393 episodes
The Happy Rant LifeAudio
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- Religion & Spirituality
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4.7 • 877 Ratings
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Barnabas Piper, Ted Kluck, and Ronnie Martin cheerfully - if sarcastically - rant about all the things that don't matter all that much (and some that do).
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Episode #433 - Remembering Ourselves: The Gen X Show
In this episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:
Quintessential Gen X movies
The Gen X ethos of opposing baby boomers
Gen X icons (living and dead)
Misery as a brand
Anxiety is the new cynicism
For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com/book/Visit our show store where you can find shirts, notebooks, bags, and more. Our merchandise makes great gifts and is an ideal way to look cooler than all your friends too at https://thehappyrant.com/shop/Check out our sponsor:Visual Theology (https://visualtheology.church) and use the code “happyrant” at checkout for a 20% discount!
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Episode #432 - Middle Aged Birthdays the Most Millennial Movie
In this episode Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:
Middle aged birthdays: the moods, celebrations, and gifts that make them awful or wonderful
Why La La Land is the MOST millennial movie
How we move on from dreams and pursuits well
For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com/book/Visit our show store where you can find shirts, notebooks, bags, and more. Our merchandise makes great gifts and is an ideal way to look cooler than all your friends too at https://thehappyrant.com/shop/Check out our sponsor:Visual Theology (https://visualtheology.church) and use the code “happyrant” at checkout for a 20% discount!
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Episode #431 - Millennial Movies, Casual Profanity, and Self-Conscious Consumption
In this episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:
Why Millennial movies kind of stink
The rise of casual profanity
Self-conscious story telling
The millennial love of irony
Consumption as a persona builder
For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com/book/Visit our show store where you can find shirts, notebooks, bags, and more. Our merchandise makes great gifts and is an ideal way to look cooler than all your friends too at https://thehappyrant.com/shop/Check out our sponsor:Visual Theology (https://visualtheology.church) and use the code “happyrant” at checkout for a 20% discount!
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Episode #430 - Gen Z and Digital Communication
In this episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:
Gen Z stinks at tech support
Gen Z and email
Dealing with texts from non-friends
Gen Z can't do humor
Gen Z as elite processors of information
For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com/book/Visit our show store where you can find shirts, notebooks, bags, and more. Our merchandise makes great gifts and is an ideal way to look cooler than all your friends too at https://thehappyrant.com/shop/Check out our sponsor:Visual Theology (https://visualtheology.church) and use the code “happyrant” at checkout for a 20% discount!
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#429 - Questions Questions Everywhere
This episode includes all the usual wandering to and fro, but in a very different way than usual: it includes every single one of the live Q&A's that Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas have done since 2017. So sit back, relax, and enjoy this abundant collection of absurd and clever and dumb and brilliant questions and responses.
TIME STAMPS:
Q&A 1 - 00:01:42
Q&A 2 - 00:50:15
Q&A 3 - 1:31:00
Q&A 4 - 2:30:00
Q&A 5 - 3:32:00
For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com/book/Visit our show store where you can find shirts, notebooks, bags, and more. Our merchandise makes great gifts and is an ideal way to look cooler than all your friends too at https://thehappyrant.com/shop/Check out our sponsor:Visual Theology (https://visualtheology.church) and use the code “happyrant” at checkout for a 20% discount!
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Episode #428 - Pastor Websites, the Asbury Revival, and Social Media Ministers
In this episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:
What other posters need a "Clearly Reformed" website? (Tim Keller, Matt Chandler, Steve Furtick, Francis Chan, Andy Stanley, Carl Truman, etc.)
Violated reality
Asbury Revival responses and the tendency toward skepticism
Asbury responses by theological camp, especially reformed
Can you have a "social media ministry?
For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com/book/Visit our show store where you can find shirts, notebooks, bags, and more. Our merchandise makes great gifts and is an ideal way to look cooler than all your friends too at https://thehappyrant.com/shop/Check out our sponsor:Visual Theology (https://visualtheology.church) and use the code “happyrant” at checkout for a 20% discount!
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Customer Reviews
Bangers
This is easily my favorite podcast of the dozens I listen to on a weekly basis. The perfect blend of sarcasm, transparency, and humor is just spot on. It’s the only show that consistently makes me laugh out loud.
Continues to be a weekly great discussion.
Updated review - this podcast is like going home, look forward every Thursday to seeing a new ep drop. I only wish I could invite the guys to my home for the discussion!!
Fun, entertaining, thought provoking, and articulates my thoughts every week. Thanks to the guys for being faithful to deliver every week!
Yet to care about anything (I guess?)
Appreciate the light hearted banter and chemistry of Big T, R, and Pipe as a listener for several years but sometimes the subliminal competition to not care about anything is a drag. I get it, not everything is worth getting into a tizzy about and that’s not what this show is but guys, satirical apathy has a limit. It’s ok to care sometimes. It’s ok to say that something is bad and affects our churches and the next generation in a bad way. Like guys, Satan is bad. Celebrating him is bad. Kids consuming cultural influences and being affected is bad. You’re not being a dopey, close minded conservative to at least comment on clearly “bad things”. Not everyone is you, not caring and grumpy and “getting old”.