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.
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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.
Episodes
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#70: ‘To the Shores of Tripoli’
Listened
Fri, 13 Feb 2026
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#69: R.J. Mitchell—Recognizing Evil and Engineering a Masterpiece to Defeat It
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Wed, 06 Aug 2025
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#68: ‘The Diamonds Are in Our Hands’ —An Example of Courage and Resolve for the History Books
Listened
Tue, 30 Jul 2024
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#67: Exoplanets and the Search for Earth 2.0
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Thu, 20 Jun 2024
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#66: Swallowing Fire (2024)
Listened
Thu, 28 Mar 2024
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#65: Look for the Helpers —Ukraine Edition
Listened
Thu, 05 Jan 2023
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#64: 'Like a Fairytale'—Once Dead, the North Aral Sea Is Now Teeming With Life
Listened
Thu, 11 Aug 2022
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#63: A Song Makes You Feel a Thought
Listened
Thu, 23 Jun 2022
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#62: The Defenders of Mariupol, Ukraine
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Thu, 26 May 2022
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#61: Regreening the Deserts
Listened
Wed, 23 Jun 2021
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#60: See Beyond
Listened
Thu, 03 Jun 2021
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#59: Rejecting the Default
Listened
Thu, 04 Mar 2021
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#58: The Watery Veil
Listened
Thu, 11 Feb 2021
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#57: A Good Example Is the Best Sermon
Listened
Thu, 31 Dec 2020
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#56: Giraffes —Africa's Gentle Giants
Listened
Thu, 10 Sep 2020
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#55: Surviving Hiroshima - 75 Years Later
Listened
Thu, 06 Aug 2020
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#54: The Woman Who Saved the Man Who Saved the World
Listened
Wed, 17 Jun 2020
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#53: Opening a ‘Rare Window’ Into the Heavens
Listened
Wed, 15 Apr 2020
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#52: A Little-Known Attempt by the Philippines' Quezon to Save 10,000 Jews From Hitler
Listened
Thu, 05 Mar 2020
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#51: From Apples to Planets
Listened
Thu, 23 Jan 2020
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#50: An Ornament in Prosperity and a Refuge in Adversity
Listened
Thu, 21 Nov 2019
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#49: Out of the Ashes
Listened
Thu, 10 Oct 2019
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#48: The Unlikely Story of the U.S.'s National Anthem
Listened
Thu, 12 Sep 2019
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#47: The Glorious Cause
Listened
Thu, 22 Aug 2019
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#46: 'It Was Impossible'—The Starry-Eyed Dream that Launched Us to the Moon
Listened
Mon, 15 Jul 2019
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#45: Bifocals, Belts and Books
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Thu, 04 Jul 2019
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#44: Seven Steps to Be as Happy as a Finn—and Happier!
Listened
Thu, 02 May 2019
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#43: The Curse of Knowledge—and How to Overcome It
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Thu, 21 Mar 2019
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#42: The Intrepid Heart of Irena Sendler
Listened
Thu, 31 Jan 2019
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#41: Bugs
Listened
Thu, 17 Jan 2019
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#40: A Scientific Look at Adam and Eve
Listened
Thu, 13 Dec 2018
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#39: Does the Language You Speak Change Your Brain?
Listened
Thu, 27 Sep 2018
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#38: Operation Jonathan: The Most Daring Rescue Attempt in History
Listened
Thu, 23 Aug 2018
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#37: Three Stories of Heroism—With a Twist
Listened
Thu, 07 Jun 2018
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#36: The Camping Trip That Changed American History
Listened
Thu, 12 Apr 2018
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#35: Scotland's Bell Rock Lighthouse —An Impossible Accomplishment
Listened
Thu, 01 Mar 2018
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#34: Beginning, Middle and End— The Power of Storytelling
Listened
Thu, 01 Feb 2018
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#33: What If America’s Founders Had Settled in Russia?
Listened
Wed, 22 Nov 2017
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#32: Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver
Listened
Thu, 26 Oct 2017
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#31: Get Thee to the Path!
Listened
Thu, 10 Aug 2017
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#30: Escaping East Germany by Hot Air Balloon
Listened
Thu, 01 Jun 2017
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#29: The Bible Scoops Science?
Listened
Thu, 18 May 2017
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#28: The Girl Scouts vs. Imperial Japan—The Unsung WWII Battle
Listened
Thu, 27 Apr 2017
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#27: Running the Good Run
Listened
Thu, 13 Apr 2017
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#26: Why Creators Should Crave Criticism
Listened
Thu, 06 Apr 2017
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#25: Regrow, Recover, Rehabilitate
Listened
Thu, 30 Mar 2017
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#24: Four Small Words
Listened
Thu, 23 Mar 2017
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#23: Humor Is Truth
Listened
Thu, 16 Mar 2017
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#22: The Black Man Dismantling the KKK with Friendship—One Robe at a Time