The Happy Rant

In this live episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a look back at our podcast heroes and rogues galleries.

1. Our hall of heroes from past years
2. Our rogues gallery over the years

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In this live episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a look back at our college days.

1. On dreaming
2. On being a jerk
3. On not caring
4. On caring too much

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In this episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of stories about our high school days:

1. Navigating Christian high school
2. Figuring out affluence
3. High school personas
4. Coming of age stories
5. Being self-conscious vs. being self-aware

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In this episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics just like the old days:

1. Advice for folks transitioning out of college to the real world
2. Having courage in new circumstances
3. Having patience in growing and earning
4. Correcting aspirations

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In this episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics just like the old days:

1. Things we miss that don't exist any more
2. Music labels/publishers vs. self-release or publication
3. The lifespan of new books
4. Radio interviews

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In this episode Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through the glory of the show The Bear:

1. The Bear as an ode to Chicago and perfectly presenting Chicago characters
2. The nearly perfect storytelling of The Bear
3. A show about pursuing wholeness and perfection
4. A secular show with Christian sensibilities (despite a few F-words)

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In this episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics just like the old days:

1. Where are we going from here? Future podcast ideas and possibilities
2. Bucket lists: flippant thing or fulfillment before we die?
3. Why men like talking about money and trips
4. What did we talk about when we were young and interesting?
5. Why Christian men are bad at conversation

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In this episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics just like the old days:

1. Early blog days that launched careers and spawned comment section wars
2. How come some pastors get weird on social media after they leave the pastorate? 
3. Wait, megachurches are still doing this stuff?
4. What exactly is an "executive pastor"?

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In this episode Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:

1. Ronnie the outdoorsman
2. A River Runs Through It and the late 90s Christian fly fishing boom
3. The male attraction to poker nights
4. Having purpose in retirement
5. Dream retirement jobs

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In this episode Ronnie and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:

1. Live show nostalgia - a look back
2. The Barbenheimer phenomenon--how did this happen and why it's kind of great
3. So, Elon Musk is ruining twitter
4. Does seminary really matter? Why? For whom? 

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In this episode the boys wander to and fro through a variety of topics:

1. Our worst preaching moments
2. Things that are normal now that would have been really weird when we were growing up
3. Is it good that parents are addicted to making memories? 

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In this episode Ronnie and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:

1. First impressions of Threads
2. Is Threads the social media platform to save all platforms?
3. Our propensity to expect the next thing to be a better thing
4. Flat-footed preaching vs Sound bite preaching
5. What Christian books need to be written? 

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In this episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a couple topics and then make a very significant announcement in the life of our show:

1. Pastors and social media travel freak-outs
2. When did this start? When will it End?
3. ANNOUNCING OUR NEXT LIVE SHOW
4. A historic announcement in the life of this show

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In this episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a remembrance and appreciation of Tim Keller:

1. When we first encountered him
2. Appreciating his clear, but not weird and crazy, reformedom 
3. Tim's influence on urban church planting and making cities cool
4. His unique preaching style

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In this episode Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:

1. Books that everyone loves that you dislike or don't get
2. The most ripped-off Christian authors
3. Books that turned us on to writing
4. Guilty pleasure books
5. Violent vigilantes vs. Christian romance
6. Good writing vs. bad stories

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In this episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:

1. Denominational convention fun in New Orleans and Memphis
2. The non-denomination denomination
3. How different denominations do smugness
4. Palatable vs. unpalatable pretensions
5. Zoom backgrounds by denomination

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In this episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:

1. Books that shaped us as children
2. Books that have shaped us this year
3. Our families' relationship with TV
4. Slippery slope TV shows
5. Fight Club hate

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In this episode Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:

1. Our spending arc by age and stage
2. The dad fashion arc
3. People's relationship with photos
4. How fame effects relationships
5. Old models of fame vs. new

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In this episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:

1. What does boredom look like and feel like as an adult?
2. Do boring people know they are boring?
3. How do we escape boring interactions?
4. What motivates us at this point in life?

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