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Hey! It's The Luskos
by AccessMore
Sit down with pastors and authors Levi and Jennie Lusko for an unfiltered look at the madness of the Lusko’s life, marriage, ministry, faith, grief, and growth that goes on behind the scenes. (It may or may not include: product reviews, coffee recommendations, Disney hacks and all the things that make life wonderful) Hosted by Pastors of Fresh Life Church, and authors of best selling book Through The Eyes of a Lion, I Declare War, Swipe Right and The Fight to Flourish.
Episodes
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Ep 254: Luke Lezon: Not Ready Yet? Show Up Anyway |Levi + Jennie Lusko | Hey! It's The Luskos
At 17, Luke Lezon marched into his mom's furniture boutique and announced he didn't believe any of it. She didn't even flinch. Luke joins Levi and Jennie for the story of a 10,000-person Bible study at Texas A&M, a wife he met on Twitter, and how a church split put a 28-year-old young adults…
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Ep 253: Stasi Eldredge: Is There More to Knowing Jesus? | Levi + Jennie Lusko | Hey! It's The Luskos
When John Eldredge met Stasi in drama class, his opening line was "Don't mark me absent." Forty-three years later, Stasi joins Jennie to talk about the monastery bells that pause her ministry's day twice daily, the loss of Brent Curtis just as Wild at Heart was taking shape, and trying on the...
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Ep 252: Strings & Heart: When does faith become your own? | Levi + Jennie Lusko | Hey! It's The Luskos
Some kids get stuck doing the dishes. The Espinosa brothers, Angelo, Michael, and Eric, got music lessons as their chore, so when big brother Angelo pitched starting a band, the answer was a hard no. (Spoiler: they're Strings & Heart now, and they're on a rocket ship.) The Tucson trio tells Levi...
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Ep 251: Josiah & Trinity Queen: What If They Say No? | Levi + Jennie Lusko | Hey! It's The Luskos
Josiah Queen and his wife Trinity join Levi and Jennie for their first joint episode — and it's a good one. They trade the story of how a ping pong ball to the back turned into a marriage, get into the making of Josiah's viral hit "Amazing", and Trinity opens up about the year she committed to...
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Ep 250: Bryce Crawford: How Do You Stop Living in Shame? | Hey! It's The Luskos
Ever feel like the first year of marriage is supposed to be miserable? Bryce Crawford — six months in and still figuring out how normal couples argue over finances — says that's a lie. He talks with Levi and Jennie about wrestling shame from his past, finishing his Liberty University Bible degree...
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Ep 249: Brooke Ligertwood: What If Your Life Isn't Supposed to Be a Highlight Reel? | Hey! It's The Luskos
Worship leader and songwriter Brooke Ligertwood is back on the couch — a third-time guest whose new album Eat sets Scripture word-for-word to music. She and Levi swap stories about the time they turned a Montana set into the moon, talk through the marriage-saving phrase "is that a final draft?",...
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Ep 248: Sadie & Christian Huff: What Do You Do When the Truth Gets Personal?
Sadie and Christian Huff are back for their third visit — and three years, three kids, and one viral leech-in-a-box clip later, they're catching Levi and Jennie up on everything. They open up about filming Duck Dynasty: The Revival through Sadie's pregnancy with Kit (which wrapped the same week...
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Ep 247: Lisa Harper: For Anyone Who's Never Felt Chosen
Fifth-time guest Lisa Harper is back — fresh off a whirlwind trip through England, Wales, the Netherlands, and Scotland, and still nursing the jet lag. Between hug-ministry theology, Levi's 75-day merino wool shorts experiment (Lisa remains skeptical), and a surprise moment praying with a…
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Ep 246: David Thomas: Raising Capable Kids
David Thomas — co-founder of Daystar Counseling and co-author of the new book Capable — joins Levi and Jennie to unpack why chasing our kids' happiness might actually be setting them up to fail. From three kids under age two to a grandmother who asked one piercing question his whole life, David...
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Ep 245: Phil Wickham: How Do You Stop Performing for God?
Phil Wickham catches up with Levi and Jennie fresh off his Song of the Saints tour — the one where God stopped him in his tracks the night before opening night with one question: are you really letting me be Lord of your life? Phil opens up about that surrender, the inflatable rocks that gave him…
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Ep 244: Joel Muddamalle: The Truth About Demons, Nephilim, and Spiritual Warfare
Dr. Joel Muddamalle is back for round three, and this time he's taking Levi and Jennie into the deep end — demons, the Nephilim, and what the Bible actually says about spiritual warfare. They talk why he's stepping back from viral reaction content in favor of long-form Substack essays, swap…
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Special Episode: Jon Erwin: How Failure Forges True Leadership
Jon Erwin — the filmmaker behind Young Washington, House of David, and Jesus Revolution — joins Levi and Jennie to talk about why he spent a decade obsessed with George Washington before ever picking up a camera. They get into how Washington's worst failures actually forged his leadership, the…
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Ep 243: Graham Furtick: How Do You Know When to Let Go?
He's the son of pastor Stephen Furtick, but Graham built something all his own — a Sunday-night Bible study with four friends that grew into "the living room," a movement so big the cops got called on it. Fresh off graduation, Graham joins Levi and Jennie to talk about walking away from a…
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Ep 242: Cliffe + Stuart Knechtle: What to Say When Faith Gets Hard Questions
From Cliffe getting pies thrown at him on a college quad while three-year-old Stuart clung to his leg, to preaching in Boston's red-light district as a seminary student, this episode is equal parts hilarious, theologically sharp, and genuinely moving. Father-son duo Cliffe and Stuart Knechtle —...
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Ep 241: Shawn + Jill Johnson: How Do You Keep Marriage Fresh?
Pastor Shawn and Jill Johnson from Red Rocks Church are back for their fourth appearance, and things get real fast — from the legendary canoe trip where Shawn sat on a dead mouse for four hours, to the honest, hard-won wisdom they've collected after nearly three decades of marriage. Levi and…
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Ep 240: Jennie Lusko: Fresh Mercies Every Day
Jennie Lusko is the guest — on her own podcast — to celebrate the release of her new devotional Fresh Mercies Every Day, a 40-day book drawn from decades of her personal journals (yes, she has over 100 of them, all laid out chronologically on the floor). Levi, Jennie, and their firstborn daughter...
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Ep 239: Tasha Calvert: Stop trying harder, start surrendering
Women's minister, author, and Texas-born-and-proud Tasha Calvert joins Jennie for one of those conversations that just makes you exhale. Tasha gets honest about going through the motions for years — church attendance, all the programs, filling in every blank — while still missing the real thing,...
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Ep 238: Debra Fileta: The Skill Many Christians Are Missing
Licensed counselor and author Debra Fileta is back for her third appearance, and this one hits different — she's here to talk about the skill we're all convinced we already have. Levi and Jennie dig into Debra's new book People Skills, unpacking why our tech-saturated world is quietly eroding our...
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Ep 237: Zach Windahl: For the Believer Who Still Feels Lost
Zach Windahl — author of The Bible Simplified — joins Levi and Jennie for a conversation about why so many believers still feel lost in scripture, what finally clicks when you see the whole Bible as one connected story, and the wild COVID wedding that required a cross-state drive with two hours…
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Ep 236: Courtney Pray Duke: when grief is real but so is God
Courtney Pray Duke joins Levi and Jennie for a deeply moving conversation about grief, healing, and the unexpected ways God meets us in our hardest moments. From the physical toll of writing her story to the vulnerability of releasing it into the world, Courtney shares what it’s really like to...
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Ep 235: Abbie + Gabriel Gamboa: when God says "go"
Abbie and Gabriel Gamboa join Levi and Jennie for a hilariously honest, deeply encouraging conversation about marriage, calling, and the messy middle between “God said” and “okay… now what?” From conspiracy-theory dabbling to the sacred art of naming what’s real (in dating, in ministry, in life),...
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Ep 234: Jimmy Darts: Undercover Kindness & Viral Generosity
Jimmy Darts joins Levi + Jennie for a wild, hope-filled conversation about the behind-the-scenes heart of the viral kindness videos that have moved millions. From asking strangers for tiny favors to watching generosity “snowball” into life-changing provision, Jimmy shares how God gave him the...
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Ep 233: Triumph and Sadness: Levi + Jennie Lusko
This week, we’re so excited to share something really special: a message Levi gave at one of our Fresh Life pop-up worship nights in Kalispell. It’s a word that’s meant a lot to us, and we wanted to bring it here because it speaks so honestly to the tension so many of us feel—how to walk with God...
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Ep 232: Preston Sprinkle: The Verses Everyone Argues About
Preston Sprinkle joins Levi and Jennie for a candid, hilarious, and deeply thoughtful conversation around his newest book, From Genesis to Junia: An Honest Search for What the Bible Really Says About Women in Leadership. Preston shares what sent him on a years-long, thousand-hour deep dive…
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Ep 231: Tim Tebow: If The Tree Could Speak
Tim Tebow is back—and this time he’s bringing full-on dad energy. Tim shares the surreal (and hilarious) realities of becoming a father to Daphne Raine, from driving home like a hyper-cautious grandpa to realizing how instantly responsibility rewires your whole brain. Along the way, Levi and…
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Ep 230: Ed Newton: Why Not You?
Pastor Ed Newton joins Levi and Jennie for a conversation that’s equal parts hilarious, holy, and deeply healing. From mutual half-Filipino spouses (and the great “Tagalog” debate) to the way Ed grew up as the primary interpreter for his deaf parents, this episode is packed with stories that will...
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Ep 229: Reacting to Your Hot Takes: Live
Levi and Jennie are back with a LIVE hot-takes edition—reacting to spicy “unpopular opinions” from the Lusketeers and letting the conversation do what it does best: swerve into laughter, rabbit trails, and the occasional “wait… is this actually deep?” moment. From fish (unless it’s sushi) to...
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Ep 228: Jacob Coyne: Ponies on a Dirt Bike Track
Jacob Coyne—founder of Stay Here—joins Levi and Jennie for an honest, hope-filled conversation about suicide prevention, mental health, and what it looks like to love people like Jesus when they’re hurting. This episode goes deep, but it’s also packed with practical help and real stories of lives...
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Ep 227: Alex & Henry Seeley: “He’s Not a What—He’s a Who”
Alex and Henry Seeley (The Belonging Co) are back for a wide-open catch-up that somehow hits everything—from family life and church growth in Tennessee to new music, new campuses, and what it’s like building a multi-location church with video preaching. Then the conversation turns holy (and...
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Ep 226: Kait & JJ Tomlin: Your Checklist Is the Problem
Kait and JJ Tomlin (the couple behind Heart of Dating) join Levi and Jennie for a hilarious, super-helpful conversation about what dating looks like right now—and why so many women feel frustrated while so many men feel shut down. From “80% isn’t enough” expectations to the weird ways dating apps...
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Ep 224: Jonathan Pokluda: An Exorcism in Aspen
Jonathan Pokluda sits down with Levi and Jennie for a conversation that’s equal parts laugh-out-loud and deeply grounding. JP unpacks his 16-day hospital saga—how it started with a leg not working right, turned into a diagnosis of transverse myelitis, and somehow included an unforgettable…
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Year-End Laughs & New-Year Faith
The Lusko kids join Levi and Jennie for a cozy, hilarious, end-of-2025 family episode—full of memories, real talk, and the kind of side comments only siblings can pull off. Together they look back on the year’s big moments: college life, tennis wins, learner’s permits, a meaningful baptism, and…
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Ep 223: Martin Smith: Songs, Seasons, and Surrender
Visit donate.accessmore.com and give today to help fund more episodes and shows like this. Delirious? frontman and worship pioneer Martin Smith joins Levi for a heartfelt conversation about music, calling, and the long road of faith. Martin shares how a random suggestion from his dad led him from...
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Ep 222: Max Lucado: Taming Your Thoughts & Finding True Hope
Best-selling author and pastor Max Lucado joins Levi and Jennie to talk taming your thoughts, grandparent joy, and the kind of hope that actually holds. Max shares the wild family headline—three daughters pregnant at once—and how becoming “Papa Max” has reshaped his rhythms and perspective. They...
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Ep 221: Live Q+A w/ Debra Fileta
Licensed counselor and author Debra Fileta joins Levi and Jennie for a live Q&A on building emotionally healthy homes—whether you’re single, married, or knee-deep in carpools. We kick off with Debra’s new picture book for littles, “Any Day Emotions,” and how naming feelings (even the tricky ones...
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Ep 220: Bear Grylls: Finding God Beyond the Edge
World-renowned adventurer, author, and TV host Bear Grylls joins Levi and Jennie Lusko for an unforgettable conversation about courage, faith, and what really matters most. From Man vs. Wild to his newest book The Greatest Story Ever Told, Bear opens up about the challenges of fame, the power of...
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Ep 219: Phil & Mallory Wickham: Home Before the Stage
Worship leader and songwriter Phil Wickham is back—this time with his wife Mallory, who pulls back the curtain on life at home while Phil is on the road. From privacy and boundaries to joyful chaos with kids, they talk honestly about the unseen sacrifices that make visible ministry possible.…
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Ep 218: Josiah Queen: From “I Am Barabbas” to Mount Zion
Singer-songwriter Josiah Queen joins Levi and Jennie for a warm, joy-filled conversation about his faith, marriage, and music. From writing “I Am Barabbas” to exploring national parks with his wife, Trinity, Josiah opens up about how worship, creativity, and everyday life all weave together into...
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Ep 217: Shawn + Jill Johnson: Live from MVMNT'25
In this moving and deeply personal episode, Levi and Jennie sit down with Shawn and Jill Johnson to talk about their new book Kiss the Fire—a message born straight out of pain, perseverance, and the unwavering hope they’ve found in Jesus. Shawn opens up about his journey with Parkinson’s and the...
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Ep 216: Lacy Abercrombie: Live from MVMNT'25
Comedian, influencer, and newly minted Radio DJ Lacy Abercrombie joins Levi for a joy-soaked, heartfelt conversation recorded during the MVMNT Conference. From DJ Lennox’s eight-year-old hype set to lakeside moments with God, this one swings between belly laughs and holy ground. Lacy opens up…
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Ep 215: Elevation Rhythm: Live from MVMNT '25
Elevation Rhythm’s Davide Mutendji and Josh Holiday drop in from Movement Conference for a joy-soaked conversation about faith, music, and life on the road. We talk Elevation Nights (aka “Sunday on tour”), the EFAM family showing up city after city, and how worship in an arena can turn spectators...
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Ep 214: Grant + Madison Prewett Troutt: Live from MVMNT'25
Author and podcast host Madi Troutt and her husband, speaker Grant Troutt, are back—this time with their daughter Hosanna in tow and a brand-new book in the world. Madi shares the heart behind Dare to Be True, the war against the lies that keep us stuck, and the daily rhythms of walking in…
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Ep 213: Bryce Crawford: Live from MVMNT '25
Content creator and evangelist Bryce Crawford joins Levi and Jennie for a joy-soaked, faith-filled conversation that moves from “communion-flavored” energy drinks to the moment Jesus met him at a Waffle House and rerouted his life. Bryce opens up about anxiety, depression, and the night…
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Ep 212: Cody + Kari Jobe Carnes: Live from MVMNT'25
Kari and Cody Carnes join Levi and Jennie for a heartwarming and joy-filled conversation about faith, family, and the unexpected moments that shape their journey. From their son Kingston’s incredible story of stepping onto the worship stage at just six years old to Canyon’s thoughtful spiritual...
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Ep 211: TAYA + Ben Gaukrodger: Live from MVMNT '25
TAYA and her husband Ben join Levi and Jennie for a conversation full of laughter, honesty, and heart. From navigating new parenthood and life in America to the wild story of Beau’s birth, they share the highs, the struggles, and the sweet moments of learning to delight in both God and family.…
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Ep 210: Tim & Juliette Ross: Grief, Legacy & That Voice Note
Tim and Juliette Ross return with a powerful, deeply personal conversation about grief, healing, and honoring legacy. They open up about the loss of Tim’s father, the emotional toll of caregiving, and the surprising moment Juliette captured that left the whole room in tears. From family dynamics...
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Ep 209: Migraine Myths & Ministry Musts: Live Stream Q&A
From Buc-ee’s brisket sandwiches to the hard realities of ministry life, Levi tackles your live questions in this special Q&A episode—while Jennie’s out battling a migraine. Hear stories of unexpected “miracles,” valuable advice for young ministers, tips for first-time flyers, how to handle...
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Ep 208: Ben Stuart: The Truth About Modern Love
Ben Stuart is back to unpack the mess and meaning of modern relationships. From ghosting to God’s design, he shares why dating has become more confusing—and how the church can step in with clarity and care. Plus, insights on Gen Z’s hunger for connection, life in DC, and some hilarious fishing...
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Ep 207: Gracie Binion: Leading Worship Like a Tiger
Gracie Binion is the real deal. In this episode, she shares how she went from writing songs in her childhood bedroom to leading worship with fire—and how a van full of bad smells and loud laughs became the backdrop to her newlywed life. She talks faith, calling, creative grit, and the night she...
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Ep 206: 48 hrs in Bolivia w/ Compassion Int'l
Levi and Jennie take us to Bolivia for their first international podcast! From meeting sponsored children to walking through deep personal stories, this episode is a heartfelt look at missions, family, and living out the Great Commission. Hear how Compassion International is changing lives—and…
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Sit down with pastors and authors Levi and Jennie Lusko for an unfiltered look at the madness of the Lusko’s life, marriage, ministry, faith, grief, and growth that goes on behind the scenes. (It may or may not include: product reviews, coffee recommendations, Disney hacks and all the things that make life wonderful)
Hosted by Pastors of Fresh Life Church, and authors of best selling book Through The Eyes of a Lion, I Declare War, Swipe Right and The Fight to Flourish.
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Sit down with pastors and authors Levi and Jennie Lusko for an unfiltered look at the madness of the Lusko’s life, marriage, ministry, faith, grief, and growth that goes on behind the scenes. (It may or may not include: product reviews, coffee recommendations, Disney hacks and all the things that...
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