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Things I Said Out Loud
by Andrew Kooman
A podcast where creativity and faith collide, featuring original content and unique conversations with critically acclaimed writer and producer Andrew Kooman. www.andrewkooman.com
Episodes
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I'm trying a daily fitness challenge in 2026. The question is, should I film it?
I want to lean more into fitness this year. Hence the (potentially) embarrassing and ridiculous video, in which I: - Do 40 standard pushups - Do 1.5 minutes of plank - Almost succeed at doing a 2 minute wall squat (watch til the end for the pain!) Why am I doing this? I'm not a fitness bro, and…
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At the end of the world, what if there was supernatural breakthrough?
Here's an exclusive excerpt to the audio version of my new fiction series The 49 which I'm releasing each week on Substack. On Tuesdays I share the audio portion as a podcast. Subscribe to get the series right in your inbox at The 49. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this…
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20 weeks in - I can't believe it!
I’m not talking about a baby… at least not that kind of baby. My new fiction series, The 49, hit a milestone this week. I’ve published 20 parts since I decided to release it week-over-week as a serial on Substack in January. Have you ever had a story you just had to tell? I almost couldn’t sleep…
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Take the creative leap - an interview with Daniel Kooman
Daniel Kooman is busy these days. Having just led one of the most successful faith-film crowdfunds of all time, he’s now gearing up to film a new biblical epic about the prophet Daniel. In this interview Daniel shares about how film festivals were key milestones in his creative journey, the kind…
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The era of the biblical film is NOW
I’m so excited to share with you the most recent trailer for DANIEL, the new film that will soon go into production by Unveil Studios. Helmed by my talented brothers Matthew and Daniel Kooman, the project is a culmination of years of work. It is a key step in our filmmaking journey as brothers,...
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JFK's vision for the stars; 1001 films to watch before you die; Can you Scroll Happy?
Thanks for spending part of your weekend with Things I Wrote Down. I’m suffering from a bout of whiplash. All these tariffs being added then removed has been like attending a tennis match (without the trophy or the athleticism). Last week I brought did a video version of my 3 Things for the first...
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New day for Bible films; Those Carney memes; Tweaking like Megyn Kelly
Long live the weekend! I hope you’re enjoying some quiet moments and rest. This week I added a video to my 3 Things, so please let me know if you like it. Here are some interesting place I landed on the web this week and a poem about. Subscribe to Things I Wrote Down. It’ll spark some hope in…
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Radio made this song a Christmas star
Subscribe to Andrew's newsletter Things I Wrote Down (andrewkooman.com) It is well, (it is well)With my soul (with my soul)It is well, it is well with my soul These words have rung through the hearts of believers for more than 150 years. They are the deep cry from the heart to God. It is a song...
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Love from the manger spills into a violent world
Subscribe to Andrew's newsletter Things I Wrote Down (andrewkooman.com) Week 4 from Andrew's advent series Songs of Advent, featuring Away in a Manger and St. Patrick. The music we sing at Christmas helps us to remember the story of Jesus and fills our hearts with hope, peace, love and joy. This...
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The accidental Christmas classic - Joy to the World
Subscribe to Andrew's newsletter Things I Wrote Down (andrewkooman.com) Christians have sung the song for more than 300 years. If I were to hum the tune right now, you’d know it instantly. But did you know that Joy to the World wasn’t written as a Christmas song? Andrew Kooman shares some of the...
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It is Well with My Soul - The Christmas song you didn't know you needed
Subscribe to Andrew's newsletter Things I Wrote Down (andrewkooman.com) Week Two of Andrew's new advent series, Songs of Advent, featuring the song you didn't know should be a Christmas song, It is Well with My Soul. The music we sing at Christmas helps us to remember the story of Jesus and fills...
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A song that's sparked hope for 200 years
Subscribe to Andrew Kooman's popular weekly newsletter Things I Wrote Down at andrewkooman.com Imagine, for a moment, the difficult days of 1816 in a small church in Austria. Your congregation has barely survived years of war. Napoleon, the power-hungry French general has attacked countries…
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Without oversight the vulnerable perish
This is a new feature of Andrew Kooman's Things I Said Out Loud podcast called My Fake Podcast. In the episode, artificial radio personalities discuss real content I wrote to bring the ideas to life in a new way, including the articles: 1. Could 1 in 10 Canadians really die by the hand of their...
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Mocktail Mashup - Ep 7. Annihilating the kids at checkers. Masters of Business and the Air. Humpback whales and Olympic cousins.
It’s been awhile since Petra and I sat down for a mocktail and a recorded conversation. This week we’re bringing you a legit drink created by a private chef and the author of the Real Food Sanity Substack, Christi Flaherty. Here's Christi Flaherty’s recipe for a Watermelon Cooler Single Mocktail…
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Christian invisibility; Men have bouncy balls now; Standing O's at Cannes.
Each week Andrew shares 3 Things he discovered on the web and an original poem (and sometimes he records it as a mini episode). If you like it, drop a comment.Links:1. Christian Invisibility- The Barna Group -George Barn'as interview with the Christian post on "Christian Invisibility"2. Bouncy...
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When will AI replace my pastor?
Of course we all hope we won’t be dominated by AI overlords that harvest our organs and use us as meat batteries to fuel the machine future (the popular and “prophetic” picture of where this is all going according to pop culture). Some reflections by award-winning writer Andrew Kooman about what...
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TSC 1.3 - Another Letter
Listen in as author Andrew Kooman reads from his adventure series Ten Silver Coins: The Drylings of Acchora. In today’s episode, Andrew reads Chapter Two: The Forest. Catch up on other episodes right here. If you enjoy what you’re hearing, please share it with a friend. Help a family find their…
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Spotify gets it right with William Prince; The unspeakable sexiness of the male forearm; Watch out maple syrup, Canada now has a gold heist.
Thanks for listening in! Here’s a few fun places to visit on the web and a great music recommendation from an artist out of Winnipeg. Links: * William Prince on Spotify * Art of Manliness article: 50 things that women shared that inexplicably attract them to the opposite sex * The Great Canadian...
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TSC 1.2 - The Forest
Listen in as author Andrew Kooman reads from his adventure series Ten Silver Coins: The Drylings of Acchora. In today’s episode, Andrew reads Chapter Two: The Forest. If you enjoy what you’re hearing, please share it with a friend. Help a family find their new favourite series! You can read the...
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Binge-eating during Civil War; MAiD across state lines; and if Annie Dillard wrote thrillers
1. Binge-eating during Civil War After the movie, Petra remarked that we both were binge-eating the popcorn as we watched. It was a coping mechanism during the film, which we both really enjoyed. Yes, we saw a movie together at the theatre! Something we pull off about once a year now that we have...
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You are more than an empty Amazon cart
Have you ever asked the question, Who am I? It’s often clear to ourselves what we aren’t. The world is good at showing us that, filling our screens and attention with it. Spend 10 minutes online and you’ve got a case study on what brands, politicians, and algorithms think about you. What they peg...
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TSC 1.1 - Run!
Listen in as author Andrew Kooman reads from his adventure series Ten Silver Coins: The Drylings of Acchora. In today’s episode, Andrew reads Chapter One: The Forest. If you enjoy what you’re hearing, please share it with a friend. Help a family find their new favourite series! You can read the...
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Is independent filmmaking impossible?
I like to follow the work of other creatives. Observe them up close and from afar. So I’ve been fascinated by the release of author Karen Kingsbury’s new film Someone Like You. Disclosure: I haven’t read her books, but more than 25 million other people have (she has massive New York Times...
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Advent 3 - What did the shepherds do the day after the manger?
Do you ever wonder how the shepherds, who heard the angels proclaim that Christ was born and then were instructed to go see Jesus, processed their experience? Take a few minutes to listen to the popular Advent devotional from Hearts Adorned with Wonder, my series on YouVersion. Day Three of the...
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Advent 2 - It's the quiet moments that can be the most holy.
Have you ever noticed how it's the quiet moments, when we stop and pause to reflect, that can be the most meaningful, the most holy? Take a few minutes to listen to Day Two of Hearts Adorned with Wonder, adapted from my popular series on YouVersion. Day Two of the three-day plan will help you…
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Advent 1 - With no Siri, the Wisemen still found the baby in Bethlehem.
Feel like the wonder of Christmas gets lost amidst all of the digital distractions and busyness of the season? Take a few minutes to listen to Day One of Hearts Adorned with Wonder, adapted from my popular Advent devotional series on YouVersion. Day One of the three-day plan will help you to...
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Mocktail Mashup - Ep 6. Are those boat-attacking Orcas wearing salmon hats? And fangirling over Barbie, the Beckhams and a Bieber.
In this episode Killer Whales are the stars and we go deep into an ocean of intrigue to explore the mindset that leads sea mammals to commit shocking acts of marine violence. In lieu of lifejackets, we hope the fanny packs and travel bags Petra brings to the pod will do. Andrew won’t stop talking...
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From smuggling Bibles behind the Iron Curtain to helping believers in the surveillance state
November 5 is International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church, so I spoke with Jared Vander Meulen from Open Doors Canada. The organization that works to “strengthen Christians where faith costs the most.” In this episode we discuss: * How Open Doors’ work began and its famous founder…
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My Little Plastic Jesus: A conversation with Tim Bratton
In this episode, I chat with Tim Bratton, the Artistic Associate for Burnt Thicket Theatre who’s bringing his My Little Plastic Jesus to living rooms across Canada. Part confession, part history lesson, part multimedia extravaganza, Tim finds hilarity and heartache as he unpacks his upbringing in...
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4. Creativity thrives when we venture into new territory
On today's episode, I chat with my brother Daniel Kooman the best-selling author of Breath of Life. We talk about: * Dan's newly released book Sons of the Father * Leaving a legacy as a parent * Pushing against limitations in creativity * Why creativity thrives when we venture into new territory…
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Mocktail Mashup - Ep. 5. Just hire the movers! On-air ant bites and walnut trees as high as sky scrapers.
In this episode we share a big life updated (spoiler: we moved) and Andrew makes Things I Said Out Loud history with his first every on-air ad. We also share a few hot takes and learnings from our move and explain why the song Yellow is booming from the speakers. Jump to the show notes to see...
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Mocktail Mashup - Ep 4. New beginnings, this toast does NOT have Stigmata, and music to put on your wall
In this episode we talk talk about an amazing new opportunity in Petra’s career, Andrew cracks open the unbelievable with the greatest egg story of all time and just as Oceans marks 10 years on the airwaves, we get ready to plaster it on our wall. Petra also shares a clip of human laughter that’s...
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Mocktail Mashup - Ep 3. Why we'll never be invited to your dinner party, our meet-cute and the palindromic Woo Young Woo
In this episode we talk about our meet-cute of Parliamentary proportions, celebrate streaming palindromes and put out an audience advisory for anyone considering inviting us to a dinner party. Andrew also asks an important book etiquette Q of the audience. Listen carefully to hear if Petra names...
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Mocktail Mashup - EP 2. Sweeping floors to Miley's "Flowers" and Pantone's colour of the year for your living room
This week Petra and I talk about the Netflix series we couldn’t stop watching and the song Andrew’s been playing ad nauseam. From current literary fiction that’s all the rage to some burning historical fiction, we cover some serious ground with laughs, a few more MAiD references and the big…
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Mocktail Mashup - EP 1. Parenting lessons from a hostage negotiator and other deep thoughts (with plastic cups)
Welcome to our first Mocktail Monday where we mix a non-alcoholic drink and sit down for a conversation about noteworthy things read, watched and seen during the week. This week’s feature mocktail is a simple Cranberry Spritzer from the Food Network. Things we’ve read * Petra: Never Split the...
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Book-pod 7. The Cross and the Switchblade.
What’s a book-pod? I’m glad you asked! It’s a short podcast episode about a book. It’s my way to introduce you, the kind soul reading these words, to a book that I enjoyed and want to recommend. Featured book The Cross and the Switchblade, (1962). David Wilkerson with John and Elizabeth Sherrill....
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3. Thirteen Lives - a review of the Thai cave rescue film
In this episode I share a review of the new Ron Howard film Thirteen Lives about the dramatic cave rescue of the boys’ soccer team in Thailand. This is a film in which the story is shown and not told, and it’s the absolute right choice. It’s trim. And the sparse dialogue pushes the action…
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Book-pod 6. Need a little help?
What’s a book-pod? I’m glad you asked! It’s a short podcast episode about a book. It’s my way to introduce you, the kind soul reading these words, to a book that I enjoyed and want to recommend. Today I highlight a book that I’m using in my morning devotions. I inherited from my Grandma and is a...
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2. Go outside, I dare you
On its face it's not fair, this dare. You see, I'm on vacation and so have the luxury and the time to step away from the rush of everyday life and take a breath. In this episode, I share how creativity and leadership thinking is refreshed in the outdoors. And I record from the edge of a…
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Practicing quiet, recognizing beauty
So, how do you feel right now? I don’t know about you, but I’m very aware of how much I need to lean into God. That’s partly an acknowledgement of the limitations I feel as I wear multiple hats (work, creativity, parenthood, plain ol’ life). It’s also a recognition that I’m stepping out of a...
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Book-pod 5. A surprising, soul-nourishing autobiography
What’s a book-pod? I’m glad you asked! It’s a short podcast episode about a book. It’s my way to introduce you, the kind soul reading these words, to a book that I enjoyed and want to recommend. I probably should have put this in the first book-pod episode, since it’s a lifetime top pick. It’s a...
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Book-pod 4: A narrative about refuge
What’s a book-pod? I’m glad you asked! It’s a short podcast episode about a book. It’s my way to introduce you, the kind soul reading these words, to a book that I enjoyed and want to recommend. Yesterday was World Refugee Day, and I wanted to take some time and highlight an author with a…
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Book-pod 3: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
What’s a book-pod? I’m glad you asked! It’s a short podcast episode about a book. It’s my way to introduce you, the kind soul reading these words, to a book that I enjoyed and want to recommend. Featured book Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. Harper, 1974. Quotes dropped in this book-pod I...
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Book-pod 2. Page-turning fiction.
What’s a book-pod? I’m glad you asked! It’s a short podcast episode about a book. It’s my way to introduce you, the kind soul reading these words, to a book that I enjoyed and want to recommend. Featured book The Sentinel, Lee Child and Andrew Child. Dell. Highlights * Andrew shares his first...
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Book-pod 1. A near-perfect novel.
What’s a book-pod? I’m glad you asked! It’s a short podcast episode about a book. It’s my way to introduce you, the kind soul reading these words, to a book that I enjoyed and want to recommend. Why are you sending these unsolicited book recommendations my way, Andrew? As we approach summer, I…
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1. Introducing Things I Said Out Loud
I don’t know if it’s fair to call this a “podcast” “episode” quite yet. But I did just want to drop a note to give you a first listen to where I hope to take Things I Said Out Loud in the future. As an audio companion to my newsletter Things I Wrote Down, this podcast will be a place to talk…
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A podcast where creativity and faith collide, featuring original content and unique conversations with critically acclaimed writer and producer Andrew Kooman.
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