All Episodes
Renew the Arts Podcast — 77 episodes
On the Craft of Songwriting and Authentic Pop (with Aryn Michelle)
Bless Your Limitations: A Talk About AI with Rusty Hein
How Art Bots and AI Slop Will Rehumanize the Arts
Rich Kid Syndrome and the Decadent Empire of AI
2025 Mailbag Full of Explicit Content, What Makes Art Good, and Unstrange Fire
Top 5 Things Churches Should Communicate to Their Artists
The Use and Abuse of Fiction
The Little Things are the Great Things
Exploited Art: Propaganda, Pornography, Pomp, and Product
Porchlight at Audiofeed 2025: Mini-Conference on Hospitality
Connecting Science and Art (with Ciara Reyes-Ton)
On “A Kingdom of Tea and Strangers” (with Houston Coley)
One Anothering in An Othering Age (with Chase Tremaine)
Three Word-Pictures for Patrons and Artists
Mailbag: 1,000 True Fans, Earned Gifts, Magic, and Christmas!
Narcissism and the Gifted Artist
Missions and the Power of Storytelling (with Roy Sneed)
Patrons and the Problem of Fame
The Artist and the Problem of Fame
Art and the Evangelical Imagination (with Karen Swallow Prior)
What is Poetry Good For? (with Paul J. Pastor)
Looking for the Life of the World to Come (with Brian Brown)
Why You Need Better Taste and How to Get It
Looking Forward Looking Back
Fruitful Worship with Ryanne Molinari
Is Art a Ministry, a Hobby, or a Profession?
Deconstruction and the Arts
Deep Dive: Wrestling by Warbler
Do Poor People Make Poor Patrons?
What Can We Learn from Intentional Communities?
The Spirit of the Porchlight Network
An Artistic Antidote to Division
Weep with Those Who Weep with Wendell Kimbrough
Art and Recovery with Cynthia Giles and Alexia Jones
Art and Trauma with Cynthia Giles and Chi T. Mathias
Art and Mental Hygiene with Cynthia Giles and Lydia Jones
Ditching DC for Music City with Erik Løkkesmoe
Collaborative Community with Hallowell’s Joseph Pensak
Why the Arts Matter More than the Election
David Hamilton of RYFO on Keys to Healing the Artist-Church Divide
Sex ’n Hip-Hop with Sho Baraka
John Van Deusen: A Different Kind of “Hymn”
How to Solve a Puzzle Like Marty Sampson
Interview with Michael Wright
Interview with George Grant
Interview with Anthony Quails
Interview with Derek Webb
3:10 — Mailbag Season 3
3:09 — Art History Now!
3:08 — Pop Goes the Easel
3:07 — Existentialism
3:06 — Ceci N’est Pas Une Podcast
3:05 — Keepin’ It Realism … and Impressionism
3:04 — Isn’t It Romanticism?
3:03 — Well, If it Ain’t Baroque…
3:02 — What Does Classical Mean Anyway?
3:01 — Why is Art History Important for Christians?
2:10 — Mailbag for Season Two
2:09 — What Do You Do with Good Art Made by Unbelievers?
2:08 — Are You Called to be an Artist?
2:07 — The Art of Prophecy
2:06 — What Do Church Buildings Say About the Church?
2:05 — Art as Hospitality
2:04 — Art and Evangelical Gnosticism
2:03 — How Will Unbelievers Meet God?
2:02 — Collective Repentance and the Arts with Jesse Murray
2:01 — What is Art?
1:10 — Are We Overstating The Importance Of The Arts?
1:09 — Shouldn’t Christians Be Better At Telling Redemption Stories?
1:08 — Why So Many Christian Artists Are At Odds With The Church
1:07 — Go Bleep Yourself
1:06 — Unified Does Not Mean Uniform
1:05 — Why Unbelievers Hate Christian Art
1:04 — Politics is Downstream From Culture
1:03 — Why the Church Should Make More Ugly Art
1:02 — Who Will Replace Billy Graham?
1:01 — Two Biggest Lies Christians Believe About The Arts