This waveform analyzes the only surviving excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s broadcast series on BBC. In the episode, which aired in March of 1994, discusses the personal aspects of Christianity. Lewis begins by discussing the nature of prayer as universal, then talks about how Christ offers teleological salvation that humans seek by virtue of personhood. Ultimately, he relates that the diverse ways people pray proves that everybody As the waveform suggests, Lewis is evenhanded in his tone, modulating only to ask questions and emphasize key ideas. In addition, he pauses between ideas, mimicking a conversational tone.

This waveform is from a broadcast by Jerry Falwell, a far-right evangelist and the founder of the Moral Majority. In it, he discusses his belief that Western Civilization is great because of its Judeo-Christian ethos. However, he positions this against those “unbelievers” he believes to be corrupting these noble origins. He cites “the sin of homosexuality” and abortion as murder as symptoms of this. As the waveform indicates, his tone is farm more tempestuous. The pauses are far less traceable and frequent than Lewis, and the entire broadcast is delivered in a charged tone, reflective via the intensity of the waveform.