Why CAN'T We Talk About That?

Ryan Hester

Enjoy a civil discussion between two people. Topics include music, politics, and spirituality. We have all been told NOT to talk about these things, but I say Why CAN'T We Talk About That?

  1. 5 DAYS AGO

    S3E44 - A Silhouetted Mahatma Gandhi: A Conversation With Jeffery Martinez

    Topics Discussed In This Episode: Christian Contemporary Music, RadioU, Jiu-Jitsu, The Gracie's, Indie Music, BMG, Hating America, Slavery, 23andMe, Deportations, Trump, Prop 50, Public Education, Homosexual Content In Children's Books, Being Sensitive To Spiritual Things, Water Baptism, The Age Of Accountability, Meeting Michael Jackson, And Choosing God. PLAYLIST FOR THIS EPISODE: ABBA – Lay All Your Love One Me (1980) ABBA – The Winner Takes It All (1980) Artie Shaw – Begin The Beguine (1938) Artie Shaw – Stardust (1941) Ben Bohmer – Beyond Beliefs (2021) Ben Bohmer – Home (2021) The Cure – A Forest (1980) The Cure – Just Like Heaven (1987) The Cure – Pictures Of You (1989) Deadmau5 – Raise Your Weapon (2010) Deadmau5 – Strobe (2009) Depeche Mode – Ghosts Again (2023) Depeche Mode – Enjoy The Silence (1990) Depeche Mode – Home (1997) Depeche Mode – Never Let Me Down Again (1987) Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus (1990) Depeche Mode – Somebody (1984) Depeche Mode – Walking In My Shoes (1993) Erasure – Chains Of Love (1988) Erasure – A Little Respect (1988) Erasure – Oh L'Amour (1986) Fey – Azucar Amargo (1996) Fey – Media Naranja (1995) Gipsy Kings – Bamboleo (1987) Gipsy Kings – Volare (1989) Glenn Miller – In The Mood (1939) Glenn Miller – Moonlight Serenade (1939) Leeland – Waymaker (Live) (2019) Olivia Newton-John – Magic (1980) Olivia Newton-John – Xanadu (1980) Pet Shop Boys – It's A Sin (1987) Pet Shop Boys – My October Symphony (1990) Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls (1986) Plumb – Cut (2006) Plumb – Hang On (1998) Radiohead – Exit Music (For A Film) (1997) Radiohead – Fake Plastic Trees (1995) Radiohead – High And Dry (1995) Sarah McLachlan – Angel (1997) Sarah McLachlan – Possession (1993) Smashing Pumpkins – Tonight, Tonight (1995) Smashing Pumpkins – 1979 (1995) Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants To Rule The World (1985) Tears For Fears – Head Over Heels (1985) Weezer – Island In The Sun (2001) Weezer – Say It Ain't So (1994)

    3h 2m
  2. 29 OCT

    S3E43 - Having Your Hands In Too Many Pies Is A Bad Thing: A Conversation With Sophia Louderback

    Topics Discussed In This Episode: The Beach Boys, Tool, Evanescence, K-Love, K-Life, The Fish, Christian Screamo, K-Pop, Falling Down The Rabbit Hole Of Korean Entertainment, BTS, Spiders, Public Education, Christian Rap, Forrest Frank, Love Languages, MAGA White Supremacy, Universal Healthcare, School Funding, Single Income Families, The Proverbs 31 Woman, Guns, Good Looking Mormons, Almost Getting Pulled Into A Cult, Living In Israel, Lent, Biblical Submission, Dating Profiles, & The Lord Of The Rings.  PLAYLIST FOR THIS EPISODE: Aaron Shust – Ever Be (2017) Aaron Shust – My Hope Is In You (2011) Aaron Shust – My Savior My God (2005) Alice In Chains – Man In The Box (1990) Alice In Chains – No Excuses (1994) Andy Mineo – Coming In Hot (Featuring Lecrae) (2018) Andy Mineo – The Saints (2013) Andy Mineo – You Can't Stop Me (2014) Beach Boys – Barbara Ann (1965) Beach Boys – California Girls (1965) Beach Boys – I Get Around (1964) Beach Boys – Kokomo (1989) Beach Boys – Surfin' U.S.A. (1963) Beach Boys – Wouldn't It Be Nice (1966) Britt Nicole – Gold (2012) Britt Nicole – Hanging On (2009) Britt Nicole – Pave (2016) Britt Nicole – Ready Or Not (2012) Britt Nicole – You (2007) BTS – Fake Love (2018) BTS – MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix) (2017) BTS – ON (2020) Celine Dion – Because You Loved Me (1996) Celine Dion – A New Day Has Come (2002) Celine Dion – The Reason (1997) Colbie Caillet – Bubbly (2007) Colbie Caillet – Fallin' For You (2009) Colbie Caillet – Realize (2007) The Cranberries – Dreams (1993) The Cranberries – Linger (1993) The Cranberries – Ode To My Family (1994) The Cranberries – Zombie (1994) David Crowder – Come As You Are (2014) David Crowder – God Really Loves Us (2021) David Crowder – How He Loves (2009) Evanescence – Bring Me To Life (2003) Evanescence – Call Me When You're Sober (2006) Evanescence – My Immortal (2003) Florence + The Machine – Cosmic Love (2009) Florence + The Machine – No Light, No Light (2011) Florence + The Machine – What Kind Of Man (2015) Forrest Frank – Up (2024) Natasha Bedingfield – If You're Gonna Jump (2004) Natasha Bedingfield – Pocketful Of Sunshine (2007) Natasha Bedingfield – Unwritten (2004) Point Of Grace – Day By Day (2003) Point Of Grace – Steady On (1998) Point Of Grace – You Are The Answer (1996) Smashing Pumpkins – Today (1993) Smashing Pumpkins – 1979 (1995) TobyMac – Eye On It (2012) Underoath – A Boy Brushed Red Living In Black And White (2004) Underoath – Too Bright To See, Too Loud To Hear (2008)

    3h 49m
  3. 22 OCT

    S3E42 - Love Brings Tension: A Conversation With Luke Hanes

    Topics Discussed In This Episode: Elisha's Bones, Psychedelic Doc Martins, Tooth And Nail Records, Joy Electric, Guilt Over Secular Music, Wind-Up Records, Birding In Joshua Tree, Abortion, Deportation, The Road Into Ministry, Meeting His Wife, Having A Nervous Breakdown, Why Christianity?, And Having A Balanced Approach To Worship.  PLAYLIST FOR THIS EPISODE: Alice In Chains – Them Bones (1992) Alice In Chains – Would? (1992) The Avett Brothers – Good To You (2013) The Avett Brothers – I And Love And You (2009) The Avett Brothers – Pretty Girl From Michigan (2012) Beastie Boys – Intergalactic (1998) Beastie Boys – Sabotage (1994) Blenderhead – Cesspool (1994) Blenderhead – Haven (1995) The Clergy – Free My Skin (1991) The Clergy – Purity (1993) Coldplay – Fix You (2005) Coldplay – The Scientist (2002) Coldplay – Yellow (2000) The Crucified – G.O.D. (1986) The Crucified – Mindbender (1991) The Crucified – The Pit (1989) The Crucified – Silent Scream (1986) The Crucified – Your Image (1989) Dogwood – Do Or Die (2001) Dogwood – Faith (2003) Dogwood – Feel The Burn (1999) Dogwood – Never Die (1999) Harold Faltermeyer – Axel F (1984) Irene Cara – Flashdance…What A Feeling (1983) Jars Of Clay – Art In Me (1995) Jars Of Clay – Love Song For A Savior (1995) Jose Gonzalez – Heartbeats (2003) Jose Gonzalez – Stay Alive (2013) Joy Electric – Burgundy Years (1996) Joy Electric – Draw For Me, M.C. Escher (2008) Joy Electric – Drum Machine Joy (1994) Joy Electric – Make My Life A Prayer (1999) Joy Electric – The Phonograph Plays, Part And Parcel (2004) Joy Electric – Shepherds Of The Northern Pasture (2001) Joy Electric – Sugar Rush (1997) Keith Green – The Sheep And The Goats (1981) Keith Green – When I Hear The Praises Start (1977) M.C. Hammer – Here Comes The Hammer (1990) M.C. Hammer – Pray (1990) Michael Sembello – Maniac (1983) MxPx – Bad Hair Day (1994) MxPx – Twisted Words (1994) Ned's Atomic Dustbin – Grey Cell Green (1991) Needtobreathe – More Heart, Less Attack (2014) Needtobreathe – Something Beautiful (2009) Nirvana – Drain You (1991) Nirvana – In Bloom (1991) Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit (1991) Pat Barrett – Build My Life (2018) Pearl Jam – Alive (1991) Pearl Jam – Even Flow (1991) Pearl Jam – Jeremy (1991) Petra – The Coloring Song (1981) Plankeye – It's A Perfect Day Jerome (1995) Plankeye – Open House (1994) Rage Against The Machine – Bulls On Parade (1996) Rage Against The Machine – Killing In The Name (1992) Sometime Sunday – Crawl (1994) Sometime Sunday – She (1995) Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun (1994) Soundgarden – Fell On Black Days (1994) Starflyer 59 – Monterey (1993) Starflyer 59 – The Zenith (1993) Sunny Day Real Estate – In Circles (1994) Sunny Day Real Estate – Song About An Angel (1994) Twin Sister – Ben (1999) Twin Sister – Scoundrel (1999) U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday (1983) U2 – Where The Streets Have No Name (1987) U2 – With Or Without You (1987) Vangelis – Abraham's Theme (1981) Vangelis – Chariots Of Fire (1981) Wish For Eden – Green (1993) Wish For Eden – Ocean (1993) 38th Parallel – Horizon (2002) 38th Parallel – Turn The Tides (2002) 38th Parallel – You Are My God (2002)

    2h 57m
  4. 1 OCT

    S3E40 - We Are The Ape That Is Aware That We Are Aware: A Conversation With Joe Payne

    Things discussed in this episode: Training With Patricia Boyd, Ethnic Cleansing, Public Housing, The War On Drugs, Neo-Liberal Economics, Bullying, Pronouns, Chumash And The Gender Unicorn, Mental Health, Gun Violence, Paul Verhoeven Films, The Less-Dead, Unity Church, Intelligent Design, The New Atheists, Evolution, And Agnostic Atheism. PLAYLIST FOR THIS EPISODE: Arlo Guthrie – Alice's Restaurant Massacree (1967) Arlo Guthrie – Coming Into Los Angeles (1969) The Beatles – All You Need Is Love (1967) The Beatles – In My Life (1965) The Beatles – Michelle (1965) The Beatles – Something (1969) The Beatles – Yellow Submarine (1966) The Beatles – Yesterday (1965) Bob Dylan – Blowin' In The Wind (1963) Bob Dylan – Song To Woody (1962) Bob Dylan – Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again (1966) Brownie McGhee – One Thing For Sure (1962) Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry – I Was Born With The Blues (1977) Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry – Sail Away (1973) C.W. McCall – Crispy Critters (1976) C.W. McCall – Old Home Filler-Up An' Keep On A-Truckin' Café (1975) C.W. McCall – There Won't Be No Country Music (1976) C.W. McCall – Wolf Creek Pass (1975) Chris Lambert – A Steady Pale Light (Featuring Champion McConnell) (2010) The Commodores – Brick House (1977) The Commodores – Easy (1977) Earth, Wind, & Fire – Got To Get You Into My Life (1978) Earth, Wind, & Fire – Shining Star (1975) Ella Fitzgerald – Black Coffee (1960) Ella Fitzgerald – Stardust (1954) Ella Fitzgerald – Stormy Weather (1961) Ella Fitzgerald – They Can't Take That Away From Me (1956) Guns N' Roses – Live And Let Die (1991) Joan Baez – De Colores (1974) Joan Baez – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (1971) Joe Payne – Talkin' Neofasch American Blues (2025) John Lennon – Imagine (1971) Louis Armstrong – Black And Blue (1929) Louis Armstrong – Wonderful World (1967) Mississippi John Hurt – The Chicken (1966) Mississippi John Hurt – Frankie And Johnny (1928) Mississippi John Hurt – Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor (1966) Mississippi John Hurt – My Creole Belle (1928) Paul McCartney – Dance Tonight (2007) Pete Seeger – If I Had A Hammer (1949) Pete Seeger – Which Side Are You On? (1940) Randy Newman – Mr. President (Have Pity On The Working Man) (1974) Randy Newman – You've Got A Friend In Me (1996) Santana – Black Magic Woman (1970) Santana – Oye Como Va (1970) Santana – Soul Sacrifice (Live) (1970) Weird Al Yankovic – The Night Santa Went Crazy (1996) Weird Al Yankovic – (This Song Is Just) Six Words Long (1988) Weird Al Yankovic – Yoda (1985) Wings – Let 'Em In (1976) Wings – Live And Let Die (1973) Woody Guthrie – All You Fascists Bound To Lose (1944) Woody Guthrie – Hard, Ain't It Hard (1944) Woody Guthrie - Mean Talking Blues (1940) Woody Guthrie – Tear The Fascists Down (1944) Woody Guthrie – This Land Is Your Land (1940)

    3h 47m
  5. 24 SEPT

    S3E39 - The Water Isn't Gonna Jump In Your Mouth, You Gotta Go Drink It: A Conversation With Jamie Brunsell

    Topics Discussed In This Episode Include: Parenting, Having Exchange Students, Deliverance Ministries, Marie Calender's, God's Love Vs. Human Suffering, Good Thursday, The Healing Rooms, Repentance, Hell, The Provision Of God, Growing Up A Tomboy, How She Met Her Husband, Being In A Ditch On The Side Of The Road, Becoming G.I. Jane, Justin Timberlake, The Medical Community, John G. Lake, Blessing Blocked By Doubt, Praying In The Spirit, Vaccines, And The Smell Of The Holy Spirit.   PLAYLIST FOR THIS EPISODE:   Alicia Keys – Fallin' (2001) Alicia Keys – No One (2007) Audio Adrenaline – Big House (1993) Audio Adrenaline – Sound Of The Saints (2015) The Beach Boys – California Dreamin' (1986) The Beach Boys – God Only Knows (1966) The Beach Boys – Surfin' Safari (1962) The Beatles – Let It Be (1970) The Beatles – Strawberry Fields Forever (1967) The Beatles – Yellow Submarine (1966) Delirious? – Did You Feel The Mountains Tremble? (1995) Delirious? – I Could Sing Of Your Love Forever (1994) Delirious? – Shout To The North (1995) Emerson Day – Get Behind Me (2025) Fleetwood Mac – Dreams (1977) Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way (1977) Fleetwood Mac – Landslide (1975) Guns N' Roses – Welcome To The Jungle (1987) Jars Of Clay – Flood (1995) Jars Of Clay – Heaven (2009) Justin Timberlake – Cry Me A River (2002) Justin Timberlake – Senorita (2002) Justin Timberlake – What Goes Around Comes Around (2006) Led Zeppelin – Good Times, Bad Times (1969) Led Zeppelin – Kashmir (1975) Led Zeppelin – Stairway To Heaven (1971) Mariah Carey – Always Be My Baby (1995) Mariah Carey – Hero (1993) Mariah Carey – One Sweet Day (1995) Newsboys – Fortress (2025) Newsboys – I'm Not Ashamed (1992) Newsboys – Shine (1994) Nsync – Bye Bye Bye (2000) Nsync – This I Promise You (2000) R.E.M. – It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) (1987) TLC – Case Of The Fake People (1994) TLC – No Scrubs (1999) TLC – Waterfalls (1994)

    4h 1m
  6. 17 SEPT

    S3E38 - Hospitality Is The Language Of The Gospel: A Conversation With Jared Williams

    Things Mentioned In This Episode: Collecting Vinyl, Being A Girl Dad, Trump's Women Grabbing Comments, Abortion, Adoption, Fostering System, Bullying, Deportations, Who Is Saved?, Belief/Believe, Churchiness, The Molehill Of Olives, And Did Jesus Have A Potty Mouth? PLAYLIST FOR THIS EPISODE: Angry Samoans – Gas Chamber (1982) Angry Samoans – Lights Out (1982) Angry Samoans – My Old Man's A Fatso (1982) Angry Samoans – Not Of This Earth (1982) Aretha Franklin – Amazing Grace (1972) Audioslave – Show Me How To Live (2002) Bad Religion – Infected (1994) Bad Religion – My Head Is Full Of Ghosts (2013) Bad Religion – Robin Hood In Reverse (2013) Bad Religion – Sorrow (2002) Bad Religion – Supersonic (2002) Bad Religion – True North (2013) Bad Religion – 21st Century Digital Boy (1990) The Beach Boys – God Only Knows (1966) The Beach Boys – Little Saint Nick (1964) Beyonce – Crazy In Love (2003) Beyonce – Formation (2016) Beyonce – Sorry (2016) Blindside – All Of Us (2004) Blindside – Sleepwalking (2002) Bone Thugs 'N' Harmony – Crossroad (1995) Casting Crowns – If We Are The Body (2003) Chanticleer – Ave Maria (1989) The Clash – Brand New Cadillac (1979) Craig's Brother – Going Blind (1998) Craig's Brother – Insult To Injury (1998) Craig's Brother – Losing My Religion (2001) Craig's Brother – Lullaby (2001) The Cranberries – Linger (1993) The Cranberries – Ode To My Family (1994) Creedence Clearwater Revival – Down On The Corner (1969) Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son (1969) Creedence Clearwater Revival – Have You Ever Seen The Rain? (1970) Creedence Clearwater Revival – Proud Mary (1969) Crimpshrine – Butterflies (1989) Crimpshrine – Inspiration (1989) Crimpshrine – Pretty Mess (1989) Crimpshrine – Safely Wasting Away (1989) Crimpshrine – Trying Too Hard (1988) The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Unsquare Dance (1961) Dave Matthews Band – Little Thing (Live At Luther College Version) (1999) Death Cab For Cutie – Transatlanticism (2003) Depeche Mode – Stripped (1986) Descendents – 'Merican (2004) Dogwood – All Hands On Deck (1997) Dogwood – Feel The Burn (1999) Dogwood – More Than Conquerors (1999) Dogwood – Never Die (1999) Dogwood – Suffer (1999) Dropkick Murphys – I'm Shipping Up To Boston (2005) Elvis Presley – Can't Help Falling In Love (1961) Explosions In The Sky – Your Hand In Mine (2003) Fifteen – Emancipation Proclamation (1995) Fifteen – Grow Up (1995) Fifteen – Perfection (1992) Fifteen – Petroleum Distillation (1992) Fifteen – Violation (1994) Five Iron Frenzy – Blue Comb '78 (1997) Five Iron Frenzy – Dandelions (1998) Five Iron Frenzy – A Flowery Song (1996) Five Iron Frenzy – One Girl Army (1998) Five Iron Frenzy – These Are Not My Pants (1998) Five Iron Frenzy – The Untimely Death Of Brad (1998) The Fugees – Killing Them Softly (1996) Green Day – Basket Case (1994) Green Day – Longview (1994) Green Day – When I Come Around (1994) Incubus – Megalomaniac (2004) Incubus – The Warmth (1999) Jars Of Clay – Flood (1995) Jars Of Clay – Like A Child (1995) Jars Of Clay – World's Apart (1995) Jay-Z – D.O.A. (2009) Jay-Z – Run This Town (2009) Jay-Z – Thank You (2009) Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah (Live In Chicago) (1995) Jimmy Eat World – Kill (2004) John Coltrane – Giant Steps (1960) Johnny Cash – A Boy Named Sue (1969) Johnny Cash – Hurt (2002) Joy Electric – Burgundy Years (1996) Joy Electric – Children Of The Lord (1999) Joy Electric – Monosynth (1997) Joy Electric – Shepherds Of The Northern Pasture (2001) Joy Electric – Unicornucopia (2001) Justin Bieber – Baby (2010) Kendrick Lamar – Humble (2017) The Killers – When You Were Young (2006) Lauryn Hill – Doo Wop (That Thing) (1998) Lauryn Hill – His Eye Is On The Sparrow (1993) Led Zeppelin – Immigrant Song (1970) Lifehouse – We'll Never Know (2005) LL Cool J – I Need Love (1987) LL Cool J – I'm Bad (1987) Lupe Fiasco – Daydreamin' (Featuring Jill Scott) (2006) Mariah Carey – O Holy Night (1994) Me First And The Gimme Gimmes – End Of The Road (2003) Me First And The Gimme Gimmes – Favorite Things (1999) Me First And The Gimme Gimmes – Only The Good Die Young (2008) Me First And The Gimme Gimmes – Over The Rainbow (1999) Miles Davis – Milestones (1958) Miles Davis – So What (1959) Millencolin – Bullion (1995) Millencolin – Mr. Clean (1994) Muse – Apocalypse Please (2003) Muse – Sing For Absolution (2003) Muse – Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist (2003) Muse – Time Is Running Out (2003) MxPx – Bad Hair Day (1994) MxPx – Do Your Feet Hurt? (1996) MxPx – Middlename (1996) MxPx – Punk Rawk Show (1995) MxPx – Want Ad (1994) Nas – Get Down (2002) Ninety Pound Wuss – A.S.D. (1996) Ninety Pound Wuss – Act Up (1996) Ninety Pound Wuss – Daylight Savings Man (1996) Notorious B.I.G. – Hypnotize (1997) The O.C. Supertones – Adonai (1996) Oasis – Champaigne Supernova (1995) The Offspring – The Kid's Aren't Alright (1998) The Offspring – Self Esteem (1994) P.O.D. – Set Your Eyes To Zion (1999) P.O.D. – Southtown (1999) P.O.D. – Youth Of The Nation (2001) Pearl Jam – Corduroy (1994) Pearl Jam – Jeremy (1991) Pearl Jam – Just Breathe (2009) Pearl Jam – River Cross (2020) Pearl Jam – You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (2003) Pennywise – Live While You Can (2018) The Pharcyde – Passin' Me By (1992) The Pharcyde – Pharcyde (1995) The Pharcyde – Runnin' (1995) The Pharcyde – Ya Mama (1992) Pinhead Gunpowder – Future Daydream (1992) Portishead – All Mine (1997) The Postal Service – Such Great Heights (2003) Project 86 – Pipedream (1998) Project 86 – Stalemate (1998) Project 86 – Stein's Theme (2000) Project 86 – When Darkness Reigns (1998) Radiohead – Fake Plastic Trees (1995) The Ramones – Baby, I Love You (1980) The Ramones – I Wanna Be Sedated (1978) Rancid – Roots Radicals (1995) Reverend Horton Heat – Galaxy 500 (2002) The Ricochets – Crazy Dream (1982) The Ricochets – Hey, Girl (1982) The Ricochets – I'm A Loser (1982) The Rolling Stones – Wild Horses (1971) The Stooges – I Wanna Be Your Dog (1969) Suicidal Tendencies – Born To Be Cyco (1987) Suicidal Tendencies – War Inside My Head (1987) T-Bone – Lyrical Assassin (1993) T-Bone – Ride Wit Me (2001) T-Bone – Welcome 2 California (2002) Toad The Wet Sprocket – Walk On The Ocean (1991) Weezer – Africa (2019) Weezer – My Name Is Jonas (1994) The Who – The Kids Are Alright (1965) The Who – Pictures Of Lily (1967) 2pac – Dear Mama (1995)

    4 hr

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Enjoy a civil discussion between two people. Topics include music, politics, and spirituality. We have all been told NOT to talk about these things, but I say Why CAN'T We Talk About That?