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Messianic Media Podcast
by David Kasdan
Discussions about Messianic, Christian and secular music, video and art from a Messianic Jewish and Christian perspective. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Ushpizin - Sukkot movie [Replay]
Mark and David talk about the film Ushpizin and the Sukkot (Tabernacles) holiday, what etrogs taste and smell like and usually cost, temporary dwellings (sukkah), pruning trees, the humor in the film, the "wanted" unwanted guests, Israel and the Haredi community. Originially recorded in 2022....
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Shilo Ben Hod - Once Again/Shuv
Mark and David talk about Shilo Ben Hod's 2020 album - Once Again/Shuv- Hebrew songs with official translations, the varying genres between pop/rock/bluesa and worship, music videos including smaller worship groups and Jerusalem during quiter hours and worship on the beach, the Israeli national...
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Skillet - Invicible
Mark and David talk about Skillet's 2000 album Invicible, covering future success, the band name, the artwork, clothes style and Matrix-like music video, comparison to Nine Inch Nails, fake skipping, the kingdom to come, crying, and the worship bonus song. They also cover some of worship album…
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Petra- Beyond Belief
David and Mark discuss this rock and worship classic Petra- Beyond Belief (1990)! Conviction? You bet. Petra means Rock. They talk about end times prophecy, Revelation and other biblical references, different sounds and lineup over the decades, the "film" including music videos on an island rock…
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Our new album Passover Punk
Mark and David talk about their new album from The Pear Republic called Passover Punk! They talk about the themes of Passover and background for the songs- including an original song about preparing the house for Passover. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Ten Commandments Rescored [Replay]
In this 2024 episode, Mark and David talk about The Ten Commandments Rescored (1923 film with a modern 2020 musical score) released by Jewish nonprofit Reboot, and talk about the semi-famous musicians, showing the musicians on screen and over corners of the movie, the melodramatic modern-day…
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VeggieTales Esther [Replay]
We talk about the VeggieTales version of the story of Esther, which is the basis of the Jewish holiday Purim. We discuss the show in general and other Christian children's entertainment like McGee and Me. Originally published in 2021. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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New Years songs! Switchfoot, Five Iron Frenzy, U2
Mark and David talk about Switchfoot's Blues and New Years Day, Five Iron Frenzy's New Year's Eve and U2's New Year's Day. They talk about New Years resolutions, Auld Lang Syne, the Japanese calendar, melancholy in the songs, U2's love and war themes and their difficulty with their music video....
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Nativity Story [Replay]
Mark and David discuss the film Nativity Story, the accuracy and impact of Christmas stories (the birth of Yeshua/Jesus), the Magi/Wise Men/Kings and traditional Christmas music. (Recorded in 2020) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Passion of the Christ
David and Mark dig deep on the claims of Anti-Semitism, the violence, press when it came out and promotion within churches, Aramaic and Latin languages, Satan and demons, financial success, the makeup, cinematography and music, Jim Caviezel, Gibson's directing, the dubbed and recut versions,...
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Beginner's Bible- The Nativity
Mark and David discuss the children's program Beginner's Bible- The Nativity (1995) with the alternate title The First Christmas, the book version, Merry Christmas in other languages, the light jokes, Herod plot, wise men and shepherds, the theme song and song in the episode, the ideal length of...
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Bob Marley and the Wailers- Exodus
David and Mark talk about Bob Marley and the Wailers' 1997 ablum Exodus and talk about the title, the Exodus compared to returning from Babylon, Rastafari beliefs and how much of it is in the music, I&I, radio airplay and best of lists, mystics, Jesus as a black figure, Marcus Garvey, Jah, Big...
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The Ten Commandments Rescored (1923 with 2020 musical score)
Mark and David talk about The Ten Commandments Rescored (1923 film with a modern 2020 musical score) released by Jewish nonprofit Reboot, and talk about the semi-famous musicians, showing the musicians on screen and over corners of the movie, the melodramatic modern-day second half of the movie…
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U2- The Joshua Tree
Mark and David talk about U2's The Joshua Tree (1987) and discuss radio play, their live shows, album sales, America, giving the songs additional spiritual meanings, romantic relationships and relationships to God, comparing Bullet the Blue Sky to P.O.D.'s cover, songs in Ireland and New Zealand,...
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Marty Goetz- Festivals of Light
We review Marty Goetz's Hanukkah and Christmas album Festivals of Light 2002 and discuss the "festive season", Christmas in Japan, the color blue in Judaism, the menorah and nativity cover, live performances, Superbook theme and Emmy nomination, songs blending together/"background music", the…
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Spoken - Echoes of the Spirit Still Dwell
Mark and David discuss Spoken's Echoes of the Spirit Still Dwell including the band name and album name, comparison to Rage against the Machine, yelling vs screaming, doubt, influences on our sound and the background of our song Adonai, angsty Christian music, and dancing like David --- Send in a...
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Jesus (1979 movie)
For Passover/Easter we talk about the Jesus movie and its use as ministry tool, if it works as an interesting film, foreign languages and dubbing, the new intro with Eden and prophets, emotional vs educational angles, watching it in one sitting vs watching it as an episodic series, the call to...
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Family Force 5 - Business Up Front, Party in the Back
Mark and David discuss Family Force 5, their live show energy and push for audience participation, hairstyles, rock/rap/crunk genre, misinterpreting themes and immature double meanings and possibly intentionally dumb lyrics, drugs as a metaphor for faith, comparison of the band to DC Talk,...
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Bonus Episode- Kenobi
Mark and David have a brief talk on the Star Wars TV show Kenobi. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
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Ushpizin (Sukkot movie)
Mark and David talk about the film Ushpizin and the Sukkot (Tabernacles) holiday, what etrogs taste and smell like and usually cost, temporary dwellings (sukkah), pruning trees, humor in the film, the "wanted" unwanted guests, Israel and the Haredi community. Hosted on Acast. See…
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LAMB- Songs for the Flock
We discuss Messianic pioneer LAMB's 1978 album Songs for the Flock and discuss early Messianic music, other bands called lamb, lamb and sheep metaphors, shorter album and song lengths, songs of judgement, harmonies, worship songs and dance worship songs and what makes a "messianic" sound.…
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Shalom Sesame- Shabbat
Mark and David talk about the two versions of Shalom Sesame and their different approach on education with a focus on the Shabbat holiday (especially Shabbat Shalom Grover). We also talk about different adaptations of Sesame Street and include our Shabbat Shalom song at the end. Shalom Sesame...
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The Prince of Egypt (Passover)
We discuss the 1998 animated film, breaking down the songs and score, the voice acting, animation and CGI, the characters' relationships, Biblical accuracy, the voice of God, Moses, Zepporah, the Egyptian priest's magic or illusions, scrapped comedy sidekicks, the prequel film, ending the film on...
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Biblical Archaeology with Rabbi Barney Kasdan
Mark and David talk to David's father Rabbi Barney Kasdan (God's Appointed Times, Biblical commentaries) about Biblical archaeology, including theories about the Ark of the Covenant in Egypt, Babylon or Israel theories as well as the second Temple without the ark, Ron Wyatt's claim to have found...
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
Mark and David discuss Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. They discuss the Ark of the Covenant, the Rise of Skywalker, the Angel of Death, Macguffins, Mark visiting Egypt, the Indiana Jones Disneyland ride, WWII and the Middle East, Egypt in the Bible, some speculation on Indy 5 and...
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Judah Gabriel Himango (Chavah Messianic Radio and Messianic Chords)
Judah talks with David about music going from records to digital, adapting technology, what genres work well on a Messianic radio station, his podcast and blog, paying artists and touring economics, mainstream Jewish artists, Middle Eastern sound, pop music, and political views within Messianic...
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An American Tail- Hanukkah Special
We talk about the animated classic An American Tail which includes a Hanukkah scene. We also talk about Jewish culture vs direct references to Judaism, Hebrew writing, 1885, parallels under occupation, whether the cats are anti-semites or mobsters, our ancestors and immigration, Fiddler on the…
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Navi- Where We Are
We discuss playing live with Navi, review their album Where We Are and also talk about Relient K, Irish and pirate music, optimistic vs pessimistic themes, arrangements and songs entirely in Hebrew. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport...
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Switchfoot- Learning to Breathe
Switchfoot- Learning to Breathe We talk about seeing the band before they became famous, their surfing, meanings of the title track, their punkiest song, their skydiving music video, Jon Foreman's resemblance to Kurt Kobain, one song neither of us are a fan of, and much more! --- Send in a voice...
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Noah (2014 film)
We discuss themes in the Darren Aronofsky take on a Biblical epic with Noah We discuss liberal interpretations of the Bible, environmentalism and industrialization, Noah's status as a prophet, Methuselah as a mystic, the creation sequence, the Creator, the cycles of violence, and what makes a…
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Hazakim- Theophanies
We discuss Messinaic hip hop group Hazakim's second album Theophanies and also talk about apologetics, the 3-dimensional New Jerusalem, the music business, "seeing god face to face" and Golgatha. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport…
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Our One Hit Wonders
We discuss "our" one hit wonders- the one and only song by an artist that we each individually really like. (It's a bit of a back-handed compliment but we do like these songs.) These songs might or might not match up with the traditional definition where a single song is popular. At the end of…
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Project 86 - Drawing Black Lines
We discuss one of our favorite bands Project 86 and possibly their best album Drawing Black Lines. There's a lot of subjective lyrics and we discuss rap-rock, Christian and secular music and the music business, suffering in the world, their live shows and more. --- Send in a voice message:...
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The Accident Experiment- Arena EP
We review the debut EP from The Accident Experiment and talk about Pete Stewart's views of religion, Marcos split with P.O.D. as it pertains to this recording and general thoughts on Arena's negative themes and we try and discuss what the lyrics are actually talking about. --- Send in a voice...
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P.O.D. - Brown
We discuss P.O.D. - Brown, an early release before the band became famous. We get into their scriptural references as well as Babylon, "punks", San Diego, NWA and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport this podcast:...
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Purim Special- VeggieTales Esther
We talk about the VeggieTales version of the story of Esther, which is the basis of the Jewish holiday Purim. We discuss the show in general and other Christian children's entertainment like McGee and Me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Steve McConnell - Yeshua
Mark and David discuss meeting him, traditional prayers, the different eras the songs take place in from the Torah to the New Testament, present day and the future.In the post credits we threw in a conversation we had about artists with same name and other things only loosely connected to the...
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Nativity Story
Mark and David discuss the film Nativity Story, the accuracy and impact of Christmas stories (the birth of Yeshua/Jesus), the Magi/Wise Men/Kings and traditional Christmas music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Neil Diamond- The Christmas Album
We review Neil Diamond's The Christmas Album and discuss the mix of traditional and secular songs. Mark has a personal story growing up listening to this album. We also discuss Neil's Jewish background and his choice to record these songs. --- Send in a voice message:...
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Halloween Songs!
Halloween Songs! We discuss our background on the secular (and Christian!) holiday and go into costumes, concerts and songs we think fit in the festive mood. Reliant K - My Girlfriend (Marilyn Manson Ate My Girlfriend)/ Skillet- Monster/ The Deadlines- Go, Go to the Graveyard/ Pound Foolish- Life...
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Matisyahu - Live at Stubb's & Shake Off the Dust, Arise!
We review Matisyahu's Live at Stubb's album as well as his debut album Shake Off the Dust, Arise! and talk about the similarities and differences between Hasidic and Messianic Judaism and go in depth on the lyrics. --- Send in a voice message:...
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Jars of Clay- Self Titled
We review Jars of Clay's self-titled debut album --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Interview w/ Nate Parrish (solo artist, guitarist for Kutless)
An extra-long interview with Nate Parrish, who just released his solo punk album I'm a Wreck. He designed the artwork and did a lot of work on the music videos. We discuss the music and lyrics while also getting into how politics and faith influence his music, being in the Christian band Kutless…
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Johnny Cash- American IV
We review one of the final albums from one of the best-selling music artists of all time, Johnny Cash's American IV. Did you know he's actually in The Gospel Music Halls of Fame? We talk about his reinterpretations of popular songs and the spiritual messages of the album. --- Send in a voice...
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202- Review: Remnant 11- Self-Titled
In this episode we review the self-titled debut album from Remnant 11. We review Messianic, Christian and secular music from a Messianic and Christian perspective. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport this podcast:...
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Episode 201- Review: Adventures of the O.C. Supertones
Back after 5+ years! We have a new format now where we review Messianic, Christian and secular music from a Messianic and Christian perspective. We have a new co-host Mark! In this episode we review the debut album from The O.C. Supertones, called Adventures of the O.C. Supertones. --- Send in a...
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Downpour (band)- part 2
Michael Hunt is the founding guitarist and singer of Downpour. This Messianic hard rock band is in North Carolina. We discuss his musical background, recording at album and playing at national Messianic events. This is the second part of an interview. --- Send in a voice message:...
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Sean Trank Interview 2013
I reposted this interview from 2013 when Sean Trank passed away in 2014. Sean Trank worked in the Media Department for Jews for Jesus. He was the creator of Parsha in 60 Seconds and the episode Passover in 60 Seconds. He also worked on the feature-length documentaries “Flowers of the Son” and...
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Downpour (band)- Part 1
Michael Hunt is the founding guitarist and singer of Downpour. This Messianic hard rock band is in North Carolina. We discuss his musical background and how to be a Messianic band in a secular music scene. This is the first part of a 2 part interview. --- Send in a voice message:...
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Hanukkah with Echad Records and Star Wars Sketch
Our special Hanukkah episode, where we interview Christian Montoya, creator of a Thanksgivukkah t-shirt and co-founder of Echad Records and also features a Star Wars Hanukkah audio play I created. 0:00 Welcome 1:01 Interview with Christian Montoya of Echad Records 28:59 Star Wars Hanukkah Special...
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Discussions about Messianic, Christian and secular music, video and art from a Messianic Jewish and Christian perspective.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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