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PostConsumer Reports PodcastEp 100: Fernando Ortega returns for our 100th episode to discuss his new album!It's celebration time! For the 100th episode of the podcast Fernando Ortega returns to discus his new album For All the Saints. We also have a thorough discussion about his book Fernando's Birds bird watching in general, what it means to be rooted to a place and home, and how he has learned to grieve loss and embrace the joys of life over the years. It's a wonderful discussion to have for this milestone episode. Fernando also appeared on episode 52 of the podcast to discuss his previous album The Crucifixion of Jesus, which to this day remains the...
2024-11-261h 29
Tent Talks with Dr Stephen BackhouseA Christmas Tent Talk with Emily Hunter McGowinDr. Emily Hunter McGowin has entered the Tent to take part in Chris Marchand's annual Christmas episode. She has just released her new book Christmas: The Season of Life and Light which offers reflections, insights, and gentle challenges about how we celebrate the holiday season. The conversation dwells on the major themes Chris addressed in his own Christmas book as well as past episodes, namely, the political nature of serving others, finding a way to rest, unleashing our festive side, and finally, being drawn to the worship of the Christ-child.Dr. McGowin's book can be purchased here...
2023-11-1452 minTent Talks with Dr Stephen BackhouseBonus: Tolkien and Nonviolence? with Austin M. FreemanAustin M. Freeman, professor at Houston Christian University, joins the tent for another bonus episode to discuss J.R.R. Tolkien's views on non-violence and war. Who exactly is the "pacifist" in The Lord of the Rings and why isn't it Tom Bombadil? In two archival episode segments Melody Green, dean of Urbana Seminary, is featured with her owns thoughts about Tolkien. Dr. Freeman is the author of the book Tolkien Dogmatics and Dr. Green is the editor of Tolkien and the Arts: a theology of subcreation.You can find Dr. Freeman's book here and Dr. Green's...
2023-10-1235 minTent Talks with Dr Stephen BackhouseBonus Episode: Rachel Wilhelm on Singing the Words of JeremiahMusician, songwriter, and worship leader Rachel Wilhelm joins the Tent with Chris Marchand to discuss her new album Jeremiah and how she approached writing songs that speak truth to leaders in power while also calling for communal repentance. Though a bonus episode, this conversation pieces together a number of elements from previous Tent Talks series: 1) Rachel contributed the theme song to Chris's series Women in Church Leadership (which is discussed in the interview), 2) speaking truth to power and discerning true prophets from false prophets is a topic Stephen covered in a previous episode, and 3) this is something of a...
2023-10-0340 minPostConsumer Reports PodcastEp 94: Rachel Wilhelm on Singing The Words of JeremiahRachel Wilhelm joins the podcast again to discuss her new album Jeremiah, a collection of song adapted from the words of the prophet Jeremiah. Like with previous episodes this interview is also a kind of deep dive "radio special" for the album featuring excerpts of the song and the background behind them. Rachel previously appeared on the podcast discussing her album Requiem and she has even written an article for PostConsumer Reports the blog. Please check out her work on Bandcamp and all the streaming platforms, book her for songwriting retreat through United Adoration, or check out the music sh...
2023-09-071h 09Tent Talks with Dr Stephen BackhouseWomen in Church Leadership 4: The FutureChris interviewed four women from different backgrounds asking them each the same questions about their experiences as women and leaders in the Church. He talks to Abbi Nye, archivist at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and researcher with CFCToo and ACNAToo, Dr. Emily McGowin, associate professor of theology at Wheaton College and canon theologian for the Anglican Diocese C4SO, Joy Qualls, dean and associate professor at Biola University, and April McClure Stewart, pastor of MCC Disciples of Christ and Executive Director for her denomination's school of ministry. Today's episode features as special guest author and speaker Carolyn Custis J...
2023-01-3136 min
Indo Tekno PodcastTechnology to Lift the "Pemulung" to "Pelestari": Hamish Daud of OctopusIndonesia generates approximately 6.8 million tons of plastic waste every year, according to the Indonesia National Plastic Action Partnership (or NPAP). Shockingly, almost none of this waste has been sorted in the past. Indonesian actor and presenter Hamish Daud joins the Indo Tekno Podcast to discuss his efforts to apply data analysis and entirely new practices in order to address Indonesia's deficient waste collection and recycling practices. Octopus, a start-up he cofounded with partner Moehammad Ichsan, seeks to create an efficient reverse logistics service for Indonesia's packaging industries. The platform enables granular tracking of "Postconsumer Material" (PCM), offering valuable data...
2022-10-0319 min
Rick Lee James Podcast NetworkEpisode 478 - As I Walk These HallsVoices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) -Episode 478 -As I Walk These HallsI’m back from my Podcast hiatus and I’ve got a new single.-Rick Lee JamesSpecial thanks to Chris Marchand for allowing me to feature our conversation from his Podcast, PostConsumer Reports, here on my show today. PostConsumer Reports Podcast : http://www.postconsumerreports.com/Web Sites:https://www.rickleejames.comGet The Single:https://rickleejames.hearnow.com/halls...
2022-08-171h 21
Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)Episode 478 -As I Walk These HallsVoices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) -Episode 478 -As I Walk These Halls
I’m back from my Podcast hiatus and I’ve got a new single.
-Rick Lee James
Special thanks to Chris Marchand for allowing me to feature our conversation from his Podcast, PostConsumer Reports, here on my show today.
PostConsumer Reports Podcast : http://www.postconsumerreports.com/
Web Sites:
https://www.rickleejames.com
Get The Single:
https://rickleejames.hearnow.com/halls
Lyric Video:
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2022-08-171h 21Tent Talks with Dr Stephen BackhouseChris Marchand, guest of the centuryChris Marchand is an Anglican priest and church music leader from Peoria, Illinois in the USA. He also teaches history and literature classes at Schole Academy, an online Classical Christian school. He has just released Gentle Spacemakers an album of the music he's written for the Tent Talks podcast (which also includes the theme song for The Hyphen, Stephen's other podcast). You can stream or download the album on Bandcamp or wherever you stream music. Chris has two other podcasts, Postconsumer Reports about art and faith, and Between the Songs about the music of Rich Mullins. Finally, i...
2022-03-2249 minTent Talks with Dr Stephen BackhouseResting at Christmas (Christmas Tent Talk)Chris's talk is in part based on his book Celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas: A guide for churches and families, which can be purchased through most book outlets. Chris has also released a couple of albums of Christmas music, one electronic instrumental and one more traditional. This is the first of two episodes on resting at Christmas, The second will be made available to Patreon subscribers and can be found HERE. Last year's Christmas Tent Talk (on serving others) can be found here, and other Christmas related interviews and talks can be found on his own podcast P...
2021-12-1459 minTent Talks with Dr Stephen BackhouseHarmony Smith, song writer on making "You Have Our Yes"Harmony Smith is the Director of Worship for the Vineyard Movement in the UK & Ireland where she encourages, raises up, and trains worship and music leaders, and she also co-pastors Belfast City Church with her husband Andy. From her bio: "Harmony is a worshiper, songwriter and pastor whose heart is all about seeing people connect with Jesus in a lifestyle of worship. This passion is particularly clear in her songs, which can be found on several Vineyard UK & Ireland worship albums, including Creator, Spirit Burn, The Feast and most recently, Legacy – Live from Ireland. She has also just released ‘You...
2021-10-1956 minPostConsumer Reports PodcastSinger-songwriter Rick Lee JamesEp 85 features and interview with Rick Lee James, a singer-songwriter, guitarist, recording artist, and music pastor. He joined PostConsumer Reports to discuss his songwriting and recording process, the struggle to lead church music during the time of COVID (when we are not singing together), being able to authentically address people's pain through worship music, and his Mister Rogers podcast "Welcome to the Neighborhood." Rick has a podcast of his own, "Voices in My Head," which has had numerous guests over the years, including an interview with Chris discussing his 12 days of Christmas book. A couple of months ago Rick was a...
2021-05-2752 minTent Talks with Dr Stephen BackhouseServing at ChristmasBased on his book 'Celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas,' co-host Chris Marchand explores the social and political implications of Serving at Christmas. Sean and Stephen join the discussion at 35:40. This is the first of two episodes reimagining serving others at Christmas. Episode 2 will be available to Patreon subscribers, which can be found HERE. In the years to come Chris will be recording more Christmas Tent Talks on the subjects of resting, celebrating, and worshipping at Christmas.You can find out more about Chris's thoughts and writings at Christmas on his podcast and blog PostConsumer Re...
2020-12-0855 min
Her Dinero MattersConsumer Behavior and Our Money with Stacie de Armas | HDM 222Why should we pay attention to the findings on consumer behavior? And what in the world does this have to do with our money? Stacie de Armas joins us today to gives us answers to those questions and more. In today’s episode you will hear:
The lessons learned from her first job at a bank serving a good portion of the Hispanic community
Her role as a consumer behaviorist and why we as a consumer should pay attention
The details of her top findings on the Latinx community and what it all means
For a quick recap...
2020-07-1642 minPostConsumer Reports PodcastEp 50: Stu G from Delirious on the Beatitudes Project Stu G became known as the lead guitarist and songwriter for the revolutionary worship band Delirious? but after years of touring with other artists and logging lots of time as a studio musician, Stu finally decided to take on a passion project long in gestation: a multimedia work based off of The Beatitudes, the opening words of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5. It started out as a set of songs but then soon grew into a book and a film, all set in Jesus' bold proclamations of blessing on God's people. So, we're celebrating the 50...
2017-07-061h 09PostConsumer Reports PodcastEp20: An Introduction to Classical EducationThis podcast episode is different from the norm for PostConsumer Reports. It features a talk Chris Marchand (host and writer for PCR) gave on Classical Education. Chris is the headmaster at Aletheia Christian School in Peoria, Illinois (www.peoriaclassical.org). Chris goes into the philosophy behind Classical Education, how we give our kids the "lost tools of learning", and how we hope to create lifelong lovers of learning. Welcome to the Great Conversation!
2016-07-251h 27PostConsumer Reports PodcastEp 13: Jessica Ball—artist and owner of The Art GarageEpisode 13 of the PostConsumer
Reports Podcast features a conversation with Jessica Ball, Peoria
area artist and owner of The Art Garage. Jessica shares
her journey as an artist and through it I get to ask about her
views on abstract art, the monetary value of works of art, and
where the art community is headed in Peoria. Check below for
examples of her work (which we also discuss in the interview). Make
sure to check The Art Garage page for class times and upcoming
exhibits: http://art-garage-studio.com/
2016-04-281h 36
PostConsumer Reports PodcastEp11: Thom Blair on the Hebrew-English Interlinear ESV Old Testament and Logos Bible Software:Episode 11 of the PostConsumer Reports Podcast features Thom Blair, editor and translator of the Hebrew English Interlinear English Standard Version (ESV) of the Old Testament. Thom also works for Faithlife and Logos Bible Software. His Hebrew-English version of the ESV is quite frankly amazing. Essentially it features a line of the Hebrew text with another line of the exact English words directly underneath. Thom is a friend of mine and I am honored and astonished to know someone who has accomplished a project such as this. Thom has also been developing Bible study courses and video talks from prominent...
2016-04-0646 min
PostConsumer Reports PodcastPostConsumer Reports Podcast: Intro Beta Test Episode 00AThe PostConsumer Reports Podcast is just getting started. There are many questions to be asked and we will listen to many answers.
Artists, thinkers, pastors, interesting people of all sorts. They already exist. We just need to get them in front of a mike and ask them questions.
2016-01-0902 min