John and Ken start off the show by trying to figure out what they are talking about: what is worship? They see whether the dictionary can help them out, but decide that it doesn’t really know either: it says we worship deities, and then lists examples of non-deities, like ancestors. John and Ken explore some of the other possibilities for worshipped objects besides deities, consider whether those objects are always deified in the process of being worshipped, and, if not, what makes them worship-worthy.

With the help of their guest Daniel Speak, John and Ken explore other ways to help out the dictionary’s lacking definition. They star by questioning whether worship is a feeling or an action. Daniel holds that it is more of an action than a feeling, though it is not just an action, and gives his philosophically considered definition of worship. Ken and John come back to the question of what makes an object of worship worthy of worship: it seems that someone or something’s sheer might does not make it right to worship him, her, or it. Perhaps the object of worship needs to be good as well. But even then, aren’t there some limits to what a worshipper should have to go through in worshipping? Why must the worshipper worship – and not just, for instance, acknowledge that the good thing is good? Daniel considers whether the worshipper-worshipped relationship needs to two-sided, and if so, what the repercussions are for non-agents that are worshipped, like the earth.

约翰和肯接到一个电话，把他们带回到崇拜权利的极限，考虑到崇拜一件事往往会导致对其反面的恶化。他们探讨了全心全意地崇拜和不把被崇拜的对象置于质疑之上之间的紧张关系。他们深入研究礼拜者自主的重要性。丹尼尔提醒约翰和肯他的观点，敬拜关系似乎需要是两面性的，特别是，在这种两面性的关系中，被敬拜的对象可以“归还”敬拜者在敬拜中所提交的自主权。

约翰和肯最后讨论了邪教、对地球的崇拜和神秘主义。纯粹的敬畏、道德义务和两面性之间的动态关系如何与非个人的崇拜对象有关?一位来电者建议，一些紧张关系可以通过求助于神秘主义来解决。

• Roving Philosophical Report(seek to 5:35): Julie Napolin talks to Archbishop FranzoKing, who pastorsa church in San Franciscothat finds its inspirational motivation in the music of John Coltrane
  
• Sixty-Second Philosopher(seek to 50): Ian Schoales探讨了崇拜中娱乐和崇敬之间的紧张关系。他报道了天主教会在尊重与庆祝之间取得平衡的努力，以及这些努力如何与“娱乐”、琴湾yah和温暖的毛绒玩具联系起来。