[This episode has Robbie Madison, Jed Payne and Joey Svendsen in it]

Feels like a chill time of encouragement amongst three friends, like it's a church small group. Robbie sheds some light on the fallacy that "only good things should happen because of God," Jed still struggles with the concept of a "tit for tat" God, and Joey tries to encourage Jed with his own journey along the same lines after he shuts up about a recent UFO sighting of his.

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On this episode, Joey goes through his favorite books of 2024 and shares an episode he put together on a different podcast in which he crammed his whole mental health crisis story of 2019 into a 45-minute episode (quite the feat, hell to the yeah). Special thanks to John Mark McMillan for narrating this one.

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[Produced by Hayne Griffin, this episode has Hayne, Robbie Madison and Joey Svendsen]

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For the final episode of the year, Hayne rounds Joey and Robbie up for some Christmas talk, picking up where they left off last year in "Baby, It's Cold Outside (EP13)," the last episode these three talked Christmas for an hour. Today they talk whether or not the brilliance of the movie Four Christmases is all due to Vince Vaughn's humor. They deliberate on whether Santa and elaborate gift-giving conflicts with the purity of the true Gospel story, and consider if the German tradition of “night of Saint Nick” may be a better option. The three go in to a bit of the history of that tradition and reflect on Christmases past, how their parents implemented Santa into their childhood christmases and how they have walked this season out with their kids currently as parents themselves. They also manage to fit in a conversation about a scientific study on guys' need for quality “guy-time.”

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[This episode is with Amy Alderman, Matt Oxley, Jed Payne, Joey Svendsen]

Joey had a kidney stone that worked through him like clockwork. It made him very happy. Jed educates everyone on Kratom. Matt, Jed and Amy school Joey on the true definition of a "furry," and Amy doesn't think any one belongs with a tail, even if they are looking for belonging.

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[This episode is Joey Svendsen joined by five friends from his youth group days: Jon Bazzle, Gail Santavicca, Billy Jones, Mike Colon, Penny Sharp, and B.J. Slotkin]

Part 1 can be listened to here or viewed on YouTube.
Part 2 can be listened to here.

Joey, Jon, Gail, and Billy have talked twice and now they (and you) get to hear from some of their friends from youth group, peers who've listened in on those other episodes. Mike Colon, one of Joey's best friends in high school, shares an experience he had in church; racism from a peer's parent. It affected him for life. Penny reflects on getting married right out of high school; after a divorce and experiencing multiple tragedies, she yelled at God, now feels closer to Him than ever, but isn't currently part of a church. B.J., one of the "Youth Group Popes," doubts some of his past holy spirit experiences and regrets some of his past religious mindsets he now believes lacked true love for all types of people.

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Special song courtesy of Robbie Madison Music.
Other music: Mechanical River.

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[This Episode's crew: Stoy Prioleau, Joey Svendsen, Ellen Mauro, Hayne Griffin]

Stoy and Joey have lost all hope in the government, not voting for any presidential candidate, Hayne and Ellen didn't get the results they wanted, it affected Ellen deeply. Joey feels guilty about his emotional-less relationship with politics, recognizing his privilege likely plays a part in this. Ellen is frustrated with compassionate people who don't vote, like Joey and Stoy and fears the worst with this second Trump presidency. Hayne doesn't think the extant of Ellen's fears are warranted and Stoy doesn't understand why Ellen has any hope in the system, in the first place.

Joey asks Ellen how she'd have reacted if one of the guys voted for Trump, Ellen has plans of starting a "white women only" group, hoping to rally "her kind" (not her words) to be proactive in fighting against the racism and misogyny she believes Trump voters have turned a blind eye to. The four also discuss the nuance of good people being on both sides of the political aisle.

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[This episode was produced by Joey Svendsen and is joined by three friends from Joey's youth group days: Jon Bazzle, Gail Santavicca, and Billy Jones]

Part 1 can be listened to or viewed on YouTube.

Joey shares how his "pure lifestyle" was celebrated amongst parents of other kids in youth group while inside, he felt overburdened by a never- ending, dark spiritual season, years on end. Jon wants to know what Joey actually cherishes from the old youth group days, Billy concurs that the guilt was excessive but the relationships were so dear to him, also traveled from Chicago last year just to be at the reunion. Gail reflects back on what she describes as having had a feeling of unworthiness, especially when she was around the other Christians who appeared to have "their stuff" together.

Talking about our experiences as kids together, for the SECOND TIME as adults.

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[Produced by Stoy Prioleau, with Hayne, Stoy, Amy and Joey]

On Part 1 of this conversation, "Firefighter Hayne, Doing the Lord's Work in Ravaged North Carolina," listeners heard stories of Helene's destruction in Western North Carolina through the personal story of our firefighting friend, Hayne Griffin, recounting that dreadful night that took his whole community by surprise. As the conversation carried on during the recording, the hosts got into some theology about God and prayer, in the context of natural disasters. This "part 2" captures that deeper layer of discussion including Joey's lack of faith in praying for storms to turn away and the nuance of reframing "natural disasters" as simply "nature." and how things are.

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