The RELEVANT Podcast

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Since 2005, the show from RELEVANT magazine covering faith, culture and everything in-between! Every Tuesday, Cameron Strang, Jesse Carey, Derek Minor, Emily Brown and Marty bring buzzworthy news for thought-provoking and hilarious conversations!

  1. 4d ago

    Episode 1320: Orlando Magic's Jonathan Isaac on Faith Under the Spotlight, the NBA Season and UNITUS

    Orlando Magic forward Jonathan Isaac joins us as NBA teams kick off training camp this week. We talk about what happens when Christians put an athlete on a pedestal, the upcoming NBA season — his 10th — and how his faith-based athletic brand UNITUS has evolved over the last few years. In Slices, Jesse found the 26-cent coin that just sold for $17,000 and has a retirement plan for whoever works at the Mint. Derek brings the new study showing Gen Z and millennials are drinking less (while Gen X picks up the slack). And Marty explains why Gen Z is buying CDs again without owning a CD player (K-pop, mostly). Also, Marty keeps his raw denim in the freezer, started collecting Ralph Lauren stamps and is starting to worry about what California is doing to him. Derek has questions. Plus Jesse is going to a silent disco, Cameron debunks the Christopher Nolan Darth Vader rumor and we relitigate the time Derek wore a Rodman jersey in Cameron's courtside seats. Question of the Week: What's your creative, unexpected Halloween costume idea for 2026? Drop it in the comments and we'll read the best ones next week. Highlights: 00:30 — Marty's "life hack" that is just backing up your phone 02:55 — Derek's NBA 2K theory of why people don't take responsibility 04:39 — Marty keeps his $400 jeans in the freezer and Derek has questions 10:44 — Why we're running the whole Jonathan Isaac conversation uncut 15:26 — Cameron apologizes to a Magic coach in a Vegas casino 17:09 — Derek wore a Rodman jersey in Cameron's courtside seats 18:28 — Does Cameron need a signature courtside look? 21:44 — Slices: A 26-cent coin sold for $17,000 and Jesse has a plan for the Mint 24:58 — Marty bought a Ralph Lauren stamp collection and is worried about himself 30:54 — Jesse is going to a silent disco 34:43 — Gen Z and millennials are drinking less. Gen X is drinking a lot more 42:20 — The Christopher Nolan Darth Vader movie is not real 44:11 — CD sales are up 59% and half the buyers don't own a CD player 48:16 — Question of the Week: Halloween costume ideas for 2026 49:34 — Jonathan Isaac on year 10, faith under the spotlight and UNITUS

    Episode 1320: Orlando Magic's Jonathan Isaac on Faith Under the Spotlight, the NBA Season and UNITUS

  2. Sep 22

    Episode 1319: Meryl Streep as Aslan? Plus Christian Bale's Foster Village & the Case for Boredom

    This week, the crew gets philosophical fast. Jesse makes the case that cornhole can cure the loneliness epidemic, Derek wants to bring back boredom and we figure out how doing nothing on a flight became an achievement. Derek also plays his new single 'Lift Me Up' and explains why he built it on the old synths instead of the easy way. In RELEVANT Buzz, Greta Gerwig cast Meryl Streep as the voice of Aslan in the upcoming Narnia movie, and the comments did what the comments do. Jesse defends it, Derek explains it with potato salad and a text from someone who's actually seen the movie changes the conversation.  Then Christian Bale opens a village so foster siblings don't get split up, which makes him the real Batman. Elevation Worship and Chandler Moore's 'God I'm Just Grateful' just did something a worship song hasn't done since 'Oceans.' And Jesse brings a CDC report that says most of us are exhausted, which turns into Bob Goff quitting something every Thursday and why no one ever preaches "pray for less."  Then a new game, Take Sides, closes it out: Chick-fil-A vs. Raising Cane's, window vs. aisle, Waffle House as a life stage and Derek's very strong feelings about hot tubs. Highlights: 01:28 — Jesse's plan to cure loneliness with cornhole 07:54 — Derek deleted social media. Bring back boredom 10:33 — Raw dogging a flight and the David Puddy origin story 17:22 — Derek's new single 'Lift Me Up' and curating Apple Music's Elevate playlist 24:09 — RELEVANT Buzz: The CDC says 3 in 4 Americans are exhausted (guess who's most tired) 29:35 — Bob Goff quits something every Thursday 32:15 — Why nobody preaches "pray for less" 34:14 — Warren Buffett hands Berkshire to his son 35:00 — The real Batman: Christian Bale's foster village opens 38:32 — Meryl Streep as Aslan? The Narnia fight 42:04 — Derek's potato salad theory of Narnia 48:34 — A text from inside the movie 50:51 — Elevation Worship & Chandler Moore crack the Hot 100 53:01 — Take Sides: Chick-fil-A vs. Raising Cane's, hot tub vs. pool

    Episode 1319: Meryl Streep as Aslan? Plus Christian Bale's Foster Village & the Case for Boredom

  3. Sep 15

    Episode 1318: Andrew Garfield, Claire Rosinkranz and the New Issue of RELEVANT

    It's a special (shorter) episode this week! Andrew Garfield joins us — we talk about his new Paul Greengrass film 'The Uprising,' why he keeps coming back to characters who are searching and what he thinks faith has to do with justice. Then pop artist Claire Rosinkranz talks with us backstage at Lollapalooza. She gets into the moment she says she heard God at 11 years old, what her therapist told her when she felt like she'd stopped hearing Him and why she grieves her younger self. (Plus some lighter stuff too.) And then Cameron briefly takes us through the new fall digital issue of RELEVANT, which is out this week. Make sure to check it out at RELEVANTmagazine.com! Highlights: 02:41 — Andrew Garfield on 'The Uprising' 15:35 — Claire Rosinkranz 25:01 — Inside the new issue of RELEVANT

    Episode 1318: Andrew Garfield, Claire Rosinkranz and the New Issue of RELEVANT

  4. Sep 9

    Episode 1317: Cory Asbury on His Return to Worship Music, Plus Zelda's Secret Christian Past

    This week Cory Asbury joins us. He walked away from worship music five years ago—we talk about what pulled him back and why it's different this time. His new worship record, Outsing the Angels, is out September 18. In Slices, Jesse brings up the Tesla Cyber Cab, which is now driving around Austin with no steering wheel, no rearview mirror and no brake pedal, and the federal government has questions. (He also has a theory about what’s actually driving them.) Derek tells us how Skilla Baby’s prayer took over The Breakfast Club this week, and Marty tells the story of the 1986 Zelda art where Link is kneeling in a church praying to Jesus. Also, water parks are the last lawless place in America, and somebody in Virginia Beach burned down a 50-foot gorilla named Hugh Mungus. Then One Has to Go closes it out: find out what slow jams, Good Charlotte, and Fast and Furious have in common. Highlights: 03:00 — Water parks: the last lawless place in America 06:22 — Hugh Mungus, the 50-foot gorilla an arsonist burned down 11:17 — Slices: Tesla's Cyber Cab shipped without a brake pedal, and the feds noticed 18:48 — Marty walks away from a Waymo wreck 21:38 — Skilla Baby's prayer alarm goes off on The Breakfast Club 26:06 — Link was praying to Jesus, and Nintendo of America took it out 31:53 — Bible Adventures, bootleg cartridges and the Christian Marvel comics 33:52 — Cory Asbury on leaving worship music and what brought him back 42:39 — One Has to Go

    Episode 1317: Cory Asbury on His Return to Worship Music, Plus Zelda's Secret Christian Past

  5. Sep 1

    Episode 1316: SEU Worship, Anna Faris on Her Son's Faith and Ella Langley Can't Stop Talking About God

    This week SEU Worship joins us — we talk about the SEU Outpouring and their new album 'Found in the Field.'  In RELEVANT Buzz, 'Scary Movie' star Anna Faris opens up on Chelsea Handler's podcast about her 14-year-old son and the conversations he keeps having with her about Jesus. Then the biggest artist in music right now, Ella Langley, is rewriting the record books and getting bolder about God from the stage. We play what she said at a recent show. Then there's 'Death of the Pastor's Wife,' the new Netflix series about Mica Miller, the South Carolina pastor's wife whose death became a national story. In Slices, a 47-year-old Bay Area pastor made a college football roster and is now a defensive end at a community college. And scientists have worked out how to turn plastic bottles into protein cookies for disaster zones and deep space crews (nobody has actually eaten one yet).  We close the show with a bracket game ranking five years of Emily’s time at RELEVANT: the Eras Tour, girl dinner, jalapeño poppers, a church prom photo. It's her last episode with us, and we send her off the right way. Coincidentally, we also let you know about some new job openings over at RELEVANTmediagroup.com.  Highlights: 02:24 — Derek on teenagers again 04:52 — The lame duck era 08:59 — Derek's Dell call center exit stories 13:37 — Jesse quits Kmart 17:06 — RELEVANT Buzz: Anna Faris on her son Jack's faith 21:58 — Ella Langley's record-breaking run and her mini sermon 26:26 — 'Death of the Pastor's Wife' on Netflix 30:33 — SEU Worship on 'Found in the Field' 38:34 — Slices: a 47-year-old pastor makes a college football roster 44:09 — Slices: plastic bottles into protein cookies 47:17 — The Emily Brown Bracket Challenge 58:34 — Five years of Emily Brown 59:37 — We're hiring

    Episode 1316: SEU Worship, Anna Faris on Her Son's Faith and Ella Langley Can't Stop Talking About God

  6. Aug 27

    Michael Cochren, Columbia House Finally Dies & the New Church Abuse Database — Ep. 1315

    This week we're joined by Michael Cochren, the soul-and-blues frontman of Cochren & Co. He talks about the eight years he spent waiting on an answer from God and why he refuses to say God is good just because things finally worked out. We spotlight the band's new album, 'Runs in the Blood.' In RELEVANT Buzz, Cory Asbury posted and deleted a shirtless workout photo, apologized for it and then got roasted by every friend he has in Christian music. Also, survivors launched the first national database of Protestant leaders accused of abuse, years after the SBC voted to build one and then let it die. And The Promised Land, the Moses workplace mockumentary that started as a YouTube pilot, just signed Lionsgate and got a second season. In Slices, Columbia House is finally shutting down, which mostly raises the question of how it was still open, and one of us confesses to running a stack of accounts under slightly different names to get free CDs as a teenager. And a woman in New Zealand went into cardiac arrest in a supermarket parking lot, got revived by a stranger and then got a parking ticket for it.  Also in here: a follow-up on the resting heart rate situation, a public service announcement about energy drinks, and the actual reason last week's episode showed up five days late. One Has to Go closes it out. And we're still taking answers to last week's question: What's something you wish you'd known going into your freshman year of college? Drop it in the comments or @ us. We're running your answers in a piece this week. Highlights: 01:21 — Marty's new house and the California no-AC problem 04:07 — Is the house haunted 06:15 — The resting heart rate follow-up and a Celsius warning 07:48 — C4, Sour Patch Kids flavor and two hours of pins and needles 11:35 — David Blaine, stunt magic and the four kinds of magician 19:15 — Emily is podcasting from what appears to be a TJ Maxx dressing room 21:04 — Kohl's cash 22:13 — RELEVANT Buzz: Cory Asbury takes down the shirtless photo and apologizes 28:08 — Survivors launch the first national database of accused Protestant abusers 30:09 — The Promised Land gets a second season and Lionsgate 31:33 — Michael Cochren of Cochren & Co. 39:12 — Slices: Columbia House is shutting down after 71 years 43:34 — She died in a parking lot and still got a ticket 48:34 — Why last week's episode was late 50:05 — One Has to Go

    Michael Cochren, Columbia House Finally Dies & the New Church Abuse Database — Ep. 1315

  7. Aug 24

    Episode 1314: Montell Jordan, Ryan Ellis and 40,000 Pope Hats

    This week, "This Is How We Do It" singer Montell Jordan joins us. He and his wife, Kristin, went from platinum records and world tours to planting a church, and they talk about what was missing in the middle of all that success. Also on the show, Ryan Ellis, who spent a decade writing worship music and now shows us what else he’s got. We spotlight his new album, ‘No Halo.’ In RELEVANT Buzz, Saints quarterback Drew Brees went into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and built his speech around the day Christ changed his life. In other sports news, the Chicago White Sox handed out a record-breaking number of Pope hats. A new Harvard study suggests the loneliness epidemic may not be for the reasons we assume. And Stranger Things actor Caleb McLaughlin opens up about his faith journey. In Slices, the FAA solved its air traffic controller shortage by advertising the job to gamers, and a guy in San Francisco bought a billboard for an AI chatbot that turns out to be him. One Has to Go closes it out, and we tell you about four open positions we’ve posted at relevantmediagroup.com. Editorial Question of the Week: What's something you wish you knew before starting your freshman year? Drop it in the comments or on our socials. We'll read the best ones on next week's show and turn them into an article at relevantmagazine.com. Highlights: 01:53 — Derek on teenage boys  04:15 — New York smells and we fix it 08:36 — Cameron's resting heart rate becomes a group intervention  17:20 — RELEVANT Buzz: Drew Brees' Hall of Fame speech  19:03 — The time Oprah tried to wipe off Drew Brees' birthmark on live TV  23:11 — The White Sox gave away 40,000 Pope hats  26:02 — Harvard says loneliness tracks with income, not gender  31:05 — Caleb McLaughlin on the faith he found on his own  34:41 — Montell and Kristin Jordan  40:30 — Ryan Ellis  47:34 — Slices: The FAA recruited gamers to run air traffic control  51:26 — The San Francisco AI chatbot that is one guy typing  59:10 — Editorial Question of the Week  59:45 — One Has to Go

    Episode 1314: Montell Jordan, Ryan Ellis and 40,000 Pope Hats

  8. Aug 11

    Episode 1313: Lily Hooten of Housefires, Mike Posner Gets Baptized & the Rise of Solo Maxxing

    This week we're joined by Lily Hooten of Housefires, the Atlanta worship collective, to talk about their new album House Church Vol. 001. She talks with Emily about how the record came together and where the collective is going from here. In RELEVANT Buzz, “I Took a Pill in Ibiza” singer Mike Posner is going public about finding faith, his baptism and laying out what he thinks being a Christian actually requires of him. We also get into a Gen Z trend that gives singleness a rebrand, plus the A-list artists selling mystery concert tickets for a low price to combat rising concert prices.  In Slices, The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers says he's thinking about quitting music and points at his dad as the reason, and Cameron brings a story about maybe the real reason people are stealing those Flock surveillance cameras. Somewhere in there Jesse invents the meeting poncho, which he is convinced is a great idea. And Emily has a can’t-miss announcement at the end of the show. Editorial Question of the Week: What's a worship song lyric you can't unhear once you notice it? Drop your answer in the comments or @ us. We're reading them on next week's episode. Highlights: 02:52 — Jesse's home alone and after 10 hours the house is already destroyed 11:22 — The meeting shirt, and the case for a back flap 16:07 — SkyMall is somehow still online 18:19 — Sharper Image vs. Brookstone, peak capitalism 22:27 — RELEVANT Buzz: Mike Posner gets baptized 28:06 — Gen Z, dating apps and solo maxxing 33:24 — Mystery concert tickets, with one catch 36:15 — Lily Hooten of Housefires 43:36 — Slices: Brandon Flowers on quitting music 47:35 — Google's AI said Flock cameras are full of gold 52:50 — Editorial Question of the Week 53:43 — Emily has an announcement

    Episode 1313: Lily Hooten of Housefires, Mike Posner Gets Baptized & the Rise of Solo Maxxing
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Since 2005, the show from RELEVANT magazine covering faith, culture and everything in-between! Every Tuesday, Cameron Strang, Jesse Carey, Derek Minor, Emily Brown and Marty bring buzzworthy news for thought-provoking and hilarious conversations!

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