Hey friends, thank you for all the support for the past 96 episodes, Patreon included, we've created this year. Andy Lara and I take a moment to discuss the future with a new Thrice album being produced, and we chat a bit about some of the highlights over the past year. Cheers. SHOW LINKS Carry the Fire Podcast Website Instagram Twitter Produced by Andy Lara at www.andylikeswords.com...
Today on the pod we are joined by Andy Siara . Andy is a screenwriter whose first movie Palm Springs just came out this year on HULU. It stars Andy Samberg and it is fantastic. In our conversation we discuss the relationship of meaning to mortality, we talk about the leaps of faith that are life and love, and Andy shares how Jurassic Park changed his life as a child and why there are dinosaurs in his new movie. Let’s dive in, but first SPOILER ALERT, before listening to this conversation you rea...
Today we are joined by Dr. Pete Enns. Pete is an author and a professor of Biblical Studies. In our conversation we talk about the importance of changing your mind, we discuss inerrancy and ideology, and Pete shares some of his thoughts on the Christmas story as it relates to his evolving and dynamic understanding of what the scriptures really are. FEATURED LINKS Pete Ennes Official The Bible for Normal People Pete on Twitter SHOW LINKS Carry the Fire Podcast Website Instagram Twitter Produced b...
Today we are joined by friend, the singer and songwriter Matt Pryor of The Get Up Kids. In our casual and meandering conversation we talk about kickball and community in Matt’s hometown of Lawrence Kansas, we discuss The Good Place and how humans think about mortality and immortality, and Matt tells us what writing over 1200 songs for other people has meant for his songwriting skills. You’ll also hear about the most money that Matt ever won rolling dice. Let’s dive in. FEATURED LINKS The Get Up ...
Professional soccer player Ali Krieger shares her experiences on the U.S. national team, highlighting the advances in LGBTQ+ and women's rights and her responsibility to use her voice. She delves into the challenge of not letting her identity be solely defined by soccer, embracing new passions, and the drive required for high-level sports. The conversation also explores the impact of travel, personal well-being practices, and finding beauty in daily life.
Enjoy this free Patron style episode. If you would like to see the video of this episode, become a Patreon today for as little as $5/mo! Sign Up Here. Dustin Nickerson returns to chat about some of our Top Comedy Movies. We are excited to share that Dustin has a new comedy special called, Overwhelmed. You can rent/purchase on Amazon or also on Gumroad if you'd prefer not to purchase on Amazon. Enjoy the laughs, this was a fun time. Head over to Dustin's Website for more about his comedy and link...
Today on the pod we are joined by the writer D.L. Mayfield. In our conversation we talk about the role of the imagination in transforming the world, we discuss the way that hearing from diverse perspectives transforms your imagination, and we talk about the way that ideologies, or Capitol-T truths, inoculate us against reality, and a whole lot more. FEATURED LINKS D.L. Mayfield Official D.L. on Twitter The Myth of the American Dream D.L. Mayfield Podcast SHOW LINKS Carry the Fire Podcast Website...
Today we are joined by Dr. Rabbi Brad Artson . Rabbi Artson is a speaker, educator, and philosopher, and is the Vice President of the American Jewish University in Los Angeles. We discuss octopi and butterflies, he explains how he invented process theology on his own only to find out that he’d been beaten to the punch, and he shares some hot takes on Hanukkah that you probably haven’t heard before. FEATURED LINKS Rabbi Bradley Artson Facebook Rabbi Artson on Twitter SHOW LINKS Carry the Fire Pod...
Enjoy this BONUS episode where Chris and I break down our collab playlist, Songs of R/EVOLUTION available on Spotify. This is a new Patreon format and. wanted to kick it off with a free episode for the public as well. Enjoy. Join Patreon now to receive these episodes in the future! www.patreon.com/carrythefirepod
Today we are joined by my friend Chris Conley . Chris is the singer and songwriter of the band Saves the Day , and has been making great music under that name for nearly a quarter-century at this point. Chris shares about how he persists in creation and shuts out both the naysayers and the expectations of his fans, we talk about the nostalgia as it relates to Chris’s newest music and reissues of classic records, and what Chris finds helpful in the Buddhist understanding that life is suffering. W...
Today on the podcast we are joined by Dara Molloy . Dara is a Celtic priest, a writer, and a guide for pilgrims on the Aran Islands where he lives off the coast of Ireland. In our conversation, we talk about some of the negative consequences of institutions and globalization, Dara shares what sets apart the Celtic tradition from the Roman Catholic one he was a part of previously, and he shares about the importance of experience in his own life. If you aren’t yet a patron of the show, check out p...
Today on the pod we are joined by Elaine Howard Ecklund . Dr. Ecklund is a professor of sociology at Rice University where she founded the Religion and Public Life Foundation. She spends much of her time researching the relationship of science and faith as they relate to social groups, and this is also the focus of her new book which we will discuss throughout the episode. We talk about the importance of both racial and religious representation in the scientific fields, we explore the reasons un...
Today we are joined by Amanda McLoughlin . Amanda is the host of multiple podcasts and runs a podcast collective and production studio called Multitude . In this very story focused Halloween episode we explore the way that myths and scary stories are shaped by our environment and in turn shape our experience, we talk about the importance of listening to other people’s stories and experiences, and we talk a bit about collaborative storytelling and what’s so great about it. Also if you’re a patron...
Today on the pod we are joined by Brian McTernan! Brian is a music producer and musician who has been instrumental in the making of a slew of amazing records, including two of my band Thrice’s earlier albums. We’ve been friends ever since and it was a blast getting to reminisce with him as well as talking to him about his new band Be Well , and their new album. In our conversation, as on the new record, Brian opens up about struggling silently for years with depression, we talk about the unique ...
Today we are joined by Sam Rocha . Sam is a professor of Philosophy of Education, a writer, an avid guitar player, and consequently, will end up making some wonderful yet super nerdy musician analogies along the way today. Our conversation centers often around Rocha’s lifelong Catholicism and I enjoyed hearing about the deep ways that his tradition has shaped him and his views. We explore the way beauty has shaped his own faith journey, we discuss Catholic critiques of atomistic individualism an...
Today we are joined by Preeti Chhibber . Preeti is a Young Adult (YA) author, speaker, and freelance writer, and co-hosts two podcasts as well. Fair warning, we definitely go to some nerdy places today but I promise there’ll be a lot in there for everyone. We talk about her new Yoda picture book and the connections between the force and eastern spirituality, we talk about representation both in modern fiction and in The Hindu pantheon, and we explore the way that representation affects not only ...
Today we are joined by Jared Byas . Jared is the cohost of the podcast The Bible for Normal People and is a former teaching pastor and professor of philosophy and biblical studies. On the show we talk about Jared’s new book, Love Matters More , digging into the different ways the concept of truth is often misunderstood and misapplied, and Jared introduces me to a helpful new word and concept that will help us really understand how differently we all experience reality. FEATURED LINKS Love Matter...
Today we are joined by Chef Danny Bowien . Danny is best known for his restaurant Mission Chinese and is known throughout the food industry as a very talented and innovative chef. Danny ends up kind of interviewing me for a decent portion of this episode because he’s just curious and friendly like that. We talk about quite a bit about the similarities and differences of the way creativity and expectations function in both the music and food industries, we discuss cooking at home and I get a bit ...
Hey everyone! Today we are joined by Jessica Dore . Jessica uses Tarot through a psychological/spiritual lens to help people better understand themselves and their connections to the world around them. We talk about the connections between therapy, self-care, and Tarot, we talk about the way Tarot can help us see beyond all the ways that we get stuck in binary thinking and can reawaken our mythic imagination, and Jessica even does a brief reading for me at the end of the episode. Let’s dive in. ...
Today we are joined on the pod by the very gifted songwriter, singer and guitar extraordinaire, Jessica Dobson. Jessica has played guitar on the road with the likes of Beck , The Shins , and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs , but now puts most of her musical efforts into her band Deep Sea Diver . In our conversation, We talk about the upcoming Deep Sea Diver release and if being known as a band’s band is a good or bad thing, Jessica shares about working with and befriending her unhoused neighbors, and we tal...
Today on Carry the Fire Podcast we are joined by Dr. Omid Safi. Omid is a Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He specializes in contemporary Islamic thought and classical Islam, including mystical Persian poetry, especially the poet Rumi, which he explores in his book Radical Love and also now in his online course which we’ll talk about a bit later. I spent a lot of time preparing for this one and then barely asked any of the questions I prepared, whi...
Today on the Pod we are joined by David Dark. David is an author, professor, and probably my very favorite person on Twitter, as he pokes and prods curiously, thoughtfully, and earnestly into our assumptions and hypocrisies. In our conversation, we talk about Marvel and myth, beloved community, robot soft exorcisms, and much more. Including David's idea that “Religion is politics, is what we do, and how we speak in the way that we think about other human beings.”. FEATURED LINKS David Dark on Tw...
Today on the podcast we are joined by Eric Silver. Eric is one of the hosts of my very favorite podcasts, Join the Party. Join the Party is a collaborative storytelling podcast using the framework and mechanics of the popular game, Dungeons & Dragons. Eric the “DM” or Dungeon Master, of the Join the Party Game. We’ll learn more about what that means as we go. Some of you might be thinking that maybe you’ll skip this one and that D&D is not for you. But, if you stick around I think you’ll...
Today on the pod we are joined by Chuck Wendig . Chuck is an author and storyteller in a variety of mediums. He is most well known through his novels, the most recent of which is titled Wanderers and which I read recently and really enjoyed. In our conversation, we talk about the way that fiction interacts with the good, the true, and the beautiful including the relationship of canon to both fiction and religion, the way that fiction can help us see things that reality has obscured, and the way ...
Hey everyone! Today on the pod we are joined by William Matthews. William is a recording artist, a host of the popular podcast The Liturgists, and an advocate for social change fighting against racism, voter suppression, climate change, and more. In our conversation we go deep into the good, true, and beautiful of Star Trek and I try to get William to sell me on why I should be a Trekkie, we discuss philosopher Rene Girard’s theories of mimetic desire and scapegoating, and William explains why c...
Today we are joined by Moiya McTier. Moiya is an astrophysicist and folklorist with a passion for worldbuilding. We talk about her work studying exoplanets and galactic dynamics, we discuss why we can trust the scientific process precisely because it makes mistakes and owns them, and Moiya makes some helpful connections and analogies relating global and galactic systems to systems of oppression. Lets’ dive in. FEATURED LINKS Moiya McTier Official Moiya on Twitter SHOW LINKS Carry the Fire Podcas...
Today we are joined by Brett Gurewitz, guitarist and one of the main songwriters in the seminal punk band, Bad Religion. Brett also owns and operates the independent and highly successful and influential music label, Epitaph Records. On the show today we talk about Brett’s love for science & Science fiction. We discuss the promises of punk rock and how it’s failed or delivered on its promises. Brett shares about how own spiritual practice. And we discuss throughout on how this all intersects...
Today on the pod we are joined by Valerie Forstman . Valerie is an associate master Zen teacher in the Sanbo Kyodan tradition, and also has a Ph.D in Hebrew Biblical Interpretation. In our conversation she tells the story of her introduction to Zen practice, she talks about the way her practice has impacted her life and specifically how it is impacting the way she walks through these strange times of the social distancing and canceled plans, and she shares about some of the ways that Zen gave he...
Today we are joined by the chefs and restauranteurs, Jeremiah Stone and Fabian von Hauske. The duo owns Contra and Wildair , two fantastic restaurants in Manhattan. They also opened a curated natural wine shop called Peoples. We’ve become friends over the past view years and have made me some of the very best food I have ever eaten. In our conversation, we talk about the way people inspire both their dishes and the way they design their restaurants, we hear about their foodie hero origin stories...
Today on the pod we are joined by the one and only Kevin Devine . Kevin is a very talented singer and songwriter and one of my favorite people I’ve met in the 20 or so years I’ve been playing music for a living. We talk about the relationship of true strength to vulnerability, Kevin shares a bit about his approach to songwriting, and I force Kevin to speculate a bit on why he’s such a nice fellow. It was so great to catch up and pick Kevin’s brain a bit and I’m sure you’ll all enjoy the conversa...
