Jesus is a Punk Rocker

From Righteous Anger to Loving Our Enemies

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:00:00 GMT

In this episode Joe and Matt, explore how Bruce Springsteen's "Badlands" and The Neighborhood Kids' "Preacher Man" meet the current moment by expressing our collective righteous anger but leading us to hope.

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An Election and Halloween Special

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 03:04:25 GMT

As we celebrate Halloween and dread the upcoming election in the US, we thought it would be a good time to discuss ghosts and immigration and the way they both appear in Dropkick Murphy's "The Hardest Mile." And then we listen to a celebration of immigrants with Shad's "Fam Jam (Fe Sum Immigrins)."

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A Joyful Day

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 12:00:17 GMT

Returning after a months-long hiatus, Joe and Matt bring two songs about joy: Dear Silas' "I Ain't Stressing Today" and "Rec & Play" by I'm from Barcelona.

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A Sobering Lament

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 16:54:38 GMT

The world's messed up and so are we. So we talk about two songs that reflect that lament: Social Distortions' "I Was Wrong" and Kendrick Lamar's "Mother I Sobe.r"

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A Country Redemption

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 21:00:49 GMT

We explore the redemption themes of Joy Oladokun's "Somebody Like Me" and Johnny Cash's "Like a Solider."

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An Introduction

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 20:58:46 GMT

Joe and Matt discuss their musical and spiritual journeys plus their punk bonafides.

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