2019   ·   08:00 AM CDT   ·   31 minutes

We’ve seen the grainy video footage of Neil Armstrong, and heard the recording of his famous words about the “small step." In our imaginations, this unbelievable achievement has essentially been distilled down to that. But it was the result of a massive team of people laboring for a decade on an effort unlike anything that came before it.

#45: Bifocals, Belts and Books

Aired Thursday, July 4, 2019   ·   08:00 AM CDT   ·   21 minutes

This episode shines the spotlight on some individuals, companies and organizations who have looked beyond the "bottom line."

#44: Seven Steps to Be as Happy as a Finn—and Happier!

Aired Thursday, May 2, 2019   ·   08:00 AM CDT   ·   27 minutes

Finland has just been named the happiest country in the world for the second year in a row. The U.S., meanwhile, has fallen in the rankings. People in America and around the world are asking: What is Finland doing right? Why are the Finns happy? Can the Finnish model be exported to other countries? For this episode, we traveled to Finland to observe and speak with its people and to try to get some insight into those questions.

#43: The Curse of Knowledge—and How to Overcome It

Aired Thursday, March 21, 2019   ·   08:00 AM CDT   ·   31 minutes

On this episode, we discuss the "Curse of Knowledge," how each of us can overcome it, and why it is worth the effort.

#42: The Intrepid Heart of Irena Sendler

Aired Thursday, January 31, 2019   ·   08:00 AM CST   ·   25 minutes

When Irena Sendler saw the Nazis begin herding Jewish populations in Warsaw, Poland into squalid ghettos, she felt she had to help them. She decided to risk everything by trying to "rescue the drowning."

#41: Bugs

Aired Thursday, January 17, 2019   ·   08:00 AM CST   ·   27 minutes

On this episode, we take a look at some buzzing, winged, armored and leggy aspects of the natural world. We put them under the magnifying glass and consider a few lessons we can learn from them.

#40: A Scientific Look at Adam and Eve

Aired Thursday, December 13, 2018   ·   08:00 AM CST   ·   25 minutes

“A scientific discovery is also a religious discovery. Our knowledge of God is made larger with every discovery we make about the world.” Those were the words of Joseph H Taylor Jr., who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1993. This episode examines several recent scientific findings that provide confirmation of an ancient authority.

#39: Does the Language You Speak Change Your Brain?

Aired Thursday, September 27, 2018   ·   08:00 AM CDT   ·   25 minutes

A growing body of evidence shows that language doesn’t just give people a set of words to express their thoughts. It actually can have a heavy influence on those thoughts and on the behaviors they lead to. What would this mean for the thinking and behavior of a person who speaks a “pure language”?

#38: Operation Jonathan: The Most Daring Rescue Attempt in History

Aired Thursday, August 23, 2018   ·   08:07 AM CDT   ·   33 minutes

The story of a group of men who undertook a mission so dangerous and so rapidly prepared that only a fiction writer would have been optimistic about how it would turn out. But they refused to compromise with evil, so they charged into it wholeheartedly. The episode is built around an exclusive interview with Dr. Iddo Netanyahu, notable historian and brother of Israel's Prime Minister.

#37: Three Stories of Heroism—With a Twist

Aired Thursday, June 7, 2018   ·   08:00 AM CDT   ·   22 minutes

On this episode, we discuss three remarkable yet mostly forgotten stories of heroism that occurred in Soviet Armenia in the 1970s and 80s—and a twist that connects them.